Routes & Branches 12/28/13

This being my last show for 2013 I am playing from my favorites of the year. The following list are my choices for this year's FAR & Away chart (Freeform American Routes best of the year).

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1) Steve Earle & The Dukes: The Low Highway (New West)
2) Bill Kirchen: Seeds & Stems (Proper)
3) Chicago Farmer: BackenForth, Il (self)
4) The Band Of Heathens: Sunday Morning Record (BOH)
5) Son Volt: Honky Tonk (Rounder)
6) Kristina Murray: Unravelin’ (self)

 DEBUT ALBUM

1) Kristina Murray: Unravelin’ (self)
2) Copper & Coal (self)
3) The Slide Brothers (Dare)
 
VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM
1) Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County (Hear Music)
2) Inside Llewyn Davis (Nonesuch)
3) Billie Joe & Norah: Foeverly (Reprise)

 REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM also covers vintage material appearing for the first time.

1) Duane Allman: Sky Dog (Rounder)
2) Dwight Yoakam: 21^st Century Hits (New West)
3)  Tim Easton: Before The Revolution (New West)
 
LIVE ALBUM
1) Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol’ Hen (Skaggs Family)
2) Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos (Nonesuch)
3) The Infamous Stringdusters: Road To Boulder (High Country)

 FEMALE ARTIST

1) Amanda Cevallos
2) Mary Gauthier
3) Patty Griffin

 MALE ARTIST

1) Rod Balch
2) Jason Isbell
3) Slaid Cleaves

 DUO/GROUP

1) Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
2) The Wood Brothers
3) Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
 
INSTRUMENTALIST
1) Bill Kirchen
2) The Slide Brothers
3) Greg Leisz
 
SONGWRITER
1) Guy Clark
2) Amos Lee
3) Will Hoge
 

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

1) Lori Kampa
2) Lynda A. Weingartz
3) Notorious Liz
 

Local NW

1) The Whiskey Chasers

2)The Fiddlin’ Big Sue Band

3) Fruition

Here what I was able to fit into Today's show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Allman Brothers Band - It's Not My Cross To Bear - Skydog
Dwight Yoakam - If Teardrops Were Diamonds - 21st Century Hits
Oscar Isaac & T Bone Burnett - Fare The Well (Dink's Song) - Inside Llewyn Davis
Billie Joe & Norah - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Foreverly
Jason Isbell - Different Days - Southeastern
Slaid Cleaves - Without Her - Still Fighting The War
Rod Balch - Up The Road - Fort Worth 76102
Patty Griffin - Don't Let Me Die In Florida - American Kid
Mary Gauthier - I Drink - Live At Blue Rock
Amanda Cevallos - I'll Never Honky Tonk You - I'll Never Honky Tonk You
The Wood Brothers - The Muse - The Muse
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried My Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Wagon Wheel - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band

4pm
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull Of Whiskey - Well For The Worse
Amos Lee - Tricksters, Hucksters, and Scamps - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You - My Favorite Picture Of You
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - Crazy 'Bout An Automobile - Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos Live
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Bluegrass Breakdown - Cluck Ol' Hen
Copper & Coal - The Whole Damn Bottle - Copper & Coal
Kristina Murray - Smoke And Brown Whiskey - Unravelin'
Son Volt - Bakersfield - Honky Tonk
The Band Of Heathens - One More Trip - Sunday Morning Record
Chicago Farmer - Twenty Dollar Bill - BackenForth, Il.
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds & Stems

Routes & Branches 12/21/13

 

I have been looking forward to listening to the debut album from the Hard Working Americans since I received their single "Down To The Well" last month, and due to popular demand they moved up their add date for radio stations and sent us a copy of the entire CD. I like the entire album with special appreciation for 'Blackland Farmer', Randy Newman's, 'Mr. President Have Pity On The Working Man' and Hayes Carll's, ' Stomp & Holler'. Snider has always enjoyed the jam band scene and now has his own band to jam with. I recommend checking out the following link to an interview with Snider by Blake Phillips. http://ourkindofmusic.com/tag/duane-trucks/

 

So along with the holiday tunes I had a set of John Prine music because we have a local Annual "John Prine Sing-A-Long" night at Sam Bond's Garage. Don't expect John Prine to be there, this is just a bunch of locals who like Prine and his songs and we all take turns singing lead with everyone in the place joining in. It is a fun evening and this year it will happen on Monday Dec 30th.

 

3pm
Paul Simmon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day - So Beautiful Or So What
Catherine Maclellan - Song Bird - Silhouette
Shawn Mullins - Tinsel Town - Light You Up
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Let Her Know - Night Tide
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Tequila Calling - Night Tide
Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Hard Working Americans - Mr. President Have Pity On The Working Man - Hard Working Americans
Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington - El Corazon
David Jacobs-Strain - Come On In My Kitchen - Live From The Left Coast
John Hiatt - Winter Time Blues - Master Of Disaster
Guy Clark - The Coat - Somedays The Song Writes You
Great American Taxi - Good Night To Boogie - Reckless Habits
Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass - Ulitimate Gospel
Hard Working Americans - Blackland Farmer - Hard Working Americans

4pm
Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all - Walking Distance
Old Crow Medicine Show - Angel From Montgomery - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - Glory Of True Love - Fair & Square
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumpkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - She Is My Everything - Fair & Square
The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Hayes Carll - Grateful For Christmas - KMAG YO-YO
Hard Working Americans - Stomp & Holler - Hard Working Americans
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Christmas In Prison - It's Too Loud
James McMurtry - Holiday - Childish Things
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967 - 1986
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas From The Family - Live At The Ryman
Buddy & Julie Miller - The Selfishness Of Man - Written In Chalk

Routes & Branches 12/7/13

Well it seems to happen this time of year, when I'm starting to gather together all of my favorite CDs of the year, that I receive a new release that just catches my ear and immediately competes for a slot in my top ten. This time it's  Kristina Murray's debut CD "Unravelin'". Murray has been compared to Emmy Lou Harris, Tammy Wynette and Patsy Cline so I'm finding myself  liking every track which is unusual for a debut album. So we'll see where she lands in my 'Best Of the Year' list.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - Hot Rocks
Nicki Blum & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Blum & The Gramblers
The Show Ponies - Whiskey & Wine - We're Not Lost
Kristina Murray - The Year Georgia Ran Dry - Unravelin
Kristina Murray - Half Empty - Unravelin
Will Hoge - Daddy Was a Gambling Man - Never Give In
Brothers Comatose - 120 East - Respect The Van
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Missouri Gal - What A Dream It's Been
Billy Joe & Norah - Roving Gambler - Foreverly
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
Len Chandler & Robert Kaufman - Green Green Rocky Road - Inside Llewyn Davis
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - When You Get To Ashville - Love Has Come For You
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Whiskey Legs - Made Up Mind

4pm
Beth Lee & The Breakups - One More Time Again - One More Time Again
Donna The Buffalo - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday
Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost
Hard Working Americans - Down To The Well - Down To The Well
I See Hawks I LA - Oklahoma's Going Dry - Mystery Drug
Yonder Mountain String Band - All The Time - EP 13
The Flannel Attractions - Better Part Of Me - The Flannel Attractions
Copper & Coal - The Whole Damn Bottle - Copper & Coal
Fruition - Just One Of Them Nights - Just One Of Them Nights
The Devil Makes Three - Stranger - I'm A Stranger Here
The Howlin' Brothers - Dixie Fried - The Sun Studio Session
Tom Waits - Goin Out West - Glitter & Doom
Misner & Smith - Lost & Found - Seven Hour Storm

Routes & Branches 11/30/13

Today's show was mostly a tour of the south with a few exceptions that included side trips to the New York folk scene revisited with the sound track from the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis" and to Colorado, to hear The Railsplitters and their debut CD. It seems like Colorado is the place for starting a bluegrass band these days. I like The Railsplitters, their chops are clean and smooth with excellent vocals.

I'm looking forward to seeing The Brothers Comatose and Shawn Colvin who are performing in our area in the next week, followed by the Tedeschi Trucks  Band at the Elsinor Theatre in Salem on Sunday, December 8th.

Artist- Song-Source

3pm
Charlie Daniels Band - The South's Gonna Do It Again - The Ulitmate Charlie Daniels Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd - T For Texas - One More From The Road
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind - Made Up Mind
Yvette Landry - 120 Proof - Should Have Known
Tony Joe White - Aligator, Mississippi - Hoodoo
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Tom Paxton - The Last Thing On My Mind - Inside Llewyn Davis
Grant Peeples - Things Have Changed - Prior Convictions
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus - Wrong End Of Love - Ray Of Hope
Chuck Cannon - This Old Guitar - Symphony Of Scars
David Newbould - Trying To Find The Good In Seeing Things - Tennessee
Copper & Coal - Kentucky Blue - Copper & Coal

4pm
Guy Forsyth - Red Dirt - The Freedom To Fail
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party - Just Us Kids
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Pardise Lost
The Rayburn Brothers Band - Go Down Easy - Back To California
Shawn Colvin - Get Out Of This House - A Few Small Repairs
Miss Tess & The Talkbacks - The Love I Have For You - The Love I Have For You
The Gloria Darlings - No Buying Time - Come Home To Me
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Wade In The Water - Everybody's Talkin'
The Railsplitters - Jackson Town - The Railsplitters
The Brothers Comatose - Pie For Breakfast - Respect The Van
Band Of Heathens - Shotgun - Sunday Morning Record

Routes & Branches 11/23/13

The Band of Heathens were in town last night and put on a great show to a packed house. I must say that they have great sound, well mixed, loud enough to fill the room without breaking your eardrums. And after seeing them perform their new songs live, I have more appreciation for their new CD "Sunday Morning Record".

I'm also liking the new single from Hard Working Americans (Todd Snider's new band, I can't wait to here the rest of the album. Bruce Hornsby is continuing to mix it up with bluegrass musicians,  this time teaming up with The Infamous String Dusters. I have also been enjoying Patterson Hood among others on a tribute CD to Bob "Slim" Dunlap who is best known as the lead guitarist for The Replacements. And , finally a Happy Birthday To Zoe Muth tomorrow.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Levon Helm - Rag Mama Rag - Ramble At The Ryman
Band Of Heathens - One More Trip - Sunday Morning Record
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You - My Favorite Picture Of You
Band Of Heathens - The Same Picture - Sunday Morning Record
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana & Jim - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Hard Working Americans - Down To The Well - Down To The Well
Mark Knopfler - Red Bud Tree - Privateering
JD & The Straight Shot - Midnight Run - Midnight Run
The Devil Makes Three - Stranger - I'm A Stranger Here
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Bluegrass Breakdown - Cluck Ol' Hen
The Infamous String Dusters Feat. Bruce Hornsby - Road To Boulder - Road To Boulder
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is - Cluck Ol' Hen
Patterson Hood & The Downtown Rumblers - Hate This Town - Songs for Slim

4pm
John Hiatt - Seven Little Indians - Stolen Momnets
The Deadfields - Often Wrong, Never In Doubt - Often Wrong, Never In Doubt
Willie Nelson - Bloody Mary Morning - To All The Girls
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Calling Out To You - Made Up Mind
The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - When I Get Low, I Get High - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
Copper & Coal - The Whole Damn Bottle - Copper & Coal
Courtyard Hounds - Rock All Night - Amelita
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
The Smoking Guns - Sparks & Fire - 2 Guns
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind
David Allen Coe - Willie, Waylon & Me - Greatest Hits
Little Feat - Candy Man Blues - Rooster Rag
Elephant Revival - Grace Of A Woman - These Changing Times

Routes & Branches 11/16/13

Aireene Espiritu from Oakland, California and The Hobos from the UK stopped by the KRVM studio this week and performed a couple of tunes before their show at the Axe & Fiddle. They are quite the interesting group who all met when Aireene was touring in Europe last year. Having a mutual appreciation for each other's music they joined forces touring now on both continents. It is so inspiring to hear young people from different parts of the world enjoying and creating new Americana music.

One of my other favorite road bands is going to be back in Eugene this coming Friday. Even after losing 2 of their original members last year, Band Of Heathens have a sound and groove that always satisfies my live music craving. Their new album 'Sunday Morning Record' has been compared with early Eagles, The Faces, The Band and even the Beatles. I started the with one of my favorite covers they do "Mississippi Halfstep" which I think they do as well as the Dead ever did. What ever they play it is always a good time.

3pm
Band Of Heathens - Mississippi Halfstep - Live @ Sam Bond's Garage 8/26/12
Grant Farm - (Ain't No) Nuthin' Gonna Stop This Train - Grant Farm
Hot Buttered Rum - Honky Tonk Tequila - Limbs Akimbo
Mary Gauthier - Sideshow - The Foundling
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty - Kerrville Folk Festival 1975
Wilco - Sunken Treasure - Being There
James McMurtry - Bayou Tortous - Just Us Kids
Rod Balch - Up The Road - Fort Worth 76102
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko

4pm
Aireene & The Hobos - I Think I'm Fallin' - Live In The KRVM Studio
Aireene & The Hobos - Stripy Socks - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Gloria Darlings - You Done Me Wrong - Come Home To Me
Patty Griffin - Truth #2 - Silver Bell
The Wood Brothers - Neon Tombstone - The Muse
The Harmed Brothers - When You See Me - Better Days
Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats - Greyhound - On This Very Evening
Shook Twins - Shine On - Window
Sarah Jarosz - Fuel The Fire - Build Me Up From Bones
Miss Tess & The Talkbacks - The Love I Have For You - The Love I Have For You
Jerry Jeff Walker - Charlie Dunn - Kerrville Folk Festival 1973
Band Of Heathens - Shotgun - Sunday Morning Record

Routes & Branches 11/9/13

A busy day on Routes & Branches this afternoon. I had two show to give away tickets to Head For The Hills and Hot Buttered Rum both playing the WOW Hall next Friday and Saturday evenings respectively. I also had The Flannel Attractions from Jackson Hole, Wyoming into the studio to play a couple of tunes live before their show tonight at the Axe & Fiddle. What it all means is a bunch of 'Our Kind of Music' is happening in our area this next week.

 This week we also celebrated the birthdays of Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Neil Young and Susan Tedeschi .

I also want to thank Nancy Scott, one of our Acoustic Junction DJ's for sharing the Townes Van Zandt and the Kerrville Folk Festival CD's with me. I'm looking forward to sharing these more with my listeners on future shows.


Artist - Song - Source

3pm
Mark Knopfler - Gator Blood - Privateering
Townes Van Zandt - Wabash Cannonball - Live At McCabe's
Chris Smither - Don't Call Me Stranger - Time Stands Still
Dave Alvin  - Harlen County Line - Eleven Eleven
Head For The Hills - One Foot In The Grave - Head For The Hills
The Harmed Brothers  - Better Days - Better Days
Grant Farm - I Come From The Country - Grant Farm
Allen Toussaint - Get Out Of My Life Woman - Songbook
Ray Wylie Hubbard - West Texas Country Western Dance Band - Kerrville Folk Festival The Early Years
Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats - Greyhound -  On This Very Evening
Poor Old Shine - Weeds Or Wildflowers - Poor Old Shine
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Southern Pacific - A Treasure

4pm
The Flannel Attractions - Before you Came Along - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Flannel Attractions - Nothing Is Quite Beautiful - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Flannel Attractions - Better Part Of Me - The Flannel Attractions
Hot Buttered Rum - Limbs Akimbo - Limbs Akimbo
Grace & Tony - November - November
Blue Yonder - Bittersweet Road - Bittersweet Road
Susan Tedeschi -  Back To The River - Back To The River
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Rollin' & Tumblin' - Everybody's Talkin'
Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy - A Family Dinner - A Tell All
Cooper & Coal - Good Time Gal - Cooper & Coal
The Gloria Darlings - Come Home To Me - Come Home To Me
Lewi Longmire - Baby Take Me Home - Fire 'neath The Still

Routes & Branches 11/2/13

A mix of birthdays, October FAR chart picks and a few new and old tunes thrown in to round out the show.
Birthday celebrations this week go to Delbert McClinton (73),  Guy Clark (72),  Kinky Friedman (69), JD Souther (68), and Lyle Lovett (57). We are also remembering Gram Parsons who was also born this week in 1946.

My October picks for the FAR Charts were Will Hoge 'Never Give In', Amos Lee 'Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song', Los Lobos 'Disconnected, The Jimmy Ray Guns, 'Company's Comin'', Southern Culture On the Skids ' Dig This' and Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos.

I have also been enjoying the new sound track for the movie 'Inside Llewyn Davis. The Coen brothers and T Bone Burnett have done it again. With a sound track this good I can't wait to see the film.

3pm
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Kinky Friedman - Sold American - Bi-Polar Tour
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - Crazy 'Bout An Automobile - Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos Live
Garland Jeffreys - Truth Serum - Truth Serum
Ian Thomas Alexy - Day Of The Dead - Born On The Day Of The Dead
Teague Alexy - Quarter To Four - This Dance
Southern Culture On The Skids - The Fly That Rode From Buffalo  - Dig This
JD Souther - New Kid In Town - Natural History
The Jimmy Ray Guns - Wild Thing - Company's Comin'
Lyle Lovett - White Boy Lost In The Blues - Release Me
Allison Moorer - The One That Got Away (Got Away With My Heart) - Alabama Song
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Dutchesses - That All You Got - The Low Highway
Jeffery Foucault - Everybody's Famous - Horse Latitudes

4pm
Tony Joe White - Who Yoy Gonna Hoodoo Now? - Hoodoo
Oscar Isaac & T Bone Burnett - Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) - Inside Llewyn Davis
Tom Paxton - The Last Thing On MY Mind - Inside Llewyn Davis
The Flatlanders - Shadow Of The Moon - The Odessa Tapes
Delbert Mc Clinton & Glen Clark - Been Around A Long Time - Delbert & Glen
Los Lobos - La Bamba/ Good Lovin' - Disconnected
Karen Hudson - Late Bloomer - Sonic Bloom
The Gloria Darlings - You Done Me Wrong - Come Home To Me
The Outlaws - Freeborn Man - Green Grass & High Tides
Amos Lee - The Man Who Wants You - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song
Will Hoge - Bad Old Days - Never Give In
Guy Clark - LA Freeway - Songs And Stories

Routes & Branches 10/26/13

Local musician Jake McNeillie (left) and Company (Aaron Forman) were my first guests to perform in our new main studio. Playing tunes from his first solo album "Songs Of The Sage" which was recorded and mixed by Thaddeus Moore at our local Spout City Studios. With influences like Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits, Jake considers his songwriting to be like painting with words upon tunes that he finds inspiration from his dreams.  The tune "Wild Horse" is a beautiful example of Jake's songwriting with some dreamy slide guitar performed by Peter Perdichizzi. You can find more information at http://jakemcneillie.bandcamp.com/



3pm
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Always Come Back - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Will Hoge - Home Is Where The Heart Breaks - Never Give In
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
Southern Culture On The Skids - Too Much Pork For Just One Fork - Dig This
Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants - Pop A Top - All Hat And No Cattle
Jeffery Foucault - Horse Latitudes - Horse Latitudes
JD & The Straight Shots - Let It Roll - Midnight Run
Wells The Traveler - Manchester - One For The Dreamers
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - Lord Tell Me Why - Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos
Amos Lee - Stranger  - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song
Steve Earle & The Dukes - That All You Got - The Low Highway
The Wood Brothers - I Got Loaded - The Muse
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin' - Long Road

4pm
Jake McNeillie & Company - Open Road - Live In The KRVM Studio
Jake McNeillie & Company - Kentucky Moon - Live In The KRVM Studio
Jake McNeillie & Company - Wild Horse - Songs Of The Sage
Sarah Jarosz - Fuel The Fire - Build Me Up From Bones
Patty Griffin - Boston - Silver Bell
Misner & Smith - Seven Hour Storm - Seven Hour Storm
Allen Toussaint - With You In Mind - Songbook
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood - Disconnected
Scott Miller - Big Big World - Big Big World
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Idle Wind - Made Up Mind

Routes & Branches 10/19/13

First of all I want to thank all of my listeners for helping us reach the goal for our fall fund raiser. And, I want to thank Shotgun Majors for sitting in for me last weekend while I was taking care of business at our fall home improvement show.
Since I have gotten behind with playing new releases that have come in over the past month, I spent the entire show playing new music accept for the Hank III, 2008 release "Damn Right
 Rebel Proud" which was the only Hank III CD I could find at the last minuet. Hank is in town tonight which is why I started and ended the show with him.

3pm
Hank III - Me & My Friends - Damn Right Rebel Proud
JD & The Straight Shot - Midnight Run - Midnight Run
Southern Culture On The Skids - The Fly That Rode From Buffalo - Dig This
Holly Renee Allen - Gypsy Boots - Big Love
Willie Nelson - It Won't Be Long - To All The Girls
Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats - Greyhound - On This Very Evening
Cedric Benoit - Living It Up In Cajun Land - Louisianna
Robert Randolf & The Family Band - New Orleans - Lickety Split
The Smoking Flowers - Sparks & Fire - 2 Guns
Miss Tess & The Talkbacks - The Love I Have For You - The Love I Have For You
Ernie Hendrickson - California Farewell - One For The Dreamers
Greg Trooper - Good Luck Heart - Incident On Willow Street
Dwight Yoakam with Willie Nelson - If Teardrops Were Diamonds - 21st Century Hits
Amos Lee - Tricksters, Hucksters, And Scamps - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song

4pm
The Show Ponies - Whiskey And Wine - We're Not Lost
Grace & Tony - Hey Grace, Hey Tony - November
Misner & Smith - Lost & Found - Seven Hour Storm
Ken & Brad Kolodner - Down On My Knees - Skipping Rocks
David Newbould - Always Coming Home - Tennessee
Tony Joe White - Aligator, Mississippi - Hoodoo
D. B. Rielly - Turn The Page - Cross My Heart Hope To Die
The Jimmy Ray Guns - Broken Hearts Anonymous - Company's Comin'
Courtyard Hounds - A Guy Like You - Amelita
Mary Beth Cross - Kiss You Goodnight - Beyond Good And Evil
The Tillers - The Road Neverending - Hand On The Plow
Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman - We Made It Home - We Made It Home
Linda Thompson - As Fast As My Feet - Won't Be Long Now
Hank III - Workin' Man - Damn Right Rebel Proud

Routes & Branches 10/5/13

Well it is the first weekend in October and the perfect storm of recent events have kept me once again from making my way to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. So, I decided to bring the festival to my listeners. Everyone I played this week was performing at HSB except for one artist who is playing here this next weekend.

This weekend was also the start of KRVM's Fall Pledge Drive. I want to thank all of the listeners who called in to my show this weekend. You all helped me reach my goals for this fundraiser. Thank you one and all. And for everyone else who is reading this blog and has not made their contribution to KRVM, please go to:  http://www.krvm.org/  and help support true community radio by keeping shows like Routes & Branches on the air for all to enjoy!!!

3pm
Bonnie Raitt - Used To Rule The World - Slipstream
Seldom Scene - Bad Moon Rising - Dream Scene
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - So Good - Legacy
Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan - Can't Get There From Here - Yonder
Steve Earle & The Dukes - Warren Hellman's Banjo - The Low Highway
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Jubilation Day - Rare Bird Alert
Ryan Bingham - Neverending Show - Tomorrowland
Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head - Eleven Eleven
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried My Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Disconnected In New York City
Patty Griffin - Truth #2 - Silver Bell

4pm
Tift Merritt - Traveling Alone - Traveling Companion
Langhorn Slim & The Law - The Way We Move - The Way We Move
The Devil Makes Three - Old Number 7 - Stomp & Smash & Slash & Crash & Bash & Bust & Burn
The Wood Brothers - I Got Loaded - The Muse
Tim O'Brien - My Girl's Waiting For Me - Chicken & Egg
The Flatlanders - Borderless Love - Hills & Valleys
Nicki Blum & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Blum & The Gramblers
Justin Townes Earle - Look The Other Way - Nothings Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On Forever - The Party Never Ends

Routes & Branches 9/28/13

I have been a big fan of Steve Earle for as long as I can remember. He is performing here in Eugene this next week so I made him my feature artist for today's show. I brought in every album I have and played a track off each one of them.
I started and finished the show with Ry Cooder's new live album which was my favorite new listen of the week. I also played some of my favorite recent releases including Sam Baker, Acoustic Syndicate, David Bromberg, The Wood Brothers and Rod Balch.

3pm
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - Crazy 'bout An Automobile - Live
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road - Together At The Bluebird Café
Steve Earle - Pancho & Lefty - Townes
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - All Night Long Won't Be Long Enough - Number One Contender
Sam Baker - The Tattooed Woman - Say Grace
JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers - Apples And Oranges - Wild Moon
North Mississippi Allstars - Turn Up Satan - World Boogie Is Coming
Dr Dog - Long Way Down - B-Room
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band - I'm Still In Love With You - The Mountain
Steve Earle - Down Here Below - Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle - Steve's Last Ramble - Transcendental Blues
Acoustic Syndicate - Song For Me - Rooftop Garden
David Bromberg - Keep On Drinkin' - Only Slightly Mad

4pm
Wild Ponies - Things That Used To Shine - Things That Used To Shine
Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
Steve Earle - The Devil's Right Hand - Copperhead Road
Steve Earle - Willin' - Side Tracks
The Sugar Beets - Did You Ask The Tall Blue-eyed Hippie To Stay? - Sweet Ride Home
Tired Pony - All Things At Once - The Ghost Of The Mountain
The Wood Brothers - Neon Tombstone - The Muse
Steve Earle - The Gulf Of Mexico - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Steve Earle - The Low Highway - The Low Highway
Steve Earle - Nowhere Road - Essential Steve Earle
Rod Balch - Up The Road - Fort Worth 76102
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - School Is Out - Live

Routes & Branches 9/21/13

3pm
Gram Parsons - In My Hour Of Darkness - Grievous Angel
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A) Enlightenment B) Endarkenment
The Wood Brothers - The Muse - The Muse
Guy Clark - El Coyote - My Favorite Picture Of You
Arlo Guthrie - The City Of New Orleans - Hobo's Lullaby
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Whiskey Legs - Made Up Mind
Mark Knopfler - Don't Forget Your Hat - Privateering
I See Hawks In LA - Rock N Roll Cymball From The Seventies - Mystery Drug
Audrey Auld - Your Wife - Tonk
George Jones - Hangin' On To One & Hangin' 'round The Other - 14 Greats
Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee - Okie From Muskogee
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana & Jim - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
The Wild Feathers - Backwoods Company - The Wild Feathers
Nicki Blum & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Blum & The Gramblers

4pm
Who Hit John - Old Joe Brown - Whistle On The Rail
David Allen Hammond - Pegleg John - The Sapphire Sun
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin - The Bottle Let Me Down - Bakersfield
Yarn - Let's Get Dark - Shine The Light On
Yarn - The Truth Of My Sweet Anna Lee - Shine The Light On
Matt The Electrician - All I Know - Accidental Theif
Todd Snider - Sangria Wine - Time As We Know It
David Bromberg - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Only Slightly Mad
Allman Brothers - Stormy Monday - Fillmore East
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Dutchesses - Invisible - The Low Highway
Spuyten Duyvil - Honey On My Grave - Temptation
Tia McGraff - Whiskey Ship - Break These Chains

Routes & Branches 9/14/13

Well the end of summer is upon us and after being away last week it is time to catch up on all the new releases that have come in. Highlights are Scott Miller's - 'Big Big World',  David Bromberg's - 'Only Slightly Mad', Red Dirt Rangers - 'Lone Chimney' and The Grahams -'Riverman's Daughter'.

I'm looking forward to some great shows coming up including Ray Wylie Hubbard at Mississippi Studios in Portland next weekend. Steve Earle and The Dukes & Duchesses  who will be here in Eugene on October 1st.

3pm
Scott Miller - You Got Love - Big Big World
Brennen Liegh & Noel McKay - The Only Other Person In The Room - Before The World Was Made
Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project - Forget About Your Life (For A Little While) - Devils 'n' Darlins
Sarah Jarosz - Over The Edge - Build Me Up From Bones
The Cival Wars - Devil's Backbone - The Cival Wars
David Bromberg - Drivin' Wheel - Only Slightly Mad
Lowery Hamner - Katrina - American Dreaming
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Duchesses - After Mardi Gras - The Low Highway
Steve Earle - The Week Of Living Dangerously - Essential Steve Earle
Rod Balch - Rehab Rendevous - Fort Worth 76102
The Band Of Heathens - Shotgun - Sunday Morning Record
Red Dirt Rangers - Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma - Lone Chimney
Shiny Ribs - Sweeter Than The Scars - Gulf Coast Museum
Kevin Abernathy - She Loves Jesus - Some Stories

4pm
Hayes Carll - She Left Me For Jesus - Trouble In Mind
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - When We Were Smokin' - Number One Contender
Voo Davis - One For The Habit, One For The Road - Vicious Things
Blitzen Trapper - Valley Of Death - VII
Brian Wright - Red Rooster Social Club - Rattle Their Chains
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You - My Favorite Picture Of You
Kris Kristofferson - Stairway To The Bottom - Feeling Mortal
The Grahams - Riverman's Daughter - Riverman's Daughter
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal
Demolition Stringband - Why You Been Gone So Long - Gracious Days
Mark Knopfler - Red Bud Tree - Privateering
Owen Temple - Home Grown - Stories They Tell
David Gelman - Take Me Back - Undertow
Scott Miller - Goin' Home - Big Big World

Routes & Branches 8/31/13

Well I normally collect all my CDs with working man songs to play this weekend, but this time I have been overwhelmed with my own work that I haven't had any time to round them all up. But I did grab my Best of Merle Haggard CD and could start the show with Workin' Man Blues.

With it being the end of the month, I also brought along my favorite picks for this month's Freeform American Roots Chart. Number one fav-O-month was Bill Kirchen's 'Seeds & Stems' followed by  Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby with 'Cluck Ol' Hen', I See Hawks In LA 'Mystery Drug', Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers self titled CD, North Mississippi Allstars  'World Boogie Is Coming'  and Tedeschi Trucks Band with 'Made Up Mind'.


3pm
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - Hag The Best Of Merle Haggard
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Whiskey Legs - Made Up Mind
John Fogerty - Almost Saturday Night - Wrote A Song For Everyone
The Mavericks - Back In Your Arms Again - In Time
Truth & Salvage Co. - Games People Play - Pick Me Up
Truth & Salvage Co. - I'm Not Your Boyfriend - Pick Me Up
North Mississippi Allstars - Goin' To Brownsville - World Boogie Is Coming
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment
Chicago Farmer - The John Stokes Prison Break Blues - Backenforth, IL
Hayes Carll - Little Rock - Little Rock
Steve Earle - Six Days On The Road - Essential Steve Earle
Sara Petite - If Mama Ain't Happy - Circus Comes To Town
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

4pm
Wild Ponies - Things That Used To Shine - Things That Used To Shine
Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues - Live at The Fillmore East
Kris Kristofferson - Ramblin' Jack - Feeling Mortal
I See Hawks In LA - We Could All Be In Laughlin Tonight - Mystery Drug
Dan Imhoff - Compass - Agraria
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - When We Were Smokin' - Number One Contender
The Mother Hips - Toughie - Behind Beyond
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - White Wheeled Limosine - Cluck Ol' Hen
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds & Stems

Routes & Branches 8/24/13

My show follows 'The Magical Mystery Tour' which features music from the 60's to early 70's so I often like to play a track that fits my show but also could be played on the Tour which only partly explains why I have started my show this week and last with the Allman Brothers band. The other part of the explanation is that the Portland band 'Brothers and Sisters' will be performing the Allman Brothers' "Live from the Fillmore East album in it's entirety next Saturday at the WOW Hall. This is no garage cover band. It is made up of seasoned Portland musicians including Lewi Longmire and Anita Robinson on guitar, Matt Cadenell and Ryan Spellman for the rhythm section, along with Tim Higgins on bass, Steve Kevin playing keyboards and David Lipkin joining in on harmonica. Their goal is to reproduce the live feel of the album as closely as they can. I hope to have Lewi stop by my show next week to talk more about the band and the music.

So the summer flood of CDs hit me this last week and I had more new discs than I could play today. some of the highlights are Dan Hubbard, Austin Lucas, Delvin Jake, Kevin Abernathy and Willie Nelson with Dolly Parton. I'm still lovin' the new  Bill Kirchen and the  Scaggs & Hornsby CDs.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Allman Brothers Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East
North Mississippi Allstars - Meet Me In The City - World Boogie Is Coming
Sassparilla - New Love - The Darndest Thing
The Stagger & Sway - Sams Bonds Garage - Breack Til You Bend
Shook Twins - Shine On - Window
Dan Hubbard - Livin' In The Heartland - Livin' In The Heartland
Austin Lucas - Alone In Memphis - Stay Reckless
Delvin Jake - Jesus Tell My Mama - Jesus & Mama
Delvin Jake - Mama Tried - Jesus & Mama
I See Hawks In LA - Oklahoma's Going Dry - Mystery Drug
Shinyribs - Somebody Else - Gulf Coast Museum

4pm 
Bill Kirchen - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Seeds & Stems
Jim Liberato - Jasmine - I'm Not High Anymore
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is - Cluck Ol' Hen
Yarn - Blueskies, Brighter Times & Roses - Leftovers Vol. 2
Chicago Farmer - Everybody In This Town - Backenforth, IL
Dawes - If I Wanted Someone - Nothing Is Wrong
Kevin Abernathy - She Loves Jesus - Some Stories
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Mark Knopfler - Got To Have Something - Privateering
Willie Nelson Feat. Dolly Parton - From Here To The Moon And Back - To All The Girls

Routes & Branches 8/17/13

I first want to thank Mike Meyer for sitting in for me last week while I went to Portland to see Todd Snider, Shawn Mullins, Hayes Carll and Sarah Jarosz. It was a wonderful outdoor show at the Oregon Zoo with each artist performing their own set of songs. It was a perfect home town reunion of sorts for Snider. He was in top form and would have told stories all night if the Zoo hadn't had a 10 pm curfew.
This weekend was my friend Al's annual pig roast and in honor of that I started with a set of Barbecue songs. I also featured new music from I See Hawks In LA, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. 

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky - Eat A Peach
Old And In The Way - Pig In A Pen - Breakdown
Robert Earl Keen - Barbecue - The Party Never Ends
Marcia Ball - Peace, Love and BBQ - Peace, Love and BBQ
Paul Thorn - I Don't Like Half The Folks I Love - Pimps & Preachers
Too Slim And The Taildraggers - When Whiskey Was My Friend - Blue Heart
I See Hawks In LA - Rock N Roll Cymbal From The Seventies - Mystery Drug
Shinyribs - Sweeter Than The Scars - Gulf Coast Museum
Blakie And The Rodeo Kings - Black Sheep - Kings And Queens
Johnny & June Carter Cash - Jackson - The Essential Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Idle Wind - Made Up Mind

4pm
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Not Felling It - Wassaic Way
Shawn Mullins - Catoosa County - Light You Up
Todd Snider - Brenda - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
Chicago Farmer - Twenty Dollar Bill - Backenforth, IL
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull Of Whiskey - Well For The Worse
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Love Has Come For You - Love Has Come For You
Whitewater Ramble - Beyer's Canyon - Roots & Groove
Sassparilla - New Love - The Darndest Thing
The Stagger & Sway - River Road - Break Til You Bend
Shook Twins - Potter's Daughter - Window
Big Sandy And His Fly-rite Boys - Missouri Gal - What A Dream It's Been
Bill Kirchen - Down To Seeds & Stems Again - Seeds & Stems

Routes & Branches 8/3/13

Another great musician has gone on to play in the great band in the beyond. JJ Cale, the understated guitarist of his time who influenced so many other musicians and yet never really attained commercial success.
I was fortunate enough to see JJ Cale the last time he toured through Eugene and I am so glad that I had the chance to see him perform. I always liked his rolling rhythm style of song writing. I could have filled more than 2 hours of his music, but I have to mix it up with some of the new music just to stay current. Here is what I played today.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
JJ Cale - Any Way The Wind Blows - Okie
Widespread Panic - Travelin' Light - Space Wrangler
JJ Cale - Travelin' Light - Troubadour
JJ Cale - Waymore's Blues - Rewind
New Country Rehab - Home To You - Ghost Of Your Charms
The Breedings - Two Drinks - Fayette
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow
Donna The Buffalo - I Love My Tribe - Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday
The Coal Men - Tennessee - Escalator
JJ Cale - Cocaine - Troubadour
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Danger - The Road To Escodido
JJ Cale - Golden Ring - Rewind
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Ride The River - The Road To Escodido
The California Honeydrops - Carolina Peach - Like You Mean It!

4pm
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong - Live
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head - Song Up In Her Head
Todd Snider - Tillamook County Jail - Nashville Skyline
Hayes Carll - Bad Liver And A Broken Heart - Trouble In Mind
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby - How Mountain Girls Can Love - Cluck Ol' Hen
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincolin - Seeds & Stems
JJ Cale - Roll On - Roll On
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze - One More From The Road
JJ Cale - I'm A Gypsy Man - Troubadour
JJ Cale - Bring Down The Curtain - Roll On

Routes & Branches 7/27/13

What a fun summer afternoon this was to be on the radio. Thanks for all of the great phone calls and requests which I managed to fit in.
On a more serious note I apologize for not playing any JJ Cale today. I only learned of his passing this evening after I was off the air. I have been listening to Cale for what seems like my whole life, though I have only seen him once and that was a year or two ago here in Eugene. I am so glad that I saw that show. I certainly will play some of his music next week.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus - Glen Oak Blues - The Great Unknown
The Gloria Darlings - You Done Me Wrong - Come Home To Me
Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Wagon Wheel - Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
Donna The Buffalo - Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday - Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday
Austin Lounge Lizards - Brain Damage - Lizard Vision
Shannon McNally & Hot Sauce - Lovely - Coldwater
Eliza Gilkyson - Runaway Train - Beautiful World
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone - One More From The Road
The Mother Hips - Song For JB - Behind Beyond
Two Tons Of Steel - Crazy Heart  - Unraveled
Slaid Cleaves - Still Fighting The War - Still Fighting The War

4pm
Mike Stinson - Late For My Own Funeral - Hell And Half Of Georgia
Jim Liberato - These Days - I'm Not High Anymore
Tyler Fortier - Sing For Our Fellowman - Fear Of The Unknown
Beth Wood - Doing This Dance - The Weather Inside
Cascade Rye - Baby Let's Go - Cascade Rye
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Chicago Farmer - Twenty Dollar Bill - Backenforth, IL
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers - (Attempted) Murder Ballad - Myths & Routines
Jerry Jeff Walker - Night Rider's Lament - Ridin' High
Guy Clark - El Coyote - My Favorite Picture Of You
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark - Oughta Know - Blind, Crippled and Crazy
Will Brown - The Road Home - Guitar Sketchbook

Routes & Branches 7/20/13

Los Lobos who are celebrating 40 years together was in town last night and put on a great show. I played a set of their music on the show this week to get us all ready for the show. Local musician Curtis Salgado open the show and also joined Los Lobos on stage. They did a great version of 'West L.A. Fade Away' together.

I love summer for all of the music festivals, but the number of them theses days makes it hard to see them all. I try to catch as much of the music I can. I'll see you at a show sometime!

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides - Green Grass & High Tides
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark - Been Around A Long Time - Blind, Crippled and Crazy
The Mother Hips - Freed From A Prison - Behind Beyond
Truckstop Honeymoon - Mardi Gras In Kansas - Great Big Family
Emily Herring - The Girl Could Dance - Your Mistake
Jill Cohn - Highway 40 - Beautiful I Love You
Della Mae - Empire - This World Oft Can Be
JJ Grey & Mofro - Florabama - This River
Bo Porter - Drinkin' Money - Try It, You'll Like It
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers - The Welder - Myths & Routines
Tyler Fortier - Come Back Home - Fear Of The Unknown
Beth Wood - Doing This Dance - The Weather Inside

4pm
Patty Griffin - Go Wherever You Wanna Go - American Kid
Los Lobos - This Time - This Time
Los Lobos - The Road To Gila Bend - The Town And The City
Los Lobos - Yo Canto - Tin Can Trust
Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin - Somewhere In Time - The Ride
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk
Ian Thomas - Life Is Good - Little Dreams
Bradley Wik and The Charlatans - Friday Night Is For Drinkers - Burn What You Can, Bury The Rest
Joe West & The Santa Fe Revue - Frank's Time Travel Experiment - Blood Red Velvet
Jonny Fritz - Holy Water - Dad Country
The California Honey Drops - Here Comes Love - Like You Mean It!
Donna The Buffalo - Don't Know What We've Got - Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday

Routes & Branches 7/6/13

A summer mix of new cd's that I haven't had a chance to play yet along with some old favorites. I had to play Dave Alvin's "Fourth Of July", a tradition of mine on the first Saturday of July. I saw Railroad Earth last night and once again forgot to bring a deck of cards for the audience participation during the song 'Elko' so I had to play it to make up for it.

I'm looking forward to next weekend's live broadcast from the Blue Moon Stage of The Oregon Country Fair. If you can't make it to the fair, be sure to listen every afternoon on KRVM 91.9 FM or online at: http://www.krvm.org/ I'm looking forward to seeing Poor Man's Whiskey who is closing out our broadcast on Sunday Evening. If you are attending the fair, be sure to say hi if you find your self at the Blue Moon Stage.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Tom Jones - Traveling Shoes - Spirit In The Room
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men - Fourth Of July - Out In California
Lennon Stella & Maisy Stella - Ho Hey - The Other Side Of Nashville
Claire Lynch - Doin' Time - Dear Sister
Tracy Newman & The Reinforcements - Already Missing You - I Just See You
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Slaid Cleaves - Hometown USA - Still Fighting The War
Paul Phillips - Come Home - Every Time I Leave
Railroad Earth - Elko - Elko
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers - Reaper's Jug - Myths & Routines
Ian McFeron - Down The Road - Time Will Take You
Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Christi Bay - Live At The Ryman

4pm
John Hiatt - Pirate Radio - Little Head
Tex Smith - Better Days Are Due - A Wayfarer's Lament
Guy Clark - Rain In Durango - My Favorite Picture Of You
Tremoloco - Western Sky - Salsipuedes
Kim Richey - Take Me To The Other Side - Thorn In My Heart
Putnam Smith - Country Girl - Kitchen, Love…
Nanci Griffith - Waiting On A Dark Eyed Gal - Intersection
Fred Eaglesmith - Shoulder To The Plow - Tinderbox
BrownChicken BrownCow Stringband - She's Sexy When She Comes - …It's A Deep Subject
James McMurtry - See The Elephant - Childish Things
The California Honeydrops - Like You Mean It - Like You Mean It!
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust

Routes & Branches 6/29/13

With the summer festival season beginning to heat up this next week I focused today's show around three festivals here in Oregon this next month, The Cascadia Music Festival (July 5th)http://wwhttp://www.cascadiamusicfestival.com/, The Oregon Country Fair (July 12-14)http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/  and The Northwest String Summit (July 18-21) http://www.stringsummit.com/. The Shook Twins win the "Most Booked" award with an appearance at each of these festivals. I love summer in Oregon!!

I also played my choices for this month's Freeform American Roots Chart,
1) Slaid Cleaves - Still Fighting The War
2) Patty Griffin - American Kid
3)  Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You
4) Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - Carnival
5) Tommy Malone  - Natural Born Days
6) Molly Venter & Eben Pariser - Goodnight Moonlight


3pm
Molly Venter & Eben Pariser - End Of The World Blues - Goodnight Moonlight
Shook Twins - Time To Swim - Window
Bruce Hornsby - The Valley Road - Here Come The Noisemakers
Railroad Earth - The Jupiter And The 119 - Railroad Earth
Tommy Malone - God Know's (Just Ain't Talkin') - Natural Born Days
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - The Bakers Boy - Carnival
Tracy Walton - Beer Is Now Cheaper Than Gas - If I Ever Get Away
John Shipe - Honky Tonk Romance - Yellow House
Brian Cutean - Theme From Handpainted School - Guitarred & Feathered
Jim Page - Andres Raya - Head Full Of Pictures
Black Prairie - For The Love Of John Hartford - A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart

4pm
Poor Man's Whiskey - Across The Great Divide - Like A River
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Lightning Bugs & Barflies/ Stand By Me - Matadors
The California Honeydrops - Here Comes Love - Like You Mean It!
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - Middle Cyclone
John Hiatt - It All Comes Back Someday - Mystic Pinball
Guy Clark - El Coyote - My Favorite Picture Of You
Patty Griffin - Go Wherever You Wanna Go - American Kid
Leftover Salmon - Here Comes The Night - Aquatic Hitchhiker
The Brohters Comatose - Pie For Breakfast - Respect The Van
Keller Williams with the Travelin' McCourys - The Graveyard Shift - Pick
Slaid Cleaves - Rust Belt Fields - Still Fighting The War
Jimmy LaFave - Hard Travelin' - Woody Guthrie At 100 Live at The Kennedy Center

Routes & Branches 6/22/13

A summer solstice mix of new Cd's, folks coming to our region of the country and catching up on this month's birthdays.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm.
The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown - The Best of The Outlaws…Green Grass & High Tides
Waylon Jennings - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies - Ultimate Waylon Jennings
Kris Kristofferson - Ramblin' Jack -  Feeling Mortal
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - The Bakers Boy - Carnival
Kim Richey - Breakaway Speed - Thorn In My Heart
Misner & Smith - Madeline (Paradise Cracked) - Live At The Freight & Salvage
Carrie Rodriguez - Got Your Name On It - Live In Louisville
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/ Serena Rider - Black Sheep - Kings & Queens
Slaid Cleaves - Still Fighting The War - Still Fighting The War
Tommy Malone - Mississippi Bootlegger - Natural Born Days
Jerry Castle - My Style Of Crazy - Desperate Parade
Dan Weber - Hank & Jesus - Ash And Bone
Corb Lund - Bible On The Dash - Cabin Fever

4pm
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Love Has Come For You - Love Has Come For You
The Black Lillies - Ramblin' Boy - Runaway Freeway Blues
Emmy Lou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow Moon
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson - Cash The Legend
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Dutchesses - That All You Got? - The Low Highway
Marley's Ghost - Travelin' Teardrop Blues - Ghost Town
Jonathan Warren & The Billygoats - Brown Liquor - A Little Something Stronger Than Wine
Barna Howard - Horizons Fade - Barna Howard
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You - My Favorite Picture Of You
Mavis Staples - Far Celestial Shore - One True Vine
Jason Isbell - Different Days - Southeastern
Patty Griffin - Don't Let Me Die In Florida - American Kid

Routes & Branches 6/15/13

A busy couple of days for me here at KRVM. Friday afternoon I had the Howlin' Brothers stop by and play a few tunes on their way to Sam Bond's that night.

The Howlin' Brothers have a great roots sound drawing inspiration from artists like John Hartford, Doc Watson and Mississippi John Hurt. Originally from  Ithaca, New York, the Howlin' Brothers now call Nashville their home where they find plenty of inspiration from the regular old time jams that take place  around town. Playing both original and traditional tunes, the Howlin' Brothers have a high energy performance that is sure to get you dancin'.

By going to the Howlin' Brothers show I was introduced to Whitey Morgan and the 78's, an Outlaw country rock band from Flint Michigan inspired by the likes of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Needless to say, I was up a lot latter than I usually am.

 

For today's show I played the rest of my interview with Ryan Bingham that I recorded last week. Bingham is another one of those younger artists that I am enjoying watching perform. This time around he had a killer band, great lead guitar and a fiddle player that reminded me of Papa John Creach with his blazing leads. 

 

Finally, I am looking forward to seeing James McMurtry this next week  so I had to play a few more tunes to just get ready. I am also looking forward to seeing the opening band for this show, a band from Portland called Denver that I recently heard about from my friend Lewi Longmire who will be playing guitar for them on this tour with McMurtry.





3pm
Little Feat - Candyman Blues - Rooster Rag
Ryan Bingham - Tell My Mother I Miss Her So - Roadhouse Sun
Ryan Bingham & Will Dailey - Brotherly Love - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
Ryan Bingham - Heart Of Rhythm - Tomorrowland
Richard Thompson - Good Things Happen To Bad People - Electric
Cathern Maclellan - Stealin' - Silhouette
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong - Live
Drew Holcome & The Neighbors - Nothing Like A Woman - Good Light
Matt Bunsen & The Burners - Mr. Spaceman - Porch Party
The Stagger & Sway - Wyoming - Break Til You Bend
Whitey Morgan & The 78's - Honky Tonk Queen - Whitey Morgan & The 78's

4pm
James McMurtry - Painting By Numbers - Too Long In The Waste Land
James McMurtry - No More Buffalo - It Had To Happen
James McMurtry w/ Joe Ely - Slew Foot - Childish Things
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Denver - Hot Denver #2 - Denver
Heather Lingle - Leavin' Texas - Coyote Beauty
Robert Sarazin Blake with Jefferson Hamer & The Powderkegs - Hanging On - Put It All Down In A Letter
Donna The Buffalo - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday
David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name - If That Ain't Country
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark - Been Around a Long Time - Blind, Crippled And Crazy
Truth & Salvage Co. - Appalachian Hilltop

Routes & Branches 6/8/13

Ryan Bingham was in town last night and put on a great show over at the WOW Hall.  I had the chance to talk with him over the phone as he travelled to Eugene. Since we were finishing up our summer fundraiser this weekend I only had time to play the comments he had about how public radio supports artists like him along with a set of his tunes. I will share the rest of the interview with my listeners next week when I have more time to talk. I will also play some of the crowd favorites from last night's show.

My thanks go out to all of my listeners especially those of you who contributed to KRVM during this fundraiser. As long as you keep paying the bills that keep the station on the air... I will continue to bring you the Americana each week on Routes & Branches. Thanks for your support.



Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Stagger & Sway -  Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
Jason Isbell - Different Days - Southeastern
Emily Herring - Austin (Ain't Got No) City Limits - Your Mistake
W.C. Beck & The Valiant Swains - Poor Man - Kansawyer
Denver - Toledo - Denver
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here - Childish Things
Denver - Dancin' With The Moon - Denver
The Howlin' Brothers - Delta Queen - Howl
The California Honey Drops - Here Comes Love - Like You Mean It!
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk

4pm
Poor Man's Whiskey - Here In California - Like A River
Ryan Bingham - Heart Of Rhythm - Tomorrowland
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Country Roads - Roadhouse Sun
Ryan Bingham - Neverending Show - Tomorrowland
Shoebox Letters - Boones Ferry Road - Crossing Words
Sara Syms - Devil Came Around - Fade To Blue
Dwight Yoakam - Nothing But Love - 3 Pears
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Walking The Line - Old Gold
Dan Weber - Hank & Jesus - Ash And Bone
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go - The Magic Door

Routes & Branches 6/1/13

James McMurtry is coming to Eugene this month so I decided to make him my feature artist for this week's show. It was also the first day of our Summer membership drive and it didn't hurt that I had a few pairs of tickets to offer as an extra incentive to make a pledge of support to our community radio station, KRVM. James McMurtry is a big supporter of public community radio like KRVM and has been to our studios several times to perform on our airwaves. Thank you James for all of your support over the years.
Thank you also to all of the people who called in and pledged there support to Routes and Branches. Anyone can become a member of KRVM by going to our website http://www.krvm.org/ and clicking on the pledge now button. Support from our listeners is vital for us to continue the programing you depend on from KRVM. Thank you to all of you who have contributed so far.


3pm
Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Steady As She Goes
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Bluebird Wine - Old Yellow Moon
Frank Bang & The Secret Stash - This Is What It Is All About - Double Dare
Eric McMann - Redneck Hippie - The Last American Songbook
The James Low Western Front - Medicine Show - Whiskey Farmer
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Love Has Come For You - Love Has Come For you
The Black Lillies - Smokestack Lady - Runaway Freeway Blues
Sheryll Crow - Jukin' - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
James McMurtry - Too Long In The Waste Land - Live In Aught-Three

4pm
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party - Just Us Kids
Cascade Rye - Give Her Everything - Cascade Rye
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Dutchesses - After Mardi Gras - The Low Highway
Steve Earle & The Dukes & Dutchesses - Pocket Full Of Rain - The Low Highway
John Hiatt - You're All The Reason I Need - Mystic Pinball
Ryan Bingham - Neverending Show - Tomorrowland
Patty Griffin - Don't Let Me Die in Florida - American Kid 
Willie Nelson and Family - South Of The Border - Let's Face The Music and Dance
James McMurtry - The Govenor  - Just Us Kids

Routes & Branches 5/25/13

I had Dennis Winslow, Dave Stricker, Stephanie Pranzetti and David Wall, otherwise known as the Portland band Shoebox Letters stop by the studio this week. They stopped by to preview a few of their new songs from the upcoming CD called "Crossing Words". Stephanie takes the lead vocal on "I Can Tell" an upbeat tune about young love. David wrote and takes the lead on "New Eyes Now" about changing one's outlook on a relationship. Dennis finished the set with a tune called "Boones Ferry Road" a country tinged rocker about facing the ghosts of one's past. I like all three tunes which showcase the diverse musical abilities of Shoebox Letters.

I had a conflict this week when both Corb Lund and The Black Lillies played a block away from each other on the same night. I hate it when that happens. Since my wife is a big Corb Lund fan, he won the decision, but I do like The Black Lillies' new CD "Runaway Freeway Blues" a lot.


3pm
Widespread Panic - Good Morning Little School Girl - Wood
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's All Right - The Whitmark Demos 1962-1964
Rosanne Cash - Girl From The North Country - The List
Blitzen Trapper - My Home Town - American Goldwing
Frank Bang & The Secret Stash - My Own Country Way - Double Dare
The Black Lillies - Smokestack Lady - Runaway Freeway Blues
John Fogerty - Born On The Bayou - The Long Road Home
Lewi Longmire And The Left Coast Roasters - Live With Love
Dave & Phil Alvin & Sheryl Crow - So Goddam Smart - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
Duane Allman - Goin Down Slow - Sky Dog The Retrospective
4pm
Shoebox Letters - I Can Tell - Live In The KRVM Studio
Shoebox Letters - New Eyes Now - Live In The KRVM Studio
Shoebox Letters - Boones Ferry Road - Live In The KRVM Studio
Switchback - Pour Me - Kanoka
Buddy Miller - Yellow Submarine - Let Us In Americana
Ryan Bingham - Heart Of Rhythm - Tomorrowland
Corb Lund  - The Gothest Girl I Can - Cabin Fever
Jason Isbell - Songs That She Sang In The Shower - Southeastern
Cascade Rye - Give Her Everything - Cascade Rye
Dominique Pruitt - Love Of Your Life - Dominique Pruitt
Widespread Panic W/ Col. Bruce Hampton - Fixin to Die - Wood

Routes & Branches 5/18/13

It was good to be back in the studio after taking a week off to visit my family. Thanks to Nancy for sitting in for me.

The Americana Music association announce the nominations for this year's awards recently so I had a set starting the second hour of 4 of the 5 albums nominated for album of the year. I didn't have a copy of the Shovels and Rope CD "O' Be Joyful" which was also nominated.  Of the other 4 albums that I did play, I must say that it would be hard for me to choose one over the others as my favorite. I have played all of them several times on my show and I like several tracks on each CD. I also found it interesting that all of the album nominations except for John Fullbright were by duos that were also nominated for that category. It will be interesting to see who wins in September.

New tracks this week were from Jason Isbell, Eric McMann, Reed Turner, and the Doug Prescott Band. Also an interesting collaboration from John Mellencamp Steven King and T Bone Burnett on a musical called "Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County" which started out as a story which Mellencamp told to King and was premiered last spring in Atlanta. The sound track has several artists helping out with the music including Dave and Phil Alvin, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal, Ryan Bingham and Kris Kristofferson.

3pm
John Hiatt - We're Alright Now - Mystic Pinball
Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up - Southeastern
The Black Crows - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Wiser For Time
Eric McMann - The Red White And Blue - The Last American Songbook
The Black Lillies - Ramblin' Boy - Runaway Freeway Blues
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Down For The Ride - 17 Pine Avenue
Doug Prescott Band - Purple Heart In A Crown Vic - Blues In The Key Of Sea
Ryan Bingham & Will Dailey - Brotherly Love - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
Taj Mahal - Tear This Cabin Down - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
Blitzen Trapper - Love The Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
4pm
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow Moon
John Fullbright - Moving - From The Ground Up
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson - Border Radio - Cheater's Game
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried my Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
Richard Thompson - Good Things Happen To Bad People - Electric
Corb Lund - Dig Gravedigger Dig - Cabin Fever
Reed Turner - Killed That Girl ('Cause She Was Killin' Me) - Ghosts In The Attic
Jason Isbell - Super 8 - Southeastern
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong - Spreadin' Honey
Blue Mule - Why? - This Way Or That
Dailey & Vincent - Back To Hancock County - Brothers Of The Highway
Tear Stained Letters - Nothing To It - Tear Stained Letters

Routes & Branches 5/4/13

With the weather feeling like summer is already here in Eugene I felt like getting ready for all of the great summer shows by playing several live jamin' tracks this week!

A set of Wayne Hancock tunes to celebrate his recent birthday. For some reason I thought he was older than me. Maybe it's that great old timey sound he has.

Also new music from Marshall Chapman, Kim Richey, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Mike Archer and Ruth Moody.

I finished the show with a salute to the local Sasquatch Brew Festival this weekend with Corb Lund's 'Drink Like You Mean It'.

3pm
Levon Helm - The Weight - Ramble At The Ryman
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So Where Ya Headed? / Pancho And Lefty - So Where Ya Headed?
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk
Wayne Hancock - Working At Working - Viper Of Melody
Wayne Hancock - Johnny Law - That's What Daddy Wants
Wayne Hancock - Home With My Baby - Ride
Marshall Chapman - Love In The Wind - Blaze Of Glory
Kim Richey - Breakaway Speed - Thorn In My Heart
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Love Has Come From You - Love Has Come From You
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong - Live

4pm
Mike Archer - Shoulda Coulda Woulda - Shoulda Coulda Woulda
Ryan Bingham - Neverending Show - Tomorrowland
Steve Earle - Jerusalem - Jerusalem
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
Whitewater Ramble - Beyer's Canyon - Roots & Groove
Railroad Earth - The Old Man And The Land - Elko
David Bromberg - Dark Hollow - Live New York City 1982
Ruth Moody - Trouble And Woe - These Wilder Things
Corb Lund - Drink Like You Mean It - Cabin Fever

Routes & Branches 4/27/13

I started today's show with a tune by George Jones who passed away yesterday. I was not a big Jones fan growing up, but as I have programed this radio show I realized what an influence he was on so many of the artists I do play, so I had to get a greatest hits CD when I saw it in the sale bin at my local record shop. For those who are  not familiar with KRVM, we have another show on Saturday mornings called 'Country Clasics' hosted by my good friend Johnny Ethridge who had a great show this morning featuring Jones' music.

So, with Willie Nelson celebrating his 80th trip around the sun this week I decided to honor him as the feature artist of my show. Willie is one of the musicians I grew up listening to and I still admire today. I have enjoyed his shows every time he has stopped here in Eugene. He is so supportive of younger musicians and family. Listening to his most recent CD, I was most impressed by Willie's lead guitar work on Trigger which is as good as it ever gets. Keep on Rockin' Willie!!!


3pm
George Jones - Hangin' On To One & Hangin' 'round The Other - 14 Greats
Willie Nelson - If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind - Naked Willie
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel - Corrine Corrina - Willie And Wheel
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River - Stars & Guitars
The Black Crows - Jealous Again - Wiser For The Time
The Mavericks - Back In Your Arms Again - In Time
Mike Aiken - Bring Out The Bourbon - Captains & Cowboys
Randall Bramblett - Roll - The Bright Spots
Ashleigh Flynn - Dirty Hands and Dirty Feet  - A Million Stars
Laura Cortese - Heel To Toe - Into The Dark
Rebekah Pulley & The Reluctant Prophets - Sister Sally - Tralala
Whitewater Ramble - Dear Mr. Bankman - Roots & Groove
Terry Brown - Cowgirls Make The Rules - It's A Cowboy Thang
4pm
Willie Nelson - Crazy - Crazy, The Demo Sessions
Willie Nelson - Gotta Serve Somebody - Moment Of Forever
Willie Nelson - Come On Up To The House - Heroes
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken
The Whiskey Sisters - Good Girl Down - The Whiskey Sisters
Ashley Monroe - Two Weeks Late - Like A Rose
Beth Lee & The Breakups - One More Time Again - One More Time Again
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - Party Line - Carnival
Patty Griffin - Don't Let Me Die In Florida - American Kid
The Cave Singers - Hay Stacks - No Witch
Son Volt - Bakersfield - Honky Tonk
Willie Nelson - Matchbox - Let's Face The Music And Dance
Willie Nelson - Roll Me Up - Heroes

Routes & Branches 4/20/13

Several new additions to our local concert calendar including Corb Lund, Ryan Bingham and James McMurtry, all of which I played on this week's show. I also caught Screen Door Porch at Saturday Market today. They will be back in Eugene tomorrow after a show in Astoria tonight. They must love 'Ramblin' Around'. Music legends Arlo Guthrie and Taj Mahal will both be in town this week. Mahal is sharing the ticket with Shemekia Copeland at the Hult Center on Tuesday.

New music that I had to play this week came from the The Black Crows and The Whiskey Sisters. Willie Nelson and Susan McKeown also had new tracks on this week's show.


3pm
Taj Mahal - Yan-nah Mama-Loo - The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal 
Dave Alvin - Artesia - Man Of Somebody's Dreams
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper - Mad - The Comeback Album
The Black Crows - Willin' - Wiser For The Time
The Black Crows - Sister Luck - Wiser For The Time
The Cave Singers - Haller Lake - No Witch
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Love Has Something Else To Say - Everybody's Talkin'
Ryan Bingham - Tell My Mother I Miss Her So - Roadhouse Sun
Screen Door Porch - Ramblin' Around - Screen Door Porch
He's My Brother, She's My Sister - Electric Love - Nobody Dances In This Town

4pm
The Whiskey Sisters - I Take It Back - The Whiskey Sisters
The Whiskey Sisters - The Whiskey Song - The Whiskey Sisters
The California Honeydrops - Carolina Peach - Like You Mean It!
John Fullbright - Moving - From The Ground Up
James McMurtry - Levelland - Where'd You Hide The Body
Jonny Fritz - Holy Water - Dad Country
Rob Heath - Low Cut Silk Dress - The Trick
Willie Nelson - South Of The Border - Let's Face The Music And Dance
Susan McKeown - Our Texas - Belong
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Train Yard - The Grifter's Hymnal
Arlo Guthrie - Hurry To Me - Tales Of '69
Corb Lund - Bible On The Dash - Cabin Fever

Routes & Branches 4/13/13

I started the show today with a couple of Little Feat tunes in honor of Lowell George's birthday. Little Feat was one of the bands I grew up with and even though they still rock today, I will always miss George. I'm sure that he is still playing 'Old Folks Boogie' somewhere.
Another old timer who is still with us and coming back to town is Arlo Guthrie. I was playing the Motorcycle Tale when a listener called and asked if he had done any newer and so I played 'Road To Nowhere' which was a previously unreleased track on the 2009 release 'Tales Of '69.'
A couple of versions of 'Oh Susana', one done by Taj Mahal back in 1970 followed by Neil Young's more recent version. Both show how to rock a folk song!!!

My second hour evolved into the bluegrass/jam band hour after starting with  a couple of new rockabilly tunes by the Woody Pines and Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers. The bluegrass jam started with an old favorite Railroad Earth followed by Yonder Mountain Stringband who will play 2 nights here in Eugene next week. The new kids on the show were Whitewater Ramble which I must say fit in the BG/jam group. With Tim Carbone as producer of their new CD 'Roots & Groove' this band is one to look for when they come our way.
The hour ended with Poor Man's Whiskey stopping by our studios this afternoon to play us a couple of tunes before their show tonight at the WOW Hall. From the first time I saw PMW I enjoyed their high energy style of what they have termed NorCal NewTime. They are preforming their version of Dark Side Of The Moonshine as part of their show tonight with guest fiddle player Allie Karl playing the part of Dorothy.

              Poor Man's Whiskey on their way to the WOW Hall!!!


3pm
Little Feat - Sallin' Shoes>Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Waiting For Columbus
Arlo Guthrie - The Unbelievable Motorcycle Tale - Tales Of '69
Arlo Guthrie - Road To Everywhere - Tales Of '69
Billy Bragg - I Ain't Got No Home - Tooth And Nail
Bob Bradshaw - High Water Rising - Home
Taj Mahal - Oh Susanna - The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal
Neil Young - Oh Susannah - Americana
Lauren Sheehan - Bearcat Blues - The Light Still Burns
4pm
Marghi Allen - The Day Patsy Cline Died - Nobody's Woman
Woody Pines - Who Told Ya - Rabbits Motel
Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers - Rockabilly Playground - Rockabilly Playground
Railroad Earth - Lonecraft Farewell - Railroad Earth
Yonder Mountain Stringband - If If There's Still Ramblin' In the Rambler - Mountain Tracks Vol 3
Whitewater Ramble - Beyer's Canyon - Roots & Groove
Poor Man's Whiskey - Good Bye California - Live In The KRVM Studio
Poor Man's Whiskey - Let's Go Out Tonight - Live In The KRVM Studio
Poor Man's Whiskey - Here In California - Like A River
Lauren Sheehan - Soldier's Joy - The Light Still Burns

Routes & Branches 4/6/13

I had 3 focus sets on my show today starting with a couple of my favorite musicians who had birthdays today, Merle Haggard and Eilen Jewel.
I have been listening to Merle Haggard ever since I can remember. It seemed appropriate to start a birthday set of Haggard music with 'Mama Tried' and to finish it with 'I Am What I Am'. Haggard may be just who he is, which is just fine with me. I wish that I had more time to play some of the many artist who have covered Haggard over the years.
Jewel on the other hand has only been a part of my collection since I started hosting Routes & Branches. Even though she is years young than Haggard, Jewel has a way of taking you back to an earlier time when Honky Tonks were where everybody went to have a good time on Saturday night.

The third focus of the show brought back to the present with a live in-studio set from the Shook Twins who stopped by on their way to a show here in Eugene. Hot off a trip to SXSW the band is sounding great!! They have been working on a bunch of new songs which they are going into the studio to record later this month. We had the pleasure of hearing two of them 'Thoughts All In' and 'Crisper' which Laurie wrote.  Along with the recording date, the Shook Twins have a bunch of festival dates lined up for the summer including the Oregon Country Fair, The Northwest String Summit and The Cascadia Music Festival.  I wish them all the best.


3pm
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - HAG: The Best Of Merle Haggard
Dave Alvin - Kern River - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight - Kern River
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - Working In Tennessee
Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am - I Am What I Am
Poor Man's Whiskey - Like A River - Like A River
Steep Canyon Rangers - As I Go - Nobody Knows You
David Jacobs Strain - Come On Into My Kitchen - Live From The Left Coast
Bobby Bare - John Hardy - Darker Than Light
Robb Moss - Fool's Gold - Sometimes We Win
Yvette Landry - Three Chords And A Bottle - No Man's Land
Beth Lee & The Breakups - Drivin' - One More Time Again
Stella! - One In A Million - Sorry, Stella

4pm
The Will Callers - 87 Miles - What Else Is Left
Eilen Jewell - I'm Honky Tonk Girl - Butcher Holler
Eilen Jewell - Shakin' All Over - Sea Of Tears
Eilen Jewell - Warning Signs - Queen Of The Minor Key
Eilen Jewell - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Butcher Holler
Keller and The Keels - Get It While You Can - Thief
Steve Earle - That All You Got? - The Low Highway
Dead String Brothers - Lucille's Honky Tonk - Cannery Row
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk
Shook Twins - Growing Things - Live In The KRVM Studio
Shook Twins - Thoughts All In - Live In The KRVM Studio
Shook Twins - Crisper - Live In The KRVM Studio
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow Moon
Amanda Pearcy - Barking Dogs - Royal Street

Routes & Branches 3/30/13

Some good groups are on their way to Eugene. Last night I caught The California Honeydrops and Frution over at Cosmic. They were all great!
I started today's show with Poor Man's Whiskey and a couple of tracks from their 'Dark Side of The Moonshine' which they will be performing here in Eugene in a couple of weeks. In between now and then  The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Shook Twins and Keller Williams along with several others perform here. I love radio, but live music is always best. Get out and enjoy it!
I also want to send my good thoughts out to David Allan Coe who is recovering from an auto accident.

3pm
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage > Eclipse - Darkside Of The Moonshine
Susan McKeown - Everything We Had Was Good - Belong
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Hanging Up My Heart - Old Yellow Moon
Chastity Brown - When We Get There - Back-road Highways
Shook Twins - Potter's Daughter  - Window
Annie And The Beekeepers - My Bonneville - My Bonneville
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson - We're All The Way - Cheater's Game
Anders & Kendall - We're On Fire, Babe - Wild Chorus
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried My Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
Left Arm Tan - Black Dress - Altricana
The Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
David Luning - Whiskey Bottle - Just Drop On By

4pm
Richard Thompson - The Snow Goose - Electric
Cascade Rye - Rodeo Circus - Cascade Rye
John Hiatt - We're Alright Now - Mystic Pinball
Rita Hosking - Five Star Location - Little Boat
Beth Lee & The Breakups - I Don't Care - One More Time Again
Steep Canyon Rangers - Between Midnight And The Dawn - Nobody Knows You
Patterson Hood - (Untold Pretties) - Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
The California Honeydrops - Carolina Peach - Like Yo Mean It!
Duane Allman - Goin' Down Slow - Skydog
David Allan Coe - Willie, Waylon And Me - If That Ain't Country
The Wild Feathers - Backwoods Company - The Wild Feathers
Steve Earle - Invisible - The Low Highway

Routes & Branches 3/23/13

This week I had the pleasure of playing a sampling of 'Skydog', the new 7 disc retrospective of Duane Allman's career. Allman certainly ranks up there as one of my favorite guitarists of all time. Like many folks, my knowledge of Allman's music mostly revolved around his work with the Allman Brothers band that he and his brother Greg formed. This new retrospective has helped me to realize the vast number of recordings that Allman was a part of over his career. We can all be thankful for recordings like this, keeping the music we love playing for generations to come.

3pm
Duane Allman - Morning Dew - Skydog
Duane Allman - Turn On Your Love Light - Skydog
David Luning - Buddies Till The End - Just Drop On By 
Farmington Hill - 10 Miles - Bridge To  Nowhere
The Stagger And Sway - Up And Go - Break Til You Bend
Mary Gauthier - Wheel Inside The Wheel - Live At Blue Rock
Susan McKeown - Our Texas - Belong
Duane Allman - Spoonfull - Skydog
Danny Barnes - Bang A Gong - Rocket
Timothy B Schmit - White Boy From Sacramento - Expando
Chip Taylor & The New Ukrainians - Phoned In Dead - All The Perfect People
Riley Etheridge Jr. - The Arrogance Of Youth - The Arrogance Of Youth
Beth Lee & The Breakups - Drivin' - One More Time Again
4pm
Marshall / Peery Project - Bourbon, Women And Too Much Time - Life's Too Short
Duane Allman and Eric Clapton - Mean Old World - Skydog
Little Faith - Shelter Me - Shelter
The Slide Brothers - Motherless Children - The Slide Brothers
Fruition - Bent - It Won't Be Long
Poor Man's Whiskey - Humboldt Hoe Down - Goodbye California
The Whiskey Chasers - Hard Livin' - Well For The Worse
Duane Allman - Goin' Down  - Skydog
Left Arm Tan - 69 Reasons - Altricana
Duane Allman - It's Not My Cross To Bear - Skydog
Duane Allman - Little Martha - Skydog

Routes & Branches 3/16/13

I have been a big Steve Earle fan for as long as I can remember. I have read his books and I like to listen to his radio show when I get the chance. But most of all I really enjoy listening to his music, so I was excited to listen to his new CD "The Low Highway" when I found it in my mailbox. Earle is at the top of his game with this album. I played some of my favorites today!!!

3pm
Steve Earle - The Low Highway - The Low Highway
The Whiskey Chasers - Darlin' Corey - Well For The Worse
Townes Van Zandt - Talking Thunderbird Wine Blues - A Gentle Evening With Townes Van Zandt
Satori Bob - Bonneville Damn - Strangely Familiar
Tom Russell - East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam - Blood And Candle Smoke
Tom Russell - The Pugilist At 59 - Love And Fear
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Hayes Carll - KMAG YO YO - KMAG YO YO
Tear Stained Letters - Fender Benders - Tear Stained Letters
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow Moon
The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett - Long Time Gone - A Place At The Table
Steve Earle - Warren Hellman's Banjo - The Low Highway
Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - White Frieghtliner Blues - We're Usually A Lot Better Than This
4pm
Sons Of Fathers - Feel The Fall - Burning Days
Mary Gauthier - Last Of The Hobo Kings - Live At Blue Rock
Kait Lawson -  Take Your Charge - Until We Drown
Marcia Ball - That's How It Goes - Roadside Attractions
Steve Earle - That All You Got? - The Low Highway
Shooter Jennings - The Low Road - The Other Life
Corb Lund - Five Dollar Bill - Five Dollar Bill
Chicago Farmer - The Twenty Dollar Bill - Backenforth, Il
Fruition - Turn Your Love - It Won't Be Long
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Down Town Church
The Black Oil Brothers - She Is My Drinking Problem - The Black Oil Brothers
Jerry Jeff Walker - I Ain't Livin' Long Like This - The Ultimate Collection
Steve Earle - After Mardi Gras - The Low Highway

Routes & Branches 3/2/13

I had a couple of local groups into the studio this week. Local Eugene band, The Whiskey Chasers brought by their new Cd "Well For The Worse" which talked about and listened to an original and an a couple of covers of traditional tunes. The Whiskey Chasers have been playing around Eugene for several years now attracting quite a following so it wonderful to have this Cd to support their music on the radio.
In my second hour the band The Cat Like Reflexes stopped in and played a few tunes from a forthcoming  Cd to be released later this spring. The Cat Like Reflexes are mainly a duo who occasionally add a 3rd member. They said that their live performances are a little more rock than what they performed in our studio acoustically. I look forward to hearing the Cd when they get it out.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin' - Long Road
Whiskey Chasers - I Hear The Call - Well For The Worse
Whiskey Chasers - Banks Of The Ohio - Well For The Worse
Whiskey Chasers - Darlin Corey - Well For The Worse
Richard Thompson - Good Things Happen To Bad People - Electric
Yvette Landry - Three Chords And A Bottle - No Man's Land
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson - Cheater's Game - Cheater's Game
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Bluebird Wine - Old Yellow Moon
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Chase The Feeling - Old Yellow Moon
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - I Lost The Job Of Loving You - Buddy & Jim
Bobby Bare - John Hardy - Darker Than Light
4pm
The Cat Like Reflexes - Ghost Like - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Cat Like Reflexes - Velvet Red - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Cat Like Reflexes - Hello Victoria - Live In The KRVM Studio
Chris Leigh & The Broken Hearts - Broken Hearted Friends - Broken Hearted Friends
Kris Kristofferson - Stairway To The Bottom - Feeling Mortal
Amanda Cevallos - Ready For The Times To Get Better - I'll Never Honky Tonk You
Mary Gauthier - I Drink - Live At Blue Rock
The Slide Brothers - My Sweet Lord - The Slide Brothers
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk

Routes & Branches 2/23/13

Several new Cd's in the mix this week. Highlights include The Mavericks "In Time", The Howlin' Brothers "Howl", Bobby Bare's "Darker Than Light" and The Cave Singers "Naomi".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Michelle Shocked - Arkansas Traveler - Arkansas Traveler
Michelle Shocked - Love's Song - Soul Of My Soul
Anna Krantz - Recharge My Heart - Foundation
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Party Kids - Untamed Beast
Lyle Lovett - San Antonio Girl - My Baby Don't Tolerate
David Jacobs-Strain - Treetop Flyer - Live From The Left Coast
The Mavericks - Back In Your Arms Again - In Time
Lewi Longmire - Girl On My Mind - If I Live To Be 100
Merle Haggard - I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight - Kern River
Yarn - Blue Skies, Brighter Times, & Roses - Leftovers Vol. 2
Wood & Wire - Rambler's Blues  - Wood & Wire
The Howlin' Brothers - Tenessee Blues - Howl
Bobby Bare - Goin' Down The Road - Darker Than Light

4pm
Bobby Bare - Woody - Darker Than Light
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special - The Essential Johnny Cash
Dale Watson & His Lonestars - I Lie When I Drink - El Rancho Azul
Shooter Jennings - Wild & Lonesome - The Other Life
Kris Kristofferson - My Heart Was The Last One To Know - Feeling Mortal
Mary Gauthier - Last Of The Hobo Kings - Live At Blue Rock
Laura Tsaggaris - Dig - Everyman
Susan James - Driving Toward The Sun - Driving Toward The Sun
The Cave Singers - No Tomorrow - Naomi
The Slide Brothers - Mortherless Children - The Slide Brothers
The Resolectrics - High Water - High Water
Richard Thompson - Stony Ground - Electric
The Cat Like Reflexes - Rome Has Fallen

Routes & Branches 2/16/13

I finished today's show with Ray Wylie Hubbard's "Mother Blues" because our listeners showed their gratitude and exceeded my expectations which as Ray says makes for really good days. Thank you to all of our listener supporters which as we say put the power in Listener Powered Radio!!!

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
John Fogerty - Born On The Bayou - Premonition
Band Of Heathens - Mississippi Halfstep - Live At Sam Bond's Garage 8/26/12
Lewi Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Grant Peeples - Market Town - Prior Convictions
Jerry Jeff Walker - Night Rider's Lament - Ridin' High
Dave Alvin - Everett Ruess - Ashgrove
Yarn - On The Radio - Leftovers Vol. 2
Turnpike Troubadours - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead - Goodbye Normal Street
Conjugal Visitors - Ain't Got Jack - The Gang's All Here

4pm
Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams - Hippie In My House - Live At Hodi's
Townes Van Zandt - Buckskin Stallion Blues - At My Window
Hank Williams III - A Good Hearted Woman - Long Gone Daddy
Dwight Yoakam - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke - 3 Pears
The Slide Brothers - The Sky Is Crying - The Slide Brothers
Little Feat - One Breath At A Time - Rooster Rag
Corb Lund - Drink Like You Mean It - Cabin Fever
Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream - Trouble In Mind
Old Crow Medicine Show - Mississippi Saturday Night - Carry Me Back
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal