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THE OUTLAW POET AND THE CRAWFISH QUEEN: BILLY JOE SHAVER AND YVETTE LANDRY
The late Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver was a prolific composer who drew inspiration from his life experiences: turning horses to working in a sawmill; his relationship with religion and his family. All raw material for honing classic country songs, many of which are anthemic in the Outlaw Country music scene of yore. Then, the former Crawfish Queen of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, Yvette Landry, shares stories of coming to music and song-making later in life, and her work with the “Godfather of Swamp Pop,” Warren Storm. Plus words and music from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball and Fats Domino.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Road Stop Jimmy Day
Stars of the Steel Guitar , Gusto Records - Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings
Honky Tonk Heroes , Sony - Heartaches By the Number Ray Price
The Essential Ray Price: 1951-1962 , Sony - If You've Got the Money Honey (I've Got the Time) Lefty Frizzell
The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 1-1950-1951 , Sony - Clip: Billy Joe Shaver meets Harlan Howard
Listen - Ride Me Down Easy Bobby Bare
The Essential Bobby Bare , Sony - Chicken on the Ground Wanda Jackson
Tears Will Be the Chaser For Your Wine , Bear Family - Instrumental: Heartaches By the Number Floyd Cramer
More Country Classics , Sony - Clip: Growing Up in Corsicana
Listen - I've Been to Georgia on a Fast Train Billy Joe Shaver
The Essential Billy Joe Shaver , Sony - Clip: Writing Poetry
Listen - Old Chunk of Coal Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits , Compadre Records - Clip: Becoming a Songwriter
Listen - Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me Billy Joe Shaver
Old Five and Dimers Like Me , Sony - Clip: Nashville on a Cantaloupe Truck
Listen - Music City, USA Billy Joe Shaver
Long in the Tooth , Lightning Rod Records - Clip: Honky Tonk Heroes
Listen - Old Five and Dimers (Like Me) Waylon Jennings
Honky Tonk Heroes , Sony - Instrumental: Jukebox Charlie Lloyd Green
Revisited , Lloyd Green - Pick Up the Tempo Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
Waylon and Willie , Sony - Ain't You Sorry Mance Lipscomb
Captain, Captain , Arhoolie - I Feel A Change Coming On Bob Dylan
Together Through Life , Sony - Clip: His son, Eddy
Listen - Live Forever Shaver
Tramp on Your Street , BMG - Clip: Advice to Songwriters
Listen - Try and Try Again Billy Joe Shaver
The Real Deal , Compadre Records - Closing Bed: Sunday in Dixie Buddy Emmons
Stars of the Steel Guitar , Gusto Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Blue Moon Girl Yvette Landry
Should Have Known , Yvette Landry - Le vieux soulard et sa femme (The Old Drunkard And his Wife) Cleoma Breaux and Joe Falcon
Anthology of American Folk Music , Smithsonian Folkways - Rosa Majeur Queen Ida
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band , GNP Crescendo - Le Vieux Dodge a Bill Landry Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin , Bridgetown - SEGMENT: Yvette Landry
Listen - Instrumental: Ginning-Take 1 Scatman Pattin
Rockin’ Days in Shreveport, Louisiana, Various Artists, Ram Records , USA Network - Prisoner's Song Warren Storm
Swamp Gold , Jin Records - Irene Warren Storm Willie T & Cypress
Warren Storm Willie T & Cypress , Jin Records - SEGMENT: Yvette Landry on Warren Storm
Listen - Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
Coteau: Highly Seasoned Cajun Music , Rounder - Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Outlaws and Armadillos: The Roaring 70s , Country Music Hall of Fame - Just Another Lie Linda Brannon
Early, Rare Rockabilly and Country (Hillbilly) , Ram Records - Hole in My Heart Feufollet
Two Universes , Feufollet - Whiskey Heaven Fats Domino
Sentimental Journey: Fats Domino Live at the University of New Orleans , BMG - Heaven is a Honky Tonk The Highwomen
The Highwomen , Elektra - Closing bed: Still of the Night Santo and Johnny
Santo and Johnny: Volume Secondo , Duck Records
