Pat “Flap” Jones has hosted Not Necessarily Nashville since 1987. The program is dedicated to country music ignored by mainstream radio.
Some call it Americana, but if you ask Flap, “It’s country, folk, bluegrass, rock and blues. I’m a child of the 1950s and '60s and was fortunate enough to grow up in family of music lovers. Our little record player played everything from Hank Williams and Tommy Dorsey to Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles and The Stones.”
As a result, on Not Necessarily Nashville you’re likely to hear classics by Hank Williams or Jimmie Rodgers alongside laments from Hayes Carll, Townes Van Zandt or Guy Clark. You’ll hear newgrass from The Greencards and jam band music from The Waybacks followed by the old time bluegrass of Bill Monroe. Mix it all up with country legends like Merle Haggard, Tom T. Hall and Johnny Cash and the countless new artists that refuse to play along with the new country mainstream and you’ve got the best of the rest of country music. It’s the old and the new and hopefully you'll hear something you like.
You can access older playlists from Flap's show here.
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Merle Haggard - The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde (60's Hits)Bill Kirchen - Flip Flop (Seeds and Stems)Pokey LaFarge - Home Away From Home (Pokey LaFarge)Angel…
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Bill Kirchen - Semi Truck (Seeds and Stems)Bill Kirchen - Down To Seeds & Stems Again (Seeds and Stems)JJ Cale - Clyde (Naturally)Antsy McClain & The…
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Doc Watson - Blue Railroad Train (Definitive Doc Watson)Doc Watson - St Louis Blues (Definitive Doc Watson)Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - The Quiet…
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Michael Hibblen filled in hosting that week's program.Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson- Leavin' (Cheater's Game)Rodney Crowell- Still Learning How To Fly…
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Johnny Cash- Bull Rider (Silver)Dale Watson- I Lie When I Drink (El Ranhco Azul)Red Meat- Lolita (Alamedo County Line)Sutton, Holt & Coleman- Down The…
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Marty Stuart- Hobo's Prayer (The Pilgrim)Emmylou Harris- Gone (Songbird Sampler)Bill Hearne- Lucky That Way (From Santa Fe To Las Cruces)Steve Martin &…
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The Carper Family- My Old Chevy Van (Old Fashioned Gal)Wayne Hancock- Lone Road Home (Ride)Tejas Brothers- Chasing Down The Devil (Live A Little More)The…
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The Devil Makes Three- Statesboro Blues (Do Wrong Right)The Carper Family- I've Tried (Old Fashioned Gal)Slaid Cleaves- God's Own Yodeler (Still Fighting…
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In advance of a CD release party later that evening, Amy Garland joined Flap Jones live on Not Necessarily Nashville to play a few songs and talk about…
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Steve Earle- Love's Gonna Blow My Way (The Low Highway)Gibson Brothers- I Will Always Cross Your Mind (They Called It Music)Amy Garland- Everything Around…