The Icons of Outlaw Country #115

Howdy, y’all! Get ready to kick up some dust with this week’s episode of The Icons of Outlaw Country with John Wesley Karson, where we’re blazin’ a trail through the raw, renegade soul of country music, spotlightin’ legends like Merle Haggard’s Bakersfield grit, George Jones’ heartbreakin’ twang, Tanya Tucker’s fiery spirit, David Allan Coe’s unapologetic edge, and Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Texas-born rebel tales, all straight from our Bakersfield studio. Click the start button for a two-hour ride with the mavericks who shook up Nashville—grab your hat and join the outlaw posse!

Original Air Date, 6/8/25

Playlist 115

HOUR ONE
Merle Haggard & George Jones – No Show Jones – 1982
George Jones - Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes – 1985
The Bellamy Brothers – No Country Music for Old Men – 2021
Jerry Jeff Walker – I Like to Sleep Late In the Morning –2012
Jimmy Buffett - The Great Gas Station Robbery – 1973
Billy Joe Shaver – Good Old USA (Live) – 2023
David Allan Coe – Jack Daniel's, If You Please – 1978
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues - 1968
Sammie Smith – Kentucky - 1972
Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, Ornery & Mean - 1973
Ray Wiley Hubbard - Snake Farm – 2006
Asleep at the Wheel – Tulsa Straight Ahead – 1987
BW Stevenson – Peaceful, Easy Feelin’ – 1972

HOUR TWO
Steve Earl - Guitar Town - 1986
Emmy Lou Harris - Bluebirds Wine – 1975
Rodney Crowell – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight – 1978
Joe Ely – The Road Goes on Forever – 1996
Duke Henry – Feelin’ Like Earnhardt – 2022
Creed Fisher – Don’t California My Texas – 2022
Dale Watson - I Lie When I Drink - 2013
Gary Stewart – She’s Actin’ Single, I’m Drinkin’ Doubles – 1975
Gary P. Nunn - The Last Thing I Needed, the First Thing This Morning - 2003
Willie Nelson – Me & Paul – 1973
Hank Williams Jr – I’d Love to Knock the Hell Right Out of You – 1999
Tanya Tucker - Texas (When I Die) – 1978
Brennen Leigh – In Texas With a Band (With Ray Benson) – 2022
Willie Nelson – Made in Texas - 2024