THE OUTLAW POET AND THE CRAWFISH QUEEN: BILLY JOE SHAVER & YVETTE LANDRY
The late Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver was a prolific composer who drew inspiration from his life experiences: turning horses to working in a sawmill; his relationship with religion and his family. All raw material for honing classic country songs, many of which are anthemic in the Outlaw Country music scene of yore. Then, the former Crawfish Queen of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, Yvette Landry, shares stories of coming to music and song-making later in life, and her work with the “Godfather of Swamp Pop,” Warren Storm. Plus words and music from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball and Fats Domino.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Road Stop Jimmy Day
Stars of the Steel Guitar, Gusto Records
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings
Honky Tonk Heroes, Sony
Heartaches By the Number Ray Price
The Essential Ray Price: 1951-1962, Sony
If You've Got the Money Honey (I've Got the Time) Lefty Frizzell
The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 1-1950-1951, Sony
Clip: Billy Joe Shaver meets Harlan Howard
Ride Me Down Easy Bobby Bare
The Essential Bobby Bare, Sony
Chicken on the Ground Wanda Jackson
Tears Will Be the Chaser For Your Wine, Bear Family
Instrumental: Heartaches By the Number Floyd Cramer
More Country Classics, Sony
Clip: Growing Up in Corsicana
I've Been to Georgia on a Fast Train Billy Joe Shaver
The Essential Billy Joe Shaver, Sony
Clip: Writing Poetry
Old Chunk of Coal Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits, Compadre Records
Clip: Becoming a Songwriter
Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me Billy Joe Shaver
Old Five and Dimers Like Me, Sony
Clip: Nashville on a Cantaloupe Truck
Music City, USA Billy Joe Shaver
Long in the Tooth, Lightning Rod Records
Clip: Honky Tonk Heroes
Old Five and Dimers (Like Me) Waylon Jennings
Honky Tonk Heroes, Sony
Instrumental: Jukebox Charlie Lloyd Green
Revisited, Lloyd Green
Pick Up the Tempo Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
Waylon and Willie , Sony
Ain't You Sorry Mance Lipscomb
Captain, Captain, Arhoolie
I Feel A Change Coming On Bob Dylan
Together Through Life, Sony
Clip: His son, Eddy
Live Forever Shaver
Tramp on Your Street, BMG
Clip: Advice to Songwriters
Try and Try Again Billy Joe Shaver
The Real Deal, Compadre Records
End Bed: Sunday in Dixie Buddy Emmons
Stars of the Steel Guitar, Gusto Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Blue Moon Girl Yvette Landry
Should Have Known, Yvette Landry
Le vieux soulard et sa femme (The Old Drunkard And his Wife) Cleoma Breaux and Joe Falcon
Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian Folkways
Rosa Majeur Queen Ida
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band, GNP Crescendo
Le Vieux Dodge a Bill Landry Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin, Bridgetown
SEGMENT: Yvette Landry
Instrumental: Ginning-Take 1 Scatman Pattin
Rockin’ Days in Shreveport, Louisiana, Various Artists, Ram Records, USA Network
Prisoner's Song Warren Storm
Swamp Gold, Jin Records
Irene Warren Storm Willie T & Cypress
Warren Storm Willie T & Cypress, Jin Records
SEGMENT: Yvette Landry on Warren Storm
Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
Coteau: Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
Laisser les Cajun danser Belton Richard and the Musical Aces
Modern Sounds of Cajun Music Vol 2, Swallow
Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Outlaws and Armadillos: The Roaring 70s, Country Music Hall of Fame
Just Another Lie Linda Brannon
Early, Rare Rockabilly and Country (Hillbilly), Ram Records
Hole in My Heart Feufollet
Two Universes, Feufollet
Whiskey Heaven Fats Domino
Sentimental Journey: Fats Domino Live at the University of New Orleans, BMG
Heaven is a Honky Tonk The Highwomen
The Highwomen, Elektra
Closing bed: Still of the Night Santo and Johnny
Santo and Johnny: Volume Secondo, Duck Records