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I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats

212: Waylon Jennings Live!

I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats

Night Vale Presents

Music Commentary, Music

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

John and Joseph are back in Brooklyn to discuss outlaw country, public figures in decline, and Waylon Jennings Live! from the Mountain Goats’ new album, In League With Dragons. Featuring an exclusive demo of the song.

In League With Dragons is out now on Merge Records. Get it at mergerecords.com/in-league-with-dragons. For more information, go to ionlylistentothemountaingoats.com.

From Night Vale Presents. Produced by Christy Gressman.

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0:00.0

God I love it. These are my favorite source of album,

0:02.0

Sabbatages the sixth studio album by English Rockman Black Sabbath,

0:06.0

released in July 75. It was recorded in the midst of litigation

0:09.0

with their former manager Patrick Meyan and the stress that resulted from the band's

0:11.7

ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process,

0:14.3

inspiring the album's title.

0:16.3

It's co-produced by Iomi and Mike Butcher.

0:18.4

Mike Butcher who does not have his own Wikipedia page but probably did all the heavy and heavy lifting. Let's listen to

0:24.4

sabotage. Welcome to I only listen to sabotage. Are we taping? That's a good question

0:30.8

Vin. We are. I'm personally offended that when I type in sabotage the first hit is the Beastie Boys song.

0:38.0

I mean... And the second one is a song by the Cancer Bats who had totally forgotten about but have a great name in our good band.

0:44.0

Seriously. Oh.

0:55.0

The thing is, I didn't realize it until I turned on the

1:06.2

Until I put on the shirt this morning, but this actually pertains to a song we covered later today

1:12.0

Not today on this episode if we're actually already taping on it. I think we are taping.

1:18.0

Hi, I'm Joseph Fink, podcaster and novelist,

1:21.0

and this is I only listen to the Mountain goats, the show where I talk with John Darniel, singer and songwriter of the band The Mountain goats, about what it means to be a fan, to be an artist, and to and both at once.

1:32.8

We are going song by song through the brand new Mountain Goats album,

1:36.4

In League with Dragons. This episode we are back in Brooklyn over a year ago

1:41.6

just a few weeks after recording sessions for the album had finished and

1:45.6

we are here to talk about Whelan Jennings Live.

1:51.3

Hello.

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