Month: September 2018

The Twang:

Yvette Landry – Can I Go Home With You – Me and T-Coe’s Country (Soko)
Nikki Lane – Highway Queen – Highway Queen (New West)
Porter Wagoner – Hot Wired – Wagonmaster (Anti)
Lonesome Spurs – Ride Straddle Saloon – Lonesome Spurs (Rock-a-billy)
The Derailers – Love’s Gonna Live Here – Under the Influence of Buck (Palo Duro)
Arsen Roulette – Messed Up – Let’s Get On With It (El Toro)
Reverend Horton Heat – Lonesome Train – Full Custom Gospel Sounds (Sub Pop)
Johnny Burnette – Bertha Lou – Johnny Rocks (Bear Family)
Moon Mullican – Seven Nights to Rock – VA: King Rockabilly (Ace)
The Sprague Brothers – Right or Wrong – let the chicks fall where they may (Hightone)
Jimmy “C” Newman – Carry On – VA: That’ll Flat Git It (Bear Family)
Johnny Paycheck – Close All the Honky Tonks – 20 Greatest Hits (Deluxe)
Justin Trevino – Three’s a Crowd – The Scene of the Cryin’ (Texas Music Group)
Tres Chicas – Desire – Sweetwater (YepRoc)
William Elliott Whitmore – One Glass at a Time – Kilonova (Bloodshot)*
Whiskeytown –  Bottom of the Glass – VA: Straight outta Boone County (Bloodshot)
Murder by Death – Only Time – The Other Shore (Bloodshot)*
Rancho Deluxe – Hard Time – True Freedom (self)
The Wailin’ Jennies – Firecracker – Firecracker (Red House)
Bill Beach – You’re Gonna Like Me Baby – VA: King Rockabilly (Ace)
Al Ferrier – Let’s Go Boppin’ Tonight – VA: Boppin’ Tonight (Ace)
Jimmy Lee Prow – You Tell Her, I Stutter – VA: King Rockabilly (Ace)
Johnny Jano – Mabel’s Gone – VA: Boppin’ Tonight (Ace) 1957
Ray Condo – High and Wild – High and Wild (Joaquin)
Luke McDaniel – My Baby Don’t Rock – VA: That’ll Flat Git It v. 16 (Bear)
Dale Watson – Whiskey or God – Whiskey or God (Palo Duro)
Dale Watson – Cheatin’ Heart Attack – Best of the Hightone Years (Hightone)
Dale Watson – Nashville Rash – Best of the Hightone Years (Hightone)
Wayne Hancock – That’s What Daddy Wants – That’s What Daddy Wants (Ark21)
Wayne Hancock – Highway Bound – Tulsa (Bloodshot)
Nick Lowe – A Better Man – At My Age (YepRoc)
Nick Lowe – Long Limbed Girl – At My Age (YepRoc)
Southern Culture on the Skids – Zombified – Zombified (self)

The Twang:

Antsy McClain – The Devil Gets More Credit Than He Deserves – Trailercana (DPR)
Johnny Paycheck – Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill – VA: Rebels and Outlaws (Capitol)
The Stillmen – Wild Wild Lover – All Hopped Up (StarTone)
The Stillmen – Women and Whiskey – Go! Go! Go! (StarTone)
Santos – Mess About You – In the Groove (Wild)
Billy Barry – They Call Me Willie the Wild One – That’ll Flat Git It vol. 4 (Bear)
Narvel Felts – Cry Baby Cry – VA: That’ll Flat Git It vol  16 (Bear)
Ronnie Dio – Oop-Poo-Pah-Doo – VA: That’ll Flat Git It vol  16 (Bear)
Gary Stewart – Rainin’, Rainin’, Rainin’ – VA: Points West (Hightone)
Lonesome Spurs – Ride Straddle Saloon – Lonesome Spurs (Rock-a-billy)
Lone Justice – Ways to be Wicked – Lone Justice (Geffen) 1985
Ted Roddy & the Talltops – Stronger than Dirt – VA: Points West (Hightone)
Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts – This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – Girl of the Century (Bloodshot)
Al Ferrier – Let’s Go Boppin’ Tonight – VA: Teenage Rock n’ Roll Party (Ace)
Sleepy LaBeef – Little Bit More – VA: Rarest Rockabilly / Hillbilly Boogie (Ace)
Hal Harris –  Jitterbop Baby  – VA: Rarest Rockabilly / Hillbilly Boogie (Ace)
Curtis & the Melody Cowboys – Mr. Blue – VA: Country Hicks vol. 4 & 5 (Barklog)
Charles Senns – Dig Me a Crazy Record – VA: Party Crasher (Bear)
The Blasters – Barefoot Rock – American Music (Hightone)
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin – Rattlesnakin’ Daddy – Lost Time (YepRoc)
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin – Southern Flood Blues –
Ol’ Dirty Bathtub – Pack Mule – Pack Mule (Bee Hive)*
Split Lip Rayfield – Rig or Cross – I’ll Be Around (self)
The Louvin Brothers – Knoxville Girl – VA: Rebels and Outlaws (Capitol)
Dolly Parton – My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy – Dolly Boxed Set Sampler (Sony)
Lyal Strickland – Gone For a Weekend – Preservation (Shedding Dog)a
Dawn & Hawkes – Highway – The Other Side (
Bud Deckelman  with the Daydreamers – Daydreamin’ – VA: The Complete Meteor Rockabilly and Hillbilly Recordings (Ace)
Charlie Feathers – Get With It – VA: The Complete Meteor Rockabilly and Hillbilly Recordings (Ace)
Lendon Smith with the Jesters – Women – VA: The Complete Meteor Rockabilly and Hillbilly Recordings (Ace)
The Velvatones – Feeling Kinda Lonely – VA: The Complete Meteor Rockabilly and Hillbilly Recordings (Ace)
Ercelle Tisby – You, You, You – VA: Del-Fi Doo Wop vol. 1 (Del-Fi)
The Gallahads – This Letter to You – VA: Del-Fi Doo Wop vol. 1 (Del-Fi)
The Hep Cats – The Dilly Up – VA: Del-Fi Doo Wop vol. 3 (Del-Fi)

The Twang: 

Wilco – At Least That’s What You Said – A Ghost is Born (Nonesuch)
Parsonfield – Across Your Mind – Blooming Through the Black (Signature Sounds)
JD Wilkes – Walk Between The Raindrops – Fire Dream (BLM)
Kelly Willis – Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore – Translated from Love (Rykodisc)
JD McPherson – Lucky Penny – Undivided Heart and Soul (New West)
White Hassle – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – White Hassle (Matador)
Scud Mountain Boys – Scratch Ticket – Massachusetts (SubPop)
Link Wray – Rumble – The Original Rumble (Ace)
Jack Rabbit Slim  – Petrolhead – From the Waist Down (Western Star)
Joe Poovey – Ten Long Fingers – Greatest Grooves (Dragon Street)
Wylie and the Wild West – 21st Century Blues – Relic (Hi-Line)
Red Meat – Midwest Blues – Alameda County Line (Ranchero)
Ruthie and the Wranglers – I Got a Rocket in my Pocket – Americana Express (Azalea City)
The Blasters – Crazy Baby – American Music (Hightone)
The Vargas Brothers – Trouble Bound- VA: The Young Breed (Wild)
Omar Romero – Mexicali Baby – VA: The Young Breed (Wild)
The Serenaders – Caroline – My One and Only You (self)
Son Volt – Holocaust – Sraightface (Warner Brothers)
James Scott Bullard – All to Pieces – Full Tilt Boogie (Big Mavis)*
The Black Keys – Busted – The Big Come Up (Alive Records)
The Delta Bombers – The Way You Love – Howlin’ (Wild)
Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle – Rattlesnake Daddy – VA: Perfect for Parties (Bear)
Ol’ Dirty Bathtub – Pack Mule – Pack Mule (Bee Hive)*
The Hens – Tell Me Why (You’re So Good to Me) – Chicon (Topless Records)*
Little Jimmy Dickens – Stinky Passed the Hat Around – VA: Perfect for Parties (Bear)
Charlene Arthur – Just Look, Don’t Touch, He’s Mine – Welcome to the Club (Bear)
The Maddox Brothers and Rose – Move It On Over – The Maddox Brothers and Rose Vol. 1  (Arhoolie)
Joe West / Xoe Fitzgerald – I Wanna Party (like it’s 1985) – Xoe Fitzgerald: Time-Traveling Transvestite (
Southern Culture on the Skids – Zombified – Zombified (Kudzu Records)