This week, I’m starting SWING ON THIS with an alternate take of a famous Bob Wills tune that didn’t see the light of day until nearly 40 years after it was recorded. You’ll also hear a song from Leon McAuliffe that was recorded at the University of Tulsa’s radio station — the home, of course, of SWING ON THIS (although not back then).
And somewhere in there, two — count ‘em, TWO — “hot mama” numbers.
We’ve also got a tune called “Tulsa Twist,” recorded by Dickie McBride and the Village Boys some 20 years before Chubby Checker made the twist a national dance phenomenon; a Doris Day-hit re-imagining from Rose Sinclair’s new “cocktail steel” disc, and Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant getting sounds out of stringed instruments that almost defy the imagination.
We also want to give another shoutout to two top-notch members of the SWING ON THIS gang, Cat and Chris Burton. Happy 25th anniversary, you two, and continued thanks for your support and commentary.
In the Tulsa listening area, catch SWING ON THIS Saturday at 7 p.m.; elsewhere, you can get it streaming live at publicradiotulsa.org. Either way, I’ll be glad to have you aboard!
1. “Blue Bonnet Lane,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys