7 DECEMBER 2024
SINCE LAST WEEK’S SHOW WAS AN INADVERTENT RERUN OF THE “SWING ON THIS” EPISODE FROM APRIL 8, 2023, THIS IS THE PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY’S SHOW,
Here are a couple of things you need to know about these playlists for the western-swing radio program Swing on This, airing at 7 p.m. on public-radio station KWGS (89.5 FM) in Tulsa and streaming at www.kwgs.com
First of all, it’s as exact as I can make it, given the circumstances. I start with the premise that I’ll be able to play 15 songs in the hour-long show. Sometimes I find myself with enough time to play another tune, or even two. Other times, I don’t. Very occasionally, a CD will hang up or a record skip, and I’ll have to quickly substitute something else.
Second, I’ve been known to take a kind of Zen approach from time to time, grabbing something in a fit of inspiration and sticking it in the middle of a show. I prize spontaneity as much as the next gazabo, especially when today’s commercial radio seems completely leached of it, but I promise to try and rein myself in, so that the following playlists can be as accurate as possible.
Thanks very much for listening. I welcome your comments and requests. The dedications listed below are to folks who’ve written about the show. I’m grateful to them, and to you.
SINCE LAST WEEK’S SHOW WAS AN INADVERTENT RERUN OF THE “SWING ON THIS” EPISODE FROM APRIL 8, 2023, THIS IS THE PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY’S SHOW,
1. “Ride On, My Prairie Pinto,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for SHELLACKED, HAMILL TIME, and WILLIAM ZEDAYKO) 2. “Columbus Stockade Blues,” Leon Russell
1. “It’s All Your Fault,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 2. “Fat Boy Rag,” Ida Red(for ROSE SINCLAIR and BRETT BINGHAM) 3. “Honky Tonk Girl,”
1. “There’s Going to Be A Party for the Old Folks,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for SUE ANN CHAPMAN) 2. “Gone Away,” Steve
1. “I Never Knew,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for VALERIE, MATTHEW, and JOCELYN) 2. “MIlk Cow Blues,” Jimmy Wakely(for HAMILL TIME)3. “Shut Up
1. “Milk Cow Blues,” Bob Wills (for CAT & CHRIS BURTON) 2. “Blues for Dixie,” Brazos Valley Boys 3. “Drink Canada Dry,” Bobby Barnett (for AP