My Good Ole Country

Send a text I'M SURE A LOT OF OUR LISTENERS HAVE FAVORITE FRIENDS OR MAYBE AT LEAST ONE FAVORITE. WELL, HERE'S A BUNCH OF MINE THAT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, OUR LIVES BECAME ENTWINED AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. FEELING MIGHTY BLESSED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MUSIC OF SOME  OF THESE SPECIAL FRIENDS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE PASSED AWAY AND I TRULY MISS THEM ALL.  MEL TILLIS, LEROY VAN DYKE, RED SOVINE, F...

Send a text I smile just thinkin about what fun it was putting it together. Roger Miller , Johnny Cash, Loretta and Conway , Shep Wooley and even Patsy Cline will make ya laugh. A couple of great surprise songs too. Even the Gospel song is a real hoot. Enjoy my friends and be sure to share. Support the show

Send a text What a joy its been putting this show together and I'm thinking its mainly because I actually got to share a stage with almost every one of them. The songs are all story songs that became monster hits over the years.  So my friends, sit back, relax and enjoy JEANNIE C. RILEY, SONNY JAMES, MAC WISEMAN, DALLAS HARMS, JOHNY CASH, TOM T.HALL, RED SOVINE , KENNY ROGERS and more , along...

Send a text For those of you who have managed to secure a position in my age bracket, I'm thinking you'll get some real enjoyment as we flash back trough the years. Who better to kick it off than Roy Clark and "Yesterday". Bill Carlisle is Too Old To Cut The Mustard and Skeeter Davis gives such a poignant rendition of The End Of The World. Ray Price wishes he was 18 again and J...

Send a text When you have listened to country music over the years I think you will find references to a lot of cities that you're not familiar with. And then,,,, here comes a song that everyone relates to. So my friends how about hearing Marty Robbins sing about El PASO,  Bobby  Bare sings about DETROIT CITY. Johnny Cash sings about the girl in SASKATOON. Hey,,, double hit for us Canadians w...

Send a text T he best way to describe  getting old is to think of it as a gift.  And so my friends today's show is a real gift of some of the greats in our country music world.  Kenny Rogers opens things up with a song that really sets the tone called "IN OUR OLD AGE". Then you hear Bill  Carlysle asking "WHAT KINDA DEAL IS THIS.?". Grandpa Jones sings about being his own...

Send a text By popular demand here's BLUEGRASS  at its finest.  Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs,  Jim and Jessie, as well as the great  Stoneman family.  The angelic voice of Allison Krause  and the different versions of  Muleskinner Blues like you've never heard all on the same show. Dolly Parton's version as well as Merle Haggard. Some  incredible...

Send a text WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD COWBOY COPAS SINGIN "ALABAM", OR JIMMY ROGERS THE SINGIN BRAKEMAN, OR SLIM WHITMAN ? WELL MY FRIENDS THEY'RE ALL HERE ALONG WITH WEBB PIERCE, RED FOLEY, TEX WILLIAMS AND THE SELF STYLED "KING OF WESTERN SWING " SPADE COOLEY AS WELL AS SOME REAL SURPRISE GUESTS. TALK ABOUT A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR THOSE OF YOU IN MY AGE BRACKE...

Send a text WAYLON AND WILLIE,  RAY PRICE BRENDA LEE GLEN CAMPBELL MADOX BROTHERS AND ROSE SLIM WHITMAN DEL REEVES ELVIS FARON YOUNG MARTY ROBBINS MELBA MONTGOMERY YEP THEY'RE ALL HERE WITH ME FOR YOU. LOTSA STORIES TO TIE US ALL TOGETHER.  HOPE YOU'LL SHARE WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE. LIFE IS GOOD. Support the show

Send a text YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GET IN THE MOOD WHEN YOU HEAR RAMBLIN MAN WITH WAYLON  BUT HOW ABOUT LEFTY FRIZZEL AND HANK SNOW. LORETTA LYNN AND DEL REEVES  ARE HERE WITH TRAVELLING BUT TEX RITTER AND PATSY CLINE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE AWESOM.E . AN INTERVIEW FROM NOVA SCOTIA WITH WOUNDED WARRIOR CLARENCE GREAR WHO HAS ESTABLISHED LURES FOR VETS SINCE ATTENDING WOUNDED WARRIORS WEEKEN...

Send a text TALK ABOUT TRADITIONAL COUNRY, WELL,,,, HERE IT IS MY FRIENDS.  ERNEST TUBB, RAY PRICE THEN AND RAY PRICE NOW.  HOW ABOUT GEORGE JONES  AND OF COURSE HANK WILLIAMS, STONEWALL JACKSON AND PORTER WAGONER. EVEN EARLY MARTY ROBBINS AND  WILF CARTER. AN IN DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WOUNDED WARRIOR, OUR FRIEND AND BROTHER, THE "BURNT COMMEDIAN" BOBBY HENLINE. I BE...

Send a text EVERYTHING I'M PLAYING TOOK PLACE IN THE SIXTIES.  DEL REEVES, MERLE HAGGARD, JOHNNY CASH, BUCK OWENS, LORETTA LYNN, FERLIN HUSKY, JEAN SHEPARD, LEROY VAN DYKE AND LOTSA STORIES ABOUT WHAT WENT ON BACK THEN. Support the show

Send a text A REAL TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE MY FRIENDS. SOME OF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM FROM BACK THEN AND OTHERS WILL THINK "HOLY COW I NEVER KNEW". ALL OF THESE ARTISTS WENT ON TO SUPERSTARDOM TO SAY THE LEAST,,,,,,, AND THEY ALL STATED IN THE 50'S. LISTEN TO EARLY JOHNNY CASH, RAY PRICE, MARTY ROBBINS, ELVIS, RED FOLEY AND ERNEST TUBB.HOW ABOUT WEBB PIERCE , HANK THOMPSON AND KITTY...

Send a text WHODA THOUGHT BUCK OWENS AND GEORGE JONES WOULD CREATE A DUET ABOUT LOVE. WELL,,,, THEY DID AND ITS HERE. HOW DID PATSY CLINE GET TO FALL TO PIECES AND THE OUTLAW LADY SAMMI SMITH MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. I'M SHARING THE SONGS AND STORIES THAT I KNOW ABOUT THEM. RAY PRICE, ELVIS, BOBBY WRIGHT, JIM ED BROWN , DOLLY, HANK WILLIAMS, EDDY ARNOLD, RANDY TRAVIS, BELLAMY BROTHERS, AND...

Send a text I'M THINKING AND HOPING THAT A LOT OF YOU LISTENERS IN MY AGE BRACKET WILL ENJOY TODAYS TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE SO TO SPEAK. RAY PRICE SINGS ABOUT WISHING HE WAS 18 AGAIN , AND GEORGE JONES SINGS ABOUT WHY "HE STOPPED LOVIN HER TODAY" . LOTS OF STORIES ABOUT THE PAST AND EVEN HOW "MY GOOD OLE COUNTRY " STARTED. I GET CARRIED AWAY TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT THE AGING P...

Send a text IF YOU'RE A DYED IN THE WOOL COUNTRY FAN YOU WILL OF COURSE RECOGNIZE THE NAME JIMMY ROGERS AND YOU'LL THINK OF THE"SINGING BRAKEMAN". TRUE ENOUGH . HOWEVER WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER JIMMY ROGERS THAT WE GREW UP WITH. WELL,,,,,, HE WAS POP MUSIC BUT HE WAS COUNTRY TOO. YOU'LL FIND OUT A LOT OF WHAT HE DID. SOME SONGS HE WROTE AND HIS OWN PERSONAL TRAGEDY, AND WHAT A...

Send a text HOW DID MARTY ROBBINS CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY WHEN HE RECORDED AND RELEASED ONE PARTICULAR SONG?  AND WHAT ABOUT FREDDIE FENDER AND FREDDIE HEART. WHAT DID THEY DO?  CHARLIE PRIDE, HANK WILLIAMS  AND RAY PRICE. THEY'RE ALL ON TODAYS SHOW. HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT I SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THEM ANHD HOW THEY INFLUENCED COUNTRY MUSIC. BE SURE AND LEAVE A  COMMENT. I TRULY APPRECIATE HEA...

Send a text CHARLIE WALKER,  RAY PRICE,  PATSY CLINE, BARBARA MANDREL, BURL IVES, KITTY WELLS, JIM REEVES, JAN HOWARD, BUCK OWENS, JOHN CONLEE, BOBBY BARE, CHARLIE RICH, AND WAYLON JENNINGS  ALL OWE A MAJOR PART OF THEIR STARDOM  TO ONE MAN . THEY ARE ALL HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF ONE INCREDIBLE SONGWRITER . THE GUY THAT WROTE THE HITS. HOPE YOU ENJOY TODAY'S SHOW AS MUCH AS I DID TELLIN YOU ABOU...

Send a text Talk about your flashbacks. Faron Young did it first and then Roy Drusky, Hank Williams then Frank Ifield. Great songs by great writers get recorded by great artist many times over. Then their are those who take a great country song and because of their own unique vocal qualities, the song reaches a whole new strata of music. Check out Slim Whitman and how he influenced me. Gosh, I eve...

Send a text This show is kinda like a walk down my memory lane. Right from Roy Accuff to Dolly Parton Jim Ed brown and the Browns and so many artists  that it was my pleasure to share a stage with. Flash back to Johny Western and early Don Williams . Add in Loretta and hank Snow and I'm thinkin you might enjoy what you're hearing and remembering about times back when these songs were hit...

Send a text A LOT OF TONGUE IN CHEEK  WENT IN TO THE CREATION OF A LOT OF THE SONGS IN THIS WEEKS SHOW.  A FEW LAUGHS TOO WJEN YOU LISTEN TO THE WORDS AND THE ARTISTS WHO RECORDED THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR JOHNNY CASH HAD AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT A SERIOUS SIDE THERE WAS TO THE LOVABLE MAC DAVIS.  HEY,,,,,,, WHAT WE THINK HAS A LOT TO DO WITH TODAYS...

Send a text Even with all the snow blizzards, all the Covid challenges and the crazy politics going on I personally choose to believe there's better days ahead . So, thanks to Ray Stevens, John Denver, Merle Haggard , Sonny James and many more I think we've got a pretty positive outlook for days ahead. Why even Roy and Dale have joined in. Hope you enjoy and get a lift out of todays show...

Send a text During my recovery period I had lots of time to think of everything I could think about country music, its stars and what who was singing about. And then,,,,,,, SHAZAM,,,,, it hit me. So many of our songs are about particular locations where the actual song took place.  And so my friends, take a listen to Bobby Bare to start out with. I couldn't actually put all the songs Bobby di...

Send a text So many times I've found myself wondering how different artists get involved in projects together and in this show I've managed to string together a common denominator for a few. So my friends, Ive started out with the question what do Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lyn, Randy travis and Nat Stuckey have in common. And thats just for starters. Tune in and you'll find the answer to...

Send a text IN TODAYS CHALLENGING TIMES ITS MY BELIEF THAT RIGHT NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT KEY TO OUR NATIONS RECOVERY IS THE TRUCK DRIVER. THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FACED THE COVID CRISIS BY CONTINUALLY DELIVERING MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND NOW ITS BECOMING MOST IMPORTANT THAT OUR FOOD SUPPLY LINES STAY OPEN ,,,,,, DESPITE GOV'T SCREW UPS. SO,,,, HERE'S TO OUR UNSUNG HEROES. ENJOY...