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Playlist - February 7, 2010

The Twang:
Dale Hawkins - Tornado - VA: Born Bad v. 2 (Born Bad)
Sid King & the Five Strings - Booger Red - Gonna Shake this Shack (Bear)
Charline Arthur - Hello Baby - Welcome to the Club (Bear)
Wanda Jackson - Rock Your Baby - Vintage Collections (Capitol)
Janis Martin - Bang Bang - The Female Elvis (Bear)
Johnny Dollar - Rockin' Bones - Mr. Action Packed (Dragon Street)
Joe Poovey - Silence Baby - Greatest Grooves (Dragon Street)
Gene O'Quinn - Come Around to Me - Boogie Woogie Fever (Bear) 1952
Hardrock Gunter - Dixieland Boogie - VA: Hillbilly Boogie (Proper)
Hank Penny - Rosie's Sister - King of Hillbilly Bebop (Proper) 1940
Johnny Bond - Gals Don't Mean a Thing - Country and Western (Soundies)
Tommy Little - High Geared Daddy - VA: Swingbillies (Ace)
Jimmy Bryant - Holiday for Guitar - VA: Swingbillies (Ace)
The Mercer Brothers - If Nickels Were Dimes - VA: Louisiana Hayride (Proper)
Roy Hall - Don't Stop Now - VA: Juke Joint Boogie (Bear)
Freddie Hart - Juke Joint Boogie - VA: Juke Joint Boogie (Bear)
Moon Mullican - Sweet Rockin' Music - Moon's Rock (Bear)
Moon Mullican - That's Me - Moon's Rock (Bear)
Fly-Rite Boys - Mary's Mood - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
Eleni Mandell - I Got A Tender Heart - Country Music For True Lovers (Zedtone)
Johnny Falstaff - Lorelei - Honky Tonkin' Daddy (Death Western Records)
Handsome Hank & His Lonely Boys - Waterfalls - Live in Murmansk (Rookie Records)
The Cow - Selling What She Used To Give Away - Feeding Time (Trikont/Indigo)
The Drainpipes - Southern Belle
Mean Devils - Rockin' The Blues - Recording Sessions
Smokestack Lightning - Unknown Stuntman - Soulbeat (Witchcraft International)
GUZ - I hate everybody - Mein Name ist GUZ (Ritchie Records)
Vicki Vann - You must think my heart has swinging doors - More Dirty Dirty Laundry (Trikont)
Robbie Fulks - Act Like A Married Man - 13 Hillbillie Giants (Bloodshot)
Scott H. Biram - Reefer Load - Graveyard Shift (Bloodshot)
Slam and Howie & the Reserve Men - Shotgun Rag - Vicious Songs (N-Gage Productions)
Kristofer Astrom & Hidden Truck - You don't know me - Leaving Songs
Bad Livers - I'm Going Back to Mom and Dad - Industry and Thrift (Sugar Hill)
Those Legendary Shack Shakers - Go Hog Wild - Hunkerdown (Spinout)
Red Meat - The Girl With the Biggest Hair - Meet Red Meat (Ranchero)
Red Meat - Deep Water - Thirteen (Ranchero)
Junior Brown - The Better Half - Long Walk Back (Curb)
The Knitters - Rock Island Line - Poor Little Critter in the Road (Slash)

Playlist - January 31,2010

The Twang:
Houston Jones - Omithopathy - Jericho Road (Summerhill)*
Red Stick Ramblers - Unsentimental - Made in the Shade (Sugar Hill)
Rosanne Cash - Miss the Mississippi and You - The List (Manhattan)*
Minnie Pearl - First Grand Ole Opry Appearance - Country Music Hall of Fame (King)
Buck Owens - Hello Trouble - VA: Crazy Heart (New West)*
Carl Butler - I'll Go Steppin' Too - VA: Country Boy's Dream (Bear)
The Louvin Brothers - My Baby's Gone - VA: Crazy Heart (New West)*
Jimmy Lee and Wayne Walker - Lips That Kiss So Sweetly - VA: Country Hicks v. 4 & 5 (Barklog)
Dolly Parton - Puppy Love - Dolly (Sony/Legacy)
Helen Bozeman - Sugar Baby - VA: Good Girls Gone Bad (Ace)
Charline Arthur - What About Tomorrow? - Gals of the Big D Jamboree (DragonStreet)
Maddox Brothers and Rose - New Muleskinner Blues - VA: Hillbilly Fever v. 4 (Rhino)
Gayle Griffith - Rockin' and A-Knockin' - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 2 (Rev-Ola)
Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (that Cigarette) - VA: Hillbilly Boogie (Columbia)
Hank Penny - Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon - Hank Penny (1939) - VA: Heroes of Country Music (Rhino)
Merle Travis - So round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - VA: As Good as it Gets: Western Swing (Disky)
Merle Travis - I'll Have Myself a Ball - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 1 (Rev-Ola)
Jack Cardwell - Day Done Broke Too Soon this Morning - VA: Hillbilly Bop and Boogie (King)
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Whoop and Holler - A: Enlightenment (Bordello)*
Houston Jones - Pick up the Snake - Jericho Road (Summerhill)*
Shelley King - Welcome Home - Welcome Home (Lemonade)*
Asylum Street Spankers - Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego - God's Favorite Band (Yellow Dog)*
Electric Rag Band - Feels Right - If You Got Some (self)*
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Are You Afraid to Die - Soldier of the Cross (Skaggs Family)
Ralph Stanley - Lift Him Up, That's All - Ralph Stanley (Sony)
Porter Wagoner - Satan's River - Wagonmaster (Anti)
Goshen - Jesus Loves a Jezebel - Lioness (Frogville)
Old Crow Medicine Show - God's Got It - Big Iron World (Nettwerk)
Carter Family - Honey in the Rock - The Millennium Collection (MCA)
Scott H. Biram - Only Jesus - Graveyard Shift (Bloodshot)
Last Train Home - Flood - Last Good Kiss (Red Beet)
Reverend Horton Heat - Aw the Humanity - Laughin' and Cryin' (YepRoc)

Playlist - January 24, 2010

The Twang:
The Fly-Rite Boys - Straight-8 Boogie - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
Caution Horse - Hangman's Boogie - VA: Straight Outta Boone Country
Al Ferrier - Let's Go Boppin' - VA: Teenage Rock n' Roll Party (Ace)
Big Sandy - Steady Baby - VA: Billy v. 1 (Hepcat)
Autry Inman - Be Bop Baby - VA: That'll Flat Git It v. 2 (Bear)
The Louvin Brothers - You're Learning - VA: Hillbilly Music... Thank God!
Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - Just Someone That I Used to Know - Dolly (Boxed Set Sampler) (RCA/Legacy)
Sherry Davis - Broken Promises - VA: Gals of the Big D Jamboree (Dragon Street)
Margaret Lewis - Conscience I'm Guilty - VA: Good Girls Gone Bad (Ace)
The Ravens - If You Didn't Mean It - VA: The Dawn of Doo Wop v. 2 (Proper) 1949
The Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt the One You Love - VA: The Dawn of Doo Wop v. 1 (Proper) 1944
Bill Woods and His Orange Blossom Playboys - Have I Got a Chance With You - VA: Swingbillies (Ace) 1949
Papa Cairo - Kooche Kooche - VA: Swingbillies (Ace) 1949
Red Stick Ramblers - Laisse Le Cajuns Danser - Made in the Shade (Sugar Hill)
Thumper Jones (George Jones) - Rock It - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 3 (Rev-Ola)
Corky Jones (Buck Owens) - Rhythm & Booze - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 3 (Rev-Ola)
Ernest Tubb - Thirty Days - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 3 (Rev-Ola)
Jeff Durham & His Rhythm Playboys - Tennessee Boogie - VA: Hillbilly Boogie (Proper)
Hardrock Gunter - Boogie Woogie On a Saturday Night - VA: Hillbilly Boogie (Proper)
Hank Ray - Helldorado - Countricide (One Million Dollar)
Scott H. Biram - Long Fingernail - Graveyard Shift (Bloodshot)
Tex Williams - Downtown Poker Club - VA: Rebels & Outlaws (Capitol)
Cowboy Copas - Three Strikes and You're Out - VA: Hillbilly Bop n' Boogie (Ace)
Spade Cooley - You Clobbered Me - VA: Rebels & Outlaws (Capitol)
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers - Lonesome, Sad and Blue - VA: Country Boy's Dream (Bear)
White Hassle - I'm So Lonesome I could Cry - White Hassle (Matador)
Hillstomp - Roustabout - After Two But Before Five (Fuzzmonster)
Big Smith - There's a Higher Power - Live at Lone Star (May Apple)
Johnny Tyler - God's Gonna Turn Us to Dust - Countyr Hicks v. 4 & 5 (Barklog)
Glenn Barber - Atom Bomb - VA: Rockabilly Shakeout (Ace) 1955

Corb Lund - Alberta Says Hello - Losin' Lately Gambler (New West)*
The Western Aces - I Was There When It Happened - Introducing the Western Aces (El Toro)*
Sons of the Pioneers - South In My Soul - Symphonies of the Sage (Bloodshot)
Sons of the Pioneers - Saddle Your Worries to the Wind - Symphonies of the Sage (Bloodshot)
Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water - Symphonies of the Sage (Bloodshot)
Electric Rag Band - Go Baby Go - If You Got Some (ERB)*

Playlist - January 17, 2010

The Twang:
Fly-Rite Boys - Straight-8 Boogie - Big Sandy Presents...(Hightone)
Link Davis - Slippin' and Slidin' - VA: Rockabilly Shakeout (Ace)
Ronnie Self - Too Many Lovers - Bop-a-Lena (Bear)
Merle Travis - Merle's Boogie Woogie - VA: Capitol Rockabilly party v. 3 (Disky)
The Bluetones - Shake Shake - VA: King Rockabilly (Ace)
Pine Valley Cosmonauts w/Neko Case & Bob Boyd - Stay a Little Longer - Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills (Bloodshot)
Bob Wills - San Antonio Rose - VA: Western Swing (Disky) 1940
Sid King & the Five Strings - Put Something in the Pot - Gonna Shake the Shack Tonight (Bear)
Louise Massey & Her Westerners - My Adobe Hacienda - VA: As Good as it Gets: Western Swing (Disky) 1941
Wayne Hancock - Flat Land Boogie - Wild, Free & Reckless (Ark 21)
Marti Brom - All Right Baby - Lassoed Live! (Goofin')
The Miller Sisters - Someday You Will Pay - VA: Good Girls Gone Bad (Ace)
Minnie Pearl - California Girls - Country Music Hall of Fame (King)
Charline Arthur - I'm Having a Party All By Myself (live) - VA: Gals of the Big D Jamboree (Dragon Street)
Don Woody - Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree - VA: That'll Flat Git It v. 2 (Bear)
Dave Rawlings Machine - Sweet Tooth - Friend of a Friend (Acony)
I See Hawks in LA - Humboldt - Shoulda Been Gold (American Beat)
Jack Guthrie - The Clouds Rained Trouble Down - VA: Capitol Rockabilly Party p. 3 (Disky)
Jayhawks - Settled Down Like Rain - Music from the North Country (American)
Whiskeytown - Rain Won't Help You When it's Over - Stranger's Almanac (Deluxe) (Geffen)
Electric Rag Band - Goin' Down - If You Got Some (self)*
Red Stick Ramblers - Made in the Shade - Made in the Shade (Sugar Hill)
Red Stick Ramblers - Katrina - Made in the Shade (Sugar Hill)
Estil C. Ball - Pretty Polly - VA: Southern Journey Alan Lomax v. 5 (Smithsonian)
Dorothy Shay - What Fer Didja - VA: Park Avenue Hillbillies (Sony)
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Hambone - Sixteen Tons (Bear)
Arthur Godfrey - Slap 'Er Down Agin, Paw - VA: Park Avenue Hillbillies (Sony)
Jimmy Myers - Drunk Man's Wiggle - VA: Country Goes Rock n' Roll v. 2 (Rev-Ola)
Floyd Fletcher - Move on Down the Track - VA: Country Hicks v. 4 & 5 (Barklog)
Big Bill Lister - RC Cola and Moon Pie - VA: Country Boy's Dream (Bear)
Dolly Parton - Daddy's Moonshine Still - VA: Dolly (Sony)
Johnny Paycheck - Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill - VA: Rebels and Outlaws (Capitol)

Playlist - January 10, 2010

The Twang:
Fly-Rite Boys - Straight-8 Boogie - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
Electric Rag Band - Goin' Down - If You Got Some (ERB)*
Devil in a Woodpile - I Shall Not Be Moved - Division Street (Bloodshot)
White Ghost Shivers - Who Walks In - Hokum If You Got 'Em - (self)
The Goat Family - Sugar Coated Nightmare - All We Need (self)*
Asylum Street Spankers - Insane Asylum - My Favorite Record (Bloodshot)
James Intveld - Walk with Me - Have Faityh (Molenaart)
The Western Aces - Ice Cold Water - Introducing the Western Aces... (El Toro)*
Ray Condo - It Don't Matter to Me - Hillbilly Holiday (Fury)
Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones - VA: Loud, Fast and Out of Control (Rhino)
Gene Vincent - Jumps, Gigles and Shouts - VA: Loud, Fast and Out of Control (Rhino)
Larry & Lorrie Collins - Mercy - VA: Loud, Fast and Out of Control (Rhino)
Starline Rhythm Boys - Masquerade for Heartache - Masquerade for Heartache (Cow Island)*
Corb Lund - Steer Rider's Blues - Losin' Lately Gambler (New West)*
Those Darlins - Hung Up on Me - Those Darlins (Terorbird)
Rosie Flores - Get Rhythm - Girl of the Century (Bloodshot)*
John Doe & the Sadies - Stop the World and Let Me Off - Country Club (Yep Roc)
Roger Miller - King of the Road - The Best of Roger Miller (Curb)
Roger Miller - Husbands and Wives - The Best of Roger Miller (Curb)
Lee Hazlewood -
Roy Orbinson - I'm Hurtin' - The Essential Roy Orbinson (Legacy)
Hank Penny - That Mink on Her Back - Crazy Rhythm (Bloodshot Revival)
Hank Penny - Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, Tell 'Em Nothin' - Crazy Rhythm (Bloodshot Revival)
Tennessee Ernie Ford w/Helen O'Connell - Hey Good Lookin' - The Ultimate Tennessee Ernie Ford (Razor & Tie)
Tennessee Ernie Ford w/Kay Starr - Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own - The Ultimate Tennessee Ernie Ford (Razor & Tie)
Hank Thompson - New Deal of Love - Hank World (Bloodshot Revival)
Adolph Hofner - Dirty Dog - South Texas Swing (Arhoolie)
Adolph Hofner - We Played a Game - South Texas Swing (Arhoolie)
Dexateens - Downtown - Hardwire Healing (Skybucket Records)
The Jayhawks - Settled Down Like Rain - Music From the North Country
Old Bull - Miracles - Manifesto (Norsebrow Music)
Old Crow Medicine Show - New Virginia Creeper - Big Iron World (Netterk)
Booka and the Flaming Geckos - Baghdad Texas - Baghdad Texas (Loudhouse)*
Jon Rauhouse w/Neko Case - East of the Sun - Steel Guitar Heart Attack (Bloodshot)
The Meat Purveyors - Little White Pills - More Songs About Buildings (Bloodshot)
The Meat Purveyors - Amanda Ruth - Pain By Numbers (Bloodshot)
Rank and File - Amanda Ruth - Rank and File (Slash)

Playlist - January 3, 2010

The Twang:
Wildfire Willie - My Baby's Got the Paranoia - Gettin' My Kicks (Lenox)
Omar Romero - Hog Wild - Hog Wild (Wild)
Omar Romero - Step Back Baby - Hog Wild (Wild)
Johnny Burnette Trio - Rockabilly Boogie - Rockin' Bones (Rhino)
Ronnie Self - You're So Right - VA: Ain't I'm a Dog (Capitol)
Luis & the Wildfires - Wild in the Head - Brain Jail (Wild)
Santos - Mess About You - VA: Young Breed (Wild)
Boz Boorer - Lettin' You Off - My Wild Life (Raucous)
Hoyt Johnson - Little Boy Blue - VA: That'll Flat Git It v. 1 (Bear)
Miss Mary Ann - Tell Me Who - Rock It On Down to My House (Sonic)
Wayne Hancock - Big City Good Time Gal - Thunderstorms and Neon Signs (Dejadisc)
Fly-Rite Boys - Mary's Mood - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
Ray Condo - Sweet Love on My Mind - Hillbilly Holiday (Fury)
Carl & the Rhythm All Stars - Really Movin' (Wild)
Eddie Cochran - Something Else - VA: Savage Streets (Rhino)
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama - VA: Savage Streets (Rhino)
Bob Luman - Whenever You're Ready - VA: Bob Rocks (Bear)
Jim Flaherty's Caravan - Real Gone Daddy - VA: Rockin' Bones (Rhino)
Dave Rawlings Machine - It's Too Easy - A Friend of a Friend (Acony)
Starline Rhythm Boys - Jive after Five - Masquerade For Heartache (Cow Island)*
Ethyl & the Regulars - Don't Tell Me Your Troubles - Fill 'Er Up (Sweet Crude)*
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys - I'm a Long Gone Daddy - The Hank ep (Cow Island)*
Lefty Frizzell - Shine Shave Shower - It's Saturday - Look What Thoughts Will Do (Columbia)
Rosie Flores - Halfway Home - Girl of the Century (Bloodshot)*
Joe Turner - Flip Flop & Fly - VA: Teen-Age Vice (Rhino)
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't! - VA: Teen-Age Mafia (Rhino)
Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 - VA: Teen-Age Mafia (Rhino)
Cave Catt Sammy - Hot Rod V-8 - Fast Cars and Smokey Bars (Big Bellied)
The Lonesome Drifter - Eager Boy - VA: Shreveport High Steppers (Ace)
Clint Miller - Bertha Lou - VA: Red Hot Rockabilly (Time/Life)
Reverend Horton Heat - Drinkin' and Smokin' Cigarettes - Laughin' and Cryin' (YepRoc)*
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Hog Tied Over You - Capitol Collector Series (Capitol)
Buddy Bain, Kay Wayne w/ the Hayrider - Can We Live It Down? - VA: Meteor Rockabilly & Hillbilly Recordings (Ace)
Those Darlins - Snaggle Toothed Mama - Those Darlins (
Rusty & Doug Kershaw - Diggy Diggy Lo - VA: Louisianna Saturday Night (Ace)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy - VA: Teen-Age Mafia (Rhino)
Hasil Adkins - Chicken Walk - VA: Rockin' Bones (Rhino)

The Holidays

What's the best thing about the holidays? Well, for me, it's seeing friends I might only see once a year and catching up. It's also having some time off to CRAFT, which is my other passion outside of music.

If you like crafting, visit Alpha Stamps, probably the most creative site I have found for all things crafty. They have collage sheets and stamps that are truly out of the norm.

Also, they are doing some FABULOUS give aways during the holidays, so visit early and often. You'll be glad you did!