Red Dirt Road Podcast

In the season 1 finale, Marshall, Alex, and Matt give their 100 Proof Neon rankings and share their final thoughts on the album.

In this episode, we take a look at the Roy Acuff, Dom Flemons, and Lonesome Old River Blues. Acuff originally released the song, and Flemons released a cover of the song in 2018. Dom Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist folk-country singer that is a must listen, and is our 2023 highlighted black history month country artist.

Watch the first RDR Pod episode of it's kind! Connor and Marshall react to and break down the Two Steppers, Waltzes, and Shuffles music video by Ronnie Dunn.

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K K Farnsworth & Emma join the podcast to discuss It's A Great Day To Be Alive. The song is written and originally recorded by Scott, and it's most popular version was recorded by Tritt.

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In this week's episode, we talk about the final track off 100 Proof Neon - Good Bartender. 

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Cousin Tommy (East TN banjo player) and Max Diedrick join the podcast to talk about a famous bluegrass anthem, Old Home Place. We compare the original version by The Dillards to the most popular version by J.D. Crowe & The New South. Later, Cousin Tommy plays some banjo for us.

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Matt Chase joins the podcast once again for his first appearance of 2023 to talk about Road to Abilene, a song recorded by Ronnie Dunn and Parker McCollum (written by Dunn). Matt also briefly talks about his recent part in a Holiday Medley.

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In this week's episode, we talk about the Dec 2022 documentary film Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon.

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Ira Dean (Singer-Songwriter and of the country music trio Trick Pony) joins Marshall and Alex to discuss Honky Tonk Skin (by Ronnie Dunn). Dean and Dunn wrote the song with Chris Wallin. Later on, the guys give under/over-rated food items, an under the radar country singer, songwriters you should know, and Dean's top country artists.

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Happy Holidays everyone! We've reached the final episode of 2022. Matt, Rodeo, and Connor join the show to discuss the Let's Give It a Chance music video (by Matt Chase). We also give a recap of 2022. End the show with an acoustic recording of Let's Give It a Chance by Matt. 

Guests: Matt Chase, Rodeo Clown Cowboy, and Connor Dunwoodie.

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In our final Christmas episode of 2022, we take a look at The Christmas Song, the songwriters, Nat King Cole (the original artist), and Brooks & Dunn's version. Let us know which song is your favorite.

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In this week's episode, Marshall & Alex breakdown the history of the X-mas classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, the original version, the most popular version, Ronnie's version, and a garage recording version from KK Farnsworth's band Merry Christmas Traveling Troubadours. The episode finishes with the recording of the song by Merry Christmas Traveling Troubadours.

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Watch A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020) and then listen to the recap, right here on the Red Dirt Road Podcast.

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Matt Chase, Rodeo Clown Cowboy, and Alex join the show to talk about Matt & Rodeo's new song, Let's Give it a Chance. Next month there will be an episode dedicated to the music video, which can be found on YouTube.

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RIP Luke Bell. In this episode, we talk about the life of country music recording artist Luke Bell, and his most popular song Where Ya Been?

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This is a review of the country song Somethin' I Can't Have by Ronnie Dunn, written by Dunn, Dean Dillon, and Scotty Emerick. We talk about the songwriters and give our thoughts on the song.

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RIP Loretta Lynn. Matt Chase and Connor Dunwoodie join the show to talk about the famous country singer from Kentucky, and the song about her life, Coal Miner's Daughter.

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If Love Ever Comes My Way Again is the song reviewed in this episode (by Ronnie Dunn, country music singer-songwriter and half of Brooks & Dunn). Alex is back! Other topics: Overrated country artists and Halloween.

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This a review of the song Dooley  and a look at the bluegrass band, The Dillards.

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In this episode, I talk about Ashley Monroe and her song The Blade (2015), then compare it to Ronnie Dunn's 2022 version.

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RIP Naomi Judd. Matt & K K take this episode to talk about The Judds and Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days). Listen until the end to hear Matt perform his own version of this country classic.

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Short breakdown of Ronnie Dunn's version of Where the Neon Lies.

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RIP Sonny Osbourne. Marshall & Alex give their thoughts on the signature TN song Rocky Top.

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Terry McBride (famous songwriter and member of McBride & The Ride) sits down with us to talk about his co-write She's Why I Drink Whiskey by Ronnie Dunn. Later, we talk about McBride & The Ride, Sacred Ground, Brooks & Dunn, and Cowgirls Don't Cry.

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RIP Mickey Gilley. Matt Chase goes on a solo podcast episode to review Gilley's classic Don't The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time. Later, Matt performs the song live on the podcast!

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We're taking on the third cut off RD's newly released album, 100 Proof Neon, in this week's episode.

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RIP Johnny Counterfit. We remember the country comedian by reviewing one of his more popular songs, A Couple of Girls Ago.

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Me and Alex react to the release of RD's newest album, 100 Proof Neon. We've already reviewed the first two songs on the album, plus the original version of Where the Neon Lies, check them out now! We will dive deeper into each song on the album, followed by a full review and ranking of each song.

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I give my top 10 country music songs that were released in 2020. Check out an episode from 2020 where we ranked our top 10 country songs of 2019.

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Marshall, Matt, and Alex breakdown and give their thoughts on Ride 'Em High, Ride 'Em Low, a song from the 8 Seconds soundtrack. Then, Matt performs the song live from his home recording studio.

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RIP C.W. McCall. We breakdown our favorite song of his, Crispy Critters.

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Marshall and his uncle (K K Farnsworth; rock & country recording artist) review Travis Tritt's Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man along with a special guest. The two also talk about recent Tritt concerts.

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RIP Warner Mack. In this episode, we review Warner Mack's biggest song, The Bridge Washed Out.

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Matt Chase (Ohio country music singer-songwriter) and Rodeo Clown Cowboy (AKA Dean South) join the show to break down the Come to Ohio music video. Later, we discuss Brooks & Dunn's music video for Little Miss Honky Tonk.

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This is a breakdown, review, and comparison of the famous truck driving country music song Six Days on the Road, originally by Paul Davis, and more famously by Dave Dudley.

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Marshall and Alex breakdown Ronnie Dunn's newest single, Honky Tonk Town (ft. Jake Worthington).

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RIP Rose Lee Maphis. Marshall and guest Austin Ridenour (Bluegrass fan) review Uncle Pen by Bill Monroe and compare it to the version by Rose Lee Maphis.

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RIP Jerry Jeff Walker. Emma and Alex take over the show to review Brooks & Dunn's 2007 song "The Ballad of Jerry Jeff Walker", which featured Walker.

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Ohio country music singer songwriter Matt Chase joins the show. Points of discussion:

1. Matt answers Q's from fans. 

2. Matt performs Come to Ohio. 

3. Come to Ohio by Matt Chase. 

4. Jeff Carson (RIP). 

5. Not On Your Love by Jeff Carson. 

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In this week's episode, listen to a review and comparison of the original 1920's country blues song Corrine Corrina by Bo Carter vs. the 1990's version by Asleep At The Wheel (ft. Brooks & Dunn).

For an up to date list of all songs covered by the Red Dirt Road Podcast, follow the Red Dirt Road Podcast Playlist on Spotify.

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For some reason, nearly 40 years after it's release, Keith Whitley's Miami, My Amy is trending on TikTok. In this episode, we break down the song and compare it to other hits by Keith Whitley.

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In this week's episode, we're talking HANK! We review, breakdown, and compare one of Hank Williams' classics Take These Chains From My Heart to the covered version by Lee Roy Parnell (with guest vocals from Ronnie Dunn). The episode also includes a history of Williams, Drifting Cowboys, and Parnell.

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Alex and Emma join the show to talk about 90s country music star Neal McCoy. They breakdown one of McCoy's biggest hits, Wink, and talk about seeing him in concert at the Lorain County Fair in 2018.

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Matt Chase joins the podcast to help breakdown Brooks & Dunn's second album, Hard Workin' Man. Matt and Marshall rank every song off the album.

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RIP golden country era legend Stonewall Jackson, who passed away in Dec 2021. Marshall and guest Jaryn Friesen (Manitoba, Canada indie country artist) break down I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water. Afterwards, Jaryn answers some quickfire questions. Lastly, they discuss Jaryn's debut single, Hard Lovin' Woman.

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