Exploding Head Movies Episode January 10, 2022
XHM #586 - "Drivin' to yet another rodeo" (2022 January 10)
7:01pm - 9:02pm
gak marks 14 years on CITR with a long-overdue countrified episode tied to Merle Haggard (1937-2016), the western sound of Bakersfield, California and music from the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. Yeehaw!
1. Laura Cantrell: 14th Street (Humming by the Flowered Vine, 2005) Matador
2. Jeff Gunn, Koi Anunta & Mike Sleath: Spiritus Momentous [Never Give Up, Opus 2] (Momentum, 2022) self-released
3. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Going Where the Lonely Go (Raise the Roof [deluxe edition], 2021) Rounder/Concord/Warner Bros
4. Big Thief: Spud Infinity (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD
5. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Cactus Juice (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In
6. The Cactus Blossoms: Mississippi (You're Dreaming, 2016) Red House
7. Rank & File: Amanda Ruth (Sundown, 1982) Slash/Warner Bros
8. Rubber Rodeo: The Theme from Rubber Rodeo (Rubber Rodeo EP, 1982) Eat
9. Jerry Reed: Amos Moses (Georgia Sunshine, 1970) RCA Victor
10. Beastie Boys: 5-Piece Chicken Dinner (Paul's Boutique, 1989) Capitol
11. Ellen Froese: Charlie (Fightin' Words, 2019) self-released
12. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Hawgtied (Avanti, 2003) Mint
13. Jaime Wyatt: LIVIN (Neon Cross, 2020) New West
FOURTEEN! Faith Healer: Again (Cosmic Troubles, 2015) Mint
15. Dorothea Paas: Interlude (Anything Can't Happen, 2021) Telephone Explosion
16. Le Ren: Who's Going to Hold Me Next? (Leftovers, 2021) Secretly Canadian
17. Lindi Ortega: Til My Dyin' Day (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox
18. The Bebop Cowboys: Remington Ride (Debut, 2022) self-released
19. Victoria Bailey: Outlaws (Jesus, Red Wine & Patsy Cline, 2020) Rock Ridge/California Good Time
20. Patsy Cline: So Wrong (You're Stronger Than Me 7", 1962) Decca
21. The Garrys: Hwy-11 Tumbleweed (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey
22. Dwight Yoakam: Streets of Bakersfield (Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, 1988) Reprise
23. The Sanland Brothers: Vaccination for the Blues (Red Roses for My Baby 7", 1969) Capitol
24. North Americans: American Dipper (Roped In, 2020) Third Man
25. Maddox Brothers & Rose: New Step It Up and Go (Maddox Brothers & Rose, 1960) King
26. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox: Loose Talk (The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capitol of the West 1940-1974, 1961) Bear Family
27. Carter Burwell: Hello, Mr Pocket! (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs OST, 2018) Milan
28. Dead Ghosts: Merle (Automatic Changer, 2020) Burger
29. Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Haggard [Like I've Never Been Before] (Best Troubador, 2017) Drag City/Palace
30. The Strangers: Hammin' It Up (The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers, 1969) Capitol/Sparton of Canada
31. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: California Cottonfields (Someday We'll Look Back, 1971) Capitol
32. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (Live from Austin Texas 1978, 2008) New West
33. Al Petty: Steel Guitar Special (Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues: Volume 3 - 1954-1955, 2008) Jasmine
34. The Everly Brothers: Sing Me Back Home (Holding Things Together: The Merle Haggard Songbook, 2019) Ace
35. Neil Young: Dead [end credits] (Dead Man OST, 1996) Vapor
36. Woody Jackson: Red Dead Redemption (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 [original score], 2019) Lakeshore/Invada/Rockstar Games
37. Rhiannon Giddens: Mountain Banjo (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games
38. Daniel Lanois: Mountain Finale (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games
39. Willie Nelson: Cruel World (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games
The Hag tried a power move on Dolly Parton with his song Always Wanting You, which is a story I'll dig up for a future episode. Go Dolly!
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