The Icons of Outlaw Country #099

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.

Original Air Date February 8, 2025

PLAYLIST SHOW 099

HOUR ONE
Billy Joe Shaver – Ragged Old Truck – 1981
Johnny Paycheck – Me & the IRS (LIVE) – 1978
Doc Watson – Ready for the Times to Get Better – 1978
Blaze Foley – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries - 1975
Steve Earle – Hometown Blues - 1995
Johnny Cash – Highway Patrolman - 1983
Jerry Jeff Walker – That Old Beat-Up Guitar - 1999
Dale Watson – A Real Country Song - 1996
Willie Nelson – Hands on the Wheel - 1975
Bill Anderson - Papaw's Sunday Boots – 2011
Gary Stewart – Ol’ Hanks Lovesick Blues – 1990
Brian Martin – Everyone’s an Outlaw - 2022
Dr. Hook – The Queen of the Silver Dollar – 1973

HOUR TWO
Kris Kristofferson – When I Loved Her – 1971
Gary P. Nunn – It’s a Texas Thing – 2000
Tompall Glaser – Texas Law Says - 1974
David Allan Coe – Mister, Don't Talk Bad About My Music - 1983
David Allan Coe – Tennessee Whiskey - 1981
Jamey Johnson – High Cost Of Living - 2008
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Snake Farm – 2006
Robert Earl Keen – Play a Train Song - 2011
Rita Coolidge – Desperados Waiting For the Train - 1974
Sturgill Simpson – Railroad of Sin - 2020
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken – 1973
Texas Tornados - Who Were You Thinkin' Of – 1990
Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers – When Did I Get Old - 2023