Breakin' The Law

Breakin’ The Law

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis,  The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Willy DeVille Hey Joe Backstreets Of Desire Amazon
3The Leaves Hey Joe Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 Amazon
4The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4 Amazon
5Dick & Dee Dee Thou Shalt Not Steal The Singles Collection Amazon
6The Cadillacs Jay Walker For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
7Kitty Wells Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single Amazon
8Ray Batts Stealin' Sugar Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock Amazon
9Eilen Jewell If You Catch Me Stealing Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
10Hank Snow The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1] Amazon
11Porter Wagoner The Cold Hard Facts of Life The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
12Jimmy Littlejohn No Parking Here The World Is A Monster Amazon
13Johnny Cash Out Among the Stars Out Among The Stars Amazon
14Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues Original Greatest Hits Amazon
15The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
16Joe Ely Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch Amazon
17Merle Haggard The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
18The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Jesse James Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy Amazon
19Bruce Springsteen Jesse James We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
20New Riders Of The Purple Sage Glendale Train New Riders Of The Purple Sage Amazon
21Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson In the Jailhouse Now O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
22Rod Morris Alabama Jailhouse Country Boy's Dream Amazon
23Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
24Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Private Property (No Tresspassing) One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
25Howling Wolf My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes Sings The Blues Amazon
26David Lindley Talk to the Lawyer Win This Record Amazon
27Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Amazon
28Mac Wiseman Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer Old Likker In A New Jug Amazon
29Kitty Wells Will Your Lawyer Talk To God Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
30Ricky Skaggs Drunken Driver Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
31Goodnight, Texas A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme Uncle John Farquhar Amazon
32Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered) Amazon
33Dinah Washington Jailhouse Blues The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon