This week's edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif features some of the tribute songs written – or, in a couple of cases, co-written – by Tom Russell about other artists. We’ll also hear a song from each of the artists Tom was paying tribute to.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel - Reprise |
| Joshua Tree Tom Russell with Patricia Hardin - The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day - Shout! Factory |
| "Haley's Comet" was co-written by Tom Russell and Dave Alvin about the death of Bill Haley in a small town in Texas. |
| Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & The Comets - Bill Rocks - Bear Family |
| Haley's Comet Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men - Out in California - HighTone |
| Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues Nina Simone - To Love Somebody - RCA |
| Nina Simone Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble - Aztec Jazz - Frontera |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Wolves No Longer Sing Ian Tyson - Carnero Vaquero - Stony Plain
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| I’ll Never Leave These Old Horses Tom Russell - Folk Hotel - Frontera |
| Travelin' Lady Rosalie Sorrels - My Last Go Round - Red House |
| Pork Roast and Poetry Tom Russell - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan - Columbia/Legacy |
| Mesabi Tom Russell - Mesabi - Shout! Factory |
| "Chocolate Cigarettes" was co-written by Tom Russell and Sylvia Tyson about Édith Piaf. |
| La Vie en Rose Édith Piaf - 30e Anniversaire - EMI France |
| Chocolate Cigarettes Sylvia Tyson - Gypsy Cadillac - Silver City
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| Another Time and Place Dave Van Ronk - Down in Washington Square - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Van Ronk Tom Russell - Hotwalker - HighTone |
| MacDougal Street Blues Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen - The Kerouac Collection - Rhino |
| October in the Railroad Earth Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth - Frontera |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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1:07 PM, March 1st, 2021