Swingin' West - Mike Gross


Friday February 7, 2003
9:00PM-12:00AM (Eastern)

Western Swing Salute To Country Music's Ernest Tubb- Sunday, 89th Anniversary of Birth
First Hour

  1. Theme- Songs About Texas
    • Texas In My Soul- Light Crust Doughboys & SMU Mustang Band (Doughboys) (CD)
    • Little Bit Of Everything In Texas- Bill Adams (Facawe Buffalo) (CD)
    • Waltz Across Texas- Texas Panhandle Band (CD)
  2. Musician Spotlight- Jim Hand
    • I Wish I Had a Nickel- Dewitt Scott (Vocal- Jim Hand) (CS)
    • Goodbye Maria- Ken O'Rourke (Veritone) (CD)
    • The Timber Trail- Jim Hand (CS)
  3. Theme
    • Careless Darlin'- Eddie Dean (Allegro) (CD)
    • Pass The Booze- Cornell Hurd Band (Behemoth) (CD)
    • Mister Love- The Buckarettes (Buckin' A) (CD)
  4. Double Then & Now
    • You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry- Ernest Tubb (Decca) (LP)
    • You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry- Ann J. Morton (Prairie Dust) (CD)
    • Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone- Bob Wills (Presto Trans.) (LP)
    • Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone- Eddie McAlvain (CD)
  5. Theme
    • Bubbles In My Beer- Junior Mitchan (CS)
    • Driving Nails In My Coffin- Osborne Brothers (CD)
    • Soldier's Last Letter- Les Gilliam (Rockin' S) (CD)
  6. Gee Wizz- George Kiriakis & Tom Reilly (His Own) (CD)
Second Hour
  1. Happy Birthday- Pee Wee Whitewing- Tuesday February 11
    • Across The Alley From The Alamo- Heart Of Texas Band (RJ Prod) (CD)
    • New Texas Panhandle Rag- Tom Morrell & Time-Warp Tophands (WR) (CD)
    • Don't Be Unkind- Cliff Bruner & Texas Wanderesrs (Showtime) (LP)
  2. Classic Western Concert- Legends of the Musical Westerns -
    • Let's Forget- Tex Ritter (Capitol Trans.) (Masterpiece) (LP)
    • Gonna Marry Me A Cowboy- Rex Allen (Vocal-Bonnie Allen) (MM Cole) (Bloodshot) (CD)
    • Cowboy Jubilee- Roy Rogers & Sons Of The Pioneers (Rhino) (CD)
    • Gals Don't Mean A Thing- Johnny Bond (Standard) (Bloodshot) (CD)
  3. Western Swing Truck & Highway Tunes
    • I Heard The Highway- Rick & The Ramblers (Airflyte) (CD)
    • Hot Rod Mercury- Don Walser (Lone Star) (CD)
    • Truck Driver's Blues- Original River Road Boys (CD)
  4. Western Swing Train Tunes
    • Down By The Railroad Tracks- Tex Williams (Country Routes) (UK) (CD)
    • My Baby Thinks She's A Train- Asleep At The Wheel (Relentless) (CD)
    • The Golden Rocket- Billy Walker (Tall Texan) (CD)
  5. Texas Dance Hall Time
    • She Looks Good To The Crowd- Graham Brothers Band (CD)
    • Lost In The Shuffle- Rick Robledo (CD)
    • Helpless- Jake Hooker & The Outsiders (Southland) (CD)
  6. The Bunkhouse Race- Riders In The Sky (Oh Boy) (CD)
Third Hour
  1. Contempory Western Concert
    • El Tiempo Del Padre- Barry Ward (Prairie Rose) (CD)
    • Herdin' Cows- Kyle Evans (Company Cowboy) (CS)
    • The Pistol- Jim Wilson (Buscadero) (CD)
    • Saddle Up- Keith G. Riemer (Square Tree) (CD)
  2. Mixed Group
    • I Needed You- Nolan Bruce Allen (Glad) (CD)
    • Tell Me Darling- Bill Dessens (Vocal- Jim Johnson) (CD)
    • Maiden's Prayer- Hank Harrison & Rhythm Rangers (CS)
  3. Composer's Corner- Boudleaux Bryant (Thursday 2/13- 83 Anniversary of Birth)
    • Lookin' Around- Dave Stuckey (HMG) (CD)
    • Take Me As I Am- Dave Hamel (Aragon) (Canadian Import) (LP)
    • We Could- John Hughey (John Hughey Music) (CD)
  4. Salute To Tennessee Ernie Ford (Thursday 2/13- 84th Anniversary of Birth)
    • Shotgun Boogie- Rosemay Clooney (Columbia) (CCM) (CD)
    • 16 Pounds- Patsy Montana (Montana Rose) (CD)
    • The River Of No Return- Robert Wagoner (High Country) (CD)
  5. Western Swing Do Western Music
    • The Lavender Cowboy- Bob Skyles (Krazy Kat) (UK Import) (CD)
    • Cowboy Coffee- Joni Harms (Real West/Paras) (CD)
    • Amigo- David Ball (Dualtone/EHK) (CD)
  6. Close- Faded Love- Bobby Hicks (Rounder) (CD)