Episode 14: The Blue Highways

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“The Blue Highways” are the term used for the back roads and less traveled high ways in rural America. It’s on these that you’ll find unique and authentic experiences, culture and people. Robert Frost’s famous poem “The Road Less Traveled” comes to mind when thinking about the blue highways and how taking the road less traveled by can make all the difference. In this episode we interview the founders of Courthouse Nights, Rachel Lingvai and Will Rhodes, and hear from their first player, famous Cajun Hall of Famer, Jesse Lége. We head down the road to meet Country Willie Edwards and talk about his gig at the end of the month. Then we pull into the old gas station and introduce ourselves to owners, Max Yancy and Grace Reyer, of Plum Creek Records and talk to them about why Lockhart needed a record store.

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