HWY 261

On today's episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Layla take a deep dive into the catalog (studio and live) of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan. As of 2026, SRV has been gone longer than he was with us on this mortal coil, so we featured deep cuts, live cuts, and a couple of radio hits listeners likely have heard. RIP SRV!!!

Track list:

Pipeline-SRV & Dick Dale; Taxman (Beatles cover)-SRV & Double Trouble; Hillbillies from Outer Space (The Vaughan Brothers); D/FW-The Vaughan Brothers; SRV Speaks; Chitlin's con Carne-SRV & Double Trouble; Testify-SRV &Double Trouble; Look at Little Sister-SRV & Double Trouble; They Call Me Guitar Hurricane-Stevie Vaughan & Double Trouble; Honey Bee-SRV & Double Trouble; Love Struck Baby-SRV & Double Trouble; Rude Mood-SRV & Double Trouble; Slip Slidin' Slim-SRV & Double Trouble; Life By the Drop-SRV & Double Trouble

This week on HWY 261 The Rev has his daughter Layla in the booth as guest co-host and the show focused on new releases from local artists. Playlist for the 6-19-26 episode: Fallen Angel-Sister 7; Omaha-Waylon Jennings; Cold Beer, Hot Women, and Cool Country Music-The Derailers; These Roads (I Ain't Been Down)-Sam Downing & the Bandits; Underdog-Dallas Burrow; Backslide-Ashton Naylor; Ace of Spades (Motorhead cover)-West Texas Exiles; Lemon Tree (Stay a While)-Sammy Wells; Heaven and Hell-The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser).

On the 100th episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling welcome their long time friend and songwriter extraordinaire Pake Rossi, who just released his lates record Blue Collar Blues (A Working Title) on May 1. The guys reminisce about SMTX back in the day when they were all hanging around Cheatham St. Warehouse, and Pake played 3 songs live in the studio. Tracklist for Ep. 100:

Supermarket Birds-Company L; Rising-Josh Dodds; 24 Hours in New York City-Drew Kennedy; San Marcos '09 (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; Welder's Son (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; Blue From the Mountain (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; 7 Day Bender-Forest Wayne Allen

On today's episode The Rev welcomes George Ensle into the KZSM broadcasting booth to talk about his latest CD release, Touchstones, and the first single from the album Hill Country Rhapsody (feat. Kimmie Rhodes). Prerecorded tracks played were Summer Again-Texas Renegade; Dream Chaser-Willie Nelson; Lubbock It or Leave It-The Dixie Chicks; Peasant-Stephen Doster; Summer Wine-Shelley King; Hill Country Rhapsody-George Ensle.

Today The Rev is joined on the show by his son, Jude and Jude's friend, William, both of whom just finished up middle school and are on to high school in the fall! Tracks played on Ep. 98:

School's Out-Alice Cooper; Blame Texas-Cody Johnson; Too Good, Too Bad-Jason Scott & High Heat; Can't Go There Anymore-Storyville; Record Exec-Cross Canadian Ragweed; You Don't Know the Half of It-Kathleen O'Keefe; Daddy's Farm-Shooter Jennings

On today's episode The Rev spins ten tracks from this week's Texas Country Music Chart Top 50. Artists played from this week's chart were: Charley Crockett, Kayla Jane, Silverada, Paul Cauthen, Sandee June, Kin Faux, Flatland Cavalry, Shane Smith & the Saints, Cameron Allbright, and Hudson Westbrook. Also played: SRV & Double Trouble Scuttle Buttin' (from their sophomore album Couldn't Stand the Weather, released OTD in 1984), College Town off of Joel Hofmann's new album Loud & Lonesome, and Old School Friends from Foscoe Jones' 2004 album A Song Like This.

On today's episode, The Rev focuses on spinning tracks from the recorded output of Dustin Welch. The Rev spins a few songs from each of Dustin's 3 records--Whisky Priest, Tijuana Bible, and Amateur Theater--and as an added treat, Dustin himself showed up to KZSM studios during the broadcast along with HWY 261 co-host Sterling Finlay (who has been out on medical rehab assignment since January) and Sterling's youngest daughter, Iona. In addition to Dustin Welch tracks, The Rev played John Wayne Cowboy by The Trishas--one of whose members, Savannah Welch, is Dustin's sister--and a brand new track from Joel Hofmann Band w/ Bonnie Whitmore, All Because of You.

The Rev has Missoula Slim in as guest co-host on today's episode, and they spent some time talking about how the new KZSM show Live from Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's Songwriters Circle came to be and how it's recorded and produced before being broadcast every Monday and Friday afternoon on KZSM-LP. Prerecorded tracks on this episode were Evil Mind-Missoula Slim; Bang Bang-Sour Bridges; 6s to 7s-Ava Renn; Her Legs Keep Crossing My Mind-Missoula Slim; Oye Mamacita-Los Lonely Boys)

Episode 94: This week on HWY 261 The Rev welcomes Bill Palmer into the KZSM broadcast booth. Bill is currently part of the band Mule Ears based in Terlingua, TX, and he has been a major part of two of The Rev's all time favorite local bands, The Sharecroppers (aka Good Medicine Band) and Hundred Year Flood. On this episode Bill is joined by Ava Renn, whose latest record was produced by Bill. They discuss art, the recording process, what it's like working with your heroes, and why it's really important to stop the planned border wall through the Big Bend region. Prerecorded tracks on this episode were all written by Bill Palmer, including I Don't Wanna by Good Medicine Band and a handful of songs from Mule Ears (This Time, Kansas, and The Border).

Today on HWY 261 The Rev spends half the show playing newly released tracks (mid-2025 through today). Track list for 03-27-26 episode:

Rules of Baseball~Nichole Wagner; Full of Stars~Josh Dodds; Kyoto (Phoebe Bridges cover)~The Trips; Chasm~Jana Pochop; Hill Country Rhapsody~George Ensle; The Color of Night~James McMurtry; Wild Card~HalleyAnna Finlay; Black Rock Desert Blues~Dallas Burrow; Drifter~Good Medicine Band; Auntie Alice~Okkervil River; City Market~Bill Whitbeck; Farmer's Tan~The Texas Sapphires; Neon of Nashville~The Flatlanders