Top 20 Tracks From Last Week

Here they are based on listener purchases, wishlists & track ratings.


1. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Soul Of A Man - A Stranger Here
2. Kasey Chambers And Shane Nicholson - Kasey Chambers And Shane Nicholson / No One Hurts Up Here - Rattlin' Bones



3. Hayshaker - Mexico City - Black Holiday in Mexico City
4. Lucinda Williams - It's A Long Way To The Top - Little Honey
5. Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler - Working On A Dream
6. Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7. Gram Parsons - Medley - Cash On the Barrelhead/Hickory Wind - GP/Grievous Angel
8. John Doe & The Sadies - John Doe & The Sadies / Are The Good Times Really Over For Good - Country Club
9. NROTPS - Superman - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
10. NROFPS - I Don't Know You - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
11. Gram Parsons - She - GP/Grievous Angel
12. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Undo the Right/Somebody's Back In Town - Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969
13. Buck Owens - Close Up The Honky Tonks - The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990)- Disc 1
14. Joe Pug - Call It What You Will - Nation of Heat
15. Young, Neil And Crazy Horse - Pocahontas - Year Of The Horse - Disc 1
16. Young, Neil And Crazy Horse - Human Highway - Year Of The Horse - Disc 1
17. Wyckham Porteous - Please, Please Me (Piano Mix) - 3AM
18. Wyckham Porteous - 3 AM - 3AM
19. Willie Nelson - Time of the Preacher - Red Headed Stranger
20. Willie Nelson - Hands On the Wheel - Red Headed Stranger

John Doe & the Sadies Adds

I've been listening to a Yep Roc offering today and it is fantastic. The disc is Country Club by John Doe & The Sadies. They have joined forces to record some classics (with a couple of new originals mixed in) from the 1960s Countrypolitan Nashville era. Their takes are a bit non-politan and their take on Johnny's I Still Miss Someone is right on time!

In addition to that track I have added Are the Good Times Really Over for Good and Detroit City to the playlist. I think CAR listeners will be loving these tracks in short order. Thanks for listening.

Top US Metro Areas For Cosmic American Radio

Here's where our U.S. listeners are listening from. Montana? Thanks for listening.


1. Wichita - Hutchinson KS, NE, OK
2. Minneapolis - Saint Paul MN, WI
3. Atlanta AL, GA, NC
4. Houston TX
5. Washington DC (Hagerstown) DC, MD, PA, VA, WV
6. Los Angeles CA
7. Little Rock - Pine Bluff AR
8. Chicago IL, IN
9. Champaign & Springfield - Decatur IL
10. Great Falls MT

Naked Willie Adds

The newly released Naked Willie record has a unique twist. In much the same manner that the "naked" version of the Beatles Let It Be deconstructed Phil Spector's over-production of that album, Naked Willie strips away the more overdone aspects of some of the best songs from Nelson's years in the sixties and early seventies on the RCA label.

The result is an album where Nelson's often overlooked work during those years is able to be viewed in a new, far more refreshing light. Nelson and longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael have done a great job "de-producing" these songs. And by "de-producing," I mean stripping away all of the strings, horns, and generally overproduced nonsense that constituted what was then known as the "Nashville Sound." Of course I like the "Nashville Sound" from that era but I like the "Naked" versions just as much.

I added a few classics from this disc and think CAR listeners will enjoy them. Apparently Willie had to fight a bit to get them released and it is good to know he still has a little fight left in him!

AMA Top 10 For This Week

1. BUDDY & JULIE MILLER (592) Written In Chalk New West
2. WILLIE NELSON AND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (580) Willie and the Wheel Bismeaux
3. GOURDS (490) Haymaker! Yep Roc
4. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (508) Midnight At The Movies Bloodshot
5. J.J.CALE (403) Roll On Rounder
6. RUTHIE FOSTER (451) The Truth According to Ruthie Foster Blue Corn
7. RAUL MALO (490) Lucky One Fantasy
8. NEKO CASE (355) Middle Cyclone Anti-Epitaph
9. DEREK TRUCKS BAND (350) Already Free Sony
10. JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT (390) Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Lightning Rod

Top 10 CAR Tracks Last Week

Here they are based on listener purchases, wishlists and track ratings.


1. Hayes Carll - Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long - Little Rock
2. Eric Clapton - Stone Free - Stone Free - A Tribute To Jimmy Hendrix
3. Son Volt - Beacon Soul - The Search
4. Shooter Jennings And The 357's - Steady At The Wheel - Live At Irving Plaza 4-18-06
5. Hayes Carll - Sit In With The Band - Little Rock
6. Alison Krauss And Union Station - Restless
7. Tammy Wynette - I Don't Wanna Play House - Tears Of Fire : The 25th Anniversary Collection - Disc 1 of 3
8. Flying Burrito Bros. - Christine's Tune - Hot Burritos Anthology #1
9. Elvis Costello & Paul McCartney - Veronica
10. New Riders of the Purple Sage - Glendale Train

Old Californio Adds

I got a disc in the mail recently from a group calling themselves Old Californio. The disc is titled Westering Again. I would say neither moniker nor title is very catchy but the tunes are quite catchy. Imagine a blending of Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, late era Byrds, Beachwood Sparks plus a few CSN extended grooves and you have the sound of Old Californio.

I liked it so much I'm adding 5 tracks to the CAR playlist later tonight. Those tracks will be Mother Road, City Lines, Joseph Campbell, From the Mouths of Babes & California Goodness. Enjoy and remember.......the CD sleeves are screened individually.........whatever that means?

More Cosmic Fans! Thanks.

Just found your station a few weeks ago and have been wonderfully surprised and pleased. Thanks for the great music.

I’ve shared the station with friends and musical family here and in Nashville.

Thanks and keep up the good “work.” It is appreciated!


David
Columbia, Maryland

No More Virgins?

Remaining U.S. Virgin Megastores to be gone by Summer
By: Muriel Vega on March 6, 2009 3

It seems digital music sales and illegal file-sharing are about to claim yet another victim of the recording industry. In light of the closing of the iconic Times Square Virgin Megastore in April, the chief executive of Virgin Entertainment Group Inc. announced that the six remaining U.S. Virgin stores will be closed by Summer due to the slowing of the economy and declining record sales.

Vornado, the company that owns the Times Square location, pressured the struggling chain to either pay more rent or leave the property. According to the Vornado executive vice-president, Virgin pays $54 a square foot in an area where rents are around $700 a square foot because of the prime location. The location in Times Square will be now taken over by clothing store Forever 21.The Times Square location will close in April, and will be followed by stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando and Denver, all before summer. By then, about 1,000 staff members will be laid off, plus 60 employees from corporate. All other stores were closed last year.Despite broadening its product offerings to apparel and electronics, Virgin continued to lose out to digital music sales and online music stores like iTunes in the past few years.

Virgin Megastores will be gone after nearly two decades of massive CD-release parties and splashy store opening stunts. About 150 Virgin Megastores remain in the rest of the world, with stores in France, Australia, Japan and the Middle East, all owned by local companies.

AMA Top 20 From Last Week

BOLD tracks in the Cosmic American Radio Playlist Currently

1. WILLIE NELSON AND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (583) Willie and the Wheel Bismeaux Records
2. BUDDY & JULIE MILLER (522) Written In Chalk New West
3. GOURDS (493) Haymaker! Yep Roc
4. OTIS GIBBS (442) Grandpa Walked A Picketline Wanamaker Recording Company
5. TEJAS BROTHERS (360) Tejas Brothers Smith
6. RUTHIE FOSTER (432) The Truth According to Ruthie Foster Blue Corn
7. DEREK TRUCKS BAND (343) Already Free Sony
8. JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT (402) Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Lightning Rod
9. RAUL MALO (462) Lucky One Fantasy
10. GURF MORLIX (400) Last Exit To Happyland Independent
11. BIG HOUSE (311) Never Ending Train Big House
12. JORMA KAUKONEN (441) River Of Time Red House
13. MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS (342) Ready For The Flood New West
14. LUCINDA WILLIAMS (320) Little Honey Lost Highway
Debut
15. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (3716) Midnight At The Movies Bloodshot
16. BEN KWELLER (301) Changing Horses ATO
17. J.J.CALE (3816) Roll On Rounder
18. GUY DAVIS (371) Sweetheart Like You Red House
19. RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS (301) Cardinology Lost Highway
20. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (251) Working On A Dream Columbia

More Gram!

I got this email earlier today............

Hi David,
Love the station! Can you play some Gram Parsons? I have just been told about him and his accomplishments. Would like to hear what he done.

Regards,

Allan

Allan.............it is done my man- enjoy.