Over the holidays, most sensible UMFM hosts stay home or pre-record their shows, but I’ve never been accused of being sensible so I not only come in to do my show but usually stretch it out a little longer as well. In the past, I’ve done 5 or 6 hours, but this year I noticed something unusual: a day where nobody had signed up to come in or pre-record. That got the wheels turning and a ridiculous plan was in motion. What if I came in and did an ENTIRE day? We’re allowed to broadcast live from 11 am to 11 pm, so I asked if there was a chance that I could take it on, and they went for it. Enter: The Epic Mudge Marathon, where I got to play all kinds of stuff that I don’t normally play, including some forgotten gems and a whole pile of weird stuff that I couldn’t get away with otherwise.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Hour 1:

Shannon Lyon – If I Needed You – Sorrow & Solitude
Townes Van Zandt – My Proud Mountains – Our Mother the Mountain
Townes Van Zandt – Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold – High, Low and in Between
Townes Van Zandt – Like a Summer Thursday – Our Mother the Mountain
Townes Van Zandt – When She Don’t Need Me – Flyin’ Shoes
Steve Earle – Brand New Companion – Townes (Acoustic)
Steve Earle – Ft. Worth Blues – El Corazon

Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Guy Clark – Dublin Blues – Dublin Blues
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Wanted More Dead Than Alive
The Be Good Tanyas – Light Enough to Travel – Blue Horse – CDN
Iris Dement – Wasteland of the Free – The Way I Should

Hour 2:

Sean Rowe – Wrong Side of the Bed – Magic
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewherer Near Paterson
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – West of Where the Sun Goes Down – Hoots & Hellmouth
The Beauties – Without You – The Beauties – CDN
Lucero – What Are You Willing to Lose? – 1372 Overton Park
New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN

Jess Klein – The Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Bottleneck – Late Nights, Early Mornings – Late Nights, Early Mornings – CDN
The Bittersweets – Birmingham – Goodnight, San Francisco
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three

Hour 3:

James McMurtry – Ruby & Carlos – Just Us Kids
The Guthries – Season to Leave – Off Windmill – CDN
Steven Bowers – Comfortably Sweet – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Melissa Etheridge – Like the Way I Do – Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge – Bring Me Some Water – Melissa Etheridge
Chalk Circle – Me, Myself, and I – The Great Lake – CDN
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – The Man Who Would Be King – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG
The Jeff Healey Band – Confidence Man – See The Light – CDN
Colin James – Why’d You Lie – Colin James – CDN
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Little Wing – The Sky Is Crying

Hour 4:

Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – Mr. Bojangles
Alejandro Escovedo – Rhapsody – A Man Under the Influence
Jon Dee Graham – Just Like That – Garage Sale
Sonny James – Young Love – Capitol Collectors Series
The New Lightweights – Waiting – What Keeps Us Together – CDN – WPG
Lindi Ortega – Dying of Another Broken Heart – Little Red Boots – CDN

Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Ry Cooder – I Think It’s Going to Work Out Fine – Bop Till You Drop
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Johnny Was – Rastaman Vibration
Van Morrison – Caravan – Moondance
Bear’s Den – Red Earth & Pouring Rain – Red Earth & Pouring Rain

Hour 5:

Forlorn Strangers – Bottom of the Barrel – Forlorn Strangers
Soko – I’ve Been Alone too Long – I Thought I Was An Alien
Tom Paxton – The Last Thing on my Mind – Ramblin’ Boy
Belle Plaine – Is It Cheating – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Scott Nolan – Little Dreamer – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Home With Me – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Eilen Jewell – Santa Fe – Queen Of The Minor Key

Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Corin Raymond – The Law and the Lonesome – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Night Bird and Morning Bird – Hide nor Hair – CDN
Wax Mannequin – Volcano God – Saxon – CDN

Hour 6:

Giant Sand – Shiver – Chore of Enchantment
Mofro – Lochloosa – Lochloosa
Jonathan Wilson – Dear Friend – Fanfare
Josh Ritter – Kathleen – recorded live on UMFM
Karl Blau – That’s How I Got To Memphis – Introducing Karl Blau
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers – Heartache – Loved Wild Lost

William Prince – You Got Me – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Blue Northern – Vagabond – Blue Northern – CDN
The Derailers – Lover’s Lie – Reverb Deluxe
Charlie Major – I’m Gonna Drive You Out of my Mind – The Other Side – CDN
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Passionate Kisses – Come On Come On
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Hal Ketchum – Past The Point Of Rescue – Past The Point Of Rescue
George Strait – Where the Sidewalk Ends – Pure Country
Jim Lauderdale – I Know Better Now – The Hummingbirds

Hour 7:

Foster Martin Band – Just Like You – Willy’s Bar & Grill – CDN – MB
Ridley Bent – Arlington – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Holly Williams – Mama – Here With Me
Elton John – Ticking – Caribou
Joshua Kadison – Beautiful in my Eyes – Painted Desert Serenade

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay – Tails
The Cars – Drive – Heartbeat City
Men At Work – Overkill – Cargo
Corey Hart – Eurasian Eyes – Boy in the Box – CDN
Huey Lewis And The News – Walking on a Thin Line – Sports
The Pursuit Of Happiness – Ten Fingers – Love Junk – CDN

Hour 8:

Divinyls – Pleasure and Pain – Essential
Pat Benatar – Love Is a Battlefield – Best Shots
Punchbuggy – Pat Benatar – All Nite Christian Rollerskate – CDN
Paper Moon – Turning Colors Into Greys – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Your Attitude Towards Cuttlefish – Somebody Needs a Time Out – CDN – WPG
Easily Amused – Predictable – Simple Stuff – CDN – WPG
Lindy – Witness – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Food – One Sided Story – CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Junk Food & Drugs – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Dinner Tonight – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN
Bruce Knauer – Allnight Breakfast Special – Allnight Breakfast Special – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Big Group Breakfast – Proof of Love – CDN
Shinyribs – Sweet Potato – Gulf Coast Museum
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Life’s Much Sweeter as a Vegetable Eater – Food Songs – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Peanut Butter Toast – For the Kids Too! – CDN

Hour 9:

Bootsauce – Let’s Eat Out – The Brown Album – CDN
Matt Monsoon and the Riff Ryders – Buck’s Tacos – Ridin’ the Riff – CDN – WPG
5 Chinese Brothers – She’s a Waitress (and I’m in Love) – Singer, Songwriter, Beggarman, Thief
Sons of Freedom – The Criminal – Sons of Freedom – CDN
Leaderhouse – Elephant Song – Leaderhouse – CDN – WPG
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Ain’t It Better to Ignite than to Explode – Superior Cackling Hen – CDN
Me Mom & Morgentaler – Your Friend – Shiva Space Machine – CDN
Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – Sun Rising – Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – CDN

She Stole My Beer – Sparks off the Guardrail – Sparks off the Guardrail – CDN
The Jitters – ‘Til the Fever Breaks – Louder than Words – CDN
Ian Thomas – Levity – Levity – CDN
Mean Gene Okerlund – Tutti Frutti – The Wrestling Album
Mendelson Joe – Dance with Joe – Born to Cuddle – CDN
Shuffle Demons – Get Out of my House, Roach – Streetniks – CDN

Hour 10:

Big Sugar – A Night in Tunisia – Dear M.F. – CDN
Buck Owens – Mexican Polka – The Guitar Player
Stuart Hamm – Country Music (A Night in Hell) – Radio Free Albumuth
Steve Vai – The Audience Is Listening – Passion and Warfare
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Sudbury Saturday Night – Bud The Spud – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Rattle the Cage – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Buddy Miller – Water When the Well Is Dry – Midnight And Lonesome

John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything the Hard Way
Drive-By Truckers – Easy on Yourself – A Blessing And A Curse
Chris Knight – Framed – Chris Knight
Ass Ponys – Kung Fu Reference – Lohio
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
Jimmer – Satellite – The Would Be Plans
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain

Hour 11:

Two Hours Traffic – Painted Halo – Territory – CDN
Altameda – Blackmarket Blues – Dirty Rain – CDN
Wintersleep – Black Camera – New Inheritors – CDN
Rilo Kiley – Love and War (11/11/46) – More Adventurous
Rheostatics – Horses – Melville – CDN
Radney Foster – Folding Money – See What You Want to See

Rheostatics – Saskatchewan – Melville – CDN
Rheostatics – Onilley’s Strange Dream – Introducing Happiness – CDN
Rheostatics – Shaved Head – live recording – CDN
The Flaming Lips – Fight Test – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White – CDN
Scouting for Girls – Elvis Isn’t Dead – Scouting for Girls

Hour 12:

Neil Young And Crazy Horse – F*!#in’ Up – Ragged Glory – CDN
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Fuck Up – Sidelong
Blake Mills – Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me – Heigh Ho
Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males – Drunk on Election Night – Drowning in the Fountain of Youth
Paul Kelly – Right Outta My Head – Stolen Apples
Stardust Five – Pussy Got Your Tongue – Stardust Five
Geoff Berner – Fukher – Klezmer Mongrels – CDN

Geoff Berner – Daloy Polizei – Victory Party – CDN
Rodney Carrington – Don’t Look Now – Nut Sack
Pat Travers – Women on the Edge of Love – Hot Shot – CDN
Sammy Hagar – Red – Sammy Hagar
Cry of Love – Peace Pipe – Brother
XTC – Making Plans for Nigel – Drums and Wires
The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards of the Beat
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens to the Band Anymore