This week we are joined by music writer Caleb Doyle (of Nightswimming music blog) to discuss Chicago alt country band Tobacco City. We add the Tobacco City song "Time" from their excellent 2025 album Horses to our Ultimate Country Playlist. Check out our playlist and the entire Horses album!
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This week Danny and Tyler add Hal Ketchum's 90's boot-scootin', slice-of-life banger "Small Town Saturday Night" to the Ultimate Country Playlist. Also we talk about Jurassic Park for some reason.
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This week is Tracy Chapman week on the pod! We add her gorgeous and heartbreaking hit "Fast Car" to our Ultimate Country Playlist.
Unsure if it's country? Well, after it became a No. 1 country hit with minimal changes when covered by Luke Combs, Rolling Stone named it one of the 200 greatest country songs of all time. Plus, we think it rocks and its lyrics are country as all get out. So it's on the playlist! Listen for more of our pro-Chapman rationale in this week's episode.
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We've been waiting to do a Bob Dylan episode for years and the film A Complete Unknown is just the excuse we were looking for! This week Danny and Tyler discuss the late 60's era of Dylan's career where he became a country crooner. Post-electric and pre-religious, this is a beautiful time in Dylan's eclectic catalog.
"Country Pie" from Nashville Skyline has been added to our Ultimate Country Playlist! Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify
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Last week was the 2025 Inauguration, and of all the terrible things that happened, the most light-hearted had to be the musical performances. These performances included a number of—you guessed it—country acts, including Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Lee Greenwood, and what's left of Billy Ray Cyrus.
This week Tyler and Danny are joined by comedy writer and pop culture expert Danii Gallegos to take a look at what happened and why so many things went wrong.
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It's been 2025 for a couple weeks now, but we're still thinking about these incredible country and Americana albums from last year. In a year where everyone from giant pop stars to indie rock darlings were exploring country sounds it was hard to narrow our favorite albums down to just five. Hear what albums Danny and Tyler chose, and where they overlapped.
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It's a special BONUS Christmas episode! This week Danny and Tyler discuss Red Simpson's Country Christmas concept album "Truckers' Christmas." We hope you enjoy and we'll see ya in 2025!
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For our annual Christmas episode, Danny and Tyler add Merle Haggard's hard-timin' working-class classic to the Ultimate Country Playlist. For all the joy it brings, December can still be a pretty rough month. Merle knows your pain, so give this tune a listen!
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This week Danny and Tyler are joined by comedian and author Dewey Lovett (new book DRINKSGIVING out now!) to discuss CMA darling Miranda Lambert, and add her revenge banger "Gunpowder & Lead" to our ultimate country playlist!
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This week Tyler and Danny present three classic protest country songs that are [unfortunately] still relevant, especially given the results of last week's election.
Likely there are more country tunes that stick it to the Man comin', but in this week please enjoy "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine, "Oval Room" by Blaze Foley, and "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" by Bruce Springsteen (also known as "Deportees", originally by Woody Guthrie).
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This week we humbly present a quick mini episode with Tyler's seasonal song "Millennial Witch Girlfriend." Happy Halloween!
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Danny and Tyler are back with three more spooky country songs from Alan Jackson, The Handsome Family, and Adia Victoria. This week the boys focus the haunting Southern Gothic sub-genre.
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It's Spooky Season! Just in time for your Halloween playlists Danny and Tyler are here to offer some delightfully spooky songs. This week we discuss...
"Vampire Girl" by Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
"The Rubber Room" by Porter Wagoner
and "Water Witch" by The Secret Sisters and Brandi Carlile
We'll be back next week with more spooky, creepy, and spine-chilling country songs!
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This week Danny and Tyler talk about the excellent music, career, and stories of the late great Kris Kristofferson. Losing Kristofferson creates a huge hole in the musical world—he's one of the most singular and poetic singer-songwriters in all of country. Luckily, he left behind a wonderful catalog of music to revisit and appreciate.
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This week Kris Kristofferson passed away at 88. In addition to being one of country music's greatest songwriters, he was a movie stars, a political activist, and one of the most badass dudes to ever live. This week we revisit our 2022 episode about Kristofferson, with guest Zach Peterson.
Rest easy, Kris. Thanks for the tunes, the stories, and for John Prine.
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We round out CONCEPTEMBER with one of the best concept albums of any genre (but especially country) of at least the last decade: A Sailor's Guide To Earth by Sturgill Simpson. The love/advice letter to his wife and firstborn son is an ambitious musical triumph that feels like country, soul, prog rock, and 70's Elvis all at the same time.
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CONCEPTEMBER continues! This week Danny and Tyler discuss the excellent album Lindeville from Ashley McBride and inspired by the character driven songs of country songwriting legend Dennis Linde.
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This week we go in a totally new direction: we discuss not a song, not an album, not even an artist, but a BOOK that was a gateway to country music. Of all things, it was the Reader's Digest Country and Western Songbook that helped this week's guest, comedian Zac Maas, discover his love of country music.
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We're back! And for the month of September we are doing something special—a series of episodes about concept albums that we are calling CONCEPTEMBER! First we are digging one of Willie Nelson's best albums (if not his absolute best) which came out 50 years ago this year, Phases and Stages, a concept album about divorce and how both sides of the couple experience it differently.
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Last week on the Patreon we documented the cooking and eating of Conway Twitty's legendary Twitty Burger. We loved it, and we want to encourage Shovelos to try making it for themselves and let us know what you think! You document the process and share it with us we'll share it on our social media! Find us on Instagram (@takethispodandshoveit) or email us at takethispodandshoveit@gmail.com.
Ingredients (for 1 Twitty Burger)
- 4 oz. patty ground sirloin
- 1 large pineapple ring (we used two on ours, for what its worth)
- Graham cracker crumbs and shortening for the pineapple crusting and deep frying
- 2 slices of bacon, fried crisp
- Hamburger bun and mayonnaise on both bun slices
Directions:
- cook patty of ground sirloin as desired
- batter the pineapple ring with graham cracker crumbs and deep fry that sucker
- Then put it all together with the bacon, bun, etc. (You know how to make a sandwich.)
- EAT! Bask in the glory of your creation. Tells us what you think!
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2024 has arguably been one of the best years for new country music in quite a while. With acclaimed releases from favorites like Kacey Musgraves and Sturgill Simpson (er...I mean, Johnny Blue Skies), innovative LPs from rising stars like Willi Carlisle and Sierra Ferrell, country debuts from megastars Beyoncé and Post Malone, and killer releases from country's most prolific songwriters Zach Bryan and Charley Crockett, there's a lot for country fans to be excited about. There's also arguably too much to keep track of.
This week we dig into the best albums of 2024, so far. Let us know what you think—what's your favorite? What did we miss? What do we need to hear?
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This week Danny and Tyler talk about their week of hanging out in Denver. Plus, we talk about the next Patreon bonus episode (coming soon!!) and play a new game, 90'S OR NAH?, in which Danny tries to figure out if a song was released during 2024 or the 1990's. Play along and let us know how you scored!
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After blowing out his vocal chords and leaving much speculation about if or when he might ever return to music, Sturgill Simpson suddenly dropped a new album, Passage du Desir. This week Danny and Tyler talk about the new album, released as Sturgill's new alter ego Johnny Blue Skies, and discuss how Sturgill went on a globe-trotting quest to find himself, only to discover something totally new that's also satisfyingly familiar.
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This week we add the great Margo Price to our playlist and discuss her career, discography, and more!
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New to Margo Price? Here's some additional song recs from us:
- Hands of Time
- This Town Gets Around
- Desperate and Depressed
- Letting me Down
- Heart of America
- Light me Up (feat. Mike Campbell)
- Strays
- Ways to be Wicked (Tom Petty cover)
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This week Tyler and Danny share their reactions to Zach Bryan's emotional, character-driven smash hit album, The Great American Bar Scene. How did we like it? How does it compare to his self titled album? Listen to find out!
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86: "Time" by Tobacco City, w/ Caleb Doyle
56:52
85: "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum
41:03
84: "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
43:13
83: "Country Pie" by Bob Dylan
59:48
Country In Decline: A Look of the Inauguration Performances, w/ Danii Gallegos
57:39
Our Favorite Country Albums of 2024
41:51
It's a Trucker Christmas
50:13
82: "If We Make it Through December" by Merle Haggard
42:55
81: "Gunpowder & Lead" by Miranda Lambert, w/ Dewey Lovett
57:51
These Songs Kill Fascists
36:58
Minisode: "Millennial Witch Girlfriend"
3:51
Spooky Country part 2: Southern Gothic Edition
46:05
Spooky Country part 1
43:08
A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson
38:21
"Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" by Kris Kristofferson, w/ Zach Peterson [Recast]
1:42:57
A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson
54:35
Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
40:32
The Songbook that Helped Zac Maas Love Country
56:55
Phases and Stages by Willie Nelson
52:06
Minisode: The Twitty Burger Challenge
4:37
Midyear Roundup: The Best Country Music of 2024 So Far
57:26
Catch-up & Mustard 8: The 90's Are Back!
54:14
Did Sturgill Simpson (aka Johnny Blue Skies) Just Release the Best Country Album of 2024?
46:35
80: "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)" by Margo Price
59:16
79: "Pink Skies" by Zach Bryan (plus The Great American Bar Scene)
1:02:04