Photo by Karen Cleaves
On his new album Ghost On The Car Radio, Austin’s Slaid Cleaves goes from Tom Petty-esque heartland rock to clear-eyed country-folk in the span of the opening two songs. That’s the intersection Cleaves has stood at for several decades now as a songwriter, but those two sounds also popped up for him at an early age. As our guest DJ, Cleaves walks through the music of his life one moment at a time, from the formative Beatles love and teenage punk phase to falling in with Austin’s folk scene. Listen to Cleaves’ My KUTX on Saturday, July 15 at 6 p.m. or anytime at the bottom of the page, and see him at the Stateside on Sunday, July 16.
–Art Levy // producer, My KUTX
Playlist:
[intro music: Slaid Cleaves – “Already Gone”]
1. The Beatles – “Good Day Sunshine”
2. Hank Williams – “Kaw-Liga”
3. Johnny Cash – “Blistered”
4. Pink Floyd – “Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1”
5. The Who – “Getting In Tune”
6. The Clash – “London Calling”
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Even The Losers”
8. Bruce Springsteen – “Johnny 99”
9. Woody Guthrie – “Poor Boy”
10. Steve Earle – “Ellis Unit One”
11. Steve Forbert- “Lay Down Your Weary Tune Again”
12. Rod Picott – “Down To The Bone”
13. Eliza Gilkyson – “Hard Times In Babylon”
14. Billy Harvey – “Party House”
