Roots Rednecks and Radicals

Intro Drive By Truckers: Marry Me

Josh Ritter: Ground Don’t Want Me

Colter Wall: Happy Reunion 

Kelsy Waldon: White Noise, White Lines

Todd Snider: Like A Force of Nature

Evan Felker: Whiskey In Your Water

Willie Nelson: Ride Me Back Home

The Quebe Sisters: My Love, My Life, My Friend

Steep Canyon Rangers: Blue Monk

Wynonna and the Big Noise: The Child

Gillian Welch: When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings

Justin Peter Kinkel-Shuster: Take Heart Take Care

Joy Williams: Front Porch

Karen and the Sorrows: Guaranteed Broken Heart

Micahela Anne: By Our Design

Andrew Leahey: Start The Dance

Chris Shiflet: This Old World

Jason Hawk Harris: Cussing At The Light

Jade Jackson: Bottle It Up

Billy Strings: Taking Water

Milk Carton Kids: I’ll Be Gone

Alison Moorer: Heal

Wilco: One And A Half Stars

Emi Sunshine: Ghost Of Hank Williams

Lukas Nelson: Turn Off The News

Strand Of Oaks: Ruby

Jenny Lewis: Heads Gonna Roll

Shakey Graves: A World So Full Of Love

Glen Hansard: I’ll Be You, Be Me

Brent Cobb/Jade Bird: Feet Off The Ground

Intro Drive By Truckers: Marry Me

Brandi Carlile: A Promise To Keep

Carolina Chocolate Drops: City of Refuge

Jason Isbell: Flagship

Margo Price: Don’t Say It

Sturgill Simpson: In Bloom

Andy Hedges Interview

Chris LeDoux: Strawberry Roan

Colter Wall: Happy Reunion

Little Texas: Peaceful Easy Feeling

Kelsy Waldon: White Noise, White Lins

Patsy Cline: Crazy

Punch Brothers: Punch Bowl

RW Hampton: Cimarron

Rachel Baiman: Thanksgiving

Richmond Fontaine: Winner’s Casino

Ruby Boots: Infatuation

Drive By Truckers: Lookout Mountain

Lori McKenna: The Bird and the Rifle

Lucero: For The Lonely Ones

Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World

Luther Wright and the Wrongs: Comfortably Numb

Marie Lepanto: Patient, Patient Man

Mavis Staples: Change

Charley Crockett: The Race Is On

I recently had a chance to talk on the phone with Cowboy Songster Andy Hedges. I first became aware of Andy at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada in 2019. I was impressed with his guitar playing, singing, and general knowledge of Cowboy and Western Culture. He was born in Lubbock Texas in 1980. The son of a school teacher, and a former rodeo Cowboy turned preacher, Andy grew up engrossed in the stories of the West. He currently records music, produces a podcast, gathers and performs Cowboy Poetry, and performs with legendary songwriters like Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Ian Tyson, and Dom Flemmons. We had a great conversation about his work.

Willie Nelson: Ride Me Back Home

Dolly Parton: The Grass is Blue

Caleb Caudle: Empty Arms

Jason Isbell: Flying Over Water

Kelsey Waldon: White Noise, White Lines

Jim Lauderdale: Some Horses Run Free

Orville Peck: Turn To Hate

Emmylou Harris: Beneath Still Waters

Milk Carton Kids: I Meant Every Word I Said

Jerry Garcia/David Grisman: Shady Grove

Steep Canyon Rangers: Blue Monk

Old Crow Medicine Show: Child of the Mississippi

Molly Tuttle: Make My Mind Up

Trampled By Turtles: The Middle

Billy Strings: Taking Water

Colter Wall: Happy Reunion 

Tommy Emmanuel: Deep River Blues

Eric Clapton: Malted Milk

Todd Albright: Kill It Kid

White Stripes: Rag and Bone

Allison Moorer: Heal

Brandi Carlile: The Mother

Patsy Cline: Back in Baby’s Arms

Brent Cobb: Providence Canyon

Wynonna and the Big Noise: The Child

Drunken Prayer: Cordelia

Our Native Daughters: Quasheba, Quasheba

Calexico/Iron and Wine: Father Mountain

Eli Paperboy Reed: 99 Cent Dreams

Wilco: Everyone Hides

Jason Hawk Harris: Cussing at the Light

Intro Drive By Truckers: Marry Me

Dwight Yoakam: Honky Tonk Man

Patsy Cline: I Fall To Pieces

Darrin Bradbury: Talking Dogs and Atom Bombs

Buck Owens: Love’s Gonna Live Here

Rhett Miller: Wheels

Johnny Cash: Wayfaring Stranger

Amanda Shires: The Way It Dimmed

Karen and the Sorrows: Guaranteed Broken Heart

Elaina Kay: Wild Horse

Michaela Anne: By Our Design

Andy Hedges: Shadow of a Cowboy

Tom Russell: October in the Railroad Earth

Bob Dylan: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

Colter Wall: Thinkin’ on a Woman

Dom Flemons: Goodbye Old Paint

Will Hoge: Still a Southern Man

Lucero: For The Lonely Ones

Drive By Truckers: Carl Perkins Cadillac 

Matt Woods: Blue-Eyed Wanderer

Jason Hawk Harris: Cussing at the Light

Wilco: Love is Everywhere

Molly Tuttle: Light Came In

Tommy Emmanuel: Borderline

Greensky Bluegrass: Miss September 

Jenny Lewis: Heads Gonna Roll

Shooter Sharp and the Shootouts: Quick Draw

Violent Femmes: Another Chorus 

Glen Hansard: I’ll Be You, Be Me 

Calexico/Iron and Wine: Father Mountain

Jade Jackson: Bottle it Up

Intro Drive By Truckers: Marry Me

Jason Isbell: Dress Blues

Brandi Carlile: Murder In The City

Tanya Tucker: Mustang Ridge

Jason Hawk Harris: Cussing at the Light

Brent Cobb: Providence Canyon

Wilco: Everyone Hides

Cory Branan: You Make Me

Charley Crocket: Change Yo Mind

The Minks: I’m Okay

Todd Snider: Working on a Song

Evan Felker: Whiskey In Your Water

Aggrolites: Pound for Pound

Melodians: Rivers of Babylon

Toots and the Maytals: Pressure Drop

 Mavis Staples: Brothers and Sisters

Yola: Love is Light