Steel Belted Radio – Roots Rock Weirdoes

Tonight we celebrate The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza, the upcoming repatriation of Mike Plume, the return of a great album from Matthew Ryan, and a whole lot of great classics that we haven’t heard in a long while (if in fact, ever)!

Artist – Title – Album

Alex Dezen – The District Doctor – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
The Damnwells – You’re Gonna Love Me Again – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
The Damnwells – Assholes (Band Version) – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
Mike Plume – The Eldorado And The 12:15 – Songs From A Northern Town
Mike Plume – Red And White Blues (Work Tape) (Bonus Track) – Red And White Blues
Mike Plume – More than a Game – demo
Matthew Ryan – Return To Me – Regret Over The Wires
Matthew Ryan – The Little Things – Regret Over The Wires
The Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun – The Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side Reissues
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Centreville – There is a Bomb in Gilead
Tommy Womack – 90 Miles An Hour Down A Dead-End Street – Now What!
Scott H. Biram – Ain’t It A Shame – Something’s Wrong / Lost Forever
Animal Parts – Where The Heart Is – Six Arms To Hold You
Liam Titcomb – Cicada – Cicada
Redgy Blackout – Alexandria – PEAK Performance Project 2012 – Top 20
David Myles – Maureen – In the Nighttime
Gabrielle Papillon – Little Bug – Little Bug
Jessie Baylin – Was I On Your Mind – Firesight
The Bittersweets – Birmingham – Goodnight, San Francisco *(podcast only)
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds And Gasoline
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – Two Of Everything
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – Sturgill Simpson

Tonight a look at some more great releases from 2015, including a heaping pile of cool covers that came out last year (and a few that didn’t.)

Artist – Title – Album

Martin Tielli – Bobcaygeon – demo
Joshua Fletcher – These Old Bones – His and Hers
Joshua Fletcher – Still Your Blues – Ready, Aim
Harper Blynn – Sickness Is the Cure – Get It Out
Harper Blynn – Go – Get It Out
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place
Shovels & Rope – Patience (feat. the Milk Carton Kids) – Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
Cameron Dezen Hammon – Suedehead – Words Don’t Bleed
The Woodshed Orchestra – Starry Eyed (with Ron Sexsmith) – Guest Book
Kelly Hogan & Nora O’Connor are Lady Parts – Me, Myself and Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Bobby Bare Jr. – One Bed, Two Girls, Three Bottles of Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Jesse Malin – Stay Free – Outsiders
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Into the Mystic – Live At Twist & Shout (11.16.07)
Kathleen Edwards – Only Love – Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) – EP
Steve Poltz & The Lojinx Collective – Forever Young – live recording
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Tim Easton – One Hundred Miles – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Leeroy Stagger – Living In America – Dream It All Away
Evan Phillips – The Fox – Silhouettes

Today, another deep dig through the archives as I sift through and pull out some albums and artists that we haven’t heard in some time (or perhaps ever.) You’d think that the warm, fuzzy feelings surrounding Christmas time would lead to pulling out some positive, family-friendly fare, but remember, this is not your “normal” radio! Instead, we take a trip straight through the gutter with some of the most offensive and ridiculous songs we’ve ever aired. These are songs that would even make T-Bar blush! Is Lucy still listening? Probably not, after this show!

Artist – Title – Album

The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – In the Air
Bottleneck – Late Nights, Early Mornings – Late Nights, Early Mornings
Daniel Lanois – The Messenger – For The Beauty Of Wynona
Dave Alvin – Rio Grande – Ashgrove
John Doe – Don’t Forget How Much I Love You – Keeper
Hoots & Hellmouth – This Hand Is A Mighty Hand – Hoots & Hellmouth
Mojo Nixon – Redneck Rampage – !Sock Ray Blue!
The Beat Farmers – Lakeside Trailer Park – Viking Lullabys
Rodney Carrington – Don’t Look Now – Nut Sack
Kinky Friedman – Ol’ Ben Lucas – Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman
Asylum Street Spankers – Beer – What? And Give Up Show Biz?
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer – The Definitive Collection
Hoofbeats – Put Your Toque On, Eh! – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Daniel Jordan and Sheena Rattai – Twenty Something Sentry Man – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Chris Neufeld – Told A Joke – Colorado Low
The Brothers Creeggan – Ali Baba’s – Sleepyhead
Matinee – Let Her Go – We Swore We’d See The Sunrise
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen
Wilco – Pick Up The Change – A.M.
Son Volt – Tear Stained Eye – Trace
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20 1992
Tim O’Brien – Kick Me When I’m Down – When No One’s Around
Great Speckled Bird – New Truckers Cafe – Great Speckled Bird

Some great new music, some bitter-sweet news about a truly great Canadian band, and a bunch of solid roots rock and rock ‘n’ roll classics!

Artist – Title – Album

Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
Johnathan Byrd – The Law and the Lonesome – The Law and the Lonesome
Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Joan Shelley – Not Over By Half – Over and Even
Neil Finn + Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Goin’ Your Way
Spirit of the West – Take It from the Source – Labour Day
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures
Spirit of the West – D For Democracy (Scour The House) – Go Figure
AA Sound System – I Don’t Get You At All – Laissez Faire
Matt Mays – Your Heart – Matt Mays
Charlie Mars – Gather the Horses – Charlie Mars
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me In The Well – Sway
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Sweat Shock – Essential Tremors
Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social – All The Way From Moscow – Love It To Life
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built – Celebration Rock

Just after the beginning of this show, the sad news arrived that one of Canada’s finest songwriters had died. All that could be done from there was to stop what we were doing and play a whole pile of amazing songs from this Canadian legend. He may be gone, but his songs will never be forgotten.

Artist – Title – Album

Lynn Miles – What if You Were a Refugee – single
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Man of a Thousand Songs – Cryer’s Paradise
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Record Man – Get Back Change
Ron Hynes – Dry – Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes – No Change in Me – Get Back Change
Ron Hynes – The Final Breath – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Story of my Life – Cryer’s Paradise
Ron Hynes – St. John’s Waltz – Face to the Gale
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a cheap Town
The Damnwells – She’s the NYC Skyline – demo
William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour
Oh Susanna – Loved You More – Namedropper