1. “Dedicated to You,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “Someone to Watch over Me,” Hot Club of Cowtown(in memory of JACK BENDER and RUTH SEELY WOOLEY) 3. “Boogie Woogie Highball,” Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys(for WES & JEANNIE BENGE and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4.… Read More »20 APRIL 2024
1. “Milk Cow Blues,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for FRANK CHAMBERS) 2. “I Get A Happy Feelin’,” Billy Parker(for DEBORAH MULFORD and CAROLE BENDER) 3. “Two Merles and a Buck,” George Highfill(for WES AND JEANNIE BENGE and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Wonderful One,” Roy Newman… Read More »6 APRIL 2024
1. “Crazy Rhythm,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for JONATHAN, LEIGHA, and JON HUSTON) 2. “There’s A Little Bit of Heaven,” Katie Shore(for BRETT BINGHAM) 3. “Happy Hour,” Don Moore and Bob Clear(for GARY GACKSTATTER and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Kangaroo Blues,” Cliff Bruner’s Texas Wanderers 5. “Nothing,”… Read More »30 MARCH 2024
1. “I Never Knew,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for FRAN REDDING) 2. “Pipeliner Blues,” Augie Meyers 3. “Room Full of Fools,” Billy Parker(for DEBORAH MULFORD and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “San Antonio Rose,” Byron Berline and Clear Fork(for AP MCQUIDDY) 5. “I Can’t Dance (Got Ants… Read More »23 MARCH 2024
For years now, I’ve tried to get the wonderful singer Janet Rutland to devote one of her cabaret shows to the music from one of my all-time-favorite TV shows, PETER GUNN. You may recall that the setting of this trailblazing private-eye program was a jazz… Read More »JUST ANNOUNCED: Janet Rutland and John Wooley celebrate Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday
1. “William Tell,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for STEVE ALTER) 2. “Today I Started Lovin’ You Again,” Chet Calcote and the Classics(for CAROLE BENDER) 3. “I Married the Bootlegger’s Daughter,” Frank Crumit(for SHELLACKED, HAMILL TIME, and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “What Have I Done,” Katie Shore(for… Read More »16 MARCH 2024
1. “Bob Wills Boogie,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for BARBARA BREARLY) 2. “Love Me, Honey,” Randy Brumpley 3. “Honky Tonk Girl,” Billy Parker and Cal Smith(for CAROLE BENDER, DEBORAH MULFORD, and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Wagon Train,” The Sons of the Pioneers 5. “I’m Counting on You,”… Read More »9 MARCH 2024
For about a decade and a half, Jim Millaway, aka Sherman Oaks, aka Mr. Mystery, etc. was a powerful force in Tulsa TV and radio. And for just about all of that time, he and I were close friends. I remember Jim in my latest… Read More »A Farewell to Mr. Mystery – Tulsa legend Jim Millaway was involved in numerous Oklahoma-based entertainment offerings.
1. “Three Little Kittens,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys w/Cindy Walker 2. “Red’s Tight Like That,” Tune Wranglers(for GARY GACKSTATTER) 3. “The Walls of This Old Honky-Tonk,” Red Steagall(for RAY & BRETT BINGHAM and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Why Waste Your Tears on Me,” Al Clauser… Read More »24 FEBRUARY 2024
1. “Texas Drummer Boy,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for JOHN R. TANNER) 2. “Just Like A Rose of San Antone, Approximately,” Michael H. Price and His Western Swingmasters(for DARRELL MAHONE and CAROLE BENDER) 3. “Drinking All My Troubles Away,” Paul Howard and His Cotton… Read More »17 FEBRUARY 2024