Looking for song suggestions for my radio station

[trashgarbage666]

I put together a wild west / pioneer themed tracklist for a custom radio station, and figured that other people who've done the same might be interested in copying from or adding to it. I'm trying to stick to one song per artist, but artists that already feature in the vanilla game are fine. I'm also trying to avoid music from spaghetti westerns, because, while they have some of the best soundtracks ever made, that music exists for the audience and isn't necessarily something you'd hear in-universe. Songs about poverty, gambling, gunfights, outlaws, long travel, and infidelity are especially relevant! Oh, and nothing after 1970, please!

 

#01 - In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
#02 - Flowers on the Wall - Statler Brothers
#03 - Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock
#04 - Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette - Tex Williams
#05 - Mean, Mean Son of a Gun - Johnny Horton
#06 - Gunfight at the OK Corral - Frankie Laine
#07 - Apache - The Shadows
#08 - Forty Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy
#09 - Death Valley - Glen Campbell
#10 - Wheels - The String-A-Longs
#11 - The Rebel, Johnny Yuma - Cowboy Copas
#12 - Cool Water - The Rooftop Singers
#13 - Blues, Stay Away from Me - Delmore Brothers
#14 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
#15 - Rovin' Gambler - Hank Thompson

#16 - Sixteen Tons - Tennesse Ernie Ford
#17 - Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
#18 - These Boots are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
#19 - King of the Road - Roger Miller
#20 - Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
#21 - Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
#22 - Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins

EDIT: #23 - Blackjack County Chain - Sanford Clark

EDIT: #24 - Drivin' Nails in My Coffin - Ernest Tubb

 

I'm a little wary of uploading the station to the Nexus, since I obviously don't own the rights to any of this music. But if it's OK for some reason, I'll post it!

Edited February 13, 2020 by punchbattle

[Mktavish]

The Nexis will not host anything they could get in trouble legally aobut.

 

There is nothing wrong with putting those songs in your data/playlist folder .

But uploading that to the nexus to share with others ... is ofcourse not doable.

 

Simply because the nexus is a hub to distribute content. Not a private room share chat.

[trashgarbage666]

Yeah, the "but if it's OK for some reason" was in reference to the handful of radio station mods that exist despite the copyright issues.

Edited February 9, 2020 by punchbattle

[Mktavish]

ahhh so you want to rock the boat ... or just quietly use something to it's possible end ?

[SHAD0WC0BRA]

Stonewall Jackson - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (1965)

Jerry Reed - When You're Hot You're Hot (1971 - close enough right?)

Roy Acuff - Red River Valley (1963) - this song was recorded by a wide variety of artists including Marty Robbins, but Roy's version fits the "one song per artist" theme

Marty Robbins - El Paso (1959) - he's just too good

Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas (1965) or maybe The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955)

Rex Allen - Don't Go Near The Indians (1962)

Buck Owens - Truck Drivin' Man (1965)

Edited February 9, 2020 by SHAD0WC0BRA

[trashgarbage666]

ahhh so you want to rock the boat ... or just quietly use something to it's possible end ?

 

No, I'm not trying to rock the boat. My intentions are in the title of the thread. I was just curious if there was some technical reason why the radio stations that are on the Nexus haven't been taken down. Some of them have been up for years, others have over 100 songs.

 

Stonewall Jackson - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (1965)

Jerry Reed - When You're Hot You're Hot (1971 - close enough right?)

Roy Acuff - Red River Valley (1963) - this song was recorded by a wide variety of artists including Marty Robbins, but Roy's version fits the "one song per artist" theme

Marty Robbins - El Paso (1959) - he's just too good

Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas (1965) or maybe The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955)

Rex Allen - Don't Go Near The Indians (1962)

Buck Owens - Truck Drivin' Man (1965)

 

First of all, thank you! I really appreciate the suggestions!

 

I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for! That's totally going in. And yeah, ol' Marty is actually the reason for the one-song-per-artist rule, otherwise it quickly devolves into the Marty Robbins show starring Marty Robbins. Ernest Tubb has landed on my maybe list more than once, but something about that guy is almost too wholesome, even when he's singing about getting drunk and ruining his marriage. Maybe I'll put him in, we'll have to see.

Edited February 10, 2020 by punchbattle

[Radioactivelad]

Songs about poverty, gambling, gunfights, outlaws, long travel, and infidelity are especially relevant! Oh, and nothing after 1970, please!

Shame about the time limit, cause Tom Waits is basically all of this. (And his music isn't exactly out of tune with the desired time period.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[trashgarbage666]

Shame about the time limit, cause Tom Waits is basically all of this. (And his music isn't exactly out of tune with the desired time period.)

 

I would say Tom Waits' sound is more achronological, rather than fitting in with an earlier era. Kinda like the Sundresses, or when White Stripes covers Son House. But I totally get what you mean. Not only that, dude just kinda looks like he fell out of a time machine. Generally speaking, I've been meaning to check out Tom Waits for a while now. A lot of artists I like cite him as an inspiration, and what little I have heard, I liked a lot -- including the examples you posted!

Edited February 11, 2020 by punchbattle