Swingin' West - Mike Gross


Friday March 21, 2003
9:00PM-12:00AM (Eastern)

Some of This Week's Birthdays in Western Swing and March's Top 10 Songs
First Hour

  1. Theme- Happy Birthday Today - Vocalist Chris O'Connell- "50"
    • Well Oh, Well- Asleep At The Wheel (Liberty) (CD)
    • The First Cowboy Song- Riders In The Sky (Rounder-Easy Disc) (CD)
    • Heart To Heart Talk- Nolan Bruce Allen (Glad) (CD)
  2. Theme- Happy Birthday Sunday March 23- Fiddler Bill Gilbert
    • Corinna- Eddie McAlvain & Mavericks (CD)
    • Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again- Bill Gilbert (Texas Fiddlin') (CD)
    • Westphalia Waltz- Bobby Dixon (CS)
  3. Theme- Happy Birthday Wednesday Mach 26- Steel Guitarist Bud Isaacs- "75"
    • Bud's Bounce- Bud Isaacs (Vocal- Geri Mapes) (Isaacs Prod.) (CD)
    • Indiana- Chet Atkins (RCA Victor) (LP)
    • If You Ever Change Your Mind- Elton Britt (RCA Victor) (CS)
  4. Western Concert I- Horse Songs
    • Ride That Bronco Buckaroo- Sourdough Slim (Roundup) (CD)
    • Sky Ball Paint- Rusty Rogers (Traveler) (CS)
    • The Pony Express- Sons of Tennessee (WCP) (CD)
    • Ranger- Shirley Field (Canadian Import) (CD)
  5. Western Swing Heart & Sweetheart Songs
    • I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart- Janet McBride (Brookhurst) (CD)
    • A Broken Heart For A Souvenir- Leon Rausch (Discus) (LP)
    • Keeper Of My Heart- Wayne Glasson (CD)
  6. So Much In Love- Chuck Lettes (CD)
Second Hour
  1. Musician Spotlight- Shelly Lee Alley, Jr. & Composer's Corner- Shelly Lee Alley, Sr.
    • Down In Dixieland- Shelly Lee Alley Jr., Clyde Brewer, etc. (Sprang-Dyne) (CS)
    • Travelin' Blues- Rod Moag (Vocal- Dayna Wills) (TexTrax) (CD)
    • Down The Trail- River Road Boys (Buzzard Roost) (CD)
  2. Double Then & Now -
    • Most of All- Hank Thompson (Capitol) (LP)
    • Most Of All- Bill Morris (West Texas Country) (CD)
    • I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do- Bob Wills (Columbia) (Rounder) (CD)
    • I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do- Rick Robledo (CD)
  3. Texas Dance Hall Time
    • Someday I'll Sober Up- Curtis Potter (Startex) (CD)
    • Whiskey River- Johnny Bush (NBM) (CD)
    • Somebody Else Look- Myra Pearce (Alymar) (CD)
  4. Mixed Group
    • Hold Your Tears- Hal Peters (Goofin') (Finland) (CD)
    • I Danced With Your Picture- Jody Nix (CS)
    • Cowboys and Coyotes- Ken Raba (Broken Rope) (CD)
  5. Theme- Top 10
    • 10- When Bob Wills Comes To Town- Les Gilliam (Rockin' S) (CD)
    • 9- No Strings Attached- Ann J. Morton (Prairie Dust) (CD)
    • 8- Just Between You And Me- Craig Chambers (WR) (CD)
  6. Big Beaver- Bobby Chatfield (CD)
Third Hour
  1. Western Concert II- Western Movie & TV Themes
    • Comancheros- Stan Corliss (CS)
    • Gunfight At The O.K. Corral- Johnny Western (Americana) (Bear Family) (German Import) (CD)
    • Wyatt Earp- Flying W Wranglers (CD)
  2. Theme
    • 7- What A Little Moonlight Can Do- Lost Weekend (Redoubtable) (CD)
    • 6- Cowboy State Of Mind- Swing Soup (Vocal- Ted McKee) (CD)
    • 5- A Woman's Place- Peggy Rains (CD)
  3. Western Swing Texas Tunes
    • 4- I Can't See Texas From Here- Jason Roberts (CD)
    • 3- Western Boogie- Dave Alexander (CD)
    • 2- Three Quarter Moon, 3/4 Time- Craig Chambers (WR) (CD)
    • 1- Ft. Worth, Texas- Ray Price (Audium/EHK) (CD)
  4. 1950s Western Swing
    • Hello Maria- Jimmie Dale (Original) (LP)
    • Someone's Rockin' My Dreamboat- Julia Steele (Derry) (CS)
    • Choc'late Ice Cream Cone- Kenny Roberts (Coral) (CD)
  5. Theme- Composer's Corner II- Sunday, 3/23- 86th Anniversary, Birth of Smokey Rogers
    • Please Forgive Me- Spade Cooley (Country Routes) (UK) (CD)
    • Don't Come Cryin' To Me- Tex Williams (Country Routes) (CD)
    • You Can't Break My Heart- Annie B (Abtrax) (CD)
  6. Close- Maiden's Prayer- Jenee Keener (CD)