On February 9, 1932, a group of musicians that had been formerly known as both the Wills Fiddle Band and the Aladdin Laddies got together in a room at the Jefferson Hotel in Dallas, where they recorded what are generally considered the first two Western-swing… Read More »1 OCTOBER 2022
After nearly 20 years of SWING ON THIS, I’m still airing songs from acts almost every week who have never appeared on the playlist before. Joining that group this Saturday is Dottsy, the ‘70s songbird who had a pretty good few years on the country… Read More »17 SEPTEMBER 2022
Last week on SWING ON THIS, I wandered fairly far outside the lines again, playing a cut from a 1976 concept album called CLASSICAL COUNTRY, perpetrated by the well-known producer/musician Snuff Garrett and a bunch of really good session players under the name Snuff Garrett’s Texas… Read More »10 SEPTEMBER 2022
Last week on SWING ON THIS, I wandered fairly far outside the lines again, playing a cut from a 1976 concept album called CLASSICAL COUNTRY, perpetrated by the well-known producer/musician Snuff Garrett and a bunch of really good session players under the name Snuff Garrett’s… Read More »3 SEPTEMBER 2022
Although a case could probably be made for steel-guitarist and future bandleader Leon McAuliffe, Tommy Duncan was the most high-profile of all Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys of the ‘30s and ‘40s — next to Bob himself, of course. His easygoing and warm vocal style, which… Read More »20 AUGUST 2022
From the feedback I’ve been getting for SWING ON THIS, a couple of artists many of you love to hear are Michael Nesmith, the almost criminally lowballed pioneer of California country-rock, and the great Texas songwriter Cindy Walker. Well, this week, how about a song… Read More »13 AUGUST 2022
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… Read More »6 AUGUST 2022
I’m not exactly sure why, and it doesn’t happen very often, but for some reason or other I’ve got a preponderance of songs about Texas on this week’s edition of SWING ON THIS. They come to you courtesy of Bob Wills and his brother Johnnie… Read More »30 JULY 2022
