Here are a couple of things you need to know about these playlists for
the western-swing radio program Swing on This, airing at 7 p.m. on public-radio
station KWGS (89.5 FM) in Tulsa and streaming at www.kwgs.com
First of all, it’s as exact as I can make it, given the circumstances. I
start with the premise that I’ll be able to play 15 songs in the hour-long
show. Sometimes I find myself with enough time to play another tune, or even two.
Other times, I don’t. Very occasionally, a CD will hang up or a record skip,
and I’ll have to quickly substitute something else.
Second, I’ve been known to take a kind of Zen approach from time to time,
grabbing something in a fit of inspiration and sticking it in the middle of a
show. I prize spontaneity as much as the next gazabo, especially when today’s
commercial radio seems completely leached of it, but I promise to try and
rein myself in, so that the following playlists can be as accurate as possible.
Thanks very much for listening. I welcome your comments and requests. The
dedications listed below are to folks who’ve written about the show. I’m
grateful to them, and to you.
SWING ON THIS
AIR DATE: FEBRUARY 06 ’10
1. “The New St. Louis Blues,” Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
2. “Clarinet Polka,” Riders in the Sky
3. “My Bucket’s Got A Hole in It,” T. Texas Tyler and His Oklahoma Melody Boys
(for JACK and CAROLE and MARGE, DALE, and KAREN)
4. “Heart to Heart Talk,” Round Up Boys
5. “Rag Mop,” Johnnie Lee Wills
(for CURLY LEWIS)
6. “C Jam Blues,” Jack Stidham and Keith Coleman
7. “Tenderly,” Noel Boggs
8. “Blues for Dixie,” River Road Boys
9. “Midnight in Old Amarillo,” Ray Pennington and Buddy Emmons
10. “X-I-T Song,” Billy Briggs and His X-I-T Boys
11. “Georgia,” Hot Club of Cowtown
(for JOHN SIMMONS)
12. “Got A Letter from My Kid Today,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
13. “I’m Big Bad Bill from the Badlands,” Tex Williams’ Western Caravan
14. “Mood Indigo,,” Cow Bop
15. “Back up A Little Bit,” Hank Penny and His Radio Cowboys
(for DICK SCHMITZ)
AIR DATE: FEBRUARY 13 ’10
1. “Texas Drummer Boy,” Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
2. “Wreck of the Old ‘97,” Hank Thompson
3. “Southern Hospitality,” Moon Mullican
(for STEVE RIPLEY)
4. “Marie,” the Marshall Ford Swing Band
(for BARBARA MARTIN)
5. “Colorado Blues,” Jack Guthrie
6. “J.H. Boogie,” Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown
(for DALE, KAREN, MARGE and THE BENDERS)
7. “An Old Watermill,” Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
8. “Jersey Bounce,” Brazos Valley Boys
9. “Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I’ll be Gone,” Tommy Duncan
10. “Take Me Back to Tulsa/Big Ball’s in Cowtown,“ Stonehorse and Friends
(for RAY BINGHAM)
11. “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band
12. “Swanee River,” Leon McAuliffe
(for ED MANSHEIM)
13. “Broadway Mama,” Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
(for GUY T. MILLER)
14. “Talihina Hula,” Steve Bagsby
15. “South,” Bob Wills’ Original Texas Playboys
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