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: 27 JUNE ’09
1. "Bob Wills Special," Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
2. "Along the Navajo Trail," Quebe Sisters
(for BRETT BINGHAM)
3. "Blub's Twist/Closing Theme," Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys
(for RAY BINGHAM)
4. "My Galveston Gal," Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
5. "Stay All Night," Asleep at the Wheel w/Mark Chesnutt
(for KAREN, MARGE, and DALE)
6. "Jelly Bean Rag," Jack Stidham and Keith Coleman
7. "Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime," Hot Club of Hulaville
8. "Sweet Sue," Hoosier Hot Shots
(for SUE ANN CHAPMAN)
9. "Sleepy-Eyed John," Ole Rasmussen and His Cornhuskers
10. "Carroll County Blues," River Road Boys
11. "Oklahoma's Calling," Jack Guthrie
12. "Up the Lazy River," Brother Al Stricklin
13. "Stars of the Midnight Range," Johnny Bond
14. "Talihina Hula," Steve Bagsby
15. "Everything's Gonna be All Right," Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys
AIR DATE: 04 JULY ’09
1. "Fan It," Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
(for BEN DAVIDSON)
2. "Flip, Flop and Fly," Brady Bowen
3. "Short Stuff," Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown
(for STEVE RIPLEY)
4. "Swingin' the Devil's Dream," Spade Cooley
5. "It Had to be You," Wayne Glasson
6. "Midnight Ramble," Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
7. "Paradise with You," Hot Club of Cowtown
8. "Dance to Those Sobbin' Blues," Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
9. "Behind Closed Doors," Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys
(for KAREN, DALE, and MARGE)
10. "No News Is Good News," Lone Star Troubadours
11. "Blue Guitar Stomp," Leon McAuliffe
12. "Hawaii Blues," Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
13. "Cotton Patch Rag," Pendleton Family Singers
14. "My Western Union Baby," Keith Lloyd and the Sons of the Golden West
15. "Ten Little Bluebirds in My Lapel," Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys
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