On the latest USofA I featured Merle Haggard. Yesterday was his 76th birthday! I featured a good dose of his music and some choice covers!

I also gave a spin to a couple of tunes from Phosphorescent, who are performing next Friday at the Turf Club. Also on the docket are a couple from the new Dawes album, which is set for release on Tuesday and will be The Currents CD of the week beginning tomorrow!

Segments

Wishing All These Old Things Were New
Merle Haggard

Heart Race
Lucy Michelle

My Own Kind of Hat
Rosie Flores

God
Southwire

Ain't It Your Birthday
Jonny Fritz

Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
Hayes Carll

I Was Drunk
Bobby Bare

Most People
Dawes

El Paso
Marty Robbins

Mermaid Parade
Phosphorescent

Long Gone Dead
Rank and File
VINTAGE VINYL

You Don't Have Very Far To Go
Lucinda Williams

Waitin'
Caitlin Rose

Angel of Death
Honeyhoney

Branded Man
Merle Haggard

Liar
Delta Saints

A Workin' Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
Peter Case

Borrowed Time
Night Beds

Tongue Behind My Teeth
The Staves

Mykonos
Fleet Foxes

I Cry For Love
Carrie Rodriguez

Someone Will
Dawes

Are the Good Time Really Over For Good
John Doe and the Sadies

Invisible
Steve Earle and the Dukes and Dutchesses

A Terror in the Canyons
Phosphorescent

Swallow My Pride
Billy Bragg

Kern River
Dave Alvin

Mama Tried
Merle Haggard

Movin' On
Merle Haggard