TJ Editor, Courtney Lennon’s Birthday Playlist

Playlist: TJ Editor Courtney Lennon’s 33 picks on her 33rd birthday.

From “Sweet Revenge” to “Southern Comfort,” from Country to Soul, here’s what we’re listening to today at TJ:

Tracks: 1. “Sweet Revenge” John Prine 2. “I’ve Always Been Crazy” Waylon Jennings 3. “There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California” Terry Allen 4. “Cold Dog Soup” Guy Clark 5. “So You Wanna Be an Outlaw” Steve Earle 6. “Coming Home” Leon Bridges 7. “Devil In Me” Anderson East 8. “Hard To Handle” Otis Redding 9. “Keep Me Singing” Van Morrison 10. “That’s The Way The World Goes Round” John Prine 11. “Ghost of Travelin’ Jones” Ryan Bingham w/ Terry Allen 12.  “Memphis in the Rain” Justin Townes Earle 13. “That’s How I got To Memphis” Buddy Miller 14. “North Memphis Like Me” Juicy J 15. “Laugh It Off” Merle Haggard 16. “Leave My Wife Alone” John Lee Hooker 17. “Columbus Stockade Blues” Doc Watson 18. “Hard Out Here” Hayes Carll 19. “Boom Boom Boom Boom” Terrence Howard (Empire) 20. “Maybe A Moment” Justin Townes Earle 21. “Traveller” Chris Stapleton 22. “The Other Side” Ryan Bingham 23. “Too Long I’ve Been Gone” Dom Flemons 24. “I’m Not Your Man” Sammy Brue 25. “The Train That Carried My Girl From Town” Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale 26. “Wasting Time” Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 27. “Caravan” Van Morrison 28. “Turnstyled, Junkpiled” Townes Van Zandt 29. “These Times Better” Mark W. Lennon 30. “Dixie Rothko” St. Paul and The Broken Bones 31. “Brimstone” Nocona 32. “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” Johnny Cash 33. “Southern Comfort” Terry Allen

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Courtney S. Lennon

Kin to legendary songwriter Stephen Foster, Courtney is a strong voice in the roots community. She is the founder and Editor of Turnstyled, Junkpiled Music Magazine, which she started after moving to Los Angeles in 2011. Courtney has contributed to No Depression, Lone Star Music Magazine, Texas Music Magazine, and Buffalo, NY-based JAM Magazine. She has written features on Ryan Bingham, Guy Clark, Terry Allen, Rodney Crowell, Radney Foster, Dale Watson, and Wanda Jackson, among others. She is the author of the forthcoming book, "Live Forever: The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver" (Texas A&M University Press).

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