Category: 3-MusicSometimeTalk

Is there any better feeling than quitting a job? Not that we can think of! (It's even better than a pair of jeans that fits just right!) On this B-B-B-BONUS episode, that's exactly what we're talking about: quittin', walkin' out, and movin' on from jobs. We also talk about small-town standup scenes, being new in comedy, and more!

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The boys are joined by comedian Rafe Williams (@iamrafewilliams, Young Grandpa) to discuss the music and poetry of Guy Clark. Specifically, they discuss the career-making gem "LA Freeway," plus Guy's history, his similarities to Mark Twain, and how he may have inadvertently created the Americana genre.

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New to Guy Clark? Here are some other recs from Rafe, Danny, and Tyler:
Desperados Waiting For a Train
The Last Gunfighter
Dublin Blues
She Aint Going Nowhere
My Favorite Picture of You
Tornado Time in Texas
Heavy Metal 
Cold Dog Soup
Homegrown Tomatoes
To Live is To Fly
Stuff That Works
The Cape
The Randal Knife
The Carpenter

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Maren Morris is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum artist. She’s also won multiple country music awards, including CMAs for Female Vocalist of the Year, and Single of the Year in 2020, but her feelings about the country music industry are kind of complicated, as she discusses in this episode. She breaks down her song "Humble Quest," which is the title track from her third album. It was produced by Greg Kurstin, who’s won the Producer of the Year Grammy more than once. The album came out in March, and hit #2 on Billboard country chart. But before "Humble Quest" was a title, Maren had to figure out what the words meant to her, and that’s where the song began.

To learn more, visit songexploder.net/maren-morris

Grab a whiskey and grab a hanky, because we've got a hell of a story song for you this week! On this episode, Danny and Tyler discuss one of their favorite songs of 2022: Willi Carlisle's "Tulsa's Last Magician." A sincere, thoughtful, and talented songwriter, folklorist, and multi-instrumentalist, Willi Carlisle has quickly become one of the boys favorite new artists. If you like gut-punching lyrical poetry and bouncy, charming finger-pickin', then you're gonna like Willi and the song of the week.

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New to Willi? We've got some recs for you, including...
What The Rocks Don’t Know
Boy Howdy, Hot Dog!
Angels
The Bear
Blueprints for Heaven
Folk Art Masterpiece
Life on the Fence
Cheap Cocaine
30th Year

Make sure to support Willi Carlisle by seeing him live when you can, or buying his music, including his upcoming album, Peculiar, Missouri.

Follow the link to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including the "Tulsa's Last Magician":
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The boys met up in comedian Ben Kronberg's (The Denver Comedy Lounge, Late Night with Seth Meyers) home in Denver to discuss a curious question: what is the deal with singing about blue jeans in modern country music? Danny, Tyler, and Ben attempt to identify the origins of denim in country, and trace how it turned into a full-blown, bro-country cliché by the mid-2000's.

They even put together a blue jeans playlist, if you dare to listen.

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Rick Astley is a singer and songwriter from England, whose debut single, "Never Gonna Give You Up," became an international smash hit. The song came out in July 1987 and won the BRIT Award for “British Single of the Year.” It hit number one in 25 countries, and Rick Astley was nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist. And then, 20 years after the song came out, it became a new kind of phenomenon, when the meme Rickrolling was born. Last year, the music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" passed a billion streams on YouTube. The song was written and produced by the production team Stock Aitken Waterman, who became hitmakers for artists like Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive, and others. For this episode, I spoke to Rick Astley, and songwriter and producer Mike Stock, and the two of them tell the story of how "Never Gonna Give You Up" was made.

For more, visit songexploder.net/rick-astley.

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This week's episode was recorded LIVE at The Chief Comedy Festival in Trinidad Colorado, with special guest Amy Miller (Comedy Central, "California King" album out now!). We talk, of course, about the good music and bad behavior of Outlaw country's tiniest outlaw, Johnny Paycheck. Specifically, we cover Paycheck's early (pre-cocaine) hit, "She's All I Got."

New to Johnny Paycheck? Here's come recommended listening from Amy, Danny, and Tyler:
I'm The Only Hell (Mama's Ever Raised)
Old Violin
Take This Job and Shove It
Fifteen Beers
Gone at Last
Barstool Mountain
Armed and Crazy
Me and the IRS

Follow the link to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including the "She's All I Got":
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Yeehaw! Take This Pod and Shove It has been around for 6 months! While we might've been doing this regardless of any listenership, hollering desperately into the digital void like a coupla mangy coyotes howling at the night sky, we are very thankful for all the support and encouragement from our listeners. We love ya, Shovelos!

In addition to giving some thank you's to our Shovelos and Patreon subscribers, Tyler and Danny cover some wild news involving Dolly Parton and Taco Bell, plus they introduce a new segment called SOME SONGS CONSIDERED, in which the boys give some recommendations for their favorite new music of the last year (some country music, some not!). Listen to the last half to hear what new tunes have caught their ears.

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Follow the link to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify!
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This week Danny and Tyler are joined by Ashley Ray (@theashleyray, TV I Say with Ashley Ray podcast, HBO, Adult Swim) to discuss Beyoncé's venture into country music with "Daddy Lessons" from her groundbreaking album Lemonade. They also discuss the impact, power, and badass-ness of Beyoncé teaming up with The Chicks for the incredible "Daddy Lessons" remix.
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Ashley—an expert on Beyoncé and Lemonade—breaks down how the album is about many things, including black womanhood, Beyonce’s roots in the South, finding independence, and healing the wounds caused by generational trauma. And "Daddy Lessons," uses country music to not only take on some of these themes, but to take us back in time to Bey's childhood. We also talk about Reba a lot!

Of course you know Beyoncé, but here's some recs from Ashley and your hosts:

• My, Myself, and I
• Daddy
• Love on Top
• Run the World (Girls)
• Party (feat. Andre 3000)
• If I Were A Boy
• HOMECOMING (album)
• 7/11
• Freedom
• Don’t Hurt Yourself
• Single Ladies
• All Night
• Pretty Hurts

Follow the link to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including the "Daddy Lessons":
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Episode 149 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Respect”, and the journey of Aretha Franklin from teenage gospel singer to the Queen of Soul. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

Patreon backers also have a fifteen-minute bonus episode available, on “I’m Just a Mops” by the Mops.

Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/

Also, people may be interested in a Facebook discussion group for the podcast, run by a friend of mine (I’m not on FB myself) which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/293630102611672/

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