Six String Hayride

Six String Hayride Episode 67 The Johnny Cash Prison Albums 1968-1969. Johnny Cash has his second great era in 1968 and 1969. He gets over his personal issues and marries June Carter, Carl Perkins joins the Johnny - June Touring Band, and Johnny records two of his finest albums as live prison concerts. 1968's Live At Folsom and 1969's Live At San Quentin remain among Cash's best work and two of th...

Six String Hayride Ep. 66. Crap OR Classic #1 1967-1969 The Country Music Association Awards (CMA) begin in 1967 as Country Music becomes Big Business and more commercially successful than ever. Country Music Stars are getting TV Shows, doing movies, and selling more concert tickets and merchandise. "Countrypolitan", a smoother sound typified through the use of lush string arrangements with a real...

Chris and Jim share their thoughts about the musician they have seen and recorded well over 100 times through the years, Bobby Weir. Bobby Weir 1947-2026, Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, Collaborated with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Rob Wasserman, Willie Nelson, Wilco, Steve Earle, John Prine, Wynonna Judd, Emmylou Harris, Rambling Jack, Johnnie Johnson, and Bruce Hornsby. We...

Six String Hayride Episode 64. Our Farewell to Steve Cropper and Year's End for 2025. Chris and Jim discuss Country and Rock Music News from 2025 and offer our respect to the memory of Memphis Music Legend Steve Cropper. Chris offers his own Tequila Sunrise Recipe and Jim notices that Gene Autry enters the hit music charts every Christmas with his great collection of Santa Themed Favorites. We're...

Six String Hayride Episode 63. Third Anniversary Show Trick or Treat. Chris and Jim celebrate the Hayride's Third Anniversary and a little Halloween Music Fun. We finally answer some cards, letters, and emails from Hayride listeners. We finally reveal the Legend of Chris and June Carter's Sausage Cheese Balls in all its cheesy glory. Jim talks about the stuff Chris doesn't, we share some spooky we...

Six String Hayride Episode 62. Not For Kids Only. Chris and Jim offer up a plan to get the youngsters into good ole classic country. Gene Autry, Woody Guthrie, and Johnny Cash recorded a lot of songs for kids. Johnny Cash talks dinosaurs and explains how one and one make two. Gene Autry tells the tale of Smokey the Bear, and Woody Guthrie takes us riding in the car car. Shel Silverstein and The Ir...

Steve Earle, 2025 New Member of the Grand Ole Opry, Songwriter, Activist, Hell Raiser, and Friend of the Working Folks. Steve Earle burst onto the Music Scene in 1986 with Guitar Town and despite years of personal struggles has produced one of the finest song catalogs in Country Music. Country, Rockabilly, Punk Rock, Bluegrass, Earle has combined many musical styles to become one of the finest voi...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 60, Hayride Summer Grab Bag Episode. What Chris and Jim did on their Summer Vacation. Chris played Chess in Vegas and Wisconsin, he's really good. Jim ran off to Ontario, Canada with a lovely Hayride listener for fine local wines, The Shaw Theater Fest, and Maple Whiskey. The Music World mourned Brian Wilson, Flaco Jiménez , Jeannie Seely, and Oz...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 59, The Steve Cropper Episode. The Son of Missouri farmers falls in love with the Guitar Playing of Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry and becomes a cornerstone of STAX Records in Memphis. Steve Cropper becomes the guitarist, arranger, producer, and songwriter for American Classics like Green Onions, In The Midnight Hour, Knock on Wood, 634-5789, and Si...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 58 Louisiana Guitar Man, James Burton. James Burton is the guitar behind the classic Ricky Nelson hits, The Elvis Presley TCB Band, The Emmylou Harris "Hot Band" , John Denver's 1980's music, and much more. The man Keith Richards calls, "Master of the Telecaster" , Burton and his pink paisley telecaster are all over country, western, rockabilly,...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 57. The Ringo Starr Episode. Ringo Starr, Born Richard Starkey in July 1940, is one of the finest and most influential drummers of the last 65 years. Growing up in post war Liverpool as a Gene Autry and Hank Williams fan, Ringo becomes the drummer for The Beatles and they create one of the greatest catalogues in music history. In 1970, Ringo reco...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 56. Johnny Cash and The Ballad of Ira Hayes. Respect for the Legacy and Memory of Heroic American Military Members who have been recently removed or marginalized by dishonest alterations to the Arlington National Cemetery and Department of Defense Records / Archives. Johnny Cash "Ballad of Ira Hayes", "Drive On" and "Redemption Songs" , John Prin...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 54. The Scotty Moore Episode. Chris and Jim discuss Guitar Legend Scotty Moore. Scotty is the guitar force behind the Elvis Sun Records Period and a huge influence on Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Scotty Moore blends Country, Rockabilly, and Jazz in a way that creates a bridge between the world of Chet Atkins and the Great Rock Guita...

Six String Hayride Record Review, Johnny Cash American Recordings 3. Solitary Man Chris and Jim discuss Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man , the sixty-sixth studio album by Johnny Cash . It was released on October 17, 2000, by American Recordings . It is the third album in Cash's American series ,Between American II: Unchained and American III: Solitary Man , Cash's health declined due to vari...

Six String Hayride Record Review, Johnny Cash American Recordings 2. Unchained, 1996. Unchained , also known as American II: Unchained is the second album in Johnny Cash 's American Recordings series (and his 82nd overall). It was released on November 5, 1996, by American Recordings . Chris and Jim discuss the American 2 , Unchained, Album from Johnny cash with a little help from Tom Petty and the...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 54. Pay It Forward In 2025 Farewell 2024. Chris and Jim tell the story of the Country Songs that we got hooked on as kids and ask the community to help share the music in 2025. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry, Mike Nesmith, and Hank Williams create the sounds that captivate two youngsters in the late 1960's and early 1970's. We take that o...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 53, A Happy Hayride Christmas. Gene Autry announces the arrival of Santa and Rudolph. Willie Nelson gives us Pretty Paper and Frosty the Snowman. Take a Sleigh Ride with Dolly Parton, The History of Silent Night, The Elvis Christmas Album, and a visit from The Andrew Sisters. Jim discusses the Gene Autry Christmas songs, Chris comments on Willie...

American Recordings is the 81st album by musician Johnny Cash. It was released on April 26, 1994. In the early ’90s, Johnny Cash signed with Rick Rubin’s American label and began releasing the American Recordings series of albums. Chris and Jim discuss the American Recordings series first album and the 13 songs performed by Johnny Cash.

Six String Hayride, The Gospel Music Episode. Giving Thanks with Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Willie Nelson, Eva Cassidy, George Jones, Hank Williams, The Staple Singers, Jeff Beck, Curtis Mayfield, and Alison Krauss, The Stories behind "I'll Fly Away" , "I Saw The Light" and "People Get Ready." The Chicago Gospel Scene with Thomas Dorsey and The Staple Singers. The tradition of Southern Church...

Chris and Jim review the new Dwight Yoakam Album, Brighter Days, released November 15, 2024. Dwight Yoakam’ s New Album, Brighter Days is on Via Records/Thirty Tigers. Brighter Days producer, Dwight Yoakam, mixed by Chris Lord-Alge and Marc DeSisto, engineered by Desisto and mastered by Stephen Marcussen. Musicians on the album include Yoakam (lead and harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic gui...

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 51, Our Favorite Westerns . Winner of the 2024 OCLU Podcast award for a Music Series. Chris Wainscott and Jim O'Malley discuss their favorite Western Movies, Directors John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and Howard Hawks, Composers Elmer Bernstein and Ennio Morricone. The great films like Tombstone, The Magnificent Seven, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, B...

Six String Hayride Record Review 1, Marty Robbins, 1959. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Chris and Jim give their review of this classic 1959 Marty Robbins album and why you should listen to it. Bonus Cowboy Beans Recipe and all the usual Hayride Fun. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins , released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peak...

Six String Hayride Episode 50! The Second Anniversary Spectacular. Chris Wainscott and Jim O'Malley discuss all your burning questions, the How, What, and Why of the Hayride Podcast. Our Love for Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran, The Everly Brothers, and many more of Music's Finest. Hear the Legend of the Cheese Balls Story and enjoy Three Bonus Recipes in this episode. A listener from Ne...

Symphonic Trumpet Student, KPFA Radio Engineer, and Grateful Dead Bass Player, Phil Lesh has died at age 84. Among the Bass Guitar innovators of the 1960's, Phil provided a Brass Section approach to playing Bass. He changed the way Bass fits into a band and launched an avalanche of low end boom and melody that beautifully connected to the guitar playing of Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia. Chris and Jim...

Six String Hayride Podcast Episode 48. Women of the West, Patsy, Rose, and Wanda. Patsy Montana (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), Rose Maddox , (August 15, 1925 – April 15, 1998), Wanda Jackson (born October 20, 1937) three pioneering singers, songwriters, fiddle, and guitar players who broke down barriers for women musicians while creating some truly great music. Patsy is the first female country...