The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Zeke Clements	Payday Saturday Night	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
2	The Sons Of The Pioneers	When Payday Rolls Around	Symphonies Of The Sage
3	Lefty Frizzell	When Payday Comes Around	1950-1951 (Warped 5061)
4	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
5	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Very Best of: 1958 – 1962
6	Dan Hicks	Payday Blues [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
7	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
8	The Fiestas	Dollar Bill (stereo)	Oh So Fine (Ace)
9	Hank Penny	Taxes, Taxes	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
10	Johnny Cash	After Taxes	I Would Like to See You Again
11	Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio	I Paid My Income Tax Today	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
12	The Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
13	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Payday	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
15	Lucious Curtis	Payday	Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage
16	Bobby Charles	Nickles, Dimes and Dollars	Timeless
17	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
18	Oscar Brand	A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
19	Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats	That Almighty Dollar	Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970
20	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
21	Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar	I Need A Dollar
22	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
23	Roomful Of Blues	Money Talks	Dressed Up To Get Messed Up
24	Dom Flemons	Big Money Blues	Traveling Wildfire
25	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	For The Love Of Money	If You Don't Know Me By Now
26	The Lovin' Spoonful	Money	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
27	Sierra Ferrell	Silver Dollar	Long Time Coming
28	Van Morrison	Greenback Dollar	Moving On Skiffle
29	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
31	Mel Blanc	Money	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
32	Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis	The Money Song	Cocktail Hour Disc 1