rednecks, racists and reactionaries

Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:40 AM

xeni jardin
Xeni Jardin by Steve Dieter Goedde

Four hours and thirty-three minutes of unadulterated classic country, defined as pre-hippie-country, pre-alt-country, pre-outlaw-country — before Graham Parsons, Bob Dylan, Emmylou, Willie, the Flatlanders and scores of others made the genre accessible to folks who usually associated country music solely with rednecks, racists and reactionaries, made available by David Byrne on Radio David Byrne. Also accessible through iTunes Radio in the "Eclectic" category.

Walkin' After Midnight -- Patsy Cline
Crazy Arms -- Ray Price
Blue Kentucky Girl -- Loretta Lynn
Okie From Muskogee -- Merle Haggard
Move It On Over -- Hank Williams
New San Antonio Rose -- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Guess Things Happen That Way -- Johnny Cash
The Bottle Let Me Down -- Merle Haggard
Time Changes Everything -- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line -- Waylon Jennings
You Ain't Woman Enough -- Loretta Lynn
Tramp On The Street -- Betty Jean Robinson and The Nashville Grass
(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers -- Merle Haggard
Always Late (with your kisses) -- Lefty Frizzell
Thanks A Lot -- Ernest Tubb
Why Can't He Be You -- Patsy Cline
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) -- Merle Haggard
Roly Poly -- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
In the Jailhouse Now -- Webb Pierce
Someday We'll Look Back -- Merle Haggard
There Stands The Glass -- Webb Pierce
Mom and Dad's Waltz -- Lefty Frizzell
Half As Much -- Hank Williams
Mama Tried -- Merle Haggard
Streets Of Bakersfield -- Buck Owens
Knoxville Girl -- Louvin Bros
More and More -- Webb Pierce
You're Looking At Country -- Loretta Lynn
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad -- Tammy Wynette
Rocky Top -- The Osborne Brothers
Today I Started Loving You Again -- Merle Haggard
Oklahoma Hills -- Hank Thompson
Golden Ring -- Tammy Wynette & George Jones
She's Got You -- Patsy Cline
I Love You a Thousand Ways -- Lefty Frizzell
Fist City -- Loretta Lynn
Kids Say The Darndest Things -- Tammy Wynette
Look What Thoughts Will Do -- Lefty Frizzell
I Will Always Love You -- Dolly Parton
Coal Miner's Daughter -- Loretta Lynn
The Part Where I Cry -- Willie Nelson
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry -- Hank Williams
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms -- Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass
The Wild Side OF Life -- Hank Thompson
Back Street Affair -- Webb Pierce
Your Cheatin' Heart -- Hank Williams
I'm Moving On --Hank Snow
I Fall To Pieces -- Patsy Cline
Coat Of Many Colors -- Dolly Parton
I Love You So Much It Hurts -- Patsy Cline
Tupelo County Jail -- Webb Pierce
'Til I Get It Right -- Tammy Wynette
For Loving Me -- Waylon Jennings
Woman To Woman -- Tammy Wynette
Walking The Floor Over You -- Ernest Tubb
Always -- Patsy Cline
If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time -- Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan -- Webb Pierce
Stand By Your Man --Tammy Wynette
I Threw Away The Rose -- Merle Haggard
She Thinks I Still Care --George Jones
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) -- Hank Williams
Apartment No. 9 -- Tammy Wynette
It's Been So Long -- Webb Pierce
Angel Band -- The Definitive Blugrass Collection
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) -- Hank Williams
Dark As A Dungeon -- Merle Travis
Bedtime Story -- Tammy Wynette
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) -- Loretta Lynn
Hey, Good Lookin' -- Hank Williams
Excuse Me (I Think I Have A Heartache) -- Buck Owens
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) -- Merle Haggard
If She's Where You Like Livin -- Jesse Colter
Lost Highway -- Hank Williams
D-I-V-O-R-C-E -- Tammy Wynette
Saginaw, Michigan -- Lefty Frizzell
Kaw -- Hank Williams
If We Make It Through December -- Merle Haggard
I Don't Wanna Play House -- Tammy Wynette
Waltz Across Texas -- Ernest Tubb
He Stopped Loving Her Today -- George Jones
I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap -- The Definitive Blugrass Collection
A Good Year For The Roses -- George Jones
Crazy -- Patsy Cline
Eight More Miles to Louisville -- Grandpa Jones
Folson Prison Blues -- Johnny Cash
(Now And Then,There's) A Fool -- Hank Snow
Cold, Cold Heart -- Hank Williams
Strange -- Patsy Cline
Invitation To The Blues -- Ray Price
A Mansion On The Hill -- Hank Williams
Jolene -- Dolly Parton
One's On The Way -- Loretta Lynn I Want To Be With You Always -- Lefty Frizzell
Heartaches By Number --Ray Price
Two Story House -- Tammy Wynette & George Jones
The Fightin' Side Of Me -- Merle Haggard
The Grand Tour -- George Jones
Hello Walls -- Willie Nelson

Via boingboing

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