1. “Wang Wang Blues,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for KENNY JACKSON) 2. “Beyond the Blue Horizon,” Michael Nesmith and the First National Band(for SUE ANN CHAPMAN) 3. “I Got Loaded,” Casey Van Beek and the Tulsa Groove(for WALT RICHMOND and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Calico Heart,”… Read More »7 JANUARY 2023
1. “So Let’s Rock,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for DARRELL MAHONE) 2. “I Get A Happy Feeling,” Billy Parker(for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) 3. “Drinking All My Troubles Away,” Paul Howard and His Cotton Pickers(for SE EGAN and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Stampede Blues,” Hoyle… Read More »31 DECEMBER 2022
1. “Santa’s on His Way,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “A New Christmas Memory,” Luigi Balletto(for LUIGI & ANN) 3. “Santa Likes to Boogie,” Asleep at the Wheel(for JIM DOWNING) 4. “A Snow Globe Christmas,” Pink Martini 5. “Blue Snowflakes,” Ernest Tubb w/the Beasley Sisters(for BILLY &… Read More »24 DECEMBER 2022
1. “I Found A Dream,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for NANCY & MARTY BERENDS) 2. “Oklahoma Hills,” Leroy Van Dyke(for RAY BINGHAM) 3. “Tips and Beer,” Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps(for TOM BOMER and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Tough Act to Follow,” Billy Parker 5.… Read More »17 DECEMBER 2022
1. “Whoa Babe,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for TROY & ANNA PIERCE) 2. “Oklahoma — 1955,” Les Gilliam(for MARK & JACKIE DARRAH) 3. “Turn the Jukebox up Louder,” Porter Wagoner(for JEFFREY MORGAN and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “As Time Goes By,” Merle Haggard(for CAROLE & JACK… Read More »10 DECEMBER 2022
1. “Fan It,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “South,” Spade Cooley and His Western Swing Dance Gang(for RON WEBSTER) 3. “Blowing Suds Off My Beer,” Rocky Bill Ford(for BETTYE & GARY and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Blues in the NIght,” Michael H. Price and His… Read More »3 DECEMBER 2022
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