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How Much Music Has Been Shared On Dollar Country and How Much Music Can There Be?

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

How Much Music Has Been Shared On Dollar Country?
Since October 3 2016 there have been approximately 5495 songs played on Dollar Country. Some of those records got played more than once but I’m also missing a few things I didn’t keep track of, so I’d say that number is close to the mark. But I know what you’re really wondering: if I piled all the records I’ve played into a tower would that tower be taller than an average sized giraffe?

Lucky for you I’ve done the calculations and I can answer that for you.

The answer is yes.

Alright, so now you’re saying “sure they’re TALLER than a giraffe, but do they WEIGH more than a giraffe?” I’m not sure, I’d have to figure it out… just kidding I already did.

No I haven’t played more records than a giraffe by weight.

So now that your pressing questions have been answered I can say assuredly that DC has at least enough records to make another 500 episodes of the show. And those are just the records that are in house at the moment, I get more every week. And that is to say that…

New Shows Are Coming
It’s been two months since the kid got into full time daycare and I’ve had somewhere near full time to work on Dollar Country again. They’ve been a hectic couple of months tying up loose ends from the last two years and trying to remember what it even feels like to not be in survival mode constantly. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it’s OK to take a break and breathe because I have time now to actually finish things.

Well the boxes are off the floor, the rug has been vacuumed, I even organized all the power and audio cables under my workspace. It might finally be time to get back on a regular schedule. As it stands right now I’ve got shows penciled in every other week. Besides being a great way to keep things rolling here in DC World, they’re also the best way to share and connect with all you all who like the show.

So if you missed them, then they’ll be back. If you didn’t miss them, then they’ll be back anyway.

Cheers
Franklin

Every Episode of DC Now On The Website

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

Every episode from 001 (Oct 10th 2016) to 257 (Dec 17 2025) is now available to listen to on the website with a few exceptions. A handful of patron only shows are missing but otherwise they’re all there.

  1. Go to dollarcountry.org
  2. Click on “Radio Shows” on the side bar or the along the top of the page
  3. Click on any episode
  4. Enjoy

Don’t Know Where To Start? Here are some favorites:
(In no particular order)

  • EP 105: The Wedding Episode
    • In this episode I tell the story of how my wife and I met and play all love songs on the occasion of our wedding. This is a favorite among my family.
  • EP 130 – Pandemic Favorites
    • Where I play some of my favorite finds from the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. There are some very strange songs in here.
  • EP 200 – Bushrangers And Drovers (All Australian Country)
    • This was my first episode where I spotlight Australian Country music, which I’ve grown to enjoy so much more since then.
  • EP 234 – Indigenous Country Music with Justis Brokenrope of Wathéča Records
    • During my paternity leave I asked some friends to do guest episodes, this was the first and features some great music from the Wathéča Records collection.
  • NTS 8, 9, & 10 – 50 States Project Trilogy
    • You can’t actually listen to these on the website, but they link to the NTS site where you can. I did a trilogy of shows where I played one song from each of the 50 United States. I’ve gotten great feedback from people about these shows.

I must admit that I don’t think I’m the best judge of the Dollar Country episodes because I made them and I love them all, but I think this is a pretty solid list. If you have a favorite please comment below and let me know!

Happy Listening
Franklin

ps. if you find any missing episodes, broken links, or other mistakes please let me know at host@dollarcountry.org or comment below.

Australia Country Vinyl Special

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

At some point I started to get some fans in Australia, I’m not sure if I ever tracked down exactly why, but I think it stemmed from a shop in Melbourne called Lulu’s. Either way some people got word down there and some of them joined the patreon and yadda yadda yadda I had some friends in Australia through Dollar Country.

A few years back one of them was in the states and visited me in Cleveland. At the time he (Willie) brought some records for me that I played on episode 200. There was also another buddy (Nic) who sent me some stuff and ever since I’ve been really interested in Australian country music. It’s a lot like American country music but it has it’s own style and flavor.

Willie sent me two packages of records last month that arrived here last week and it came at the perfect time. I was getting ready to test out two portable turntables I’ve been working on and I decided to get two birds with one stone and have a live stream to test the turntables and play some Aussie country.

You can view the video here: youtube // patreon

The stream was one of those things that was very affirming. The nature of what I do is niche at best, so sometimes when I’ve tried live streaming in the past it hasn’t really worked, but this one went great. In my mind Dollar Country is the internet equivalent of having some friends over and getting to say “hey check out this cool record I found.” Ideally that’s how it would be, but we don’t all live in the same town, so I do what I can. On stream there were 8-12 people in the chat and they seemed genuinely interested in the music and were very excited to hear it. It made me feel great, and it seemed like everyone had a great time.

I just put up the audio on my podcast distributor, so you can view the video online if you want to see the records and turntables, or you can listen via apple podcasts (or wherever you get those) and on mixcloud.

Hope you dig it and if you have any Australian Country, or country from any country besides the USA, and want to get it to me, just drop me a line!

Tracklist:
Jack Munting – The First Man On The Moon
Shirley Thomas – Yodelling In The Moonlight
The Trailblazers – A Pub With MORE Beer
Dick Parry – Little Old Log Shack
Slim Newton – The Redback On The Toilet Seat
Hickey Sisters – Call Of The Bellbird
Singing Kettles – An Old Log Cabin For Sale
Reg Lindsay – When My Truckin’ Days Are Done
Buddy Williams – The Nightmare
Rick and Thel Carey – You Can Say That Again
Slim Dusty – Gumtrees By The Roadway
Reg Lindsay – Jungles Of Vietnam
Nick Antonio – Sister Of Sioux City Sue
Kenny Arnott – The Singing Wanderer
Webb Brothers – The Jockey’s Are Striking
Cole Wilson – The Barman They Couldn’t Sack
Lucky Starr – I’ve Been Everywhere (New Zealand)
Lucky Starr – I’ve Been Everywhere (Australia)
Singing Kettles – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Rick and Thel Carey – White Crosses In The Jungle
Dusty Rankin – On The Trail Where The Rockies Meet The Sunset
Slim Dusty and Anne – Wild Rugged Land That I Love
Reg Lindsay – Goodbye Swingers
Reg Lindsay – From Forty To Sixty Five
Wayne Roberts – Aussie Talk
Buddy Williams – The Snowy Mountains
Slim Dusty – A Pub With No Beer

50 States Project on NTS.live

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

DC is going to be live on NTS.live Today at 8pm EST
Listen Here

I was asked to do a second residency on NTS.live radio, which I’ve posted about before, but as always I try to make things special in some way.

Starting with today’s episode I will be doing a trilogy of the 50 states project. I’ll be playing one country single from each state (except ND and RI*). This is related to the ongoing geography of Dollar Country I’ve been working on.

You can tune in today to the first episode or go to the NTS website to listen to my old shows on there. Here’s the link.

*if you have any country records from ND or RI please let me know so I can find some! Also looking for stuff from ID, NV, UT, VT, NH, MA, CT, and WY. I have some from them but want more.