Take This Pod and Shove It – Details, episodes & analysis

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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This week Danny and Tyler are joined by comedian Nick Pupo (@Nickpupo, The Only Horror Movie Podcast) to discuss the incredible music and hard life of Ted Hawkins. Hawkins cannot be pinned down to one genre—he effortlessly switches between folk, blues, soul, gospel, and country—but we highlight one of his most-country tunes, "Happy Hour," and add it to our public playlist.

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New to the music of the Unstoppable Ted Hawkins? Here's some recs from us!

• Sorry You’re Sick
• Stop Your Crying
• Bring it Home Daddy
• There Stands the Glass
• The Lost Ones
• Green Eyed Girl
• Afraid
• Strange Conversation
• Watch Your Step

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Happy Hour"!
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This week Danny and Tyler dig into the history, impact, and unbridled horniness of Conway Twitty. We also add his no. 1 country hit "Slow Hand" (a cover/re-working of the Pointer Sisters song) to our public playlist! Hold your lover close and put on your tight fittin' jeans, because we're takin' y'all to Twitty City!

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New to The Heartland Hearthrob? Here's some recs from Danny and Tyler:

• Hello Darlin’
• Tight Fittin’ Jeans
• Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (duet with Loretta Lynn)
• You’re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly (duet with Loretta Lynn)
• I’d Just Love To Lay You Down 
• Saturday Night Special
• Hearts
• Love Salvation
• Country Bumpkin (duet with Loretta Lynn)

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Slow Hand"!
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
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This week the boys are joined by the hilarious Tina Dybal (Slop City podcast, @tinadybal) to discuss Brandi Carlile, and specifically her acclaimed song "The Joke." Tina chats with Tyler and Danny about Carlile's incredible vocal and songwriting abilities, the joy of crying at a concert, and just what the hell is Americana? 

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If you're new to Brandi Carlile and would like some more recommended songs, this oughtta get you started:

• Right On Time
• Hold Out Your Hand
• Every Time I Hear That Song
• Wherever is Your Heart
• Murder in the City
• Harder to Forgive
• The Story
• The Eye
• The Mother
• Heart’s Content
• Most of All
• Water Witch (Secret Sisters song)
• Crowded Table (The Highwomen song)
• The Chain (Fleetwood Mac cover by The Highwomen)

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "The Joke"!
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This week we talk to country singer Chris Canterbury (new album Quaalude Lullabies out now!) about one of his major musical influences, the late great Townes Van Zandt! In addition to adding the storytelling classic "Pancho & Lefty" to our Ultimate Country Playlist, we discuss Van Zandt's growing legacy, using sparse production to best serve a song, and the power and attraction of sad songs.

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Chris Canterbury, our first-non comedian guest, is a singer-songwriter in Nashville by way of his native Louisiana. Canterbury's new album is Quaalude Lullabies, a nine track collection of mostly sad songs that offers on-the-nose lyrical phrasing, subtlety loose production, and an honest insight into razor-edge topics like addiction, depression, and loneliness. Danny and Tyler both highly recommend this new album!

We also have some recommendations for Townes Van Zandt songs, for anyone who is new to Townes and would like a place to start:

• Rex’s Blues
• To Live is To Fly
• Loretta
• Waitin’ Around to Die
• Dead Flowers
• Two Hands
• I’ll Be Here in the Morning
• If I Needed You

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Pancho & Lefty"!
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
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Take a listen to the COVERS playlist version of our Official playlist here!

After 35 Smothered and Covered segments, we have finally begun a playlist of our favorite cover versions of the songs we've added to our Ultimate Country Playlist. On this episode Danny and Tyler share what covers make up the first five songs of the NEW playlist. Some covers are iconic, some obscure, some are punk, and some are by the original artist.

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Like this new playlist and wanna hear our ever-growing playlist of incredible country tunes? Follow the link below for our public Spotify playlist:
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
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[EPISODE IS NOT ACTUALLY PRESENTED BY WAFFLE HOUSE...BUT WE CAN DREAM!!!]

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This week we get a little alternative as Danny and Tyler are joined by Joe McAdam (@joemcadam, BUTT sketch) to discuss the band CAKE. No, CAKE is not a country band, but they do have a number of country songs, and on this episode we discuss how a 90's alt rock band could be a gateway into country music. And we add the dusty breakup song "Mexico" to our public playlist!

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Need a Cake crash course? Here's our other recs:

• The entirety of the album Fashion Nugget, for starters...
• Excuse Me, I Think I’ve Got a Heartache (Buck Owens cover)
• Walk on By
• Sad Songs and Waltzes (Willie Nelson cover)
• Daria
• Italian Leather Sofa
• War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Mexico"!
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
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