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United States of Americana for December 14, 2014

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December 14, 2014

This time we remember The Time Jumpers vocalist Dawn Sears, who died of cancer the other day in Nashville.

I also featured a few seasonal treats!

Segments

So Far Apart
The Time Jumpers

Yesterday
Willie Nelson

Life Has Its Ups and Downs
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives

Can't Blame Nobody But Myself
Marcia Ball

Girl From the North Country
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

Boy From the North
Monica Heldal

Cheshire
American Scarecrows

A Place In the Shade
Jon Dee Graham

Turf Club
Ben Kyle

Truck Drivin' Son of A Gun
Dave Dudley

Truckstop Amphetamines
JP Harris and the Tough Choices

Hot Like That
Kenny Vaughan

Come from the Heart
Hard Working Americans

I Take It On Home
Charlie Rich

Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
John Prine

King of Bakersfield
Cracker

Streets of Bakersfield
Dwight Yoakam

If We Make It Throgh December
Blue Rodeo

Comin' For Ya North Georgia Blues
Eliot Bronson

Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby
Carl Perkins

I Wish You Would
JD McPherson

I Blew It Off
Punch Brothers

Who Am I To Say
Justin Townes Earle

Look the Other Way
Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants

Butternut
Hugh Bob & the Hustle

Kandiyohi
Honeydogs

This Land Is Your Land
My Morning Jacket

The Quotidian Beasts
Phosphorescent

Gift Wrapped Girl
Trailer Trash