Pol's Country Pick 2

This continues my series of country picks that started when I wasn't admitting to myself that I liked country music. I slowly added real country songs into the pick of alternative country stuff I did admit to. I added to that list others that I found later. What's interesting, as a DJ, I find that people who say they don't like country, usually do. But are very vocal about "hating" country. And the people who love country music are the most tolerant people about the music being played. Back when I did not have a decent pick of country music I noticed at weddings and events that there are groups of people who like different music. Some will complain about every other genre being played coming up and saying can't you play something we can dance to. Even when the dance floor is full of dancers. They will not dance unless it is their specific genre. People who like country will dance, even if it isn't country. They are happy every time you play a country song. Even if you play just a few, they are the first to come up and say "thanks for that one song!" and "great music!" People who love some other genres (I won't name the genre) can have 90% of the night be in that genre and they are still upset that the one song was not. That's why I started loving country music.

Pol's Country Pick 2

25 Joss Whedon & Sonny Rhodes - Firefly Main Title

26 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight

27 Holly Golightly - Walk A Mile

28 The Soledad Brothers - Rock Me Slow

29 Beatles - Act Naturally

30 Giant Sand - Plants And Rags

31 Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee

32 Kid Rock - Roll On

33 Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

34 Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home

35 kd Lang And The Reclines - Bopalena

36 Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Country Road Version)

37 Lone Justice - I Found Love

38 Scud Mountain Boys - Silo

39 Steve Earle - Time Has Come Today

40 The Oak Ridge Boys - Carry on Wayward Son

41 The Bodeans - The Strangest Kind

42 The Jayhawks - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

43 Southern Culture On The Skids - Nitty Gritty

44 Meat Puppets - Flaming Heart

45 The Reverend Horton Heat - Spend A Night In The Box

46 Buck Satan and The 666 Shooters - Down The Drain

Pol's Country Pick 3

This is the last of this series for now, I actually have more to pick from but they are not assembled. See the previous two days for how and why I started this series. For this one I want to mention the previously posted Country Stones compilation. I made that compilation after these three in the series. One of the "bonus" tracks in the Stones pick I already had on Volume 2 of this pick. Not an accident. And if you look at the covers of each they all match, just with an extra set of lips on the Stones volume. They are meant to go together. What I haven't posted yet is my first one. My first country-ish pick. Made way before these and I did not make it to match. One day I will post that one. In the meantime, this one will have to do. Leave comments about what your first country song was that made you realize you liked the genre. Or were you brought up a little bit country?

Pol's Country Pick 3

47 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

48 Rolling Stones - Memory Motel

49 Mojo Nixon & World Famous Blue Jays - UFOS, Big Rigs And BBQ

50 Blondie - Ring Of Fire (live)

51 The Belmont Playboys - Tore Up

52 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live)

53 Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

54 The Greenhornes With Holly Golightly - There Is An End

55 Wall Of Voodoo - Tomorrow

56 Everything But The Girl - I Fall To Pieces

57 Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.

58 The Scotchgreens - There You Go

59 Scott Goddard - Cowpunk

60 Gear Daddies - Zamboni

61 Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It

62 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

63 Hank Williams, Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight

64 Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel

65 Son Volt - Afterglow 61

66 The Del Lords - Love on Fire

67 The Bottle Rockets - Baggage Claim

68 Flatt And Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

69 Jason Ringenberg - Half The Man

70 Remy Zero - Bitter

Pol's Country Pick 4

I'm not sure if this should be just a Country Pick or more related to That's Nice, That's Real Nice. I haven't quite decided while I am typing this. By the time you read it, however I guess you'll know what I decided. Probably the former since it is not all alt-country which is what the latter was. Most of these country songs are a little bit randy. Been thinking of a pick I could use and a friend of mine started sending me a selection of newer bands with some good songs that I hadn't heard before. And of course made me start thinking of other songs that would fit in (old and not so old), So I put them all together for this compilation. Anyway, if you are ever in the Austin area, see if Cornell Hurd Band is playing. They are a fun band to see live. We miss Danny, but the band is still going strong. Cornell was from the San Jose area way back when, but transplanted in Texas years ago. Well worth a drive from Dallas if you fly in there. Just make sure he's playing.

Pol's Country Pick 4

71 Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes

72 Zane Williams - 99 Bottles

73 Cornell Hurd Band - If You Play With My Mind (You're Gonna Get Your Hands Dirty)

74 Buck Satan and The 666 Shooters - Quicker Than Liquor

75 Rodney Crowell - She's Crazy For Leaving

76 Eddie Spaghetti - Gotta Get Drunk

77 Kinky Friedman - Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In Bed

78 Deryl Dodd - New Tony Lamas

79 Kevin Fowler - Don't Touch My Willie

80 Hayes Carll - Another Like You

81 Marti Brom with Cornell Hurd Band - They Were Doing The Mambo

82 Fred August Campbell & The Spur Of The Moment Band - The I-95 Asshole Song

83 The Beat Farmers - Big Rock Candy Mountain

84 Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks Your Dead

85 John Prine with Iris Dement - In Spite Of Ourselves

86 Hayseed Dixie - Big Bottom

87 Roy Drusky - Peel me a Nanner

88 Tommy Alverson - Una Mas Cerveza

89 Rodney Carrington - Letter To My Penis

90 Robert Earl Keen - That Buckin' Song (Saddle Sore Mix)

Pol's Country Pick 1

I grew up in California. The most country I got growing up was the Eagles or maybe Marie Osmond. I didn't get into country until I was in college. And even then it was mostly what people now are calling alt-country. But as a DJ you had to play some country no matter where you are in this nation. I almost said country again. So this series is some of the first country I ever started liking mixed in with some alt stuff that came later. I found the Dorothy Shay because of Marti Brom and the Cornell Hurd Band. I saw them do a show in Austin on one of my many trips out there, but not one of the South by Southwest trips. I was told by a good friend to make the trip to see them and he was right. Totally worth it. She sang some Dorothy Shay songs which I looked up later and fell in love. I put in the original on this pick, but do check out Brom's version it's quite good too. If you look at the list many of these are bands that weren't really country bands, sort of. Elvis, Wall Of Voodoo, etc. And then off shoots from other bands: Ministry, X, Violent Femmes, etc. and then some comedy and a variety.

Pol's Country Pick 1

01 Tom T Hall - I Like Beer

02 Travis Tritt - T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Single Version)

03 Elvis Costello - Psycho (Live)

04 Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E

05 Wall Of Voodoo - The Good The Bad & The Ugly-Hang 'Em High

06 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

07 Dorothy Shay - Feudin' and Fightin'

08 Rodney Carrington - Show Them To Me

09 Supersuckers - Mean-Eyed Cat

10 Jerry Reed - She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)

11 Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys - Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls

12 Everything But the Girl - Draining the Bar

13 Green On Red - Mighty Gun

14 Eddie Spaghetti - I Don't Want To Lose You Yet

15 August Campbell & the Spur of the Moment Band - I-95 Song

16 Whistlin' Bullets - Bit By Love

17 Beat Farmers - Lucille

18 Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks Your Dead

19 Buck Satan and The 666 Shooters - I Hate Every Bone in Your Body Except Mine

20 Garry Lee and Showdown - The Rodeo Song

21 Knitters - The Call Of The Wreckin Ball

22 Two Nice Girls - I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control And Beer)

23 Brian Ritchie - Religion Ruined My Life

24 Calexico - Sunken Waltz

Country Beatles

This isn't fair, but the Beatles together and solo did have country influences in their music. Some is in this pick. Personally, I think the Stones did country better (see Country Stones), but the Beatles did have some good songs that really sound country. Some just have that hint of country flavor. That doesn't make the songs bad. No, in fact, some of them are excellent Beatles songs with a Beatles sound. Ringo was a big country fan. He had a whole country album as a solo artist and several of the Beatles tracks with a real country flair are featuring Ringo. But all of them had some country influences. I know I could have picked a bunch of others. Let me know if I missed a really obvious one (especially solo stuff), but here's my pick of countrified Beatles. BTW, I love this cover! My first attempt at AI.

Country Beatles

01 Wings - Sally G

02 Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line

03 Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

04 Beatles - Don't Pass Me By

05 Paul McCartney & Wings - Country Dreamer

06 George Harrison - I Don't Care Anymore

07 John Lennon - Tight A$

08 Beatles - You Like Me Too Much

09 Beatles - I'm A Loser

10 Beatles - Rocky Raccoon

11 Beatles - Act Naturally

12 Beatles - What Goes On

13 Beatles - Baby's In Black

14 Ringo Starr - $15 Draw

15 George Harrison - Woman Don't You Cry For Me

16 Paul McCartney - One More Kiss

17 George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door

18 Ringo Starr - Beaucoups Of Blues

19 Beatles - Words Of Love

20 Ringo Starr - So Wrong For So Long

21 Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko

22 George Harrison - I Live For You

23 Ringo Starr - Loser's Lounge

24 George Harrison - Any Road

25 John Lennon - Move Over Ms. L.

26 Beatles - Honey Don't

Hayride Hootenanny 1

This pick is going back a few years (decades?). I was just starting to like Country music and came up with this pick for some country gigs I was doing. I never did "full" country gigs, but some where half the family would appreciate some good country and western. This was my more mainstream picks. The Pol's Country Pick was a little more on the outside. I have a few of these and another couple for weddings specifically. I was covered.

Hayride Hootenanny 1

01 Dustin Lynch - Cowboys And Angels

02 Gloriana - (Kissed You) Good Night

03 Brad Paisley - She's Everything

04 Alan Jackson - Remember When

05 Trace Adkins - Then They Do

06 Kenny Chesney - Come Over

07 Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line

08 Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup

09 Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried

10 Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man

11 Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs

12 Jake Owen - Eight Second Ride

13 Judds - Girls Night Out

14 Rascal Flatts - Life Is A Highway

15 Garth Brooks - I've Got Friends In Low Places

16 Dierks Bentley - 5-1-5-0

17 Taylor Swift - Love Story

18 Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

19 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Remix #1)

20 Cowboy Troy - I Play Chicken With The Train

Yo Bro 2

Here's the second part of this Bro Country pick. I almost called it Truck Yeah, but this title won out in my mind. A couple of the same bands, but mostly no doubles. And definitely no doubles on songs. Like yesterday I added a Br country song from the perspective of a girl as the last song. The video (if you haven't seen it) is hilarious. I don't follow the country charts much, but I am assuming these are all big hits. At least they are popular when I play them for people at my gigs. A couple of songs on these two volumes also appear on my Hayride Hootenanny series, but those aren't strictly bro country. Although they also are some fun country songs.

Yo Bro 2

24 Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies & Friends - Boys 'Round Here

25 Kidd G & Lil Uzi Vert - Teenage Dream 2

26 Jake Owen - Barefoot Blue Jean Night

27 Lee Brice - Parking Lot Party

28 Frankie Ballard - Sunshine & Whiskey

29 Florida Georgia Line - Get Your Shine On

30 Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)

31 Sam Hunt - House Party

32 Dixon Dallas - Like Whiskey

33 Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me)

34 Chris Young - Aw Naw

35 Eric Church - Drink In My Hand

36 Jerrod Niemann - Drink To That All Night

37 Shaboozey - Let It Burn

38 Jason Aldean - Dirt Road Anthem

39 Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan - This Is How We Roll

40 Breland - My Truck

41 Justin Moore - Lettin' The Night Roll

42 Parmalee - Close Your Eyes

43 Dierks Bentley featuring Breland & Hardy - Beers On Me

44 Chris Janson - Buy Me A Boat

46 Chase Rice - Ready Set Roll

47 Brad Paisley - 4WP

48 Maddie & Tae - Girl In A Country Song

Scottish Pick

I already had a Celtic Pick or two last year around St. Patrick's day, so that was covered, but part of the Island was not represented. So this pick of Scottish music came to be. Frankly when I started it, I had no idea that a couple of these were Scottish bands. Live and learn. Here is my pick of Scottish bands for you. It's not a big place, so it should be interesting how this one turns out. Give me a comment and tell me how it went over for you. Some cool tracks and the response to staying away from the response. Confusing? Yeah, I have no idea what I am saying. Just listen.

Scottish Pick

01 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

02 Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk

03 Primal Scream - Movin' On Up

04 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

05 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

06 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces

07 Hipsway - The Honeythief

08 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

09 The Fratellis - Skinny Girls

10 Mogwai - Auto Rock

11 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

12 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

13 Big Country - In A Big Country

14 Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby

15 The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

16 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Faith Healer

17 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart

18 The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger

19 Nazareth - Love Hurts

Yo Bro 1

This Yo Bro pick is my Bro Country compilation. I have two volumes of it being posted today and tomorrow. I suppose I knew most of these songs when they came out, but I was ignorant enough not to know they were all bro country songs. Just country songs I liked. Oh well. The last song on each volume is slightly different those are the versions done by country girls about bro country songs. In today's volume its about wanting to be a country truck girl. Tomorrow, it's a little different. I put them in because they fit even though they aren't bro's sing them. Hope your Christmas, yesterday, was good.

Yo Bro 1

01 Dustin Lynch - Hell Of A Night

02 Brantley Gilbert - Bottoms Up

03 Kip Moore - Somethin' 'Bout A Truck

04 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party

05 Kane Brown - Lose It

06 Little Big Town - Pontoon

07 Tim McGraw - Truck Yeah

08 Dierks Bentley - Drunk On A Plane

09 Randy Houser - How Country Feels

10 Luke Bryan - That's My Kind Of Night

11 Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

12 Brad Paisley - River Bank

13 Hardy - Give Heaven Some Hell

14 Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line - Up Down

15 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did

16 Thomas Rhett - Vacation

17 Cole Swindell - Chillin' It

18 Dallas Smith - Tippin' Point

19 Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly - Cruise (Remix)

20 The Cadillac Three - The South

21 Branchez & Big Wet - Turn Up On the Weekend

22 Billy Currington - Hey Girl

23 Maggie Rose - Girl In Your Truck Song!!

Hayride Hootenanny 2

I started this some time ago and obviously have added or exchanged some tracks as I've gone along. Here is pick number 2 of the Hayride Hootnenanny. More mainstream country, you'll recognize all or most all of these artists and/or songs. I have another similar kind of pick coming soon if you like this. And if you don't like this, I have another pick coming anyway so probably skip that one. I understand. At one time I also thought I didn't like country music. I was wrong, but I did think that.

Hayride Hootenanny 2

21 Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot The Jukebox

22 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party

23 Travis Tritt - T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Single Version)

24 Joe Nichols - Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

25 David Lee Murphy - Dust On The Bottle

26 Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)

27 Rascal Flatts - Summer Night

28 Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me)

29 Billy Currington - Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer

30 Jerrod Nieman - One More Drinkin' Song

31 Josh Turner - Why Don't We Just Dance

32 Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action

33 George Strait - Here For A Good Time

34 Zac Brown Band - Toes

35 Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie

36 Alan Jackson - Good Time

37 Dierks Bentley - Tip It On Back

38 The Kentucky Headhunters - Dumas Walker

39 Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Diplo Remix)

40 Brad Paisley - Alcohol

41 Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel

42 John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight

Simply Sweet Country Wedding 1

This pick was put on my DJ website some time ago (search "Simply Sweet Country Wedding" in google) and this is what it says: Many country favorites just aren't appropriate for certain events. Be very careful to listen to the full lyrics of country songs. Some of the best songs have horrible lyrics (for an event that should have a positive note surrounding it. That goes for all songs really, but country hits tend to be a bit sorrow full. Here's a list of songs that all have a more positive spin on life (sorry, no cheatin', lyin', or stealin'). They're obviously good for any wedding, but also for a company theme party (maybe outdoors?) or, of course, you can sprinkle these throughout any event.

Simply Sweet Country Wedding 1

01 Steve Holy - Good Morning Beautiful

02 Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All

03 Rascal Flatts - I Melt

04 Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

05 Brad Paisley - She's Everything

06 Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live

07 Diamond Rio - One More Day

08 George Strait - I Cross My Heart

09 Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road

10 Sara Evans - I Could Not Ask For More

11 Shania Twain - From This Moment On

12 Tim Mcgraw - My Little Girl

13 Kenny Chesney - Me And You

14 Tim McGraw - My Best Friend

15 John Michael Montgomery - I Love The Way You Love Me

16 Mark Wills - I Do (Cherish You)

17 John Michael Montgomery - I Can Love You Like That

18 Big & Rich - Lost In This Moment

19 Tracy Byrd - The Keeper Of The Stars (Radio Version)

20 Keith Urban - Somebody Like You

Reggae Pick 3

It's been awhile since I posted Reggae Pick 1 and Reggae Pick 2, but it's finally here. I did post my British Reggae Pick a couple of days ago and that has links to the Dub stuff I posted earler than that. You will notice a lot of covers on this pick. That's on purpose. I like covers. Hard to say what my favorites are on this compilation, but I must admit I have a special place in my heart for Pink Floyd as reggae. What are your favorites of this one? Or what should I have added ?

Reggae Pick 3

40 Dawn Penn & Bounty Killer - You Don't Love Me (No No No)

41 UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love

42 Shabba Ranks - Mr. Loverman

43 Shaggy featuring Rayvon - In The Summertime

44 Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home Country Roads

45 Easy Star All Stars - On the Run

46 The Fugees - No Woman No Cry

47 Pato Banton - Rock The Casbah

48 The Wailing Souls - Like A Rolling Stone

49 Maxi Priest - Close To You

50 The Dynamics - Music

51 Krosfyah - Pump Me Up

52 U-Roy - Tide Is High

53 Shaggy - Oh Carolina

54 Steel Pulse - Can't Stand Losing You

55 Merril Bainbridge featuring Shaggy - I Got You Babe

Country Stones Pick

The Rolling Stones played a lot of Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues and, surprisingly, a lot of country songs. A friend recently posted a compilation of Rolling Stones Love songs. It's a good collection/playlist. I made this one. There are a few tracks missing, but my criteria tends to be what fits on a CD, so if you want those last few tracks on your own playlist, you will have to add it yourself. I will list them at the end. If I missed one, let me know in the comments. The cd cover is cheesy, but works for me.

Country Stones Pick

01 Rolling Stones - Torn And Frayed

02 Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine

03 Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes

04 Rolling Stones - Congratulations

05 Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now

06 Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia

07 Rolling Stones - Sweet Black Angel

08 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

09 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

10 Rolling Stones - I Got The Blues

11 Rolling Stones - Country Honk

12 Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler

13 Rolling Stones - No Expectations

14 Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor

15 Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers

16 Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile

17 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

18 Rolling Stones - Loving Cup

Bonus Tracks

Rolling Stones - Let It Loose

Rolling Stones - Memory Motel

Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One

Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend

Simply Sweet Country Wedding 2

The continuation of the sweet country hits that you can play at a wedding in this pick. The lyrics are all positive, there are no cheating songs, nothing in here that could be considered a wedding killer. I was surprised as a wedding Dj how many songs couples pick that just have the most inappropriate subject matter. All they heard was the chorus or the title and it seemed ok. When I would mention that they should probably re-listen to the lyrics so many people were surprised (and changed their first song). Not just country, but all genres. Most people don't listen to music like we do. Anyway, all safe here.

Simply Sweet Country Wedding 2

21 Dierks Bentley - My Last Name

22 John Berry - Your Love Amazes Me

23 Keith Urban - Making Memories Of Us

24 Collin Raye - One Boy, One Girl

25 George Strait - The Man In Love With You

26 Heartland - I Loved Her First

27 Kenny Rogers - Through The Years

28 Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black - When I Said I Do

29 Kenny Chesney - You Had Me From Hello

30 Lonestar - Amazed

31 Garth Brooks - To Make You Feel My Love

32 Tim McGraw - She's My Kind of Rain

33 Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle - You and I

34 John Michael Montgomery - I Swear

35 Diamond Rio - Meet In The Middle

36 Leann Rimes - I Need You

37 Shania Twain - You're Still The One

38 Rascal Flatts - My Wish

39 Tim McGraw with Faith Hill - It's Your Love

40 Brad Paisley - Little Moments

Best Of Julie Andrews (Ministry family pick) 1

I know. Why did Julie Andrews appear on this at all? It's crazy, but sometimes I just made mixtapes that had covers nothing to do with the contents. This pick is one of them. Although it does have a version of  Favorite Things to keep some semblance of continuity even if it's only in my head. This is really Alien Jourgensen family pick. Which means, of course, automatically it has Ministry and Revolting Cocks on it. But also some other side projects of his. You'll find Cabaret Voltaire, Jello Biafra and Skinny Puppy hidden among these jewels. And one of my favorite alt country bands: Buck Satan. I did make two volumes of this. Side one and side two. And I later made just a Ministry pick. But for now, volume one of Alan (Alien) Jourgensen's family.

Best Of Julie Andrews (Ministry family pick) 1

01 Ministry - You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch

02 Lard - Hellfudge

03 Acid Horse - No Name No Slogan (Hypo Luxa-Hermes Pan)

04 Ministry - Burning Inside

05 Ptp - Favorite Things

06 Ministry - Stigmata

07 Revolting Cocks - Stainless Steel Providers

08 Revolting Cocks - Attack Ships On Fire

09 Revolting Cocks - Something Wonderful

10 Ministry - Twitch (Version II)

11 1000 Homo Djs - Supernaut

12 Front Line Assembly featuring Al Jourgensen - Stupidity

13 Pailhead - Man Should Surrender

14 Surgical Meth Machine - Tragic Alert

15 Buck Satan and The 666 Shooters - Quicker Than Liquor

Joe Walsh Pick

Continuing the Eagles Family Pick from yesterday and the year before (or because of Groundhogs Day was it longer?) here is a solo pick of Joe Walsh. Yes, It includes three Eagles tracks. A bunch of solo Joe. Four Barnstorm tracks and a couple of tracks from The James Gang. These are my favorites of Joe Walsh. A couple of the tracks are also on the Family pick, but you won't mind, because they are great. Do listen to all the albums though, they are really extraordinary. The more you listen, the better you will realize they are. I think Joe Walsh is my favorite of the Eagles.

Joe Walsh Pick

01 Joe Walsh - Help Me Thru The Night

02 Barnstorm - Meadows

03 Eagles - Last Good Time In Town

04 Eagles - In The City

05 Joe Walsh - Ordinary Average Guy

06 Barnstorm - Rocky Mountain Way

07 The James Gang - Funk # 49

08 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

09 The James Gang - Walk Away

10 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane

11 Joe Walsh - A Life Of Illusion

12 Joe Walsh - All Night Long

13 Joe Walsh - In My Car

14 Barnstorm - Turn To Stone

15 Barnstorm - Mother Says

16 Joe Walsh - Country Fair

17 Joe Walsh - All Night Laundry Mat Blues

Shuckin' And Jivin' 2

I still have no idea what "genre" of music this pick is. There are hints of country and hints of hillbilly hick and some that doesn't at all. I asked AI to look at it and it said: Eclectic. I guess so. A couple of these artists appeared on volume 1 of Shuckin' & Jivin' but most are new to this series. I only think of hunting Brer Rabbit in the middle of the country about to meet up with the boys of Deliverance and driving a Harley. The cover is part of the ride that used to be at Disneyland from Bear Country Jamboree. None of the songs have anything to do with that. A few about drinkin' and eatin', a couple of covers and a few what I believe they call novelty records. It just all sounds good together. To me.

Shuckin' And Jivin' 2

23 Delta Spirit - Trashcan

24 Kaleo - Way Down We Go

25 Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Chickenbone

26 Slim Cessna's Auto Club - This Is How We Do Things In The Country

27 The Record Company - Off The Ground

28 JJ Grey & Mofro - Country Ghetto

29 Highly Suspect - My Name Is Human

30 Pokey LaFarge - Something In The Water

31 Slobberbone - Gimme Back My Dog

32 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

33 The Felice Brothers - Frankie's Gun!

34 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo

35 Elle King - Ex's & Oh's

36 Shakey Graves - Dearly Departed

37 Gear Daddies - (I Wanna Drive The) Zamboni

38 Hayseed Dixie - Highway To Hell

39 Asylum Street Spankers - Beer

40 Caamp - By And By

41 The Gourds - Gin And Juice

42 Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

43 Reverend Horton Heat - Eat Steak

Semaglutide 2

A couple of days ago, I posted part one of this pick. Is it really called buttrock? Or post-grunge? Or Dad rock? Who knows? Certainly not me. But I think of it as the Wegovy of rock. Kind of appetite suppressing weight loss of music. For sure the songs can be good, if not cheesy at times. Some are decent hits and at least one is completely AI. Usually one hit and the rest regional. I added a couple of older songs that don't fit what some people call buttrock, and yet they fit in nicely for the GLP of rock. That's why the title is what it is. I'll have at least one more of these, after that you will have to look for your own tracks or find my Bro-Country pick. I think that pairs well with these and a Lone Star beer.

Semaglutide 2

21 Good Charlotte - The Anthem

22 Candlebox - Far Behind

23 The Velvet Sundown - Dust on the Wind

24 Maroon 5 - This Love

25 Train - Hey, Soul Sister

26 The Wallflowers - One Headlight

27 Five For Fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy)

28 Theodore - Rockin Me

29 Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife

30 J Geils Band - Centerfold

31 Fuel - Shimmer

32 My Darkest Days - Casual Sex (Rock Mix)

33 Fastball - The Way

34 Creed - One Last Breath

35 Fastway - Say What You Will

36 Seether - Fake It

37 David Lee Roth - Goin' Crazy

38 AFI - Miss Murder

39 Daughtry - It's Not Over

40 Collective Soul - Shine

41 Switchfoot - Meant To Live

Top Pick 1983

So it's the last Thursday of the month and I have been posting my pick of each year in the 80's and posting them. Never did on this site.  I made these into cassettes and then later into CD's and gave them to friends and radio listeners that asked for them. Until I ran out each year. Like the previous top picks, I do the single songs on Thursday and the next day it's the top ten albums. I was still listening to Earth Wind & Fire, but the albums were not that amazing as they used to be. Rap was getting into my sphere, but lots of New Wave was on my radar. I hope you like these choices. All from stuff I owned at the time and played the hell out of. I wonder how much of this I still would keep on the list? Would you put any of it on your list?

Top Pick 1983

01 Shonen Knife - Twist Barbie

02 The Cure - The Love Cats

03 Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination

04 Aztec Camera - Oblivious

05 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts

06 Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines

07 Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination

08 Soft Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Toilet

09 Madness - Our House

10 Roxy Music - Like A Hurricane

11 Big Country - In A Big Country

12 Yello - I Love You

13 New Order - Blue Monday

14 Blondie - Rush Rush

15 Shriekback - Lined Up

16 The B-52's - Don't Worry

17 Earth Wind & Fire - Magnetic

18 Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away

19 REM - Radio Free Europe

20 The Cramps - Psychotic Reaction

Them's Fighting Words 4 (Southern Rock Pick)

More of the Southern Rock playlist in this pick I call Them's Fighting Words. We're in the fourth volume and you will notice that I am putting in (for the second time) a guy who is definitely not from the South. I'm talking Neil Young. He calls himself a Canerican, but either way he is not from the south and I'm sure that plenty of you think I shouldn't put him in here at all. The first track is pretty much a dig against the South and the track today is just about a Southern Railroad. Not enough to qualify as Southern. But I like these tunes and they are linked to the South. If only because of Lynyrd Skynyrd's response to his songs. These tracks do fit in musically, so for me they stay. I would love to get your feedback on what other songs I should put into this series, because it obviously can keep going for a long time with hits (and should be hits) in plentiful supply.

Them's Fighting Words 4

54 Drive-By Truckers - Ronnie And Neil

55 Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow

56 Molly Hatchet - Gator Country

57 Widespread Panic - Ain't Life Grand

58 Dickey Betts - Time To Roll

59 Van Zant - My Kind Of Country

60 Gregg Allman Band - Before The Bullets Fly

61 Outlaws - Hurry Sundown

62 Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'lanta

63 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - South-ern Pac-i-fic

64 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

65 Sea Level - That's Your Secret

66 The Charlie Daniels Band - Long Haired Country Boy

67 38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

68 Blackfoot - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

69 Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left Of Me

70 The Black Crowes - Remedy