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December, 2008
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Published By Joe Baker
Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame
Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year.
Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year
Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame
Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music
Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music
Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame
Editor: Howard Higgins
Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame
Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Swing Albums
1. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol. #5
2. Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol. #1
3. Rebecca Linda Smith - American Heroes
4. Johnny Lyon - Wynn Stewart Favorites Vol. 1
5. Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses
6. Hank Stone - San Antone
7. Jody Nix - The Fiddle Man
8. Jerry Webb - Red Lips And Honky Tonks
9. Retta Christie w/Evens & Frishberg
10. Backforty Roundup Vol. #34
11. Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican
12. Johnny Johnson - One Last Time
13. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time, Vol. #4
14. Johnny Lyon - Winds Of Change
15. Kelly Spinks - Thank God For Cowboys
Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western
Music/Cowboy Poetry Albums
1. Joe Green - Texas Original Live
2. Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away
3. Cliff Douglas - Truckin’ Country
4. Donnie Blanz - From The Wagon To The Wire
5. Yvonne Hollenbeck - Pieces Of The Past
6. Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails
7. Gil Prather - Last Of The Border Cowboys
8. K.R. Wood - Live In The Alamo
9. Mike Dunn - Somewhere Between Earth & Heaven
10. Bar D Roundup, Vol. #3, Various Poets
11. Joe Fisher - Holding On Tight
12. Forever West - Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave
13. Allan Chapman - Sixth Generation
14. Jim Jones - Different State Of Mind
15. Sons Of The San Joaquin - WJW. Western Jubilee
www.backfortybunkhouse.com
Artist Bobby Flores — Album Eleven Roses
Yellow Rose Records - 2008
Executive Producer Al Michalczak
Producer Bobby Flores — www.bobbyflores.com
By Joe Baker
He just keeps on shelling 'em
out, Yes I'm talking about
Bobby Flores. His most recent
project from the Darrell McCall
archives Eleven Roses shows
all the folks exactly what Flores
is all about. Just take a look at
who’s here, Jim Loessberg,
Jake Hooker, Tommy
Detamore, Richard Hunter,
Randy Reinhard, R.J. Smith,
Leighan Cortes, John Stuart, Catie Offerman, Dicky Overby
and special guest, fiddler Hank Singer on “Sweet Nellie”. As
Flores arranged all the strings you can hear his work in
every song. My Favorite is the old Charlie Louvin tune that
was a big hit for my friend Carl Smith, Are You Teasing Me.
Another good friend, Darrell McCall And his big country hit
Eleven Roses, the title cut on this album is simply
awesome. This CD is sure to be in your music library and
you can buy it and all other Bobby Flores CD’s at www.
bobbyflores.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com
Lincoln County Cowboy Ball Huge Success
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Posse and Backforty
Bunkhouse Productions has witnessed, yet another
successful Cowboy Ball. Alto Lakes Golf and Country Club
was the host to the sell out crowd for multi-award winning
Jody Nix and His Texas Cowboys. This annual fundraising
event for the Sheriff's Posse's has been a Lincoln County
tradition for the past four years. The highlight of the evening
was the Pledge Of Allegiance with Paavo Karttunen, 86
years old. During WWII he was a Finnish Merchant Marine
stationed in the port of Baltimore. He traveled to Carlsbad to
see his aunt. From he traveled to El Paso and enlisted in
the 41st Infantry’s Sunset Division, and shipped out to fight
the Japanese for 3 years. In August, 1945, Karttunen led
the first military convoy into the Hiroshima blast area where
he took the very first photos of the devastation. Karttunen
was presented the 4th Annual Cowboy Ball Honorary Guest
certificate by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse. Mark your
calendars now for the 5th Annual Cowboy Ball, December
12, 2009. A Lincoln County Tradition.
Joe Baker’s Backforty Bunkhouse Show is broadcast on 100,000 watt KNMB, 96.7FM “New Mexico’s Bear” & 100,000 watt KWMW, 105.1FM, “Regional
Radio W-105” every Saturday morning 6 am to 10 am In Ruidoso, New Mexico covering New Mexico & West Texas. Member: Western Music
Broadcasters Association (WMBA). Also available ’streaming live’ 24 / 7 on the internet at W-105.
All Things Country Top Ten CDs
The Big Fred Walker Show
WOES 91.3 FM Mid-Michigan
Rowena Muldavin
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6.
Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican
Miss Leslie - Between The Whiskey & The Wine
Starline Rhythm Boys - Live At Charlie O's
Leona Williams - New Patches
Jake Hooker - Faded Lights
A Salute To The Heroes Of Western Swing Rod Moag
7. Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights
8. John England & The Western Swingers - Open That Gate
9. Bill Green - Dang Those Texas Honky Tonks
10. Amber Digby - Passion, Pride And What Might Have Been
*Cornell Hurd just keeps 'em coming! His latest release, American
Shadows - Songs Of Moon Mullican, has proven once again his vast
knowledge and respect for the heart and soul of true Country music.
All Things Country email address
[email protected]
Mike’s Top 10 Picks
Mike Gross
WVOF-FM
Fairfield, CT
Swingin’ West
Songs:
1. Old Town - John England & Western Swingers
2. Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn
Robinson
3. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary AllenKeating
4. I’ll Take the Blame - Price Porter
5. Brownsville - John England & Western
Swingers
6. Let’s Make Music in the Country - Mary AllenKeating
7. No Way, No How - Red Steagall & Larry Gatlin
8. Texas to a T - Carolyn Martin
9. Are You Teasing Me - Bobby Flores
10. My Last Word to You - Chuck Cusimano
Albums
1. Open That Gate - John England & Western Swingers
2. Something Old, Nothing New - Dennis Ivey
3. Bluebonnet Lane - River Road Boys
4. Last Call for Heartaches - Price Porter
5. In My Spare Time- Volume 5- Brady Bowen
6. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating
7. This is Tommy Duncan - Billy Mata & Texas Tradition
8. Scratchin’ the Surface - Ray Harrison
9. The Songs of Moon Mullican- Cornell Hurd Band
10. Still Swinging in Texas - Bobby Lueders Band
“THE BIG FRED WALKER SHOW” Internet
Radio www.oe.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 AM & 9:00 PM EST.
For airplay send music to: The Big Fred Walker
Show WOES, 2101 Cook Road, Owosso, MI
48867-8927
Top Ten Songs:
1. Leon Seiter – Where True Love Waits For Me
2. Bobby Flores – Danny Boy
3. Jane Morton – Ranch Christmas
4. Joe Green – Talk Turkey
5. Ann Brown – Slow Country Dancing
6. Stephanie Davie – There’s No Place Like Home For the Holidays
7. Bill Green – Under A Neon Halo
8. Jerry Webb – Christmas Time On The County Line
9. Lonnie Burkhart – A Heart Patched Up With Lies
10. Jean Prescott – Each Night At Nine
Top Ten CDs:
1. Leon Seiter – In The Shadows Of A Honk Tonk
2. Jane Morton – Turning To Face The Wind
3. Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses
4. Lonnie Burkhart – Back Down A Country Road
5. Joe Green – Back To The Good Old Day’s
6. Curly Musgrave, Belinda Gail, Kip Calahan & R.W. Hampton - Our
First Noel
7. Stephanie Davis – Home For The Holidays
8. Jean Prescott – Embers Of Time
9. Bobby Lueders Band – Still Swinging In Texas
10. Joe Fisher – Holdin’ On Tight
Top Ten Gospel Songs
1. Glenn Canyon – My Jesus Loves You
2. T. Jae Christian – I Don’t Care Where You Dig That Hole
3. Justin Trevino – Heart That Will Never Break
4. Belinda Gail – Detour
5. Ann Brown – The Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross
6. Hank Stone – Clinging To A Saving Hand
7. The Calvarymen Quartet – After A While
8. Curly Musgrave – Thanks ‘Ol Cowboy Prayer
9. The Flying W Wranglers – Comin Home To Jesus
10. Cowboy Joe and The Babcocks – Brand Of The Cross
[email protected]
Graham Lees Top 10 Songs and Albums
HWD Radio — United Kingdom
Top 10 CDs
Mike Gross — www.swinginwest.com
Skeebo Norris’ KBAL Top Playlist.
San Saba, TX
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accommodate an unlimited listener base for
our internet stream, everyone is welcome to
tune in 365/24/7...Thanks "The Skeebo
Show" 9A-12P M-F KBAL, Texas Thunder
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REQUESTS [email protected]
Favorites
• Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses
• Amber Digby - Passion, Pride, & What Might Have Been
• Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away
• Darrell McCall - The Essential
• Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan
• Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time, Vol 5
• Justin Trevino - Too Many Heartaches
• Red Stegall - Here We Go Again
• Carolyn Martin - Swing
www.kbalfm.com
1. Cornel Hurd - American Shadows
2. Bill Hearn - From Santa Fe To Los Cruces
3. Mary Allen-Keating - Put A Little Texas In
Your Swing
4. Earl Gleason - The Drovers
5. Patty Parker - Southwestern Serenade
6. Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave - Forever West
7. Various Artists - The Silver Screen Cowboy
8. TJ Casey - From Whence They Came
9. Bobby Lueders - Still Swinging In Texas
10. Hank Cramer - Open Range
Top 10 Songs
1. David Ball - Texas Echo
2. Mary Allen-Keating - You Belong To Me
3. Marvin O’Dell - Under Montana Skies
4. Earl Gleason - The Railroad Corral
5. Donnie Blanz - Taking Pictures With My Heart
6. Lacy J Dalton - Old Dog Blue
7. Lynn Davis - Are You Gone For Good
8. Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave - Only A River
9. Marvin O’Dell - Ol’ Gabby Hayes
10. Lynn Davis - Are You Gone For Good
[email protected]
BlueHighways TV Offers Texas Music Program
Hendersonville, TN - BlueHighways TV
(BHTV), a cable, satellite and Internet
network focusing on roots music, back
roads travel and Americana culture, will
begin airing the weekly series Texas
County Line Tuesday, December 16th.
A half hour musical journey of the Lone
Star state, the show is hosted by native
Texas actor Brad Maule, familiar to
television viewers as Dr. Tony Jones on “General Hospital” and
Ashlee Simpson’s father on “7th Heaven”.
“Texans enjoy their traditional country and western swing music, and
our state is rich with musicians and songwriters,” says show host Brad
Maule. “With Texas County Line I take my BHTV viewers on the
ultimate insiders tour of Texas honky-tonks, and festivals, spiced with
the famous characters, stories and vintage performance footage of our
musical history.” The series is produced by David Stallings of Texas
County Line Productions, based in Nacogdoches, Texas.
The BHTV premiere of Texas County Line on Tuesday, Dec. 16th at
8:30 pm ET, features Country Music Hall of Fame member and
Grammy Winner, Ray Price’s 82nd Birthday Concert in Tyler, a visit to
the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, a vintage video
clip of a dapper Willie Nelson singing “Crazy”, the song he wrote for
Patsy Cline, a video from Crystal Sands, a newcomer who keeps her
sound traditional to country roots, and a visit to Harlon’s Barbeque in
Nacogdoches, where singer Glenn Lenderman offers up roadhouse
country music for patrons and dancers.
Future offerings in the BHTV Texas County Line series will include:
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, Gene Watson, Eddy Raven, Johnny
Rodriquez, Billy Joe Shaver, Darrell McCall, Tony Booth, Moe Bandy,
Heather Myles, Amber Digby, Justin Trevino, Frankie Miller, Leona
Williams, Ron Williams, The Browns, Leroy VanDyke, Hank
Thompson, Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke, Freddie Hart, Jimmy Dean,
Charlie Walker, Merle Kilgore, Cindy Walker, Leon Rausch, Kitty
Wells, as well as clips from the 1960s Ernest Tubb TV Shows with
Jack Greene, Cal Smith, Willie Nelson, Leon Rhodes and others. A
fresh episode of the series will be offered each Tuesday, with repeats
of the program throughout the week. Check www.bluehighwaystv.
com for the full schedule of days and times and carriage systems. To
learn more about “Texas County Line”, please visit www.
TexasCountyLine.tv .
Artist: Johnny Johnson — Album: One Last Time- 2008
Producer: Sally Johnson
Recorded at Robin Hood Studio — Tyler, Texas
by Joe Baker
Johnny Johnson and his family hail
from Perrin, Texas, just north of
Mineral Wells and West of Fort Worth.
Johnny grew up in the farming and
ranching industry and for many years,
has been entertaining folks at dances
across the country. With four albums
under his belt, this one really hits high
on the mark as there are sixteen
tracks including 3 penned by Johnny. I
have known about these three tunes
since last year and am really pleased
that Johnny finally recorded them after keeping them under his hat for
twenty seven years. There’s some western swing, classic country and
some of the best Texas honky tonk music you’ll find today by Johnny
Johnson and his Memory Makers band. Folks Like Teddy Driskell, Ray
Austin, Wayne Campsey, Lynn Groom, James Glenn and the fiddle
legend Bobby Boatright. Backup vocals by Kimberly Green and Robin
Brians along with son Jessy Johnson with sound effects. Radio is
going to love One Last Time and you can purchase this and other
Johnny Johnson CD’s by going to www.johnnyjohnsonmusic.com or
www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com. Email Johnny at: [email protected]
LEESWING88 TOP TWELVE CDs
Kountry Korral Magazine—Bennerstigen, Sala, Sweden
TOP TWELVE CDs
1 - Bobby Lueders Band - Still Swinging In Texas
2 - Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away
3 - Cliff Douglas - Truckin´ Country
4 - Gaylynn Robinson - Love & Heartache
5 - Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys - Live at Cain´s
Ballroom
6 - Joel Hofmann Band - One More Day
7 - Kelli Grant - Swings & Sings
8 - Lionel Wendling - Western Swing
9 - Mike Blakely - The Rarest of the Breed
10 - Miller Brothers Band - Miller Brothers Band
11 - Time Jumpers - Jumping Time
12 - Tom Morrell & Bobby Koefer - No Peddlers Allowed
TOP TWELVE SONGS
1 - All Night Long - Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys
2 - Boot Heel Drag - Lionel Wendling
3 - Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn Robinson
4 - Keeper of the Flame - Gaylynn Robinson
5 - Last Wild White Buffalo - Mike Blakely
6 - Let the Red Barn Burn - Cliff Douglas
7 - Shadows on the Trail - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
8 - Spanish Eyes - Bobby Lueders Band
9 - Swing Me Back to Texas - Kelli Grant
10 - Waddie Get Your Boots On - Joyce Woodson
11 - Wind, Blow My Blues Away - Chuck Cusimano
12 - Yodel Sweet Molly - Jody Coder
That's it for this time, hope all is well. The weather here is snowstorm
one day, rain the other, not too fun really. Keep swingin´, Lillies
Lillies Ohlsson—[email protected]
Enola Gay Mathews
KSST Radio, Sulphur Springs, TX
A western Howdy and a Merry Christmas to all!
I'm looking forward to a much-needed vacation
over the coming holidays...a time to rest and
reflect, to re-collect one's thoughts and re-define
one's direction...and gather momentum to meet
the joys waiting in the New Year. Part of that
down time will be spent doing something I really
love to do...giving ear to the craft that you
Western musicians are sending us DJ's. What a
joy to receive a packet from the radio station's
mailbag, and get to meet a brand new artist, or to hear new song
from an old friend! And isn't music one of the "reasons for the season"...that joy we find in the "art of sound" that humans were uniquely
minted with?
Christmas being a time for family, I'd like to tell you about mine. My
son is career US Army, and will deploy for a second tour to Iraq on
January 3, 2009. Please pray for our troops. After his send-off from Ft.
Hood, and as a late Christmas present, I'll be enjoying a gift of
travel...a cruise to the Caribbean with my Farmersville, New Mexico
daughter! The other three daughters are all Texas-based now, near
Ft. Worth and Austin. And I have been blessed with 8 grandkids (so
far!)
Come February, I'll have a lot to report, including our Cowboy Chili
Contest fundraiser next month for the National Day of the American
Cowboy. May your days be merry and bright, and blessed. And may
2009 be your banner year!
[email protected]
www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com is the go to website for hard to find
Western Swing and Texas Honky Tonk Music. Cowboy Music and
Cowboy Poetry can also be found on the CD CHORALE page. You
just might find something You’ve been looking for. Just remember
BackfortyBunkhouse.com
Cowtown Society of Western Music Update
By Joyce Miller
COWTOWN SOCIETY HOLDS BENEFIT
FOR ALBERT TALLEY
Sunday afternoon, November 16th, was a
special day, as Cowtown Society members
and friends publicly showed their love and
appreciation for Albert Talley (1999 Hall of
Fame Inductee) and his wife, Debbie.
Albert Talley is battling sugar diabetes with
complications from an infection in his leg
that has moved to the bone. His medical
bills have been outrageous. Cowtown Society decided to help this hero
of western music by holding a fundraiser on his behalf at The Finish
Line club in Ft. Worth.
Musicians and friends of Albert's came out in force to honor and support
this "man of steel." Albert has played steel guitar all his life. He has
played with some of the best entertainers in the business including
Hank Thompson. Gary and I have known Albert for about 11 years now.
He played with several bands at the club we owned for seven years, Big
Balls of Cowtown, and always brought the house down with his
expertise on the steel guitar. He has always been a good friend and an
extraordinary musician.
Albert is President of the Texas Steel Guitar Association and a lot of his
friends and fellow musicians came to his benefit that Sunday afternoon.
There was some fabulous music played all afternoon as dancers glided
around the hardwood floor. CSWM Board of Director, Jerry Tatum, and
his wife, Darlene presided over the door and collected donations. Gary
Beaver and I served up chili by the bowl and dessert to hungry
attendees. Bob Bone, Brady Bowen and Durwood Strube kept the
musicians lined up to play and the melodies flowing all day. Chuck
Cusimano and Carl Vaughan enamored the audience with their songs.
Leon and Vonnie Rausch came in about 3:30 or 4:00 PM. Leon took
center stage for a few western swing numbers to the delight of the
crowd. All in all, the whole afternoon was an impressive display of
musical talent. Albert circulated through the crowd, mingling and jovially
reminiscing with friends. Everyone there was glad to see him and
Debbie. Hopefully, Albert didn't over do it. Debbie was a little
apprehensive about his standing so long. But, like she said, "he's having
a good time and enjoying the day."
Two live auctions, the food sales and donations from so many of
Albert's fans, friends and family netted $7,400.00 for Albert and Debbie.
Thanks to Sherry and Larry Stoody for helping keep track of the winning
bids and collecting the money from the auctions. If you would like to
donate to help Albert with his medical bills, it's not too late. You can
send your check or money order made payable to Albert Talley, to
CSWM, Attn: Joyce Miller, 3709 East Highway 67, Cleburne, TX 76031
or directly to Albert and Debbie at 2500 West Henderson, Cleburne, TX
76033.
Come join us in bringing in the New Year at the VFW in Jacksboro,
Texas December 31st. Dance from 8 pm to Midnight to Brady Bowen
and Swing Country including two time Grammy award winner Tommy
Allsup, western swing music Hall Of Famer’s Larry Reed, Billy Doshier,
Wayne Glasson, Neil Butler, Bobby Boatright, Durwood Strube and
Bobby Koefer. Hosted by Joe Baker and be sure to bring an auction
item or two as the Cowtown Society Of Western Music will be holding a
fundraising auction to benefit the CSWM Museum. Black-eyed Peas
and Cornbread provided by the VFW for a small charge. $20 per person
at the door. For more info please call Joe Baker at (575) 808-4111 or
email: [email protected] or call Brady Bowen at (940) 5071454. Bring in 2009 with the best western swing band in North Central
Texas
Joyce MillerCSWM Treasurer/Secretary
Don’t Forget To Listen To the Backforty Bunkhouse Show Every
Saturday Morning from 6 AM to 10 AM (MST) On The Internet.
Just go to www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com and click on the “Listen
Live to W-105” logo and it will take you directly to the show. You can
also listen to commercial free previous shows from the opening page
of the website.
Around the Campfire
1. Still Ridin' - Jim Jones
2. From the Wagon to the Wire - Donnie Blanz
3. Harmonicowboy - Gary Allegretto
4. The Emigrant Trail - Ray Doyle
5. Measure of a Man - Sons and Brothers
6. Ghost Riders, Searchers, and Cowpokes Keeter Stuart
7. Follow the Trail - Carin Mari
8. Western Moon - Horse Crazy
9. Longing for the Range - Vince Crofts & Mindi Reid
10. The Silver Screen Cowboy Project - Various Artists
Marvin O'Dell—Around the Campfire
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Album: The Fiddle Man
Artist: Jody Nix
Jody Nix is back with another CD of 12
cuts that display without doubt his
Western Swing pedigree. As I have said
in reviews of his previous CDs he started
playing drums as a pre-teen with his dad,
Hoyle's, West Texas Cowboys band. He
was one of Bob Wills' vocalists as a
college sophomore for the classic For
The Last Time album and then formed his
own Texas Cowboys band upon his dad,
Hoyle's passing. Here again is another
really top class production from Jody.
Besides featuring Jody on vocals, fiddle and harmony vocals the
album features the great Johnny Cox playing some of the most
enjoyable steel guitar licks that you can only dream about. Jake
Hooker is heard on bass and Robert Weeks is also featured on fiddle.
The very polished Rich O'Brien is heard on electric and acoustic
guitars and Dixie Hankins rounds out the band on drums and also on
harmony vocals.
The album opens with The Hal Blair/Don Robertson composed Hank
Locklin early 60s pop/country crossover hit Please Help Me I'm Falling
and then goes on to Bobby Goldsboro's With Pen in Hand from a few
years later. Also from the country music world is a great Texas dance
hall style arrangement of Bill Anderson's I've Enjoyed as Much of this
as I Can Stand and from the George Jones hit parade is Leon Payne's
Things Have Gone to Pieces. From the great Bob Wills is Artie Glenn's
Sooner or Later and Harlan Howard's The Image of Me. Jody also
borrows from Bob Wills' great vocalist, Tommy Duncan's Intro years,
There's Not a Cow in Texas and from the pen and library of Red
Steagall, The Fiddle Man. Also included are the late Slim Willet's Tool
Pusher from Snyder and Splinter Middleton's Walking Tall. There are
also two of Jody's own fine compositions, the super Texas dance hall
sounding Sorry, Sad and Lonesome and a country I Entertain Myself
with Memories. The album can be obtained off Jody's web site www.
jodynix.com
Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT and www.swinginwest.com
New CDs At Backforty CD Chorale
Johnny Johnson - One Last Time
Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan Volume 1
Flying J Wranglers - My Adobe Hacienda
Marci Broyhill - Mending Fences
Bobby Flores - Direct From Blanco County
Joe Fisher - Holdin’ On Tight
Ferlin Husky - Best of the Best
Allen Karl - No Place Like Home
Allen Karl - It’s My Favorite Time of the Year
Allen Karl - Rolling River
Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses
Mona McCall - Memories Love A Melody
Tony Booth - Is This All There Is To A Honky Tonk
Ginny
Mac
Billy The Kid Sports Bar & Casino proudly presents
Ginny Mac and Friends. Come dance in the New Year
at Billy's Sports Bar, Ruidoso Downs Racetrack,
December 31st. Dancing from 9 pm to 1 am. Prime
Rib Buffet including table wine and a champagne
toast at midnight. Cost is only $59.00 per person and
includes a casino voucher with every paid ticket. The
Prime Rib Buffet begins at 6 pm. For information and
reservations call 575-378-4431
Backforty Newsletter Welcomes Julie Carter
The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter would like to introduce our
newest fulltime contributor, Julie Carter who hails from the Lincoln
County seat of Carizozo, New Mexico. Julie has two books, Cowgirl
Sass And Savvy and COWBOYS-You Gotta Love 'Em. The best way
to get to know her and her work is to check out her website at: www.
julie-carter.com Julie not only writes everything cowboy and western
she is also a fulltime staff member of the Ruidoso News and I know
everyone will enjoy her articles and stories. Thanks Julie, for joining
the Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter Team.
Joe Baker Publisher
Buyer Beware; Seller, Too
Julie Carter — Cowgirl Sass & Savvy
The holiday season, shopping frenzies,
sales galore and all that goes with that. The
crowds begin to swarm the retail outlets for
the bargain of the century, but let me
caution you about regular-looking cowboy
types, wearing worn, tattered clothing, who
are out to make a good deal.
They shook hands and while they were walking up to the counter to
write up it up, the owner asked him, "Now, what was it you needed from
the other side of the store?"
"Two feed buckets and a pooper scooper," Jess replied.
"That's it?" blurted out the merchant. "I thought you were going to get a
new hat, new boots and a trailer." Knowing he'd been had, the owner
wobbled on off, suddenly needing to take his kid home. The girls behind
the counter wrote up the ticket and Jess told them, "Now, don't you all
forget me in case I lose this ticket. I'll be back in a little bit to pick up my
saddle when they get the fenders swapped."
The girls laughingly assured him no one in the store would forget him.
In the meantime, Jess went on down the road and bought a two-horseslant aluminum trailer from the competition.
He still had on his trading apparel, but that's another story.
Visit Julie’s website at www.julie-carter.com and find her books (a
collection of these kinds of stories) on sale there.
Andy & Jim Nelson’s C.O.W. Radio
4-Week Playlist Playing Catch UP
Jess was an honest man, but he had been
in the cattle business a long time. Long
enough to know that when you go trading, a man needed every
advantage he could get. That accounted for his apparel when he left
the ranch. Today's objective was to trade a saddle he didn't use for
one that suited both him and his horse a little better. Both were big old
boys. He also had in mind to look at a new horse trailer while he was in
town.
The Western store, more than city block long, stocked everything from
bling T-shirts to horse trailers. This prestigious place carried quality
inventory and took pride in their customer service. Jess walked in and,
as luck would have it, the owner was standing by the front counter. Not
a rookie at wheeling and dealing, the owner, under usual
circumstances, would have immediately recalled an intervening
commitment when he saw Jess coming. However, this particular day,
he was somewhat tethered to the spot by his own knee-high kid
hanging to his leg. "Need to swap you a wonderful saddle that I just
cannot use for one that wouldn't be anywhere near this good, but
would fit me," Jess said as he put forth the saddle he'd carried in the
door.
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11/29/08, Thanksgiving
• Lynn Anderson - May the Trail Rise Up
to Greet You
• R.W. Hampton - I Believe
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Battle Hymn of
the Republic
• Craig Chambers - The Place Where I
Worship
Doris Daley - Bless These Hands
New West - Cowboy Blessing
11/22/08, Tear Jerkers
• Kyle Evans - Where the Sweetest Grasses Grow
• Jill Jones and the Lonestar Chorale -The Double Diamond
• Rex Allen & Don Edwards - There's Nobody Home on the Range
Anymore
• Curly Musgrave - The Men Who Ride No More
• Yvonne Hollenbeck - The Auction Sale
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Joe Merrick - The Voice
The storeowner got a gleam in his eye, thinking today might just be the
day he could make a good deal with Jess. "Let's see this old saddle
11/15/08, The Fetterman Massacre
you got."
• Hot Club of Cowtown - Orange Blossom Special
Jess allowed that it wasn't really an old saddle - it was one he had • Horse Crazy - Shenandoah
won, but he just hadn't used because it was a little small.
• Jimmy Wakely - Along the Santa Fe Trail
"Well, we can't really sell trophy saddles," said the storeowner, • Pete Laumbach - Granny Held Up the Train
"nobody wants something they didn't win themselves." "Got that • Janice Gilbertson - The Ranch Horse
figured out," Jess said. "Took that burden off you. I would let your • Saddle Strings - Somewhere in the Middle of Wyoming
saddle man back there swap out the fenders on this new wonderful
saddle for the fenders on one of your new saddles here in the store. 11/8/08, 300th Show
Wouldn't cost you any boot or anything."
• Sons and Brothers - Broken White Line
The light went on in the owner's head. This wasn't going to be any • Cowboy Celtic - Drover Road to Amulree
easy trade. His inventory in the store included top-shelf, expensive • Jim Reeves -Mexicali Rose
saddles. While he was figuring his next move, his kid pulled on his leg. • Jean Prescott - The Boots Her Daddy Wore
"Daddy, I'm ready to go home." The trade banter went on awhile, and • D.W. Groethe - The Funeral
they were getting pretty close to the finish when Jess threw in the • Duke Davis - Where Do the Cowboys Go
comment that he needed a bunch of things from the other side of the
store.
11/1/08, Cowboy Ethics
This was where the hats, boots and high-dollar clothes, tack and trailer • Randy Huston - Old Jim
accessories were displayed. The owner looked Jess over, noted that • Rod Erickson - Raised that Way
his hat was showing some "experience," and his boots had duct tape • Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven
holding them together. With that added information and the fact his kid • Journey West - Woman of the Wind
now needed to go to the bathroom, he came down another hundred • Geff Dawson - One More Chance
dollars on the trade.
• Bar J Wranglers - Silver Spurs
They continued jawing a little longer and finally the storeowner set his
heels. Jess then pulled out his ace. He was also planning to look at a
new trailer that day. The owner caved and offered a figure that Jess
already had determined.
“Clear Out West” Radio Show
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Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM Chattanooga, TN
This month's playlist looks like a who's who in
Cowboy, Western Swing, Bluegrass and Fiddle
music business. Asleep at the Wheel and
Chattanooga Choo Choo is always a big request
number and we try to work it in at least once a
month due to our close proximity to
Chattanooga Tennessee. Barbara Lamb, who
did some fiddling with Asleep at the Wheel at
some time in her career does a great tune called Bootsie Met a Bank
Robber, and one called Barefoot Nelly. The late Benny Martin does
his signature song called Ice Cold Love. Our audience demands a
little thumb and finger style Chet Atkins from time to time. Chet's
Waltzing Matilda and Borsalino are big hits. Carolyn Martin , with the
Time Jumpers Band doing the backup, do Exactly Like You and
When You're Smiling are definitely on the A list. Carolyn, by the
way, is starting a Wed. night gig at the Nashville Palace along with
the Nashville Swingers. I'm pretty close and think I'll get by there to
see them after the first of the year. Red Steagall's I Left the Best
Part of Texas in Tennessee, along with Freckles Brown and Dawson
LeGate were on the playlist this past month. Red was also
spotlighted on his Faith and Values CD with Long Way From Here to
Montana, The Cowboy Church and his poem The Real America were
on our inspirational segment back in November. I got a nice CD
from Chuck Cusimano this past month and played We Were
Cowboys, What Kind of Horses, and No More Rivers with nice
feedback from the folks. Earl Gleason's Rounded up in Glory made
the inspirational portion of the show and Brady Bowen's Maiden's
Prayer and The Desperados Lila Lou were also played this month.
We'll have a smattering of Christmas from several different artist
throughout the month of December and wind up the month with our
Christmas Special on Dec 21st and our After Christmas Special on
Dec 28th.
I do hope that you and your family have a great Christmas and your
New Year brings a bright future for each of you. That's all the news
and weather for now. You can always tune into The Cowboy Jubilee
Radio Show on your computer at www.wsmc.org any Sunday
evening at 6pm est. Those of you within 90 miles of Chattanooga
Tennessee can get us at 90.5 fm with our 100000 watt broadcast.
Remember we broadcast from beautiful Collegedale Tennessee....
Where the Air Always Smells Like a Big Oatmeal Cookie.....Merry
Christmas. Bill McCallie
December 14th Playlist
• Tommy Garrett - Texas Our Texas
• Cornell Hurd Band - I Can't Help Being
Cool
• Bobby Lueders’ Band - Old Fashioned
Love
• Junior Brown - Venom Wearing Denim
• Jamie Richards - Red River Turnaround
• Jason Allen - Being Loved Like This
• Smokey Wilson - Blazing Texas Sun
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: * RED RIVER BLUE
Luke Olson~Sustain Records
WWW.LUKEOLSON.COM
Luke Olson - Red River Blue
Luke Olson - Uncertain Texas
Luke Olson - Don't Look Back Now
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Wesley Ialacy - Supposedly
David Ball - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Jake Hooker & The Outsiders - Undo The Right
Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams - Let"s Make Memories Tonight
Bob Cheevers - Downhome Backwoods Hillbilly Fool
Bob & Johnny Boatright - I wonder Where You Are Tonight
River Road Boys - Gone And Left Me Blues
Leighan Cortes - Kawliga
Leon Rausch - In The Misty Moonlight
Johnny Rodriguez - You Always Come Back To Hurting Me
TRAILS IN TEXAS: Tropical Trail
• Clint Black - The Gulf of Mexico
• Thomas Michael Riley - Red-Neck Riviera
• George Strait - Maria
• Bob Wills & Texas Playboys - Looking Over My Shoulder
• Stevie Dupree - Queen Bee
Contact Eddy & Ria at www.Texas-Radio.nl
You Can Contact Bill at: [email protected]
Sundays at 6:00 pm—www.wsmc.org/webstream.html
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Cowboy Jam Session: Western Culture News & Reviews
by Jeri L. Dobrowski
December 2008
Christmas Gifts Ideas: Part 2
December 25 is coming, racing as fast as
yearling heifers through an open gate. Relax!
Take a deep breath. Do only what really needs
to be done; let the rest go. For the harried
homemakers amongst you, ask each family
member what one Christmas goodie they want,
and make only those. You’ll reduce money
spent on ingredients, hours spent in the kitchen,
calories tempting you at every turn, and stress.
If you have a few gifts yet to purchase, consider the following:
Evelyn Cameron: Pictures from a Worthy Life—a documentary film
about the frontier photographer who left behind 35 years of diaries and
thousands of images taken in eastern Montana at the turn of the 20th
century. Born into a life of privilege in England, Cameron homesteaded
on the eastern Montana prairie with her husband. An independent
spirit, she started a photography business which contributed
significantly to the couple’s meager ranch income. Produced by John
Twiggs for KUFM/Montana PBS, UM Missoula—and airing on Public
Television Stations nationwide—it is exceptional!
The documentary is available as either a DVD or VHS (be sure to
specify) for $24.95. Order from The Evelyn Cameron Foundation, PO
Box 497, Terry, MT 59349; (406) 635-4966; www.evelyncameron.com.
Also available from the foundation is Photographing Montana, Donna
M. Lucey’s book showcasing more than 150 of Cameron’s photos
taken between 1890-1920. Send $44.95 for the softcover; $67.95 for
the hardback.
Houlihan: the Cowboys of Montana and Wyoming—fourth in The
Vaquero Series by filmmakers Susan Jensen & Paul Singer, detailing
the history and regional differences among America’s cowboy cultures.
Released in May 2008, and running 95 minutes, there’s scenery to
please the eye and Western music for the ear. Previously released
were #1 Tapadero (California vaquero), #2 The Remuda (Great Basin
buckaroo), and #3 Holo Holo Paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy). A fifth title,
released December 5, 2008, is #5 Los Primeros (first vaqueros; filmed
in Spain, Mexico, and throughout the American West).
Individual DVD titles sell for $21.95 in the US (shipping included);
$22.95 in Canada; $28.95 Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Order
from J&S Productions, PO Box 91560, Santa Barbara, CA 93190;
(805) 695-0164; www.tapadero.com. Purchase all five (Tapadero,
Remuda, Paniolo, Houlihan, Los Primeros) for $90 US, $95 in Canada,
and $105 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Or, find a store that sells
the series: www.tapadero.com./html/locations.html.
Southwestern Souvenirs—a relaxing and nostalgic collection of guitar
music by Rich O’Brien. Himself a member of the Western Swing
Society Hall of Fame, the CD won the prestigious Wrangler Award
from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. You’ll find “Wheels,” “Blue
Skirt Waltz,” and the theme to “Gunsmoke,” with lyrics sung by Don
Edwards. See the full track listing and listen to three samples at www.
westernjubilee.com/SouthwesternSouvenirs.htm.
The World According to Baxter Black: Quips, Quirks & Quotes—the
annual Christmas release from everyone’s favorite veterinarian-turnedcowboy entertainer. Baxter describes the delightful little “crossbred
collection” of quips, quotes, quirks, truisms, exaggerations,
philosophical observations, cowboy humor and perspective–with
illustrations by A-10 Etcheverry–as a happy book: “It’ll make you or
whoever you give it to happy ... it’ll make us happy, and happiness will
spread like cheap wine on a white tuxedo!”
I like to think that it is also a handy book. You can read for a few
moments and put it down without worry of marking the page. Pick it up
later and continue reading. There’s no real beginning or end (even
though there is a page plainly labeled “The End”).
The 156-page hardback sells for $19.95 + shipping. (Buy two for $39;
get a third one free; offer expires Dec. 15, 2008). Order from Coyote
Cowboy Company, PO Box 2190, Benson, AZ 85602; (800) 654-2550;
www.baxterblack.com/
Also from Coyote Cowboy Company is Baxter’s double CD, Blazin'
Bloats & Cows on FIRE!, with more than two hours of cowboy poetry
and tall tales. It features such favorites as “Sixty Foot Rope,”
“Taxidermy Heifer,” plus a personal favorite of mine, “I Know You’ll
Miss This Man.” It sells for $24.95 + shipping.
Mike’s Top Picks For 2008
Songs:
1. Texas to a T - Carolyn Martin
2. I Left the Best Part of Texas in Tennessee Red Steagall
3. Let’s Make Music in the Country - Mary AllenKeating
4. Here in Old Ft. Worth - Jerry Webb
5. Lost My Baby Blues - Reid Wells & Segovia
1862
6. Old Town - John England & Western Swingers
Mike Gross 7. Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn
WVOF-FM
Robinson
Fairfield, CT
8.
Your
Love Fits Me - Lionel Wendling
Swingin’ West
9. Happy Daze - Chuck Cusimano
10. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating
Albums
1. Scratchin’ the Surface - Ray Harrison
2. Here We Go Again - Red Steagall & Friends
3. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating
4. Bluebonnet Lane - River Road Boys
5. Don’t Ever Take Our Picture Down - River Road Boys
6. Open That Gate - John England & Western Swingers
7. Swing - Carolyn Martin
8. Something Old, Nothing New - Dennis Ivey
9. Jumpin’ Time - Time Jumpers
10. The Enchanted Steel Guitar of Lionel Wendling - Western Swing
Mike Gross — www.swinginwest.com
Send $15 + shipping to Western Jubilee Recording Company, PO Box
9187, Colorado Springs, CO 80932; (800) 707-2353; www.
westernjubilee.com. (NOTE: Free shipping on domestic orders over
$50 placed via the website!)
Pieces of the Past—a CD by South Dakota ranchwife, Yvonne
Hollenbeck, featuring songs by Jean Prescott. This 15-track collection
is the 2008 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year as presented by the
Western Music Association. Hollenbeck and Prescott each bring
considerable talent to the project produced by Rich O’Brien. The downhome subjects range from “Grandma’s Homemade Apron” to “The
Little Red Geranium.”
Send $18.50 to Yvonne Hollenbeck, 30549 291st Street, Clearfield, SD
57580; (605) 557-3559; www.YvonneHollenbeck.com. Listen to
“Prairie Patchwork” from the CD at www.yvonnehollenbeck.com/books.
html.
I would like to extend a very Merry Christmas and a
Thank You for everyone who participated in our
Newsletter and our Roundup Compilation this past year.
It has been our best one yet. The Newsletter now has
over 630 subscribers and the Roundup Compilation goes
out to over 170 stations in the US and Canada and is
downloadable to over 60 overseas stations.
Thanks for a good year..!
Joe Baker