This week we are joined by music writer Caleb Doyle (of Nightswimming music blog) to discuss Chicago alt country band Tobacco City. We add the Tobacco City song "Time" from their excellent 2025 album Horses to our Ultimate Country Playlist. Check out our playlist and the entire Horses album!Check out our Patreon!Check out our new merch store!Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveItFor everything else click HERE!Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze. Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.
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85: "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum
This week Danny and Tyler add Hal Ketchum's 90's boot-scootin', slice-of-life banger "Small Town Saturday Night" to the Ultimate Country Playlist. Also we talk about Jurassic Park for some reason.Check out our Patreon!Check out our new merch store!Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveItFor everything else click HERE!Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze. Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.
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84: "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
This week is Tracy Chapman week on the pod! We add her gorgeous and heartbreaking hit "Fast Car" to our Ultimate Country Playlist.Unsure if it's country? Well, after it became a No. 1 country hit with minimal changes when covered by Luke Combs, Rolling Stone named it one of the 200 greatest country songs of all time. Plus, we think it rocks and its lyrics are country as all get out. So it's on the playlist! Listen for more of our pro-Chapman rationale in this week's episode.Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotifyhttps://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist And on TIDAL!https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOACheck out our Patreon!Check out our new merch store!Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveItFor everything else click HERE!Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze. Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.
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83: "Country Pie" by Bob Dylan
We've been waiting to do a Bob Dylan episode for years and the film A Complete Unknown is just the excuse we were looking for! This week Danny and Tyler discuss the late 60's era of Dylan's career where he became a country crooner. Post-electric and pre-religious, this is a beautiful time in Dylan's eclectic catalog."Country Pie" from Nashville Skyline has been added to our Ultimate Country Playlist! Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotifyhttps://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist And on TIDAL!https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOACheck out our Patreon!Check out our new merch store!Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveItFor everything else click HERE!Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze. Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.
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Country In Decline: A Look of the Inauguration Performances, w/ Danii Gallegos
Last week was the 2025 Inauguration, and of all the terrible things that happened, the most light-hearted had to be the musical performances. These performances included a number of—you guessed it—country acts, including Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Lee Greenwood, and what's left of Billy Ray Cyrus.This week Tyler and Danny are joined by comedy writer and pop culture expert Danii Gallegos to take a look at what happened and why so many things went wrong.Check out our Patreon!Check out our new merch store!Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveItFor everything else click HERE!Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze. Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.
Comedians Tyler Snodgrass and Danny Maupin are building the ultimate country music playlist one song a time. Each week the hosts research and discuss a different boot-stompin' country banger that they believe is so good it might convert a country music hater, often with the help of a comedian guest. And then the song of the week is added to their public playlist!
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