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On this week’s episode Jason P. Woodbury speaks with Nashville-based guitarist William Tyler. As a sideman, Tyler’s guitar work has appeared on records by Lambchop, Charlie Louvin, Candi Staton, Hiss Golden Messenger, Silver Jews, Wooden Wand, and dozens more, but since the dawn of the decade, he’s focused mostly on his own records, vivid instrumental soundscapes which connect country and folk traditions to kosmische musik and ambient soundscapes. His latest, Modern Country, was released earlier this month via Merge Records, and it’s his most expansive yet. With a full band including Phil Cook and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche in tow, Tyler paints a view of America in all its fractured complexity, evoking beautiful landscapes and forgotten rogue states. The songs act as views from back roads, and even as Tyler eschews lyrics, he nonetheless tells stories with his sounds. Sally forth…

On this episode, we spoke with Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest, whose new album Teens of Denial comes out this Friday via Matador Records. It's a fantastic record, bigger and more fully realized than before, and it reflects the transition from solo project to full band. We also spoke to author Bob Mehr about Trouble Boys, his affecting book on the Replacements. Mehr's one of the best music writers working, and his book dives deep and comes up with even more than one could expect. Onwards . . .

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Intro / Shall We Gather At The River
Gene Clark - Tears of Rage
Chris Darrow - Livin’ Like A Fool
Ian Matthews - Seven Bridges Road
Manassas - So Begins The Task
Ellen McIlwaine - Can't Find My Way Home
David Crosby - I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here
Davy Graham - Both Sides Now (excerpt)
Tim Hardin - If I Were A Carpenter
David Wiffen - You’ll Never Make A Dollar That Way
Michael Martin Murphy - The Lights Of The City

Intro
Mor Thiam - Ayo Ayo Nene
Fela Kuti - Lover
Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death
The Reggae Boys - Selassie
Willie Dickson & The Playboys - Lickin' Stick
The Fabulous Three - Django's Soul
Ofo and The Black Company - Allah Wakbar
The Dutch Rhythm, Steel & Showband - Down By The River

Intro / Strung Out
The Soul Inc. - Love Me When I'm Down
Jerry And Jeff - Voodoo Medicine Man
Dion - Baby, Let's Stay Together
Apple & The Three Oranges - Curse Upon The World
T.L. Barrett And Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship
Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - Lover And A Friend
Tony Owens - I Got Soul
Famous L. Renfroe - Introduction
Big Sambo & The House Wreckers - The Rains Came
Alton Ellis - Whiter Shade of Pale
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You

Intro
CAN - I'm So Green
The Everly Brothers - Lord Of The Manor
Blossom Dearie - Somebody New
Bernard Chabert - Il Part En Californie (He Moved To California)
These Trails - Garden Botanum
Pete Ham - Without You (solo demo)
Big Star - Mod Lang (Alternate Mix)
The Velvet Underground - Sad Song
Emitt Rhodes - Promises I've Made
T. Rex - Lean Woman Blues
Charlotte Dada (excerpt)
John Williams - Flowers In Your Hair
Lee Hazlewood w/ Suzi Jane Hokum - Califia (Stone Rider)

Intro
Bedlam's Offspring - I'll Be There
The Emperors - I Want My Woman
The Chocolate Watchband - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
The Blue Rondos - Baby I Go For You
The Graham Bond Organisation - Early In The Morning
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Cat - Do The Watussi
Vichan Maneechot - Dance, Dance, Dance
The Shangri-Las - How Pretty Can You Get (Radio Spot)
Fleur De Lys - Circles
Michelle's Menagerie - Stay Away
The Worlocks - I Love You
Blue Condition - Coming Home

Clover - Mr. Moon
Daniel Moore - May, 16, 1975
Goose Creek Symphony - A Satisfied Mind
Bob Martin - Captain Jesus
Elyse - Houses (w/ Neil Young)
The B.C. Harmonizers - You Ought To Been There
Odetta - Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
Willis Alan Ramsey - Geraldine And The Honeybee
Bobby Charles - Street People
Harry Crews - Everything Was Stories
Ramsay Midwood - Spinning On This Rock

Intro (Bob Brown excerpt)
Lil' Ed & The Soundmasters - It's A Dream
Black Rock - Yeah Yeah
Africa - Paint It Black
Junior Parker - Tomorrow Never Knows
Yaphet Koto - Have You Ever Seen The Blues
Kukumbas - Respect
Son House - That's Where The Blues Start (Vocal)
Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever
Hopeton Louis - Sound And Pressure