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Swing On This

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.

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,

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30 NOVEMBER 2024

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

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23 NOVEMBER 2024

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,”

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16 NOVEMBER 2024

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

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9 NOVEMBER 2024

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

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2 NOVEMBER 2024

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

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