Routes & Branches 6/2/12

It was a pleasure to have Ray Wylie Hubbard on my show this past weekend and a joy to see him perform with his son Lucas Saturday evening at the WOW Hall in Eugene. Hubbard says that it is the folks that listen to Americana music are the ones who define it. Whether it is folk, rock, country, bluegrass, singer/songwriter, or guitar player oriented, Americana is defined by the integrity and quality of the music and the musicians who perform it. We also talked about Hubbard's new CD called "Grifter's Hymnal" which seems to be a more personal album than others with songs like "Coricidin Bottle" and "Mother Blues" which relate to Hubbard's own history. My new favorite quote is the last line of "Mother Blues" which says " The days that I keep my gratitudes higher than my expectations, I have really good days." Words to live by.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Willie Nelson - Come On Up To The House - Heroes

I See Hawks In L.A. - Bohemian Highway - New Kind Of Lonely
Marley's Ghost - Hank And Audrey - Jubilee
Sara Watkins - You And Me - Sun Midnight Sun
Doc Watson & Richard Watson - Walk On Boy - The Three Pickers
Doc Watson & Richard Watson  - Daybreak Blues - The Three Pickers
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs with Alison Krauss - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - The Three Pickers
O'Brien Party Of 7 - Reincarnation - Reincarnation
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Count My Blessings - Live In The KRVM Studio
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - Live In The KRVM Studio
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Ask God - Grifter's Hymnal

4pm.
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin' - Everybody's Talkin'
Hank Williams III - A Good Hearted Woman - Long Gone Daddy
Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Way We Move - The Way We Move
Todd Snider - Jaded Lover - Time As We Know It
Alejandro Escovedo - San Antonio Rain - Big Station
Bodeans - American - American Made
Jason Eady - Sober On The Weekends - AM Country Heaven
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs with Alison Krauss - The Banks Of The Ohio - The Three Pickers
Merchants Of Moonshine - Back Porch - More Than Whiskey
Leftover Salmon - Bayou Town - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Turnpike Troubadours - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead - Goodbye Normal Street