Return of the Waco Kid

As promised, here is the set list from this morning's rocking HoM rodeo. I have to postpone the "name the artist" contest due to the volume of work necessary between now and tonight's session at 1830. Sorry. You know already that Cross Canadian Ragweed are from Stillwater, OK and named for their frontman, Cody Canada. Everybody else on the list you should recognize. Really, really good spinning stuff. After the day's endorphin-fest I am quite certain that a video accompaniment would be fun. Let's take a few of the (traditional) song themes and imagine the images:

The lonely cowboy

Looking for love

Love found

Love lost

The lonely cowboy

Hollywood calls this (in non-country terms) Boy meets Girl, Rain turns to Sunshine, Rains return, Boy loses Girl. Anyway you shake it, that is the outline, be it 3:10 to Yuma, Good, Bad and Ugly or Blazing Saddles.

Throw in the occasional sound of a horse's foot in gravel, a black bandana, one chase scene, one gun fight, beer and whiskey in a smokey saloon, the high chaparral, a campfire and a six string flattop and there ya go. Cut, wrap and deliver.

Bye Bye 3:21 Jo Dee Messina

One Thing 4:15 Jack Ingram

I Love You Too Much 3:43 Steve Earle & The Dukes

This Is Country Music 5:12 Brad Paisley

51 Pieces 3:42 Cross Canadian Ragweed

Sideways 3:04 Dierks Bentley

Mr. Right 2:01 Garth Brooks

I Run to You 4:16 Lady Antebellum

Somebody Like You 5:23 Keith Urban

Idabel Blues 4:25 Stoney LaRue

Suicide Blues 4:36 Cross Canadian Ragweed

Chattahoochee 3:57 Alan Jackson

Country Girl 3:17 The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle 2:12 Pure Prairie League

Frank And Jesse James4:38 Warren Zevon

Lonesome L.A. Cowboy4:03 New Riders of the Purple Sage

Real Love 3:45 Lucinda Williams

Oh Lonesome Me 3:09 Kentucky Headhunters

Melissa 3:56 The Allman Brothers Band

Bad Moon Rising 2:20 Creedence Clearwater Revival

My Walkin' Shoes 2:50 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

There Goes Another Love Song3:04 The Outlaws

Polk Salad Annie 3:47 Tony Joe White

Searchin' for a Rainbow3:49 The Marshall Tucker Band

Now if I could just figure a way to fit in the spinning part we'd have us a screenplay!!

Screen shot (pun intended) from Blazing Saddles, the funniest "Western" ever made.