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December, 2008 The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter is sent to over 600 email subscribers periodically and is growing every day. These are DJs, artists, and fans whose interests are Western Swing, Cowboy Poetry, Cowboy Heritage and Texas Honky Tonk music genres. We solicit your comments, suggestions and ways we may better serve you. If you do not want to receive this newsletter and want to be removed from our mailing list, reply to this email by entering “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject box of the email.
Joe Baker’s Backforty Bunkhouse Show is broadcast on 100,000 watt KNMB, 96.7FM “New Mexico’s Bear” & 100,000 watt KWMW, 105.1FM, “Regional Radio W-105” every Saturday morning 6 am to 10 am In Ruidoso, New Mexico covering New Mexico & West Texas. Member: Western Music Broadcasters Association (WMBA). Also available ’streaming live’ 24 / 7 on the internet at W-105.
Published By Joe Baker
Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year.
Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music
Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame
Editor: Howard Higgins Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame
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Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Swing Albums
1. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol. #5 2. Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol. #1 3. Rebecca Linda Smith - American Heroes 4. Johnny Lyon - Wynn Stewart Favorites Vol. 1 5. Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses 6. Hank Stone - San Antone 7. Jody Nix - The Fiddle Man 8. Jerry Webb - Red Lips And Honky Tonks 9. Retta Christie w/Evens & Frishberg 10. Backforty Roundup Vol. #34 11. Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican 12. Johnny Johnson - One Last Time 13. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time, Vol. #4 14. Johnny Lyon - Winds Of Change 15. Kelly Spinks - Thank God For Cowboys
Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Music/Cowboy Poetry Albums
1. Joe Green - Texas Original Live 2. Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away 3. Cliff Douglas - Truckin’ Country 4. Donnie Blanz - From The Wagon To The Wire 5. Yvonne Hollenbeck - Pieces Of The Past 6. Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails 7. Gil Prather - Last Of The Border Cowboys 8. K.R. Wood - Live In The Alamo 9. Mike Dunn - Somewhere Between Earth & Heaven 10. Bar D Roundup, Vol. #3, Various Poets 11. Joe Fisher - Holding On Tight 12. Forever West - Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave 13. Allan Chapman - Sixth Generation 14. Jim Jones - Different State Of Mind 15. Sons Of The San Joaquin - WJW. Western Jubilee
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Artist Bobby Flores — Album Eleven Roses Yellow Rose Records - 2008
Executive Producer Al Michalczak Producer Bobby Flores — www.bobbyflores.com
By Joe Baker
He just keeps on shelling 'em out, Yes I'm talking about Bobby Flores. His most recent project from the Darrell McCall archives Eleven Roses shows all the folks exactly what Flores is all about. Just take a look at who’s here, Jim Loessberg, J a k e H o o k e r , T o m m y Detamore, Richard Hunter, Randy Reinhard, R.J. Smith,
Leighan Cortes, John Stuart, Catie Offerman, Dicky Overby and special guest, fiddler Hank Singer on “Sweet Nellie”. As Flores arranged all the strings you can hear his work in every song. My Favorite is the old Charlie Louvin tune that was a big hit for my friend Carl Smith, Are You Teasing Me. Another good friend, Darrell McCall And his big country hit Eleven Roses, the title cut on this album is simply awesome. This CD is sure to be in your music library and you can buy it and all other Bobby Flores CD’s at www.bobbyflores.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com
Lincoln County Cowboy Ball Huge Success
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Posse and Backforty Bunkhouse Productions has witnessed, yet another successful Cowboy Ball. Alto Lakes Golf and Country Club was the host to the sell out crowd for multi-award winning Jody Nix and His Texas Cowboys. This annual fundraising event for the Sheriff's Posse's has been a Lincoln County tradition for the past four years. The highlight of the evening was the Pledge Of Allegiance with Paavo Karttunen, 86 years old. During WWII he was a Finnish Merchant Marine stationed in the port of Baltimore. He traveled to Carlsbad to see his aunt. From he traveled to El Paso and enlisted in the 41st Infantry’s Sunset Division, and shipped out to fight the Japanese for 3 years. In August, 1945, Karttunen led the first military convoy into the Hiroshima blast area where he took the very first photos of the devastation. Karttunen was presented the 4th Annual Cowboy Ball Honorary Guest certificate by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse. Mark your calendars now for the 5th Annual Cowboy Ball, December 12, 2009. A Lincoln County Tradition.
Graham Lees Top 10 Songs and Albums HWD Radio — United Kingdom
Top 10 CDs 1. Cornel Hurd - American Shadows 2. Bill Hearn - From Santa Fe To Los Cruces 3. Mary Allen-Keating - Put A Little Texas In Your Swing 4. Earl Gleason - The Drovers 5. Patty Parker - Southwestern Serenade 6. Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave - Forever West 7. Various Artists - The Silver Screen Cowboy
8. TJ Casey - From Whence They Came 9. Bobby Lueders - Still Swinging In Texas 10. Hank Cramer - Open Range
Top 10 Songs 1. David Ball - Texas Echo 2. Mary Allen-Keating - You Belong To Me 3. Marvin O’Dell - Under Montana Skies 4. Earl Gleason - The Railroad Corral 5. Donnie Blanz - Taking Pictures With My Heart 6. Lacy J Dalton - Old Dog Blue 7. Lynn Davis - Are You Gone For Good 8. Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave - Only A River 9. Marvin O’Dell - Ol’ Gabby Hayes 10. Lynn Davis - Are You Gone For Good
All Things Country Top Ten CDs Rowena Muldavin
1. Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican 2. Miss Leslie - Between The Whiskey & The Wine 3. Starline Rhythm Boys - Live At Charlie O's 4. Leona Williams - New Patches 5. Jake Hooker - Faded Lights 6. A Salute To The Heroes Of Western Swing - Rod Moag 7. Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights
8. John England & The Western Swingers - Open That Gate 9. Bill Green - Dang Those Texas Honky Tonks 10. Amber Digby - Passion, Pride And What Might Have Been
*Cornell Hurd just keeps 'em coming! His latest release, American Shadows - Songs Of Moon Mullican, has proven once again his vast knowledge and respect for the heart and soul of true Country music.
All Things Country email address [email protected]
The Big Fred Walker Show WOES 91.3 FM Mid-Michigan
“THE BIG FRED WALKER SHOW” Internet Radio www.oe.k12.mi.us Wed. 4:00 to 6:00 PM and Sat. 9:00 to 11:00/PM EST. The Gospel Show is on Sunday 9:00 AM & 9:00 PM EST. For airplay send music to: The Big Fred Walker Show WOES, 2101 Cook Road, Owosso, MI 48867-8927
Top Ten Songs: 1. Leon Seiter – Where True Love Waits For Me 2. Bobby Flores – Danny Boy 3. Jane Morton – Ranch Christmas 4. Joe Green – Talk Turkey 5. Ann Brown – Slow Country Dancing 6. Stephanie Davie – There’s No Place Like Home For the Holidays 7. Bill Green – Under A Neon Halo 8. Jerry Webb – Christmas Time On The County Line 9. Lonnie Burkhart – A Heart Patched Up With Lies 10. Jean Prescott – Each Night At Nine
Top Ten CDs: 1. Leon Seiter – In The Shadows Of A Honk Tonk 2. Jane Morton – Turning To Face The Wind 3. Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses 4. Lonnie Burkhart – Back Down A Country Road 5. Joe Green – Back To The Good Old Day’s 6. Curly Musgrave, Belinda Gail, Kip Calahan & R.W. Hampton - Our First Noel 7. Stephanie Davis – Home For The Holidays 8. Jean Prescott – Embers Of Time 9. Bobby Lueders Band – Still Swinging In Texas 10. Joe Fisher – Holdin’ On Tight
Top Ten Gospel Songs 1. Glenn Canyon – My Jesus Loves You 2. T. Jae Christian – I Don’t Care Where You Dig That Hole 3. Justin Trevino – Heart That Will Never Break 4. Belinda Gail – Detour 5. Ann Brown – The Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross 6. Hank Stone – Clinging To A Saving Hand 7. The Calvarymen Quartet – After A While 8. Curly Musgrave – Thanks ‘Ol Cowboy Prayer 9. The Flying W Wranglers – Comin Home To Jesus 10. Cowboy Joe and The Babcocks – Brand Of The Cross
Mike’s Top 10 Picks
Songs: 1. Old Town - John England & Western Swingers 2. Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn Robinson 3. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen- Keating 4. I’ll Take the Blame - Price Porter 5. Brownsville - John England & Western Swingers 6. Let’s Make Music in the Country - Mary Allen- Keating 7. No Way, No How - Red Steagall & Larry Gatlin 8. Texas to a T - Carolyn Martin 9. Are You Teasing Me - Bobby Flores 10. My Last Word to You - Chuck Cusimano
Albums
1. Open That Gate - John England & Western Swingers 2. Something Old, Nothing New - Dennis Ivey 3. Bluebonnet Lane - River Road Boys 4. Last Call for Heartaches - Price Porter 5. In My Spare Time- Volume 5- Brady Bowen 6. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating 7. This is Tommy Duncan - Billy Mata & Texas Tradition 8. Scratchin’ the Surface - Ray Harrison 9. The Songs of Moon Mullican- Cornell Hurd Band 10. Still Swinging in Texas - Bobby Lueders Band
Mike Gross — www.swinginwest.com
Mike Gross WVOF-FM
Fairfield, CT Swingin’ West
Skeebo Norris’ KBAL Top Playlist. San Saba, TX
KBAL has purchased additional bandwidth to accommodate an unlimited listener base for our internet stream, everyone is welcome to tune in 365/24/7...Thanks "The Skeebo Show" 9A-12P M-F KBAL, Texas Thunder 106.1 FM NEW WESITE FOR STREAMING www.kbalfm.com / NEW E-MAIL FOR REQUESTS [email protected]
Favorites • Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses • Amber Digby - Passion, Pride, & What Might Have Been • Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away • Darrell McCall - The Essential • Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan • Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time, Vol 5 • Justin Trevino - Too Many Heartaches • Red Stegall - Here We Go Again • Carolyn Martin - Swing
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www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com is the go to website for hard to find Western Swing and Texas Honky Tonk Music. Cowboy Music and Cowboy Poetry can also be found on the CD CHORALE page. You just might find something You’ve been looking for. Just remember BackfortyBunkhouse.com
BlueHighways TV Offers Texas Music Program
Hendersonville, TN - BlueHighways TV (BHTV), a cable, satellite and Internet network focusing on roots music, back roads travel and Americana culture, will begin airing the weekly series Texas County Line Tuesday, December 16th. A half hour musical journey of the Lone Star state, the show is hosted by native Texas actor Brad Maule, familiar to
television viewers as Dr. Tony Jones on “General Hospital” and Ashlee Simpson’s father on “7th Heaven”.
“Texans enjoy their traditional country and western swing music, and our state is rich with musicians and songwriters,” says show host Brad Maule. “With Texas County Line I take my BHTV viewers on the ultimate insiders tour of Texas honky-tonks, and festivals, spiced with the famous characters, stories and vintage performance footage of our musical history.” The series is produced by David Stallings of Texas County Line Productions, based in Nacogdoches, Texas.
The BHTV premiere of Texas County Line on Tuesday, Dec. 16th at 8:30 pm ET, features Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy Winner, Ray Price’s 82nd Birthday Concert in Tyler, a visit to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, a vintage video clip of a dapper Willie Nelson singing “Crazy”, the song he wrote for Patsy Cline, a video from Crystal Sands, a newcomer who keeps her sound traditional to country roots, and a visit to Harlon’s Barbeque in Nacogdoches, where singer Glenn Lenderman offers up roadhouse country music for patrons and dancers.
Future offerings in the BHTV Texas County Line series will include: Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, Gene Watson, Eddy Raven, Johnny Rodriquez, Billy Joe Shaver, Darrell McCall, Tony Booth, Moe Bandy, Heather Myles, Amber Digby, Justin Trevino, Frankie Miller, Leona Williams, Ron Williams, The Browns, Leroy VanDyke, Hank Thompson, Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke, Freddie Hart, Jimmy Dean, Charlie Walker, Merle Kilgore, Cindy Walker, Leon Rausch, Kitty Wells, as well as clips from the 1960s Ernest Tubb TV Shows with Jack Greene, Cal Smith, Willie Nelson, Leon Rhodes and others. A fresh episode of the series will be offered each Tuesday, with repeats of the program throughout the week. Check www.bluehighwaystv.com for the full schedule of days and times and carriage systems. To learn more about “Texas County Line”, please visit www.TexasCountyLine.tv .
LEESWING88 TOP TWELVE CDs
Kountry Korral Magazine—Bennerstigen, Sala, Sweden
TOP TWELVE CDs 1 - Bobby Lueders Band - Still Swinging In Texas 2 - Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away 3 - Cliff Douglas - Truckin´ Country 4 - Gaylynn Robinson - Love & Heartache 5 - Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys - Live at Cain´s Ballroom 6 - Joel Hofmann Band - One More Day 7 - Kelli Grant - Swings & Sings
8 - Lionel Wendling - Western Swing 9 - Mike Blakely - The Rarest of the Breed 10 - Miller Brothers Band - Miller Brothers Band 11 - Time Jumpers - Jumping Time 12 - Tom Morrell & Bobby Koefer - No Peddlers Allowed
TOP TWELVE SONGS 1 - All Night Long - Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys 2 - Boot Heel Drag - Lionel Wendling 3 - Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn Robinson 4 - Keeper of the Flame - Gaylynn Robinson 5 - Last Wild White Buffalo - Mike Blakely 6 - Let the Red Barn Burn - Cliff Douglas 7 - Shadows on the Trail - Tumbling Tumbleweeds 8 - Spanish Eyes - Bobby Lueders Band 9 - Swing Me Back to Texas - Kelli Grant 10 - Waddie Get Your Boots On - Joyce Woodson 11 - Wind, Blow My Blues Away - Chuck Cusimano 12 - Yodel Sweet Molly - Jody Coder
That's it for this time, hope all is well. The weather here is snowstorm one day, rain the other, not too fun really. Keep swingin´, Lillies
Lillies Ohlsson—[email protected]
Enola Gay Mathews KSST Radio, Sulphur Springs, TX
A western Howdy and a Merry Christmas to all! I'm looking forward to a much-needed vacation over the coming holidays...a time to rest and reflect, to re-collect one's thoughts and re-define one's direction...and gather momentum to meet the joys waiting in the New Year. Part of that down time will be spent doing something I really love to do...giving ear to the craft that you Western musicians are sending us DJ's. What a joy to receive a packet from the radio station's
mailbag, and get to meet a brand new artist, or to hear new song from an old friend! And isn't music one of the "reasons for the sea-son"...that joy we find in the "art of sound" that humans were uniquely minted with?
Christmas being a time for family, I'd like to tell you about mine. My son is career US Army, and will deploy for a second tour to Iraq on January 3, 2009. Please pray for our troops. After his send-off from Ft. Hood, and as a late Christmas present, I'll be enjoying a gift of travel...a cruise to the Caribbean with my Farmersville, New Mexico daughter! The other three daughters are all Texas-based now, near Ft. Worth and Austin. And I have been blessed with 8 grandkids (so far!)
Come February, I'll have a lot to report, including our Cowboy Chili Contest fundraiser next month for the National Day of the American Cowboy. May your days be merry and bright, and blessed. And may 2009 be your banner year!
Artist: Johnny Johnson — Album: One Last Time- 2008 Producer: Sally Johnson
Recorded at Robin Hood Studio — Tyler, Texas by Joe Baker
Johnny Johnson and his family hail from Perrin, Texas, just north of Mineral Wells and West of Fort Worth. Johnny grew up in the farming and ranching industry and for many years, has been entertaining folks at dances across the country. With four albums under his belt, this one really hits high on the mark as there are sixteen tracks including 3 penned by Johnny. I have known about these three tunes since last year and am really pleased
that Johnny finally recorded them after keeping them under his hat for twenty seven years. There’s some western swing, classic country and some of the best Texas honky tonk music you’ll find today by Johnny Johnson and his Memory Makers band. Folks Like Teddy Driskell, Ray Austin, Wayne Campsey, Lynn Groom, James Glenn and the fiddle legend Bobby Boatright. Backup vocals by Kimberly Green and Robin Brians along with son Jessy Johnson with sound effects. Radio is going to love One Last Time and you can purchase this and other Johnny Johnson CD’s by going to www.johnnyjohnsonmusic.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com. Email Johnny at: [email protected]
Cowtown Society of Western Music Update By Joyce Miller
COWTOWN SOCIETY HOLDS BENEFIT FOR ALBERT TALLEY
Sunday afternoon, November 16th, was a special day, as Cowtown Society members and friends publicly showed their love and appreciation for Albert Talley (1999 Hall of Fame Inductee) and his wife, Debbie. Albert Talley is battling sugar diabetes with complications from an infection in his leg that has moved to the bone. His medical
bills have been outrageous. Cowtown Society decided to help this hero of western music by holding a fundraiser on his behalf at The Finish Line club in Ft. Worth.
Musicians and friends of Albert's came out in force to honor and support this "man of steel." Albert has played steel guitar all his life. He has played with some of the best entertainers in the business including Hank Thompson. Gary and I have known Albert for about 11 years now. He played with several bands at the club we owned for seven years, Big Balls of Cowtown, and always brought the house down with his expertise on the steel guitar. He has always been a good friend and an extraordinary musician.
Albert is President of the Texas Steel Guitar Association and a lot of his friends and fellow musicians came to his benefit that Sunday afternoon. There was some fabulous music played all afternoon as dancers glided around the hardwood floor. CSWM Board of Director, Jerry Tatum, and his wife, Darlene presided over the door and collected donations. Gary Beaver and I served up chili by the bowl and dessert to hungry attendees. Bob Bone, Brady Bowen and Durwood Strube kept the musicians lined up to play and the melodies flowing all day. Chuck Cusimano and Carl Vaughan enamored the audience with their songs. Leon and Vonnie Rausch came in about 3:30 or 4:00 PM. Leon took center stage for a few western swing numbers to the delight of the crowd. All in all, the whole afternoon was an impressive display of musical talent. Albert circulated through the crowd, mingling and jovially reminiscing with friends. Everyone there was glad to see him and Debbie. Hopefully, Albert didn't over do it. Debbie was a little apprehensive about his standing so long. But, like she said, "he's having a good time and enjoying the day."
Two live auctions, the food sales and donations from so many of Albert's fans, friends and family netted $7,400.00 for Albert and Debbie. Thanks to Sherry and Larry Stoody for helping keep track of the winning bids and collecting the money from the auctions. If you would like to donate to help Albert with his medical bills, it's not too late. You can send your check or money order made payable to Albert Talley, to CSWM, Attn: Joyce Miller, 3709 East Highway 67, Cleburne, TX 76031 or directly to Albert and Debbie at 2500 West Henderson, Cleburne, TX 76033.
Come join us in bringing in the New Year at the VFW in Jacksboro, Texas December 31st. Dance from 8 pm to Midnight to Brady Bowen and Swing Country including two time Grammy award winner Tommy Allsup, western swing music Hall Of Famer’s Larry Reed, Billy Doshier, Wayne Glasson, Neil Butler, Bobby Boatright, Durwood Strube and Bobby Koefer. Hosted by Joe Baker and be sure to bring an auction item or two as the Cowtown Society Of Western Music will be holding a fundraising auction to benefit the CSWM Museum. Black-eyed Peas and Cornbread provided by the VFW for a small charge. $20 per person at the door. For more info please call Joe Baker at (575) 808-4111 or email: [email protected] or call Brady Bowen at (940) 507-1454. Bring in 2009 with the best western swing band in North Central Texas
Joyce MillerCSWM Treasurer/Secretary
Don’t Forget To Listen To the Backforty Bunkhouse Show Every Saturday Morning from 6 AM to 10 AM (MST) On The Internet.
Just go to www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com and click on the “Listen Live to W-105” logo and it will take you directly to the show. You can also listen to commercial free previous shows from the opening page of the website.
Around the Campfire
1. Still Ridin' - Jim Jones 2. From the Wagon to the Wire - Donnie Blanz 3. Harmonicowboy - Gary Allegretto 4. The Emigrant Trail - Ray Doyle 5. Measure of a Man - Sons and Brothers 6. Ghost Riders, Searchers, and Cowpokes - Keeter Stuart 7. Follow the Trail - Carin Mari 8. Western Moon - Horse Crazy
9. Longing for the Range - Vince Crofts & Mindi Reid 10. The Silver Screen Cowboy Project - Various Artists
Marvin O'Dell—Around the Campfire
Album: The Fiddle Man Artist: Jody Nix
Jody Nix is back with another CD of 12 cuts that display without doubt his Western Swing pedigree. As I have said in reviews of his previous CDs he started playing drums as a pre-teen with his dad, Hoyle's, West Texas Cowboys band. He was one of Bob Wills' vocalists as a college sophomore for the classic For The Last Time album and then formed his own Texas Cowboys band upon his dad, Hoyle's passing. Here again is another really top class production from Jody.
Besides featuring Jody on vocals, fiddle and harmony vocals the album features the great Johnny Cox playing some of the most enjoyable steel guitar licks that you can only dream about. Jake Hooker is heard on bass and Robert Weeks is also featured on fiddle. The very polished Rich O'Brien is heard on electric and acoustic guitars and Dixie Hankins rounds out the band on drums and also on harmony vocals.
The album opens with The Hal Blair/Don Robertson composed Hank Locklin early 60s pop/country crossover hit Please Help Me I'm Falling and then goes on to Bobby Goldsboro's With Pen in Hand from a few years later. Also from the country music world is a great Texas dance hall style arrangement of Bill Anderson's I've Enjoyed as Much of this as I Can Stand and from the George Jones hit parade is Leon Payne's Things Have Gone to Pieces. From the great Bob Wills is Artie Glenn's Sooner or Later and Harlan Howard's The Image of Me. Jody also borrows from Bob Wills' great vocalist, Tommy Duncan's Intro years, There's Not a Cow in Texas and from the pen and library of Red Steagall, The Fiddle Man. Also included are the late Slim Willet's Tool Pusher from Snyder and Splinter Middleton's Walking Tall. There are also two of Jody's own fine compositions, the super Texas dance hall sounding Sorry, Sad and Lonesome and a country I Entertain Myself with Memories. The album can be obtained off Jody's web site www.jodynix.com
Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT and www.swinginwest.com
New CDs At Backforty CD Chorale
Johnny Johnson - One Last Time Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan Volume 1 Flying J Wranglers - My Adobe Hacienda Marci Broyhill - Mending Fences Bobby Flores - Direct From Blanco County Joe Fisher - Holdin’ On Tight Ferlin Husky - Best of the Best Allen Karl - No Place Like Home Allen Karl - It’s My Favorite Time of the Year Allen Karl - Rolling River Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses Mona McCall - Memories Love A Melody Tony Booth - Is This All There Is To A Honky Tonk
Billy The Kid Sports Bar & Casino proudly presents Ginny Mac and Friends. Come dance in the New Year at Billy's Sports Bar, Ruidoso Downs Racetrack, December 31st. Dancing from 9 pm to 1 am. Prime Rib Buffet including table wine and a champagne toast at midnight. Cost is only $59.00 per person and includes a casino voucher with every paid ticket. The Prime Rib Buffet begins at 6 pm. For information and reservations call 575-378-4431
Ginny Mac
Buyer Beware; Seller, Too Julie Carter — Cowgirl Sass & Savvy
The holiday season, shopping frenzies, sales galore and all that goes with that. The crowds begin to swarm the retail outlets for the bargain of the century, but let me caution you about regular-looking cowboy types, wearing worn, tattered clothing, who are out to make a good deal.
Jess was an honest man, but he had been in the cattle business a long time. Long
enough to know that when you go trading, a man needed every advantage he could get. That accounted for his apparel when he left the ranch. Today's objective was to trade a saddle he didn't use for one that suited both him and his horse a little better. Both were big old boys. He also had in mind to look at a new horse trailer while he was in town.
The Western store, more than city block long, stocked everything from bling T-shirts to horse trailers. This prestigious place carried quality inventory and took pride in their customer service. Jess walked in and, as luck would have it, the owner was standing by the front counter. Not a rookie at wheeling and dealing, the owner, under usual circumstances, would have immediately recalled an intervening commitment when he saw Jess coming. However, this particular day, he was somewhat tethered to the spot by his own knee-high kid hanging to his leg. "Need to swap you a wonderful saddle that I just cannot use for one that wouldn't be anywhere near this good, but would fit me," Jess said as he put forth the saddle he'd carried in the door.
The storeowner got a gleam in his eye, thinking today might just be the day he could make a good deal with Jess. "Let's see this old saddle you got."
Jess allowed that it wasn't really an old saddle - it was one he had won, but he just hadn't used because it was a little small.
"Well, we can't really sell trophy saddles," said the storeowner, "nobody wants something they didn't win themselves." "Got that figured out," Jess said. "Took that burden off you. I would let your saddle man back there swap out the fenders on this new wonderful saddle for the fenders on one of your new saddles here in the store. Wouldn't cost you any boot or anything."
The light went on in the owner's head. This wasn't going to be any easy trade. His inventory in the store included top-shelf, expensive saddles. While he was figuring his next move, his kid pulled on his leg. "Daddy, I'm ready to go home." The trade banter went on awhile, and they were getting pretty close to the finish when Jess threw in the comment that he needed a bunch of things from the other side of the store.
This was where the hats, boots and high-dollar clothes, tack and trailer accessories were displayed. The owner looked Jess over, noted that his hat was showing some "experience," and his boots had duct tape holding them together. With that added information and the fact his kid now needed to go to the bathroom, he came down another hundred dollars on the trade.
They continued jawing a little longer and finally the storeowner set his heels. Jess then pulled out his ace. He was also planning to look at a new trailer that day. The owner caved and offered a figure that Jess already had determined.
Backforty Newsletter Welcomes Julie Carter
The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter would like to introduce our newest fulltime contributor, Julie Carter who hails from the Lincoln County seat of Carizozo, New Mexico. Julie has two books, Cowgirl Sass And Savvy and COWBOYS-You Gotta Love 'Em. The best way to get to know her and her work is to check out her website at: www.julie-carter.com Julie not only writes everything cowboy and western she is also a fulltime staff member of the Ruidoso News and I know everyone will enjoy her articles and stories. Thanks Julie, for joining the Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter Team.
Joe Baker Publisher
They shook hands and while they were walking up to the counter to write up it up, the owner asked him, "Now, what was it you needed from the other side of the store?"
"Two feed buckets and a pooper scooper," Jess replied.
"That's it?" blurted out the merchant. "I thought you were going to get a new hat, new boots and a trailer." Knowing he'd been had, the owner wobbled on off, suddenly needing to take his kid home. The girls behind the counter wrote up the ticket and Jess told them, "Now, don't you all forget me in case I lose this ticket. I'll be back in a little bit to pick up my saddle when they get the fenders swapped."
The girls laughingly assured him no one in the store would forget him. In the meantime, Jess went on down the road and bought a two-horse-slant aluminum trailer from the competition.
He still had on his trading apparel, but that's another story.
Visit Julie’s website at www.julie-carter.com and find her books (a collection of these kinds of stories) on sale there.
Andy & Jim Nelson’s C.O.W. Radio 4-Week Playlist Playing Catch UP
11/29/08, Thanksgiving • Lynn Anderson - May the Trail Rise Up to Greet You • R.W. Hampton - I Believe • Tennessee Ernie Ford - Battle Hymn of the Republic • Craig Chambers - The Place Where I Worship
• Doris Daley - Bless These Hands • New West - Cowboy Blessing 11/22/08, Tear Jerkers • Kyle Evans - Where the Sweetest Grasses Grow • Jill Jones and the Lonestar Chorale -The Double Diamond • Rex Allen & Don Edwards - There's Nobody Home on the Range Anymore • Curly Musgrave - The Men Who Ride No More • Yvonne Hollenbeck - The Auction Sale • Joe Merrick - The Voice 11/15/08, The Fetterman Massacre • Hot Club of Cowtown - Orange Blossom Special • Horse Crazy - Shenandoah • Jimmy Wakely - Along the Santa Fe Trail • Pete Laumbach - Granny Held Up the Train • Janice Gilbertson - The Ranch Horse • Saddle Strings - Somewhere in the Middle of Wyoming 11/8/08, 300th Show • Sons and Brothers - Broken White Line • Cowboy Celtic - Drover Road to Amulree • Jim Reeves -Mexicali Rose • Jean Prescott - The Boots Her Daddy Wore • D.W. Groethe - The Funeral • Duke Davis - Where Do the Cowboys Go 11/1/08, Cowboy Ethics • Randy Huston - Old Jim • Rod Erickson - Raised that Way • Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven • Journey West - Woman of the Wind • Geff Dawson - One More Chance • Bar J Wranglers - Silver Spurs
“Clear Out West” Radio Show PO Box 1547, Pinedale, WY 82941
Bill McCallie’s Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show
Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM Chattanooga, TN
This month's playlist looks like a who's who in Cowboy, Western Swing, Bluegrass and Fiddle music business. Asleep at the Wheel and Chattanooga Choo Choo is always a big request number and we try to work it in at least once a month due to our close proximity to Chattanooga Tennessee. Barbara Lamb, who did some fiddling with Asleep at the Wheel at
some time in her career does a great tune called Bootsie Met a Bank Robber, and one called Barefoot Nelly. The late Benny Martin does his signature song called Ice Cold Love. Our audience demands a little thumb and finger style Chet Atkins from time to time. Chet's Waltzing Matilda and Borsalino are big hits. Carolyn Martin , with the Time Jumpers Band doing the backup, do Exactly Like You and When You're Smiling are definitely on the A list. Carolyn, by the way, is starting a Wed. night gig at the Nashville Palace along with the Nashville Swingers. I'm pretty close and think I'll get by there to see them after the first of the year. Red Steagall's I Left the Best Part of Texas in Tennessee, along with Freckles Brown and Dawson LeGate were on the playlist this past month. Red was also spotlighted on his Faith and Values CD with Long Way From Here to Montana, The Cowboy Church and his poem The Real America were on our inspirational segment back in November. I got a nice CD from Chuck Cusimano this past month and played We Were Cowboys, What Kind of Horses, and No More Rivers with nice feedback from the folks. Earl Gleason's Rounded up in Glory made the inspirational portion of the show and Brady Bowen's Maiden's Prayer and The Desperados Lila Lou were also played this month. We'll have a smattering of Christmas from several different artist throughout the month of December and wind up the month with our Christmas Special on Dec 21st and our After Christmas Special on Dec 28th.
I do hope that you and your family have a great Christmas and your New Year brings a bright future for each of you. That's all the news and weather for now. You can always tune into The Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show on your computer at www.wsmc.org any Sunday evening at 6pm est. Those of you within 90 miles of Chattanooga Tennessee can get us at 90.5 fm with our 100000 watt broadcast. Remember we broadcast from beautiful Collegedale Tennessee....Where the Air Always Smells Like a Big Oatmeal Cookie.....Merry Christmas. Bill McCallie
You Can Contact Bill at: [email protected] Sundays at 6:00 pm—www.wsmc.org/webstream.html
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December 14th Playlist
• Tommy Garrett - Texas Our Texas • Cornell Hurd Band - I Can't Help Being Cool • Bobby Lueders’ Band - Old Fashioned Love • Junior Brown - Venom Wearing Denim
• Jamie Richards - Red River Turnaround • Jason Allen - Being Loved Like This • Smokey Wilson - Blazing Texas Sun ALBUM OF THE WEEK: * RED RIVER BLUE Luke Olson~Sustain Records WWW.LUKEOLSON.COM Luke Olson - Red River Blue Luke Olson - Uncertain Texas Luke Olson - Don't Look Back Now • Wesley Ialacy - Supposedly • David Ball - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down • Jake Hooker & The Outsiders - Undo The Right • Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams - Let"s Make Memories Tonight • Bob Cheevers - Downhome Backwoods Hillbilly Fool • Bob & Johnny Boatright - I wonder Where You Are Tonight • River Road Boys - Gone And Left Me Blues • Leighan Cortes - Kawliga • Leon Rausch - In The Misty Moonlight • Johnny Rodriguez - You Always Come Back To Hurting Me TRAILS IN TEXAS: Tropical Trail • Clint Black - The Gulf of Mexico • Thomas Michael Riley - Red-Neck Riviera • George Strait - Maria • Bob Wills & Texas Playboys - Looking Over My Shoulder • Stevie Dupree - Queen Bee
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December 2008 Christmas Gifts Ideas: Part 2
December 25 is coming, racing as fast as yearling heifers through an open gate. Relax! Take a deep breath. Do only what really needs to be done; let the rest go. For the harried homemakers amongst you, ask each family member what one Christmas goodie they want, and make only those. You’ll reduce money spent on ingredients, hours spent in the kitchen, calories tempting you at every turn, and stress.
If you have a few gifts yet to purchase, consider the following:
Evelyn Cameron: Pictures from a Worthy Life—a documentary film about the frontier photographer who left behind 35 years of diaries and thousands of images taken in eastern Montana at the turn of the 20th century. Born into a life of privilege in England, Cameron homesteaded on the eastern Montana prairie with her husband. An independent spirit, she started a photography business which contributed significantly to the couple’s meager ranch income. Produced by John Twiggs for KUFM/Montana PBS, UM Missoula—and airing on Public Television Stations nationwide—it is exceptional!
The documentary is available as either a DVD or VHS (be sure to specify) for $24.95. Order from The Evelyn Cameron Foundation, PO Box 497, Terry, MT 59349; (406) 635-4966; www.evelyncameron.com. Also available from the foundation is Photographing Montana, Donna M. Lucey’s book showcasing more than 150 of Cameron’s photos taken between 1890-1920. Send $44.95 for the softcover; $67.95 for the hardback.
Houlihan: the Cowboys of Montana and Wyoming—fourth in The Vaquero Series by filmmakers Susan Jensen & Paul Singer, detailing the history and regional differences among America’s cowboy cultures. Released in May 2008, and running 95 minutes, there’s scenery to please the eye and Western music for the ear. Previously released were #1 Tapadero (California vaquero), #2 The Remuda (Great Basin buckaroo), and #3 Holo Holo Paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy). A fifth title, released December 5, 2008, is #5 Los Primeros (first vaqueros; filmed in Spain, Mexico, and throughout the American West).
Individual DVD titles sell for $21.95 in the US (shipping included); $22.95 in Canada; $28.95 Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Order from J&S Productions, PO Box 91560, Santa Barbara, CA 93190; (805) 695-0164; www.tapadero.com. Purchase all five (Tapadero, Remuda, Paniolo, Houlihan, Los Primeros) for $90 US, $95 in Canada, and $105 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Or, find a store that sells the series: www.tapadero.com./html/locations.html.
Southwestern Souvenirs—a relaxing and nostalgic collection of guitar music by Rich O’Brien. Himself a member of the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame, the CD won the prestigious Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. You’ll find “Wheels,” “Blue Skirt Waltz,” and the theme to “Gunsmoke,” with lyrics sung by Don Edwards. See the full track listing and listen to three samples at www.westernjubilee.com/SouthwesternSouvenirs.htm.
Send $15 + shipping to Western Jubilee Recording Company, PO Box 9187, Colorado Springs, CO 80932; (800) 707-2353; www.westernjubilee.com. (NOTE: Free shipping on domestic orders over $50 placed via the website!)
Pieces of the Past—a CD by South Dakota ranchwife, Yvonne Hollenbeck, featuring songs by Jean Prescott. This 15-track collection is the 2008 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year as presented by the Western Music Association. Hollenbeck and Prescott each bring considerable talent to the project produced by Rich O’Brien. The down-home subjects range from “Grandma’s Homemade Apron” to “The Little Red Geranium.”
Send $18.50 to Yvonne Hollenbeck, 30549 291st Street, Clearfield, SD 57580; (605) 557-3559; www.YvonneHollenbeck.com. Listen to “Prairie Patchwork” from the CD at www.yvonnehollenbeck.com/books.html.
Mike’s Top Picks For 2008
Songs: 1. Texas to a T - Carolyn Martin 2. I Left the Best Part of Texas in Tennessee - Red Steagall 3. Let’s Make Music in the Country - Mary Allen- Keating 4. Here in Old Ft. Worth - Jerry Webb 5. Lost My Baby Blues - Reid Wells & Segovia 1862 6. Old Town - John England & Western Swingers 7. Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn Robinson 8. Your Love Fits Me - Lionel Wendling 9. Happy Daze - Chuck Cusimano
10. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating
Albums 1. Scratchin’ the Surface - Ray Harrison 2. Here We Go Again - Red Steagall & Friends 3. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating 4. Bluebonnet Lane - River Road Boys 5. Don’t Ever Take Our Picture Down - River Road Boys 6. Open That Gate - John England & Western Swingers 7. Swing - Carolyn Martin 8. Something Old, Nothing New - Dennis Ivey 9. Jumpin’ Time - Time Jumpers 10. The Enchanted Steel Guitar of Lionel Wendling - Western Swing
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The World According to Baxter Black: Quips, Quirks & Quotes—the annual Christmas release from everyone’s favorite veterinarian-turned-cowboy entertainer. Baxter describes the delightful little “crossbred collection” of quips, quotes, quirks, truisms, exaggerations, philosophical observations, cowboy humor and perspective–with illustrations by A-10 Etcheverry–as a happy book: “It’ll make you or whoever you give it to happy ... it’ll make us happy, and happiness will spread like cheap wine on a white tuxedo!”
I like to think that it is also a handy book. You can read for a few moments and put it down without worry of marking the page. Pick it up later and continue reading. There’s no real beginning or end (even though there is a page plainly labeled “The End”).
The 156-page hardback sells for $19.95 + shipping. (Buy two for $39; get a third one free; offer expires Dec. 15, 2008). Order from Coyote Cowboy Company, PO Box 2190, Benson, AZ 85602; (800) 654-2550; www.baxterblack.com/
Also from Coyote Cowboy Company is Baxter’s double CD, Blazin' Bloats & Cows on FIRE!, with more than two hours of cowboy poetry and tall tales. It features such favorites as “Sixty Foot Rope,” “Taxidermy Heifer,” plus a personal favorite of mine, “I Know You’ll Miss This Man.” It sells for $24.95 + shipping.
I would like to extend a very Merry Christmas and a Thank You for everyone who participated in our Newsletter and our Roundup Compilation this past year. It has been our best one yet. The Newsletter now has over 630 subscribers and the Roundup Compilation goes out to over 170 stations in the US and Canada and is downloadable to over 60 overseas stations.
Thanks for a good year..! Joe Baker
