Hayden Rorke is undoubtedly best known for his role as the blustery Dr. Bellows in the baby-boomer favorite TV show I DREAM OF JEANNIE. He was, however, a fine character actor who did a lot more than that — including a turn as a ghostly presence in one of my all-time favorite horror movies, THE… Read More »Getting to Know a Monster
SPOTLIGHTING JOHNNIE LEE WILLS “Oh, Lady be Good,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Milk Cow Blues,” Johnnie Lee Wills “Night Life,” Willie Nelson and Ray Price (for WES & JEANNIE BENGE and the GLASS LIFTERS and HAMILL TIME) “Start of Something Big,” Hot Texas… Read More »12 OCTOBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING BOB WILL AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS “Red Hot Gal of Mine,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for DON & TERESA ELLINGTON) “Alexander’s Goodtime Band,” Dave Alexander “Smokey the Bar,” Hank Thompson (for AP MCQUIDDY and WES & JEANNIE BENGE) “Ghost Riders in the… Read More »5 OCTOBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING BOBBY KOEFER “Roly Poly,” Mel Tillis and Bob Wills “Don’t Cry Baby,” Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands w/Bobby Koefer “Why Can’t Women Have a Good Beer Drinking Song?” Barbara Perry (for BETTYE & GARY and AP MCQUIDDY and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Neon Ladies,”… Read More »28 SEPTEMBER 2019
FEATURING SHELBY EICHER GUESTS: SHELBY EICHER and BOB FJELDSTED “Sugar Baby,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Beaumont Rag,” Roy Clark w/Shelby Eicher “There Stands the Glass,” the Round Up Boys (for VICKI FJELDSTED, BRETT BINGHAM, and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Yes She Do, No She… Read More »21 SEPTEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING THE HOT TEXAS SWING BAND “In the Mood,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” Hot Texas Swing Band “Here’s to the Horses,” Mack Vickery (for AP MCQUIDDY and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Steel Guitar Rag,” the… Read More »14 SEPTEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING BILLY PARKER “Whoa Babe,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for ABBY) “I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive,” Amy Sebran “Juke Joint Johnny,” Red Sovine (for ERNIE SMART JR. AND THE GLASS LIFTERS) “P.S. I Love You,” Billy Parker “Blue Steel Blues,”… Read More »7 SEPTEMBER 2019
If you can indeed measure a person’s wealth by the number of friends he has, then the longtime Oklahoma music figure Ray Bingham is an exceedingly rich man. In my latest column for OKLAHOMA Magazine, Ray talks about how friendship has informed his life as a booking agent and talent manager over the past decades,… Read More »Nice People for Friends
SPOTLIGHTING THE ROUND UP BOYS “Betcha My Heart I Love You,” Bob Wills w/Ramona Reed (for RAMONA REED and JIM BLAIR) “Last Date,” Round Up Boys “Honky Tonk Moon,” Rosie Flores (for AP MCQUIDDY and the GLASS LIFTERS) “I’ve Never Lived in Tennessee,” Leon McAuliffe… Read More »31 August 2019
Featuring JASON ROBERTS “Along the Navajo Trail,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for SE EGAN) “You’re My Sugar,” Jason Roberts and Elizabeth McQueen (for BRETT BINGHAM) Radio broadcast, Adolph Hofner and His Texans (for ANDY & SHANNON STROPE and the GLASS LIFTERS) “The Key’s… Read More »24 AUGUST 2019
