Millions of baby boomers, myself included, grew up with the rock ’n’ roll hits of Gary Lewis and the Playboys rolling out of our car speakers and transistor radios. Such enduring oldies as “This Diamond Ring,” “Save Your Heart for Me,” and “She’s Just My… Read More »A ‘Playboy’ Prescription
GUESTS: BECKY HOBBS AND MICHELLE HONAKER “Old Fashioned Love,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “TULSA Straight Ahead,” Stonehorse & Friends w/Becky Hobbs “Cozy Inn,” Leon McAuliff (for BILL CORBETT and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” Tulsa Playboys w/Becky Hobbs “King Porter… Read More »9 NOVEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING MILTON BROWN AND HIS MUSICAL BROWNIES “I Can’t Be Satisfied,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “I Dream of You Coming Home to Me,” Michael H. Price and His Western Swingmasters “Show Me the Way to Go Home,” Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies… Read More »2 NOVEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING BILLY JACK WILLS “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for BOBBY & JUDY KOEFER) “Crazy, Man, Crazy,” Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band “Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer,” New Riders of the Purple Sage… Read More »26 OCTOBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING LUKE WILLS “Ida Red Likes the Boogie,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for MARY JO) “Blues in the Night,” Michael H. Price and His Western Swingmasters (for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) “Shut Up and Drink Your Beer,” Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters (for KY… Read More »19 OCTOBER 2019
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… 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
