This Week's Playlist and Podcast

The spotlight was on alternative country music of the 80s and 90s this week on Dr. John's Idiosyncratic History of Rock and Roll, Chapter 95: Modern Twang.  Below you will find a listing of the songs played, and by clicking here you can listen to a full recording of the program. 

Guitar Town, Steve Earle

Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., Dwight Yoakam

Rank Strangers, Freakwater

Never Going Back, Beat Farmers

Amarillo Highway, Terry Allen

Lafayette, Lucinda Williams

Marie Marie, Blasters

Elvis is Everywhere, Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper

Pretty Little Lights of Town, Leroi Brothers

Graveyard Shift, Uncle Tupelo

Navajo Rug, Ian Tyson

By the Rio Grande, Tish Hinojosa

Hole in the Ground, Mekons

America on Horseback, Charlie Pickett & the Eggs

Sweet Sweet Baby, Lone Justice

And She Rides, Long Ryders

Drank Like a River, Whiskeytown

Beer and Kisses, Amy Rigby

Just a Wave, Not the Water, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Long Gone Train, Wild Seeds

You Tear Me Up, Rosie Flores

Sound of the Rain, Rank & File

The Road Goes On Forever, Robert Earl Keen Jr.

Slip Away, John P. Strohm & the Hello Strangers

Ballad of the Sun and the Moon, Alejandro Escovedo

Out in California, Tom Russell

See Him on the Street, Jayhawks

California Angel, Derailers

Harvest Moon, Jason & the Scorchers

Goodbye, Emmylou Harris