Dollar Country (he/him)
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Physical record archive of Country, Bluegrass, and Country Gospel music. Started in Kansas now in Cleveland.
Radio Host at Dollar Country and NTS Live.
Browse the archive and listen to the shows:
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tl;dr: rare country vinyl collector
Radio Host at Dollar Country and NTS Live.
Browse the archive and listen to the shows:
dollarcountry.org
tl;dr: rare country vinyl collector
Episode 257: 2025 Year In Revie · Dollar Country
Dollar Country is a radio show hosted by Frank the Drifter. It primarily features country 45's that I find in dollar bins around the country. Featuring everything from old hits to b-sides, common reco...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I got an order from Crumlin, Dublin. Which is a really fun name to say.
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got an order from Crumlin, Dublin. Which is a really fun name to say.
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dec 2025 Updates: A Bummer Country Mix and Full Time Daycare – Dollar Country Blog
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December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One of my favorite things about music is that I can listen to something I don't like initially and over more time with it I can learn to appreciate it. I didn't used to like country gospel, but now I do.
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
One of my favorite things about music is that I can listen to something I don't like initially and over more time with it I can learn to appreciate it. I didn't used to like country gospel, but now I do.
I recently learned that doing donuts in a car is called "whipping shitties" by some people in the northern USA. Can anyone corroborate this?
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I recently learned that doing donuts in a car is called "whipping shitties" by some people in the northern USA. Can anyone corroborate this?
A Bummer Christmas Mix by Dollar Country
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December 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A Bummer Xmas Mix by Dollar Country
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Give it a listen at the website or apple podcasts or mixcloud.
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Give it a listen at the website or apple podcasts or mixcloud.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A Bummer Xmas Mix by Dollar Country
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Give it a listen at the website or apple podcasts or mixcloud.
dollarcountry.org
Give it a listen at the website or apple podcasts or mixcloud.
So far the problem with my bummer xmas mix is that there are too many songs about christmas in vietnam. Not enough for a whole mix, but I can't let them take over the whole thing.
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So far the problem with my bummer xmas mix is that there are too many songs about christmas in vietnam. Not enough for a whole mix, but I can't let them take over the whole thing.
This mix was made a couple years ago, and I'm going to make a new one this year because somehow really sad xmas songs just find their way to me. I just found one about how a blind girl can't see how beautiful her christmas lights are. Why did someone make this song? No clue, but I'm glad they did.
Just put a Bummer Xmas Mix up on the patreon. It's got christmas in jail, vietnam, and other places.
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This mix was made a couple years ago, and I'm going to make a new one this year because somehow really sad xmas songs just find their way to me. I just found one about how a blind girl can't see how beautiful her christmas lights are. Why did someone make this song? No clue, but I'm glad they did.
Just put a Bummer Xmas Mix up on the patreon. It's got christmas in jail, vietnam, and other places.
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just put a Bummer Xmas Mix up on the patreon. It's got christmas in jail, vietnam, and other places.
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
Check it out at the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/bummer...
Just got my favorite type of compliment in the mail today.
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just got my favorite type of compliment in the mail today.
Dollar Country Episode 256: All about K-Ark Records!
Listen at dollarcountry.org/items/show/1... or apple podcasts.
Listen at dollarcountry.org/items/show/1... or apple podcasts.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dollar Country Episode 256: All about K-Ark Records!
Listen at dollarcountry.org/items/show/1... or apple podcasts.
Listen at dollarcountry.org/items/show/1... or apple podcasts.
My kid turns two soon. If there's one thing I've learned from having a baby it's that your brain turns to nearly useless mush for at least a year and it's OK to not remember plans, say no to things, not be able to get everything done, and generally be a scatter brained zombie for a while.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My kid turns two soon. If there's one thing I've learned from having a baby it's that your brain turns to nearly useless mush for at least a year and it's OK to not remember plans, say no to things, not be able to get everything done, and generally be a scatter brained zombie for a while.
Here's the link to all the stuff on the database that includes audio. Just added about 20 songs this week!
dollarcountry.org/items/browse...
dollarcountry.org/items/browse...
Browse Items · Dollar Country
Dollar Country is a radio show hosted by Frank the Drifter. It primarily features country 45's that I find in dollar bins around the country. Featuring everything from old hits to b-sides, common reco...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's the link to all the stuff on the database that includes audio. Just added about 20 songs this week!
dollarcountry.org/items/browse...
dollarcountry.org/items/browse...
Just uploaded this audio the database of Jim Birdwell and the Traveling Texans. Two really great tunes that have a great sound. Lord I Tried is an absolutely brutal song about a car accident.
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Jim Birdwell And The Traveling Texans – Accused / Lord I Tried · Dollar Country
Dollar Country is a radio show hosted by Frank the Drifter. It primarily features country 45's that I find in dollar bins around the country. Featuring everything from old hits to b-sides, common reco...
dollarcountry.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just uploaded this audio the database of Jim Birdwell and the Traveling Texans. Two really great tunes that have a great sound. Lord I Tried is an absolutely brutal song about a car accident.
dollarcountry.org/items/show/2...
dollarcountry.org/items/show/2...
I'm happy to announce that I've been asked back to do another 6 shows on NTS radio for 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm happy to announce that I've been asked back to do another 6 shows on NTS radio for 2026.
This is the sticker equivalent of wearing your band's shirt at your own gig.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is the sticker equivalent of wearing your band's shirt at your own gig.
@phonicunderground.bsky.social asked me about these discs they found yesterday and I did some sleuthing and found some interesting stuff.
These are instantaneous discs, which is the broad classification of discs that were not pressed, but cut in real time, often on an at-home lathe machine. --->
These are instantaneous discs, which is the broad classification of discs that were not pressed, but cut in real time, often on an at-home lathe machine. --->
Anyone know anything about these Echo discs? I think they are from the late 1910s to early 20s. They are 6 inch discs made for instant recordings. Zinc coated I think.
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@phonicunderground.bsky.social asked me about these discs they found yesterday and I did some sleuthing and found some interesting stuff.
These are instantaneous discs, which is the broad classification of discs that were not pressed, but cut in real time, often on an at-home lathe machine. --->
These are instantaneous discs, which is the broad classification of discs that were not pressed, but cut in real time, often on an at-home lathe machine. --->
One of the challenges of researching rural gospel music is that the names of the groups are often reused. Today I'm researching a group called The Gospel Four. There are 12 acts on discogs with that name, and nevermind the fact that at times they had 4 or 5 or 6 members.
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of the challenges of researching rural gospel music is that the names of the groups are often reused. Today I'm researching a group called The Gospel Four. There are 12 acts on discogs with that name, and nevermind the fact that at times they had 4 or 5 or 6 members.
Also I need to figure out how to make some more money with DC so that I can afford daycare. It's a crazy world.
Dropped the kid off at full time day care for the first time and I'm going to have 8 uninterrupted hours to work on Dollar Country for the first time in 2 years (that felt like 10 years) and it feels good but also confusing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Also I need to figure out how to make some more money with DC so that I can afford daycare. It's a crazy world.
Dropped the kid off at full time day care for the first time and I'm going to have 8 uninterrupted hours to work on Dollar Country for the first time in 2 years (that felt like 10 years) and it feels good but also confusing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Dropped the kid off at full time day care for the first time and I'm going to have 8 uninterrupted hours to work on Dollar Country for the first time in 2 years (that felt like 10 years) and it feels good but also confusing.
I also made these stickers because I've seen Some Kind Of Monster maybe 50 times and I love it so much.
I printed a bunch of the Echobrain sticker too. They've just been sitting in my basement.
I printed a bunch of the Echobrain sticker too. They've just been sitting in my basement.
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I also made these stickers because I've seen Some Kind Of Monster maybe 50 times and I love it so much.
I printed a bunch of the Echobrain sticker too. They've just been sitting in my basement.
I printed a bunch of the Echobrain sticker too. They've just been sitting in my basement.
I actually made the Plain, Simple Garak sticker if anyone wants one! I just don't put them up on the DC store because they don't really fit and I never knew what to do with them.
Sometimes I design stickers about non-country things just as a treat. Here's a few deep space 9 ones I made.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I actually made the Plain, Simple Garak sticker if anyone wants one! I just don't put them up on the DC store because they don't really fit and I never knew what to do with them.