Oct 30, 20261 hourS1
The Rev and Sterling welcome repeat offender guest artist Lynn Crossett back into the KZSM-LP studio to talk about his recent tour of Finland, England, and Scotland + the US West Coast. Prerecorded tracks today had a...
About this Podcast:
Co-hosts Jason Woolery (aka The Reverend) and Sterling Finlay spend an hour each week interviewing artists, telling stories, and playing songs that are connected to the state of Texas in one way or another. The show explores multiple genres of music, and the hosts often have their on-air guests help select the music played during that week's show.
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What is HWY 261 about?
Co-hosts Jason Woolery (aka The Reverend) and Sterling Finlay spend an hour each week interviewing artists, telling stories, and playing songs that are connected to the state of Texas in one way or another. The show explores multiple genres of music, and the hosts often have their on-air guests help select the music played during that week's show.
What has HWY 261 covered recently?
Recent episodes include "HWY 261 (10-30-26) Lynn Crossett; Halloween songs" (30 October 2026, 60 minutes), "HWY 261 (10-09-26), Jimmy Davis telling stories, playing songs ahead of Price Center gig on 10-13" (9 October 2026, 59 minutes), and "HWY 261 (09-18-26) Company L; RWH's Song Driving Mix Tape selections" (18 September 2026, 57 minutes).
How often does HWY 261 publish?
HWY 261 publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 91 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on HWY 261?
Booking probability for HWY 261 is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. HWY 261 requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. HWY 261's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #112
HWY 261 (10-09-26), Jimmy Davis telling stories, playing songs ahead of Price Center gig on 10-13
Oct 9, 202659 minS1This week on HWY 261 The Rev welcomes musical lifer Jimmy Davis into the KZSM-LP broadcast booth. Jimmy originally hails from Memphis, TN but moved down to Wimberley 15 years ago to play with Walt Wilkins & the...
- Sep 18, 202657 minS1
Today on HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling bookend the show with tracks from Company L's debut album A Real Dog's Breakfast, then went through highlights from the Song Driving Mix Tape playlist curated by Ray Wylie Hubbard...
- Sep 4, 202659 minS1
Today on HWY 261 Sterling is back in the booth after his tour out west with Dallas Burrow (where they met and hung out with The Doors' guitarist Robbie Krieger!), and Dallas is headlining Gruene Hall's main stage for...
Episode #108
HWY 261 (08-21-26) Texas-centric Love Songs going out to Jacob & Kate, the new Mr. & Mrs. Roberts
Aug 21, 202658 minS1Sterling is back to fighting weight, so to speak, so he's holding down the bass on the current 3-week run Dallas Burrow is making across the great western states of America. The Rev is bogged down in work in SMTX, so...
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- Aug 7, 202655 minS1
On today's episode, The Rev welcomes Missoula Slim into the KZSM broadcast booth to promote his show at The Redbird Listening Room Sunday 8/8/26 at 4pm. He'll be joined by Sterling Finlay on upright bass and Keith Davis...
- Jul 31, 202658 minS1
On today's episode, The Rev welcomes "repeat offender" guest artist Sammy Wells back into the KZSM-LP broadcast booth. The guys discuss the new record in depth, and Sammy played two of the tracks live on the air in the...
- Jul 24, 202658 minS1
The Rev is fresh back from a 5 day road trip to New Orleans with his oldest daughter, and tonight he's taking the whole family to see AC/DC at The Alamodome. With that in mind, today's show is centered on songs about...
Episode #104
HWY 261 (07-17-26) YSW '26 Guest Artists
Jul 17, 202659 minS1The Rev is thrilled to have Sterling back in the booth as co-host this week. The guys caught up on a few things, and spun tracks from the guest artists who helped out this week at the annual Young Songwriters Workshop...
- Jul 10, 202655 minS1
Today The Rev did a highlight reel from bands who will be touring through the I-35 corridor in the next few months. Tracks played on Ep. 103 were: Big Gun-AC/DC; Mother-Danzig; Mr. Brownstone-Guns n Roses; The...
Episode #102
HWY 261 (06-26-26) SRV Tribute Episode
Jun 26, 202655 minS1On today's episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Layla take a deep dive into the catalog (studio and live) of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan. As of 2026, SRV has been gone longer than he was with us on this mortal coil, so...
- Jun 19, 202656 minS1
This week on HWY 261 The Rev has his daughter Layla in the booth as guest co-host and the show focused on new releases from local artists. Playlist for the 6-19-26 episode: Fallen Angel-Sister 7; Omaha-Waylon Jennings...
- Jun 5, 202658 minS1
On the 100th episode of HWY 261 The Rev and Sterling welcome their long time friend and songwriter extraordinaire Pake Rossi, who just released his lates record Blue Collar Blues (A Working Title) on May 1. The guys...
- May 29, 202656 minS1
On today's episode The Rev welcomes George Ensle into the KZSM broadcasting booth to talk about his latest CD release, Touchstones, and the first single from the album Hill Country Rhapsody (feat. Kimmie Rhodes)...
- May 22, 202655 minS1
Today The Rev is joined on the show by his son, Jude and Jude's friend, William, both of whom just finished up middle school and are on to high school in the fall! Tracks played on Ep. 98: School's Out-Alice Cooper...
- May 15, 202657 minS1
On today's episode The Rev spins ten tracks from this week's Texas Country Music Chart Top 50. Artists played from this week's chart were: Charley Crockett, Kayla Jane, Silverada, Paul Cauthen, Sandee June, Kin Faux...
Episode #96
HWY 261 (05-08-26) Dustin Welch
May 8, 202657 minS1On today's episode, The Rev focuses on spinning tracks from the recorded output of Dustin Welch. The Rev spins a few songs from each of Dustin's 3 records--Whisky Priest, Tijuana Bible, and Amateur Theater--and as an...
- Apr 24, 202657 minS1
The Rev has Missoula Slim in as guest co-host on today's episode, and they spent some time talking about how the new KZSM show Live from Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's Songwriters Circle came to be and how...
- Apr 17, 202657 minS1
Episode 94: This week on HWY 261 The Rev welcomes Bill Palmer into the KZSM broadcast booth. Bill is currently part of the band Mule Ears based in Terlingua, TX, and he has been a major part of two of The Rev's all time...
- Mar 27, 202658 minS1
Today on HWY 261 The Rev spends half the show playing newly released tracks (mid-2025 through today). Track list for 03-27-26 episode: Rules of Baseball~Nichole Wagner; Full of Stars~Josh Dodds; Kyoto (Phoebe Bridges...
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