The Icons of Outlaw Country Show #023

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 023

HOUR ONE

Simple Man – Charlie Daniels – 1989
Workin’ Man – Hank Williams III
Man of Steel – Hank Williams Jr
The Letter That Johnny Walker Read – Asleep at the Wheel - 1975
11 Months and 29 Days - Johnny Paycheck – 1976
Still Doin’ Time – George Jones – 1981
Help Me Make it Through the Night – Sammie Smith – 1970
Why Me Lord – Kris Kristofferson
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Willie & Paula Nelson – 2013
Nowhere Road – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson 1977
Three Days Straight – Ray Wiley Hubbard – 2001
Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother – Ray Wiley Hubbard

HOUR TWO
My Old Man – Jerry Jeff Walker – 1968
No Charge – Johnny Cash – 1975
Big City - Merle Haggard – 1981
Dollar Bill Blues - Townes Van Zandt – 1969
Live Forever – Billy Joe Shaver – 2007
Ladies Love Outlaws – Waylon Jennings – 1972
It’s a Texas Thing – Gary P. Nunn - 1999
Trouble - Devyn Brinsfield - 2023
Life Aint Fair – Sturgill Simpson – 2017
Don’t Let the Sunshine Fool Ya – Guy Clark – 1976
Nashville Causality And Life – Kinky Friedman – 1983
She Used Love Me a Lot – David Allan Coe - 1985