This week on SWING ON THIS, a version of the Western-swing standard “Bring It on Down to My House” like you’ve never heard before, by a ‘60s artist that Scott Gregory and I have featured on our HIDDEN SIXTIES specials a few times. You may have checked the playlist and seen who it is, but if you haven’t, I’m not sure you’d be able to guess it in a million years. I’m sure I couldn’t have. In fact, I just happened to run onto it on an album I picked up during a recent book and record expedition to Texas with my old friend Paul McSpadden.
I’ve also got one from that early ‘40s Texas Playboys period, when Bob Wills was experimenting with the full-out big-band sound of horns and reeds. And our glass-lifter this week, coming courtesy of Brett Bingham, features a young up-and-comer who’s been making some noise recently; her self-penned tune is a gem.
That, plus a Hank Thompson radio broadcast of an early ‘50s hit for both the Mills Brothers and Rosemary Clooney, and a “Shellacked” entry from the Sons of the Pioneers — the flip side, in fact, of the lachrymose song I played on the segment last week.
As always, you can find SWING ON THIS in the Tulsa listening area at 7 p.m. on NPR affiliate KWGS, 89.5 FM, and live-streaming during that same time to, potentially, everyone in the world.
1. “Oh! You Pretty Woman,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
(for DONNA MATHEWS)
2. “Route 66,” Buck Reams and the Range Riders
3. “If Tommy Duncan’s Voice Was Booze,” Brennan Leigh
(for BRETT BINGHAM and the GLASS LIFTERS)
4. “Cherokee Stomp,” Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
(for JERRY & KEN JONES)
5. “Hurry on Down,” Claudine Longet
(for JON GLAZER)
6. “Be My LIfe’s Companion,” Hank Thompson
7. “Destination Catoosa,” Becky Hobbs
8. “Baby Doll,” Sons of the Pioneers
(for SHELLACKED, HAMILL TIME, AND SCOTT MCCARTOR)
9. “Canadian Sunset,” Rose Sinclair
(for JACK & CAROLE BENDER)
10. “Taking Off,” Milton Brown’s Musical Brownies
11. “Cherokee Maiden,” Stonehorse
(for RAY BINGHAM)
12. “San Antonio Rose,” Michael Adolf
(For AP MCQUIDDY)
13. “New Broom Boogie,” Al Dexter and His Troopers
(for MARK FULLER)
14. “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” Billy Parker
(for ELVEN LINDBLAD)
15. “Guess Who’s in Town,” Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers
16. “Relaxin’,” Brazos Valley Boys