Episode 2

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from the Ramona radio studios it's the Travis Billy Ross outlaw

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country show outlaw country show what's that happen to mr. Ross? I got my whiskey
I got my burger, I got my cigarettes, I got sweet curbs with me today
hey hey and the go-forths oh and Cassie hello hello
welcome, we're doing it again thanks for having us it's starting to feel like a

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tradition my friend I like hanging out with you guys I know this doesn't suck
this doesn't suck this does not suck at all no no all right so today's show
brought to you by outlaw barbecue you guys have had the outlaw barbecue mm-hmm
Dean mmm love that oh yeah I had that Texas dog on Monday oh yeah the dog on
Monday that was good I had the pulled pork sandwich it was delicious it was

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fantastic yes all right what are you drinking sweet curbs? Is that a seltzer?
ain't no laws when you're drinking claws. There's no laws when you got the claws
all right so what do you guys want to listen to or we guys want to talk about
first talk about something you want to hear something I don't know you got a

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list over there actually before we get started I should mention that obviously
your shows on every Sunday at six o'clock right here on Ramona radio if
you fail to miss the live broadcast the it's available on all your favorite
podcast streaming platforms the day afterwards sweet so now you know if you
fail to miss it pretty cool you can you can let Travis and Kirby make us laugh

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all the way to work the following morning which is cool
yeah that's pretty cool I know I know so you can hear me anytime you want now
jeez all the shenanigans and nonsense. No the worst part is when we're laying in bed and she's got her
headphones on I'm like honey what are you listening to a good you know crime
novel she goes it's Travis again stop Billy Ross again well if you are listening

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to this in the morning on a Monday please drive safe yeah right don't laugh
yourself off the road don't laugh yourself off the road exactly right
speaking of funny songs right speaking of funny there's a song by Conway Twitty
did you guys know that Conway Twitty's real name was Harold Lloyd Jenkins I
did not so Conway Twitty was a stage name or a name or what yeah stage name I

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guess sounds more country what a weird stage name right what a weird stage
name Conway Twitty why wouldn't you just go by your actual name Harold
James Harold that doesn't sound very country not as I think it was pretty
common back in the day to give everybody stage names yeah I don't know what was

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Elvis's real name Hubert was Elvis's middle name or something I think was
Elvis Aaron Presley several artists have done that I mean you know Prince you
know Elvis Presley had a twin brother I did not and died when they were born I

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guess oh I do there was a documentary that came out last year or something
like that where they kind of mentioned or something like that so anyway Conway
Twitty there's a song out there it's called you're the reason our kids are
ugly it's not just Conway Twitty it was made famous in 1978 let's take a listen
it's hilarious

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you're the reason I'm riding around on recap tires
and you're the reason I'm hanging our clothes outside on wars
you're the reason our kids are ugly little darling
I hope it looks ain't everything and money ain't everything but I love you just the same

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you're the reason I've changed a beer from soda pop and you're the reason I
never get to go to the beauty shop you're the reason our kids are ugly little darling

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I guess that we won't ever have everything we need
cause when we get ahead it's got another mouth to feed
and that's the reason that my good looks and the figure is gone
and that's the reason that I ain't got no hair to comb

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and you're the reason our kids are ugly little darling
Conway, why in the devil don't you go and shave and put on a clean pair of pants?

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Loretta, look at yourself. I wish you'd take them perlers out of your hair and go put on a little makeup and get out of that house cold before summer.
Well let me tell you something Conway, considering everything that I went through today I look like a movie star.
Yeah, Ruth Busney.
Thank you.
Besides that, all of our kids took after your part of the family anyway.

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Oh they did, huh? What about the ones at the ball?
Well I guess you might say they took after me.
Oh what a hilarious song. Sweet Curbs.
Yes.
Who was the woman in that song?
Miss Loretta Lynn.
The Loretta Lynn.
1978.
That's a really fun song.

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What a weird, I would love for someone to write a song similar to that today.
Oh yeah that would be hilarious.
And just see how far it goes.
Hey I have a suggestion.
It wouldn't make it out of the studio.
I have a suggestion for an artist.
Oh maybe I could do it.
Maybe.
We don't live in that day and age that is.
No.
Excepting of that.
No. No. No, it wouldn't make it out of the studios.

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You can't call your kids ugly.
You can't call them hard feelings.
You're calling your kids ugly.
Well.
Have you seen them?
Come on now.
It's my kid.
Don't show me pictures of your kids before I have my coffee in the morning.
Just kidding. Just kidding.

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Alright who are we talking about next?
How about, you know David Allen Coe right?
You know that song that he did, You Never Call Me By My Name?
Yeah.
And in that song he's talking about You Don't Have To Call Me Charlie Pride.
Oh yeah.
Remember that verse?
Yeah.
You guys know who Charlie Pride is?
Have you ever heard of him?
I have heard of him.

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I'm sure Curbs has.
Outside of that song he wrote this song, became really famous in 1971.
It's called Kiss An Angel.
Have you heard it?
I have.
That's probably the only Charlie Pride song I know.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
I don't think so.
You've never heard it?
Sometimes when I hear it I'm like oh.
You'll know it.
It's a popular song, or famous song, I shouldn't say popular because it's 1970 something but
famous song, you would know it.

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Yeah it's a good song.
Let's cue it up.
Cool.
Let's see what we got.
Whenever I chance to meet some old friends on the street they wonder how does a man get

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to be this way.
I've always got a smile in the face anytime and any place.
And every time they ask me why I just smile and say you've got to kiss an angel good morning
and let her know you think about her when you're gone.

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Kiss an angel good morning and love her like the devil when you get back home.
Well people may try to guess the secret of a happiness but some of them never learn it's
a simple thing.

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The secret I'm speaking of is a woman and a man in love and the answer is in this song
that I always sing.
You've got to kiss an angel good morning and let her know you think about her when you're

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gone.
Kiss an angel good morning and let her know you think about her when you're gone.

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So we were just talking on the break here talking about Dr. Ruth.
You remember that lady?
Oh my gosh that was KGB did it.
A weekly show with her and people would call in and I learned a lot.
I think I was like sixth seventh grade.
I would stay up and listen to that in my room.
Don't tell my mom.
My mom used to listen to that lady.
I was like mom what is she talking about?

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She always had the sweetest voice on the room.
She's like a 90 year old lady talking about that kind of stuff.
That stuff.
That stuff.
So our listeners that know who she was will know what we're referring to and those that
don't will have to go consult the Oracle.
By today's standards Ruth was probably our equivalent to Mr. Rogers.

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I don't think anybody cares.
Mr. Rogers.
I don't know Mr. Rogers wasn't giving out the same kind of advice.
No I think you're right.
You have to read between the lines.
Please won't you be my neighbor.
Whole new context to that.
This is a friendly neighborhood.
Please won't you be my friendly neighbor.

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Reminds me of that song that Ashley Norton does.
Neighbor.
Oh yeah.
What song is that?
Oh you haven't heard it?
Oh it's funny you can play that actually.
Let's see.
If she has it on here.
It's called Neighbor.
I actually wrote a kind of a side verse to that from the point of view from the guy.

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It's about a stalker.
So Travis wrote a verse from the view of the person being stalked.
Oh I love it.
Funny.
Let's listen to this and then I want to hear Travis's verse.
This is Ramona Local.
Ashley Norton.
You're just a neighbor.

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You're just a neighbor.
I swear I'm not addicted.
I just want you every minute
It hurts me so much
I guess that's what they call a crush

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Excuse me, but please don't freak out
I just got lost in your house
There's nothing to fear
Objects are closer than they appear
You're just a neighbor
But I'm watching you close
And every morning I'm driving by slow

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Just to see you a little clearer
Take a picture in the rear view mirror

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Oops, that's your family picture
With your wife cut out, but I'm sure
It fell out of your wallet
I landed with my face glued on it
I didn't mean to linger
I just got lost in your yard
Oh no, don't call the cops

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I swear that I'm a hundred yards

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Your honor, I confess
It was an accident
My hand slipped on the hammer
Please don't throw me in the slammer

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Alright, that was Ashley Norton.
So yeah, I wrote an alternate verse to that
from the guy's point of view.
The end part, it says,
Your honor, I'm so stressed, it was no accident.
She came at me with a hammer,
Throw this nut job in the slammer.
Oh my god, that's great.
We're going to have to convince her to do that live.

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I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing that.
I love Ashley.
She's got a couple funny songs.
I like this commercial that's on this CD too.
This album.
Let me play this real quick,
because it's kind of funny.
Heritage flakes, heritage flakes

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Oh my god, this shit tastes great
Have some today, your heritage flakes
It's a healthy, healthy food.
Oh my gosh, that's hysterical.
That's hilarious.
This shit tastes great.
I know it's the Outlaw Country Show and all,

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but before we stop talking about that,
which EP is that?
So people can go find it.
It just says Lady Psychiatrist's Booth featuring
Ashley Norton and Stephanie Groot.
Yeah, right on.
Maybe the first one then.
Alright, so let's talk about this other guy.
His name is Charlie Daniels.
In 1979, he wrote a song about a guy.
Who is this guy of which you speak?

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He wrote a song about a guy playing the fiddle on a stump.
Do you know the name of the song?
Double One Down to Georgia?
Oh, there he goes.
Oh yeah, the fiddle.
Alright.
That's a great one.
What a great song actually.
I love the story behind this song.
I always felt like the devil did better though.
I thought so too.
It's a great song.
I know why.
Because it was probably in the 70s

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and that whole disco funk thing was going on.
That bum bum bum bum bum bum.
I always thought so too.
I always thought that myself.
I know.
Everybody that I've talked to has kind of come back with that.
That's funny.
I feel like the devil did better.
But I appreciate it today.
I listen to it today and I go, oh yeah.
Yeah, he rips it up when he goes with that crazy fiddle solo.
Well, last week we were talking about songs that trigger a memory.

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And this song is from the movie.
Well, it's a popular song but it was in the movie Coyote Ugly.
Oh yeah.
And I remember driving around Big Bear with my cousin in my grandma's car
just listening to that song on repeat until we knew every single word.
Oh goodness.
It was like a little competition to see who would get it all memorized.
Yeah, we just repeat, repeat, repeat.
When the girls would sit down with team beat and just memorize the lyrics.

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Guilty.
There's not many songs I could sing without it playing.
I can sing Double One Down to Georgia.
I wanted to learn that song Stairway to Heaven, all the lyrics by Led Zeppelin.
So I sat and wrote the lyrics out.
I listened to it and I would write the line and I would pause it,
write the next line, pause it, write the next line.
Did you do it a hundred times on the blackboard?

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That's how I studied for my state board cosmetology.
I would read all the procedures because it all came in a book of what they could possibly give you.
And I would read it and I would write it out so I would like engrave it in my memory.
That helps a lot actually.
Did you ever get the lyrics figured out?
Oh yeah.
I know all the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven.
I however did not pass my state board in our city.

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I did.
That's a lot of cancellation.
This really works.
Sorry to all my clients.
It shouldn't work.
No, I do that now still when I want to learn a song.
I'll actually write it out.
You know, pen and paper.
That way when I write it out, I don't know, for some reason I remember it when I'm able to write it and look at it.

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Teachers used to make you do that when you weren't getting stuff in class.
Write it out.
Yeah, yeah.
Repeat, copy it like on The Simpsons, you know, when he's in the beginning of the...
Oh, what?
It changed every week, right?
Yeah.
Did it?
Yeah.
Every week it was different when he wrote it on the board.
Unpopular opinion.
I was never...
I wasn't a fan of The Simpsons.
I mean, not a fan.
I just didn't watch it.

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Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I watched it a little bit when I was younger.
My dad actually watched that show.
It was funny because he would always laugh at the jokes that he would do when he'd call the bar.
And he's all, I'm looking for L.
Caholic.
Last name is Caholic.
And then he's all, is there an alcoholic in the house?
And everybody's like, ah!
Which one did you watch?

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My dad was cracking up when he saw that part.
That's funny.
And then he became a fan.
It was funny.
All right, Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Let's hear it.
He's played 26, too.
The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

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He was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind because he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal.
When he came across this young man sewing on a fiddle and playing it hot, and the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said, boy, let me tell you what.
I guess you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player, too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
Now, you played pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due.

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I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul because I think I'm better than you.
The boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'll take your bet.
You're going to regret because I'm the best as ever been.
Johnny, you're rising up your bow and playing your fiddle hard because hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards.
And if you win, you get this shiny fiddle made of gold, but if you lose, the Devil gets your soul.

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The Devil opened up his case, and he said, I'll start this show.
And fire flew from his fingertips as he rossened up his bow.
And he pulled the bow across the strings, and it made a evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in, and it sounded something like this.

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When the Devil finished, Johnny said, well, you're pretty good, old son, but sit down in that chair right there, and let me show you how it's done.
Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run.

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The Devil's in the house of the rising sun.
Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough.
Granny does your dog bite, no child knows.

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The Devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat.
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been.
He played fire on the mountain, run, boys, run.
The Devil's in the house of the rising sun.

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Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough.
Granny, will you dog bite, no child knows.

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Living hard was easy when I was young and bulletproof.
I had no chains to bind me, just a guitar and a roof.
Emptyed every bottle and a pour I never missed.
I had bloodshot eyes at 25, I was at 26.

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Didn't seem to matter what price I had to pay.
Because anything worth having is not just losing away.
Friends worried about me, they'd ask if I was sick.
Thought I would die at 25, I was at 26.

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Those tears run together like whiskey over ice.
Melting into memories like somebody else's life.
I'm glad to say I've come around, but if I could have one wish.

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I'd like another try at 25, I was at 26.
I met a girl from Georgia, smart and pretty, college grad.
I thought my luck was changing, up till then it all been bad.

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I guess I fell in love with her, all it took was just one kiss.
But then she said goodbye at 25, I was at 26.

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I've been down that road before, almost as far as hell.

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Deception or redemption, I guess only time will tell.
I have faith in the knowledge that God gave us a gift.
I couldn't hide at 25, I was at 26.

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Alright, that was a Charlie Daniels song.
And then you probably know the person who redid it, who was it Sweet Curbs?
Chris Stapleton.
Chris Stapleton did that too?
Yeah, he actually did a pretty good job of it.
That's the only version I knew until I met him and he was like, oh yeah, Charlie Daniels sings that song.
Yeah, that's a Charlie Daniels song.
Isn't it funny, like all these songs, they always have the name Johnny in it.

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There's so many.
Is that like a notorious, it's like de-staple country name?
Yeah, why is that?
If there's a boy in your country song, it has to be Johnny.
Like this unwritten rule.
Right?
Like, what's that one by Bad Company?
Johnny Was a Schoolboy?
Oh yeah.
I don't know that one.
You know that Kirby.

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Yeah, that's by Bad Company.
Even Mike Cassie on this one, I haven't heard it.
What about that other one by Tim McGraw, where it's that real sad song.
Oh, Don't Take the Girl.
Yeah, Don't Take the Girl.
There's Johnny in there.
Oh yeah, there's Johnny in there.
Johnny's dad is taking him fishing.
And then Devil went down to Georgia and he's all, you know, my name's Johnny and it might be a song.
What's up with that?
I think it's all a tribute to Johnny Cash.

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Maybe.
Yeah.
There's no, like if you think about women in songs, like the name, there's no name that.
I know.
So, you know, every single one of those.
Big Bad John.
There's only one.
Oh yeah, Big Bad John.
Yeah.
That's a good one.
Jimmy Dean.
Every single, so now we have to go back and like, we have, if it's a tribute to Johnny,
because we say Johnny in all country songs, then all the girl songs should be Dolly's.

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Should be Dolly's.
Amen.
Right, Kirby?
Amen.
Dolly's daddy was taking her fishing.
That's it.
I smell a new hit, a rewrite.
Right, well hell.
I mean, what other songs with girls are there?
Like Jolene.
There's, what's, didn't Stevie Nicks do a song with the.

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Riannon.
Riannon, yeah.
Yeah.
But they're never the same.
There's no commonality though, yeah.
There's no commonality like Johnny, right?
I think we've unraveled one of those ancient mysteries.
You seen like on History Channel where they talk about the ancient aliens and mysteries?
We've discovered that there's an underground country music cult.
Per Jon.
Yeah.
Every child, every person has.
All right, so I guess my next song I'm writing is going to have a guy named Johnny in it.

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Yeah, well it has to now.
It has to now.
It has to now.
How to write a hit country song.
It has to have the name Johnny.
Whiskey, beer, and Johnny.
Right.
They gotta be Johnny's.
And cigarettes.
I have a Johnny and June song that Heidi Newfield did.
That was about.
Oh, I love that song.
That was about Johnny Cash and June Carr.
My great uncle's names were Johnny and June.

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Oh yeah?
Oh wow.
Well actually, my great aunt's actual name was Alva or something like that.
And she did not like it.
Her name was like Alva June or something like that.
So she just went by June.
Oh, check this out.
So Johnny B Good, right?
Chuck Berry.
Do you know that that song is in space somewhere?
It is on the golden record.
There's Johnny in freaking space.

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It says Johnny everywhere.
It's on the Voyager spacecraft.
Maybe that's why Johnny's in all these crazy songs.
It's on the Voyager spacecraft.
Well hell, well shoot, let's play a Johnny Cash song.
Why not?
Since we're on it.
That never sucks.
There's a good song actually.
In 1979 they did Ghost Rider.
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
That's a good one.

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An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day.
Up on a ridge he rested as he went along his way.
All at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
Flowing through the ragged skies

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And up a cloudy drawl
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky

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For he saw the riders coming hard
And he heard their mournful cry
Giddy-i-o, giddy-i-o
Red-striped riders in the sky

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Their faces gulped, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
He's ridin' hard to catch that herd but he ain't caught him yet
Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky

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All the horses snortin' fire
As they ride on, hear their cry
As the rider floated on by him, he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from hell riding on our range

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Then cowboy, change your ways, if they are with us you will ride
Tryin' to catch the devil's herd across these endless skies
Giddy-i-o, giddy-i-o

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Ghost riders in the sky

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Big John

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Big John

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Big John
Big John
Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip

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And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone

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He didn't say much, he was kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, he just said hi to Big John
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right-hands
Sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, Big John

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Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last self, John

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Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber and gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone, Big John
Big John
Big Bad John

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Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
And now there's only one left down there to save, Big John
With jacks and timbers they started back down

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Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And the smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John

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Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
Big John
Big John

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Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Big Bad John

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Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ring and a bell
Go, go, go, Johnny, go, go

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Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar and a gunny sack
Go sit beneath a tree by the railroad track
All engineered with things sitting in the shade

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Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
When people passing by they would stop and say
Oh my, without a little country boy to play
Go, go, go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go

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Johnny B. Goode

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His mother told him someday you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big old band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight
Go, go, go, Johnny, go

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Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Johnny, go, go
Johnny, go, go, go
Johnny, go, go, go
Johnny, go, go
Johnny B. Goode

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Heck yeah, you know what's funny about that song we just listened to, Johnny B. Goode
I can't listen to that song without thinking about that movie, Back to the Future
Oh that was a great one, 1985
Did you ever see that movie, Sweet Curbs?
What? I thought it was like, before that
It was 85?

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No, so remember he went back, and it was 1955
Oh that's right, it was the 30s
Right, yeah, he got the wrong year in, so he went to 55, and then he came back to 85
Anyway, yeah
Didn't he like fall in love with his mom or something, and he didn't know his mom
No, his mom fell in love with him
His mom kept calling him Calvin Klein

(43:08):
That's funny, now I hear him
Why do you keep calling me Calvin? Well it's written all over your underwear
Oh yeah, come on mom
Yeah, they were in that dance
And then he's all Marvin Barry, he's all Chuck, Chuck, it's Marvin
You gotta listen to this
And it was Johnny B. Goode

(43:29):
That's funny
And then he goes straight full on Def Leppard
For the last bit, and everybody's like crazy
And he's like, what the hell, the principal had his hands on his ears
He's like, what is this nonsense
Speaking of them
How about, what about the highwaymen?

(43:50):
Alright, quiz
I like the highwaymen a lot
There's four of them, right? What are their names? Who was in the highwaymen?
Waylon Jennings, Chris Christopherson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson
And Willie Nelson, you're right
Oh we know Willie Nelson
And then you just said Chris Christopherson's 87

(44:11):
Oh yeah, Chris Christopherson
So speaking of Chris Christopherson
He did a song that was written by a guy named Roger Miller
And the song was actually very made famous
By a woman named Janice Joplin
And the song was called Me and Bobby McGee
Chris Christopherson did it in 1969

(44:32):
And I didn't even know that she had covered that
Yeah, it was actually written by a guy named Roger Miller
No, no, no, Roger Miller was the first one to record it
Chris Christopherson wrote it, and he has saying it
But Roger Miller was the first recording of it in 69
Oh wow, I got my facts all effed up
But it's okay

(44:53):
That's why we rely on sweet curbs
And by the way, if you're wondering what kind of whiskey I'm drinking, it's Gentleman Jack
Because you're such a gentleman
Because I'm a gentleman
Well, let's listen to that, man
What are we listening to?
Chris Christopherson, Bobby McGee, 1969

(45:14):
One, two, three, four
One, two, three, four
Busted, flattened, battened, rosing
Hitting for the trains
Feeling nearly faded
As my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down

(45:35):
Just before it rained
Took us all away
To New Orleans
I took my heart
Bone out of my dirty red bandana
And was a little bit
I was blowing sad

(45:58):
While Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield wipers
Slapping time and
Bobby clapping hands
We finally sang or failed
The song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word

(46:19):
For nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing
But it's free
Feeling good was easy, Lord
When Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me

(46:40):
And Bobby McGee
And Bobby McGee
And Bobby McGee
And Bobby McGee
guitar plays
From the coal mines of Kentucky
To the California sun

(47:03):
Bobby shared the secrets
Of my soul
guitar plays
Standing right beside me, Lord
Everything I've done
Every night she kept me
From the coal

(47:25):
Then somewhere near Selena's
Lord, I let her slip away
Looking for the home
I hope she'll find
And I'd trade all my tomorrows
For a single yesterday

(47:47):
Holding Bobby's body
Next to mine
Freedom's just another word
For nothing left to lose
Nothing left is all she left for me

(48:08):
Feeling good was easy, Lord
When Bobby sang the blues
Buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me
And Bobby McGee
guitar plays

(48:30):
Da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
La da da, me and Bobby McGee
guitar plays
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da

(48:52):
Da da da da da da
La da da, la da da da da
La da, la la la la
Alright, that was a Chris Christopherson song.

(49:21):
So I don't know, what do you all think?
I mean, I like Chris Christopherson, but, Cassie, what do you think?
Who did it better?
Janice, I gotta go to Janice.
I gotta agree, honestly.
Yeah.
She kinda kicked it up a notch.
Yeah, she kicked it up a notch for sure.
I think Janice, ah man, yeah, I think Janice did it better.
What do you think, Sweet Curbs?
Yeah, I like Janice Joplin's version better.

(49:41):
Yeah, alright.
Yeah, well, no, I wanna hear it now.
I'm gonna bump forward.
Oh yeah, this is much more...
Yeah.
I guess the difference though, too, is the performer.
Like, Chris Christopherson just sang it.

(50:03):
You can feel her emotions when Janice Joplin sings whatever she's saying.
Yeah, she has soul in this.
Yeah, she was an amazing singer, honestly.
Like, have you ever seen her live shows or anything like that?
Like, old recordings.
She was crazy.
Like, her voice was absolutely incredible.
She had some power, man.
Yeah.
Big power.
Alright, so that was Chris Christopherson.

(50:24):
He was one of the remaining survivors from The Highwayman.
Alright, quiz, Sweet Curbs.
In 1986, The Highwayman, all four of them, were in a movie together.
Do you know what the name of that movie is?
1986?
I have no idea.
No?
Did you even know that they were in a movie together?
No.

(50:44):
Did you know Chris Christopherson is an actor?
I knew Chris Christopherson was an actor.
He was in a movie with Steven Seagal one time.
It was called Fire Down Below.
Really?
That was the name of the movie.
Did you ever...
He should have wrote a song about that.
Oh man, he's such a terrible actor.
He was in...
They have medicines for that now.
Oh, wait!
He was in a movie.
He was also in that...
He was in A Star is Born, one of the versions with him and Barbra Streisand.

(51:08):
He was also in that movie Blade with Wesley Snipes.
Oh yeah, he was a vampire.
He was the vampire killer.
He was like Blade's...
Oh yeah.
Nemesis.
The main guy.
I do remember.
His partner.
Was it his partner?
Yeah.
I thought he was...
In the movie, he found him when Blade was a kid and he didn't realize what he was.
He thought he was a vampire, but he was like a mutant vampire.
So he had all the powers, but none of the weaknesses.

(51:31):
Because vampires aren't mutants in and of themselves.
So anyway, in 1986, he was in a movie.
They were all in a movie.
It was called Stagecoach.
Yeah, the only one that they all four were in.
So then we had Chris Christopherson and Willie Nelson.
Those are the two that are remaining.
How old is Chris Christopherson now?

(51:52):
What did you say?
87.
87.
Wow.
I don't know about the rest of them.
Johnny Cash acted too a little bit.
Really?
What was he like?
I don't know.
For sure, I can tell you because I used to be obsessed with it and I loved it.
Dr. Coyne Medicine Woman.
He had a recurring thing on there.
Really?
Him and June Carter.
Oh, really?
I didn't know that either.
I never watched that show.
Oh, I was obsessed with Dr. Coyne Medicine Woman.

(52:15):
That was my favorite show when I was 12.
My grandma used to watch that show, but I could never get into it.
I didn't understand when I was too young.
What do you mean?
It's not an understand.
She was from Boston in the late 1800s and moved to Colorado to be a doctor in this teeny
tiny town.
So good.
Yeah, interesting.

(52:36):
I just remember seeing one episode where she had her tooth pulled.
Oh, yeah.
I remember that.
She did it without any no cane or anything like that and they just ripped it out.
No, they used to, they would chloroform people and then...
Or give them a bottle of whiskey.
Yeah.
Dang.
Or yeah, give them whiskey.
Give them a bottle of whiskey.
That would be a good one.
All right.

(52:56):
What's next on the lineup, senior?
You know what?
What do we got?
As a kid, this is like one of those cool songs.
It was a movie.
Yeah, I think it was a movie.
And I used to listen to the song as a kid and I just thought it was the coolest song
ever.
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell.
Glen Campbell.
There we go.
That was a movie?
Yeah.
What was the movie?

(53:16):
It was like this guy who dressed in like this all electric outfit.
I got to get me one of those outfits.
I'm like, was this a movie or a dream?
Right?
Yeah.
Maybe it was a dream.
I don't know.
It's a cool ass song.
Right on.
Shit.
Let's listen to it.
Rhinestone Cowboy.
Rhinestone Cowboy.
I've been walking these streets so long, singing the same old song.

(53:47):
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway.
Where hustle's the name of the game.
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain.

(54:09):
There's been a load of compromising on the road to my horizon.
But I'm going to be where the lights are shining on me.
Like a rhinestone cowboy.
Riding out on a horse in a Star Spangled Royal.

(54:32):
I set a star-spangled rodeo
Like the rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers coming over the phone

(54:54):
Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're riding the train
That's taking the long way

(55:15):
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromising
On the road to my horizon

(55:36):
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy

(56:01):
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers coming over the phone
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

(56:28):
Getting cards and letters from people

(57:02):
The perfect movie list for Kirby
I haven't seen any of them yet
We're gonna have a movie night
I mean for God's sakes you haven't seen Back to the Future
That's insane
Have not
I watched that when it came out in 1985
And we all waited 20 years for the sequel
Well depending on the month it came out I was not on this planet yet
Wow, that's right

(57:24):
That's the thing
You are a youngin'
La la la la la la
Like was that for her or us?
No, that's Kirby
She's got the halo right over her head here
I wouldn't say that I'm just wasn't alive
So I'm driving up the 101 right?

(57:45):
Or not the 101 what was it? The grapevine?
What was that? The 5?
Yeah that's the 5
The grapevine north of LA
I was driving up that one time heading up to a job site with my day job
Or my old day job
Anyways I'm driving up there and they had the road shut down
And I remember the song came on and it was perfectly timed it seemed like

(58:08):
Like driving up the grapevine
So the song is called Hot Rod Lincoln
It was written by the commander Cody and the lost planet airmen
That's a nice short band name
Commander Cody and the lost planet airmen
You would think they would know all the great legends have really simple names
Rush

(58:29):
Metallica
Prince
Dirty Confetti
Johnny's Cache
Dirty Confetti
We've all even shortened your name you're now TBR
Travis Billy Ross TBR that's all good I go by that
Whatever you can call me whatever you want
Call me anything you want but late for dinner
Right so anyway so check this out so that same highway I believe you know James Dean right

(58:54):
Oh yeah
When he got in his car accident when he died it was right around in that area off of the grapevine right
Was it I don't know
I think it was near like Bakersfield in that area
Yeah I'm not sure
Like as you're coming down out of the grapevine there or up near Visalia
Yeah I think it was up in that area

(59:16):
But anyway this song Hot Rod Lincoln 1971 Commander Cody
My papi said son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln
Have you heard the story of the Hot Rod race with the Fords and Lakers was setting the pace

(59:38):
That story is true I'm here to say I was driving that Model A
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really suped up that Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got eight cylinders and uses them all got overdrive just won't stall
With a four barrel carb and a dual exhaust with four different gears you can really get lost
Got safety tubes but I ain't scared the brakes are good tires fair

(01:00:01):
Pulled out of San Pedro late one night the moon and the stars were shining bright
We was driving up the grapevine hill passing cars like they was standing still
It was standing still
All of a sudden in the wink of an eye a Cadillac sedan passed us by

(01:00:23):
Said boys it's a mark for me by then the tail light was all you could see
Now the fellas rid me from being behind so I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind
Took my foot off the gas and man alive I shoved it on down into overdrive
Rounded up to 110 my speedometer said that I hit top end
My foot was glued like lead to the floor that's all there is and there ain't no more

(01:00:45):
Now the boys all thought lost my sense and telephone poles looked like a picket fence
They said slow down I see spots the lines on the road just look like dots
Took a corner side swiped a truck crossed my fingers just for luck
My fenders was clicking the guardrail post the guy beside me was white as a ghost

(01:01:11):
Smoke was coming from out of the back when I started to gain on that Cadillac
Knew I could catch him I thought I could pass don't you know by then we'd be low on gas
We had flames coming from out of the side to feel the tension man what a ride
I said look out boys I got a license to fly and that caddy pulled over and let us by
Now all of a sudden she started knocking him down in the gym she started to rock

(01:01:32):
And I looked in the mirror red light was blinking the cops was after my hot rod Lincoln
They arrested me and they put me in jail and they called my pappy to throw my belt
He said son you're gonna drive me to drinkin if you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln

(01:02:00):
Alright hot rod Lincoln one of my favorite songs man they don't make songs like that anymore you know
You know back then they used to tell a story right was this whole narrative from beginning to end
You could hear the story it was like a movie in your mind yeah that you played through the whole thing
Which is kind of cool right that leads leads me to thinking about that the highwaymen you know with the

(01:02:23):
Song highwaymen if you think about that song when I was a kid listening to that song I was always thinking like
I was always trying to figure out who was singing right so the first one's Willie Nelson who's the second one
He says I was obviously you know Willie Nelson I was a highwayman right and then the last person that sings
I fly a starship that's Johnny Cash so there's only two other ones the two in the middle right because they all four take a verse

(01:02:45):
Right so what was the second one I was a dam builder I was a dam builder that was Chris I believe that was Chris Christopherson
And then what the the third verse would be Waylon Jennings yeah well shit let's listen to it let's figure it out
Let's see if we can figure out who's who

(01:03:15):
I was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade

(01:03:39):
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five
But I am still alive
I was a sailor I was born upon the tide
With a sea I did abide

(01:04:03):
I sailed a schooner around the Horn of Mexico
I went aloft to furl the mainsail and a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I'm living still

(01:04:26):
I was a dam builder across a river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below

(01:04:50):
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around, around, around, around, around

(01:05:14):
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again

(01:05:38):
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
Back again and again and again and again and again
I caught my wife with another man

(01:06:21):
Now I'm doing 99
At a prison down in Georgia close to the Florida line
I've been here for 12 long years and I finally made the warden my friend
So he sentenced me to a life of ease taking care of old Red

(01:06:48):
He's the dangest dog this old boy has ever seen
He's got an old sack and smell a two day trail
Lord he's a four legged dragon machine
Just consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand bears

(01:07:10):
But all these years that I've been here ain't nobody got past Red
Hear the warden say come on somebody why don't you run
Old Red's teaching to have a little fun
Get my lantern get my gun
Red will have you treated for the morning come

(01:07:39):
I paid off a guard and he slipped out a letter to my cousin in Tennessee
And he brought down me a blue tick count
Lord she's pretty as she could be
Pinned her up in the swamp land about a mile just south of the gate

(01:08:01):
And when I take old Red on his evening run I just drop him off and wait

(01:08:29):
Now old Red got used to seeing his little lady there every night
So I kept him away for three or four days and I waited till the time was right
I made my run with the evening sun and I smiled when I heard him let him out

(01:08:51):
Cause I headed north to Tennessee and old Red was headed south

(01:09:18):
Now there's some red haired blue ticks all through the south
Love got me in there and love got me out

(01:09:40):
I said grandpa what's this picture here it's all black and white
And it ain't real clear is that you there
He said yeah I was 11
Times were tough back in 35
That's me and uncle Joe just trying to survive a cotton farm

(01:10:06):
And a great depression
If it looks like we were scared to death
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
You should have seen it in color

(01:10:29):
Oh and this one here is taken overseas in the middle of hell in 1943
In the wintertime you can almost see my bread
That was my tail gunner old Johnny McGee
He was a high school teacher from New Orleans

(01:10:52):
And he had my back right through the day we left
If it looks like we were scared to death

(01:11:15):
A picture is worth a thousand words
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered

(01:11:45):
This one is my favorite one
This is me and grandma in the summer sun all dressed up
The day we said our vows
You can't tell them here but it was hot that June
And that rose was red and her eyes were blue

(01:12:08):
And just look at that smile I was so proud
That's the story of my life
Right there in black and white

(01:12:30):
And if it looks like we were scared to death

(01:12:54):

(01:13:15):

(01:13:49):
I remember it all very well

(01:14:18):
Looking back it was the summer I turned 18
We lived in a one room run down shack on the outskirts of New Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent to save the least we were hard pressed
Then mama spent every last penny we had to buy me a dancing dress
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and she painted my eyes and lips

(01:14:40):
And then I stepped into a satin dancing dress that was split on the side cleaned up to my hips
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
And staring back from the looking glass was a woman wearing a half cropped kid and stood
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down

(01:15:04):
Lord forgive me for what I do please but if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down your mama's gonna help you move uptown
Don't let me down
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck and she kissed my cheek
And I saw the tears well up in her troubled eyes when she started to speak

(01:15:25):
She looked at a pitiful shack and then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
Your paws run off and I'm real sick and the baby's gonna starve to death
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said to thine own self be true
And she but as I watched her roach crawl across the toe of my high shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talking asking mama what do I do

(01:15:48):
Just be nice to the gentlemen fancy and they'll be nice to you
Lord forgive me for what I do please but if you want out well it's up to you
Now get on out girl you better start moving uptown

(01:16:13):
Well that was the last time I saw my mama the night I left that rickety shack
Cause the welfare people came and took the baby mom died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn and for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long till I knew exactly what my mama had been talking about
I did what I had to do but I made myself a solemn vow

(01:16:36):
That I was gonna be a lady someday though I didn't know when
I couldn't see spending the rest of my life with my head hung down in shame
I might have been born just plain white trash but fancy was my name

(01:17:01):
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street
And one week later I was pouring his tea in a five room hotel suite
Yes you were
I charmed a king, a congressman and an occasional aristocrat
And I got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done that
Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that would call me bad

(01:17:32):
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how little we had
And though I ain't had to worry about nothing for now 15 years
I can still hear the desperation in my poor mama's voice ringing in my ear

(01:17:55):
Lord forgive me for what I do
But if you want out well it's left to you
Now don't let me down your mama's gonna have to move uptown
And I guess she did

(01:18:21):
Alright so in that first series there's a couple of songs we just played in a row
The first one was about a highwayman
The next one was called Old Red
Who do you know, Sweet Curbs? Who did that song?
Well up until today I'd only heard the Blake Shelton version of it
The Blake Shelton version? That was actually George Jones, right?

(01:18:42):
He actually did that and then guess who else did it?
Who?
You know the guy that, you know, Barona Casino?
Oh yeah
Alright, who else?
And the fried chicken?
Did he have like Roger's Roasters?
Yeah, Roger's Roasters, yeah
I remember that episode of Seinfeld
Wait, is he Barona or him?
Kramer had the sign in his window when it was giving him a sunburn
Oh really?
And he couldn't sleep, yeah

(01:19:03):
And he's like, Kramer you look stressed
You bet I'm stressed, Kenny as a soul
Because he couldn't sleep
Because he had Kenny's roaster's sign bliped
In his window, in his window
So yeah, that was Kenny Rogers
But actually, you know, Blake Shelton did a pretty good job on it
He did
I do like it
I love that song, I liked George Jones
But like I said, I never heard it from Shelton today
So Blake Shelton did that in 2002

(01:19:25):
Holy crap, that was a retort
We were talking about songs that tell stories
Yeah, right
Man, I'm telling you, one of my favorites was one of the ones that we just listened to
In Color by Jamie Johnson
That's a great song
He is a hell of a songwriter
He's written a lot of songs that other people have performed
Including George Strait
Yeah
The new name for George Strait is just going to be anytime we refer to him

(01:19:46):
Who sings that?
Not the King of Country
Not the King of Country
I know a local band that covers that one
And does a damn good job at it
Oh yeah, Dirty Confetti does that one
Dirty Confetti
I love that one, it's one of my favorite ones to do
That's actually one of your songs that people love that you sing that people always ask me
Have they sang this song yet?
Oh really?
Yeah
Nice
I know one of my good friends out there, Alan

(01:20:08):
Alan and Joni, I know he likes that song a lot
When he's at my shows I'll play it for him
Oh yeah
Heck yeah
Alright, so that last song
So the last song was Fancy
Alright, who made that song famous?
Reba
Reba
But again, I never heard it
Any other version
But who actually did it?
Who actually made it?

(01:20:29):
Well that was Bobby Gentry
Bobby Gentry
You know what else Bobby Gentry did?
He did a song called Son of a Preacher Man
You know that movie Pulp Fiction?
Haven't seen it
No I'm just kidding, I've seen that one
No I've seen it
This list is going to turn into a week long movie session pretty soon
I can't hear that song without thinking about that movie Pulp Fiction

(01:20:51):
That's where she does, what was the part?
Where he gets over to her house
Where John Travolta gets over to Ula Jormans house
Oh yeah, he's picking her up
And he's picking her up and she's playing that song
Son of a Preacher Man, let's listen to that
Alright, yeah yeah, let's do that
Oh that's a good one
I had no idea

(01:21:36):
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Yes he was, yes he was
Oh yes he was

(01:21:57):
Being good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I try
When he starts sweet talking to me
He tells me everything is alright
He kisses and tells me everything is alright
Can we get away again tonight?
The only one who could ever reach me

(01:22:19):
Oh yes he was
How well I remember
The look that was in his eyes
Stealing kisses from me on the slide
Taking time to make time
Telling me that he's all mine

(01:22:42):
Learning from each other's knowing
Looking to see how much we've been growing
And the only one who could ever reach me
Oh the only one who could ever reach me

(01:23:04):

(01:23:36):
That was the Bobby Gentry one
So you have now
Yeah, well now you've heard it, Sweet Curbs
What's the, she sings another song that's famous
And Catherine and Chloe sing it
And I can't for the life of me think of it
How's it go?
The, I can't, I know cause
About the guy that jumped off the bridge
The guy that jumped off the bridge

(01:23:58):
Oh the Billy Joe
Yeah, oh the Billy Joe
Oh the Billy Joe
Billy Joe, yeah, jumped off the bridge
Oh yeah, that's right, they do
Oh that's a good song
That's a great song
I'm starting to really become a big Bobby Gentry fan
Me too
And I think it was Chloe that told me this
She like vanished into obscurity
Like no one knows what happened to her or where she is

(01:24:20):
Oh really?
Oh really?
What?
Wow
Maybe she got abducted by aliens
So speaking of, because you brought up Chloe
I have to tell you a story
Last night was the San Diego Music Awards
And Ramona had a whole bunch of nominations
Unfortunately nobody in Ramona won
But there was this big after party

(01:24:41):
And there was an Irish band playing
Aspocket Whiskeyfellas
I don't know if you know them
They're like a seven piece Irish band
They're really good
They're so much fun
Anyway, Chloe got up there and just belted it
Oh yeah, she does
And when she got ready to walk off stage
Nobody would let her off stage
They all started screaming Chloe, Chloe, Chloe
And she came back and did another one

(01:25:03):
Yeah
That's amazing
Yeah
Chloe Lu
Chloe Lu
She's pretty cool
Talk about pipes
I call her Chloe Lusky
I love that girl so much
She's such a sweet girl
As long as you don't call her Chloe Lewinsky
Chloe Lewinsky, no
Chloe Lusky, Lusky
And now that girl's pipes are with the country band
Yeah

(01:25:24):
The side long glances
Side long glances, yeah
They play at POMO all the time
I know
I hope they get to the studio soon
Yeah
They were good
Yeah
Anyway, you mentioned Chloe
Oh yeah
I love that girl
She's amazing
I love that girl
We love Chloe, Chloe Lusky
All right, so who are we talking about now?
Oh, you know a guy that's really kind of commonly

(01:25:45):
Like not really talked about too much
A guy named John Anderson
He did a lot of songs back in the 80s
Love John Anderson
Yeah, he's very underrated I think
I think he deserves a lot more
Well, you know what's funny
It's like you can play every song of his
And everybody knows every song
Yeah, yeah
And
Actually, I don't know if I ever told you this

(01:26:06):
We were
And I didn't even know my dad knew music people's names
But one of the first times we went to go see you guys
Right after we started dating
It was at Grant James I think
And he sang that song
And my dad was like
Oh, I didn't know he sang John Anderson
I love this song
Seminole Wind
Seminole Wind
I love that song
Dirty Cofetti plays that

(01:26:27):
There's another song by John Anderson
It was in 1983
It was called Black Sheep
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, that was a pretty good one
I really liked that one when I was a kid
Yeah, let's listen to it
All right
Heck yeah
My daddy was a brake man
On a highball traveling train

(01:26:48):
My mama she raised four little children
And her family had a good day
And papa and mama wanted all for us
They never had
Big brother, little brother and sister too
None of them turned out half bad
Except me

(01:27:10):
I'm the black sheep of the family
Big brother went to college
And became a doctor man
I guess he makes about
A million dollars a year
On the folks on insurance plans
He's got a big long Mercedes Benz

(01:27:31):
And a house overlooking the town
He sits in his jacuzzi
And he watches the sun go down
And he feels real sorry for me
Yeah, I drive me a big old semi truck

(01:27:52):
I make a payment on a two room shack
My wife she waits on tables
And at night she rubs my back
And I tell her what my papa said to my mama
When he got off the highball train
I wake me up early, be good to my dogs
And teach my children to play

(01:28:19):
Little sister married a banker
Yeah, he owns a country club
He bought her a big old racing horse
And a funny looking little dog
He buys her big rings and diamonds
And a brand new Japanese yacht
They like to get together
And talk about all the things they've got

(01:28:43):
But they never mention me
Yeah, I drive me a big old semi truck
I make a payment on a two room shack
My wife she waits on tables
And at night she rubs my back

(01:29:05):
And I tell her what my papa said to my mama
When he got off the highball train
I wake me up early, be good to my dogs
I'm saying, woman, I wake me up early
Be good to my dogs

(01:29:26):
Oh man, what a great song.
It reminds me of myself,
kind of the black sheep of the family.
All my family lives in South Carolina
and then I was the only one that moved back to California.
Is all your family still out there?
1997. My mom now lives in Texas,
but my sisters and my nephews,
they all live in South Carolina.

(01:29:47):
So I guess the theme to what we're doing right now
is we're playing these songs that tell a good story.
What's a female artist that you can think of,
Sweet Curbs, that tell good stories?
The first one that comes to mind for me
is it's not a single artist, it's two, but the Judds.
Are they amazing?
So good.

(01:30:08):
Which song? Which one do you love?
My favorite Judd song is probably Grandpa,
just because it's so good.
I remember when I was a kid, my mom had that tape.
I like Why Not Me, I like Turn It Up.
My mom had the tape deck.
Or Turn It Loose, I think it's called.
So did I.
She had the tape and she used to play that, man.

(01:30:29):
I remember sitting on the living room floor,
just like hanging out, playing with toys
while she was listening to that.
I think I recorded mine off the radio.
Oh yeah.
I remember doing that too.
And you'd sit there all day long waiting for that one song?
I would do this, right?
I'm going to say I'm not that young, I have done that.
No, so check it out, I remember doing this.
I would go to school and I would just hit record on the tape.

(01:30:53):
And then when I come home I'd be like, alright, what did I record?
You were hoping to catch the one song?
Yeah, there was always the commercials and shit,
they're always in the middle of the song.
You know what, I think next time we do this show we should all show,
actually Travis and I should do it,
Travis and I should make a mixtape for our girls.

(01:31:16):
We'll go back and we'll talk about it.
That took a turn, I thought you were going to be like,
Travis and Eric forever or something,
or mixtape.
There's a little bit of a bromance thing going on here.
Come on, I haven't had enough whiskey.
No.
So you're saying there's enough?
No, there's only this full bottle right here and that's not enough.
Not nearly enough.

(01:31:37):
No, we'll save that for Valentine's.
We'll do a Valentine's show and Travis and I will play our mixtapes.
Alright, there you go.
We'll play our mixtapes for our girlfriends and our wives.
Secretly, they're for each other, yes.
Alright, so you said the Judds, Grandpa.

(01:31:59):
I love that song.
I love Grandpa.
What do you want to hear, Gribbs?
Yeah, we heard Grandpa last week.
Turn It Loose.
Okay.
I love this song.
You know...

(01:32:21):
Some call it country with a little bit of rhythm and blues
And when the boys start rockin' there's a beat that you just can't lose
Where it's gonna take us, nobody knows
It sure feels good to the body and soul

(01:32:47):
I love the slide of a steel guitar
I love the moan of an old blues heart
I love the shake of a tambourine
I love the bass when it's low-hatting me

(01:33:08):
So put on your shower shoes
And turn it loose
Turn it loose
You feel like you're dancing and you just can't stay in your seat
Your knees start knockin' and you can't help stompin' your feet

(01:33:36):
Before you even know it, you'll be singin' along
It makes me want to stay here all night long

(01:33:58):
And turn it loose
Turn it loose

(01:34:19):

(01:34:46):
And turn it loose
Turn it loose

(01:35:13):
Turn it loose
Everybody pull on your shower shoes
And turn it loose
Grab your shower shoes

(01:35:38):
Turn it loose
Saturday night and the moon is out
I want to head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a just-to-have partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feet

(01:36:00):
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that middle, I want to beg for more
I'm gonna dance to a band from Louisiana tonight
And I'll never have a wander down to New Orleans
Never have trip to down to Fiee's Streams
But I heard that music on the radio
And I swore someday I was gonna go
Down to Highway 10, that's the Lafayette

(01:36:22):
There's a Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To send you a card with my regrets
Cause I'm never gonna come back home

(01:36:45):
I'm gonna dance to a band from Louisiana tonight
Hey!
I got alligators too and a crawfish pie
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
Living on the Delta's quiet show

(01:37:07):
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here out north, it's a cold, cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says Beau Soleil
So coming into town, baby, let's go down

(01:37:30):
I want to dance to a band from Louisiana tonight
Woo!
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too

(01:37:52):
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from a 1910
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
When you learn to dance with your rock and roll
You learn to sweat with the do-se-do
But you learn to love at the Fedot Do
When you hear a little show live long

(01:38:14):
I want to dance to a band from Louisiana tonight
Hey, shit!
??

(01:38:56):
All right.
I'm gonna put a line in there where she says
Dance to a band from Louisiana
Have you ever been to Louisiana?
I've driven through it a couple hundred times
Never stayed there
Never been to Louisiana
I've been to New Orleans
I did spend some time in New Orleans
I've been to New Orleans a couple of times
Had some good times, man, I love that place

(01:39:18):
I don't remember it very well
I kind of browned out
You know when you drink too much and you kind of remember
A lot of things and then not really a whole lot of other things
There's one story about a fire station and a pole
Oh, wait, not for this show
Yeah, I went there from Mardi Gras a couple years ago
I actually rode my Harley all the way from San Diego

(01:39:40):
All the way to Atlanta
Holy cow
And I rode through New Orleans and me and my pops, me and my dad
We stayed there for two nights
And it was so much fun, man, I love that place
So songs about Louisiana
How many songs are out there about the state of Texas?
Oh, gosh
There's so many songs about Texas

(01:40:01):
Texas in country songs is like Johnny in country songs
Right
It's kind of like
All right, so keys to writing a hit country song
You got to put Texas in there, you got to put Johnny in there
We're breaking the code
I'm pretty sure there's a train and a truck
Welcome to Songwriters Guild
Oh, and a mama
There's always a mama

(01:40:22):
This is Songwriters Guild
Mama
All right
So there's a band called Alabama
And they sing a song about Texas
If you want to stay in Texas
You got to play in Texas
Yeah, that's a good one actually
But let's listen to
This isn't one of my favorite ones by Alabama
It's called Dixieland Delight, 1983

(01:41:01):
Rollin' down a backwoods
Tennessee byway
One arm on the wheel
Holdin' my lover with the other
A sweet soft southern thrill

(01:41:22):
Worked hard all week
Got a little jingle
On a Tennessee Saturday night
Couldn't feel better
I'm together with my Dixieland delight
Spend my dollar

(01:41:45):
Park in a holler
Needs a mountain moonlight
Hold her up tight
Make a little lovin'
A little turnin' up in on a Mason Dixon night
It's my life
Oh, so right
My Dixieland delight

(01:42:30):
White-tailed buck deer
Munching on clover
Red-tailed hawk
Sittin' on a limb
Chubby old ground hawk
Croaking bullfrog
Free as a feeling in the wind
Homegrown country girl

(01:42:53):
Gonna give me a whirl
Lucky as a seven
Livin' in heaven
With my Dixieland delight
Spend my dollar
Park in a holler

(01:43:14):
Hold her up tight
It's my life
Oh, so right

(01:44:02):
In the wind

(01:44:28):
Spend my dollar
Park in a holler
Hold her up tight
It's my life
Oh, so right

(01:45:17):
We're gonna backwards
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One arm on the rail
Holding my lover
With the other
A sweet soft southern thrill
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Alright, so songs about Texas, right?
The stars at night, so big and bright

(01:47:12):
Deep in the heart of Texas
Alright, Eric, what movie does that remind you of?
Pee Wee Herman
Pee Wee Herman, damn it
You know, I never thought I'd hear the words Pee Wee Herman on the Outlaw Country Show
Here we are, here we are
We've gone through Simpsons, I think, well, it might have been Off Air

(01:47:37):
But there was a Family Guy interlude there too
And now we're into Pee Wee Herman
I remember that movie when I was a kid
Oh, Jesus, that's so funny
Alright, so, a guy named David Allen Coe, he's from Dallas, Texas
The David Allen Coe from Dallas, Texas
He wrote a song called Willie Whalen and Me

(01:48:03):
I heard the burritos out in California
Could fly higher than the birds
Roger McGuinn had a 12-string guitar
It was like nothing I'd ever heard
And the eagles flew in from the west coast

(01:48:25):
Like the birds, they were trying to be free
Well, in Texas, the tongue turned to outlaw
Like Willie and Whalen and Me
Hey!
Well, they say Texas music's in the make

(01:48:46):
And we've been making music that is free
Doing what night stands, playing with our fans
Willie Whalen and Me, of Mad Dog
They say the Beatles were just the beginning
Of everything music could be

(01:49:09):
Just like the Beatles
They say the Beatles were just the beginning
Of everything music could be
Just like the Stones, I was rolling along
Like a ship lost out on the sea

(01:49:33):
And Joplin would die for the future
And Dylan would write poetry
And in Texas, the tongue turned to outlaws
Hey!
My name is David Allen Cole

(01:49:55):
And I'm from Dallas, Texas
They say Texas music's in the make
And we've been making music that is free
Doing what night stands, playing with our fans
Willie Whalen and Me, Big Jim

(01:50:35):
It was like nothing I ever heard

(01:50:56):
Like the birds, they were trying to be free
While in Texas, the tongue turned to outlaws

(01:51:35):
It was like nothing I ever heard

(01:51:59):
We're playing for two points each
You only have to name the artist
If you name one of them you get a chance to name the second

(01:52:20):
The other person has a chance to pick it up
Somebody tabulating here?
I got it.
All right, let's do this.
All right, here we go.
And then we're gonna try it your way.
Only like two seconds.
Two seconds.
All right.
Two seconds.
Here we go.
All right.
All right.
Lookin', uh, was that the Judds?

(01:52:42):
Nope.
It's that, I think it's that,
I've spent a lifetime lookin' for love.
Lookin' for love in all the wrong places.
See, this two second thing's hard.
Yeah, see, you know, just play it until we get it.
Yeah.
Okay.
Charlie's gotta go off.
Roseanne Cash.
No.
Oh, Kathy Mateja.
18 wheels.
God damn it.

(01:53:03):
Oh, two points.
That's two points to her.
Okay.
Yep, two points.
Next.
All right, all right.
But Charlie's had a good life.
Yeah, just play the song until we get it.
I think that's a little easier.
We're not wizards here.
All right, I gotta turn it down a little bit.
Everybody's going, I'm not gonna hear them.
Okay, here we go.
Randy Travis.
There's one.

(01:53:23):
Forever and ever, amen.
Two.
No, but I guessed it.
Oh, sorry.
Oh, that's true.
Okay, sorry.
You cheated.
I automatically get two points.
You better get outta here.
That's fair, I did cheat.
I know you knew that.
All right, we'll give Travis two on that one.
All right, so it's two to two.
You're goin' down, sweet curves.
Ready?
Yeah.

(01:53:47):
Giddy up a whoop.
Giddy up a whoop, Elvira.
All right, you got a chance.
Farn Godson?
No, you got a chance for the artist.
I know who it is.
Elvira, but I don't know who it is.
Oak Ridge Boys.
That a girl.
Okay, so we just get one point, right?
We're tied, we're not still tied.
So you're still tied, three, three.
All right.
Okay.

(01:54:13):
Carpenter?
Mm-mm.
Ah, who the hell is that?
I know the song.
You act like you were just born tonight.
Seven-year-age Roseanne Cash.
Two points.
Damn it.
Look at that.
Oh, and she's pullin' ahead.
Yeah, she gets two chimes.
All right.

(01:54:34):
George Jones.
Good, get a chance for the title.
Can you stop lovin' her?
There you go, two points.
Yeah.
Two points.
We're back to a time, my friends.
I actually love this song.
Ready?
All right.

(01:55:04):
Is that George Jones again?
No.
Alabama.
Alabama, no.
No.
Wait, let me hear the voice again.
Tim McGraw?
No.
No.
I'm gonna delete a point for every wrong answer.
Oh, god.
I'm gonna jump in here, because I know you guys know the song.

(01:55:28):
Smokey Mountain Rain.
It is.
Marty Robbins?
No.
No.
You get a chance to steal.
Smokey Mountain Rain is correct.
Smokey Mountain Rain is correct.
Oh, god.
Who is this?
I know the song.
I don't know.
Ronnie Millsap.
Ronnie Millsap.
Son of a gun.

(01:55:49):
Ronnie Millsap, I did know that.
Yep.
All right.
All right, you ready for the next one?
Yep.
George Straight.
Correct.
Yep, George Straight.
For the extra point.
I'm still wantin' me.
I'm still wantin' me.
Oh, how you sparkle.
How long does he get?

(01:56:10):
Can he sing the whole song, because that's not fair?
You look so good in love.
That's right.
You just sang the whole song to get to the chorus, so you get one point.
We're gonna have a time limit on the second point.
All right, what's the time limit?
Five seconds.
All right, that's two for me and Cassie.
All right.
Are we ready?
All right, now you pulled ahead by one there, Josh.
Okay, here we go.
Winning.
By cheating and listening to the whole song.
All right.

(01:56:31):
Hank Williams Jr., Country Boy Can Survive.
There you go.
All right.
Two points.
Boom.
All right, ready for the next one?
Right.
Randy Travis.
You get a chance for the bonus, but if you get it wrong, go straight to her.
I'm gonna go with the bonus.
I'm gonna go with the bonus.

(01:56:53):
I'm gonna go with the bonus, but if you get it wrong, go straight to her.
What's the name of that damn song?
I have to get to the chorus, right?
What is it, Sweet Curb?
What song is it?
Higher, I don't even know, higher than the stars above.
I heard that with Salty Streets, they sometimes fall.

(01:57:16):
Nobody gets it.
I can't love you deeper than the holler.
Deeper than the holler.
God dang it.
Yeah.
Six for Kirby and ten for Travis.
Are you pulling the plug now that you're winning?
Yep, I won.
I won.
All right, the game is over.
Never play in this game again.
That's the show.
Good night.
No.
We'll hear you all next week.
I won.

(01:57:37):
You won this week.
We'll see what happens.
All right, couple more, couple more.
Here we go.
Oh, so he hasn't won yet.
Okay, couple more.
Nah, he's not done until I decide we're done.
I'm sober on the board.
We got it.
Alabama.
Song of the South.
No, I'm done with you.

(01:58:00):
I got it.
He had a chance to call it.
He gets it wrong.
Just too long.
You can't wait until the song starts and it says Song of the South.
I won that.
I got two.
I said it, we both actually said it at the same time.
So.
All right.
No cheating this week, Kirby.
Just put your phone down.
Obviously I don't have my phone because I'm not winning.

(01:58:21):
Maybe you should put your phone down.
Or stop waiting for the chorus.
Yeah, you can't type that fast.
All right, three more.
Actually, how many, what's the score now?
It is six to 12 currently.
All right, three more songs.
You got to do a shutout.
You ready?
Okay.
Let's do it.
All right.
You feeling it?

(01:58:42):
I'm feeling it.
Play me something good, Eric.
What's the song?
I don't remember.
Jets.
Hmm.

(01:59:04):
Travis Tritt, Cumberland Road.
Oh, you were close.
I'll give you Cumberland road.
But who sings it?
You get a chance to call it.
The only version I've ever heard is Travis shirt.
I don't know.
Oh, Shannon doha.
What about this Travis Tricks song I'm thinking of then?
All right, I got a point.
You do.
All right.
Fair enough.
7 to 12.
Only one, though.
All right.
You can't see this, but I'm flipping them off right now.

(01:59:25):
You can't see all the birds flying around the studio
right now.
Can't see the birds flying around this place.
Holy crap.
All right, here's our next one.
Dixie Chicks, Wide Open Spaces.
Yes.
Aw, come on.
You can't give me a Dixie Chicks song.
9 to 12.
Of course I would never get a Dixie Chicks.

(01:59:47):
We're going to play Earl for you next.
All right, two more.
Two more.
Two more.
OK.
Toby Keith?
No.
Pam Tillis.
She gets a chance to call the song.

(02:00:08):
You missed it more like Katie did sing like a symphony.
Well, you don't know the names.
It's fine.
I've never even heard this before.
Hold on.
Don't tell me.
Don't tell me.
Maybe it was Memphis.
There you go.
Nicely done.
11 to 12.
We got ourselves a tight one.
All right.
Let's go with the, there we go.

(02:00:31):
Last one.
Oh, I feel like the game is rigged.
Phone, Trisha Yearwood.
X as a nose.
Thank you.
I feel like the duck season.
I feel like the game is rigged.
From behind to win again.
I feel like the game is rigged.
The queen reigns supreme.
That was a bunch of girl songs at the end.
Thank you.
Come on.

(02:00:52):
You're right.
He stopped loving her today.
He's like, Hank Williams, get out of here.
It was equal meshed.
I would have never guessed this song.
I've heard it before.
I've heard it before.
But I don't know who sings it.
Trisha Yearwood.
Do I look like I listen to Trisha Yearwood?
Maybe you should be more well-rounded

(02:01:14):
in your musical taste.
So Sweet Curbs wins again.
13 to 12.
That just means we get to play next time.
Yeah.
Travis said if he beats me.
Until I win.
And then that's the last game.
And that's the last game.
Once I win, we're never playing again.
So lucky for y'all, we'll be playing for a while.
All right, my friends.
Hey, that's been a fun couple of hours.
Hell yeah, man.

(02:01:34):
Time to bring us out.
Thank you for tuning in and hanging out with us.
I'm Travis Billy Ross.
This is the Outlaw radio show on Ramona Radio.
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Make it easy on yourself.
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Party with salads.
They gotta have the meat.

(02:01:54):
They gotta have the meat.
All right, y'all.
Thank you so much.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Happy Sunday.
And if you're listening to this on Monday morning, drive safe.
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