- Tom Russell( Thomas George Russell )【 197 songs in total 】
- Thomas George 'Tom' Russell (born March 5, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter. Although most strongly identified with the Americana music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, rock, and the cowboy music of the American West. Many of his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Johnny Cash, The Texas Tornados, k.d. lang, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Jason Boland, Nanci Griffith, Katy Moffatt, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Sailcat, Iris Dement, Dave Alvin, Suzy Bogguss, and Brian Burns.
In addition to his music, Russell is also a painter and author. He has published a book of songwriting quotes (co-edited with Sylvia Tyson), a detective novel (in Scandinavia), and a book of letters with Charles Bukowski. His recent works include two books from Bangtail Press: 120 Songs of Tom Russell, and Blue Horse/Red Desert - The Art of Tom Russell, a book of selected paintings.
In 2016 a new book of Tom Russell essays was published: Ceremonies of the Horsemen. The essays, originally published in Ranch & Reata Magazine, are centered on the American West and include an essay on Johnny Cash for which Russell won a 2015 ASCAP AWARD for music journalism.
Recent work
Russell's albums in the 21st century have been heavily influenced by the art, culture, history, and folklore of the American Southwest. Albums such as Borderland resonate with a strong and authentic Tex-Mex influence, reflecting life on both sides of the border.
Russell's songs Tonight We Ride and Navajo Rug were chosen by members of the Western Writers of America as two of the top 100 Western songs of all time. In 2005 Russell released Hotwalker, the second part of his Americana trilogy (the first part being The Man From God Knows Where). It was another conceptual work largely inspired by his correspondence with author Charles Bukowski. Subtitled A Ballad for Gone America, the album features songs and spoken word pieces, many of the latter delivered by another friend of Bukowski, circus midget Little Jack Horton. The sampled voices of Lenny Bruce and Edward Abbey are also heard on the album, which takes the form of a musical collage lamenting the passing of the America of Russell's childhood and the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Harry Partch, and Dave Van Ronk also appear on the record.
Russell made five nationally televised appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as playing a show for Letterman in Montana.
In 2006, Russell released Love and Fear, a collection of original songs that were inspired by the highs and lows of his own relationships. This was followed in 2007 by Wounded Heart of America, a tribute album of Tom Russell songs covered by other artists, including Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Joe Ely, Suzy Bogguss, Dave Alvin, Jerry Jeff Walker, and beat poet laureate Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Two new songs, Who's Gonna Build Your Wall and The Death of Jimmy Martin, are also included on the album.
In 2008, Russell's new record company, Shout! Factory, released a 2-CD retrospective album entitled Veteran's Day: Anthology. Russell and legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Ian Tyson held court at Elko, Nevada's National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, producing Mano a Mano, a DVD on the art of songwriting.
In 2009, Shout! Factory released Russell's album Blood and Candle Smoke, featuring twelve original songs. The album was recorded at WaveLab Recording Studio in Tucson, Arizona with members of Calexico providing a world music beat to many of the songs. The album was produced by Tom Russell and Craig Schumacher, who has worked with Neko Case, Iron & Wine, and Calexico. 2011 saw Russell release both a new album, Mesabi, and a documentary DVD, Don't Look Down.
In 2013, Frontera Records released Aztec Jazz, a concert recording made with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble (the oldest working orchestra in the world). With the ensemble, Russell was able to realize the vision of reframing some of his more recent songs. He also released Museum of Memories Vol. 2 (1973–2013), a collection of demos, outtakes, and previously unreleased live recordings covering a forty-year span.
2014 saw the release of several new projects, including two on Frontera Records - Midway To Bayamon, a compilation of two mid-80s cassette-only releases plus bonus tracks, and Tonight We Ride, an anthology of cowboy songs, including some previously unreleased tracks. The Rockbeat label issued a 2-CD set, The Western Years, collecting western-themed songs primarily from Russell's years on the HighTone label. Rockbeat also re-issued the acclaimed Americana classic Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute To Merle Haggard which Russell co-produced with Dave Alvin, including a bonus disc taken from a live concert given by many of the artists involved with the project.
In April 2015 Russell released The Rose of Roscrae, a double-album on Frontera Records, a Western folk opera that completes the trilogy begun with The Man From God Knows Where and Hotwalker. The double album depicts the journey of an Irishman named Johnny Dutton who sails to America to become a cowboy. There are 52 tracks interspersed with historic and contemporary voices that include: Johnny Cash, Walt Whitman, John Trudell, Lead Belly, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Tex Ritter, Eliza Gilkyson, Augie Meyers, Finbar Furey, Maura O'Connell, Jimmy LaFave, A.L. Lloyd, Glen Orhlin, Sourdough Slim, David Olney, and others, as well as an overture by Mats Halling and The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. The Rose of Roscrae was hailed as the top folk album of 2015 in many publications, including The Irish Times, Mojo Magazine, Uncut Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times.
In 2016 Frontera Record released the second Tom Russell Anthology: Gunpowder Sunsets.
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A Bowl of Red
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A Cajun Lullaby(Provided)
2014
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A Dollar's Worth of Gasoline
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A Land Called 'Way Out There'
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Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos(Provided)
2015
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Alkali
1997
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Amelia's Railroad Flat(Provided)
2014
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American Rivers
2009
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Amish Lullabye(Provided)
2013
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And God Created Border Towns(Provided)
2011
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Angel of Lyon
2008-11
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As the Crow Flies(Provided)
2014
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Benediction: Edward Abbey
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Better Left Unsaid(Provided)
2013
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Beyond the Blues
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Black Pearl
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Blue Wing (live)
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Blue wing
2009-02
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Blue Wing
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Born with a broken wing
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Bucking Horse Moon
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Bus Station
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Business End of the Blues(Provided)
2013
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Campfire GhostsCowboy Voices(Provided)
2015
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Campfire Soliloquy #3(Provided)
2015
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Canadian Whisky
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CarrickfergusThe Water Is Wide(Provided)
2015
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Chocolate Cigarette
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Claude Dallas
1997
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Common Strangers(Provided)
2014
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31
Cowboy Voices Beyond The Campsite(Provided)
2015
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Crazy HorseCuster's Luck(Provided)
2015
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Criminology
2009
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34
Crosses Of San Carlos
2009
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Dakota(Provided)
2013
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Damien (A Crust of Bread, A Slice of fish, a Cup of Water(Provided)
2015
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Dance Hall Girls(Provided)
1997
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Darkness Visible(Provided)
2009
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De Kooning(Provided)
2013
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Denver Wind (demo w. Nanci Griffith)(Provided)
2014
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Doin' Hard Time In Texas(Provided)
2015
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Don't Look Down(Provided)
2009
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Donkey ShowCancion Mixteca(Provided)
2013
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Down the Rio Grande
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East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam
2009
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East Texas Red
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El Llano Estacado
1997
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El Paso
Marty Robbins
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En Canadien Errant(Provided)
2015
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Farewell Never Never Land
2011
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Fields of Atheny(Provided)
2013
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Finding You
2009
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Follow Your Heartbeat(Provided)
2014
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Furious Love (For Liz)
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Furious Love(Provided)
2011
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Gallo Del Ciello
2015
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Goodnight, Juarez
2011
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Guadalupe
2009
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GuadalupeValentine de la Sierra(Provided)
2015
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GuiltyJohnny Behind-the-Dence(Provided)
2015
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Hair Trigger Heart(Provided)
2015
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Haley's Comet
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Hallie Lonnigan
1997
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Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall(Provided)
2011
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He Wasn't A Bad Kid, When He Was Sober(Provided)
2015
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He'll Be dead Before He Hits the Ground(Provided)
2015
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Heart Within A Heart(Provided)
2011
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Heartland(Provided)
2014
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Home before Dark(Provided)
2014
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Home On The RangeAmerica(Provided)
2015
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Homeless Hearts(Provided)
2013
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Honkytonk Heart(Provided)
2014
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Hurricane Season
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I Hate to Tell You I Told You So(Provided)
2013
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I Talk To God(Provided)
2015
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If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy(Provided)
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In the American Grain(Provided)
2013
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Irish MedleyThe Stable(Provided)
2015
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Isn't It Grand(Provided)
2015
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It Goes Away
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Jack Johnson
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Jai Alai
2011
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Jesus Met The Woman At The Well(Provided)
2015
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John Doe Mexican(Provided)
2013
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Johnny Behind-the-Deuce #2(Provided)
2015
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Johnny's Campire Soliloquy #1(Provided)
2015
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Joshua Tree
2014
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Juarez, a Polka Town(Provided)
2014
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Just A Closer Walk (With Augie Blood)(Provided)
2015
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Just a Closer Walk With TheeThe Gospel of John, Chapter 4(Provided)
2015
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Kid From Spavinaw
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La Galue (The Glutton)(Provided)
2014
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Land Called
2011
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Leaving El Paso
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Leaving Texas(Provided)
2013
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Lights of Oslo(Provided)
2014
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Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
Bob Dylan
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Listen to the Heart(Provided)
2014
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Lonesome Death Of Ukulele Ike
2011
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Lord of the Trains
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Love Abides
2011
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Love Abides
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Love makes a fool of the wise
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Manzanar
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Mesabi
2011
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Mezcal(Provided)
2014
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Midnight Wine(Provided)
2015
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Mississippi River Runnin' Backwards
2009
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Muhammad Ali
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Navajo Rug (live)
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Navajo Rug
2014
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Neighbors (Bill and Joan)(Provided)
2013
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Nina Simone
2009
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Old Blue
Russell Thomas G
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Old Rattlebag Blues (Soliloquy #2)(Provided)
2015
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Old Saltillo Road(Provided)
2013
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Outbound Plane
Nanci Griffith, Tom Russell
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Overture(Provided)
2015
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Patrick Russell
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Poor Mother Mexico(Provided)
2015
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Prairie in the Sky(Provided)
1997
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Rambler, Gambler
1997
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Rayburn Crane
1997
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Resurrection Mountain(Provided)
2015
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Rider on an Orphan Train
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Road To Nowhere (From Road To Nowhere)(Provided)
2011
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Rock of AgesGunpowder Sunset Overture(Provided)
2015
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Roll The Credits, Johnny
2011
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Sam Hall(Provided)
2015
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Santa Ana Wind(Provided)
2009
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Seven Curses
Dylan Robert
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She Talks To God(Provided)
2015
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Sitting Bull in Venice
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Small Engine Repair(Provided)
2013
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Soliloquy #1Swiss Yodel Choir(Provided)
2015
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Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
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Sonora's Death Row
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South Coast
1997
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St. Olav's Gate
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Stealing Electricity
Tom Russell
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Sterling Hayden
2011
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Talking Drum (For Phil Everly)(Provided)
2013
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The Angel of Lyon
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The Ballad of William Sycamore
1997
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The Banks of the Musselshell
1997
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The Bear(Provided)
2015
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The Coat Hank Williams Wore(Provided)
2013
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The Dance(Provided)
2014
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The Definition of a Fool(Provided)
2014
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The Dutchman
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The Evangeline Hotel
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The Fairground Pugilist(Provided)
2015
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The Hands of Damien(Provided)
2015
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The Heart Can't Stand It(Provided)
2013
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The John Bull Tin
1997
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The Kid From Spavinaw
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The Lady Loves the Gambler(Provided)
2014
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The Last Running(Provided)
2015
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The Lonesome Death Of Ukelele Ike
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The Man From God Knows Where
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The Most Dangerous Woman In America(Provided)
2009
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The Next Thing Smokin'
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The Outcast(Provided)
2013
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The Pugilist at 59
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The Railroad Boy(Provided)
2015
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The Road It Gives, the Road It Takes Away
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The Road to Bayamon(Provided)
2014
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The Rose of Roserae(Provided)
2015
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The Rose of the San Joaquin
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The Sidekick's Last Testament(Provided)
2015
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The Sky Above, the Mud Below (live)
1997
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The Sky Above, the Mud Below
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The Unfortunate RakeThe Streets of Laredo(Provided)
2015
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The Water Is WideOverture(Provided)
2015
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This Is The Last Frontier(Provided)
2015
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This Is The Last FrontierCampfire Soliloquy #2(Provided)
2015
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Throwin' Horseshoes at the Moon
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Tonight We Ride
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Touch of Evil
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Trucker's Farewell(Provided)
2013
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Tularosa(Provided)
2015
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U.S. Steel
2014
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Valley of the Rio Grande(Provided)
2013
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Walking On The Moon
Katy Moffatt, Tom Russell
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West Texas Montage(Provided)
2015
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When I Was a Cowboy(Provided)
2015
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When The Legends Die(Provided)
2011
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When The Wolves No Longer Sing
2015
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Where the Dream Begins
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Whiskey In His Blood(Provided)
2015
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Whistlin' in the Dark(Provided)
2014
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Who's Gonna Build Your Wall
Tom Russell
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William Faulkner in Hollywood(Provided)
2014
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Winnipeg
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Wise Blood(Provided)
2014
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Woodrow
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You Gotta Have A DanceST James Hospital(Provided)
2015