Backroad To Nowhere

By XRAY.fm / Tom Humphrey

Unvarnished sounds, unsung singers, demo obscurities, vanguard traditionalists, buried history.... more

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How many episodes does Backroad To Nowhere have?

The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

Backroad To Nowhere episodes:

June 22, 2025Ramble to the Tamble
Playlist
Ramble Tamble by Creedence Clearwater Revival on Fantasy (Fantasy)

Catch Me by The Holy Modal on Water (Water)

Help Me Find My Love by Betty James on Cee Jay (Cee Jay)

Sometimes You Just Can't Win by Loretta Lynn on Decca (Decca)

When I Was a Cowboy by Hearts & Flowers on Capitol (Capitol)

People Gonna Talk by Lee Dorsey on Fury (Fury)

Polly by Dillard and Clark on A&M (A&M)

Ethel Mae by Arthur Crudup on Collectables (Collectables)

So I Could Be Your Friend by Lorene Mann on RCA (RCA)

Birchbark Letter by Willy Mitchell on Trinkont (Trinkont)

Mr. Charlie (Pt. 1) by Lightnin' Hopkins on Jewel (Jewel)

Mr. Charlie (Pt. 2) by Lightnin' Hopkins on Jewel (Jewel)

I Studied Soul by Jessie Hill on Blue Thumb (Blue Thumb)

Wallflower by Doug Sahm and Band on Atlantic (Atlantic)

Some Velvet Morning by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra on Reprise (Reprise)

Vince Triple-O Martin by Jerry Jeff Walker on ATCO (ATCO)

Watergate Blues by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
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59min
June 08, 2025Tennessee Coming and Going
Playlist
Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner on United Artists (United Artists)

Heartbreak, Tennessee by Johnny Paycheck on Hilltop (Hilltop)

Memphis Soul Stew by King Curtis on ATCO (ATCO)

Chatanooga City Limit SIgn by Johnny Cash on Columbia (Columbia)

Nashville, Tennessee by Wendell Smith on Unart (Unart)

Bo-Time by The Mar-Keys on Stax (Stax)

Tennessee Women's Prison by Wanda Jackson on Capitol (Capitol)

Leaving Tennessee by Big Al Garner on Norton (Norton)

Tennessee Bird Walk by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan on Mercury (Mercury )

Bar-B-Q by Wendy Rene on Stax (Stax)

Tennessee Stud by Ramblin' Jack Elliott on Reprise (Reprise)

Tennessee by Carl Perkins on Sun (Sun)

My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton on RCA (RCA)

Tennessee Waltz by Sandy Bull on Vanguard (Vanguard)

Tennessee Shake by Ray Scott on Unknown (Unknown)

Memphis Beat by Jerry Lee Lewis on Smash (Smash)

Knucklehead by Bar-Kays on Stax (Stax)

Tennessee Blues by Bobby Charles on Bearsville (Bearsville)
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59min
May 25, 2025Your Senses Will Rise
Playlist
Requiem for John Hurt by John Fahey on Vanguard (Vanguard)

I Found a Way by Curtis Hobock on Starclub (Starclub)

A Little Bit Extra Please by Jackie Whitren on Sunbeam (Sunbeam)

The Snake and the Bookworm by The Coasters on ATCO (ATCO)

La-La La-La by Dale Hawkins on Bell (Bell)

Save Me Jesus by Bobby Charles on Bearsville (Bearsville)

I Wish I Were That Girl by Wendy Rene on Light in the Attic (Light in the Attic)

Tshekuan Mak Tshetutamak by Groupe Folklorique Montagnais on CBC (CBC)

It's Alright by Precious Bryant on Moi J'Connais (Moi J'Connais)

A Song for All Seasons by Jefferson Airplane on RCA (RCA)

Selfishness of Man by George Jones on Musicor (Musicor)

Country Dream by Eric Anderson on Vanguard (Vanguard)

To Ramona by Bob Dylan on bootleg (bootleg)

Collection Bureau by Elyse Weinberg on Numerophon (Numerophon)

I've Got Mine by Mike Cooper on Paradise of Bachelors (Paradise of Bachelors)
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59min
May 18, 2025Tell 'em Woody!
Playlist
Life Is Just a Struggle by Johnny Adams on Ric (Ric)

Rocky Roads Clear by White Cloud on Good Medicine (Good Medicine)

Officer Norris by Blaze Foley on Lost Art (Lost Art)

Hillbilly Serenade by Early Drane on Excello (Excello)

The Sky is not Blue (demo) by Chris Darrow on Drag City (Drag City)

What is That Light by Mossy Davidson on North Woods (North Woods)

Serenade by Goree Carter on Blue Moon (Blue Moon)

If It Ain't One Thing (It's Another) by Ann Alford on Kent (Kent)

Orion Rising by Billy Faier on Takoma (Takoma)

912 Greens by Ramblin Jack Elliot on Reprise (Reprise)

You Can Hear My Whistle Blow by Woody Guthrie on Rounder (Rounder)

Fred Trump by Woody Guthrie on - (-)

The Breeze, My Baby Cries by Kath Bloom & Loren Mazzacane Connors on Ambiguous (Ambiguous)

Weak Brain, Narrow Mind by Willie Dixon on Chess (Chess)

A Squirrel Is A Pretty Thing by Peggy Seeger on Folkways (Folkways)

Instrumental by Eddie "One String" Jones on Takoma (Takoma)

Rebirth by Shabaka Hutchings on Impulse (Impulse)
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59min
May 11, 2025Inhabiting the Song: Shirley Collins
Playlist
Nottamun Town by Shirley Collins and Davy Graham on Decca (Decca)

All Things are Quite Silent by Shirley Collins on Topic (Topic)

Murder of Maria Marten by Shirley Collins & the Albion Country Band on Antilles (Antilles)

Bury Me Beneath the Willow by Almeda Riddle on Rounder (Rounder)

My Mother Died by Mississippi Fred McDowell with James Shorty on Rounder (Rounder)

Daddy Cool on WEUP Huntsville by DJ Daddy Cool on Mississippi (Mississippi)

Boll Weevil Holler by Vera Hall on Atlantic (Atlantic)

Pretty Polly Oliver by Ollie Gilbert on Rounder (Rounder)

Sometimes by Bessie Jones on Atlantic (Atlantic)
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58min
April 27, 2025Allen Toussaint
Playlist
Get Out Of My Life Woman by Lee Dorsey on Amy (Amy)

Fortune Teller by Benny Spellman on Minit (Minit)

Certain Girl by Ernie K-Doe on Minit (Minit)

You Won't Do Right by Art Neville on Instant (Instant)

Take a Look by Irma Thomas on Imperial (Imperial)

Pain in My Heart by Otis Redding on ATCO (ATCO)

How Could I Help but Love You by Aaron Neville on Minit (Minit)

Lonely Hearts by Betty Harris on Sansu (Sansu)

Little Ba-by by Lee Dorsey on Amy (Amy)

Fairchild by Willie West on Josie (Josie)

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky by Allen Toussaint on Reprise (Reprise)

Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Jessie Hill on Minit (Minit)

Fair Play by Diamond Joe on Minit (Minit)

The Book by Eldridge Holmes on Deesu (Deesu)

Rigor Mortis by The Meters on Josie (Josie)

Don't You Lose It by Earl King on Imperial (Imperial)

Drive It Home by Snooks Eaglin on Sonet (Sonet)

So Long by Joel Scott Hill/John Barbata/Chris Ethridge on ATCO (ATCO)
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59min
April 20, 2025Only Voices
6:00pm I Know There's An Answer [Vocals Only] by The Beach Boys on Pet Sounds Sessions(Capitol)
6:03pm Sometimes by Bessie Jones on Get In Union (Tompkins Square)
6:04pm Katajjait by Nellie Echalook - Rebecca Nutialuk on45 (CBC Northern Service)
6:05pm Solstice by Doran onDoran (Spinster)
6:09pm The Welcome Sailor byThe Watersons on For Pence And Spicy Ale (Topic)
6:10pm Sea Lion Woman byChristine and Katherine Shipp onA Treasury of Library of Congress Recordings (Rounder)
6:12pm Supermarket Song byLew Welch on Magic Lantern, Santa Barbara, April 22, 1967 (PennSound)
6:13pm They Won't Believe in Meby The Sparkling Four on Virginia Roots: The 1929 Richmond Sessions(Outhouse)
6:19pm Human by The Ad-Libs onNew York City To L.A. Acappella All The Way! (Acappella)
6:21pm The House Carpenter byJean Ritchie on British Traditonal Ballads (Child Ballads_ (Folkways)
6:26pm Hit the Road Jack (demo)by Percy Mayfield on For Collectors Only (Specialty)
6:27pm Duncan And Brady byLeadbelly on Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Smithsonian Folkways)
6:28pm Ta Shto Mi E Miloj, Mamoby Pirin-Macedoni on Bulgaria: Village and Folk Music of Bulgaria by(Nonesuch)
6:30pm Change by Meredith Monk on Key (Increase)
6:33pm Moonshiner by Roscoe Holcolm on The High Lonesome Sound (Folkways)
6:35pm Time by Lining Time onStrike (Shadow World)
6:36pm My Husband's Got No Courage In Him by Maddy Prior & June Tabor on Silly Sisters (Takoma)
6:41pm Breaths by Sweet Honey In The Rock on Good News (Flying Fish)
6:45pm Sisilia by Ariondela onBeica (Dunyan)
6:51pm When Can I Read My Titles Clear by Ola Belle Reed onOla Belle Reed and Family (Rounder)
6:55pm I Want To Be With You byJane and Barton on Jane and Barton (Cherry Red)
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58min
April 13, 2025Join us!
6:00pm Vowels of Love by The Poets on 45 (Flash)
6:05pm Why Do You Do Me Like You Do by Sammi Smith on 45 (Columbia)
6:06pm It's Nothing To Me by Buddy Long on 45 (Demon)
6:08pm Prologue by Vernon Wray on Wasted (Sebastion Speaks)
6:11pm Solo Virginia Trance by Henry Flynt on Spindizzy (Locust)
6:13pm Don't Drive Me Away by The Staple Singers on Pray On (Up Front)
6:17pm Dumb Blonde by Dolly Parton on Hello, I'm Dolly (Monument)
6:19pm I Wanna Be Your Mama Again by Sir Douglas Quintet on Mendicino (Smash)
6:24pm Tonight You're Buying Me a Drink, Bub by The Minus 5 on Killingsworth (Yep Roc)
6:26pm Half Hail by Abronia on The Whole Of Each Eye (Feeding Tube Records / Cardinal Fuzz)
6:34pm Come Out Singing by Lavender Country on Lavender Country (Paradise of Bachelors)
6:38pm Jonah/Poor Liza Jane by Nathan Bowles on Nansemond (Paradise of Bachelors)
6:46pm Living in a Trance by Ferlin Husky on Walkin' and a Hummin' (Capitol)
6:48pm Bear Me Away by Alice Gerrard on Follow the Music (Tompkins Square)
6:53pm You're Running WIld by The Louvin Brothers on 45 (Capitol)
6:55pm You'll lose a good thing by Barbara Lynn on Here is Barbara Lynn (Light in the Attic)
6:57pm Cherokee Shuffle by Smoke Dawson on Fiddle (Tompkins Square)
6:58pm Swing Low by Albert Ayler
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59min
April 06, 2025The Singular World of Michael Hurley
Playlist
Open Up by Michael Hurley on Racoon (Racoon)

Automatic Slim & the Fat Boys by Michael Hurley on Rounder (Rounder)

Oh My Stars by Michael Hurley on Mississippi (Mississippi)

Waiting for the Aliens by Michael Hurley on Shards of Beauty (Shards of Beauty)

This Old Old House by Michael Hurley on bootleg (bootleg)

Blue Navigator by Michael Hurley on Bellmeade Phonics (Bellmeade Phonics)

Sweedeedee by Michael Hurley on Les Albums Claus (Les Albums Claus)

Blue Endless Highway by Tom O'Neal on Starday (Starday)

Troubled Waters by Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra on ASV (ASV)

Ghost Woman Blues by George Carter on Mississippi (Mississippi)

I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop by Jim Jackson on Dust to Digital (Dust to Digital )

Me Soló Uno by Michael Hurley on Bellmeade Phonics (Bellmeade Phonics)

Juanita by Michael Hurley on Snocknews (Snocknews)

Eyes, Eyes by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube (Feeding Tube)

The Revenant by Michael Hurley on Fundamental (Fundamental)

The Vt.-Ore. Floor by Michael Hurley on Rounder Records (Rounder Records)

Letter to Neon by Michael Hurley on Koch (Koch)

Be Kind to Me by Michael Hurley on Racoon (Racoon)

Sweet Lucy by Michael Hurley on Rounder (Rounder)

Hoot Owls by Michael Hurley on Veracity (Veracity)

The Tea Song by Michael Hurley on Mississippi (Mississippi)

The Time is Right by Michael Hurley on Vercity (Vercity)

Ghost Woman Blues by Michael Hurley on Mississippi (Mississippi)

Penguins by Michael Hurley on Racoon (Racoon)

Go Tell Aunt Rhody by Michael Hurley on Mississippi (Mississippi)

I'm Worried I'm Worried by Michael Hurley on Raccoon (Raccoon)

Jocko's Lament by Michael Hurley on Racoon (Racoon)

Age Old Blue by Alela Diane on Rough Trade (Rough Trade)

The Corridor by Michael Hurley on Mississippi (Mississippi)

Light Green Fellow by Michael Hurley on Racoon (Racoon)

I Paint A Design by Michael Hurley on Koch (Koch)

Grapefruit Blues by Michael Hurley on Rounder (Rounder)

Code of the Mountains by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)

Going to Polynesia by Michael Hurley on bootleg (bootleg)

Slurf Song by Michael Hurley on bootleg (bootleg)

Wildegeeses by Michael Hurley on bootleg (bootleg)

Portland Water by Michael Hurley on Les Albums Claus (Les Albums Claus)

In the Garden by Michael Hurley on Rounder (Rounder)

I Stole the Right to Live by Michael Hurley on Gnomonsong (Gnomonsong)
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March 30, 2025Thrift Store Regulars
Playlist
She's About a Mover by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty on MCA (MCA)

Lightning Bar Blues by Arlo Guthrie on Reprise (Reprise)

Denomination Blues by Ry Cooder on Reprise (Reprise)

The Jamestown Ferry by Tanya Tucker on Columbia (Columbia)

Down Home Mama by Tom Rush on Columbia (Columbia)

Euphoria by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Liberty (Liberty)

In the Hour by Melanie on Buddah (Buddah)

People Get Ready by The Persuasions on Capitol (Capitol)

This Time's the Next Time by Wanda Jackson on Capitol (Capitol)

Song of the Platte River by Tarkio on Kama-Sutra (Kama-Sutra)

God and Me by Marion Williams on GRT (GRT)

Wasted Days & Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender on ABC (ABC)

When I Was on Horseback by Steeleye Span on Chrysalis (Chrysalis)

Uncle Ed's Cabin by Mike Walter on Tell (Tell)

K.C. MO by Jeff Wise / Darren Fay on Charter (Charter)

East West by The Butterfield Blues Band on Elektra (Elektra)
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FAQs about Backroad To Nowhere:

How many episodes does Backroad To Nowhere have?

The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.