Gary Stewart: The Five Essential Songs, Plus Opinions on Jill Scott, Mandy, Indiana and Aldous Harding

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are joined by returning guest and favorite music writer Jimmy McDonough. Jimmy recently released a biography 40 years in the making, Gary Stewart: I Am From the Honky-Tonks, and joins the show to help Jim and Greg run down five essential tracks from the cult country artist. The hosts also review new albums from Jill Scott, Mandy, Indiana, and Aldous Harding.

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Featured Songs:

Gary Stewart, "Honky Tonk Man," Honky Tonk Man (Single), RCA, 1981

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Jill Scott, "Offadaback," To Whom This May Concern, Blues Babe, 2026

Jill Scott, "Liftin' Me Up," To Whom This May Concern, Blues Babe, 2026

Jill Scott, "Pay U on Tuesday," To Whom This May Concern, Blues Babe, 2026

Mandy, Indiana, "Sevastopol," URGH, Sacred Bones, 2026

Mandy, Indiana, "Magazine," URGH, Sacred Bones, 2026

Mandy, Indiana, "I'll Ask Her," URGH, Sacred Bones, 2026

Aldous Harding, "Venus in the Zinnia," Train On The Island, 4AD, 2026

Aldous Harding, "Train on the Island," Train On The Island, 4AD, 2026

Aldous Harding, "I Ate the Most," Train On The Island, 4AD, 2026

Aldous Harding, "Coats," Train On The Island, 4AD, 2026

Aldous Harding, "One Stop," Train On The Island, 4AD, 2026

Gary Stewart, "Sweet Tater and Cisco," You're Not The Woman You Used To Be, MCA, 1975

Gary Stewart, "Drinkin' Thing," Out of Hand, RCA, 1975

Gary Stewart, "Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man," Steppin' Out, RCA, 1976

Gary Stewart, "Pretend I Never Happened," Your Place or Mine, RCA, 1977

Courtney Barnett, "Scotty Says (Live on Sound Opinions)," Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Mom + Pop Music, 2015

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0:08.0	One, two, week, one of our favorite music authors, Jimmy McDonough, joins us to run down five essential tracks from country
0:38.6	music's Gary Stewart.
0:40.5	I'm Jim D. Reganus.
0:42.0	And I'm Greg Kott.
0:43.2	But first, let's review a few new records.
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