Turkey leftovers? No, country leftovers. “…and I fell asleep with a troubled dream and dreamed I road on the hellbound train.” Just one line from one track from our Friday morning Deeper Roots show which focuses on some country songs ‘from the edge’. An eclectic blend of sometimes morose and other times kitschy stories of mid-century country singers looking for the next “Big Bad John” with stories of engine mishaps, disturbances of mind and relationships, and the general consensus of lyrical country that ‘the world is a monster’. Hillbillies, rabble rousers, and would-be crooners give us those tormented testimonies of country music. Join Dave Stroud for a very unusual collection of sounds from the archives of the fifties and sixties, when country blossomed; the songs he’s going to feature had a hard time cracking the Top 100 because the stories told are ‘out there’, even for country music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Dick Flood	Hellbound Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
2	Bill Anderson	Goodbye Cruel World	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
3	Rocky Porter	The World Is A Monster	The World Is A Monster
4	Johnny Tyler	God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
5	Buck Ritchey	The Slave	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
6	Anita Carter	Satan's Child	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
7	Art Kilmer & The Up-Town Four	The Devil's Twist	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
8	Roy And Georgia And The SO And SO's	Devil Get Away From Me	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
9	David Ingles	(Satan Has Been) Paralyzed	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
10	Jimmy Minor	Satan's Chauffeur	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
11	Steve Bledsoe	Bang, Bang You're Dead	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
12	The Looper Trio	Life Beyond Death	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
13	Danny Dill	The Eyes Of Death	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
14	Hank Williams	The Angel Of Death	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
15	Autry Inman	Six Rounds Of Love And Hate	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
16	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
17	Don Bowman	Spanish Weed	1967 (Warped 6706)
18	Wendell Austin (And The Country Swings)	LSD	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
19	Bud Freeman & The Summa Cum Laude Orchestra	Please Tell The World (A Message From The Grave)	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
20	Red River Dave	California Hippie Murders	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
21	Mel Tillis	Loco Weed (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
22	Olin Bingham	They Wouldn't Listen To A Kid	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
23	Jack Cook	My Evil Mind	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
24	Ray Sanders	Graveyard Dance	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
25	Bill Carter	Shot Four Times And Dyin'	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
26	Travelin' Texans	Beating On The Bars	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
27	Len Barrow	Hades Highway	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
28	Don Bailey	Fourteen Stories Down	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
29	Charlie Gore	Sin City	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
30	Eddie Noack	Ain't The Reaping Ever Done	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
31	Eddie Noack	Before You Use That Gun	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
32	Troy Hess	Please Don't Go Topless, Mother	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
33	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
34	Wanda Jackson	Jesus Put A Yodel In My Soul	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5