X-Roads schenkt wöchentlich eine Stunde lang den missverstandenen Poeten, den einsamen Cowboys, den gescheiterten Baumwollpflückern, den heiseren Protestsängern und den betrunkenen Alleinunterhaltern Gehör.

X-Roads: Jeden Sonntag von sechs bis sieben auf Radio X.

Playlist

Dienstag, 27. April 2010

Sendung vom 25.4.2010 - Merle & Willie



- Pancho and Lefty - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (Pancho and Lefty)
- Man With the Blues - Willie Nelson (Country Music)
- Oil Tanker Train - Merle Haggard (I Am What I Am)
- Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard (Down Every Road)
- The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard (Down Every Road)
- Whiskey River - Willie Nelson (One Hell of a Ride)
- Me and Paul - Willie Nelson (One Hell of a Ride)
- Satisfied Mind - Porter Wagoner (The Essential)
- Dark as A Dungeon - Merle Travis (Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past)
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Henry Kaiser and David Lindley (A World Out of Time, Vol. 2)
- Girl Haggard - Rosie Flores (Once More With Feeling)
- Live and Love Always - Merle Haggard (I Am What I Am)
- You Done Me Wrong - Willie Nelson (Country Music)
- Goodhearted Woman - Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings (One Hell of a Ride)
- Yesterday's Wine - Merle Haggard and George Jones (A Taste of Yesterday's Wine)
- Man and Dad's Waltz - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (Last of the Breed)

Montag, 19. April 2010

Sendung vom 18.4.2010 - Dirty Laundry



- Waschsalon - BAP (Für usszeschnigge)
- (Good Old Electric) Washing Machine - John Hartford (RCA Country Legends)
- Wash, Mama, Wash - Dr. John (The Dr. John Anthology)
- Portugese Washwomen - Chet Atkins (Hi-Fi in Focus)
- Dirty Rag - Justin Townes Earle (Midnight at the Movies)
- Clothes Line Saga - Suzzy & Maggie Roche (A Nod to Bob)
- It's Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean - Corb Lund (Losin' Lately Gambler)
- Big Legs Tight Skirt - John Lee Hooker (Hooker)
- Red Necks, White Socks, Blue Ribbon Beer - Johnny Russel (The Country Store Collection)
- Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan (Charley Jordan, Vol. 1, 1930-1931)
- Soap and Water Blues - Washboard Sam (When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 4: That's All Right)
- One Blue Dress on the Line - Kendel Carson (Alright Dynamite)
- Brand New Pair of Britches - Sawmill Road (One)
- Two Coats - Patty Loveless (Mountain Soul)
- The Man in the Little White Suit - Charlie Walker (Pick Me Up on Your Way Down)
- Red Bandana - Merle Haggard (Down Every Road)

Mittwoch, 14. April 2010

Sendung vom 11.4.2010 - Loretta and Jim



- Blue Kentucky Girl - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- Honky Tonk Girl - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- Your Squaw Is on the War Path - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- One's on the Way - Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter)
- The Pill - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- Out of my Head and Back in my Bed - Loretta Lynn (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly - Loretta Lynn feat. Conway Twitty (Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection)
- Silver Threads and Golden Needles - Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette (Honky Tonk Angels)
- Wrong Road Again - Crystal Gayle (The Best of Crystal Gayle)
- Country in my Genes - Loretta Lynn (Still Country)
- Story of my Life - Loretta Lynn (Van Lear Rose)
- You Don't Seem to Miss Me - Patty Loveless feat. George Jones (Long Stretch of Lonesome)
- Point of No Return - Jim Lauderdale (Point of No Return)
- Gonna Get a Life - Mark Chesnutt (What a Way to Live)
- I'll Lead You Home - Jim Lauderdale feat. Ralph Stanley and the Clich Mountain Boys (Whisper)
- Highway Through my Home - Jim Lauderdale feat Ralph Stanley (I Feel Like Singing Today)
- Tennessee Dawn - Jim Lauderdale (Could We Get Any Closer?)

Sendung vom 4.4.2010 - New Stuff



- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Muddy Waters (The Chess Box)
- Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters (The Chess Box)
- Everyday's Been Sunday - Eric Bibb (Booker's Guitar)
- Cornbread and Butterbeans - Carolina Chocolate Drops (Genuine Negro Jig)
- Home Made Lemonade - Black Prairie (Feast of the Hunter's Moon)
- In Heaven There Is No Beer - Texas Tornados (Esta Bueno)
- Pirkin Country Turnaround - Steve Martin (Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Celebration)
- The Plan - The Krueger Brothers (Forever and a Day)
- I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers (I and Love and You)
- With Cornstalks of Among Them - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang (The Wonder Show of the World)
- Carry the Lone - Fredy Rotten (Even If We Sleep)
- Holy Rollers for Love - Jakob Dylan (Women + Country)
- Detroit City - Bobby Bare (The All-American Boy)
- Mama Bake a Pie (Papa Killed a Chicken) - Bobby Bare (The Mercury Years)
- Numbers - Bobby Bare (All American Boy)

Montag, 12. April 2010

Not guilty



Billy Joe Shaver ist ein freier Mann. Merke: in Texas ist es okay, einem Mann in die Fresse zu schiessen, wenn er deine Frau dumm begafft. Shavers Kommentar: "I could have just left the bar, but that would have been chicken shit." Die ganze Story hier

Montag, 29. März 2010

Sendung vom 28.3.2010 - Eric Clapton

- Boom Boom - The Yardbirds (Crossroads)
- Baby Don't Worry - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Live at the Crow-Daddy Club)
- Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton (Crossroads)
- Crossroads - Cream
(Crossroads)
- Sleeping in the Ground - Blind Faith (Blind Faith)
- May You Never - John Martin (Solid Air)
- Mean Old Frisco - Derek and the Dominos
(Crossroads)
- Sign Language - Eric Clapton (No Reason to Cry)
- We're All the Way - Eric Clapton (Slowhand)
- After Midnight - J.J. Cale (Naturally)
- Golden Ring - The Krüger Brothers (Access All Areas)
- Blues Before Sunrise - Eric Clapton (From the Cradle)
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James (King of the Slide Guitar)
- Riding With the King - Eric Clapton & B.B. King (Riding With the King)
- Ride the River - J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton (The Road to Escondido)

Sendung vom 21.3.2010 - All this Blues

- Preachin' Blues - Son House (Father of the Delta Blues)
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Paul Rishell & Anne Raines (Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton)
- Lay Your Burdens Down - Mojo Swamp (Lay Your Burdens Down)
- Pallet on Your Floor - Mojo Swamp & the Little Chevy (Live @ the X-Roads)
- Memphis Has Got the Blues - Rita Chiarelli (Breakfast at Midnight)
- Blues for Yesterday - Charlie Musslewhite (Delta Hardware)
- Colour of the Blues - John Hammond (Ready for Love)
- It Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann (The Chess Story)
- Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters (Fathers and Sons)
- Rock Me Baby - Fleetwood Mac & Otis Spann (Blues Jam in Chicago Vol. 2)
- Death Letter - John Mellencamp (Trouble No More)

Donnerstag, 18. März 2010

Sendung vom 14.3.2010 - Buena Vista Social Pub

- Fallin' & Flyin' - Colin Farrell & Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart O.S.T)
- Fireball Roberts - John Hiatt (The Open Road)
- Crossing Muddy Waters - John Hiatt (Crossing Muddy Waters)
- Homeland - John Hiatt (The Open Road)
- The Most Original Sin - Willie Nelson (Across the Borderline)
- Rounding Third - The Holmes Brothers (Feed my Soul)
- Like a Hurricane - The Coal Porters (Duranga)
- Dixie Darling - South Memphis String Band (Home Sweet Home)
- Recession Blues - Hank Shizzoe (Breather)
- Mr. Porter - The Sad Riders (In the End We Always Win)
- March to Battle - The Chieftains feat. Liam Neeson (San Patricio)
- Guadalupe - The Chieftains feat. Linda Ronstadt and Los Lobos (Santiago)
- Cancion Mixteca - The Chieftains feat. Los Tigres Del Norte (San Patricio)
- Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel - The Chieftains with John Hiatt (Further Down the Old Plank Road)

Donnerstag, 11. März 2010

Red-Headed Stranger On The Way

Nach Kris Kristofferson kommt auch der zweite noch lebende Highwayman nach Basel. Willie Nelson spielt am 23.6. im grossen Festsaal der Messe.

Dienstag, 9. März 2010

Sendung vom 7.3.2010 - Townes Van Zandt



- Waitin' Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt (For the Sake of the Song)
- To Live Is to Fly - Townes Van Zandt (High, Low and in Between)
- Rex's Blues - David Onley (Roses)
- I'll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt feat. Barb Donovan (Angelina)
- White Freightliner Blues - Jon Langford, Sally Timms & John Rce (There's a Hole in Heaven Where Some Sin Slips Through
- Racing in the Streets - Townes Van Zandt (Roadsongs)
- Black Widow Blues - Townes Van Zandt (In the Beginning)
- Hunger Child Blues - Navel (Neonoir)
- Black Crow Blues - Jari Antti (Live @ the X-Roads)
- The Hole - Townes Van Zandt (No Deeper Blues)
- Pancho and Lefty - Willie Nelson feat. Bob Dylan (Live Recording)
- St. John the Gambler - Townes Van Zandt (Our Mother the Mountain)
- If I Was Washington - Townes Van Zandt (No Deeper Blue)
- Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt (Flyin' Shoes)