HWY 261

Today The Rev did a highlight reel from bands who will be touring through the I-35 corridor in the next few months. Tracks played on Ep. 103 were:Big Gun-AC/DC; Mother-Danzig; Mr. Brownstone-Guns n Roses; The Trooper-Iron Maiden; Skin O' My Teeth-Megadeth; Poison My Eyes-Anthrax; Tom Sawyer-Rush; Purple Yellow Red and Blue-Portugal. The Man; Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen-Santana; Blue Orchid, Little Ghost-White Stripes; Tush-ZZ Top

On today's episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Layla take a deep dive into the catalog (studio and live) of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan. As of 2026, SRV has been gone longer than he was with us on this mortal coil, so we featured deep cuts, live cuts, and a couple of radio hits listeners likely have heard. RIP SRV!!!Track list: Pipeline-SRV & Dick Dale; Taxman (Beatles cover)-SRV & Double Trouble; Hillbillies from Outer Space (The Vaughan Brothers); D/FW-The Vaughan Brothers; SRV Speaks; Chitlin's con Carne-SRV & Double Trouble; Testify-SRV &Double Trouble; Look at Little Sister-SRV & Double Trouble; They Call Me Guitar Hurricane-Stevie Vaughan & Double Trouble; Honey Bee-SRV & Double Trouble; Love Struck Baby-SRV & Double Trouble; Rude Mood-SRV & Double Trouble; Slip Slidin' Slim-SRV & Double Trouble; Life By the Drop-SRV & Double Trouble

This week on HWY 261 The Rev has his daughter Layla in the booth as guest co-host and the show focused on new releases from local artists. Playlist for the 6-19-26 episode: Fallen Angel-Sister 7; Omaha-Waylon Jennings; Cold Beer, Hot Women, and Cool Country Music-The Derailers; These Roads (I Ain't Been Down)-Sam Downing & the Bandits; Underdog-Dallas Burrow; Backslide-Ashton Naylor; Ace of Spades (Motorhead cover)-West Texas Exiles; Lemon Tree (Stay a While)-Sammy Wells; Heaven and Hell-The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser).

On the 100th episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling welcome their long time friend and songwriter extraordinaire Pake Rossi, who just released his lates record Blue Collar Blues (A Working Title) on May 1. The guys reminisce about SMTX back in the day when they were all hanging around Cheatham St. Warehouse, and Pake played 3 songs live in the studio. Tracklist for Ep. 100:Supermarket Birds-Company L; Rising-Josh Dodds; 24 Hours in New York City-Drew Kennedy; San Marcos '09 (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; Welder's Son (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; Blue From the Mountain (LIVE)-Pake Rossi; 7 Day Bender-Forest Wayne Allen

On today's episode The Rev welcomes George Ensle into the KZSM broadcasting booth to talk about his latest CD release, Touchstones, and the first single from the album Hill Country Rhapsody (feat. Kimmie Rhodes). Prerecorded tracks played were Summer Again-Texas Renegade; Dream Chaser-Willie Nelson; Lubbock It or Leave It-The Dixie Chicks; Peasant-Stephen Doster; Summer Wine-Shelley King; Hill Country Rhapsody-George Ensle.

Today The Rev is joined on the show by his son, Jude and Jude's friend, William, both of whom just finished up middle school and are on to high school in the fall! Tracks played on Ep. 98:School's Out-Alice Cooper; Blame Texas-Cody Johnson; Too Good, Too Bad-Jason Scott & High Heat; Can't Go There Anymore-Storyville; Record Exec-Cross Canadian Ragweed; You Don't Know the Half of It-Kathleen O'Keefe; Daddy's Farm-Shooter Jennings

On today's episode The Rev spins ten tracks from this week's Texas Country Music Chart Top 50. Artists played from this week's chart were: Charley Crockett, Kayla Jane, Silverada, Paul Cauthen, Sandee June, Kin Faux, Flatland Cavalry, Shane Smith & the Saints, Cameron Allbright, and Hudson Westbrook. Also played: SRV & Double Trouble Scuttle Buttin' (from their sophomore album Couldn't Stand the Weather, released OTD in 1984), College Town off of Joel Hofmann's new album Loud & Lonesome, and Old School Friends from Foscoe Jones' 2004 album A Song Like This.

On today's episode, The Rev focuses on spinning tracks from the recorded output of Dustin Welch. The Rev spins a few songs from each of Dustin's 3 records--Whisky Priest, Tijuana Bible, and Amateur Theater--and as an added treat, Dustin himself showed up to KZSM studios during the broadcast along with HWY 261 co-host Sterling Finlay (who has been out on medical rehab assignment since January) and Sterling's youngest daughter, Iona. In addition to Dustin Welch tracks, The Rev played John Wayne Cowboy by The Trishas--one of whose members, Savannah Welch, is Dustin's sister--and a brand new track from Joel Hofmann Band w/ Bonnie Whitmore, All Because of You.

No guest artist in the KZSM studio today (The Rev's 46th B-Day), so the fellas spin tracks from Austin artists Bad Livers and James McMurtry. James and Danny Barnes of bad Livers both work professionally with Sterling's older sister, Jenni Finlay, so there are a few stories shared between prerecorded tracks. The show closes out with a Tom Waits cover of Kinky Friedman's song Highway Cafe. Kinky (RIP) was another artist who worked with Jenni Finlay until he passed in 2024.