BRC Playlist adds January 31

Texas and the southeast have a tour coming from Kinky Freeman

"Marilyn and Joe"  Kinky Freedman

A couple more adds for February 3
"Running Bear"  Sunny James
"Wishing"  Kevin Montgomery and Mary Chapin Carpenter

"Prairieland Polka"  Elton Britt/Rosalie Allen
"Look For Me Angelica Grim

BRC Top 20 Week Ending January 28

   1.  "ME AND BOBBY McGEE"  KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
   2.  "NOT FADE AWAY"  BOB LIVINGSTON
   3.  "THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME"  CAROLINA ROAD
   4.  "PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING"  JANIE FRICKE
   5.  "WILLIE THE WONDERING GYPSY AND ME"  WAYLON JENNINGS
   6.  "DOWN ALONG THE DIXIE LINE"  GILLIAN WELCH
   7.  "TEXAS ME"  THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
   8.  "THE GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND" 
   9.  "THE RIGHT PLACE"  THE DERAILERS
  10. "GIVE EM HELL HARRY"  TOMMY SHAW
  11. "THE WEARY HEART YOU STOLE AWAY"  KEITH WHITLEY/RICKY SKAGGS
  12. "WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE"  JOHN PRINE/TRISHA YEARWOOD
  13. "TALKIN TEXAN"  GARY NICHOLSON
  14. "KANSAS CITY KITTY"  DAVE STUCKY
  15. "BIG HARLEN TAYLOR"  GEORGE JONES
  16. "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"  THE EVERLY BROTHERS
  17. "UNTIL AT LAST I'M HOME"  DAILEY AND VINCENT
  18. "SO HELP ME HANK"  ANDY VAUGHN AND DRIVETIME
  19. "TWO DOZEN ROSES"  SHENANDOAH
  20, "A BETTER PLACE"  GLEN CAMPBELL

  Pretty consistent week in ratings but we need more voting listeners.
  I'm excited about the winners from the Western Swing awards including former Real Country Music board poster Landon Dodd.
  Oldest track of the week "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"

BRC Playlist adds January 25 honoring Academy Of Western Music Award Winners

"New Me Talking"  Jade Jack
"Sing A Sad Song"  Amber Digby
"Bring Me Sunshine"  Curtis Potter
"New Lips"  Landon Dodd


"The Day the World Shook My Hand"  Moot Davis

In Support of the Janis Martin tribute

Rosie Flores: A Tribute to Janis Martin | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

God bless my Austin buddy Rosie Flores and all the folks I know involved with this project. This was one of several Kickstarter projects I have supported and been waiting for. 

BRC Playlist adds January 24

"April Rain"  Breaking Glass
"Heartaches"  Akira Otsuka
"Not Fade Away"  Gypsy Alibi
"Catch Em Young, Treat Em Rough, Tell Em Nothing"  Hank Penny
"I'm Gonna Be the Boss From Now On"  Tom Morrell and the Time Warp Tophands
"Skillet Blues"  Carolyn Martin


From the latest Bluegrass to Buddy Holly to Western Swing

BRC Top 20 Week Ending January 21

     1.  "WILLIE THE WONDERING GYPSY AND ME"  WAYLON JENNINGS
     2.  "DOWN ALONG THE DIXIE LINE"  GILLIAN WELCH
     3.  "THE GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND"  DEL MCCOURY BAND
     4.  "THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME" CAROLINA ROAD WITH TOMMY LONG
     5.  "BIG HARLIN TAYLOR"  GEORGE JONES
     6.  "THIS WEARY HEART YOU STOLE AWAY"  KEITH WHITLEY/RICKY SKAGGS
     7.  "WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE"  JOHN PRINE/TRISHA YEARWOOD
     8.  "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"  THE EVERLY BROTHERS
     9.  "TEXAS ME"  THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
   10.  "THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING"  GLEN CAMPBELL/TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
   11.  "THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR"  JOE NEWBERRY
   12.  "DREAMING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES"  JIMMIE RODGERS
   13.  "WICHITA LINEMAN"  GLEN CAMPBELL
   14.  "LOWDOWN BROKEDOWN"  GARY ROADARMEL
   15.  "THE MYSTERIOUS FOX OF FOX HOLLOW"  ERIC BRACE AND LAST TRAIN HOME
   16.  "UNTIL AT LAST I'M HOME"  DAILEY AND VINCENT
   17.  "STEEL GUITAR RAG"  BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS
   18.  "GIVE EM HELL HARRY"  TOMMY SHAW
   19.  "TALKIN TEXAN"  GARY NICHOLSON
   20.  "THE RIGHT PLACE"  THE DERAILERS

  Feb 13 will be 10 years since Waylon died. I still remember waking up Valentines Day and turning on KVET in Austin.

  Props of the week to Gary Roadarmel who recently relocated to a better life in New Orleans. I've known Gary since the days of the Real Country Music boards.

  Oldest track of the week  "Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes"

  Waiting for the recent album from Moot Davis and lots of Bluegrass albums trying to make the IBMA cutoff.

BRC Playlist adds for January 19

A few birthday adds

"Too Lonely Too Long"  Dolly Parton
"Walk Right Back"  The Everly Brothers   with a shout out to my Sonny Curtis fan Teri Joyce
"Me and Bobby McGee"  Kris Kristofferson

Also I just ordered the Charlie Louvin bio and we are coming up on the first anniversary of his passing.
"What Is Home Without Love"  The Louvin Brothers

My extended family that included Patsi Bale Cox

When I first got online to AOL in 1995 I found a Country Music chat room. After a few months I got to message boards and found a group of folks talking about music being overlooked by shorter playlist. Patsi was our charter member from Nashville.  While her position a few years earlier was working with Garth Brooks as times changed she shared with us stories of writers etc including Gretchen Peters. In exchange other folks in that folder were talking about some great bands who were based in Austin.  I mostly soaked it in and gave my thoughts based on what I had in my country classic collection.

These were the folks I shared the excitement of my first solo musical roadtrip to Las Vegas in 1996 and my early trips to Texas. We also shared the passing of many country legends from Bill Monroe through the rough year of 1998.

Patsi was one of the few folks I got back with over the last few years on Facebook. I was in Nashville a couple weeks before her passing and we wanted her at the party but I did not know the extet of her condition.

No Bus of Real Country does not play Garth Brooks music but we have and will continue to support the lesser heard acts of more genuine country and bluegrass.


With kudos to my buddy Cornell Hurd who sometimes .introduced his band as Garth Brooks Worst Nightmare.
www.live365.com/stations/busgaljan

BRC Playlist adds January 18

For all you fans of Justified
"Antietams Hill"  Cumberland River

"Till Death Do Us Part"  Bob Livingston
"My Woman My Woman My Wife"  Marty Robbins
"Forever Is Ending Today"  Ernest Tubb
www.live365.com/stations/busgaljan

BRC Playlist adds January 16

Condolences to The Gibson Brothers on the passing of their dad
"Safe Passage"  The Gibson Brothers
For Jay McDowell who is adding pictures etc to the scrapbook for BR549
"Marie"  Don Walser

"Whispering"  Amanda Shires
"Bright"  7 Horses Bright

BRC Top 20 Week Ending January 14

     1.  "THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME"  LEIGHAN CORTES
     2.  "THE RIGHT PLACE"  THE DERAILERS
     3,  "THAT'S WHY I SING THIS WAY"  DARYLE SINGLETARY
     4.  "PAPER AIRPLANE"  ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION
     5.  "PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING JANIE FRICKE
     6.  "UNTIL AT LAST I'M HOME"  DAILEY AND VINCENT
     7.  "WILL THERE BE ANY YODELING IN HEAVEN"  BOB WILLS AND THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS/THE MCKINNEY SISTERS
     8.  "OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER"  WADE HAYES
     9.  "DO-WACKA-DO"  ROGER MILLER
   10.  "ANOTHER MAN'S ARMS"  JUNIOR SISK AND RAMBLERS CHOICE
   11.  "TALKIN' TEXAN"  GARY NICHOLSON
   12.  "EASY LOVIN"  FREDDIE HART
   13.  "KANSAS CITY KITTY"  DAVE STUCKEY
   14.  "BLANKET ON THE GROUND"  BILLIE JOE SPEERS
   15.  "GIVE EM HELL HARRY"  TOMMY SHAW
   16.  "REASON AND RHYME"  JIM LAUDERDALE
   17.  "THE STANLEY BROTHERS"  TRAVERS CHANDLER AND AVERY COUNTY
   18.  "WORKING IN TENNESSEE"  MERLE HAGGARD
   19.  "SO HELP ME HANK"  ANDY VAUGHN AND DRIVELINE
   20.  "LOVESICK BLUES"  HANK WILLIAMS SR

   Dedicating Nr 1 this week to Eric and Leigh the Gibson Brothers who lost their dad January 14.  Also continued prayers to Wade Hayes.
  
  Thanks for the huge boost this past Friday and may the trend continue. I can say I have seen or met folks  on 50 percent  of this list. 

  Oldest track of the week  "Will There Be Any Yodeling In Heaven"  1946/1947

BRC Playlist adds January 14

"25 Minutes To Go"  Johnny Cash

It's been 44 years since Johnny Cash took a troupe including recording equipment to Folsum Prison for this masterpiece. 1968 was Johnny's comeback in many ways including his wedding to June Carter.


"Who Will Be the First"  Justin Trevino

Justin was one of the acts I saw on my first visit to Austin in 1997. He's been making his own albums since 1998 and even with blindness runs his own studio in Brady TX where he does most of the production for Tracy Pitcox's label Heart of Texas Music. I'm not in touch these days but we had some interesting chats and I was present for a radio broadcast in 2001.

BRC Playlist adds January 13

"The Donner Party Story"  Clarence Kelly
"Thats Why I Sing This Way"  Daryle Singletary
"Texas Me"  Doug Sahm
"You'll Lose A Good Thing"  Freddie Fender
"Hello Love"  Hank Snow

A local band in the modern world music promotion

Andy Vaughn and Driveline

So one of my Austin contacts Jerry Renshaw  moves to Richmond Va then back to Nashville. He hooks up with Andy Vaughn who put a band together and recorded some nice original Honky Tonk material. When I was offered a promo for BRC I took it and have programmed 2 tracks over the past  6 months. To keep the momentum up the band used a Kickstarter campaign to fund their 2nd album. Jerry is commuting as needed to be with the band. They have gotten some decent local press and have traveled as far as Wash DC.

Looking forward to seeing them as they do a mid Texas tour during my visit to Austin.

BRC Playlist adds Jan 9

RIP Evelyn McKinney/Wills/Stevens the younger of the Western Swing duet The McKinney Sisters 12/24/11

"Will There Be Any Yodeling in Heaven"

"Till At Last I'm Home"  Dailey and Vincent
"My Baby Thinks He's A Train"  Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie

Also several new adds coming to the current Bluegrass hour and albums coming soon from Clarence Kelly and Marty Raybon.

Welcome to 2012 on BRC

It's been a year since I was able to upgrade my LIVE 365 account to a plan with more access and a more reasonable cost by joining a coop. (1)  In January I got more playlist space and in mid March an Itunes listing under country.  Listening hours increased over 200 percent. New releases have been outstanding for new Americana/Honkytonk Acts, Country Legends and particularly Bluegrass. (2)(3). It was also the year I lost my job at the Bus Company and have been busy taking care of my mother and the related housework.

Our first change this year is the addition of Del McCoury's Blue Side of Town Radio Hour which can be heard Wednesday evenings at 10pm and Thursday mornings at 10am  Eastern. I may consider other such programing. and also want to try some PSA's. We are always on the lookout for new groups to support such as Andy Vaughn and Driveline(4). Looking forward to travel this year including Austin, Nashville, my summer Bluegrass fix and hopefully Arizona for a friends birthday in November.

Thanks to all our fans artist and promoters as we continue to entertain in these changing digital times




1. My regret to stations that did not get that option this year.
2. Looking at the end of year lists for Bluegrass there were very few acts I did not program.
3. Thanks to folks who use Airplay Direct so we don't have to bug you for promos.
4. Another blog entry coming

BRC Top 20 Week Ending January 7

    1.  "Give "Em Hell Harry"  Tommy Shaw
    2.  "Talkin' Texan" Gary Nicholson
    3.  "Two Dozen Roses"  Shenandoah
    4.  "A Better Place"  Glen Campbell
    5.  "The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band"  Del McCoury
    6.  "Kansas City Kitty"  Dave Stuckey
    7.  "So Help Me Hank"  Andy Vaughn and Driveline
    8.  "The Right Place"  The Derailers
    9.  "Reason and Rhyme"  Jim Lauderdale
  10.  "Virginia"  The Deep Dark Woods
  11.  "Do-Wacka-Do"  Roger Miller
  12.  "Grandma Bought A Hog"  Nothin Fancy
  13.  "When Two Worlds Collide"  John Prine/Trisha Yearwood
  14.  "Love Sick Blues"  Hank Williams Sr
  15.  "Rainbow Colored Words"  Georgette Jones
  16.  "A Heart Like You"  Connie Smith
  17.  "Back When"  The Carper Family
  18.  "Bugle Call Rag"  Sleepy Mountain Banjo Boys
  19.  "Genuine Healer Of Time"  Johnny Bush
  20.  "Hank To Thank"  Dallas Moore Band/Jody Payne

Welcome to 2012 and our 5th year of Bus Of Real Country.  We are off to a strong start with current releases and a lot more coming particularly in Bluegrass .

I'm happy for the showing by songs connected to Hank Williams Sr  and Roger Miller.

Looking forward to meeting Andy Vaughn and his crew next month in Austin.

Oldest track of the week  Lovesick Blues.

BRC playlist adds Week of January 4

Remembering Leon McAuliffe on his 95th birthday.
"Steel Guitar Rag"  Bob Wills
"Panhandle Rag"  Leon McAuliffe Orchestra
"Red Skin Rag"  """

New releases
"Is That Footsteps"  Feller and Hill and the Bluegrass Buckeroos
"Lovers Farewell"  Bluegrass Martins
"Man In the Back Seat"  W C Edger

"Think of Me"  Buck Owens
"The Natural Thing To Do"  Asleep at the Wheel
"There Goes My Everything"  Glen Campbell/Tennessee Ernie Ford

Get on board and vote for your favorites