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United States of Americana for August 2, 2015

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August 02, 2015

This episode we remembered Buddy Emmons and Hank Cochran. I also featured a good dose of new music!

Americana gig list:

Bear's Den - 8/3 - Turf Club
Billy Joe Shaver / Frankie Lee - 8/5 - The Dakota /cancelled
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - 8/7 - Turf Club
Kasey Chambers - 8/13 - The Cedar
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers - 8/19 - The Cedar
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds 8/20 - 7th St. Entry
Charlie Daniels Band - 8/21 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre
Daniel Romano - 8/25 - Turf Club
Alejandro Escovedo / Joe Ely - 8/27 - The Cedar
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - 9/3 - MN Zoo
Asleep at the Wheel - 9/3 - The Dakota
Music on a Stick: feat. The Avett Brothers /Preservation Hall Jazz Band - 9/5 - MN State Fair
Merle Haggard / Kris Kristofferson / Sturgill Simpson - 9/7 - MN State Fair
HorseFeathers - 9/9 - Turf Club
Eliza Gilkyson - 9/11 - The Cedar
Todd Snider / Elizabeth Cook - 9/12 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Tommy Stinson - 9/12 - Turf Club
New Century Sessions feat. Farewell Milwaukee / Fathom Lane / Actual Wolf - 9/18 - New Century Theatre
John Prine rescheduled date - Orpheum 9/19
Festival Palomino - 9/19 - Canterbury Park
Noah Gundersen - 9/21 - Fine Line
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - 9/22 - State Theatre
Albert Lee & Cindy Cashdollar - 9/26 - The Dakota
Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives - 10/2 - Medina
Ben Weaver - 10/3 - The Cedar
Lindi Ortega - 10/7 - The Cedar
Hayes Carll (acoustic) / Aubrey Sellers- 10/9 - The Cedar
The Steel Wheels - 10/14 - The Cedar
The Steeldrivers - 10/18 - The Cedar
David Ramirez / Dylan LeBlanc - 10/20 - Turf Club
Lucero - 10/21 - First Avenue
Old 97's / Banditos - 10/26 - Turf Club
Milk Carton Kids - 11/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Jamey Johnson - 11/4 - Cabooze
David Wax Museum - 11/4 - Turf Club
Robert Bruey - 11/5 - Aster Cafe
Eilen Jewell - 11/11 - The Dakota
David Bromberg - 11/12 - The Cedar
USofA 6th Birthday feat.Pokey LaFarge - 11/13 - Fine Line
Iris DeMent / Pieta Brown - 11/18 - The Cedar
John Gorka - 11/21 - The Cedar

Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
Liquor Pigs - Fridays 7-9pm - Palmer's

Segments

Night Life
Ray Price

God Bless the Immigrants
Sarah Streitz

City of Immigrants
Steve Earle

The Only Thing Worth Fighting For
Lera Lynn

From an Airplane
Iris DeMent

Concrete and Barbed Wire
Lucinda Williams

I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell

Kingdom of Fear
East Cameron Folkcore

Down with the Shine
The Avett Brothers

I've Been Drinking More
Jason James

Sally Was A Good Old Girl
Hank Cochran

Thunder on the Mountain
Bob Dylan

Bound By the Blue
Sonny Landreth

Speed Trap Town
Jason Isbell

Country Boy Rock and Roll
Marty Stuart

Yellow Eyes
Rayland Baxter

Central Time
Pokey LaFarge

Pot Roast & Kisses
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band

Be My Baby
Whitney Rose

She's Got You
Patsy Cline

The Serge
Steelism

The Things I Regret
Brandi Carlile

Have Mercy
Loretta Lynn

Are You Sure
Kacey Musgraves feat. Willie Nelson

Ballad of Sugar
Sugarcane Jane

Traveller
Chris Stapleton

Buffalo
Frankie Lee

Pump It Up
Jon Cleary