Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Some recent playlist adds

Playlist Adds March 19

Get Well soon David Allan Coe
"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" 

Nominated for Americana song for the Independent Music Awards
"Cold Dark and Lonely" The Carper Family
"I've Got A Feeling" The Western Swing Authority

"Within This Broken Heart of Mine" Hank Snow
"Engine Engine Nr 9" Roger Miller
"Garbage Man" Merle Haggard
"Osborne Brothers Medley" Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers
"You Don't Know Me" Willie Nelson
"Looking Back To See" Buck Owens/Susan Raye
"I Lost My Job of Loving You" Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale


Playlist Adds March 14
"They Call It Music" The Gibson Brothers
"Blessed Be the Bad Ones" Dallas Moore
"Last Day At Vicksburg" Bradley Walker
"The Lady in Gray" Ronnie Bowman
"Feeling Mortal" Kris Kristofferson


BRC Top 14 for first quarter of 2013 (A reminder our charts end in October)

BRC Top 14 for first quarter of 2013 (A reminder our charts end in October)

1. "There's A Tear In My Beer" Hank Williams Jr/Hank Williams Sr
2. "Chug A Lug" Roger Miller
3. "Kiss Me Big" Tennessee Ernie Ford
4. "Choo Choo Cha Boogie" Western swing Authority
5. "What Do I Care" Johnny Cash
6. "New Star Over Texas" The Time Jumpers
7. "Country Sunshine" Dotty West
8. "Wreck and Ruin" Casey Chambers & Shane Nickolson
9. "Kaw-Liga" Hank Williams Sr
10. "Years I've Been Loving You" James Hand
11. "Saturday Night" Amber Digby
12. "Ragged But I'm Right" George Jones
13. "Fightin Side of Me" Merle Haggard
14. "Time Stood Still" Vern Gosdon

Your alternative to the likes of Blake Shelton

I'm in the camp of folks who don't insalt my country music elders. I've been able to support these legends since I got online in 1995 and hooked up to some interesting music folks and their fans. This station is the penicle of my support and I love getting to mingle with folks from Raleigh to Nashville to Austin. I'm looking forward to the April 17 march on Music Row.

So many folks continue to complain and miss the old days of commerical radio. Why not give our station a listen? Our listening hours are way down and issues with Live 365 are not all the blame. also let me know what you like or hate.

The first quarter of our reporting year for 2013 favored a nice batch of classics but also a couple gals Amber Digby and Kasey Chambers who would never fit the country mold.  (Jan through Oct). As long as it's there my mission will be to expose folks to new Bluegrass, Honky Tonk and Western Swing as well as tributes as
they fit.


Sunday, January 6, 2013

BRC Top 20 Jan 5 2013

BRC TOP 20 Week Ending January 5

     1.  "New Star Over Texas"  The Time Jumpers
     2.  "New Day Dawning"  The Roys
     3.  "Choo Choo Ch Boogie"  The Western swing Authority
     4.  "Color Of the Blues"  Leona Williams
     5.  "How Much is That Hound Dog In the Window"  Homer and Jethro
     6.  "Tennessee Waltz"  Patti Page
     7.  "Midnight"  Red Foley
     8.  "There's A Tear In My Beer"  Hank Williams Jr
     9.  "Cowboy Ramsey"  Don Walser
   10.  "Darcy Farrow"  Chesapeake
   11.  "It Hurt's Me"  Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
   12.  "Settin The Woods On Fire"  Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys
   13.  "Wreck and Ruin"  Kacey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
   14.  "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)  Gary Allan
   15.  "Mountain of Love"  Charlie Pride
   16.  "I Just Dropped In To Say Goodbye"  Carl Smith
   17.  "If He's Moving In I'm Moving Out"  Brady Bowen & Swing Country
   18.  "Years I've Been Loving You"  James Hand
   19.  "Going Down the Road"  Bobby Bare
   20.  "Take Hold Of My Hand"  Dwight Yockam

   Welcome to BRC 2013.  Lot's of recent releases here and a bunch more coming.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Anyone want to give us a bumper

Cindy and I might be making some new bumpers tonight (Monday) for our 5 year birthday and the holidays.
If anyone (artists or fans) would like to give us a greeting I can possibly give you a call.  Otherwise you can email me an mp3 up to 20 seconds.
Top 29 for 2012

1. "I'm Not Even Close" Georgette Jones
2. "I'm Barely Hanging On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
3. "No Yodelin On the Radio" Karen Collins
4. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
5. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Kelly Willis
6. "Take Me Back To Tulsa" Colby Shepard
7. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
8. "My Own Kind Of Hat" Alan Jackson
9. "Riverboat Gambler" Eight Dollar Mountain
10. "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
11. "Thirty Years of Farming" James King
12. "Too Gone Too Long" Randy Travis
13. "This Weary Heart You Stole Away" Keith Whitley/Ricky Skaggs
14 "Tennessee Local" Carolyn Martin
15. "Me and Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson
16. "I Broke It" Buck Ford
17. "I'm a Walking Advertisment For the Blues" Karen Collins
18. "My Name is Jimmy Martin" Eight Dollar Mountain
19. "Here Comes Country" Joni Harms
20. "Until At Last I'm Home" Dailey and Vincent
21. "Skip A Rope" Henson Cargill
22. "Down Along the Dixie Line" Gillian Welch
23. "All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad" Verlin Thompson
24. "25 Minetes To Go" Johnny Cash
25. "Talkin Texan" Gary Nicholson
26. "Singing As We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
27. "Holding On To Nothing Left" Marty Stuart
28. "Your the Reason God Made Oklahoma" David Frizzell & Shelly West
29. "Why You Been Gone So Long" Lard Bucket

Monday, October 29, 2012

Happy 5th BRC

Now featuring our 5 year anniversary  celebration. It was mid December 2007 when I got a chance to revamp what was Ram Radio on Live 365.  I started out with a lot of classic's and a few of my favorite acts that were not featured much but fit my format (Most of my friends had not heard of Marti Brom or Terri Joyce who wrote our top song of 2008 "Blue Tattoo").  Our first bluegrass buzz was the release of the first albums of The Steeldrivers and Dailey and Vincent.

Our bluegrass hour started in 2008 and switched to rotation of Classic and Current in late 2010. In 2012 we added Del McCoury's radio show "Blue Side of Town" and a Western Swing hour each twice a week. I joined IBMA in 2010.

More memories coming