Bourbon Trail Road Trip Playlist!

SHARK SANDWICH!

Road trips are the best. Pick a destination, pack up your friends jam the tunes and ride out. Once a year my friends and I trek to a place we haven’t been before. This year we chose the great Commonwealth of Kentucky and their tasty Bourbon Trail to visit. What better way to celebrate the culture of this mighty state than by listening to some of it’s best musical output. Kentucky has produced some great musicians and talent from bands like The Everly Brothers, Cage the Elephant, My Morning Jacket, Slint and all their offshoot bands, Rappers Nappy Roots, Dwight Yoakam, Sturgill Simpson, and the coal miner’s daughter Loretta Lynn and her sister Crystal Gale to great metal acts like Coliseum and some profound jazz artists. Kentucky has also given us the acting talents of one Mr. Tom Cruise, George Clooney, and Johnny Depp and my personal favorite Michael Shannon. Film director and composer John Carpenter hails from Kentucky. The great comedians Ben Bailey (The Cash Cab guy),Chris Hardwick, and Hal Sparks are also from the Bluegrass State.

This particular playlist features artists from or band members from Kentucky. Songs about Kentucky or have Kentucky in the title. Since it’s a bourbon trail trip any and all whiskey themes are included! The list also includes a general Kentucky “feel” maybe a touch southern gothic thrown in for good measure. Yes, I’m well aware that Kentucky was not a confederate state! But, it’s biggest city Louisville calls itself “The Gateway to the South” even though laterally it sits relatively equal to non southern cities like St. Louis and Kansas City so go figure. The only Cyrus clan member to make this playlist is Trace and his band Metro Station, (Miley and Noah are technically from Tennessee) daddy didn’t make it because just no, not gonna happen… Dig in, it’s fourteen hours of pure music goodness featuring some artists from Kentucky!

Anyway here’s the jams in order: * Denotes artist from Kentucky, originated in Kentucky, or a band member from Kentucky.

1. Stack Waddy*- Kentucky
2. Murder By Death- Kentucky Bourbon
3. Dwight Yoakam*- Suspicious Minds
4. Cage the Elephant*- Cold Cold Cold
5. Ralph Stanley feat. Rickey Skaggs*- Ain’t It Hard
6. Blackberry Smoke- Ain’t Much Left of Me
7. Muhammad Ali* on Ali Vs. Foreman
8. Ben Bailey*- Accidental Ornithologist
9. Dead Child*- Angel of the Odd
10. The Gits (Mia Zapata )*- Another Shot of Whiskey
11. Ryan Adams- Answering Bell
12. DEVO- Working In A Coalmine
13. Chuckie Campbell*- A Moment In Time
14. Dwight Yoakam- Long Way To Go
15. Cage The Elephant*- Back Against The Wall
16. Adrian Belew*- Matchless Man
17. Shipping News*- Bad News
18. Todd Snider- Ballad of the Kingsmen
19. The Glasspack*- Barn Party
20. Nappy Roots*- Be Alright
21. Sleeper Agent*- Be Brave
22. BR5-49- Better Than This
23. My Morning Jacket*- Big Decisions
24. Drive By Truckers- Birthday Boy
25. Richard Hell*& The Voidoids- Blank Generation
26. The Johnson Mountain Boys- Blue Diamond Mines (Harlan County USA Soundtrack)
27. Elvis Presley- Blue Moon of Kentucky
28. Ganja White Night- Bourbon
29. Municipal Waste- Bourbon Discipline
30. Lydia Lovelace- Boy Crazy
31. Gary Stewart*- Brand New Whiskey
32. VHS or Beta*- Bring on the Comets
33. American Aquarium- Burn. Flicker. Die
34. Cunninlynguists*- Kentucky (Interlude)
35. Uncle Tupelo- Whiskey Bottle
36. Wax Fang*- Can You See the Light?
37. Crain*- Car Crash Decisions
38. Chris Hardwick*- Cartoon Voiceovers
39. Keith Whitley*- Charlotte’s In North Carolina
40. James McMurtry- Childish Things
41. Cage the Elephant*- Cigarette Daydreams
42. Scissor Sisters (Scott Hoffman)*- Comfortably Numb
43. Golden Smog- Corvette (Corvette’s are made in Bowling Green, Kentucky!)
44. Dwight Yoakam*- Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen cover)
45. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit- Cumberland Gap
46. Dave Alvin- You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
47. Apples In Stereo (Robert Schneider)*- Dance Floor
48. Drive By Truckers- Danko/ Manuel
49. Joe Henry- Dark As A Dungeon
50. Ryan Adams- Doomsday
51. The Hookers*- Devil’s Blue
52. Chris Hardwick*- Dick Poems
53. Endpoint*- Dignity
54. King Kong*- Dirty City Rainy Day
55. The Avett Brothers- Down With the Shine
56. The Muckrackers*- Through My Door
57. Kentucky Headhunters*- Dumas Walker
58. Young Widows*- Dumb
59. Chris Hardwick*-Dweebs
60. Muhammad Ali on Ali Vs. Spinks
61. Psycho Sun- Corvette
62. Chris Stapleton*- Either Way
63. Amtrac*- Escape (feat. Forest)
64. Johnny Depp* speech from Trancendence
65. Morning Teleportation*- Expanding Anyway
66. The Mallet Brothers- F-150 (F-150’s are produced in Ky.!)
67. Wayne Kramer & The Lexington Arts Ensemble*- A.R.C.
68. Black Stone Cherry*- Fade Away
69. The 23 String Band*- Fat Frankie
70. Scud Mountain Boys- Fiery Coffin
71. Bill Monroe* & Doc Watson- Fire On the Mountain
72. Artifex Pero*- First Do No Harm
73. Rosemary Clooney*- A Foggy Day
74. Sleeper Agent*- Get It Daddy
75. Natives*- Ghost
76. Chris Hardwick*- Ghost Hunters
77. My Morning Jacket*- Gideon
78. Johnny Cash- God’s Gonna Cut You Down
79. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers*- God Fearing People
80. James McMurtry- Gone To the Y
81. Slint*- Good Morning, Captain
82. Ben Bailey*- Google
83. Kingdon Come*- (Gotta Go) Can’t Wage A War
84. Matty Matlock*- Ain’t We Got Fun 
85. Jay Munly- Amen Corner
86. Dwight Yoakam*- Rock It All Away
87. Ryan Bingham- Hallelujah
88. Dave Alvin- Harlan County Line
89. Roger Alan Wade- Haulin’ Ass
90. 16 Horsepower- Heel On the Shovel
91. Harry Dean Stanton*- Help Me Make It Through the Night
92. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers*- Hills of Hell
93. Bodeco*- Hip Shake (Slim Harpo)
94. My Morning Jacket*- Holdin’ on to Black Metal
95. Chris Hardwick*- Holler If You Need Anything
96. Dwight Yoakam*- Home For Sale
97. Houndmouth*- Honey Slider
98. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit- Hope For the High Road
99. The Hookers- Horror Rises From The Tombs
100. The Everly Brothers*- How Can I Meet Her?
101. The For Carnation*- How I Beat The Devil
102. Sturgill Simpson*- I’d Have To Be Crazy
103. Scud Mountain Boys- Silo
104. The Avett Brothers- I and Love and You
105. Bering Strait- I Could Use a Hero
106. White Reaper*- I Don’t Think She Cares
107. Nine Pound Hammer*- I Don’t Think So
108. Uncle Tupelo- I Got Drunk
109. Tom T. Hall*- I Like Beer
110. Dwight Yoakam*- I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick cover)
111. Medeski, Martin, and Wood*- Your Name Is Snake Anthony
112. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers*- Ichabod
113. Lethal*- Immune
114. Sturgill Simpson- In Bloom (Nirvana Cover)
115. Black Stone Cherry- In My Blood
116. Cage The Elephant- In One Ear
117. Bonnie “Prince” Billy* (Will Oldham)- Intentional Injury
118. Hayes Carll- It’s A Shame
119. Muhammad Ali on how “It’s All a Promotion”
120. CABIN*- It Is What It Looks Like
121. Dwight Yoakam- It Only Hurts When I Cry
122. Johnny Flynn- Kentucky Pill
123. Malachi Thompson*- Jammin’ At The Point (Reprise)
124. Lionel Hampton*- Jivin’ The Vibes
125. Bobby Mackey*- Johanna
126. The Watson Twins*- Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover)
127. Timothy Olyphant and Jacob Pitts as Agents Raylan Givens and Tim Gutterson from the show “Justified“- Seeds of Mistrust In a Garden of Assholes (show was fictionally based in Eastern Kentucky based on the Elmore Leonard novels)
128. Muhammad Ali reflects on his career
129. NEEDTOBREATHE- Keep Your Eyes Open
130. Thieving Birds- Kentucky
131. Tom Waits- Kentucky Avenue
132. Pavement- Kentucky Cocktail
133. Government Cheese*- Kentucky Home
134. Pokey LaFarge- Kentucky Mae
135. Ben Bailey*- Lactose Intolerant
136. Coliseum*- Last/Lost
137. The Avett Brothers- Laundry Room
138. The Killers- Leave The Bourbon On the Shelf
139. Robbie Fulks- Let’s Kill Saturday Night
140. Dwight Yoakam- Liar
141. Sturgill Simpson*- Life Ain’t Fair And the World Is Mean
142. Talking Heads* (drummer Chris Frantz) – Lifetime Piling Up
143. Sturgill Simpson- Living the Dream
144. Black Stone Cherry*- Lonely Train
145. Primer 55*- Loose
146. Ella Fitzgerald- Louisville, K-Y
147. Richard Hell* & The Voidoids- Love Comes In Spurts
148. Jim Ford*- Love On My Brain
149. Mike Doughty*-  27 Jennifers
150. Muhammad Ali on Ali Vs. Frazier
151. Iron Horse- Mama, I’m Coming Home (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
152. Cage The Elephant*- Mess Around
153. Jimmy Blythe*- Messin’ Around
154. Michael Shannon* & Andrew Garfield from 99 Homes
155. Uncle Tupelo- Moonshiner
156. The Glasspack* My Curse (Dirty Women)
157. Kill Kurt Reifler*- My Mic
158. Randy Newman- My Old Kentucky Home (Live)
159. Drive By Truckers- My Sweet Annette
160. Deacon The Villain*- My Very Flawed Theory (Intro)
161. Waylon Jennings- Kentucky Woman
162. Hermano- Kentucky
163. Nightime Safari- ’87 Camry (Toyota Camry is produced in Ky.)
164. Soul Coughing (Mike Doughty*)- Screenwriter’s Blues
165. The National Acrobat*- The National Hymn of the Acropocalypse
166. Dead Child*- Never Bet The Devil Your Head
167. VHS or Beta*- Night On Fire
168. Jonah Jones*- Night Train
169. Scott H. Biram- Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue
170. Sturgill Simpson*- Oh Sarah
171. Mansions*- On My Way
172. My Morning Jacket- One Big Holiday
173. James McMurtry- Out Here in the Middle
174. Drive By Truckers- Outfit
175. Kentucky Knife Fight- Own Damn Good
176. Nazareth- Kentucky Fried Blues
177. The Coal Porters*(Sid Griffin)- Heroes (Bowie Cover)
178. Rachel’s*- Kentucky Nocturne
179. Elvis Presley- Kentucky Rain
180. Love Jones*- Paid For Loving
181. Herman Chittison*- Persian Rug
182. Evergreen*- Petting The Beast
183. Fess Williams*- Phantom Blues
184. Hal Sparks*- Poker Vs. War
185. Loretta Lynn* (Feat. Jack White)- Portland, Oregon 
186. Dierks Bentley- Pride (In The Name Of Love) feat. The Punch Brothers & Del McCoury (U2 cover)
187. Dwight Yoakam*- Purple Rain (Prince cover)
188. George Clooney* “What’s In Your Backpack” speech from Up In the Air
189. Uncle Sinner- When Jesus Comes
190. Circle X*- Albeit Living
191. Tom Cruise* & Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men
192. Chris Hardwick- Native ‘Merican
193. James McMurtry- Rachel’s Song
194. Helms Alee- Crystal Gale
195. Crystal Gale*- Ready for The Times To Get Better
196. Nick Searcy, Erica Tazel, Timothy Olyphant “Recognizing A Badass” scene from Justified
197. Papa M*- Red Curtains
198. Eluvium*- Requiem for Franfort Ave.
199. Jackson Taylor Band- Ride The Lightnin’
200. Drive By Truckers- The Righteous Path
201. American Aquarium- Road To Nowhere
202. Muhammad Ali on Ali Vs.Liston
203. Loudon Wainwright III- Harlan County
204. RA Scion*- Satchelmouth
205. Cannibal Corpse*(Pat O’Brien)- Savage Butchery
206. Sturgill Simpson- Sea Stories
207. Houndmouth- Sedona
208. Metro Station*(Trace Cyrus)- Shake It
209. Cage The Elephant*- Shake Me Down
210. NRBQ* & The Whole Wheat Horns- Shake, Rattle,& Roll
211. John Carpenter*- The Fog
212. Fifth On the Floor- Shine
213. Rodan*- Shiner
214. Whiskeytown- Sit & Listen to the Rain
215. Corey Branan– Skateland South
216. Kentucky Headhunters*- Skip A Rope
217. Hellbound Glory- Small Township
218. Erin Hill*- Song For Someone (Roxy Music cover)
219. Joan Osborne*- St. Teresa
220. Bum Steers*(Mark Fosson)- Stick Pony
221. Uncle Tupelo- Still Be Around
222. Sturgill Simpson- The Storm
223. Hard Working Americans- Straight To Hell
224. Squirrel Bait*- Sun God
225. Edgar Hayes*- Sunday Mornin’ Blues
226. Iron Horse- Sweet Child O’ Mine (sweet Guns N’ Roses cover)
227. Bonnie “Prince” Billy*- Kentucky
228. Cornershop- Moonshine
229. Antietam*- The Border
230. Muhammad Ali “The Ghetto Whopper”
231. Five.Bolt.Main* – The Gift
232. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers*- The Kentucky Song
233. VHS or Beta*- The Melting Moon
234. Moonshine Bandits- The Sermon (Intro)
235. Dwight Yoakam*- Things Change
236. Ben Nichols- This Old Death
237. Dwight Yoakam*- A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
238. NEEDTOBREATHE- Through Smoke
239. Dwight Yoakam- Train In Vain (The Clash cover)
240. Sturgill Simpson*- Turtles All The Way Down
241. Jim Varney* (Ernest!)Laclede Gas Commercial
242. Emarosa*- Utah
243. Chris Stapleton*- Was It 26
244. Sturgill Simpson*- Water In A Well
245. Billy Bragg & Wilco- Way Over Yonder In the Minor Key
246. Waylon Jennings- Waymore’s Blues
247. Nickel Creek- When You Come Back Down
248. Drive By Truckers- Where The Devil Don’t Stay
249. Jason Eady- Whiskey & You
250. Sturgill Simpson*- You Can Have The Crown
251. The Long Ryders (Sid Griffin)*- You Just Can’t Ride That Train
252. Gravel Switch*- You Make Me Weak

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