For Bling And Country - The Dusty Sweeney Show

Episode six showcases Dusty’s love of all things banjo.He illustrates the plight of the much-maligned banjo picking salty dogs, who single-handedly invented social distancing before it became covid-cool.Dusty opens up his heart about his struggles as a banjoholic and his 5-string fingerpicking hillbilly addiction with his plucking anthem  ‘Banjo Junkie’ and takes his relationship with his banjo–detox therapist to new heights.  We also hear about the plight of forgotten ‘banjo widows’ as their husbands lock themselves away in their man caves seduced by the plunky mountain music of the banjo. In one case leading to their eventual demise - in the haunting murder ballad ‘Death By Banjo’In this final episode we also uncover a uniquely mountain-folk musical genre called ‘Mumble Country’. Dusty is joined by jabbering country crooner Hardy Makeout and his truly baffled beloved Anita Clue, on their truly confused country duet ‘As Clear As Mountain Mud.This episode’s adverts include:Daisy’s Hog-Crazy Divorve Parties, Banjoholics Anonymous & The Bluegrass Burial HomeSupport the show

Episode 5Continuing on from Dusty’s distress and concern over the modern influences on country music as previously covered in episode 2 -In this episode Dusty looks in more detail through the prism of modern country living. He tackles his struggles with social media and sexual liberation head on, with his sexually confused smartphone soul-searching soundtrack of the ages called ‘There Ain’t No Emoji For The Way I Feel’. He also  embraces some of the age-old cultural traditions in his bloodline romantic blockbuster ‘Sometimes Cousins Marry’. Dusty endeavors to overcome his aversion to all things ‘Nouveau’ and his Pop Country phobias with his banjo detoxification therapist Donna Pickett. The Country Cliché also tries to get his head around the new-fangled -groin-jangled-fad that’s lighting up the modern country music scene...with the new 'Queen of Lady Bling' anthem called ‘Country Vajazzle.This episode’s adverts include: Kissing Cousins.com, Loretta’s Roadkill Restaurant & Connie’s Dark Country-themed Couture.Support the show

Episode four showcases the important role that crime has played in the country music genre...from bank jobs to country music acoustic underworld mobs.Dusty talks about his own brush with the law and how he spent time on the inside for a crime he never committed and ironically, how his own criminal records like: ‘I’m a real Big Hit with Convicts’ just seemed to click with country-loving cons!Dusty also features songs from old-school traditional goons and routine loons like Heart Shaped Willie’s hit “Old School Regular Con, and prison-stay-appraisal CrimAdvisor.com' crooner Des Perado with his song ‘Hotel Prison Cell’The Country Cliché proves that crime doesn’t pay folks, unless like him, your music and merchandise sell like hotcakes with felons and crims.This episode’s adverts include:The Folsom Prison Train Set, The Redneck 5-Speed Rocking Chair, & The Country Star KindergartenSupport the show

Two Chords And The Truth.In this episode Dusty gets to the core of country...to find that sometimes it’s just darn right rotten. He touches on those crazy things that folks just love to believe in like: Conspiracy Theories, UFO’s, Folklore, Superstition and Religion.Farm-friendly Evangelical leader and religious financier, Pastor Johnson, gives us his insight into the importance of religious fundraising through his Cow’s For Christianity Campaign. Dusty also delves into his Irish roots and love of all things superstitious... with songs like ‘UFOs Don’t Fly Over Ireland’ and his friend - the sozzled 'Dixie Pixie' Typsy O'Swill, entertains us with classic down-and-out-dwarf anthem called ‘Vagabond Leprechaun’This episode’s adverts include:The Dash-Cam Jesus , Martian Mac’s Alien Vacations, and not forgetting...Chad’s Musical Chewing TobaccoSupport the show

In Episode Two Dusty tries to establish where country music went so badly wrong.  As it went from real authentic country gloom to... corn syrup, sugar-coated, counterfeit, aint life sweet and dandy pop-country tunes. Dusty tries to defend his stance on traditional country songwriting -  with songs like ‘Modern Country Feels Too Comfy’ and  ‘Real Men Don’t Moisturise’. The Cosmic Toubadour also voices his concern for the future of Country Music, after his visit to the Scientific Honky-Tonk Institute For Technological Research in Country Music (otherwise known as the SHIT for short) He shares his dystopian vision of Holographic Hillbillys, Riderless Horses and Virtual Pickers and plays songs from futurist country acts like Chip Silicone and the Motherboards.This episode’s adverts include:Charlene’s Shotgun Wedding Parlour, Rustic Whiff Country Perfume, and The Country Music Cure (A kind of Samaritans for the country music afflicted)Support the show

The first episode is an introduction to the main character and his background story. It illustrates Dusty’s difficult transition from; little known club singer to alien-abducted intergalactic cosmic country star, back to confused new-age country cow person and all-round showbiz personality.Dusty attempts to explain country music to the uninitiated listener through country music’s ‘Seven Deadly Sins’: Cheatin’ Lyin’ Shootin’ Boozin’ Blasphemin’ Gamblin’ and Rustlin’Each deadly sin is depicted by an appropriate song and short discussion on each topic. It features a whole host of inimitable characters like Country philanderer Hank E.Panky, incompetent bounty hunter Eamon Toolow, and Vegan Cattle Rustling Cowboy Herbie Vore, to name a few!Each episode is also punctuated with 3 unique country-themed adverts. This episode’s adverts include: The Semi-Automatic Scarecrow, The Beer Goggles Boutique, and Hank’s Blessed BarbecueSupport the show