1. “White Heat,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “Old Fashioned Love,” Monica Taylor and Don White(for ROXANNA RITCHIE) 3. “Moonshine Blues/Rocket to the Moon,” Moon Mullican(for DALE CLARK and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Tater Pie,” Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands 5. “T-U-L-S-A Straight Ahead,” Leon McAuliffe(for… Read More »26 NOVEMBER 2022
This week on SWING ON THIS, we’ve got more than the usual number of Bob Wills covers, done by a varied group of artists that includes Billy Parker, Gayla Earlene, and a group I wasn’t familiar with until Brazos Valley Boys’ leader Morey Sullivan recently… Read More »19 NOVEMBER 2022
1. “Keep Knocking (But You Can’t Come In), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “You Can Check on Me,” BIlly Parker (for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) 3. “Oklahoma Home Brew,” Hank Thompson(for KIRK FURR and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You… Read More »12 NOVEMBER 2022
Joe Frank Ferguson wasn’t only an accomplished bassist in Bob WIlls’ Texas Playboys during the late ‘30s — and, later, with the Leon McAuliffe-led Playboys group put together after Wills’ 1975 death. He was also a fine tenor vocalist whom Wills often used to sing… Read More »5 NOVEMBER 2022