Thanks to Graham Rice for running the show last week and doing 2 hours of Irish Music. A brit doing Irish Music, pretty versatile!   Today, as I promised on air two weeks ago, is a setlist of Gamblers and Outlaws. There are robberies and sometimes someone dies, so you may need to look away from the radio at times.

1. Kingston Trio - Tijuana Jail 250 [Thompson] - Absolutely the Best of ...EMI
"we ended up in hte gambling spot...where the liquor flowed and the dice were hot"

2. Mary McCaslin - Ballad of Weaverville 354 - Prairie in the Sky - Philo
"I'll tell you 'bout a gambler folks, Jim Weaver was his name, ride in here close beside me, I'll telll you about a game"
"If he won they'd have to swear to give the town his name"

3. Tom Russell w Ian Tyson - Gallo Del Cielo 557 - Coboy Real - Philo
He fears he might have lost that 50,000 dollars riding on the spurs of Del Cielo, so he can't win back the land that was stolen from the family.

4. Anne Murray  - Son of a Gambler   -  3:06
Will he be the son of his father the teacher of love and honest, or the son of a run of the mill, rotten gambler? 

5. Liam Clancey - Ride Willie Ride    2:25   
Aces backed with eights is the deadman's hand

6. Kenny Rogers - Gambler    3:30  
"You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run"

7. Phil Harris   - Darktown Poker Club    3:00  
"put up your chips...keep your hands up please
if I keep him cheating just one more time...."
                                           

11. Ramblin Jack Elliott - Jack of Diamonds 322- Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957
"you've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold"

12.  Joni Mitchell  - [J Phillips] Me And My Uncle    2:42
My uncle taught me well boys, I grabbed the gold, and left him bleeding by the side of the road. [turn your head from the radio]

13. Kingston Trio  - This Train Don't Carry No Gamblers  1:48    Once Upon a Time - Collector's Choice
Yes I played this twice... but I had to cover for Phil Ochs not loading the Highwayman after three tries!

14. George Strait - Ace in the Hole 242 - Beyond the Blue Neon - MCA
"Life is a gamble"

14. Doc and Merle Watson - Smoke Smoke Smoke 250 - Red Rocking Chair - Flying Fish
"he'd raise me and I'd raise him... he finally called and didn't raise the bet"

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23. Ellis Paul - Bad Bad Blood 438 - American Jukebox Fables - Philo
"Parker's in disguise with a loaded 45, wearing a mask of Ronald Reagon... cops are in the parking lot waiting"

26. Pete Seeger - Frankie and Johnny - 424 - American Favorite Ballads Volume 1 - Smithsonian Folkways
"underneath her kimona she carried a 44 gun"

27. Battlefield Band - Bernie's Welcome to Butner  445 Zama Zama Try Your Luck  - buttlefieldband.co.uk

Now for some white collar crime.. Bernie Madeoff is seen off to jail by the battlefield band! Fades out...