
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Lonely Tonight, from the 2005 album Mile Markers (Purchase @ Amazon). This is real country music, friends.

Stunning Blue, from the Houston blues band of the same name, from the album Out of the Blue. This song rocks! Hear more at www.stunningblueband.com.

Les Dudek - I Remember, from the 1977 album Say No More by the former Steve Miller Band guitarist (Purchase @ Amazon).

The Sir Douglas Quintet - Are Inlaws Really Outlaws. The first song, from Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = Honkey Blues (1968), the first record by the great Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet. Can you imagine queuing up this record in 1968 and hearing this great sound for the first time? From the highly recommended The Complete Mercury Recordings (Purchase at Amazon).


The excellent Crooked Vein, by Chris Mills from his highly recommended Kiss It Goodbye (Purchase @ Amazon).

Mike Ness - Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing. Great song from the Social Distortion frontman, from the excellent Under the Influences (Purchase @ Amazon).
Wrinkle Neck Mules - Mecklenberg County. A live one by my new favorite band. I’ve listened to nothing but the Mules for weeks now.

Richard Shindell - Are You Happy Now. Simply the best Halloween song. Ever. From Sparrows Point (Purchase @ Amazon).

Van Ghost - Summer Promise. Great song by the Chicago alt. country band. Find out more at their MySpace page.

Chris Knight - North Dakota. The always excellent Chris Knight, from the also excellent bootleg Lexington, Kentucky, December 30, 2006. (Purchase Chris Knight records @ Amazon)

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Whiskey Jars. From the highly recommended 2004 record, Minor Enough (Purchase @ Amazon).
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes. She says that a girl needs a gun these days, hey on account of all the rattlesnakes. She looks like Eve Marie Saint in On the Waterfront, as she reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance. Awesome.

Poco - Just in Case It Happens, Yes Indeed. Another excellent Richie Furay number from Poco’s 1969 masterpiece, Pickin’ Up the Pieces (Purchase @ Amazon).


