This week in the Shack

The inspiration for this week's show comes from Son Volt's "Windfall", which came on the radio as I was driving back from a dance on a cold, rainy night during ALX last weekend. I really like a lot of Jay Farrar's imagery, and wanted to create something with the feel of the verse in the song about tuning in to an old-time AM radio station, and the show this week is filled with country blues, Americana, gospel, and a little bit of bluegrass.

For my American listeners, I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving, and for everyone out there, have a wonderful weekend and stay safe.

The Reverend.

1. Son Volt - Windfall (2:58)
2. Chris Thomas King - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (4:13)
3. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Nobody's Fault (3:17)
4. Rory Block - My Black Mama (4:28)
5. Asylum Street Spankers - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (5:13)
6. Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (3:52)
7. Crooked Still - New Railroad (3:15)
8. Cephas and Wiggins - Nine Pound Hammer (3:20)
9. Sonny Terry - Crow Jane (3:49)
10. Taj Mahal - Leaving Trunk (4:50)
11. Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz (2:12)
12. Mick Jagger/The Chieftains - The Long Black Veil (3:37)
13. Old Crow Medicine Show - James River Blues (3:06)
14. Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain (3:21)
15. Watermelon Slim - Last Blues (4:57)
16. Cephas & Wiggins - Broke And Hungry (5:02)
17. Rory Block - County Farm Blues (3:34)
18. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Christian's Automobile (2:12)
19. Asylum Street Spankers - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (2:42)
20. Blind Willie Johnson - Church, I'm Fully Saved Today (3:08)
21. Leadbelly - Didn't Ol' John Cross the Water (3:08)
22. Old Crow Medicine Show - I Hear Them All (3:05)
23. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line (3:18)
24. Taj Mahal - Diddy Wah Diddy (4:36)
25. Billie McAllister - 31 E. Blues (2:37)
26. Tab Benoit - Hustlin' Down In New Orleans (5:27)
27. Bob Dylan - Meet Me in the Morning (4:20)
28. Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) (4:27)
29. R.L. Burnside - Jumper Hangin' on the Line (3:13)
30. Taj Mahal - Bacon Fat (6:39)
31. Son Volt - Out Of The Picture (3:49)
32. James McMurtry - You'd a'Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die) (5:58)
33. Guy Forsyth - God Moves on the Water (3:37)
34. Hans Theessink - Frankie & Albert (3:11)
35. Taj Mahal - Stagger Lee (3:20)
36. Jud Newcomb - Midnight Hour Blues (5:38)
37. Asylum Street Spankers - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (2:59)
38. Leadbelly - Midnight Special (3:07)
39. Old Crow Medicine Show - Down Home Girl (3:47)
40. Ollabelle - Soul of a Man (3:59)
41. Denise With The Campbell Brothers - The Storm Is Passing Over (4:32)
42. Cowboy Junkies - Walkin' After Midnight (6:00)
43. Sunnyland Slim - Decoration Day (3:46)
44. Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love (3:51)
45. RobinElla - Love At The Five And Dime (4:35)
46. Robert Johnson - Rambling On My Mind (2:25)
47. Shorty Long - Richland Woman (2:52)

(Americana blues)