There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.
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1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Asleep at the Wheel
Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
3
Roger Miller
Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
4
Doug Kershaw
You Don't Want My Love
The Best Of Doug Kershaw
5
Ernest Tubb
Half a Mind
Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
6
Faron Young
A World So Full of Love
The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7
Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell
Invitation to the Blues
Old Yellow Moon
8
George Jones
Tall Tall Trees
George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
9
Roger Miller
Tall, Tall Trees
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
10
Roger Miller
My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
11
Charley Pride
Billy Bayou
20 Classics
12
Jim Reeves
Home
Essential Jim Reeves
13
Roger Miller
Little Green Apples
All Time Greatest Hits
14
Bill Kirchen
Husbands and Wives (Album)
Word To The Wise
15
Roger Miller/Willie Nelson
Husbands and Wives
Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
16
Willie Nelson
Old Friends
One Hell Of A Ride
17
Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard
Old Friends
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
18
Patsy Cline
When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]
The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
19
Little Jimmy Dickens
When Your House Is Not A Home
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
20
Merle Haggard
Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go
Chicago Wind
21
Ray Price
Invitation To The Blues
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
22
Jon Rauhouse
Pardon This Coffin
The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
23
Roger Miller
King Of The Road
The Best Of : Vol 2
24
Dick Curless
King of the Road
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
25
Roger Miller
Kansas City Star
The Best Of : Vol 2
26
Kacey Musgraves
Kansas City Star
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
27
Roger Miller
Dang Me
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
28
Willie Nelson
When Two Worlds Collide
Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
29
Alison Krauss
You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
30
Alison Krauss
River In The Rain
Windy City
31
Roger Miller
Where Have All The Average People Gone
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
32
Roger Miller
Hoppy's Gone
The Best Of : Vol 2
33
The Dead South
One Dying And A Burying
King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
34
Nick Lowe
Old Toy Trains
Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family