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David Cline, They're Playing A Song About You
Gabe Lope , Calloused Hands
Lee Kernaghan, Love In The Time Of Drought
Ray Tomb, Liner
Ray Tombs, Almost Persuaded
Red River Junction, Jumpin' Barbwire Fences
Shelly Streeter, Fiddle And Bow
Campbell Nicol, Bonnie Mary Of Argyle
Terry Scott, My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
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Bill McCallie’s Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show
Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM
Chattanooga, TN
We had the unique experience this past month of having the Hot
Club of Cow Town in Chattanooga for a Friday "Night Fall'' concert
so naturally I played some Hot Club western swing this past
month to help promote their appearance here. We played "Diga
Diga Doo," "Deed I Do," "Ida Red" and "Exactly Like You." We
are indeed fortunate to have this group in our area and wish we
had other western swing groups at the Night Fall Series. You
western swingers get on www.nightfallchattanooga.com and get
yourself booked in here. You can even do some live radio with us
at Cowboy Jubilee to promote the show. I did some interviews in
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and was lucky enough to get one with
Dave Stamey. I did a segment on Dave's music along with the
interview. We played "Wheels," "Tonopah" and "It's Just A State
Of Mind." Red Steagall popped up again this month with "I Left
The Best Part Of Me In Tennessee" and "Bob's Got A Swing
Band In Heaven." Vern Gosden did "Jesus Hold My Hand" and In
Cahoots did "Above And Beyond" as inspirational songs for the
first show of the month. Bobby Flores did "Spanish Eyes" and
"Make The World Go Away" and Jody Nix did "Mama Was The
Rose Of San Antone" and a great instrumental "Snow Deer." CJ
Hadley's Range magazine provided a story by Tom Findley about
Tennessean Davy Crockett and his brief stay in the United States
Congress. The term "sockdolager" was an expression introduced
to Davy Crockett when he voted for a bill to give U S Treasury
money to victims of a small fire in Washington DC. Wow, would
Davy be surprised at what congress gives away today. It turns
out that a "sockdolager" is the final blow or the undeniable truth
that hits you in the face and no replay is necessary. Davy's constituent
introduced him to the word and told him "I voted for you
once but not again." I followed the segment with the theme from
Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett" and Marty Robbins with the "Ballad
Of The Alamo". I kicked off one of the shows this month with
some ladies of western swing. I had Carolyn Martin with "That's
What I Call Cookin", Suzie Bogus with "Straighten Up And Fly
Right," The Quebe Sisters Band with the Tex Williams standard
"Shame On You" and Peggy Raines with "You're Nobody Til
Somebody Loves You." I read a nice article from American Cowboy
Magazine about the great work ethic of early Americans who
emigrated here from Ireland and escaped untenable situations to
build up great wealth in land, cattle and business. I followed that
article up with Red Steagall's poem called '' Born To This Land"
and a song called the "Wagon Tongue" and "Dodge City." Walter
Brennan's "Suppertime" was a special request from a listener and
was one of my favorites too. We kicked off one segment this
month with two of the masters of western swing Buddy Emmons
and Ray Pennington. Buddy and Ray did "In The Mood", "Don't
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Worry", "String Of Pearls" and "Curtain Call"...Buddy and Ray are
always a hit. I read a great article about the Angola Prison Rodeo
from American Cowboy Magazine and followed that with Paul
Zarzyski's poem called "The Luck Of The Draw" and Marty Robbins‘
rodeo songs called "Strawberry Roan" and "All Around Cowboy."
I had some friends who mustered the funds for an Alaska
trip this past summer and it reminded me that the trip is on my
"Bucket List" and it also reminded me of Lacy J Dalton's great CD
about Alaska called "The Last Wild Place" so I played a couple of
cuts off the CD to stimulate me into planning that trip. I did the
"Alaska Song" and "The Last Wild Place"...both great songs and
the whole CD is great ... if you don't have it in your collection, you
need to get it...great stuff! Rev. Charles Nation of the Flowery
Branch Baptist played "Just A Closer Walk" while Buddy Greene
did "Power In The Blood" and Tim Ryan did "Golden Harvest" to
round out the month of great music.
That's just about all the news that's fit to print. We broadcast
every Sunday at 6pm EST and stream on the Internet
at www.wsmc.org. Tune us in every chance you get and I'll guarantee
you a good show and some really great music. We broadcast
from beautiful downtown Collegedale, Tennessee ... where
the air always smells like a big oatmeal cookie! Remember, in the
words of Sheriff Jim Wilson..."The good things that come to those
who wait...will be the things left by those who got there first."
Think about it...we'll see you next month.
Bill McCallie
Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show
WSMC Public Radio 90.5
www.wsmc.org
Airs: Sunday @ 6pm EST
A few Guest & personalities
for The
Heart Of A Cowboy
Celebration:
John Conley
Lenarod Bullock (Editor)
Brian Olson (Layout & Design)
Rodd Wolff (Stuntman)
Ron Nix (Stuntman)
Danny McGuire (Host & Rodeo
Clown)
Marshall Pepper (Cowboy
Singer)
Wyatt Earp (Live Perfomance)
Buffalo Bill Cody (Double)
Lee Anderson (Historian)
Carlos Hadaway (The Arizona
Kid) Artist
Jeff Harrison (Western
Singer)
Bethany Braley (National Day
Of The Cowboy)
Mary Brown (Festival Of The
West)
Charlie Lesueur (Actor & Interviewer)
Bud Hogan (Christian Gospel
Singer & Western Music)
Christine Auerbach (Empire
Ranch)
Dr Buck (Actor)
Beve Cole (Arizona Music &
Entertainment Hall Of Fame)
Joe Baker (Master of Ceremonies
& Stage Manager)
All guest should arrive at least
30 min early