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You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?

Let's engage in a little fantasy exercise; imagine that you are given a radio show of your own, with time enough each episode to play 10 songs.

What would you name your show?

What 10 songs would you include in the first episode?

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Permalink Reply by Randy Brown on February 19, 2013 at 5:27am

That is so cool, Scott! I think I can come up with a couple of suggestions:

Old Crow Medicine Show: "Union Maid"

Tom Russell: "U. S. Steel"

Dave Alvin: "Gary, Indiana 1959"

Warren Zevon: "The Factory"

Bruce Springsteen: "The River"

Rod Picott: "Welding Burns"

Steve Earle: "The Mountain"

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Permalink Reply by Pete on February 19, 2013 at 7:24am

Show Name: Poetdro's Barn/Shed/Shack

First 10 Songs:

1. Wondering Where the Lions Are Bruce Cockburn

2. The Sun Also Sets Ryan Adams

3. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down Kris Kristofersson

4. Mud Slide Slim James Taylor

5. Blood Bank Bon Iver

6. The Chamber of 32 Doors Genesis (Peter Gabriel-era)

7. The Face of Love Eddie Vedder w/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

8. Sally Was a Cop Alejandro Escovedo

9. Rock and Roll Velvet Underground

10. Lincoln Continental Felice Brothers

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Permalink Reply by bob lilly on February 19, 2013 at 7:30am

name of show would be Booner Tooners

first ten tracks would be.

1 guy clark- dublin blues

2 chatham county line- chip of a star

3 sarah jarosz- queen of the silver dollar

4 reckless kelly- vancouver

5 darrell scott- you'll never harlan alive

6 jerry douglas version- the boxer

7 new grass revival- steam powered aereoplane

8 joe ely- gato del cielo

9 gandalf murphy- alice in space

10 nanci griffith- from a distance

bonus tracks

robert earl keen- feeling good again

tom waits- big joe and phantom 309

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Permalink Reply by Ken Schmierer on February 19, 2013 at 9:21am

Depending on what day you ask me I would start with these and I would name it today WINTER SONGS:

Canadian Whiskey Tom Russell and Nancy Griffith

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

Boots Of Spanish Leather Carolyn Hester

Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen

Christmas In Paradise Mary Gauthier

16th Avenue Lacy Dalton

Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin

Dimming of the Day Linda Thompson

If you see her Mickey Newbury

Christmas in Prison Prine

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Liam Clancy

Mississippi On My Mind Jesse Winchester

Desperadoes Waiting for a Train Guy Clark

Closing Time Leonard Cohen

Choices George Jones

Just a Wave Not the Water Jimmy Dale Gilmore

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Permalink Reply by Karen Johnson on February 19, 2013 at 4:15pm

"American Anthem" would be the name of the show. You can call it AA if you want!

1. Feel a Whole Lot Better (Gene Clark & the Byrds)

2. She Belongs to Me (Bob Dylan)

3. Whatever You Say (Martina McBride)

4. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles)

5. Tower of Strength (Gene McDaniels)

6. Can't Help Myself (Four Tops)

7. In the Basement (Etta James)

8. Concrete Jungle (Bob Marley) (where Jamaica gets dubbed by the South)

9. Midnight Mission (Carla Olson & the Textones)

10. I Broke That Promise (Willy DeVille & Mink DeVille)

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Permalink Reply by Stina on March 4, 2013 at 7:34pm

Not too sure on a program name. Would have to contemplate and over think as that’s just my habit. After a quick scan of my itunes I throw out the possibilities of:

Down with the Shine

Hand Me Down Tunes

Back Pages

Sweet Illusions

Considering I was watching the hockey game (Leafs win!) and am now late for calling it a night… I’m making things more complicated then they have to be. Removed JTE’s “Harlem River Blues” just because I spotted it on some of the lists I scanned. Trying to stick to a general cadence and going to have to remove “Old Man” (Neil Young) and Lindi Ortega’s “Cigarettes and Truckstops”…

…Forget it… Going to quickly shuffle them around and…

FIRST 10 SONGS (no particular order – just what stuck out for my mind tonight – tomorrow would definite show a different listing)

International Submarine Band – Miller’s Cave
Doc Watson / Richard Watson – Rising Sun Blues
Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care
Tom T Hall – Miss A Lot Of Trains
Whiskeytown – A Song For You
Emmylou Harris – Boulder To Birmingham
Kris Kristofferson – Me And Bobby McGee
Bruce Springsteen – Racing In The Street
The Beatles – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine

And as I write number 10, I realize I forgot to include a solo Ryan Adams song… Had one heck of a long day at work today and have a longer, harder one planned for tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what my list changes to tomorrow after some sleep. 10:33 pm but feels more like 12:33 am. Wanted a Bob Dylan in there... had "You Belong To Me" at one point... and "Farewell" at another.

Forgive me as I always blather when I’m tired… Only sometimes when I’m not… :)

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Permalink Reply by L A Johnson on March 5, 2013 at 3:00am

Radio CSNY

CSNY - Carry On

CSN - Suite Judy Blue Eyes

Neil Young - Southern Man

Stephen Stills - Do For The Others

David Crosby - Music is Love

Graham Nash - Better Days

Neil Young - Country Girl

CSNY - Deja Vu

Manassas - The Treasure

CSNY - Find The Cost of Freedom

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Permalink Reply by Carl on March 5, 2013 at 6:38am

The show would be called Twangin'with Lonesome Cowboy Burt. My play list would be

Lonesome Cowboy Burt - The Mothers of Invention
Snake Oil - Steve Earle
Lonesome Johnny Blues - Cracker
I Want You To Want Me - Dwight Yokum
I Don't Know You - New Riders of the Purple Sage
Passenger Side - Wilco
Sister Cry - The Jayhawks
I've Been the One - The Golden Palaminos
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere -Neil Young&Crazy Horse
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party -The Beatles