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Artists: Tom Houston Orchestra Album: Tuxedo Country Produced by Tom Houston, Corene Schwab, Greg Hunt, Gary Leach Executive Producers: David Stallings, Clarence Schwab Arrangements: The Late Darrell Holt 2009, Landmark Productions By – Joe Baker My longtime friend David Stallings sent me this album a couple of months ago and I have yet to find the eject button on my CD player. We don‘t hear much big band music these days unless we‘re spinning the old re-
cords from days gone by. The Tom Houston Orchestra was formed in 1989. Houston, formerly a member of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, holds both Master‘s and Doctorate Degrees in
Performance from Florida State University. As a free-lance performer on clarinet, flute and saxophone, he has performed throughout the United States. Several compositions have been written and dedicated to him. Tom Houston grew up in Tennessee and his first pro-fessional experience was in the Nashville area with lo-cal territory orchestras. He has played with numerous orchestras throughout the country including; The Troyce Hutchinson Orchestra, The Jack Stallcup Ochestra, The Guy Lombardo Orchestra, The Tommy Allan Orchestra and The Russ Carlyle Orchestra. Dr. Houston has per-formed with The Mills Brothers, The Harmonicats, Mimi and Hines, Lottie Lenya, Roger Williams, Cozy Cole, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Art Mooney, Ishkibble, The Moon Maids and Bob Hope. Dr. Houston‘s Orchestra has also performed on numerous cruises, and has shared the stage with The Glenn Miller Orchestra. With clarinetist, Tom Houston, at the helm you are go-ing to hear the finest big band Musicians in the industry today such as Cody Schwartz – Lead Alto Saxophone, Roger Ashcraft – Alto Saxophone, Mike McGowen – Tenor Saxophone, Kevin Hamilton – Baritone Saxo-phone, Rusty Lay – Lead Trumpet, Tom Miller – Jazz Trumpet, Steve Moreland – Third Trumpet, Richard Eckstein – Lead Trombone, Jeff Freeman – Second Trombone, Jon Happel – Third Trombone, Steve Nel-son – Keyboards, Phil Rumbley – Bass, Steve Wood – Drums and Dickey Johnson – Guitar. Here‘s a small sample of some of the songs you‘re going to hear: Bob
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Wills swing tunes of ―Faded Love and San Antonio Rose.‖ The Legendary Midnight Cowboy Bill Mack‘s ―Drinking Champagne‖ and the hit songs made famous by Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Joe Garland‘s ―In The Mood‖, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and so many more. Twenty tracks on the Tom Houston Orchestra‘s, Tux-edo Country is sure to bring back the memories of our younger days. On May1st, 2009 I had not only the pleasure, but the honor as well, to shake hands with Tom Houston, what a remarkable musi-cian he is and a good friend to boot. _______________________________________________
Joe Baker's Top 20 – June, 2009 Western Swing Tom Houston Orchestra, Tuxedo Country The Desperados, Lucky 7, Rio Brady Bowen, In My Spare Time, Vol.#5 Rebecca Linda Smith, Timeless Stephanie Davies, Western Bling Jerry Webb, There‘s A Song In That The River Road Boys, Houston Johnny Lyon, Wynn Stewart Favorites, Vol.#2 Billy Mata, This Is Tommy Duncan,Vol.#1 Johnny Bush, Lillie‘s White Lies Cornell Hurd, American Shadows, Songs Of Moon ….. Bobby Flores, Eleven Roses Hank Stone, Somewhere In Texas Dick Hammonds, Love Letters Dottie Jack, With Every Heartbeat Curtis Potter, When The Neon Lights Come On Amber Digby, Passion, Pride & What Might Have Been Cody Dodson, Drinking Things Over Joe Paul Nichols, The Price Is Right Backforty Roundup Vol.#39 Western Music/Cowboy Poetry Ken Cook, Cowboys Are Like That Bob & Johnny Boatright, Lost Trails Bar D roundup, Vol.#4, Various Poets Chuck Woller, Desert Moon Chuck Cusimano, Wind, Blow My Blues Away Prescott/Hollenbeck/Masterson, Ranch Life 101 Gil Prather, Last Of The Border Cowboys K.R. Wood, Live In The Alamo Stephanie Davis, Western Bliss Cora Rose Wood, Cora‘s Cowgirl Yodel Joe Fisher, Holding On Tight Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave, Forever West Willie P. Richardson, Live At The Ritz (Humor) Jim Jones, Different State Of Mind Sons Of The San Joaquin, Live WJW Sourdough Slim, Classics II Ol‘Ugly, I Remember Me & Blue (Humor) The Buckarettes, Cowgirl Serenade Eli Barsi, Darn Hard To Tame Eddy Leverett, Old Faded Jeans
Songs Lickety Split—John England & Western Swingers Southern Hospitality—Cornell Hurd Band Are You Teasing Me—Bobby Flores Crystal Canyon- Patty Parker Over the Hill—River Road Boys Heartless Lover—Cornell Hurd Band
I‘ll Take the Blame—Price Porter Feelin‘ Blue for Texas—Marshall Ford Swing Band She‘s Comin‘ Home with Me—John England & Western… Driving Lesson—Don Burnham
Albums This is Tommy Duncan—Billy Mata & Texas Tradition Open That Gate—John England & Western Swingers Now Playing! Willie and the Wheel—Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Houston- River Road Boys—Buzzard Roost Last Call for Heartaches—Price Porter Favorite Requests—Don Sulesky The Songs of Moon Mullican—Cornell Hurd Bd. Something Old, Nothing New—Dennis Ivey Bluebonnet Lane—River Road Boys Buzzard Roost Celtex Swing—Stretch Dawson & the Mending Hearts
Mike Gross—http://swinginwest.com ——————————————————————————-
Marvin O’Dell—Around the Campfire 1. Come Ride With Me - Dave Stamey 2. That Faraway Look - Daron Little 3. Heaven on Horseback - Don Edwards 4. Roads to Colorado - Liz Masterson 5. Romance With the Range - The Prickly Pair 6. The Silver Screen Cowboy Project - Various
Artists 7. Just in Case - Bill Barwick 8. Still Ridin' - Jim Jones 9. It Sings in the Hi-Line - Kerry Grombacher 10. How the West Was Sung - Royal Wade Kimes
Our hearts, prayers and best wishes go out to Briggs Hill and the rest of the Brenn Hill family! Hang in there Briggs and get well! You have many people in the Western Music family thinking about you and your re-covery!
The 5th Annual Lincoln County Sheriff‘s Posse‘s Cowboy Ball will be at Mountain Annie‘s Dinner Theater in Ruidoso, New Mexico on December 12th, 2009 featuring the western swing dance music of The Desperados. More info TBA.
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Going to the Blogs
A recent after-branding conversation
touched on blogs. Not dogs, although there was a stray at the
corral earlier in the day. Blogs.
“ B log, ” short for weblog, was coined in 1999. Think online di-
ary—a running account of the author ’ s personal life or view-
point—written for public consumption and accessed via the com-
puter. Beyond posting short essays, some bloggers share break-
ing news, opinions, gossip, recipes, and poetry. Others use the
format as a marketing tool. Most allow readers to write a comment
or respond to a question within a forum or chat room. Some offer
contests. The more ingenious the author, the more varied the
features.
Annika Nelson, a staff assistant with North Dakota Horizons and
contributing member of the blogosphere, triggered the discussion
as we visited after supper at the Box O. She likes to embellish her
posts of seasonal North Dakota happenings with photos: horizon-
tal-lines.typepad.com. Unfortunately, her camera battery ran low
that day, so she went home with only a few images. That ’ s too
bad. Had handing her camera to someone been an option, she
could have been photographed doing duty as half of an all-
important calf wrestling team.
As a blogger, Annika likes to stay on top of what ’ s happening in
the genre. She mentioned her favorite, Confessions of a Pioneer
Woman, touting the author ’ s engaging writing and incredible
photography. I wanted to know more and discovered that Annika
has excellent taste in blogs.
Confessions took honors for best-designed weblog, best photog-
raphy, and best weblog of the year at the 2009 Bloggies, which
recognizes the best in blogging. City-girl-turned-ranchwife/
blogger, Ree Drummond, married a cattle rancher. They live in
rural Oklahoma, where she home schools their four children.
“ B lack Heels to Tractor Wheels ” is the continuing saga of their
courtship and marriage. But wait, there ’ s more! Ree also dishes
on topics such as home schooling, cooking, and home & garden.
It ’ s easy to see why fans voted it tops: thepioneerwoman.com.
Here are several other ag-related blogs I hope you ’ l l enjoy:
Western South Dakota rancher and saddle maker Robert Dennis
has been blogging from Red Owl since September 2006. His
Dennis Ranch Blog, dennisranch.wordpress.com showcases a
refreshingly simple snapshot of work and family life on a northern
Great Plains cattle operation. It ’ s a horse-and-saddle outfit. No
four-wheelers here. Robert ’ s photos add a great deal to the on-
going dialogue. His “ After the Blow ” is exceptional, portraying
College student and South Dakota cattle producer Amanda Nolz
launched her BEEF Daily Bilog n the fall of 2008. The subject of
her first installment was Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling. On
May 11, 2009, Amanda posted a photo and caption taken on the
occasion of her graduation from South Dakota State University.
She has since returned home to work with her parents on the
family ranch. I like Amanda ’ s Quick BEEF Daily Fact at the end
of each post: blog.beefmagazine.com/beef _daily.
Raised on a corn and bean farm in Ohio, Alex Tiller runs a na-
tional farm management company based in Denver, Colorado. As
such, he visits a variety of farms in different areas of the country,
and around the world, that grow all kinds of crops. He shares his
experiences and news about commercial farming, family farms,
organic food production, sustainable agriculture, the local food
movement, alternative renewable energy, hydroponics, agribusi-
ness, farm entrepreneurship, farm economics, and farm policy in
his blog on agriculture and farming: blog.alextiller.com.
Washington State ’ s MaryJanesFarm includes not one but two
farmgirl blogs on the website devoted to organic gardening, life
skills, and community. Rural Farmgirl Blog™ is hosted by René
Groom at maryjanesfarm.org/RFBlog. City Farmgirl Blog™,
penned by Rebekah Teal, is at maryjanesfarm.org/MJFBlog.
( L earn more about MaryJanesFarm magazine at maryjanes-
farm.org. )
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Hugh McLennan’s ―Spirit of the West Show‖
Kamloops Country Radio 103—Kamloops, British Columbia
MUSIC LIST Weekend of May 30, 2009
1. Cold Blue Steel/Deborah Liv Johnson 2. Road of Dreams/Jean Prescott 3. $5.27 /Allen Christie 4. Retirement /Butch Falk 5. We Are the Sons and the Daughters /Matt Johnston 6. Out Here/Wylie & The Wild West POEM: Traditions - Sandy Seaton MUSIC LIST Weekend of June 13, 2009 1. The Old Chisholm Trail - Randy Travis 2. Legends of Cutting - Ian Tyson 3. In the Bunkhouse - Tom Cole 4. America‘s Horse - Michael Martin Murphey 5. Calloused Hands and a Soft Heart - Prickly Pair 6. Calving Stress - Brian Salmond MUSIC LIST Weekend of June 13, 2009 1. The Long Road - Ken Overcast 2. Ride Cowboy Ride - Cindy Church 3. Still Ridin‘ High - Gil Prather 4. Sunset on the Rio Grande - Syd Masters & The Swing Riders 5. Born To Roll - Keith Ward POEM: Gossip - Doris Daley MUSIC LIST Weekend of June 20, 2009 1. Fence Rider - Rusty Richards 2. The Pistol - Jim Wilson 3. Sioux City Sue - Ed Peake 4. Headin‘ For Texas - Riders in the Sky 5. Cowboy Music Soothes My Soul - Jim Reader POEM: The Black Beauty - Jesse Smith
Hugh can be contacted at http://hugh-mclennan.com ——————————————————————————— Totsie Slover is proud to be part of the Western Music and Cow-boy Poetry family! On The Real West from the Old West you will hear the best of Cowboy Music, Western Swing Music and Cowboy Poetry. Please log onto http://demingradio.com to hear the show or check out http://TotsieSlover.com to view the play list from the Wednesday morning shows. Please keep me in mind when you have a new release!
(Nashville, TN - June 8, 2009) Brian Ferriman, president of Sa-vannah Music (USA) Inc. and personal manager of American
cowboy entertainer R.W. Hampton, is pleased to report that Hampton's cur-rent European single, We've Taken Bob Back To Tulsa, from his award winning CD, Oklahoma... Where The West Remains, recently climbed to the Top of the European Hotdisc Top 40 Country Chart for the week beginning May 28, 2009. The Hotdisc Top 40 Country Chart is a list of the Top 40 most popular songs re-leased on the Rush Re-
leased promotional compilation CD. Similar in concept to the American CDX and CD-Tex compilation CDs sent to subscribing country music radio programmers - in the case of CD-Tex, to ra-dio programmers of Texas music not only in Texas but around the world - the European Rush Released compilation CD is distrib-uted monthly to a subscription list of over 700 country music DJs located primarily in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Each week the DJs who receive Rush Released send back reac-tion sheets to the publishers of Rush Released in which they are given the chance to rate every song from 10 points to zero. The resulting chart lists the songs with the highest ratings for that week. It is exclusively for clients of the Rush Released CD, and at any given time it identifies the 40 most popular Rush Released songs out of an active universe of approximately 80 country-oriented songs. Reflecting the diversity of the European country music radio environment where the sounds and songs of tradi-tional country music (and cowboy music, too) are embraced alongside today's country music, artists who have had a Number One single on the Hotdisc Top 40 in the past two years include Tim McGraw, Mark Chesnutt, George Jones, Gretchen Peters, Michelle Wright, Gene Watson, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Rimes, the Bellamy Brothers, Clay Walker, Jim Reeves, Don Williams - and now, R.W. Hampton. Congratulating Hampton on his first Hotdisc Number One, Hotdisc founder Stuart Cameron enthused, "Delighted for R.W. because it sends out a clear message that Euro-pean DJs love traditional country and western mu-sic." Upon learning the news of his European chart success with We've Taken Bob Back To Tulsa, Hamp-ton responded, "My thanks go out to all my new coun-try radio friends in Europe. I'm delighted that my brand of cowboy music is finding favor overseas." We've Taken Bob Back To Tulsa is the third song from Oklahoma..Where The West Remains to be re-
leased as a Rush Released single. Hampton's first track, The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma, peaked at #4 on the Hotdisc Top 40 chart the week of November 27 last year, while his second release, Oklahoma Hills, held the Number Six position for two weeks this past February. Everyone at Savannah Music congratulates R.W. and wishes him continued success with his growing career - inside and outside the United States. More can be learned about R.W. Hampton at his website. Okla-homa... Where The West Remains can be heard in its entirety at the music section of the website. For approved images, bio ma-terial, reviews, articles and further information about R.W. Hamp-ton, please visit the hidden electronic press kit section of Hamp-ton's site. About Savannah Music (USA) Inc.: A Tennessee-based artist management company and record label, Savannah Music (USA) Inc. represents the entertainment interests of Hampton, Canadian country star Michelle Wright and American cowboy star Brenn
LEE SWING88 TOP TWELVE CDs HWD Radio — United Kingdom TOP 12 CDs 01 – Bobby Koefer – Thumbin´ It 02 – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Live at Boeing Aircraft, Wichita, KS 03 – Chuck Cusimano – Wind, Blow My Blues Away 04 – Cow Bop – Route 66 05 – Eilen Jewell – Letters from Sinners & Strangers 06 – Gaylynn Robinson – Love & Heartache 07 – Joe Paul Nichols – The Price Is Right 08 – Kelli Grant – Swings & Sings 09 – Rex Harrison – Scratchin´ The Surface 10 – River Road Boys – Houston 11 – Stardust Cowboys – Honky Tonk Cowboy & Desert Flower 12 – Tom Houston Orchestra – Tuxedo Country TOP 12 SONGS 01 – Blue Shadows on the Trail – Rich Flanders 02 – Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy – Stardust Cowboys 03 – I´ll Be There – Joe Paul Nichols 04 – Keeper of the Flame – Gaylynn Robinson 05 – Last Wild White Buffalo – Mike Blakely 06 – Nobody Kisses Their Horses Anymore – Buckshot Dot 07 – Somewhere In Texas – Hank Stone 08 – Thanks A Lot – Eilen Jewell 09 – Waddie Put Your Boots On – Joyce Woodson 10 – Walk Out Backwards – River Road Boys 11 – Waltz Across Texas – Tom Houston Orchestra 12 – When the Neon Lights Come On – Curtis Potter
Stephanie Davis' "Western Bling" and "Western Bliss" review by Margo Metegrano, CowboyPoetry.com
Proving (twice) that good things are worth waiting for, Stephanie Davis follows her acclaimed
2003 "Crocus in the Snow" with two terrific releases that have long been in the works: "Western Bling" and "Western Bliss." Well known as an impressive performer as well as a gifted song-writer—Garth Brooks, Don Edwards, Trisha Yearwood, Maria Muldaur, Joey and Rory, Roger Whittaker, Martina McBride, Sam Moore and others have recorded her work--this time out she gives her inspired take on some well-chosen standards, and includes just one piece of her own. Both CDs are filled with a fresh and genuine originality in every aspect of production. The songs will follow you around; they're contagious. You'll find yourself listening over and over to her unique, dazzling voice--always in perfect command--and its enormous range of emotions, which can be saucy and sweet, playful and serious, flirtatious and innocent, and more. It all comes together with the rare quality of the inventive arrangements and the virtuoso musicians accompa-nying her: Cindy Cashdollar, Rich O'Brien, Reggie Reuffer, Clint Strong, and others. The projects exemplify Stephanie Davis's trademark for perfection. The stand-out package design for each CD, with art by notable Montana artist Monte Dolack (www.dolack.com), is a great match for the spirited music inside. "Western Bliss" will make you want to put on your dancing boots and head on out. It's a guaran-teed good time. Ride along and find yourself "Hittin' the Trail To-night" (Bruce Kiskaddon's poem put to music by Western Folklife Center Founding Director Hal Can-non), and that includes the wistful "Santa Fe Trail" and the enchant-ing "Navajo Trail." When you get to the wild and flat-out fun "Bronco Buster's Ball" you'll be close to "Trail's End." The "Trail's End Theme Song" is Stephanie Davis's song for her forthcoming radio show, which will include "sketches, sound ef-fects, monologues, and the Trail's End Ranch Hand Band." A frequent guest on Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," its host Garrison Keillor urged her to create her own Trail's End Ranch Radio show. A show in 2007 at the Western Folklife Cen-ter's National Cowboy Poetry Gathering tried out the concept with great success. Other highlights on Western Bliss include "Montana Cowgirl", "Old Faithful" and "Leanin' on the Old Top Rail." "Western Bling" takes the romantic fork in the trail. Western Swing gets reinvented with this sparkling array of tunes, where Bob Wills meets Gershwin and they share the stage with the songs of Cindy Walker, the Mills Brothers, and Bobby Darin. Each track has its own special "bling." There's the hot opening track, "Talkin' 'Bout You," the steamy "Baby, That Sure Would Go Good," a most convincing "The Best Things in Life are Free," and a sweetly pouty "Slow Poke." You'll want to turn the lights down for "If I Had You." Even heartbreak doesn't topple Stephanie Davis's signature hu-mor and positive spirit. She describes "Nevertheless" in ex-
panded liner notes, "...Ah, the terrible/wonderful angst of stand-ing, trembling, hands clasped, legs poised, atop the High Dive Of Love...here's to all of you brave hearts and remember to check to see that there's water in the pool." Of Cindy Walker's "Hubbin' It," she writes, "If the only bailout you've been the recent recipient of involved the 'gentle as a kitten' stud horse your cousin Lester brought back from the sale barn and an amorous cow moose, here's your song, Western Bling-style." In fact, those liner notes are a special added attraction to these projects, full of snappy writing that reflects her generous view of the world (read them at Stephanie Davis' web site). The quality of each selection, the unerring sense of timing throughout, along with the top notch vocal and musical perform-ances makes this dual release a guaranteed cure for...you name it. You won't be anything but happy while you're treating yourself to "Western Bling" and "Western Bliss." "Western Bling" and "Western Bliss" are available for $17 post-paid from http://StephanieDavis.net, where there are audio sam-ples and links for iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. And wait! There's more! You'll get "a genuine Montana CD opener (quill from an organic, free-range, died-a-natural-death porcupine) with each order." Stephanie Davis says, "...he was dying for a career in show business." ————————————————————
Andy & Jim Nelson’s C.O.W. Radio
5/30/09, Book Reviews Desert Moon: Cold Blue Steel Gary Prescott: Wild and Free Roger Welsch: Horse Wrangler Saddle Strings: Jornada del Muerto Jerry Brooks: Henry Herbert Knibbs "The Shalloes of the Ford" Richar Elloyan:Rodeo Bones 5/23/09, H.R. 980 Ian Tyson: Little High Plains Town Curly Musgrave: Escalante Adios Hermes Nye: The Devil Made Texas Gary McMahan: The Old Double Diamond Joel Nelson: The Men Who Ride No More Stephanie Davis: Wolves 5/16/09, Branding Wrecks Brenn Hill: Burnin' Hair Robert Wagoner: Doggone Cowboy Ray Reed: The Zebra Dunn Sons of the San Joaquin: The Famous Long X Brand Ken Cook: The Conversation Juni Fisher: Whippoorwill 5/9/09, Mothers' Day Merle Haggard: Mama Tried Eddie Harrison: If I Could Hear My Mama Pray for Me Johnnie Cash: Don't Take Your Guns to Town The Bar J Wranglers: When the Works All Done this Fall Jo Lynne Kirkwood: Ida's Bread Patty Clayton: Mother's Day 5/2/09, Shoeing for All Occasions Open Range: Swing Time in the Rockies Liz Masterson: The New Frontier Carl Sprague: The Mormon Cowboy Sourdough Slim: I'm Casting My Lasso Way Up in the Sky Randy Rieman: Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave: Last Thing on my Mind
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Hot Club Of Cowtown Consisting of Elana Fre-merman (now known as Elana James) (Vocals, Violin), Whit Smith (Vocals, Guitar), and Jake Erwin (Upright Bass), the highly popular Hot Club Of Cow-town who have continually returned to perform in the United Kingdom over the
past 10 years. Their journey started back in 1995 and New York City where Smith was forming an 11-piece swing band called Western Caravan.. Their name alludes to Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's Quintette Du Hot Club De France, but they also play a sensational countryfied Western Swing descended from the sound of Bob Wills and Hank Williams. Also the band acknowledges the wealth of mystifying jazz from 1920s violin and guitar duo Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, whom they admire. The legacy of the roots of the Hot Jazz era, Americana music, vintage sounds of pop and folk music, continues to unfurl into the new sound of the group's original numbers. The members of Hot Club of Cowtown would go their separate ways in 2005, but would reunite for occasional shows in 2006/07, including the Fuji Rock Festival and a tour of Australia as Elana James & The Hot Club of Cowtown, in 2005/06. Whit Smith per-formed as Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, based out of Austin, Texas. Elana toured with Bob Dylan in 2005, the first female to be included in his touring band in over 30 years (Elana came to Dy-lan's attention when The Hot Club of Cowtown opened for him and Willie Nelson during a joint tour of historic ballparks in the Summer of 2004). Changing her last name to James (James be-ing derived from her middle name), Elana began performing in late 2005 with Beau Sample (formerly of Cave Catt Sammy) and Luke Hill, first under the name Elana James and Her Hot Hot Trio, and later as Elana James and the Continental Two, including dates in the UK. It was announced that Whit Smith would sit in with James and the Continental Two when they opened for Bob Dylan for a series of shows in the summer of 2006, again per-forming at historic ballparks. By early 2008 the trio had officially re-formed and was touring once more. In the meantime, some things haven't changed. The band still swings harder than ever as it continues to develop it's unique, ever-evolving sound of 20‘s and 30‘s gems. James's spirited violin-playing and elfin vocals remain the central attraction with Elana playing a 1962 Mittenwald violin. Guitarist Whit Smith explains ―I play a Gibson L-5 from 1946,‖ he affirms. ―It used to be acoustic, so it has an aftermarket cutaway and I put a DeArmong pickup on it which says ‗Guitar Mike‘ on it – some say ‗Mic‘, some say ‗FHC‘. They come with a bracket, but the brackets kinda sag and rattle and become a nuisance, so I just started using putty which serves twofold: it holds the pickup, but it also deadens the top a little bit, so it doesn‘t feed back as much. And I plug that straight into my Gibson EH-150 amp from 1937. It‘s stock, apart from new tubes and the caps have been restored, as close to stock as possible. It‘s so small I can take it on airplanes: put it under the seat, no problem!‖ Jake Erwin works up an impressive head of steam with his slap-bass lines, while new boy Damien Llanes remains busy but unobtrusive behind the drum kit. In the United States, the Hot Club of Cowtown has been featured on All Things Considered, The Grand Ol' Opry, $40 Dollars a Day with Rachel Ray, Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, and numerous other radio and television programs. In the UK they have appeared extensively on BBC Radio with Bob Harris and Andy Kershaw, and on BBC TV's "Later" with Jools Holland, the ―Live From Glastonbury Festival‖ broadcast, as well as throughout the UK at festivals such as the prestigious Cambridge Folk Festival, theatres, and clubs. They are among the youngest members ever to be inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame, in 2006.
Hot Club came back to UK for another highly successful tour in September 2008 and returned in May this year (2009). I saw them once again at Bury Met theatre in Lancashire where they drew a near full house. Hot Club return again in July for another breathtaking tour and once again are booked to play at Cam-bridge Folk Festival on Saturday 1st August. Graham Lees ———————————————————————————
―The Big Fred Walker Show‖ Internet Radio http://.eo.k12.mi.us Wed. 4:00 to 6:00 PM and Sat. 9:00 to 11:00 PM EST. The Gospel Show is on Sunday 9:00 & 9:00 PM EST. For airplay send music to :Fred Walker, W.O.E.S, 2101 Cook Road, Owosso, MI 48867
[email protected] (989) 723-3357 Top 10 Songs 01 Dust Owens – You Can‘t Find Hank Williams 02 Jerry Webb – Turn to the wine 03 Melba Montgomery – No Charge 04 Ray Harrison – Time Changes Every Thing 05 Jody Nix – Big Ball‘s in Cow-town 06 Jody Nix – I‘ve Enjoyed as much, of this as I Can Stand 07 Pauline Reese – Tender Lovin‘ 08 Kevin Collins – Only in Your Eyes 09 Bobby Flores – Danny Boy 10 Lonnie Burkhart – Someone‘s Missing Top 10 CDs 01 Jerry Webb – There‘s A Song In That 02 Liz Talley – More Than Satisfied 03 Jody Nix – The Fiddle Man 04 Billy Mata – This is Tommy Duncan Vol. 1 05 Joe Paul Nichols – The Price is Right 06 Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses 07 James Hand – The Truth Will Set You Free 08 Stephanie Davis – Western Bling 09 Ray Harrison – Scratch-in‘ The Surface 10 Norville Dollar – Traditional Sounds of..Now Top 10 Gospel Songs 01 The Singing Clarkson – I‘m Ready To Go 02 Ann Brown – God Will Give 03 Frankie Miller & Jimmy Eaves – Old Country Church 04 Darlene Jenkins – I Saw A Man 05 Wylie & The Wild West Show – Jesus Love Me 06 Joe Paul Nichols – His Everlasting Arms 07 Dusty Owens – A Taste of Heaven 08 T. Jae Christian – I Don‘t Care Where You Dig That Hole 09 Mike Siler – What A Friend We Have In Jesus 10 Joyce Leonard – The Gospel Yodel ———————————————————————————
What folks are sayin ’ …...
Joe, just wanted to tell you how
much we enjoyed the "Cowtown
Society of Western Swing" event
in Mineral Wells, TX. The
honor of being “fans of the
year” was great, as you know
it’s the friends you make, the
music and musician we are able to enjoy and so much
fun. Several of our friends came and enjoyed it so
much, they will be back next year. The music was
awesome. It gets better with each year.
Thanks again,
Darlene & Buddy Thornton
52,000 intelligent good-looking readers.
THE LATE GREAT RUSTY NOZZLE. Rusty Nozzle was a country singing star...
at least that's what he told people.
It wasn't a lie because Rusty believed it.
He considered himself Outlaw Country
because he wore open-toed cowboy boots,
had a tattoo of Richard Nixon,
and wore his toupee on top of his cowboy hat.
His desire to be different often made the little kids cry,
and he had to sell his horse because it was afraid of him.
He was ugly as a stomped frog,
and seldom found the note he was trying to sing.
The only thing he didn't lack was confidence.
His talent was making other people think of him as a star...
people with money.
He was never short of financial backers.
When he released his first album "Pearl Before Swine"
no radio station would play it,
so he advertised it on late-night television and sold over a million
copies.
His singing was so bad the younger audience thought it was a
new kind of music.
They called it Demon Rap and wore Rusty Nozzle T-shirts and
toupees.
The older folks had a suspicion that his music was awful,
but it was on TV so they had to buy it.
He had just purchased an estate with a hog shaped swimming
pool,
a nine-hole golf course, and a stable of rodeo horses,
when he accomplished his untimely death.
Early one April morning he was sneaking up on his new horse,
so it wouldn't get a look at him and panic,
when the animal turned its head around and saw him.
Its eyes went wide and buggy with fright, and it went berserk.
Slim was trampled flat,
and was slid under the bunkhouse door by a ranch hand
who thought it was an unattractive throw rug.
This was the best career move of his life.
The radio stations began playing recordings of "The Late Great
Rusty Nozzle".
Other artists released "tribute" albums.
And that just one of the million stories in the music business.
Western Heritage Show 1350 AM KRLC – Lewiston, ID Host - ―Toe Tappin‘‖ Tommy Tucker Songs Juni Fisher.....Whippoorwill Rex Allen Jr.....Streets Of Laredo Wylie & The Wild West..... I Get High Vince Croft & Mindi Reid.....High Country David John & Comstock Cowboys.....The Duke Patty Clayton.....Red Buffalo Ed Bruce.....I Know Don Edwards.....Man Walks Among Us Johnny Bond.....The Pass Liz Masterson.....Cattle Call Sourdough Slim.....Rawhide Dave Stamey.....Desert Winds Joni Harms.....Catalog Dreams Lynn Anderson.....I Rode In As A Stranger Red Steagall.....Muley Was A Railroad Man Flying W Wranglers.....Timber Trail Dan Roberts.....I Miss John Wayne R.W. Hampton.....Wish I'd Stayed In Jail Barbara Nelson.....Ol Buttermilk Sky Horse Crazy.....Daughters Of The West Poets Pat Richardson.....Henry Gail I. Gardner.....The Sierry Petes DW Groethe.....Star Cavvy Jerry A. Brooks.....The Shallows of the Ford Susan Parker.....The Hooves of the Horses Doris Daley.....Rancho Tarbucks Yvonne Hollenbeck.....Grandma's Homemade Aprons Hank Snow.....The Shooting of Dan McGrew BJ Smith.....Fire Drill / A Cowboy Collaboration Van Criddle.....More Than Silver or Gold
Top 10 Songs: Still Ridin‘ – Jim Jones A Cowboy I Will Stay – R. W. Hampton Cowboy Standard Time – Bill Barwick March Winds – Jean Prescott Wild New Mexico Cowgirl – Juni Fisher Oh Antonia – Eddy Harrison Desert Moon – Deborah Liv Johnson & Chuck Woller Wind Blow My Blues Away – Chuck Cusimano Riding for the Brand – Kerry Grombacher One Thing After Another – Hank Stone
Top 10 CDs: Still Ridin‘ – Jim Jones Wind Blow My Blues Away – Chuck Cusimano In My Spare Time Vol. 5 – Brady Bowen Road to Colorado – Juni Fisher Somewhere in Texas – Hank Stone Desert Moon – Chuck Woller & Deborah Liv Johnson Ranch Life 101 – Prescott, Masterson, Hollenbeck Forever West – Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave Bar D Roundup Vol. 4 What‘s a Steer – Cade Schalla
Welcome ―Storytime‖! In October, 2000, Bob Allen of KJIM, 1500 AM, out of Sherman/Denison, Texas, took a chance on a storyteller (Waynetta Ausmus) by letting her tell stories on Sunday mornings for 15 min. He called the show ―Storytime‖. The show soon took on sponsors and grew to a one hour weekly show of Western stories, Cowboy and Western music, and cowboy poetry, with interviews sprinkled in.
The show is produced at Waynetta‘s studio at the Lucky Me Ranch, and plays in an expanded version on the internet as Waynetta‘s Roundup on Live365. Songs and Poems Too Many Irons – Jean Prescott Henry – Pat Richardson – Bar-D- Roundup, Vol. 4 Way Out Yonder – Sons of the San Joaquin Freedom – Monty Teel My Yodeling Rocky Mountain Home – Janet McBride Rio Grande – Mentor Williams Shallows of the Ford – Jerry Brooks You‘re the Reason God Made Oklahoma Through the Pain – Waddie Mitchell I Saw the Light – Don Edwards Good Dog – Doc Mayer Cowboy Music Soothes My Soul – Jim Reader I‘d Like to Be in Texas... – Linda Kirkpatrick Ponies – Royal Wade Kymes Save the West – Crosstown Cowboys Singin‘ Cowboy – Pat Richardson Workin‘20Man‘s Dollar – Chris LeDoux The Marshall – Les Buffham Yodelin‘ John – Kata Hay Put a Little Texas in Your Swing – Mary Allen Keating Mustang – Rusty Feathers Let ―Em Run – Lacy J. Dalton Shy – Bob Upchurch Palomino Pal of Mine – Dan Roberts Johnny Claire – Larry McWhorter Ay Ay Ay – Rich and Valerie O‘Brien
Waynetta Ausmus
http://.waynettaausmus.com http://.luckymeranch.com Please listen to my internet radio show on Live 365 http://www.live365.com/stations/cowgirlnettie?site=live365 ——————————————————————
―Brazos Valley Gold‖ has been on the air since September, 1994. The show has a classic country format and airs on KAMU-FM, 90.9 in College Station, Texas, the local NPR affiliate at Texas A&M University. Each Friday night from 7-9pm CST, listeners tune in for 2 hours of ―hysterical‖ if not ―historical‖ country music. The music comes from the extensive archives of host, Charlie Edwards. Along with co-host, Miss Dixie, Edwards plays country classics going back to Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, with a little cowboy and
bluegrass music mixed in along the way. Another aspect of the show is the use of ―new‖ artists
who are currently writing and performing ―real‖ country and west-
ern music. Listeners also have the option of listening on the web
via a ―live stream‖ format, as well as catching up on archived
shows stored on the station‘s website, www.kamu.tamu.edu.
New CD Titles For CD Chorale
John Bergstrom ―Western State of Mind‖ Johnny Bush ―Lillies White Lies‖ Ken Cook ―Cowboys Are Like That‖ Country Night Live ―The Right Five‖ Chuck Cusimano ―Wind Blow My Blues Away‖ Michael Elliott ―Panhandle Waltz‖ Tom Houston Orchestra ―Tuxedo Country‖ Dick Hammonds ―Love Letters‖ Dick Hammonds ―Night Life‖ Ray Harrison ―Scratchin‘ The Surface‖ Johnny Johnson ―One Last Time‖ Joe Paul Nichols ―The Price Is Right‖ Marvin O‘Dell ―Letter To Molly‖ Marvin O‘Dell ―The Silver Screen Cowboy Project‖ River Road Boys ―Houston‖ Jason Savory ―Game of Life‖ Hank Stone ―Somewhere In Texas‖ Tony Vice ―Music From Redwing Ranch‖ Joe Fisher ―Holding On Tight‖ ———————————————————————————
The Family Of The Late Sal Sage and The Western Roundup
Organization Presents Scholarship
The idea of a
scholarship has
been two years in
waiting by the
family of the late
Sal Sage and the
Western Roundup
Organization.
What a fitting way
to honor Sal Sage
who has played
western music
even when it was-
n ’ t cool. A person has now been chosen to receive the scholar-
ship and it fits like a glove. The little cowgirl in the bottom picture,
Sara Nicole Don-Hursey of Wheatland, CA. will be majoring in
music and will receive a $500.00 scholarship to Yuba College in
Marysville, CA. Sara was home schooled and will graduate from
twelfth grade on June 4th. The graduation will take place at the
Wheatland Grammar school multipurpose room at 6:00 pm. Sara
has heard Sal sing & play many times and she even danced with
him. It fills my heart with joy to have Sara put her name in for the
first scholarship in honor of Sal Sage, the Granddaddy of Western
Music. Pictured with Sara is David Lay Sarah ’ s Step grandpa
and Cowboy Bill
her mentor. I
would like to thank
each of you that
contributed to the
scholarship fund.
Your contributions
made this honor
possible. We have
hopes of making
the Sal Sage Me-
morial Western
Music Scholarship
a yearly scholar-
ship. Western
Music Roundup has voted to become involved so we hope this
will continue on year after year. We all love and miss him, his
SAN FRANCISCO—June 12, 2009—CowboyPoetry.com offi-cially named its fifteenth Lariat Laureate today—and "8 Sec-onds"—winners in a global com-petition on the internet's premier cowboy poetry site. This popu-
lar folk form preserves and celebrates the stories of ranching and rural life. South Dakota rancher and poet Ken Cook (of Mar-tin), a finalist in previous competitions, was recog-nized as Lariat Laureate for his poem, "The Conver-sation." The inspiration for the poem was an oral history interview, in which Cook says he "spent nearly the entire interview talking about my Grandpa Frank Buckles and my kids and the changes in the cattle industry that have occurred over three gen-erations..." He comments, "For me, the poem has become age-less, with the passing of my Grandpa, my kids growing up, and now a grandchild of my own. This thing we call 'life on the ranch' has a way changing with the seasons." The "8 Seconds" finalists are, alphabetically, Cathy Brian of Loa, Utah; Daniel Bybee of
Reno, Nevada; Byrl Keith Chadwell of Baker City, Ore-gon; Del Gustafson of Duvall, Washington; Slim McNaught of New Underwood, South Da-kota; Kip Sorlie of Viborg, South Dakota; Smoke Wade of
Lewiston, Idaho and Mesquite, Nevada; and Cora Wood of En-
campment, Wyoming. CowboyPoetry.com is a project of the non-profit Center for West-ern and Cowboy Poetry. The site, updated continually, is a central resource for west-ern and cowboy poetry and associ-ated arts. It hosts thousands of clas-sic and contemporary poems, fea-tures, an events calendar, and news. The eighth annual Center-sponsored Cowboy Poetry Week was held in
April 2009, an event officially recognized by unani-mous resolution of the United States Senate. As a part of that celebration, each year the Center's outreach Rural Library Project offers libraries across the West its contemporary Western art poster (this year by Bob Coronato of Hulett, Wyoming) and its annual compi-lation CD of modern and classic cow-boy poetry, "The BAR-D Roundup."
Cowboy poetry's popularity is celebrated year round at CowboyPoetry.com, in an
ever-growing number of publications and recordings, and at hundreds of regional gatherings. No other way of life has spawned so many poets and so many compelling, endur-ing stories. Cowboy poetry's tales of the past and present preserve the heritage of an endangered culture, an im-
portant part of North America and North Ameri-can history. Photos of Cook, McNaught and Wade by Jeri L. Dobrowski
——————————————————————————— Don’t forget to listen to the Backforty Bunkhouse Show
every Saturday Morning form 6 AM to 10 MDT on the internet! Just go to http://BackfortyBunkhouse.com and click on ―Listen
Live to W-105‖ logo. You can also listen to commercial free previous shows from the opening page of the website.
Skeebo Norris ’ KBAL Top Playlist
San Saba, TX I am happy to announce that our sister station KNVR, 1410 AM is now simulcast-ing our GREAT programming, along with our streaming 24/7 on www.kbalfm.com . Tune in daily 9-12, for ―The Skeebo Show‖ but KBAL/KNVR and
www.kbalfm.com also feature Legend Radio, in afternoons and Saturdays with Host Jim Lossberg. Check us out for the best in Classic Country and Western Swing… Favorites
Vance Lane – Texas Two Step
Jody Nix – The Fiddle Man
Leona Williams – Sings Merle Haggard
Justin Trevino – Too Many Heataches
Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses
The Quebe Sisters – Timeless
Bobby Lueders – Still Swinging in Texas
Brady Bowen – In My Spare Time Vol 5
Curtis Potter – When The Neon Lights Come On
Red Steagall – Here We Go Again
Jerry Webb – Red Lips & Honkytonks
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Bill McCallie’s Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM Chattanooga, TN
Well we finally started getting some pretty weather here in the Tennessee Valley and hopefully the rain has stopped for a while, but the rain hasn't dampened the music on the Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show. We started the month out with a CD called " A Steel Guitar Tribute to the Music of Leonard Skyard". This
CD is on CMH and is one of those "Picken On" CD's that just has some of the absolute best musicians doing acoustic or western swing music compilations of some really great songs. I played "T for Texas" and "I Know a Little" from the CD with great response from our public radio audience. I read some excerpts from the Time Warner Series called "The Cowboys" and followed with some Red Stegall music. I played "Dodge City", "When the Cim-arron was Red and on the Rise" and "The Wagon Tongue" for a nice set of cowboy songs. Luke Reed's CD "Corridos":scored with "Blue Mesa", "Pan Handle Wind", "Ever Horse I ever Rode" and "If there wasn't any cows" were all in the line up as well. My friend Doug Flowers, who is himself one fine musician, contrib-uted his "Born Again" to our gospel and inspirational segment. I did a whole show on the music of the Mills Brothers. The Mills Brothers actually competed for radio air time in the 30's and 40's with the singing cowboys, who were so popular at the time. The marriage of "Swing Music" and "Barbershop Harmony" made the Mills Brothers an American phenomenon that only a few groups have been able to surpass over time. "Paper Doll", "Daddy's Little Girl", "Cab Driver", and "Across the Alley from the Alamo" were only a few of the songs highlighted in this segment. I did get one item from You Tube that made a nice ending to one show. I found a clip of the Cactus Cuties singing the "Star Spangled Ban-ner in harmony at a Texas Tech ball game. I have only seen that done once before, as that song is particularly hard to sing by one's self , much less with four part harmony. It did make a nice addition to the show. The Time Jumpers with Carolyn Martin do-ing some vocals is always a hit with the crowd as well. Mr Misun-derstood, I'm from Texas too and Unswung were among the Time Jumper tunes played. The Quebe Sisters added some Texas fid-dle swing with "One more time", "Red Wing", and "Don't let your deal go down". I did a segment this month on the "Last of the Silver Screen Cowboys" and did Rex Allen and Rex Allen Jr. do-ing some nice tunes including a favorite "Arizonia". I wanted to highlight some memories of my old friend Vern Gosdin so I did some interview excerpts provided by Ben Cagle, which he had got from CBS Records when he owned his radio station in Bris-tol. We had Vern Gosdin gospel songs.....sung by "The Voice"
himself. "Precious Jesus Hold my Hand" and I'll Fly Away" by Vern Gosdin made a really nice tribute to such a great voice in Country Music. Dave Stamey's "The Trail took me away" was also in the mix this month. That's just about the news that's fit to print. Cowboy Jubilee con-tinues to be rated the number two show on our public radio station and that's what keeps us on the air. We preview all music submit-ted and try to find a spot to highlight your submissions and we do appreciate each of you who contributed music to the show. Cowboy Jubilee broadcasts on the air and on the internet at 90.5FM and at www.wsmc.org on the wide world of the inter-net. We air at 6pm on Sunday evening EST. Broadcasting from beautiful downtown Collegedale Tennes-see,......where the air always smells like a big oatmeal cookie.......Joe Baker says those Little Debbie "Zebra Cakes" are the best..............the rain has subsided for a while and it's nice and warm in the Tennessee Valley...........I'm getting the "steel pony" out for a trip through the North Georgia moun-tains........YOU RIDE SAFE! Bill McCallie
You can contact Bill at: [email protected] Sundays at 6:00 pm—http://wsmc.org/webstream.html
——————————————————————————— A Milestone Celebration for Musician/Horse Trainer and Wife
On Sunday, June 7, 2009 Pat and Nellie Jacobs reached a milestone in their lives that most people will never experience. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Their children, family and friends marked this special day with food, music and dancing at Charlie and Linda O'Bannon's party barn in Cool, Texas. Pat is an accomplished musician, a rancher, a great cutting horse trainer, an author and about the realest Texas cow-boy you could ever make acquaintance with. He is a lifetime member of Cow-town Society of Western Music and has
always helped out with our fundraisers and benefits throughout the years. His heart is just as big as his hat. He is also CSWM's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. Throughout his long career in music and horse training he has wrangled many credits to his name. Perhaps, one of the most cherished is the premier of The Oklahoma Swing Project CD in 2008. This musical collaboration with Dave Alexander was 25 plus years in the making. Below is an excerpt written by Pat about this project which is so dear to his heart. I've worn many different hats over the years - rancher, cowboy, nationally known cutting horse trainer and musician, but the most rewarding of all is the 25 years it has taken to produce this historic western swing album. A brief history: 1956-57-58: I played bass on Hurshul Clothiers, "Oklahoma Travelers Road Band." 1978: World renowned writer, playwright, etc., Thomas McGuane, wrote a feature story on one of my cutting horses, "Go Benjibaby Go". This started a lifetime friendship. Tom knew of my fascination with western swing. He introduced me to Jimmy Guresco. Jimmy owned Caribou Studios (one of the leading stu-dios in the world). A mutual friendship formed and as a result of some "horse trading" I acquired 3 days of recording time. I con-tacted Hurshul Clothier. We put our heads together and selected the very best western swing musicians available. It is ironic that they all were from Oklahoma, or had strong Oklahoma ties. We recorded in 1982. We let it die in the can. Shortly before Hurshul's death in 2006, he gave me the original tapes. He said "do something with this." I teamed with Dave Alexander, (his dad, Ashley Alexander, played trumpet and trombone on the original recording). It was a labor of love for Dave. Dave and I then co-produced this album.
Cowtown Society of Western Music Update By Joyce Miller
The Oklahoma Swing Project is a remarkable collection of west-ern swing music featuring some of the best musicians around. It is narrated by acclaimed actor, Barry Corbin. Musicians include Leon Rausch, Pat Jacobs, Dave Alexander, Red Steagall, Tiny
Duncan, Gene Crownover, Randy Elmore, Curley Lewis, Frankie McWhorter, Benny Garcia, Ashley Alexander, Glen Rheese, Jimmy Guercio, Hurshul Clothier, Jimmy Burson, Jimmy Benjamin, Jack Bai-ley, and the incomparable, Ginny Mac. It's a genuine piece of western swing history unlike anything you have ever heard. Do yourself a favor
and pick up one of these great CDs...you will be glad you did. Contact Pat to find out where they are sold at [email protected]. Another of Pat's recent projects is his 13 CD volume audio book which chronicles his life's experiences entitled "Outcasts, Outlaws and Second Chance Horses." Pat may be getting up in years but he still gets up in the saddle every chance he gets. He still trains horses and rides for pleasure and to paraphrase Barry Corbin's thoughts about Pat, "Not only is he a fine horse trainer, he's one of the best story tellers I've ever met." That just goes to show you can't keep a good cowboy down. He is a living legend in the cutting horse business as well as a fine western swing mu-sician. He is and always has been interested in the preservation and promotion of both interests. You can also contact Pat via e-mail to find out how to get a copy of this entertaining audio cd set. In closing, I would like to say on behalf of Cowtown Society of Western Music, "Pat it's a pleasure to know you and Nellie and thanks for all you both do for western music and the western way of life. Here's wishing you Happy 50th Anniversary."
Joyce Miller, Secretary/Treasurer CSWM
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EXCITING NEWS!
Jim Gough and Dwight Adair are thrilled to
present Bob Wills Radio on:
http://BobWills.com
The programs are hosted by veteran disc jockey and Western Swing Hall of Famer Jim Gough and will feature interviews with legendary and contemporary musicians influenced by Wills‘ music. The initial shows feature Jim's classic interviews with the great steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe. The site is owned by Dwight Adair.
Contratulations Cora!
Cora Wood of Encampment, Wyoming, is the youngest
poet honored; she's seven years old. She takes her
place in the tradition of writing about ranching life. Her
poem, "Chester," is about a horse she rides when working cows
Rick Huff's Best Of The West Reviews Review - Call Of The West "Twilight On The Trail" Here's the one Call Of The West fans have been waiting for! And the musicianship, the humor and the calm yet swingin' spirit are intact. Always anchored by Jeanne Cahill and Jerome Campbell, Call Of The West has gone through associations, reconfigu-rations and conflagrations and
has now come around to being "Jeanne Cahill and Jerome Camp-bell!" Trust me...that's all that's ever been needed. You'll find welcome vigor put into classics like the CD's title track. Their originals include a marvelous and ambitiously mystical piece called "The Mesa Ridge," a fresh take of their theme song "Call Of The West" and they solidly claim "Seven Spanish Angels" and "Snowbird" for The Western Team! As if there were any question about how or why Jeanne Cahill would receive ―Instrumentalist Of The Year‖ from the Western Music Association, this album will put that to rest. From the standpoints of performance, artistic choices and esthet-ics, "Twilight On The Trail" is a rare polished gem. If the right folks are paying attention, this one should be a major contender for awards next year. Buy it, buy it, buy it!!! CDs: $13 plus $3 s/h from Call Of The West, P.O. Box 333, Strang, OK 74367. If possible, please use the order form downloaded from www.callofthewest.net by Rick Huff ———————————————————————————
Grandma's kitchen
Cowgirl Sass & Savvy Julie
Carter
It had been more than 35 years since I
first saw it and yet when I looked
through the doorway, I could see that
nothing of consequence had changed.
The kitchen, lit by a single window over the old single basin sink, stood
exactly as it had when I took my first baby girl to spend the day with her
grandma. The same as when, a couple of decades later, that baby girl
took her baby to spend the day with his great-grandma.
Look around your life and see what, if anything, has not changed in
appearance in 35 years and you can honestly say, "It looks exactly the
same." I absolutely cannot look in the mirror and say that. Sure can't
point to the pickup and say that. I have owned about, oh, six or seven
since then. The house - I can't even begin there because I've moved at
least a dozen times. Good horses and dogs have come and gone. So have
the bad ones.
Fresh paint, a new curtain and new floor tile. That was all that was dif-
ferent in her kitchen. Except, in the interim, they invented microwaves
so there was one of those and the old wall rotary dial phone was gone.
The table sat where it always was and the center of it, as before, was
filled with napkins, condiments, a silverware holder and an assortment
of other things deemed important enough to just stay there.
The old bright white wood cabinets filled the east wall broken only by
the sink in the middle. The sink with its signature Rubbermaid dishpan
inside and no cabinet below it, so a curtain covered up those things you
put under a sink. The cabinets went up the wall all the way to meet the
10-foot ceiling and the top row of cupboards could be accessed only by
standing on a stool. The very limited counter space was always full of
canisters, a bread box, dish drainer, percolator coffee pot and assorted
packages of cookies and crackers.
Knick knacks, a corkboard full of keys, a big calendar and grandma-kind
of decorations filled the walls. In any kitchen except Grandma's, it
would have been clutter. In hers, it was personality, warmth and com-
fort. It was her favorite room and she liked it the very best when it was
filled full with family members of all ages and generations laughing,
talking and telling stories. Stories like the one about how the refrigerator
got a bullet hole in it.
As each generation of grandmas passes on, the matriarchal crown moves
a little closer to home. My mom is a wonderful grandma who has many
special things she has shared with her grandchildren. They will each
have a little different piece of her in their hearts forever.
When the rolling pin passes, it makes us all put on life's brakes, look
around and reflect. We take just a moment to ponder what legacy we are
leaving for those coming behind in our tracks. Aprons, cookies, hugs
and plenty of sympathy. Good smells from the stovetop, bushels of ap-
ples to be made into jam, jars of canned fruits and vegetables.
Perhaps mine, or yours, may not look and smell the same as the genera-
tions before us. However, there is something about grandmas that makes
each one special to those who love them.
Thank God for grandmas. They keep us grounded in what really counts.
Pass the cookies, please.
Julie can be reached for comment at www.julie-carter.com
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What folks are sayin’….. CONGRATS TO JOE BAKER AND THE BACKFORTY BUNK-HOUSE NEWSLETTER. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CATCH UP ON WHAT THE FOLKS IN WESTERN MUSIC,AS WELL AS COUNTRY MUSIC, ARE DOING OUT THERE! MOST FOLKS IN THE BUSINESS DON'T HAVE MAJOR MONEY TO AFFORD PUBLICITY PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR NAMES OUT FRONT. THIS IS A BIG HELP THE ARTISTS ,OUT IN THE TRENCHES, THAT WORK JUST AS HARD, IF NOT HARDER ,THAN THE BIG STARS. JOHNNY WESTERN AM 1070 "THE RANCH" WICHITA , KS. ———————————————————————————
Hey folks, want to see some of the finest western swing and tradi-tional country music, I like to call it Real Texas Music. Simply go to http://TexasCountyLine.tv and click on "View Shows" and you can experience some of the finest the Lone Star State has to offer.
Ray Price, Jody Nix, Heart Of Texas Artists, Bob Wills, Dennis Ivey, Bobby Flores, Jake Hooker and the list goes on and on. Always check back to the Texas County Line for new shows. Just add to your favorites, http://TexasCountyLine.tv ——————————————————————————— Do you have a good cowboy story? Or anything else appropri-ate? An event report? A CD review? Are you disc jockey that we have not heard from? Had an experience you think folks would like for you to share? If you want to be in the Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter, simply send your material to [email protected] along with a short bio and pictures. We like pictures! ———————————————————————————
Remember to tune in to Joe Baker’s Backforty Bunk-house show on Saturday morning from 6:00 to 9:00 AM. Log onto http://backfortybunkhouse.com and you’ll find the link on the home page! Along with a lot of other good stuff!
