Playlist adds Dec 30 RIP Dave Giegerich

Rip Dave Giegerich Dec 29, 2010
"Rodeo"  The Hula Monsters
"Honolai Slide"  The Hula Monsters
"A Wreck Of A Man"  Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys
"The Wages Of Sin"  Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa

"Pick the Wildwood Flower"  Gene Watson
 "Something Special To Me"  George Strait

Playlist adds December 29

"One For the Dance Halls"  Jesse Dayton
"Back To Back"  Redd Volkaert
"How High The Moon" Nashville Swing Band
"Barnyard Boogie"  Louis Jordon
"Sioux City Sue"  Riders In The Sky
"I Love You So Much It Hurts Me"  Floyd Tillman
"When Your House Is Not A Home" Darryl McCall
"I Love You Mostly"  Lefty Frizzell
"The Last Roundup"  Gene Autry

Some classic tracks on the BRC playlist

"The One Rose"  Jimmie Rodgers
"Lovin In Vain"  Patsy Cline
"Under the Influence of Love"  Buck Owens
"Tight Fitting Jeans"  Conway Twitty
"My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"  Hank Williams
"Sweet Dreams"  Don Gibson
"A Place For Girls Like You"  Faron Young
"Train of Love"  Johnny Cash
"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds"  George Jones/Melba Montgomery

some Playlist adds December 26 current

"That's Your Memory"  AAron Wendt
"Revelation Bluegrass"  Saint Anyway
"The One You Loved"  Clay McClinton
"I'll See Only February"  Sarah Pirkle

Upcoming playlist adds

Tracks from Tracey K Houston, Colin Gilmore, Joe Newberry and Sarah Pirkle.  Also classics from Hank Williams and Ray Price.

For the holiday week

Our normal play list and the Bluegrass hours will run Monday through Thursday. Friday through mid day Sunday will be Holiday Music. Next Sunday kicks off the 2011 play list where request and submissons are welcome.

Bluegrass hour adds

"I am Strong"  The Grascals
"Beginners Luck" Special Consensus

Happy Birthday Frankie Miller/Remembering Spade Cooley

Playlist Adds December 18
"Blackland Farmer"  Frankie Miller
"Oklahoma Stomp"  Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
"Shame On You"  Spade Cooley and his Orchestra

Happy 90th Little Jimmy Dickens Playlist Adds Dec 16

Had to break up the Christmas music for this occasion

"Take An Old Cold Tater and Wait"
"May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"
"Life Turned Her That Way"  Ricky Van Shelton
"A Death In the Family"  The Cornell Hurd Band/Johnny Bush
"Another Bridge To Burn"  Danny Paisley and Southern Grass

Playlist adds December 14

"Tennessee Tonight"  The Modern El Dorados


Christmas tracks from Dwight Yockam and Merle Haggard

Bus of Real Country Big Changes for 2011

Shortly I will be joining a group of stations in a CoOp under Live 365's X5000 plan.
This means more access sources to the station possibly listings on ITunes and TIVO.

Music wise I will continue to consider submissions and encourage acts to use online sources such as Airplay Direct. I stuck a few new songs in my holiday mix this weekend.  I'm not sure I can or will keep the 10 am/pm specials but the rotating Bluegrass hours will stay.

More BRC Playlist adds Dec 11

"The Train Always Runs On Time"  The Lucky Tomblin Band/ Earl Poole Ball
"The Ballad of Boerne and Alice"  D C Bloom
"Barely Hangin On"  Blue Moon Rising
"Big Lonesome"  Marshall Chapman

Bus Of Real Country Playlist Adds December 11

"THINK IT OVER" AUGIE MEYERS
"MEXICAN LETTUCE" BO PORTER
"SINNERS AND SAINTS" HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HIGHBEAMS
"SOMEBODY'S BEEN USING THAT THING" THE GREAT RECESSION ORCHASTRA
"I'VE GOTTA FEELING" THE SECRET SISTERS
"HERE COMES THAT RAINBOW AGAIN"  PETER COOPER
"HONKY TONK QUEEN"  WHITEY MORGAN AND THE 78'S

My Personal Top 10 albums

From 10 to 1

10. "Holy Waters"  Donna Ulisse-  Donna, Rick and Kathy were a joy to meet and hang with at IBMA.  Her 2008 album "Walk This Mountain Down" was also on my list.

 9. "Celebrating With Friends"  Johnny Gimble- 83 and still performing, Johnny features some of the best of Austin TX musicians on new and classic material including Jason Roberts, Dale Watson, Jesse Dayton and granddaughter Emily. 

  8.  "Ghost Train The Studio B sessions"  Marty Stuart-Marty continues to respect his elders including Warner Mack and Johnny Cash.
  
  7. "On the Brink of a Dream"  Mark Brinkman-After a few years as a writer to the best of Bluegrass acts Mark can no longer say "I Am UnWorthy"  Loved the song about eating and life on the farm.
  
  6. "Sounds Like Heaven To Me"  Lou Reid and Carolina- Following up my top pick of 2009 with an album of Bluegrass Gospel in a positive vain.
 
  5. "Twistable Turnable Man A Tribute to Shel Siverstein"- From about 1968 to the late 70's his music was everywhere on pop and country charts. A couple cuts are weak here but the 4 tracks I programed on Bus of Real Country did fair in ratings particuarly "This Guitar Is For Sale". 

  4. "The Famous Lefty Flynns"  The Grascals - Love the title track and the version of "Last Train To Clarksville". Best of luck as these guys lauch their own label with a Mayberry tribute in early 2011

  3. "The Boxcars"  The Boxcars- This album grows on me with every listen.  I hope our IBMA folks consider "In God's Hands"  for a gospel nod.

  2. "Dailey and Vincent Salute the Songs of the Statler Brothers"  Dailey and Vincent- If you have followed these guys since 2008 you would know their respect for the Statlers. Cracker Barrell is a great fit to their marketing.


  1. "Legacy"  Peter Rowlan Bluegrass Band- Glad to have Peter back in Bluegrass. I'm hooked on those double word refrains.

Dec 4

Station cards and calenders should be in my hands by late next week.

  I need to quit playing games and type the formal copies of my top albums and the BRC top 70.

For December 3rd Happy 85th birthday Ferlin Husky

What can you say about someone who's:
First big success is a war related duet   
Moved to the Nashville sound
Had one of the biggest Country Gospel Hits of all time
Did great impressions

I was so happy he lived for his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The sight for Internet radio station Bus Of Real Country

As my station is moving up to the x5000 broadcaster program on Live 365, I'm opening this as my web reference.

Station updates and related notices will be posted here as well as my Facebook account under Janice Brooks.  Hoping to have the station with access beyond Live 365 the beginning of 2011