The Icons of Outlaw Country Show #020

Each week John Wesley Karson shares the music and the stories of the icons of alternative country. He takes his listeners on a two hour sonic journey into what’s been dubbed “Outlaw Country.”

The Icons of Outlaw Country is a celebration of the bold individualism of a select few artists who dared to give Nashville the finger and do it their own way.

Playlist Show 020
HOUR ONE
I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train – Commander Cody - 1975
It’s a Texas Thing – Gary P. Nunn – 2000
Country Girl – Ozark Mountain Daredevils - 1972
If You Wanna Get to Heaven – Ozark Mountain Daredevils – 1973
You Mean to Say – Jessie Colter – 1976
Hillbilly Highway – Steve Earle – 1986
Cocaine Cowboy – Terry Allan – 1979
I Still Sing the Sad Songs – DAC – 1977
Make it Rain – Billy Mize – 2006
Texas Cookin’ – Guy Clark – 1977
We’re From Texas – Eleven Hundred Springs – 2011
Glorieta – Matt Hillyer -2023
Luckenbach Texas – The Highwaymen
LA Freeway – Jerry Jeff Walker – 1972

HOUR TWO
Big City – Merle Haggard - 1981
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Ramblin’ Jack Eliot – 1968
Midnight Rider – Willie Nelson – 1979
Shotgun Willie – Willie Nelson – 1973
The Old Violin – Johnny Paycheck - 1986
Fire on the Mountain – Marshal Tucker – 1975
Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound – Hank Williams Jr. – 1995
Gonna Lay Me Down Beside My Memories – Sammi Smith - 1991
Your Place or Mine – Gary Stewart – 1977
Take Me Back to Tulsa – Asleep at the Wheel – 1972
The Letter That Johnny Walker Read - Asleep at the Wheel - 1975
Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie - Asleep at the Wheel – 2004
Lay Down Sally - Asleep at the Wheel - 1995
Half A Hundred Years - Asleep at the Wheel 2021