Best of 2008: Steel Belted Radio Playlist #187 (December 30, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Love Me or Leave Me
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds
S/T

Caldonia
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis
Two Men with the Blues

Woodward Avenue
Elliott Brood
Mountain Meadows

Sweetcorn
Fred Eaglesmith
Tinderbox

What Do You Do When You're Lonesome
Justin Townes Earle
The Good Life

I'm Gonna Settle My Accounts With You
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Tears of Joy
Lucinda Williams
Little Honey

He Needs Me
Ndidi Onukwulu
The Contradictor

Hold On
Emmylou Harris
All I Intended to Be

I Want You #35
Rodney Crowell
Sex and Gasoline

Proof of Love
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Just Like a River
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Once in a While
Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Sweetest Waste of Time
Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #186 (December 23, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Drink to Me, Babe, Then
A.C. Newman
The Slow Wonder

When I Go, I’m Gone
The Supersuckers
Get It Together

I Don’t Like It
Daddy
At the Women’s Club

Highway Patrol
Junior Brown
Guit With It

Clyde
Waylon Jennings
Live from Austin, TX

Long Time Mama
The Breakmen
When You Leave Town

Another Tear
Bluegrass Diamonds
We’ll Meet Again

Write This Down
Concession 23
The Walls Around Us

Blind Fiddler
Hoyt Axton
Southbound

Paid in Advance
Hoyt Axton
Fearless

Parts Unknown
Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys
Swingin’ West

That’ll Be the Day
Chloe Albert
Dedicated State

Keep Me in Mind, Sweetheart
Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan
Sunday at Devil Dirt

Van Lear Rose
Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose

Wednesday’s Child
Claire Lynch
Silver and Gold

Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Live from Austin, TX

Merry Christmas, Baby
Otis Redding
Christmas in Soulsville

Who Took the Merry out of Christmas
The Staples Singers
Christmas in Soulsville

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #185 (December 16, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

The Sunday Song
Amelia Curran
War Brides

I’m a Mountain
Sarah Harmer
I’m a Mountain

Oh, Lonesome Me
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tribute to Tradition

Gospel Barroom
Greg Hobbs
Threats and Promises

What’s the Use
Thad Cockrell
Warmth & Beauty

Rosalita
The Western States
S/T

Ramblin’ Fever
Merle Haggard
Live from Austin, TX

Deep Water
Red Meat
13

Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin
Hank Thompson
Vintage Collection

Della and the Dealer
Hoyt Axton
A Rusty Old Halo

Wink
Blue Mountain
Dog Days

Over You
David Francey
The Waking Hour

There’s a Reason
A. A. Bondy
American Hearts

Trouble
Ray LaMontagne
Trouble

For Emma
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago

Good Hearted Woman
Waylon Jennings
Live from Austin, TX

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #184 (December 2, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Great Lakes
Rae Spoon
Superior You Are Inferior

Everybody Loves You
Herald Nix
Everybody Loves You

So Help Me
Raging Slab
Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert

Half Asleep and Drunk
Jerry Leger
You, Me, and the Horse

If the Creeks Don’t Rise
Sunparlour Players
Hymns for the Happy

Ain’t Leavin’ Your Love
Townes Van Zandt
At My Window

26 Oz. of Gin
The Swiftys
Ridin’ High

Pick Up the Change
Wilco
A.M.

Fishing in the Morning
Dar Williams
The Beauty of the Rain

I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
Billy Joe Shaver
Old Five and Dimers Like Me

Hotel Yorba
The White Stripes
White Blood Cells

Satchel Paige Said
The Baseball Project
Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Love in a Trashcan
The Raveonettes
Pretty in Black

Sacred Ground
Rodney DeCroo
Mockingbird Blues

Once in a While
Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Devilment
Paul Reddick
Sugar Bird

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #183 (November 25, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Stepping Through Fire
Mae Moore/Lester Quitzau
Oh My!

Valerie Plame
The Decemberists
Always the Bridesmaid

Round Walls
Jerry Leger
You, Me, and the Horse

The Pony Man
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind

You Won’t Find Me
Amelia Curran
War Brides

You Already Miss Me
Hardline Blues Band
Nowhere Left to Run

Lonesome Hound
The Beat Farmers
Tales of the New West

High Horse
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Plain Dirt Fashion

Best Kiss Ever
Sherry Ryan
Bottom of a Heart

Born Into a Light
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Cardinology

As Surely as You Breathe
Rodney DeCroo
Mockingbird Blues

I See Someone Coming
Herald Nix
Everybody Loves You

Inn Town

Whiskeytown
Stranger’s Almanac

Tears Don’t Matter Much
Lucero
That Much Further West

Tidal Wave
The Modelos
Saddle Justice

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #182 (November 18, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Blue House
Blue Rodeo
Blue Road

Ross Knox
Ian Tyson
Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories

She’s Got Everything But Me
Don Walser
The Archives Series Volume 1

Turns to Tears
Chris Wall
Tainted Angel

Maiden Voyage
Newberry vs. Newberry
Freight Lines

Sing for You
Tracy Chapman
Our Bright Future

Circles and X’s
Lucinda Williams
Little Honey

Don’t Call this Love
Mike Ireland and Holler
Learning How to Live

Industrious
F&M
Every Light Must Fade

Shotgun Blues
Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan
Sunday at Devil Dirt

Waiting for My Child
Mavis Staples
Live: Hope at the Hideout

Moving Work of Art
Rodney Crowell
Sex and Gasoline

Choices
George Jones
Cold Hard Truth

Flood those Spirits
Woodland Telegraph
Sing Revival Hymns

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #181 (November 11, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Sentimental Devil
Nick Zubeck
Tracker

Down in Mississippi
Mavis Staples
Live: Hope at the Hideout

Jailhouse Tears
Lucinda Williams
Little Honey

Your Big Hands
Jolie Holland
The Living and the Dead

The Devil’s Inside My Head
Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Shrug It Off
F&M
Every Light Must Fade

Cowboy Songs
Newberry vs. Newberry
Freight Lines

Leaves and Lay
Slow Down, Molasses
I’m an Old Believer

Closer to Heaven
Rodney Crowell
Sex and Gasoline

The Grand Ole Opry
Hank Williams III
Damn Right Rebel Proud

Lament for Lester Cousins
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!

Head Over Heels in Love with You
Ricky Skaggs
American Masters Series

Darling Cory
The Magnificent 7’s
Dirty Roads

How Deep is That River
Mason Jennings
In the Ever

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #180 (November 4, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Long Gone
Nathan Wiley
Bottom Dollar

The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
The Rising

Talk It to Death
The Sunparlour Players
Hymns for the Happy

Six O’Clock News
Kathleen Edwards
Failer

The Revolution Starts Now
Steve Earle
The Revolution Starts Now

Tears of Joy
Lucinda Williams
Little Honey

Box of Visions
Tom Russell
Box of Visions

Grow Old with Me
Michael Brennan
Anywhere But Here

I Want You #35
Rodney Crowell
Sex and Gasoline

If You Can’t Help Your Own
Hank Williams III
Damn Right Rebel Proud

I Confess
The Wagoneers
Stout and High

Cheatin’ at Solitaire
Mike Ness
Cheatin’ at Solitaire

Lovesick Blues
Ryan Adams
Timeless

Whiskey Song
The Magnificent 7’s
Dirty Roads

Goodbye
Cherryholmes
Cherryholmes III Don’t Believe

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #179 (October 28, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Next Go ‘Round
Old Crow Medicine Show
Tennessee Pusher

Mercy
Band of Annuals
Let Me Live

Shoulder to the Plow
Fred Eaglesmith
Tinderbox

Once in a While
Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Hold On
Emmylou Harris
All I Intended to Be

What’s in the Woods
the benvereens
S/T

Proof of Love
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #178 (October 21, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Wait for It
Anabelle Chvostek
Resilience

Tip of My Tongue
Nick Zubeck
Tracker

In My Arms
Teddy Thompson
A Piece of What You Need

Don’t Cut Your Hair
The Pretenders
Break Up the Concrete

Mary’s Kitchen
Old Crow Medicine Show
Tennessee Pusher

Rattlin’ Bones
K. Chambers/S. Nicholson
Rattlin’ Bones

Every Temptation
Paul Reddick
SugarBird

Song for Sonny Liston
Mark Knopfler
One Take Radio Sessions

Fox in Its Hole
Jolie Holland
The Living and the Dead

Forgiveness
Peter Katz
More Nights

I’ll Be Good
the benvereens
S/T

Dyin’ Day
Sarah Blackwood
Way Back Home

Maybelle’s Guitar and Monroe's Mandolin
Robin and Linda Williams
Buena Vista

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #177 (October 14, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Luck in My Eyes
kd lang
Absolute Torch and Twang

Proof of Love
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Great White Nothing
Kim Barlow
Champ

The Spinster’s Almanac
Christine Fellows
Nevertheless

Love Me or Leave Me
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds
S/T

Trouble in Mind
Aretha Franklin
Early Years

I Just Want to Make Love to You
Etta James
At Last!

Scratch My Back
Taj Mahal
Maestro

Mexico City
Jolie Holland
The Living and the Dead

Obadiah in Oblivion
Death Vessel
Nothing is Precious Enough for Us

Carpetbaggers
Jenny Lewis
Acid Tongue

I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine
Frank Hoier and the Weber Brothers
Lovers and Dollars

Prison of Our Love
Farideh
Symphony of Chemistry

Signal Hill
Maria Dunn
The Peddler

Firelight
Chloe Albert
Dedicated State

Road of Broken Hearts
Charlie Haden
Family and Friends

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #176 (October 7, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Why Have You Passed Me By?
The Warped 45’s
S/T

Monday Morning
Skydiggers
S/T

Steel Belted Radio
Mike Plume Band
Fools for the Radio

Cry Love
John Hiatt
Walk On

I’ve Been to Memphis
Lyle Lovett
Joshua Judges Ruth

Crazier
Fred Eaglesmith
50-Odd Dollar

Alabama High-Test
Old Crow Medicine Show
Tennessee Pusher

Gin Train
Cameron Latimer
Fallen Apart

Always Late
Dwight Yoakam
Hillbilly Deluxe

Home in San Antone
Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills

I Don’t Wanna Die (In the Hospital)
Conor Oberst
S/T

We Become Our Own Wolves
Rae Spoon
Superioryouareinferior

Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
Michael Jerome Browne
This Beautiful Mess

That’ll Be the Plan
Daniel Martin Moore
Stray Age

Cartography
The Buttless Chaps
Cartography

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #175 (September 16, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Mashed Potatoes Canada
Carlos del Junco
Steady Movin’

Dumb It Down
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
Ten Thousand

David’s Country
Band of Annuals
Let Me Live

The Grind
JC Campbell
Lazy James

Dead Lovers
Husband & Knife
An End

Class Action Lawsuit
Junior Pantherz
Saved by Saskatoon

Willie & Laura Mae Jones
Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis

Love Me or Leave Me
Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
S/T

I Found Out
Elvin Bishop
The Blues Roll On

Dirty Little War
Terry Tufts
The Better Fight

Highwater
Don Chambers & Goat
Zebulon

Down by the Water
Cry Cry Cry
S/T

There is Power in a Union
Billy Bragg
Talking with the Taxman about Poetry

Atomic Power
Uncle Tupelo
March 16-29, 1992

Lately
The Darling Downs
From One to Another

Go First
Damien Jurado
Caught in the Trees

I’m Not Broke But I’m Badly Bent
Ricky Skaggs
Best of the Sugar Hill Years

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #174 (September 2, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Nebraska
The Cash Brothers
How Was Tomorrow

Willow Tree
Chad Van Gaalen
Soft Airplane

Sheets
Damien Jurado
Caught in the Trees

Get Back Change
Ron Hynes
Get Back Change

High Lonesome
Cameron Latimer
Fallen Apart

You and Me
Solomon Burke
Like a Fire

Just Because
Los Fabulocos
S/T

Suitcase
Eldorado
Suitcase

Weak Bladder Blues
Johnny West
The Chicken Angel Woman with a Triangle

California Stars
Billy Bragg/Wilco
Mermaid Avenue

Midnight, California
Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days
Midnight, California

A Thousand Songs about California
Milton Mapes
Westernaire

Should I Stay
Indigenous
Broken Lands

Stray Cat Blues
North Mississippi Allstars
Instores and Outtakes

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #173 (August 26, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Chris Gestrin
Steve Dawson
Telescope

Everything He Asked You
Johnny West
The Chicken Angel Woman with a Triangle

Slowness
Calexico
Carried to Dust

Working Poor
Horse Feathers
A House With No Name

Radio Sky
The Warped 45’s
S/T

Heavenly Day
Patty Griffin
Children Running Through

Old Times Were Good Times
Son of Dave
S/T

My Hands are a City
FemBots
Calling Out

Elaine
6 String Drag
High Hat

Still Be Around
Uncle Tupelo
Still Feel Gone

Talkin’ Wolverine 14
Rosalie Sorrels
Strangers in Another Country

I’ll Stay Around
Ricky Skaggs
Best of the Sugar Hill Years

Slidin’ Delta
Doc Watson
Best of the Sugar Hill Years

Long Since Gone
Matt Mays and El Torpedo
Terminal Romance

Everybody Glows
Randall Bramblett
Now It’s Tomorrow

Could Be Worse
Eef Barzelay
Lose Big

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #172 (August 19, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Dakar
Jayme Stone/Manso Sissoko
Africa to Appalachia

Shiny Things
The Pack A. D.
Funeral Mixtape

Wayfaring Stranger
Sixteen Horsepower
Live March 2001

T-Bill
Elliott Brood
Mountain Meadows

Hog Tied
Revival Dear
S/T

Brûlots
Chloé Sainte-Marie
Putamayo Presents Quebec

Hold On
Emmylou Harris
All I Intended to Be

John Hardy
Chris Smither
Leave the Light On

Hurt My Baby
John Hiatt
Same Old Man

Ah, What a Cruel Change
Bowery Boy Blue
Stalk that Myth

It Ain’t Easy
John Baldry
It Ain’t Easy

I Love My Whiskey
Wes Alexander
Here Comes the Rain

Meet Me Tonight in Laredo
Marty Robbins
The Drifter

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #171 (August 12, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Too Easy
Catherine MacLellan
Church Bell Blues

A Gentle Heart
Neil Halstead
Oh! Mighty Engine

Slow Down
Alejandro Escovedo
Real Animal

There’s a Train
Cara Luft
The Light Fantastic

Season Song
KaiserCartel
March Forth

Ghost of the Blues
Bowery Boy Blue
Stalk That Myth

I Wish I Were
Martha Wainwright
I Know You’re Married But I've Got Feelings Too

Tear Down the House
The Avett Brothers
The Second Gleam

Not Out
Greg Laswell
Three Flights from Alto Nido

Caroline
Old Crow Medicine Show
Tennessee Pusher

The Devil’s Paintbrush Road
The Wailin’ Jennys
Firecracker

Twenty Miles from Shore
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Columbia Country Classics Volume 3

Love in Her Eyes
Reckless Kelly
Bulletproof

Ninety Nine and One Half
Buddy Guy
Bring ‘Em In

Ray’s Pool Hall
Rick Taylor
The Wonky Years

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #170 (August 5, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

I’ve Got a Picture
Radney Foster
See What You Want to See

Run Mountain
Flathead
Straight Outta Boone County

I’m Lonesome without You
Hazeldine
Straight Outta Boone County

I’m Down to My Last Cigarette
kd lang
Shadowland

Bottle of Wine
The Swiftys
Ridin’ High

Rattlesnake Shake
Wes Alexander
Here Comes the Rain

Dark Holler
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
Ten Thousand

Good for the Blues
The Hollisters
Land of Rhythm and Pleasure

Old Days
John Hiatt
Same Old Man

Political
Spirit of the West
Spirituality 1983-2008

Sweater Song
Ayla Brook
After the Morning After

Boomtown Blues
Adam Puddington
Back in Town

Tightrope Tapdance
manraygun
Misfortune Telling

Dark as a Dungeon
Kathy Mattea
Coal

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #169 (July 22, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Go Back Home
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
Ten Thousand

Miss Those Days
The Swiftys
Ridin’ High

Cold Manitoba
Revival Dear
S/T

Woodward Avenue
Elliott Brood
Mountain Meadows

A Lot of Days are Gone
The Hacienda Brothers
Arizona Motel

Murder in the City
The Avett Brothers
The Second Gleam

Blue
The Golden Hands Before God Conducts Incredible Magic Band and the Spirits
Here

Love You Again
John Hiatt
Same Old Man

Brandy Alexander
Ron Sexsmith
Exit Strategy of the Soul

It’s Been a Year
Greg Laswell
Three Flights from Alto Nido

Harmony Rocket
manraygun
Misfortune Telling

Be Easy
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
100 Days, 100 Nights

When the Other Foot Drops, Uncle
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
100 Days, 100 Nights

Someday Baby
Big Dave McLean
Acoustic Blues

Spinnaker
John Matthias
Stories from the Watercooler

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #168 (July 8, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Bleeding All Over You
Martha Wainwright
I Know You’re Married But I've Got Feelings Too

Sequestered in Memphis
The Hold Steady
Stay Positive

I’ve Been Around
The Warped 45’s
S/T

Always a Friend
Alejandro Escovedo
Real Animal

Past Time
The Baseball Project
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Sad Songs and Leaving Songs
Duncan Graham
Salem Recording Sessions 1979

Dreams Dissolve
Catherine Maclellan
Church Bell Blues

Jealousy
Emma-Lee
Never Just a Dream

Something Great
Haley Bonar
Big Star

The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Kathy Mattea
Coal

Write It All Down for You
Elliott Brood
Mountain Meadows

We Could Be Looking for the Same Thing
Silver Jews
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

King for a Day
Suicide Kings
S/T

Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Cephas & Wiggins
Richmond Blues

Johnny Cash
Ry Cooder
I, Flathead

Hey Porter
Johnny Cash
The Legend of Johnny Cash

Stop That Thing
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
Ten Thousand

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #167 (June 24, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Hard Line
Jill Barber
For All Time

Your Mind is on Vacation
New Guitar Summit
Shivers

Max the Baseball Clown
Watermelon Slim and the Workers
No Paid Holidays

Blues Concerto
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Pay Me No Mind

Make It Up
American Mars
Western Sides

Autumn Leaf
Old Reliable
The Burning Truth

Five Star
The Gruff
A Trail of Missing Thoughts

Don’t Hold It Against Me
Adam Puddington
Back in Town

Add Me
Chumbawumba
The Boy Bands Have Won

Beautiful Despair
Rodney Crowell
The Outsider

The Bike Song
Christina Martin
Two Hearts

Leave Anymore
Ayla Brook
After the Morning After

Ragged as the Road
Reckless Kelly
Bulletproof

Final
Ndidi Onukwulu
The Contradictor

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #166 (June 17, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

That’s Wrong Little Mama
JW-Jones
Bluelisted

Whose Hands are These
Neil Diamond
Home Before Dark

Temporary Hell
Christina Martin
Two Hearts

Railway Girl
Manraygun
Twilightspeak

Let’s Go Drinking
Adam Puddington
Back in Town

Overland Blues
The Yoshida Brothers
Best of the Yoshida Brothers

Memphis Moment
Hot Toddy
Trio

Swing Low
Black Jake and the Carnies
Where the Heather Don’t Grow

Rainy Day Blues
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis
Two Men of the Blues

You Want That Picture
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lie Down in the Light

Old Ways
The Watson Twins
Fire Songs

Gold
Emmylou Harris
All I Intended to Be

I’m Gonna Settle My Accounts with You
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Acid Jazz Singer
The Fratellis
Here We Stand

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #165 (June 10, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Cape Breton
David Myles
On the Line

Hold On
Emmylou Harris
All I Intended to Be

Clever Disguise
Eliza Gilkyson
Beautiful World

Another Noon
Jon & Roy
Another Noon

Georgia White
Tom Taylor
Running Late

Can’t Come Down
Sam Phillips
Don’t Do Anything

Chain Gang
Fred Eaglesmith
Tinderbox

Boss Card
Bull Hadley
The Mighty Fists of Joe Frazier

Bright Lights Big City
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis
Two Men of the Blues

The Swimming Song
Vetiver
Thing of the Past

I am Violent
Lake of Stew
Ain’t Tired of Lovin’

Navajo Steel
Canteen Knockout
Navajo Steel

Sail Away Ladies
Riley Baugus
Long Steel Rail

Barroom Girls
Gillian Welch
Revival

Racing with the Sun
Annabelle Chvostek
Resilience

My Heart is Broken
Whiskeytown
Stranger’s Almanac

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #164 (June 3, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Almost
Ndidi Onukwulu
The Contradictor

Every Day is Sunday
The Slackers
Self Medication

Bells of 59
Bedouin Soundclash
Street Gospels

Greenwich Time
Justin Rutledge
Man Descending

Walk On
The Pack
Tintype

Postcard from Princess
NQ Arbuckle
XOK

Freeway
Aimee Mann
@#%&*! Smilers

The Slowdown
T-Bone Burnett
Tooth of Crime

Mary Margaret
Lake of Stew
Ain’t Tired of Lovin’

Wildwood Flower
Randy Scruggs
Crown of Jewels

Two Hearts
Christina Martin
Two Hearts

How Am I To Be
The Watson Twins
Fire Songs

House of Stone
Mudcrutch
S/T

Something to Me
Tift Merritt
Another Country

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #163 (May 27, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Can’t Forget
Yo La Tengo
Fakebook

Shoulder to the Plow
Fred Eaglesmith
Tinderbox

Move Together
Ndidi Onukwulu
The Contradictor

Wait For It
Anabelle Chvostek
Resilience

Borrowing Time
Aimee Mann
@#%&*! Smilers

Love Letters
Christina Martin
Two Hearts

If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl)
Faron Young
Golden Hits

Georgia
Canteen Knockout
Navajo Steel

When You Were Mine
Tom Savage Trio
The County Line

I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Hank Williams
Low Down Blues

Acuff-Rose
Uncle Tupelo
Anodyne

Raise the Dead
Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

Ramblin’ (Wo)Man
Cat Power
Jukebox

Home
Joshua Morrison
Home

Chicago and North Western
Midwest Dilemma
Timbers and Tragedies

Emerald Street
Eliza Gilkyson
Beautiful World

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #162 (May 20, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Lonely Side of Lonesome
Justin Curtis and His Rockabilly Co-Op
Let Them Ride

Long Road
Jon & Roy
Another Noon

Dad Song
Canteen Knockout
Navajo Steel

OK With Me
Nora O’Connor
Til the Dawn

I Know My Mind
The Gruff
A Trail of Missing Thoughts

Sweet Lullaby
T Bone Burnett
Tooth of Crime

The Party’s Over
Eliza Gilkyson
Beautiful World

Rexican Ballroom
Kevin Connolly
Little Town
Dance Hall Debutante
Tom Taylor
Running Late

Shinola
Dolly Parton
Backwoods Barbie

She Loves the Sunset
Old 97’s
Blame It On Gravity

Oil Man’s War
Kathleen Edwards
Asking for Flowers

Happy When I’m Gone
Sera Cahoone
Only as the Day is Long

A Kiss Before I’m Gone
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
Jacksonville City Nights

Am I Wasting My Time
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Roll With You

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #161 (May 13, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Any Day Now
Tom Taylor
Running Late

Tinseltown
Dave McCann and the Ten Toed Frogs
Shoot the Horse

Broken
Tift Merritt
Another Country

Resilience
Annabelle Chvostek
Resilience

Let Your Light In, Babe
Robert Forster
The Evangelist

Backwoods Barbie
Dolly Parton
Backwoods Barbie

River of Jordan
Drakkar Sauna
Wars and Tornadoes

Shady Grove
Mudcrutch
S/T

Keep On Calling
Girls Guns and Glory
Inverted Valentine

No Baby I
Old 97’s
Blame It On Gravity

Paul Cezanne
5 Chinese Brothers
Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief

Copper Flowers
The Gruff
A Trail of Missing Thoughts

Restless
Langhorne Slim and the War Eagles
S/T

Revolutionary Kind
Gomez
Liquid Skin

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #160 (April 22, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Trying to Get to You
Suzie Arioli Swing Band
It’s Wonderful

Unlit Hallway
Sun Kil Moon
April

I Keep Faith
Billy Bragg
Mr. Love & Justice

Two Seconds
Volebeats
Sky and the Ocean

Sage and Sky
The Culls
If Your Horse Returns Alone

Today Will Be a Good Day
Dianne Reeves
When You Know

Nothing to Lose
Jason Collett
Here’s to Being Here

Beauty Angel Queen
Wagon
Beauty Angel Queen

Book of Rejection
Leslie Spit Treeo
Book of Rejection

Little Honky Tonks
The Steam Donkeys
Little Honky Tonks

Invitation to the Blues
Ray Price
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2

Let Me Be Your Fool
The Two-Dollar Pistols
On Down the Track

That’s Okay
Dwight Yoakam
A Long Way Home

I’m Gonna Settle My Accounts With You
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #159 (April 8, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Gutbomb
Huevos Rancheros
Endsville

Mathematician Blues
The Culls
If Your Horse Returns Alone

Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
Kings County Queens
Big Ideas

Love Snuck Up
Buddy and Julie Miller
Love Snuck Up

Clear Blue Sky
Chatham County Line
IV

Proof of Love
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Just Like a River
Old Man Luedecke
Proof of Love

Take Him Back to New York City
Herman Dune
I Wish That I Could See You Now

Alberta Breeze
Justin Rutledge
Man Descending

We Both Go Down Together
Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy Sings Live!

These Stones Will Shout
The Raconteurs
Consolers of the Lonely

Across the Line
Scott Miller and the Commonwealth
Thus Always to Tyrants

Barn’s on Fire
Whiskeytown
Stranger’s Almanac (Deluxe Edition)

Last Night of the World
Bruce Cockburn
Breakfast in New Orleans

I’m Almost Back
Jim Lauderdale
Honey Songs

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #158 (April 1, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

The Devil’s Paintbrush Road
The Wailin’ Jennys
Firecracker

San Sebastian
Justin Rutledge
Man Descending

Mr. Love and Justice
Billy Bragg
Mr. Love and Justice

I Wish That I Could See You Soon
Herman Dune
I Wish That I Could See You Soon

London Calling
Captain Tractor
East of Eden

Loaded
The Wood Brothers
Loaded

I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory
Kathleen Edwards
Asking for Flowers

Queen of Hearts
Romantica
America

The Fizzy and the Still
Mark Knopfler
Kill to Get Crimson

16 Days
Whiskeytown
Stranger’s Almanac (Deluxe Edition)

Cosmea
Peter Bruntnell
Normal for Bridgewater

What Do You Do When You’re Lonely
Justin Townes Earle
The Good Life

Four Strong Winds
Blue Rodeo
The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson

Ain’t Gonna Drink No More
The John Henrys
Sweet as the Grain

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #157 (March 25, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

I Dream of Spring
kd lang
Watershed

Sing Their Souls Back Home
Billy Bragg
Mr. Love and Justice

You Make Me Brave
Billy Bragg
Mr. Love and Justice

Wanted Ads
Kate Maki
On High

Asking for Flowers
Kathleen Edwards
Asking for Flowers

Sweet as the Grain
The John Henrys
Sweet as the Grain

Little Amber Bottles
Blanche
Little Amber Bottles

Wild West Love Song
Marah
Angels of Destruction!

Hoy Hoy
Flat Duo Jets
Two Headed Cow

Rawhide
Flat Duo Jets
Two Headed Cow

San Bernadino
The Mountain Goats
Heretic Pride

Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
Drive-By Truckers
Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

If Wishes Were Horses
Star Anna
Crooked Path

Sleep Please Come to Me
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Happy When I’m Gone
Sera Cahoone
Only as the Day is Long

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #156 (March 18, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Deep Into the Water
Wyckham Porteous
3 AM

The Bitter End
Carlene Carter
Stronger

Devil Don’t Remember My Name
Star Anna
Crooked Path

One Little Piece of My Love
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Blood’s Too Rich
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon
Blood’s Too Rich

You Might As Well
Sera Cahoone
Only As the Day is Long

Turquoise House
Jim White
Transnormal Skiperoo

Some Things Never Change
The Schomberg Fair
Pickup Full of Empties

Seatbacks and Traytables
Fountains of Wayne
Traffic and Weather

Chip of a Star
Chatham County Line
IV

Big Weather
Cheyenne
The Whale

No Redemption Song
Jason Collett
Here’s to Being Here

Perfect Timing
Drive-By Truckers
Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

She Only Calls Me on Sundays
Gary Louris
Vagabonds

Bluegrass Saturday Night
Rhonda Vincent
Good Thing Going

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #155 (March 11, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

She Will Come
Royal City
Little Heart’s Ease

The Needle and the Damage Done
Lori McKenna
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Sing Neil Young for Charity

Powderfinger
The Watson Twins
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Sing Neil Young for Charity

Cowgirl in the Sand
Neil Young
Live at Massey Hall 1971

You and Me
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

Roll on Oblivion
Jason Collett
Here’s to Being Here

D & P Blues
Uncle Earl
Waterloo, Tennessee

Juke Joint Jumping
Wayne Hancock/Hank III
For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records

Orange Blossom Special
Hot Club of Cowtown
Continental Stomp

The Good Life
Justin Townes Earle
The Good Life

If You’ve Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Lefty Frizzell
Columbia Country Classics V.2

Tennessee Flat Top Box
Johnny Cash
Columbia Country Classics V.3

A Train Robbery
Levon Helm
Dirt Farmer

Hog Killin’ Time
Widow Maker
The Awful Truth

Crow John
Ray Bonneville
Goin’ By Feel

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #154 (March 4, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Walkin’ Down the Line
Steve Dawson
Waiting for the Lights to Come Up

Easily Bruised
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes

I Have Made You a Mixed Tape
Daniel Ledwell
Two Over Seven

How to Live in a Modern World
Romantica
America

Who Am I to Say
Justin Townes Earle
The Good Life

Punch Bowl
Punch Brothers
Punch

Good Thing Going
Rhonda Vincent
Good Thing Going

Honky Tonk Man
Johnny Horton
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2

Hittin’ It Hard
Jim Lauderdale and the Dream Players
Honey Songs

It’s All Rite
Roman Carter
Never Slow Down

If You’re Looking for a Fool
Webb Wilder
Born to Be Wilder

The Awful Truth
Widow Maker
The Awful Truth

The Girl I Left Behind
Levon Helm
Dirt Farmer

Shop It Around
Jason Ringenberg
Best Tracks and Side Tracks 1979-2007

Especially a Paint
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #153 (February 26, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Omaha Nights
Gary Louris
Vagabonds

I Can’t Be Bothered
Tracy Millar
I’m Not That Girl Anymore

I’m Leaving
Rhonda Vincent
Good Thing Going

One More Cup of Coffee
Widow Maker
The Awful Truth

Drinkin’ My Blues Away
Black Coffee Cowboys
Hot Like Fire!

Everyone I Know is Listening to Crunk
Lightspeed Champion
Falling Off the Lavender Bridge

Barely Friends
Hayden
In Field & Town

Rugged Road Rutted
Purple Hill
I Was Born to Flesh

I Don’t Need You Now
Fergus McCormick
I Don’t Need You Now

3AM
Wyckham Porteous
3AM

Seeing Stars
Meg Hutchinson
Come Up Full

Swept Away
The Avett Brothers
Mignonette

The Second Cigarette
The Burning Hell
Happy Birthday

Lost at Sea
Stephen Trothen
Learns to Knit

Black Cadillac
Roseanne Cash
Black Cadillac

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #152 (January 15, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Fever
Marah
Let’s Cut the Crap and Hook On Up Later Tonight

Blue Morning
Kate Maki
On High

Cemetery Road
Ray Bonneville
Goin’ By Feel

General Electric vs. The Imperial Moth
The Burning Hell
Happy Birthday

Slumber Queen
Twilight Hotel
Highway Prayer

Long Haul Driver
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon
Blood’s Too Rich

Cimmaron River
Cheyenne
The Whale

A Year From Now
Blanche
Little Amber Bottles

What That Song Means Now
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!

Still Fed
The Locusts Have No King
New Year’s Eve in a Small Room

Dangerous Man
The Ebony Hillbillies
I Thought You Knew

Home in a Boxcar
Hoots and Hellmouth
S/T

The Day We Met
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
Diamonds in the Dust

Happy Spirits
Radar Bros.
Auditorium

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #151 (January 8, 2008)

Song
Artist
Album

Another Payday Night
The Rizdales
Another Payday Night

Viva La Vinyl
Twilight Hotel
Highway Prayer

Danny’s All-Star Joint
Rickie Lee Jones
S/T

Time’ll Get You Money
Bob Snider
Amaze in Greys

Katrina Blues
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters
Hope Radio

I’m Sure of It
Blanche
Little Amber Bottles

Big Iron
Marty Robbins
Columbia Country Classics V. 3

Living Proof
Hank Williams, Jr.
The Millennium Collection

Broken Heart
Star City
S/T

Little Silver Dollar
Stacey Lloyd Brown
Who is the Mother of the Sun

Reason to Believe
Aimee Mann/Michael Penn
Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Caledonia
Dougie MacLean
Putamayo Presents Dougie MacLean

Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Live at Bonnaroo

Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads

Steel Belted Radio Playlist #150 (January 1, 2008): The Best of 2007

Song
Artist
Album

Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard/Ray Price
Last of the Breed

Pictures at 5
Carolyn Mark
Nothing is Free

Nobody Knows My Name
Rickie Lee Jones
Sermon on Exposition Boulevard

I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
Bettye LaVette
The Scene of the Crime

Oxycontin Blues
Steve Earle
Washington Square Serenade

Paranoia in B Major
The Avett Brothers
Emotionalism

Everybody Knows
Ryan Adams
Easy Tiger

Words
Lucinda Williams
West

Heavenly Day
Patty Griffin
Children Running Through

Red Light Blinking
Kane/Welch/Kaplin
S/T

Spiral Down
Cowboy Junkies
At the End of Paths Taken

Bitter-endless
Mark Davis
Don’t You Think We Should Be Closer

Wasted Time
The Everybodyfields
Nothing is Okay

Especially a Paint
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!

Versatile Heart
Linda Thompson
Versatile Heart