A year in the making! Here’s the long-awaited third episode of our country/folk/R&B/solo guitar podcast NO LONESOME TUNE, featuring music from the likes of patron saints such as Lee Hazlewood, Townes Van Zandt and the Carter Family; new music from Kassi Valazza and Rob Noyes; old music from The Lollipops, Dick Curless, Sandy Denny & The Strawbs + the Gibson Bros – and many others things I’m certain you’ll find more than agreeable.

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Track listing:

THE LOLLIPOPS – Busy Signal
PLAINSONG – Even The Guiding Light
GIBSON BROS – Poor Me
LEE HAZLEWOOD – Forget Marie
SANDY DENNY & THE STRAWBS – I’ve Been My Own Worst Friend
ALLYSEN CALLERY – First Amongst The Flowers
KASSI VALAZZA – Chino
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – Two Cold Nights in Buffalo
GEORGE KENT – Hello, I’m a Jukebox
IRMA THOMAS – Breakaway
DICK CURLESS – The Wild Side of Town
TOWNES VAN ZANDT – No Lonesome Tune
ROB NOYES – You Are Tired
GENE SAVAGE – I Started at the Bottom and Worked My Way on Down
DOLLY PARTON – Dumb Blonde
THE CARTER FAMILY – Lulu Walls
ALICE STUART – James Alley Blues
SAMMY FITZHUGH – Sadie Mae

Back with the second episode of what’s now established as a monthly upload of the NO LONESOME TUNE podcast – an hour-long deep delve into ruddy folk, countrypolitan honk, solo guitar explorations and some of the better singing & songwriting you’ll ever hear.

This time we play some early genius from KAREN DALTON; a new track from BUCK CURRAN; some 60s country hoot from LINDA GAIL LEWIS and TOM T. HALL, plus random bits of tuneage from Sibylle Baier, Lee Hazlewood, Harris Newman, Jack Rose, Courtney Marie Andrews, Washington Phillips and much more.

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Track listing:

MICHAEL NESMITH & THE FIRST NATIONAL BAND – The Grand Ennui
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – How Quickly Your Heart Mends
BOBBY RUSSELL – 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero
KAREN DALTON – Reason To Believe
ELIZABETH COTTEN – Vastapol
HENRY SPAULDING – Cairo Blues
LAL WATERSON – Evon Our Darling
BUCK CURRAN – Song For Liam
SIBYLLE BAIER – Forgett
JACK ROSE – Blessed Be The Name of the Lord
MATTIE MAY THOMAS – Big Mac From Macamere
LEE HAZLEWOOD – The Night Before
HARRIS NEWMAN – Anamnesis
LINDA GAIL LEWIS – T-H-E E-N-D
CONNIE SMITH – Five Fingers To Spare
HANK THOMPSON – You’re Going Back To Your Old Ways Again
TOM T HALL – Salute to a Switchblade
WASHINGTON PHILLIPS – The Church Needs Good Deacons

This is the first edition of No Lonesome Tune – a spin-off podcast affiliated with Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio. We’re focused on skeletal folk, deep country, shimmering acoustic guitar wandering, blues and other genre-based approaches to songcraft.

Patron saints include John Fahey, Lee Hazlewood, Sibylle Baier and Tom T. Hall. None feature on today’s show – but that’s all right. Look who does!

Download or stream No Lonesome Tune #1 on Soundcloud now.

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Track listing:

F.J. McMAHON – The Road Back Home
ROBBIE BASHO – Redwood Ramble
ALLYSEN CALLERY – The Holly & The Ivy
JOHNNY CASH & JUNE CARTER – Pack Up Your Sorrows
TOWNES VAN ZANDT – Don’t Let The Sunshine Fool Ya
MAXINE FUNKE – Merry
PAMELA BLUE – Hey There Stranger
WILL CSORBA – Lind Sea House
MICHAEL HURLEY – You Get Down By The Pool Hall Clickity-Clack
ALELA DIANE – Age Old Blue
CHUCK & MARY PERRIN – Bye Bye Billy
MIKE & PAM MARTIN – The Lonely Entertainer
GEESHIE WILEY – Last Kind Words Blues
THE PHIPPS FAMILY – Forsaken Lover
JESSICA PRATT – Bushel Hyde
LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS – War News Blues
ROB NOYES – Stultification
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – Near You