Midweek Mixdown: Tie One On Tonight with Blackout Benny

Check out the latest episode (#13) of Blackout Benny's classic country show Tie One On Tonight below. Swank art by Olaf Jens.

Here's the scoop...

Happy New Year! Welcome to Tie One On Tonight - country music record party #13. This episode brings songs songs about the end result of living too hard, what to do with the blues, one of the best bar brawler 45s I got, a tune about Patty Hearst and much much more. My newer artist this go around is the fantastic Croy and They Boys from Austin TX. and they have a public service announcement I 100% can get behind. Cheers, Benny

Listen to Blackout Benny's Tie One On Tonight #13 via Mixcloud right here. Fans of late 50s and early 60s country gems by Skeets McDonald, Wanda Jackson, Slim Whitman, Sonny Curtis, Kirk Hansard and others will be delighted. 

Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley lend a hand with Asteroid City soundtrack

Jarvis "Levi" Cocker and Pulp pal Richard Hawley did a fine job for Wes Anderson with "Dear Alien" & "You Can't Wake Up." And yes, that's Seu Jorge up front.

Various Artists – Asteroid City Soundtrack 

1. ‘WXYZ-TV Channel 8’ – Alexandre Desplat

2. ‘Last Train To San Fernando’ – Johnny Duncan and the Bluegrass Boys

3. ‘Indian Love Call’ – Slim Whitman

4. ‘April In Portugal’ – Les Baxter

5. ‘Ida Red’ – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

6. ‘Pachelbel: Canon And Gigue in D Major’ – Henk Bouman, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

7. ‘Opening Ceremony With Awards Presentation’ – Alexandre Desplat

8. ‘Jingle Jangle Jingle’ – Tex Ritter

9. ‘Orange Blossom Special’ – Bill Monroe, The Bluegrass Boys

10. ‘High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)’ – Tex Ritter

11. ‘Cowboy’s Lament’ – Burl Ives

12. ‘Viewing Of The Astronomical Ellipses – Alexandre Desplat

13. ‘Rose Marie’ – Slim Whitman

14. ‘Indian Love Call – 1944 version’ – Slim Whitman

15. ‘Sixteen Tons’ – Tennessee Ernie Ford 

16. ‘The Cattle Call’ – Eddy Arnold

17. ‘Special Seminar At The Playwright’s Request’ – Alexandre Desplat

18. ‘Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)’ – Asteroid City cast

19. ‘Kaw-Liga’ – Johnny Duncan, The Bluegrass Boys

20. ‘Emergency Assembly’ – Alexandre Desplat

21. ‘A Bewildering And Bedazzling Celestial Mystery’ – Alexandre Desplat

22. ‘How High The Moon’ – Les Paul, Mary Ford

23. ‘The Streets Of Laredo’ – Bing Crosby

24. ‘Freight Train’ – The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, Nancy Whiskey

25. ‘You Can’t Wake Up If You Don’t Fall Asleep’ – Jarvis Cocker

Get a copy of the Asteroid City soundtrack right here.