The Icons of Outlaw Country #108

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. On today’s show we celebrate Easter with music from W.B. Vaughan, Billy Joe Shaver and Johnny Cash as well as songs from Ray Watson, Hank Jr., Johnny Paycheck, Bobby Bare, Graham Parsons and Little Feat.

Original Air Date 4/12/25

Playlist

HOUR ONE
Michael Murphy – Cosmic Cowboy – 1973
Guy Clark - The Last Gunfighter Ballad – 1975
George Jones – I Don’t Need No Rockin’ Chair – 1992
Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly – 1988
Jerry Jeff Walker – Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother – 1973
Ray Wiley Hubbard – Bad on Fords – 2015
Rodney Crowell - I Walk the Line – 1998
Billy Joe Shaver - Street Walkin’ Woman – 2000
Red Simpson - Nitro Express – 1966
Red Simpson - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves – 1967
Creed Fisher – Have Mercy on a Man – 2021
David Allan Coe – Spotlights – 1976
Leon Russell - Dixie Lullaby - 1970

HOUR TWO
Derrick Dove & The Peace Keepers – When Did I Get Old – 2023
Tompall Glaser – An Ode to My Notorious Youth - 1973
Johnny Paycheck – Armed and Crazy – 1978
Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) - 1996
Asleep at the Wheel - Miles and Miles of Texas – 1976
Hank Williams Jr. – I Got Rights – 1979
Terry Allan – Amarillo Highway - 1979
The Charlie Daniels Band – Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye – 1985
Kris Kristofferson – Here Comes That Rainbow Again – 1982
Dale Watson - The Dumb Song - 2019
Joe Ely - The Road Goes On Forever – 1996
Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon – 1994
Chris Wall - A Gal from San Antone (LIVE) – 1996
Willie Nelson – Made in Texas - 2024