Hillbilly Blues
Show 94: Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 3: Post-War Country Blues Generation
This chapter carries the story forward into later country, rockabilly, roadhouse swing, and hard-tonk styles. The argument is that the blues strain did not disappear when country got slicker: it kept showing up in phrasing, repertoire, guitar playing, and the whole weary stance of the songs.
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This chapter carries the story forward into later country, rockabilly, roadhouse swing, and hard-tonk styles. The argument is that the blues strain did not disappear when country got slicker: it kept showing up in phrasing, repertoire, guitar playing, and the whole weary stance of the songs.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb | Junior Brown | 1 | - | |
| 2 | New Step It Up And Go | The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Boom, Boom, Boom | Sleepy LaBeef | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain | Carl Smith | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Tryin' to Forget the Blues | Porter Wagoner | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Maybe Little Baby | George Jones | 1 | - | |
| 7 | That Just Kills Me | Wynn Stewart | 1 | - | |
| 8 | I Ain't Got Nobody | Dick Curless | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | Faron Young | 1 | - | |
| 10 | Country Boy | Little Jimmy Dickens | 1 | - | |
| 11 | Warm Red Wine | Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys | 1 | - | |
| 12 | Drunkard's Blues | Hank Thompson | 1 | Yes | - |
| 13 | I Ain't Never | Webb Pierce | 2 | Yes | - |
| 14 | Hello Trouble | Buck Owens | 2 | - | |
| 15 | I Didn't Sleep A Wink | Willie Nelson | 2 | - | |
| 16 | Invitation to the Blues | Ray Price | 2 | - | |
| 17 | I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent | Lattie Moore | 2 | - | |
| 18 | Bottom Of The Bottle | Ira Louvin | 2 | - | |
| 19 | One By One | Kitty Wells;Red Foley | 2 | - | |
| 20 | Cold, Cold Heart | Johnny Cash | 2 | - | |
| 21 | Your Cheating Heart | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2 | - | |
| 22 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Ferlin Husky | 2 | Yes | - |
| 23 | Lovesick Blues | Marty Robbins | 3 | Yes | - |
| 24 | Weary Blues from Waitin' | Ronnie Hawkins | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Lonesome Whistle | Hank Snow | 3 | - | |
| 26 | I Could Never Be Ashamed of You | Roy Drusky | 3 | - | |
| 27 | A Dear John Letter | Jean Shepard;Ferlin Husky | 3 | - | |
| 28 | Blueberry Hill | Loretta Lynn | 3 | - | |
| 29 | Drivin' Nails In My Coffin (with George Jones) | Floyd Tillman | 3 | - | |
| 30 | You Nearly Lose Your Mind | Leon Redbone | 3 | - | |
| 31 | Walkin' the Floor over You | Johnny Paycheck | 3 | - | |
| 32 | Thanks a Lot | George Hamilton IV | 3 | - | |
| 33 | Mean Mama Blues | Ramblin' Jack Elliott | 3 | - | |
| 34 | Honky Tonk Blues | Charlie Walker | 3 | Yes | - |
| 35 | The Blues | Conway Twitty | 4 | Yes | - |
| 36 | My Babe | Conway Twitty | 4 | - | |
| 37 | Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? | The New Lost City Ramblers;Cousin Emmy | 4 | - | |
| 38 | White House Blues | The New Lost City Ramblers | 4 | - | |
| 39 | My Rough and Rowdy Ways | Lefty Frizzell | 4 | - | |
| 40 | Jambalaya | Moon Mullican | 4 | - | |
| 41 | Mississippi Delta Blues | Merle Haggard;The Strangers | 4 | - | |
| 42 | Six White Horses | Norman Blake | 4 | - | |
| 43 | Deep River Blues | Doc Watson | 4 | Yes | Story |
| 44 | Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way | Waylon Jennings | 5 | Yes | - |