HWY 261

The Rev and Sterling welcome repeat offender guest artist Lynn Crossett back into the KZSM-LP studio to talk about his recent tour of Finland, England, and Scotland + the US West Coast. Prerecorded tracks today had a Halloween theme in preparation for tomorrow's Trick-or-Treat day. The Rev's son Jude joins Lynn, The Rev, and Stg on the mic for part of this episode. Track list for Ep. 114: Honky To...

The Reverend welcomes traveling troubadour Kip Kelly into the KZSM-LP broadcast booth from Tampa, FL. Kip is a pal of our good buddy Lynn Crossett and is on a run of shows through Texas, which will finish up in Houston in a couple of days. Track List for Ep. 113: Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum-Bob Dylan; Bitter Rain-Storyville; For Claire (LIVE)-Kip Kelly; I'll See You Soon (LIVE)-Kip Kelly; Hard T...

This week on HWY 261 The Rev welcomes musical lifer Jimmy Davis into the KZSM-LP broadcast booth. Jimmy originally hails from Memphis, TN but moved down to Wimberley 15 years ago to play with Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros, among others. He told some great stories from his life on the road and in recording studios, and he played a couple of fantastic songs, one of which is a sneak preview of h...

On this episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling welcome repeat offender guest artists Keith Davis and Rob Dark Smith back into KZSM studio. Keith and Rob are playing live at The Blue Pearl in Lockhart, TX tonight, and Keith has a new album coming out at the end of October, The Long Game. Keith played two songs and Rob played one as a preview of their gig tonight. Tracklist for Ep. 111: 9 to 5-Doll...

Today on HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling bookend the show with tracks from Company L's debut album A Real Dog's Breakfast, then went through highlights from the Song Driving Mix Tape playlist curated by Ray Wylie Hubbard and shared on RWH's social media recently. Company L is headlining L Fest at Tantra in San Marcos, TX tomorrow; KZSM will have a booth...Come say hi! Tracklist: Closet Cowboy-Company...

Today on HWY 261 Sterling is back in the booth after his tour out west with Dallas Burrow (where they met and hung out with The Doors' guitarist Robbie Krieger!), and Dallas is headlining Gruene Hall's main stage for the first time tonight along with local favorites West Texas Exiles. Dallas made it into KZSM studio for the last 20 minutes, and he and Sterling talked about the new album, the show...

Sterling is back to fighting weight, so to speak, so he's holding down the bass on the current 3-week run Dallas Burrow is making across the great western states of America. The Rev is bogged down in work in SMTX, so couldn't make it to Amarillo this evening for his nephew's wedding. Tracklist for Ep. 108: The Long Way Home (Tom Waits cover)-Norah Jones; Love is the Beating of Hearts-Joe Ely; Kiss...

On today's episode, The Rev welcomes Missoula Slim into the KZSM broadcast booth to promote his show at The Redbird Listening Room Sunday 8/8/26 at 4pm. He'll be joined by Sterling Finlay on upright bass and Keith Davis on Dobro; all 3 were in the studio and played two songs (Barton Skyway, Supergirl) live in the back half of the hour. Prerecorded tracks for Ep. 107: The Singer & the Dancer-Vo...

On today's episode, The Rev welcomes "repeat offender" guest artist Sammy Wells back into the KZSM-LP broadcast booth. The guys discuss the new record in depth, and Sammy played two of the tracks live on the air in the back half hour. Track list for Ep. 106: Cosmic Cowboy pt. 1-Michael Murphey; Yarrington Road-Floyd Bauler; Every Once in a Lifetime-Sammy Wells; Purple Sky-Sammy Wells; Here We Are...

The Rev is fresh back from a 5 day road trip to New Orleans with his oldest daughter, and tonight he's taking the whole family to see AC/DC at The Alamodome. With that in mind, today's show is centered on songs about New Orleans and Louisiana, with some AC/DC sprinkled in to help gear everyone up for the concert tonight in San Antonio! Songs played on Ep. 105: Hurricane Gumbo-Ditch Crickets; Hello...

The Rev is thrilled to have Sterling back in the booth as co-host this week. The guys caught up on a few things, and spun tracks from the guest artists who helped out this week at the annual Young Songwriters Workshop sponsored by Cheatham Street Music Foundation and held at The Redbird Listening Room in New Braunfels, TX. Track list for Ep. 104: Motel 6-Dallas Burrow; Thin Dime-Missoula Slim; Kyo...

Today The Rev did a highlight reel from bands who will be touring through the I-35 corridor in the next few months. Tracks played on Ep. 103 were: Big Gun-AC/DC; Mother-Danzig; Mr. Brownstone-Guns n Roses; The Trooper-Iron Maiden; Skin O' My Teeth-Megadeth; Poison My Eyes-Anthrax; Tom Sawyer-Rush; Purple Yellow Red and Blue-Portugal. The Man; Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen-Santana; Blue Orchid, Lit...

On today's episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Layla take a deep dive into the catalog (studio and live) of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan. As of 2026, SRV has been gone longer than he was with us on this mortal coil, so we featured deep cuts, live cuts, and a couple of radio hits listeners likely have heard. RIP SRV!!! Track list: Pipeline-SRV & Dick Dale; Taxman (Beatles cover)-SRV & Doub...

This week on HWY 261 The Rev has his daughter Layla in the booth as guest co-host and the show focused on new releases from local artists. Playlist for the 6-19-26 episode: Fallen Angel-Sister 7; Omaha-Waylon Jennings; Cold Beer, Hot Women, and Cool Country Music-The Derailers; These Roads (I Ain't Been Down)-Sam Downing & the Bandits; Underdog-Dallas Burrow; Backslide-Ashton Naylor; Ace of Sp...

On the 100th episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling welcome their long time friend and songwriter extraordinaire Pake Rossi, who just released his lates record Blue Collar Blues (A Working Title) on May 1. The guys reminisce about SMTX back in the day when they were all hanging around Cheatham St. Warehouse, and Pake played 3 songs live in the studio. Tracklist for Ep. 100: Supermarket Birds-Comp...

On today's episode The Rev welcomes George Ensle into the KZSM broadcasting booth to talk about his latest CD release, Touchstones, and the first single from the album Hill Country Rhapsody (feat. Kimmie Rhodes). Prerecorded tracks played were Summer Again-Texas Renegade; Dream Chaser-Willie Nelson; Lubbock It or Leave It-The Dixie Chicks; Peasant-Stephen Doster; Summer Wine-Shelley King; Hill Cou...

Today The Rev is joined on the show by his son, Jude and Jude's friend, William, both of whom just finished up middle school and are on to high school in the fall! Tracks played on Ep. 98: School's Out-Alice Cooper; Blame Texas-Cody Johnson; Too Good, Too Bad-Jason Scott & High Heat; Can't Go There Anymore-Storyville; Record Exec-Cross Canadian Ragweed; You Don't Know the Half of It-Kathleen O...

On today's episode The Rev spins ten tracks from this week's Texas Country Music Chart Top 50. Artists played from this week's chart were: Charley Crockett, Kayla Jane, Silverada, Paul Cauthen, Sandee June, Kin Faux, Flatland Cavalry, Shane Smith & the Saints, Cameron Allbright, and Hudson Westbrook. Also played: SRV & Double Trouble Scuttle Buttin' (from their sophomore album Couldn't Sta...

On today's episode, The Rev focuses on spinning tracks from the recorded output of Dustin Welch. The Rev spins a few songs from each of Dustin's 3 records--Whisky Priest, Tijuana Bible, and Amateur Theater--and as an added treat, Dustin himself showed up to KZSM studios during the broadcast along with HWY 261 co-host Sterling Finlay (who has been out on medical rehab assignment since January) and...

The Rev has Missoula Slim in as guest co-host on today's episode, and they spent some time talking about how the new KZSM show Live from Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's Songwriters Circle came to be and how it's recorded and produced before being broadcast every Monday and Friday afternoon on KZSM-LP. Prerecorded tracks on this episode were Evil Mind-Missoula Slim; Bang Bang-Sour Bridges;...

Episode 94: This week on HWY 261 The Rev welcomes Bill Palmer into the KZSM broadcast booth. Bill is currently part of the band Mule Ears based in Terlingua, TX, and he has been a major part of two of The Rev's all time favorite local bands, The Sharecroppers (aka Good Medicine Band) and Hundred Year Flood. On this episode Bill is joined by Ava Renn, whose latest record was produced by Bill. They...

Today on HWY 261 The Rev spends half the show playing newly released tracks (mid-2025 through today). Track list for 03-27-26 episode: Rules of Baseball~Nichole Wagner; Full of Stars~Josh Dodds; Kyoto (Phoebe Bridges cover)~The Trips; Chasm~Jana Pochop; Hill Country Rhapsody~George Ensle; The Color of Night~James McMurtry; Wild Card~HalleyAnna Finlay; Black Rock Desert Blues~Dallas Burrow; Drifter...

Today on HWY 261 The Rev does something a little bit different. We've played covers of songs by Texas artists or artists w/ Texas connections, but this week we're featuring one artist (Lyle Lovett) doing a series of cover songs by Texas or Texas connected artists released on the double CD Step Inside This House (1998). Tracks played on this episode were: Bears (Steven Fromholz); Texas Trilogy: Day...

As a tip of the hat to both the successful benefit show held for Sterling on 2-28-26 at Cheatham St. Warehouse, and to the success of the latest KZSM show Live from Cheatham Street: Kent Finlay's Songwriters Circle, The Rev spins tracks from Texas artists, or tracks with some connection to Texas, that all come from live releases from the respective artists. Artists included in this episode include...

This week marks the 90th live broadcast of HWY 261, so The Rev celebrates with a playlist of Texas-connected tunes that were all released between 1990-1999. Tracklist: Hello, I'm Gone* (1990)-Kevin Welch; Concrete and Steel (1990)-ZZ Top; Spanish Moon (1992)-Arc Angels; Highway Patrol (1993)-Junior Brown; Levelland (1995)-James McMurtry; Airways Motel (1997)-Jack Ingram (w/ Todd Snider); Blue on B...