The Icons of Outlaw Country Show #024

Each week John Wesley Karson shares the music and the stories of the icons of alternative country. He takes his listeners on a two hour sonic journey into what’s been dubbed “Outlaw Country.”

The Icons of Outlaw Country is a celebration of the bold individualism of a select few artists who dared to give Nashville the finger and do it their own way.

PLAYLIST

HOUR ONE
My Favorite Memory – Merle Haggard – 1986
Feelin' Haggard - Dale Watson and Ray Benson – 2017
He Won’t Ever Be Gone – Willie Nelson - 2017
The Show’s Almost Over – Merle Haggard - 1986
Are You Ready For the Country – Waylon Jennings – 1976
The Pick up Truck Song – Jerry Jeff Walker – 2006
Lord Let It Rain – Billy Mize - 1967
Quit Hollerin' at Me – John Prine – 1995
Cosmic Cowboy – Michael Murphy – 2010
If I Needed You – Towns Van Zandt – 1972
Wayfaring Stranger – Emmy Lou Harris – 1980
As Long As There’s A Sunday – Sammi Smith – 1976
Crystal Clear – Marshall Chapman – 1977

HOUR TWO
She Used to Love Me a Lot - Johnny Cash – 1980
Don’t Cry Darlin’ – David Allan Coe & George Jones – 1984
Tennessee Whisky – George Jones – 1983
Black Rose – Billy Joe Shaver – 1984
A Satisfied Mind • The International Submarine Band – 1966
Texas Cookin’ – Guy Clark – 1976
Mercenary Song – Steve Earl – 1995
The Last Thing I Needed – Willie Nelson – 1982
The Blues Man – Hank Williams Jr. – 1980
Can’t Ya See – Hank Williams Jr. – 1975
This Town - Creed Fisher – 2021
Rich Men North of Richmond – Oliver Anthony – 2023