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Roots and Rhythms
Sunday January 8th, 2023 with Dick Altavista
The history of Bloodshot Records as seen through their compilation releases

In 1994 Rob Miller and Nan Warsaw sat at a bar and wrote down a list of 16 bands they thought represented the "insurgent country" scene in Chicago. That list became BS001 FOR A LIFE OF SIN, the very first Bloodshot release.
Way Out West
Moonshine Willy - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Over The Cliff
Jon Langford's Hillbilly Love Child - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Drunk friend
Freakwater - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Cry Baby
Wink O'Bannon - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Cigarette State
Robbie Fulks - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Doghouse
Church Key - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Every Kinda Everything
Bottle Rockets - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
If She Wasn't On Blocks
The New Duncan Imperials - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Flannel Boogie
Flannel Tubs - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Sucker For A Trucker
Milly & The Sequins - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Tragic Woman
Swollen Spleens - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
You Don't Know What Lonesome Is
The Sundowners - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Suburbia
The Riptones - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
That Truck
The Texas Rubies - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Hole In The Ground
Iggy Yoakam & His Famous Pogo Ponies - For A Life Of Sin - Bloodshot
Interactive CKCU
JBS.
Thanks Richard!

8:58 PM, January 8th, 2023
hillbilly
Great list! Welcome back! s'rainin in Victoria!;-)

9:00 PM, January 8th, 2023
Dick Alta Vista (host)
Thans Jason!!!

9:55 PM, January 10th, 2023