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United States of Americana: Happy 79th Mr. Cash!

Posted at 11:56 AM on February 27, 2011 by Bill DeVille (2 Comments)
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One of my heroes, Johnny Cash, would have turned 79 yesterday. We lost Johnny in 2003. If you are a Cash collector, like myself, you may be interested in, From Memphis to Hollywoood: Bootleg Volume II. The CD was released last Tuesday and features 57 previously unreleased and hard to find tracks, including 16 never before released recordings. A must for Cash completists! I opened the show with Johnny's first ever radio appearance in his adopted hometown of Memphis, TN!

It's a big concert week! I featured many of the artists who'll be in our neighborhood in the days to come, including Merle Haggard and Khris Kristofferson, who are at Mystic Lake tonight. I gave a spin to Jamey Johnson, who's playing a benefit tonight for Jared Allen's Wounded Warriors charity. I also played new tracks from Middle Brother, Lynn Miles, and The Yellowbirds.

here is the audio and playlist for 2/27/11...

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United States of Americana
2/27/11
8:00 a.m.

Johnny Cash - First radio appearance from 1955, performed, "Wide Open Road" [From Memphis to Hollywood: Bootleg Vol. 2]
Kasey Chambers - Hollywood [Wayward Angel]
Goodbye Sun - Yours, Mine, and Everyone Else's [Bruise on Bloom]
Merle Haggard - It's All in the Movies
Buddy Miller - Why Baby Why [Buddy Miller's The Majestic Silver Strings]
Freedy Johnston - Don't Fall n Love With a Lonely Girl [Rain on the City]
Lynn Miles - Three Chords and the Truth [Fall For Beauty]
Cotton Jones - Place at the End of the Street [Tall Hours in the Glowstream]
The Pines - Heart and Bones [Tremolo]
Ben Weaver - 40 Watt Bulb [Stories Under Nails]
Robbie Robertson - He Don't Live Here No More [How To Become Clairvoyant]
Los Lobos - Somewhere In Time [The Ride]
David Wax Museum - Yes, Maria Yes [Everything Is Saved]
Jamey Johnson - For the Good Times [The Guitar Song]
Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night

United States of Americana
2/27/11
9:00 a.m.

Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind [Crazy Heart]
The Wood Brothers - Shoofly pie [Smoke Ring Halo]
Rodney Crowell - Telephone Road [The Houston Kid]
Steve Earle - Telephone Road [El Corazon]
The Yellowbirds - Rings in the Trees [The Color]
Golden Smog - V [Down By the Old Mainstream]
Romantica - How to Feel [Local Current V. 1]
Middle Brother - Thanks for Nothing [Middle Brother]
B.J.Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head [Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]
Doug Paisley - What I Saw [Constant Companion]
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love [Go-Go Boots]
Merle Haggard - Someday We'll Look Back...
Trampled By Turtles - Valley [Trouble]
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

Americana Shows:

Merle Haggard/Kris Kristofferson - Tonight at Mystic Lake
Jamey Johnson - Fine Line tonight
Real-Phonic 8th Commandment Revival - First Avenue Monday, featuring Erik Koskinen, Dead Man Winter, Trampled By Turtles, Molly Maher and Charlie Parr
Nicole Atkins/Cotton Jones - Turf Club Tuesday
Rodney Crowell - Wednesday at Cedar
Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses - Varsity Theater Thursday
Romantica - Kierans on Thursday/Turf on Saturday
Ben Weaver - Are You Local Showcase, Friday at Varsity
The Pines - Cedar Saturday
Dan Bern - 400 Bar 3/12
Middle Brother/Dawes/Deer Tick 1st Ave March 14
Ron Sexsmith - Varsity 3/21
Massey Ferguson - Lee's March 29
Hayes Carll - Varsity Theater 4/5
Robert Plant - 4/12 at State
Golden Smog - Fine Line, April 15 and 16
Whitey Morgan - April 16 Lee's
Bill Kirchen - April 22 Lee's

Comments (2)

The audio doesn't seem to be working. Neither will the embedded link work. Hope to hear this soon!

Posted by shane | February 28, 2011 7:34 AM

Disregard me previous comment.

Posted by shane | February 28, 2011 7:35 AM

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