477 - Merle Haggard - Down Every Road - Peter Billingsley

477 - Merle Haggard - Down Every Road - Peter Billingsley

Producer, director and actor Peter Billingsley puts the nearly 40 years of boozing, brawling and broken spirits of outlaw country legend Merle Haggard's career-spanning retrospective collection Down Every Road into perspective for the modern era. Much like with the story of America, a look back on the life of outlaw country legend Merle Haggard reveals as much pain and hardship as it does hope and inspiration. But without the harsh realities of growing up poor and spending time in prison to shape him, the world might find itself sorely lacking the hard-bitten truths and forlorn beauty of that classic Bakersfield Sound he spent nearly forty years shaping with his music, to which the 1994 release of roughly 100 songs from every period of his career Down Every Road is an eternal testament. The same might be said of one of Merle's biggest fans: director, producer and actor Peter Billingsley, whose humble beginnings in yogurt commercials and after school specials led him to not only star in one of the most beloved holiday films of all time, A Christmas Story, but also helped bring to life hit movies and televisions series such as The Break Up, Sullivan & Son, and F is for Family. The 500 is a production of Native Creative Podcasts. For show notes, guest playlists, complimentary documentaries, and audiobooks about the music go to The500Podcast.com. New Artist/Song influenced by Merle Haggard: Mick Fury "Front Porch of America"(YouTube) Join. The. Movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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461 - Public Image Ltd - Metal Box - Kyle Kinane

461 - Public Image Ltd - Metal Box - Kyle Kinane

With former Sex Pistols front man Johnny Rotten at the helm, you’d think P.I.L.’s 1979 release Metal Box would be a slam dunk for anti-establishment types the world over, but that is not the case for ...

7 Aug 20191h 10min

462 - R.E.M. - Document - Bobby Lee

462 - R.E.M. - Document - Bobby Lee

In the Premiere episode of The 500 as a Spotify Original, Comedy icon Bobby Lee runs wild with R.E.M.’s 1987 album Document revealing the hilarious highs and lows of his life and career as well as his...

31 Jul 20191h 3min

463 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here - Krystyna Hutchinson

463 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here - Krystyna Hutchinson

There’s a time for happy songs, sunshine and general good cheer. And then there comes a time when it’s best to sit and stare pensively out a dirty window at bleak, rain-soaked landscapes and ponder th...

17 Jul 20191h 17min

464 - Def Leppard - Hysteria - Big Jay Oakerson - Sklar Brothers

464 - Def Leppard - Hysteria - Big Jay Oakerson - Sklar Brothers

Some artists speak for a generation. Some albums perfectly encapsulate a moment in time that, while perfect in that context, may seem out of place in any other time. English heavy metal icons Def Lepp...

10 Jul 20191h 19min

465 - Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - Tony Sam

465 - Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - Tony Sam

There’s a reason they call romantics hopeless, and it’s because while love can raise you up to dizzying heights of euphoria, it’ll also send you slamming into the ground with the speed of freight trai...

3 Jul 20191h 24min

466 - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Kelsey Cook

466 - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Kelsey Cook

Music can remind us of many things: a time in our lives we were happy or a place we never wanted to leave, a fleeting moment we can't return to a lover we can't forget. For comedian Kelsey Cook, few b...

26 Jun 20191h 22min

467 - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love - Jay Mohr

467 - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love - Jay Mohr

Little Steven hated the idea. One of the most raw albums Bruce Springsteen ever produced sets the scene for actor and comedian Jay Mohr to bare his soul discussing his own roller coaster ride followin...

19 Jun 20192h 26min

468 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Charley Steiner

468 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Charley Steiner

It's a counterculture deep dive with the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers Charley Steiner sharing his lesser known, but no less intense passion for music through the lens of the 1965 debut self-titled...

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