Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Merle Travis |
I'll See You In My Dreams |
The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53) |
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| 2 | Joe Maphis & Merle Travis |
Alabama Jubilee |
Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981) |
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| 3 | John McEuen |
Merle Travis Story |
Live in L.A. |
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| 4 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
Cannonball Rag |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 |
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| 5 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
Dark as a Dungeon |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 |
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| 6 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 |
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| 7 | Willie Nelson |
Dark As A Dungeon |
Country Music |
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| 8 | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Dark As A Dungeon |
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] |
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| 9 | Willie Nelson |
Sixteen Tons |
Remember Me, Vol. 1 |
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| 10 | The Platters |
Sixteen Tons |
The Magic Touch: An Anthology |
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| 11 | James & Bobby Purify |
16 Tons |
The Best Of |
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| 12 | Hank Penny |
Merle's Buck Dance |
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys |
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| 13 | Merle Travis |
Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer |
Ash Grove 12/9/1966 |
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| 14 | The Kentucky Colonels |
Nine Pound Hammer |
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics |
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| 15 | The Country Gentlemen |
I Am a Pilgrim |
On the Road (And More) |
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| 16 | Johnny Cash |
Loading Coal [Album Version] |
Ride This Train |
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| 17 | Merle Travis |
Start Even |
Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] |
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| 18 | Merle Travis |
No Vacancy |
The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. |
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| 19 | Ernest Tubb |
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed |
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story |
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| 20 | Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris |
Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1 |
Lead Kindly Light |
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| 21 | Bill Frisell |
Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis) |
Guitar In The Space Age |
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| 22 | Johnny Bond |
Divorce Me C.O.D. |
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys |
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| 23 | Tex Ritter |
Everybody Likes A Little Lovin' |
High Noon |
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| 24 | Tex Williams & His Western Caravan |
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) |
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 |
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| 25 | Spade Cooley & His Orchestra |
Steel Guitar Rag |
Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley |
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| 26 | Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis |
Wildwood Flower |
Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers |
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| 27 | Merle Travis |
Philosophy |
Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] |
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| 28 | Merle Travis |
Too Much Sugar For A Dime |
Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] |
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| 29 | The Everly Brothers |
Muskrat |
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 |
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| 30 | Doc Watson/Merle Watson |
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke |
Black Mountain Rag |
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| 31 | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
That's All |
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] |
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| 32 | Ricky Skaggs |
Sweet Temptation |
Favorite Country Songs |
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| 33 | Merle Travis |
When My Baby Double Talks To Me |
Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] |
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| 34 | Merle Travis |
When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola |
The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. |
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Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
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| 1 | Bobbie Gentry |
Ode To Billie Joe |
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 |
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| 2 | Elvis Presley |
Don't Cry Daddy |
Always on My Mind |
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| 3 | Tammy Wynette |
D-I-V-O-R-C-E |
Country Legends |
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| 4 | Hank Williams |
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
24 Greatest |
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| 5 | Bobby Bare |
Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963) |
All American Boy – CD 2 |
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| 6 | Doc & Merle Watson |
The Tragic Romance |
Ballads From Deep Gap |
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| 7 | David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant |
Tragic Romance |
Life Of Sorrow |
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| 8 | Grandpa Jones |
Tragic Romance |
Makes The Rafters Ring |
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| 9 | The Stanley Brothers |
Tragic Love |
An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 |
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| 10 | Lefty Frizzell |
The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965 |
Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3) |
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| 11 | Red Fox Chasers |
Wreck On The Mountain Road |
People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine |
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| 12 | Esco Hankins |
Wreck on the Highway |
1947-1951 (Warped 4732) |
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| 13 | Vernon Dalhart |
The Wreck Of The Old '97 |
American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1] |
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| 14 | Lefty Frizzell |
Long Black Veil |
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana |
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| 15 | Mel Tillis |
Life Turned Her That Way |
36 All Time Greatest Hits |
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| 16 | Mary Gauthier |
Mercy Now |
Mercy Now |
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| 17 | Townes Van Zandt |
Waiting Around to Die |
Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt |
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| 18 | Vern Gosdin |
Chiseled in Stone |
Chiseled in Stone |
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| 19 | Ray Charles & Willie Nelson |
Seven Spanish Angels |
The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) |
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| 20 | James King |
He Stopped Loving Her Today |
Three Chords & The Truth |
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| 21 | Lucinda Williams |
Sweet Old World |
Sweet Old World |
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| 22 | Dwight Yoakam |
I Sang Dixie |
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room |
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| 23 | Willie Nelson |
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain |
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow |
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| 24 | Merle Haggard |
Sing Me Back Home |
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] |
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| 25 | Red Foley |
Old Shep |
Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever |
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| 26 | Walter Brennan |
Old Rivers |
Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2] |
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| 27 | Charlie Louvin |
Wreck on the Highway |
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs |
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| 28 | Doc & Merle Watson |
The Wreck of The Old #9 |
Ballads From Deep Gap |
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| 29 | Faron Young |
Hello Walls |
Hello Walls / The Young Approach |
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| 30 | Merle Haggard |
If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster) |
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard |
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| 31 | Johnny Cash |
Hurt |
Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American |
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A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Mavis Staples |
We Go High |
If All I Was Was Black |
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| 2 | Fats Domino |
Telling Lies |
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 |
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| 3 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
No Room In the Church for Liars |
Precious Memories |
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| 4 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Let That Liar Alone |
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43 |
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| 5 | Reverend A. Johnson |
Let That Liar Pass On By |
1950s Gospel Classics |
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| 6 | Radio Yesterday |
Lights Out |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 7 | Martha Fields |
Southern White Lies |
Southern White Lies |
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| 8 | Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands |
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) |
The Hazel and Alice Sessions |
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| 9 | The Carter Family |
You Better Let That Liar Alone |
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3) |
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| 10 | David Olney |
No Lies |
One Tough Town |
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| 11 | Rosalie Allen |
Hitler Lives |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 12 | Carl Smith |
Wicked Lies |
Kisses Don't Lie |
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| 13 | The Nashville Bluegrass Band |
The Biggest Liars in Town |
Home of the Blues |
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| 14 | Flatt & Scruggs |
Poison Lies |
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2] |
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| 15 | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
Lies |
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary |
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| 16 | Cyndi Lauper |
Lies |
A Hat Full Of Stars |
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| 17 | The Roosevelts |
Tell Only Lies |
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn |
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| 18 | Ian Gomm |
Dirty Lies |
Summer Holiday |
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| 19 | The Castaways |
Liar, Liar |
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack] |
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| 20 | The Knickerbockers |
Lies |
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 |
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| 21 | Tex Grande & His Range Riders |
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 22 | Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers |
Tellin' Lies |
The Eyes of Texas |
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| 23 | John Hartford |
Politic |
Hamilton Ironworks |
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| 24 | Mimi & Richard Farina |
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream |
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics |
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| 25 | Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk |
All Men Are Liars |
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe |
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| 26 | J.J. Cale |
Lies |
The Very Best of J.J. Cale |
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| 27 | Frankie Boots And The County Line |
Pack Of Lies |
Frankie Boots And The County Line |
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| 28 | Neko Case |
Lonely Old Lies |
The Virginian |
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| 29 | Johnnie Taylor |
Running Out Of Lies |
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3] |
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It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
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| 1 | Mavis Staples |
We Go High |
If All I Was Was Black |
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| 2 | Fats Domino |
Telling Lies |
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 |
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| 3 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
No Room In the Church for Liars |
Precious Memories |
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| 4 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Let That Liar Alone |
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43 |
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| 5 | Reverend A. Johnson |
Let That Liar Pass On By |
1950s Gospel Classics |
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| 6 | Radio Yesterday |
Lights Out |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 7 | Martha Fields |
Southern White Lies |
Southern White Lies |
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| 8 | Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands |
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) |
The Hazel and Alice Sessions |
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| 9 | The Carter Family |
You Better Let That Liar Alone |
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3) |
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| 10 | David Olney |
No Lies |
One Tough Town |
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| 11 | Rosalie Allen |
Hitler Lives |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 12 | Carl Smith |
Wicked Lies |
Kisses Don't Lie |
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| 13 | The Nashville Bluegrass Band |
The Biggest Liars in Town |
Home of the Blues |
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| 14 | Flatt & Scruggs |
Poison Lies |
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2] |
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| 15 | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
Lies |
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary |
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| 16 | Cyndi Lauper |
Lies |
A Hat Full Of Stars |
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| 17 | The Roosevelts |
Tell Only Lies |
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn |
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| 18 | Ian Gomm |
Dirty Lies |
Summer Holiday |
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| 19 | The Castaways |
Liar, Liar |
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack] |
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| 20 | The Knickerbockers |
Lies |
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 |
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| 21 | Tex Grande & His Range Riders |
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini |
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell |
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| 22 | Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers |
Tellin' Lies |
The Eyes of Texas |
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| 23 | John Hartford |
Politic |
Hamilton Ironworks |
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| 24 | Mimi & Richard Farina |
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream |
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics |
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| 25 | Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk |
All Men Are Liars |
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe |
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| 26 | J.J. Cale |
Lies |
The Very Best of J.J. Cale |
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| 27 | Frankie Boots And The County Line |
Pack Of Lies |
Frankie Boots And The County Line |
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| 28 | Neko Case |
Lonely Old Lies |
The Virginian |
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| 29 | Johnnie Taylor |
Running Out Of Lies |
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3] |
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A Century of America's Music