Rural Ledge-ucation #8: Hillbilly Heroes

Ok, not every act played on this episode is a hillbilly. There's a couple of rockers, and even an angry old Brit. The music, however, is primarily twang-y, and is the perfect antidote to your tired Sunday blues. Download it now! Do it!

1. Jimmie Rodgers, T.B. Blues
2. Hank Snow, Blue Yodel #2
3. Bill Monroe, Blue Yodel #7
4. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Mean Mama Blues
5. Hank Williams, Lost Highway
6. The Louvin Brothers, In the Pines
7. Charlie Louvin, Great Atomic Power (w/Jeff Tweedy)
8. Johnny Cash, The Long Black Veil
9. Merle Haggard, Sing Me Back Home
10. The Flatlanders, Dallas
11. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
12. The Byrds, You Ain't Going Nowhere
13. Dillard & Clark, Don't Let Me Down
14. Gram Parsons, Streets of Baltimore
15. Doug Sahm, Wallflower
16. Steve Earle & The Del McCourey Band, Harlan Man
17. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
18. Billy Joe Shaver, Wacko from Waco (w/Willie Nelson)
19. Paul Westerberg, Live Forever