Episode 12 | "We Are Crying in One Mighty Magnetic Voice"

Welcome to Tony Tost's America. My name is Tony Tost, and this is my America:

"I May Never Get to Heaven," Wanda Jackson
"Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit," Luther Magby
"Ghost Train," Marty Robbins

Circles form to conjure Houdini back from his grave

"The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues," Emmett Miller
"Pray for the Lights to Go Out," Bob Wills

Allen Ginsberg rides the his one good idea into eternity

"Cherokee Dance," Bob Landers, with Willie Joe Duncan and his One-String Unitar
"Mexican Rock'n'Roll," Unknown Singer (Sun Studios discard)
"Blue Ghost Blues," Lonnie Johnson
"Tulsa Telephone Book," Calexico
"She Ain't Goin' Nowhere," Guy Clark
"She Never Knew Me," Don Williams

Johnny Cash finds beauty in the land and its people

"Learning to Live with Myself," Merle Haggard

Blind Willie McTell checks out of the St. James hotel

"(It's a Mighty Thin Line) Between Love and Hate," Johnny Paycheck
"I Take the Chance," The Browns
"Wino," Cast King
"Be Careful of the Stones that You Throw," The Staple Singers

Henry Townsend knows what the truth touches

"Rock Island Line (Demo)," Johnny Horton

Sam Phillips and the Miller Sisters chatter

"Jean Harlow," Lead Belly
"Black Girl," John Phillips

Van Dyke Parks discovers America

"Travelin' Soldier," Dixie Chicks
"Bugle Call from Heaven," Webb Pierce
"Dust on the Bible," The Bailes Brothers
"Voice in the Wilderness," Cliff Richard

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Episode 11 | "God Has a Train"

Welcome to Tony Tost's America. My name is Tony Tost, and this is my America:

"Just like a Woman," John Lee Hooker
"Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man," Captain Beefheart
"Louisiana Saturday Night," Mel McDaniel
"Hank, You Still Make Me Cry," Boxcar Willie
"A World So Full of Love," Roger Miller
"Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb," Soul Stirrers

CD Wright catalogs the national pastimes

"When the World's On Fire," The Carter Family
"Viel Zu Spat," Johnny Cash
"Hi Ho Silver," Bobby Lee Trammel
"Let a Soldier Drink," Jerry Lee Lewis

Jimmy Reed invokes the real good times

"Cripple Creek," Skip Spence
"The Hinges on the Door," Connie Smith

Johnny Cash, spokesman for a generation

"Richland Woman Blues," Mississippi John Hurt
"Somebody Makes Me Think of You," Blue Sky Boys
"(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill," Johnny Paycheck

Richard Pryor studies the relationship between history and sexuality

"Hillbilly Surfer," Whitey White
"River, Stay Away from My Door," Charlie Rich
"Satan's River," Porter Wagoner

Juliana Spahr's geographical history of Hawaii

"Same Old Tale that the Crow Told Me," Johnny Horton
"Do You Call That Religion?" Monroe Brothers
"House of Gold," Unknown Female Trio (recording found in Sun Studio)
"Jesus on the Radio (Daddy on the Phone)," Tom T. Hall
"He Got Better Things for You," Memphis Sanctified Singers

Lenny Bruce shows how he relaxes his colored friends at parties

"Mississippi Mud," Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman
"This Train Is a Clean Train," Elder Roma Wilson
"Waymore's Blues," Class of '55 (Cash, Lewis, Orbison, Perkins)

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Episode 10 | "Drama Until the Very End"

Welcome to Tony Tost's America. My name is Tony Tost, and this is my America:

"To Beat the Devil," Kris Kristofferson
"I Looked Down the Road (and Wondered)," Sister Rosetta Tharpe

William S. Burrough folds a curse back into itself

"Take My Hand (Precious Lord)," Link Wray
"Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues," Johnny Cash
"Snow Is Falling Everywhere," Yoko Ono

Jerome Rothenberg totally translates himself into a particular ache

"Burma Shave," Roger Miller

Bernadette Mayer scopes out the upcoming revolution

"The Heavenly Airplane," Sons of the Pioneers
"Industrial Boogie," Doctor Ross

Rev. JM Milton sees a beast slouching towards America
John Giorno becomes the demon, becomes the river

"Letters Have No Arms," Ray Price

Kenneth Burke recalls Ezra Pound's address to the sky

"Is She Is, or Is She Ain't," the Charmer (aka Louis Farrakhan)

Kamau Brathwaite descends into the underworld of a thousand dances

"Moonlight and Skies," Jimmie Rodgers

Johnny Cash, while stationed in Germany, professes his undying love to his Vivian

"Funnel of Love," Wanda Jackson
"Blue and Lonesome," Little Walter
"Katie Cruel," Karen Dalton
"Only Black Man in South Dakota," Andre Williams
"Revenooer Man," George Jones

Ajay Lowery quotes Lenin, discusses the teeth protruding from America's hand
CBS news reveals itself to be the modern Herodotus
Laurie Anderson & Julia Heyward are not the pilot

"Diddie Wa Diddie," Blind Blake
"Devil's Train," Hank Williams
"Copperhead Road," Steve Earle
"Jimmie's Blue Heaven," Jimmie Tarlton
"The Junkie & the Juicehead Minus Me," Johnny Cash

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Episode 9 | "I'm Not the Devil, Just a Dude"

Welcome to Tony Tost's America. My name is Tony Tost, and this is my America:

"Who Stole the Marker From the Grave of Bonnie Parker?" Gene Summers
"Seven Nation Army," The Oak Ridge Boys

Lucius Tate is feeling generous

"Bargain Basement Dress," Loretta Lynn
"She's Got No Hair," Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
"Yodeling Robot," Ed Sanders
"Lonely Coming Down," Dolly Parton

Elvis has fun with his mouth

"Polk Salad Annie," Elvis Presley
"The Weight," Jackie DeShannon
"Two Cigarettes in an Ashtray," Patsy Cline
"You Belong to Me," The Duprees

Judy Garland chisels out a halo

"Flirted With You All My Life," Vic Chesnutt

Peter Finch's purrs & prophecies (the medium is the maestro)

"You Already Love Me," Toby Keith
"So You Want to Be an Indian," Marty Stuart
"Kaw-Liga," Rusty & Doug Kershaw
"My Quadroon," Jerry Lee Lewis

Johnny Cash, philosopher and seeker

"Come on Joe," George Strait
"I Got Loaded," Los Lobos
"I'm a Man," Bo Diddley
"A Knife and a Fork," Kip Anderson

Queen Bee, citizen of the world

"Stackolee," Samuel L. Jackson

Gertrude Stein on repetition, being, variation, repetition

"Hillbilly Wolf," Link Wray
"Sing Me Back Home," Keith Richards
"Think It Over," Jimmy Donley

Tony Tost's America | Episode 8 | "Come Back Woody Guthrie"

Welcome to Tony Tost's America. My name is Tony Tost, and this is my America:

"California (I'm Comin')," Little Richard
"Old Dog Blue," Jim Jackson
"Gospel Snakes," Lonnie Glosson

Jim Jones speaks at Jonestown

"Mother's Last Word to Her Son," Washington Phillips
"Who's Gonna Be Your Man," Ella Jenkins

Rev. J.M. Gates discusses the reason for the season
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart analyzes the issue of motherhood

"Delia's Gone," Johnny Cash
"St. James Infirmary," Bobby 'Blue' Bland
"Blue Moon Baby," Dave 'Diddle' Day
"I'm Gonna Join the Army," Silas Hogan

Stokely Carmichael talks about the learning curve of the white community

"Color Song (I Lost My Love)," Jean Shepard
"The Mercenary Song," Steve Earle
"Desperadoes Waiting for a Train," Guy Clark
"Casino," Marty Stuart

Alice Notley gauges and assuages

"Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)," Willie Nelson & Calexico
"Jesus Was Our Savior and Cotton Was Our King," Billy Joe Shaver
"Searching for a Soldier's Grave," Kitty Wells

Eugene V. Debs dreams a little dream

"Christmastime in Washington," Steve Earle
"Dialogue" & "Cut the Thievin' Hands Off the IRS," Ajay Lowery
"Pig at Home in a Pen," The Stanley Brothers
"Harlan County," Jim Ford

Johnny Cash picks up a hitchhiker

"Going to Memphis," Johnny Cash
"Are You Washed in the Blood?" Jim & Jesse

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