The Icons of Outlaw Country #104

Check out the latest edition of The Icons of Outlaw Country with your host, John Wesley Karson! This episode’s packed with the raw, rebel spirit of the genre, featuring legends like Kris Kristofferson, Hank Williams Jr., Emmylou Harris, Blaze Foley, and Dale Watson. From gritty storytelling to honky-tonk soul, these icons bring the heat. Tune in on YouTube and Rumble—don’t miss it!

Original air date: March 15, 2025

Playlist

HOUR ONE
The Highwaymen - Born and Raised in Black and White – 1990
Kris Kristofferson – Thank You for a Life – 2006
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – 1976
Buck Owens – Buckaroo – 1965
Dale Watson - Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint - 1996
Hank Williams Jr. – Rich White Honky Blues - 2022
Fattkatt & the Von Zippers – Hot Rod Lincoln –2016
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Close Up the Honky Tonks - 1974
Emmylou Harris – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - 1978
Sunny Sweeny – Nothing Wrong With Texas – 2017
Hank Williams III – Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone - 1996
Johnny Paycheck - Someone to Give My Love To –1972
David Allan Coe – Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) - 1975
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You - 1972
Willie Nelson – Made in Texas – 2024

HOUR TWO
Ray Willey Hubbard – Screw you; We’re From Texas – 2003
David Allan Coe – Son of the South – 1986
David Allan Coe – Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior – 1987
Waylon Jennings - Willie Nelson – Two Old Sidewinders - 1991
Rusty Weir – Outlaw Love - 1975
Guy Clark – Old Friends - 1988
Rodney Crowell – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight – 1978
Ed Bruce – My First Taste of Texas – 1983
Dale Watson – Country My Ass – 2017
Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down – 2006
The Chad Cooke Band – Oilman - 2016