Each week John Wesley Karson shares the music and the stories of these icons of country music, taking his listeners on a two hour sonic journey into the past.
The Icons of Outlaw Country is a celebration of the bold individualism of a select few artists who dared to rock the boat and do it their own way.
Air Date March 25, 2023
Playlist for show #003
Hour One:
Getting’ By – Jerry Jeff Walker
Druken Lady Of The Morning – Michael Murphey
Screw You; We’re From Texas – Ray Wylie Hubbard
Whiskey River (LIVE) – Willie Nelson
Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker
To Beat the Devil – Kris Kristofferson
Mendocino – Sir Douglas Quintet
Somewhere South of Macon – Marshall Chapman
Dallas – The Flatlanders
Me & Billy The Kid – Joe Ely
Get Your Biscuits in the Oven – Kinky Freidman
Hour Two:
Honkey Tonk Hero’s – Waylon
Old Five and Dimers Like Me – Tom T. Hall
Ragged Old Truck – Johnny Paycheck
It’s Hard to Be an Outlaw – Willie
A Restless Wind – Bobby Bare
I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal – John Anderson
Willy, The Wondering Gypsy & Me – Waylon
Oklahoma Wind – Billy Joe Shaver
The Devil Made Me Do It This Time – Billy Joe Shaver
Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Hurt – Johnny Cash
You Can’t Beat Jesus Christ – Johnny Cash