K-Rose is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, hosted by Mary-Beth Maybell (voiced by Riette Burdick), that plays country music.
Description[]
K-Rose pokes fun at stereotypical rednecks, with idents that imply incest, bestiality, drunkness and gun culture. The station is also proud of its cowboy identity, boasting "if this is what cowboys listen to, no wonder they invented the electric guitar!"
K-Rose's host, Mary-Beth Maybell, is a loud, obnoxious, opinionated Southern woman who expresses her views on marriage, sex and random topics such as plastic surgery. In-between songs, Maybell often provides various insights into her family life, often mentioning her nine children and the suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of her six husbands (she likes to think that Darwinism's "survival of the fittest" is also applied to marriage), and occasionally plays a harmonica "down south".
The station broadcasts from an unspecified location in Bone County.
Tracklist[]
Song: | Preview: | Notes: |
---|---|---|
"Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed (1970) | ||
"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn (1973) | ||
"Hey Good Lookin'" by Hank Williams (1951) | ||
"Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton (1981) | ||
"New York City" by The Statler Brothers (1970) | This song was not listed in the manual for the first PlayStation 2 version, but was included in later versions. | |
"The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" by Asleep At The Wheel (1975) | ||
"One Step Forward" by The Desert Rose Band (1987) | This song is missing from The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. | |
"Crazy (1961 Demo)" by Willie Nelson (1961) | ||
"Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" by Patsy Cline (1957) | ||
"Bed of Roses" by The Statler Brothers (1970) | ||
"Make the World Go Away" by Mickey Gilley (1997) | ||
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Ed Bruce (1975) | ||
"Always Wanting You" by Merle Haggard (1975) | ||
"All My Ex's Live in Texas" by Whitey Shafer (1987) | ||
"I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt (1980) | In-game version Box Set version | The in-game version is not performed by Eddie Rabbitt. The cover was most likely created by Drew's Entertainment for their 2003 compilation album Drew's Famous 30 Greatest Country Songs, Vol. 2, under the pseudonym The Hit Crew. On the Official Soundtrack Box Set, the correct version performed by Rabbitt is included; this error was never corrected in subsequent re-releases of the game, however. |
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
The station plays at the following location:
- Lil' Probe'Inn bar.
- Helena Wankstein's Farm (Unused barn interior)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Mickey Gilley's "Make the World Go Away" is an anachronism, as it is featured on his 1999 album "Hits, Honky Tonks & More", despite GTA San Andreas being set in 1992.
- Similarly, the recording of Merle Haggard's "Always Wanting You" included in the game is from his 2004 album "40 Greatest Hits". However, the official soundtrack box set features the original 1975 release of the song.
- After "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" ends, Maybell claims she "has never been east of the Mississippi River", but after another song, she starts talking about belt buckles, and she says she "bought a huge one in Florida the size of a hubcap."
- Mary Beth Maybell makes a reference to a wise man saying "Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just 'cause it's yours" at the end of "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man". This is a quote from Carl Sagan.
- In the mobile version and all releases since 2013, this station, SF-UR and CSR 103.9 are the only radio stations to retain all of their songs from the original game.
- During the San Andreas Anniversary Weekend, it was possible to find a T-Shirt with the K-Rose logo in the random Special Crate drops in Grand Theft Auto Online as a wearable piece of clothing for the multiplayer character.
See Also[]
- The Fergus Buckner Show FM - a country music radio station in Grand Theft Auto.
- Rebel Radio - a country music radio station in Grand Theft Auto V which also plays other songs from Jerry Reed and Willie Nelson.