"I'd like to do a song now that was recoded by a pretty pearly country group known as the Beatles. I know you heard them many times from the Grand Ole Opry..." Willie does the Beatles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HL...

If I'd only had one ear to listen To the lies that you told to me Then I'd more closely resemble The half a man that you made of me Absolutely no way this should be Amazon's second least popular Willie Nelson album. It's one of my favorites. Spin #2 today:

And they met out on the highway At the Paradise Motel lounge... -"High Plains Jamboree," Terry Allen (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ8... Below: The Paradise (1976 installation created for The Great American Rodeo Show, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)

Look for Cowboy Jamboree's Terry Allen incited anthology of fiction, cnf, verse and sketches, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE, round about November.

I've been throwin' horseshoes Over my left shoulder Seems I spent all my life Searchin' for that four-leaf clover Hayes does Lefty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf6F...

Well time is playing tricks on me Makes me think I'm moving fast Yea but I don't think I'm moving at all And every stranger's face I see Reminds me of the past They come on big, leave you feeling small Continuing the @hayescarll deep dive with spin #1 today:

Baby’s got new shoes.

"Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked" issue subs are closed. If you're waitin to hear, we'll be hollerin at you soon. The issue will be out in November. It'll feature a story by and interview with @ConnollyAgs, Slim Hand compadre & interpreter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nwe...

I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up Hayes Carll does Tom Waits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDw...

Trouble in mind How'd we ever lose that time? Livin' for the best Leavin' all the rest behind Spin #1 today is Hayes Carll:

Update. My 4-year-old loves taekwondo. He’s the 3rd to go in this vid. 6-year-old starts guitar tomorrow.

crazy to be married to a person who can just sum up willie in five sentences (you should subscribe to his newsletter if you haven't already) bsky.app/profile/jonn...

NEW ANTHOLOGY CALL! After our upcoming Terry Allen incited anthology we were gonna cool it for a bit on our music-incited anthologies because we have a lot on our publishing plate here. But eff it. Right now the world needs all the inspiration from Woody Guthrie it can get.

He just grinned and said "My friend, I know you might think it's odd But you got nothin to fear about drinkin a beer If you share it with the son of God" The Flatlanders do Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z...

My harmonica’s got a busted reed My lips are chapped and about to bleed She says that’s nothing when she was a kid She danced with the dead at the pyramids Spin #1 today is Ray Wylie Hubbard:

Legends.

I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered me yet But I hear him coughing all night long Yeah, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song Born on this day in 1934: the great Leonard Cohen www.youtube.com/watch?v=nceR...

What movie do you consider perfect?

Friday night update: epic Friday night dance party in the den with my 6-year-old and 4-year-old. We did @DwightYoakam and Blaze Foley and Ok Go and @tomwaits and Elvis. I'm sweaty. Time well spent.

Drinking black market vodka in the back of the Scottsman's saloon Then it's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on the moon Nanci Griffith does Tom Russell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9VZ...

The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight Oh, there's a chunk out of its middle Big enough for an old fool to hide... It's new music Friday but I'm starting with an old favorite. Spin #1 today is Nanci Griffith:

Joe Ely does Buddy Holly (song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)

Woah-oh, misery, misery What is going to become of me? New @therealjoeely.bsky.social single out today. With string ensemble. The man is undeniable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdhk...

Happy Friday, y'all.

And I'll bring you precious contraband And ancient tales from distant lands Of conquerors and concubines And conjurers from darker times Betrayal and conspiracy, sacrilege and heresy Spin #2 today is a little @steveearle.bsky.social:

#MusicSky 🎧 #100songs100years A song a day for each year 1926 to 2025. Day 99 - 2024 “First Name Basis (With The Blues)” Kurt Fortmeyer

What I'm getting from this is that I need to up my necklace game.

Though they might have tried their best They never caught the sun... I saw James McMurtry a couple of weeks. After he sang this song he said, "That's the Robert Earl Keen song I wrote." REK does McMurtry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62Z...

We stole two Charolais heifers from Randy's sweetheart's paw Sold them at the livestock sale Outside of Wichita @robertearlkeen cap on the head, @robertearlkeen up first on the playlist. Spin #1 today:

The stark poetry of "The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome, I could cry" always hits me both in the heart and gut each time I hear it sung.

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whinin low And I'm so lonesome I could cry Jimmie Dale Gilmore does Hank Williams: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uTr...

Born on this day in 1923: Hiram King Williams. Hank Williams was my 3rd musical obsession (after Bob Dylan and Tom Waits). I still use his lyrics in my intro to creative writing classes. Untouchable.

Doing a rewatch of The Wire. Best parts are always when @SteveEarle shows up as Waylon.

The wife and I are requiring our boys to do something extra curricular (they did soccer last year and it wasn’t a huge hit). The 4-year-old picked “ninja school” (Tae Kwon Do), and the 6-year-old picked guitar lessons. Wish us luck.

Well I wished I was in Austin (mm-hmm) in the Chili Parlor Bar Drinking Mad Dog Margaritas and not caring where you are But here I sit in Dublin (mm-hmm) just rolling cigarettes Holding back and choking back the shakes with every breath... Goin with Guy for Spin #2 today.

I'm wearing old boots with high Cuban heels Our souls they are worn and we stand here by grace My trousers are torn and my jacket is borrowed And I'm wearing my time behind the eyes in my face Spin #1 this morning is Ray Wylie:

"She comes in and takes his hand. It’s time. Her fingers move lightly over his big knuckles like she is playing the piano..." Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996 Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)

You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole Down upon your knees Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yR...

When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes? Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0Y...

I rolled with the punches...and I almost died... Spin #1 today is western noir cool with @rebeccaportermusic.bsky.social:

This morning’s view.

Beach day.

Ha! Alligators all the way down.

Remember when yesterday we told you awesome new music was coming today? @mattmoran_music's new album THE BA'AR is here! www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...

Honey I want to take you To the places you’ve never been Like a mattress of the living room floor Of a one-bedroom apartment Or the backseat of a Pontiac On a hot August night Smoking cigarettes out by the lake Waiting on the West Texas sunrise Out now from @mattmoran_music 🔥

"Dad, your hat has an alligator on it that's wearing a hat. So there's a hat on your hat...that's weird." Happy Friday, y'all. @willpayneharrison.bsky.social

Gone on this day in 2003: the great Johnny Cash. Seems like a good morning to listen to the American Recordings series.

Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art Part 4 POSITIONS ON THE DESERT: Z, A, J and R (1990)