Routes and Branches Play List 09/18/10

I had an itch to hear some Jerry Jeff Walker this week and all of my JJW is on old cassette tapes which you can hardly listen to anymore. So I went looking for some of Walker's music in our station's library but I came up empty there. It seems that it has been some time since Jerry Jeff was last played on KRVM. So, I had to correct this situation by purchasing a "best of" CD at the store today.

Jerry Jeff Walker is scheduled to perform at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park the first weekend in October. I think that I saw him years ago before I moved out here to Oregon, but I'm not completely sure. I am totally looking forward to catching his show at HSB in a couple of weeks.

My other feature artist today was Ryan Bingham since he will be in town tomorrow night opening for Willie Nelson. Bingham has come along way in the short amount of time since he was last here playing John Henry's. At this rate he will be the headliner the next time he comes to town.



3pm.
Jerry Jeff Walker - It's A Good Night For Singing - Ultimate Collection
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Bread & Water - Mescalito
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Tell My Mother I Miss Her So - Roadhouse Sun
Willie Nelson - Gotta Serve Somebody - Moment Of Forever
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Born Bred Corn Fed - The Wages
Whiskey Puppy - The Whiskey Is Gone - Unleashed
Green Whiskey - One Phone Call - Triple Shot High
Conjugal Visitors - Whiskey - The Gang's All Here
Willie McEachern - You & Me Tonight - Knee Deep
Sideroads - Sideroads - Destinations
Jerry Jeff Walker - LA Freeway - Ultimate Collection
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Rollin' Highway Blues - Roadhouse Sun

4pm.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Bad Moon Rising - Mean Old Man
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whiskey River - Mean Old Man
Kevin Beadles - Mrs. Jones Cadillac - You Can't Argue With Water
Sahara Smith - The Real Thing - Myth Of The Heart
Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart - Lookin' For Fool's Gold - Never Gonna Let You Go
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind
JustinTownes Earle - Harlem River Blues - Harlem River Blues
Railroad Earth - The Jupiter & The 119 - Railroad Earth
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Ghost Of Travelin' Jones - Mescalito
Jerry Jeff Walker - London Homesick Blues - Viva Terlingua

Routes and Branches Play List 09/11/10

This week I had local musician Willie McEachern into the studio to share a couple of tracks from his forthcoming solo album Knee Deep. Listeners to my show may be more familiar with Willie's bass playing for the band Sideroads. Willie wrote 3 of the tunes on the Sideroads album Destinations which was released in 2009. This solo project he says he created mostly by him in his home studio with some help from other local musicians including some of his Sideroadsbuddys. Look for Willie to feature some of his new tunes when he plays with Sideroads at Cosmic Pizza on Saturday, September 18th.

The Americana Music Awards were held in Nashville this week and I was happy to see Hayes Carll take home the award for new/emerging artist this year. He had been nominated for it before so I not sure if he is all that new but at least he is gaining some national recognition now. He will be at Sam Bond's Garage on Sept. 29.
I was also impressed to see Ryan Bingham get Artist of the Year this time around. He had some pretty good musicians to beat this year including Patty Griffin, Levon Helm, Steve Earle and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Bingham also picked up "Song of the Year" with his tune The Weary Kind which he wrote with T Bone Burnett for the movie, Crazy Heart.
You can find all the award information at: http://americanamusic.org/

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Avett Brothers - I And Love And You - I And Love And You
Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt/ Road Full Of Promise - I And Love And You
Willie McEachern - Way After Dark - Knee Deep
Willie McEachern - Idn't It A Shame - Knee Deep
Sideroads - Cool June Night - Destinations
Conjugal Visitors - Goodlife - The Gang's All Here
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Depression - Junky Star
Willie Nelson - You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore - Moment of Forever
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama - Harlem River blues
Slaid Cleaves - Green Mountains And Me - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Matt Ellis - River Too Wide - Births, Deaths & Marriages

4pm.
One Horse Shy - Monkey's Paw - Better Life
Betty Soo - Next Big Thing - Heat Sin Water Skin
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko
Elton John / Leon Russell - If It Wasn't For Bad - The Union
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Mercury Blues - Love Is Strange
JJ Grey & Mofro - Georgia Warhorse - Georgia Warhorse
Buddy Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Rosanne Cash - I'm Movin' On - The List
Hayes Carll - Bad Liver And A Broken Heart - Trouble In Mind
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage / Eclipse - Darkside Of The Moonshine

Routes and Branches Play List 09/04/10

Inspiration for this week's show came from 3 sources; The Americana Music Association's upcoming awards, The Sister's Folk Festival and Labor Day. Last year I played a whole show of labor day oriented songs. This year I had to narrow it down to a couple of sets.

The Sister's Folk Festival next weekend has a great line-up on the schedule. I tried to pick out my favorites which I have played on past shows. That way I left plenty of artists for Karen to play on Acoustic Junction which follows my show.

If I could go to any and every Americana event or festival that I wanted to, I would be going to Nashville this week for the Americana Music Association's Music Festival. I started off the show with 3 of the 4 songs which are nominated for "Song of the year". Yes, I played both Ray Willie Hubbard's and Hayes Carll's versions of Drunken Poets Dream. They wrote the song together but it is Hubbard's version that is up for song of the year. I first heard it when Hayes Carll played it at Sam Bond's Garage and ever since I've had a preference for the way he does it. I hope that they play it together for the awards show.
Look for me to feature the winners on next week's show.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Ray Willie Hubbard - Drunken Poet's Dream - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)
Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream - Trouble In Mind
Dave Rawlings Machine - Ruby - A Friend Of A Friend
Little Feat - Willin' - Sailin' Shoes
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man's Blues - Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Marty Stuart - Hard Working Man - Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
Dave Insley - God Loves The Working Man - Here With You Tonight
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Hank Williams III - Workin' Man - Damn Right Rebel Proud
Blue Rodeo - One More Night - The Things We Left Behind
Bobby Bare Jr. - Don't Go To Chattanooga - A Storm-A Tree-My Mother's Head
The Stagger & Sway - Stagger & Sway - Time Changes

4pm.
Sideroads - Spirit Highway - Destinations
Slaid Cleaves - Hard To Believe - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Eilen Jewel - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl - Butcher Holler (A Tribute To Loretta Lynn)
Eilen Jewel - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Butcher Holler (A Tribute To Loretta Lynn)
Hot Club Of Cow Town - One Step Closer - Wishfull Thinking
Betty Soo - Never Knew No Love - Heat Sin Water Skin
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Ray Willie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Elightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)
Will Kimbrough - Eden Prairie - EP
Steve Earle - Pancho & Lefty - Townes
Corb Lund - A Game In Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Patty Griffin - Move Up - Down Town Church
Rosanne Cash - Long Black Veil - The List
Railroad Earth - Mighty River - Elko

Routes and Branches Play List 08/28/10

Having too much fun at the Eugene Celebration this weekend to post much. This is what I played this week.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Patrick Kavaney & The Last Drags - Spanish Nightmare - Darning Socks For The Apocalypse
Lewi Longmire Band - When Your Time Comes A Callin' - If I Live To Be 100
Danny Barnes - Overdue - Pizza Box
D. B. Rielly - I Got A Girlfriend - Love Potions And Snake Oil
Sideroads - River - Destinations
David Jacobs-Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Robert Earl Keen - The Man Behind The Drums - The Rose Hotel
Caleb Klauder Country Band - My Time Is Gonna Come - Western Country
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Black River Killer
Dierks Bently - Senor - Up On The Ridge
Earl Pickens & Family - The Storm That Never Was - Gathering
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - 9th Ward New Orleans #5 / Swimming Back Home - So, Where Ya Headed?

4pm.
Darryl Holter - One Hundred Years From Now - West Bank Gone
Darryl Holter - West Bank Gone - West Bank Gone
Marty Stuart - Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten - Ghost Train The Studio B Sessions
Ruth Purves Smith & The 581 - Here Comes That Train - Out In The Strom
Evangenitals - Hard Luck Song - Evangenitals
Angel Band - Boots Of Guadalupe - Bless My Sole
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Don't Make Promises - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Rollin' Highway Blues Roadhouse Sun
Willie Nelson - Over You Again - Moment Of Forever
Davis Coen - Long Lost Friend - Jukebox Classic
Yvette Landry - 120 Proof - Should Have Known
Roy Joy Fatal - Mistake - Fairfax Avenue
Lewi Longmire Band - Whatchoo Gonna Do About…? - Fire 'neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 08/21/10

I started today's show with a couple of artists who had birthdays this week. Robert Plant turned 62 and John Hiat turned 58 on Friday.

I threw in some ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd into the mix since they are both coming to the Oregon State Fair in the next couple of weeks. I followed them with some Direks Bently since he is also coming to the state fair.

Robert Earl Keen is performing a couple of shows in Oregon this week. On Tuesday he is Roseburg at their Music on the Half shell series, and the following night in Portland. Blake Phillips recently had a chance to talk with Robert and has done a good job writing up their conversation on his blog http://ourkindofmusic.wordpress.com/. If you're a Robert Earl Keen fan, I totally recommend checking it out.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Fortune Teller - Raising Sand
John Hiat - Like A Freight Train - The Open Road
The Steepwater Band - The Stars Look Good Tonight - The Stars Look Good Tonight
Wilco - You Never Know - Wilco (The Album)
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Depression - Junky Star
Gavin Wahl-Stephens & The New Americans - Got A Heart - No Keys / No Gold
Buzz Cason - Working Without A Net - Working Without A Net
ZZ Top - I Thank You - Deguello
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Street Survivors
Dierks Bently - Bottle To The Bottom - Up On The Ridge
Jerry Lee Lewis - You Can Have Her - Mean Old Man
Lucinda Williams - Real Love - Little Honey

4pm.
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust
Robert Earl Keen - Feelin' Good Again - Live At The Ryman
Robert Earl Keen - Something That I Do - The Rose Hotel
Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Cristi Bay - Live At The Ryman
I See Hawks In L.A. - Raised By Hippies - Shoulda Been Gold
Mike & Ruthy - Covered - Million To One
Lewi Longmire Band - This Time - Fire 'neath The Still
Great American Taxi - One Of These Days - Reckless Habits
Reckless Kelly - You Cared Enough To Lie - Somewhere In Time
Reverend Freakchild - A Day Late And A $ Short - God Shaped hole
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Get Behind Me - Hawk
Lewi Longmire Band - One Thing At A Time - Fire 'neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 08/14/10

Well I have been so busy with everything else in my life right now that I had no time this week to plan my show. Arriving at the station armed with a full box of CD's I just picked out the tracks as I went. Here is what I played.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Railroad Earth - Elko - Elko
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So Where Ya Headed?/ Pancho And Lefty - So Where Ya Headed?
Steve Earle - Colorado Girl - Townes
Stacy Earle & Mark Stewart - Up In Annie's Room - S&M Communion Bread
Lucinda Williams - If Wishes Were Horses - Little Honey
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Robert Earl Keen - Wireless In Heaven - The Rose Hotel
Chuck Prophet - Hot Talk - Let Freedom Ring
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Black Prairie - Across The Black Prairie - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon

4pm.
Hank Williams Jr. - Outdoor Lovin' Man - Almeria Club
Black Prairie - Red Rocking Chair - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
Dave Rawlings Machine - To Be Young - A Friend Of A Friend
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Cracker - Darling One Sunrise - In The Land Of Milk And Honey
Jay Hawks - Waiting For The Sun - Hollywood Town Hall
James McMurtry - Bayou Tortous - Just Us Kids
Dierks Bently - Pride (In The Name Of Love)- Up On The Ridge
Cherryholmes IV - How Far Will You Go - Common Threads
Dangermuffin - Moonscapes - Moonscapes
John Mellencamp - Thinking About you - No Better Than This
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

Routes and Branches Play List 08/07/10

The Band Of Heathens rolled through Eugene this past week and despite the small size of the stage at Sam Bond's Garage they put on a great show. Normally I try to play more of a band before they appear in town, but with my busy summer their show snuck up on me, so I tried to make it up this week by making them my feature artist on this week's show.

The second half of my show, I counted down the top ten albums on this week's Americana charts. The list starts at 4pm. with Jim Lauderdale and finishes with Paul Thorn sitting at number 1 for the past 3 weeks.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Band Of Heathens - Maple Tears - The Band Of Heathens
Band Of Heathens - L.A. County Blues - One Foot In The Ether
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Loose - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment
Drive By Truckers - Working This Job - The Big To-Do
Ryan Bingham - Southside Of Heaven - Mescalito
Dierks Bently - Bottle To The Bottom - Up On The Ridge
Danny Barnes - Caveman - Pizza Box
Tim O'Brien - You Ate The Apple - Chicken & Egg
Band Of Heathens - Odysseus - Live From Momo's
Band Of Heathens - Jackson Station - The Band Of Heathens
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust
I See Hawks In L.A. - Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulet - Shoulda Been Gold
Chuck Cannon - Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole

4pm.
Jim Lauderdale - Patchwork River - Patchwork River
Merle Haggard - I've Seen It Go Away - I Am What I Am
Kevin Welch - Midnight And Noon - A Patch Of Blue Sky
Yarn - Alone On The Weekend - Come On In
Darrell Scott - A Crooked Road - A Crooked Road
John Prine - Bear Creek Blues - In Person & On Stage
John Mellencamp - Don't Forget About Me - No Better Than This
Lucinda Williams - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan - Twistable Turnable Man
Kris Kristofferson - The Winner - Twistable Turnable Man
Alejandro Escovedo - Down In The Bowery - Street Songs Of Love
Paul Thorn - Pimps And Preachers - Pimps And Preachers
Band Of Heathens - Cornbread - The Band Of Heathens