Backroad To Nowhere

Backroad To Nowhere

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Backroad To Nowhere episodes

  • Thrift Store Regulars

    Playlist
    1. She's About a Mover by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty on MCA (MCA)
    2. Lightning Bar Blues by Arlo Guthrie on Reprise (Reprise)
    3. Denomination Blues by Ry Cooder on Reprise (Reprise)
    4. The Jamestown Ferry by Tanya Tucker on Columbia (Columbia)
    5. Down Home Mama by Tom Rush on Columbia (Columbia)
    6. Euphoria by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Liberty (Liberty)
    7. In the Hour by Melanie on Buddah (Buddah)
    8. People Get Ready by The Persuasions on Capitol (Capitol)
    9. This Time's the Next Time by Wanda Jackson on Capitol (Capitol)
    10. Song of the Platte River by Tarkio on Kama-Sutra (Kama-Sutra)
    11. God and Me by Marion Williams on GRT (GRT)
    12. Wasted Days & Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender on ABC (ABC)
    13. When I Was on Horseback by Steeleye Span on Chrysalis (Chrysalis)
    14. Uncle Ed's Cabin by Mike Walter on Tell (Tell)
    15. K.C. MO by Jeff Wise / Darren Fay on Charter (Charter)
    16. East West by The Butterfield Blues Band on Elektra (Elektra)
      17. 0 min
    17. This show loves Tom T. Hall

      Playlist
      1. That's How I Got to Memphis by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      2. D.J. for a Day by Jimmy C. Newman on Decca (Decca)
      3. Hello Vietnam by Johhny Wright with Kitty Wells on Decca (Decca)
      4. Harper Valley P.T.A. demo by Tom T. Hall on bootleg (bootleg)
      5. Harper Valley P.T.A. by Jeannie C. Riley on Plantation (Plantation)
      6. Ballad of Forty Dollars by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      7. Cloudy Day by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      8. Ain't Got the Time by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      9. Homecoming by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      10. There Ain't No Fun in This Town by Bobby Bare on RCA (RCA)
      11. I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      12. It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      13. America the Ugly by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      14. Spokane Motel Blues by Tom T Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      15. I Flew Over Our House Last Night by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      16. The Mysterious Fox of Fox Hollow by Tom T. Hall on Mercury (Mercury)
      17. I Can't Dance by Gram Parsons on Reprise (Reprise)
      18. Pay No Attention to Alice by Michael Hurley on Blue Navigator (Blue Navigator)
        19. 0 min
      19. Steve

        Playlist
        1. Hit or Miss by Odetta on Polydore (Polydore)
        2. Strollin by Peg Leg Sam on Blue Labor (Blue Labor)
        3. Long Black Veil by Sammi Smith on Mega (Mega)
        4. More Often Than Not by David Wiffen on Phonodisc (Phonodisc)
        5. That's How Strong My Is by Steve Young on A&M (A&M)
        6. Magnolias by Stone Country on RCA Victor (RCA Victor)
        7. Seven Bridges Road by Ian Matthews on Elektra (Elektra)
        8. Lonesome On'ry and Mean by Waylon Jennings on RCA (RCA)
        9. Traveling Kind by Steve Young on Mountain Railroad (Mountain Railroad)
        10. Two of a Kind by Slim Harpo on Excello (Excello)
        11. Bumblebee by Homegas on Takoma (Takoma)
        12. Sidestep by Spider John Koerner and WIllie Murphy on Elektra (Elektra)
        13. Temporarily Out of Order by Skeeter Davis & NRBQ on Red Rooster (Red Rooster)
        14. Jane, Jane by Tia Blake on Water (Water)
        15. Hubert Blues by Hubert Sumlin on L&R (L&R)
        16. Out to Lunch by Shane Parish on Palilalia (Palilalia)
          17. 0 min
        18. Long Distance Information: Chuck

          Playlist
          1. Mum's the Word by Chuck Berry on Mercury (Mercury)
          2. Interview by Chuck Berry on - (-)
          3. Bound to Lose by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          4. Rain Eyes by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          5. In-Go by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          6. Memphis, Tennessee by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          7. Oh Louisiana by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          8. Down Bound Train by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          9. Around and Around by The Rolling Stones on London (London)
          10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Nina Simone on Phillips (Phillips)
          11. Roll Over Beethoven by Charlie Feathers on Feathers (Feathers)
          12. Memphis, Tennessee by Sandy Bull on Vanguard (Vanguard)
          13. Right Off Rampart Street by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          14. Aimlessly Drifting by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)
          15. Oh Captain by Chuck Berry on Mercury (Mercury)
            16. 1 hr
          16. From the Feeding Tube

            Playlist
            1. Blue Navigator by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            2. Best Kept by Maxine Funke on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            3. Trillium by Wednesday Knudson & Willie Lane on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            4. New WInds For The Warming Sands by Abronia on Feeding Tube Records / Cardinal Fuzz (Feeding Tube Records / Cardinal Fuzz)
            5. Code of the Mountains by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            6. Ghost Woman Blues by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            7. She-Wander(er) by Big Blood on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            8. Song of Perfect Propriety by Myriam Gendron on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            9. Eighteen Days by The Eighteenth Day of May on Feeding Tube Records / Cardinal Fuzz (Feeding Tube Records / Cardinal Fuzz)
            10. Endless Window by Powers / Rolin Duo on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)
            11. Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter on Feeding Tube/Cardinal Fuzz/Arrowhawk (Feeding Tube/Cardinal Fuzz/Arrowhawk)
              12. 59 min
            12. So to Meet Me By and By

              Playlist
              1. Break My Mind by The Flying Burrito Brothers on A&M (A&M)
              2. Born on the Bayou by Tina Britt on Minit (Minit)
              3. Shirt of Lace by Dorothy Carter on Celeste (Celeste)
              4. The Unseen Sound of Music by Charlie Tweddle on Mighty Mouth (Mighty Mouth)
              5. God's Word by J.B. Lenoir on JSP (JSP)
              6. Sting Me Baby by Jo Ann Garnett on Duke (Duke)
              7. Cowboy Lullaby by John Wonderling on Paramount (Paramount)
              8. Last Letter by Rosalie Sorrels on Green Linet (Green Linet)
              9. To Ramona by Bob Dylan on Columbia (Columbia)
              10. I Should Have Been Home by Blaze Foley on Fat Possum (Fat Possum )
              11. Homeless (talk) / Marie / Pancho & Lefty (talk) by Townes Van Zandt on Gregor (Gregor)
              12. Pancho & Lefty by Willie Nelson on - (-)
              13. Mirth by Lonnie Holley on Jagjaguwar (Jagjaguwar)
                14. 59 min
              14. American Reckoning
                • 6:00pm Casey Jones by Claudia Lennear on Phew (Warner Bros)
                • 6:03pm Prisoner of Love (alternate) by Bo Diddley on Chess Masers 1959–60 (Chess)
                • 6:10pm Fortunes by Ola Belle Reed on My Epitaph (Rounder)
                • 6:15pm I Gotta Help My People by Arthur Adams on It's Private Tonight (Blue Thumb)
                • 6:21pm Are You Proud of America by Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys on Michigan Bluegrass (Jessup)
                • 6:25pm Love Letter to America by Eugene McDaniels on Outlaw (Atlantic)
                • 6:28pm Ode to Billie Joe by Ike and Tina Turner on 38 Rare Recordings (-)
                • 6:34pm Make it Right by Leonda on Woman in the Sun (Columbia)
                • 6:37pm Old, Old House by Michael Hurley on July 17, 1976 (Live)
                • 6:40pm What Have I Done Wrong by Magic Sam on Give Me Time (Delmark)
                • 6:46pm Comment by Charles Wright on 45 (Warner Bros)
                • 6:52pm Poppies by Buffy Sainte-Marie on Illuminations (Vanguard)
                • 6:54pm But It Comes Out Mad by Camille Yarbrough on The Iron Pot Cooker (Vanguard)
                • 6:57pm Swing Low Sweet Chariot by Albert Ayler on Goin' Home (Black Lion)

                59 min
              15. Varied Voices of Acoustic Guitar and a Moondog tale

                Playlist
                1. There's a New World Coming by Bernice Johnson Reagon on Paredon (Paredon)
                2. Urban Driftwood (ft. Amadou Kouyate) by Yasmin Williams on Spinster (Spinster)
                3. Xengo Xengo Xererengo by Bola Sete on Takoma (Takoma)
                4. Shenandoah by Marisa Anderson on Spinster (Spinster)
                5. Washington Blues by Elizabeth Cotten on Arhoolie (Arhoolie)
                6. Cukaunak, Cukanerareluten-llu by John Angaiak on Future Days (Future Days)
                7. Late April by Sarah Louise on VDSQ (VDSQ)
                8. Alabama Wagon Wheel by Etta Baker on Rounder (Rounder)
                9. The Minstrel by Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble on Atlantis (Atlantis)
                10. Chicago by Daniel Hecht on Morning Trip (Morning Trip)
                11. Willow by Daniel Hecht on Windam Hill (Windam Hill)
                12. Each Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow by Moodog on Capitol (Capitol)
                13. Why Spend a Dark Night With Me by Moodog on Capitol (Capitol)
                14. Voices of Spring by Moodog on Capitol (Capitol)
                15. Song of Myself by Peggy Seeger on Rounder (Rounder)
                  16. 59 min
                16. Richard and Linda

                  Playlist
                  1. Hard Luck Stories by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  2. When Will I Be Loved (demo) by The Bunch on UMC (UMC)
                  3. Shady Lies (Live at London University College, 1972) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  4. Mother & Son (previously unreleased) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  5. End of the Rainbow (Linda vocal version) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  6. I Want to See the Bright Lights by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  7. Beat the Retreat (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 1975) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  8. Beat the Retreat Never Again (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 1975) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  9. Things You Gave Me (Live) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  10. Last Chance (Live) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  11. A Bird in Gods Garden (Live at the Theater Royal, London 1977) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  12. First Light (demo) by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  13. Strange Affair by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                  14. End of the Rainbow by Richard & Linda Thompson on UMC (UMC)
                    15. 59 min

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