It’s been bugging me again lately how many really cool bands I know who are being almost totally ignored by radio. Yes, you have heard this rap before. This time, I have a bit more of a solution. This coming Monday, May 7th, I start doing an afternoon radio show at KDRP in Dripping Springs, TX. You can listen live from anywhere, download the app to your smart phone or tablet, or listen locally at 100.1, 103.1 and 99.1 FM, depending on where you are in the Hill Country of Texas. The absolutely cool thing about it is I am curating my own show, which will air from 2 to 7pm CT Monday through Friday. This week, I have been pulling the music together for the library, and can’t wait to hit the ground running. The new show will be called Southbound with Jessie Scott. For former X Country listeners, this should feel like home.

There are so many artists that I have made the acquaintance of that SO deserve to be heard by a larger audience that I am going to get to play on KDRP. One of them is Jason Eady. I mean truly, the dude has it all. Great pipes, great songwriting ability, great stage presence, and he is a really nice guy to boot. I asked him what he wanted from his career one time, several years back, and he said he just wanted to make music, that he didn’t want to take the slick path to the top by selling out. His new album, AM Country Heaven is a testament to that vow. It is old school country. Nashville just ain’t making music that sounds like this anymore. When he came to visit us for the Spring Music Fog Marathon at Threadgill’s WHQ several weeks ago, he had Cody Canada in tow, which made for a really simpatico set. (Video featuring Cody is forthcoming.) Here is Jason solo from that session, with the title track to AM Country Heaven.

- Jessie Scott