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

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

Adds for Aug 20 Remembering Danny Roy Young

Wednesday August 20, 2008 I was excited about my upcoming 50th birthday. It happened to fall on a Thursday which meant a night with the Cornell Hurd crew at Joveta's. I could not believe I got a cell phone
message to call a friend and learn of the passing of my Austin guardian.

Danny gave me many rides to shows or from lunch at the Texacalli back to my hotel. I wonder what he would think of the changes south of the river such as the closing of more venues and changes around the Broken Spoke.  I still get to Austin but I miss my dear friend.

Playlist adds

The Cornell Hurd Band
"Mad At You"  version from Cool and Unusual Punishment
"Morning Noon and Night"  A Stagecoach named Desire

"A Sinful Life"  Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones

BRC Top 20 Week Ending August 18

1. "You Win Again" Hank Williams
2. "Heart's Like Our's" Connie Smith/Marty Stuart
3. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The Whitstein Brothers
4. "Gentle On My Mind" Richard Bennett
5. "My Heart Is On the Mend" Larry Stephenson
6. "She Dreams" Karen Collins
7. "Just Call Me Lonesome" Radney Foster
8. "Country Gal" Old Crow

 Medicine Show
9. "Making Believe" Merle Haggard
10. "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
11. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
12. "Can You Find It In Your Heart" Kitty Wells/Webb Pierce
13. "Saddle Bronc Girl" Ian Tyson
14. 'Singing As We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
15. "I Give You Music" Dennis Adkins
16. "Sick Sober and Sorry" Austin Music Band
17. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
18. "Back In Your Arm's Again" The Mavericks
19. "I'll Keep Calling" JP Harris and the Tough Choices
20. "La Porte D'en Arriere" Gary Roadarmel & the Parrish Commissioners"

Nice week folks. Adding a couple Cornell Hurd tracks tonight to honor my buddy Danny who will be gone 4 years tomorrow. Grange Fair is this week and I hope to see and meet Leona Williams on Friday. I'm also excited for a bunch of Bluegrass friends for their recent achivements and nominations.

Oldest track of the week "You Win Again".

BRC Top 20 Week Ending August 11

1. "La Porte D'en Arriere" Gary Roadarmel & the Parish Commissioners
2. "Back In Your Arms Again" The Mavericks
3. "Wine" The Lucky Tomblin Band
4. "Momma's On A Roll" Lee Ann Womack
5. "Jealously Insane" Johnny Bush
6. "Trademark" Carl Smith
7. "Detroit City" Bobby Bare
8. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveli

ne
9. "Lackawanna County Blues" The Saddletones
10. "I'm Barely Hangin On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
11. "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" Hank Williams Sr
12. "Farewell To Carolina" Carl Caldwell
13. "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
14. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Kelly Willis
15. "Here Comes Country" Joni Harms
16. "Grandpa's Barn" The Roys
17. "I'm Over You" The Boxcars
18. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
19. "And So It Goes" Don Williams
20. "Just Call Me Lonesome" Radney Foster

Can't wait until Wednesday evening and the IBMA announcments

Oldest track of the week "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"

Playlist adds Aug 10 and 11

Pickin"  California  Slaid Cleaves  Album Even More Songs of Route 66

"Freeborn Man"  Jimmy Martin
"To a Sleeping Beauty"  Jimmy Dean
Remembering Jimmy Martin (1927) and Jimmy Dean (1928)  A Bluegrass legend and a singer who brought country music to mainstrem TV then moved to pork.

"The Last Letter"  Rex Griffin
"Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon"  Hardrock Gunter and the Dalhart Imperials

Born August 12, 1912  Rex was one of the early acts on Decca.  Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon later became the theme song for Hank Penny. Alcoholism, and Diabetes killed him at age 46.



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Playlist adds Miss Leslie, The Time Jumpers, Jeff Parker

"She Gave Up On Herself"  Miss Leslie and her Jukejointers  Album cut from "Wrong Is What I Do Best" 2010

Back in the summer of 2005 on my predecessor RAM RADIO, our Houston DJ Sam programmed the first album from a gal in his part of town. The track Honky Tonk No More grabbed me at first listen. Then I found out her steel guitar player was a dear friend I met through Dale Watson.  Honky Tonk Revival was my album of the year and Leslie showed up after a Cornell Hurd show that September in Houston. (I met Sam the first time that night also).  Since then I've seen about a half a dozen of her show's in Austin and shared many moments on Facebook

This track comes from her third studio album which is mostly original material. A Kickstarter program has just begun for a new album and ebook.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664612910/new-cd-and-ebook-by-miss-leslie-anne-sloan


"On the Outskirts Of Town"  The Time Jumpers (Single) featuring Vince Gill

Yes there is Western Swing in Nashville most Monday nights.  A new album will be  released in September and a move from the Station Inn to 3rd and Lindsley.

"Hello Darlin"  Jeff Parker  Album Cut from Go Parker

In our quest to prove there's still good country music being recorded

  La Porte D'en Arriere Gary Roadarmel and the Parrish Commissioners

In December it will be 5 years since I took over the broadcast side of the Real Country radio crew.. Among the aspiring acts I met through the boards was Gary Roadarmel a guy from Nashville with a  punk type country group "Porter Hill Tennessee"  (Think Hank 111) and a gospel release with his then wife.  Gary  is now in Louisiana remarried and just released this new single.

 I'll Keep Calling  J P Harris and Tough Choices  /Album  I'll Keep Calling: Cow Island

I've been a fan/supporter of the Cow Island  label since I first heard of Arty Hill in 2008 then The Dixions and Ethel and the Regulars. The icing on the cake was  Austin singer/songwriter Teri Joyce and her  bud Monica (Little Mo) Passion.

As I often do when I find something on Airplay Direct I got on Facebook to see what folks were liking about
this and Beth Chrisman of the Carper Family recommended "Just Your Memory" which went to Number 1 one week on our top 20.  J P has been touring hard to good reviews even in sub markets such as Lancaster Pa. He also just finished a successful campaign  on Kickstarter to replace a worn out van.

BRC Top 20 Week Ending August 4

1. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Kelly Willis
2. "I'm Barely Hanging On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
3. "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
4. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
5. "Here Comes Country" Joni Harms
6. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
7. "And So It Goes" Don Williams
8. "I'm Over You" The Boxcars
9. "Grandpa's Barn" The Roys
10. "Momma's On A

 Roll" Lee Ann Womack
11. "Can You Find It In Your Heart" Webb Pierce/Kitty Wells
12. "Tears Only Run One Way" Robbie Fulks
13. "Just Call Me Lonesome" Radney Foster
14. "Heartbreak USA" Kitty Wells
15. "I'll Keep Calling" J P Harris and the Tough Choices
16. "Singing As We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
17. "Gonna Come Back As A Country Song" Alan Jackson
18. "Are You Gettin' Tired Of Me" BR549
19. "Farewell To Carolina" Carl Caldwell
20. "Old New Straitsville Moonshine Run" Special Consensus

55 % new material and kudo's to the ladie's and bluegrass.
Oldest Track this week "Can You Find It In Your Heart"
A bunch of Hall of Fame birthday adds this week and next
week the final ballot for the IBMA awards.

BRC Top 20 Week Ending July 29

1. "I'm Barely Hanging On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
2. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Keklky Willis
3. "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
4. "Eternal Vacation" Dailey and Vincent
5. "Are You Gettin' Tired of Me" BR5-49
6. "Heartbreak USA" Kitty Wells
7. "Here Comes Country" Joni Harms
8. "And So It Goes" Don Williams

9. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
10. "Old New Straitsville Run" Special Consenus
11. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
12. "Jealously Insane" Johnny Bush
13. "Farwell to Carolina" Carl Caldwell
14. "Can You Find It In Your Heart" Webb Pierce/Kitty Wells
15. "Wedding Bells/Lets Turn Back the Years" John Prine/Lucinda Williams
16. "Smoke Along the Tracks" Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
17. "Singing As We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
18. "I Broke It" Buck Ford
19. "Imitation of Love" George Jones
20. "There Must Be Another Way To Live" Amber Digby

Listening hours holding up well but more votes are needed.

Have you checked out or Western Swing Hour on Tuesday evenings or Wednesday mornings. More new music coming.

Oldest track of the week "Can You Find It In Your Heart

BRC Top 20 Week Ending July 20

1. 'Farewell To Carolina" Carl Caldwell
2. "Come From The Heart" Kathy Mattea
3. "Singing As We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
4. "I'll Be There" Ray Price
5. "Amigo's Guitar" Laura Cantrell
6. "Can You Find It In Your Heart" Webb Pierce
7. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Kitty Wells
8. "Skip A Rope" Hans

on Cargill
9. "And So It Goes" Don Williams
10. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn & Driveline
11. "All Through Throwin Good Love After Bad" Verlon Thompson
12. "My Name Is Jimmy Martin" Ray Edwards
13. "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" Patsy Montana
14. "Tear The Woodpile Down" Marty Stewart
15. "Love In Three Quarter Time" Kimberly Murray/Bob Manning
16. "Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back The Years" John Prine/Lucinda Williams
17. "Smoke Along The Tracks" Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
18. "Ace In The Hole" George Strait
19. "Imitation Of Love" George Jones
20. "There Must Be Another Way To Live" Amber Digby

What a week for tributes legends and friends. Aside from the Queen of Country Music "Kitty Wells" we honor Susanne Clark and Dennis Adkins.

Also nice to see The Gibson Brothers on the same chart as one of their idols Verlon Thompson.

Oldest track of the week "I Wanna Be A Cowboys Sweetheart"

BRC Top 20 Week ending July 14

1. "The Gal Who Invented Kissing" Hank Snow
2. "Spanish Fandango" Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
3. "My Name is Jimmy Martin" Ray Edwards
4. "Skip A Rope" Henson Cardgill
5. "I Broke It" Buck Ford
6. "Don't Fall in Love With A Girl Like That" The Boxcars
7. "Luckenbach Texas (Back To The Basics of Love) Waylon Jennings
8. "I Want To 

Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" Patsy Montana
9. "Song On the Jukebox" Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show
10. "My Sweet Lady" John Denver
11. "I Give You Music" Dennis Adkins
12. "Trainride To Bulls Gap" Archie Campbell
13. "Sparkin" Deke Dickerson
14. "Take Me Back To Tulsa" Colby Shepard
15. "Muddy Water" Bobby Osborne and Rocky Top Express
16. "Sweet Sally" Lonesome River Band
17. "I Kissed The Bus" The Geezinslaw Brothers
18. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
19. "Tears Only Run One Way" Robbie Fulks
20. "Imitation Of Love" George Jones

Oldest track of the week "Spanish Fandango"

BRC Top 20 Week Ending July 7

BRC top 20 Week ending July 7

1. "I Kissed the Bus" The Geezinslaw Brothers
2. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Kelly Willis
3. "30 Years of Farming" James King
4. "Imitation Of Love" George Jones 

5. "I Broke It" Buck Ford
6. "Gonna Come Back As A Country Song" Alan Jackson
7. "Muddy Waters" Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top Express
8. "Long Black Limo" Travers Chandler & Avery County
9. "Calls I Haven't Made" Todd Fritsch
10. "Tears Only Run One Way" Robbie Fulks
11. "Sweet Sally Brown" Lonesome River Band
12. "Smoke Along The Track" Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers
13. "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" J D Crowe & the New South
14. "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" Hank Williams
15. "Filipino Baby" Ernest Tubb
16. "I'm Barely Hanging On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
17. "In My Dear Old Southern Home" Don Stover/The Lilly Brothers
18. "Wedding Bells" John Prine/Lucinda Williams
19. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn & Driveline
20. "Tennessee Stud" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Doc Watson

I've seen or met folks connected to 12 of these tracks. Nine tracks are current and I'm not playing the single from the only act you would hear on Country top 40 stations (Alan Jackson).

Oldest recording My Bucket's Got A Hole In It.

BRC Top 20 Week ending June 30

BRC Top 20 Week ending June 30

1. "Tennessee Stud" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Doc Watson
2. "Got A Feelin For Ya" Kelly Willis
3. "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" George Strait
4. "Long Black Limo" Travers Chandler & Avery County
5. "I'm Barely Hangin On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
6. "Filipino Baby" Ernest Tubb
7. "I kissed The Bus" The Geezinslaws
8. "Tear's Only Run One Way" Robbie Fulks
9. "Tare The Woodpile Down" Marty Stuart
10. "Muddy Waters" Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top Express
11. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn & Driveline
12. "Take Me Back To Tulsa" Colby Sheppard
13. "All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad" Verlon Thompson
14. "Lard Bucket Breakdown" Lard Bucket
15. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" Waylon Jennings
16. "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" Hank Williams Sr
17. "Will You Ever Know" Curtis Potter
18. "Country Girl" Carolina Chocolate Drops
19. "Can't Get Enough Of Texas" River Road Boys
20. "My Name Is Jimmy Martin" Ray Edwards

What's more american then a Jimmy Driftwood song at number 1?

Oldest track of the week. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It.

BRC Mid Year Top 15 Jan to May 2012

BRC Mid Year Top 15 Jan to May 2012

   1. "I'm Not Even Close"  Georgette Jones
   2.  "My Own Kind Of Hat"  Alan Jackson
   3.  "When It's Springtime In Alaska"  Johnny Horton
   4.  "No Yodeling On the Radio"  Karen Collins
   5.  "Riverboat Gambler"  Eight Dollar Mountain
   6.  "The Carroll County Accident"  Porter Wagoner
   7.  "This Weary Heart You Stole Away"  Keith Whitley/Ricky Scaggs
   8.  "Too Gone Too Long"  Randy Travis
   9.  "Me and Bobby McGee"  Kris Kristofferson
   10.  "Tennessee Local"  Carolyn Martin
  11. "I'm A Walkin Advertisment For the Blues"  Karen Collins
  12. "When Will I Be Loved"  The Every Brothers
  13. "Down Along the Dixie Line"  Gillian Welch
  14.  "Talkin Texan"  Gary Nicholson
  15.  "25 Minetes To Go"  Johnny Cash

  Kudo's to the ladies particuarly Karen Collins and Georgette Jones

  Look for our year end chart in November.

Playlist adds Jun 28

RIP Susanna Clark
"Come From the Heart" Kathy Mattea

"I Broke It" Buck Ford
"Last Train From Poor Valley" Richard Bennett
"How Come You Do Me Like You Do" Jeff Parker
"Sweet Sally Brown" Lonesome River Band
"Saddle Bronc Gal" Ian Tyson

Playlist adds Jun 20 to 27

Playlist adds Jun 20 to 27
"The Most Importent Work"  Billy White Jr
"I Went Fishin"  McKinley & Boggs
"Jealously Insane"  Johnny Bush
"Silver On the Sage"  Johnny Bond
"Room Full Of Roses"  Mickey Gilley
"I'll Be There"  Ray Price
"Imitation of Love" George Jones
"Sparkin"  Deke Dickerson
"Let's Think About Living"  Bob Luman
"The Hitchhiker"  The Infamous Stringdusters

BRC Top 20 week ending June 23

1. "Can't Get Enough Of Texas" River Road Boys
2. "Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton
3. "Just Breathe" Willie Nelson
4. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" Waylon Jennings
5. "Reincarnation" Roger Miller
6. "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" George Strait
7. "One More Teardrop" Andy Vaughn and Driveline
8. "Tears Only Run One Way" Robbie Fulks
9. "Trainride to Bull's Gap" Archie Campbell
10. "Take Me Back to Tulsa" Colby Sheppard
11. "All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad" Verlon Thompson
12. "Country Girl" Carolina Chocolate Drops
13. "Muddy Waters" Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top Express
14. "Lard Bucket Breakdown" Lard Bucket
15. "Just Your Memory" JP Harris and the Tough Choices
16. "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" Hank Williams SR
17. "I'm Barely Hanging On To Me" Johnny Paycheck
18. "Reason To Believe" The Dillards
19. "Will You Ever Know" Curtis Potter
20. "Tear the Woodpile Down" Marty Stuart

Nice mix as usual
Oldest track "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"

Some mid year comments.

Listening hours slowly increasing even in the evenings.

The amount and quality of new releases coming in is almost more then I have time to listen and program.  Bluegrass gets better every month and the Honky Tonk/Western Swing folks are not far behind.

I'm enjoying the Del McCoury radio show and may consider other special programing.

Thanks to friends who share notices of award shows and special events.

I've done what I could with my broadcast limitations to cover Doc Watson, Doug Dillard and Earl Scruggs.
I also enjoy fitting things in the playlist for non country folks such as Dick Clark

This year's travels gave me a chance to meet Caroline Nagy, Andy Vaughn and Crew, Carolyn and Dave Martin and Lou and Christie Reid.  Hoping to get to an outdoor Bluegrass festival sometime this summer and IBMA in September.

Will try to get my stats caught up for a mid year top 20.

Counting down to 5 years on the air in December.

Playlist adds May 3

On this day in 1947 the original Ernest Tubb Record shop opened on Broadway in Nashville
"Letters Have No Arms"

In 1952 Kitty Wells went into Castle studio and recorded
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"

"Suspicions" Eddie Rabbit
"Will You Ever Know" Curtis Potter
"I'll Go To A Stranger" Justin Trevino
"Nowhere To Go" Penny Jo Pullis
"Empty Arms Win" Penny Ney
"Detour To Nowhere" The Saddletones
"Down At The Broken Heart" Justin Wright

BRC Playlist adds May 1

"Blame This Mess On You"  Kimberly Murray/Bob Manning
"Take Me Back To Tulsa-Boil'em Cabbage"  Colby Sheppard

BRC top 20 Week Ending April 28

     1.  "Riverboat Gambler"  Eight Dollar Mountain
     2.  "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy"  Jimmy Dale Gilmore
     3.  "If I Had Left It Up To You"  Merle Haggard
     4.  "Too Gone Too Long"  Randy Travis
     5.  "To Daddy"  Emmy Lou Harris
     6.  "Little Birdie"  The Stanley Brothers
     7.  "When Your Holding Me"  Rhonda Vincent
     8.  "The Carroll County Accident"  Porter Wagoner
     9.  "When It's Springtime In Alaska"  Johnny Horton
    10. "I Wish I Were A Single Girl Again"  Jan Howard
    11. "Wine Me Up"  Don Walser
    12. "Slowly But Sweetly"  Davy Jay Sparrow and his Well Known Famous Drovers
    13. "Pale Moon"  The Carper Family
    14. "Man About Town"  Moot Davis
    15. "My Own Kind Of Hat"  Alan Jackson
    16. "Tennessee Local"  Carolyn Martin
    17. "No Yodeling On The Radio"  Karen Collins
    18. "Wine Women and Song"  Loretta Lynn
    19. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"  Flatt and Scruggs
    20. "Don't Fall In Love With A Girl Like That"  The Boxcars

    Nice mix here that even Adam Steffey would approve of.  Oldest Track of the week.  "Little Birdie";
    Looking forward to getting the first Ballot later this week for the 2012 IBMA awards.

BRC Playlist Adds April 27

BRC Playlist Adds April 27

"Got 2 Again" O Brian Party of 7

Prayers for Bluegrass legend James King
"30 Years of Farming

"Remember Me (When the Candlelights are Gleaming)" Willie Nelson

"Who's Sorry Now" The Hoosier Hotshots

BRC Playlist adds April 26

Remembering Chris Ethridge
"Hot Burrito 2" The Flying Burrito Brothers

Another for Levon Helm
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" The Band

A plug for Cornell Hurds Lefty Frizzell tribute show Friday evening in Corsicana

"Run Em Off" Lefty Frizzell

Playlist adds April 24

"Tear the Woodpile Down" Marty Stuart
"Eternal Vacation" Dailey and Vincent
"Reincarnation" Roger Miller

Coming later today new music from OBrian Party of Seven and a tribute to Chris Ethridge

BRC Top 20 Week Ending April 21

1. "No Yodeling On the Radio" Karen Collins and the Backroads Band
2. "Sweet Baby James" The Grascals
3. "Trouble Let Me Be" Special Consensus 
4. "When It's Springtime In Alaska" Johnny Horton
5. "Riverboat Gambler" Eight Dollar Mountain
6. "Home In San Antone" The Quebe Sisters
7. "My Kind of Hat" Alan Jackson
8. "Wine Women and Song" Loretta Lynn
9. "Tennessee Local" Carolyn Martin
10. "I'll Go To My Grave Loving You" The Statler Brothers
11. "Too Gone Too Long" Randy Travis
12. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett
13. "Don't Fall In Love With A Girl Like That" The Boxcars
14. "I'm Not Even Close" Georgette Jones
15. "Farewell Party" Gene Watson
16. "Wine Me Up" Don Walser
17. "When Your Holding Me" Rhonda Vincent
18. "Earl's Breakdown" The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs
19. "Man About Town" Moot Davis
20. "Highway Patrol" Jr Brown

It's not reflected in this list but we will miss Dick Clark and Levon Helm.

Karen Collins is an act we have been behind from the start. I'm excited about her hooking up with my Austin buddy's.

Looking forward to new releases from Marty Stuart and the O'Brian Clan's tribute to Roger Miller.

April 20 Honoring Dick Clark

Honoring Dick Clark

It's Only Make Believe Conway Twitty
Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee

I Can't Help Myself Lil Mo and the Monicats
They say Your'e Never Lonely in Lewisville Bill Evans

April 18 RIP Leon

Honoring Levon Helm

The Weight Rumble at the Ryman
Evangeline The Steep Canyon Rangers

Playlist adds April 16

Thinking about Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and Doug Dillard

"Reason to Believe" The Dillards

Us Diane McCall
Yesterday When I Was Young Roy Clark
Your Last Goodbye Floyd Cramer
Blue Is My Heart Holly Williams
The Titanic Ernest V Stoneman

BRC Top 20 April 14

1. Tennessee Local Carolyn Martin
2. Wine Women and Song Loretta Lynn
3. I'll Go To My Grave Loving You The Statler Brothers
4. Too Gone Too Long Randy Travis
5. Strange Patsy Cline
6. Cry Cry Cry Marty Stewart
7. Highway Patrol Junior Brown
8. I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) Buck Owens
9. Don't Fall In Love With A Girl Like That The Boxcars
10. When It's Springtime In Alaska Johnny Horton
11. I'm Not Even Close Georgette Jones
12. Earl's Breakdown Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
13. Stranger In These Walking Shoes Eight Dollar Mountain
14. My Own Kind Of Hat Alan Jackson
15. The Ballad of Jed Clampett Flatt and Scruggs
16. Farewell Party Gene Watson
17. When Your Holding Me Rhonda Vincent
18. Man About Town Moot Davis
19, Goodbye To the Blues Johnson Mountain Boys
20. Before You Go The Derailers

Carolyn Martin was delightful to see live and Nashville was a blast.
Go see the Bakersfield exhibit. Listening hours improving nicely over the last couple weeks.

Oldest Track of the week "When It's Springtime In Alaska"

BRC Playlist adds April 13

Tennessee Local Carolyn Martin
Would It Really Be A Sin The Mastersons
Blue Wayward Vessel

Remembering Bob Luman on his 75th birthday April 15

It's All Over But The Shouting

BRC Playlist adds April 10

Happy Birthday later this week to Loretta Lynn

Wine Women and Song

Remembering Carl Perkins who would have been 80 on April 9

Blue Suede Shoes

Slowly But Sweetly Davy Jay Sparrow and his Well Known Famous Drovers

Heavens Bluegrass Stage Kevin Carter and the Full Assurance Band

BRC top 20 April 7

1. "Riverboat Gambler Eight Dollar Mountain
2. "My Own Kind Of Hat" Alan Jackson
3. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" Flatt and Scruggs
4. "When Your Holding Me" Rhonda Vincent
5. "Man About Town" Moot Davis
6. "I'm Not Even Close" Georgette Jones
7. "Pale Moon" The Carper Family
8. "Home To Texas" Johnny Bush
9. "I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again" Jan Howard
10. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Jack Clement
11. "A World So Full Of Love" The Gibson Brothers
12. "Fireball Male" Ferrell Stowe
13. "Just One Time" Connie Smith
14. "Farewell Party" Gene Watson
15. "Hangman's Boogie" Cowboy Copas
16. "Walk Away From the Wine" Cornell Hurd Band
17. "Roly Poly" Sweet Potato Pie
18. "Goodbye To the Blues" Johnson Mountain Boys
19. "Sing Me A Song" Amber Digby
20. "Before You Go" The Derailers

This weeks number 1 comes from an independent bluegrass group in Southern Oregon I found on Airplay Direct.

Looking forward to a couple days of catching up with Bluegrass folks in Nashville and seeing the new Bakersfield exhibit at the Hall of Fame.

Oldest Track of the week "Hangman's Boogie"

BRC Playlist adds week of April 5

Happy 65th Emmy Lou Harris

To Daddy
To Know Him Is To Love Him The Trio
That's All It Took Gram Parsons

Riverboat Gambler Eight Dollar Mountain
Do As I Say Mark Collie
Trouble Let Me Be Special Consensus
Don't Fall In Love With A Girl Like That The Boxcars

BRC Top 20 March 31

1. "Goodbye To the Blues" The Johnson Mountain Boys
2. "Home In San Antone" The Quebe Sisters
3. "I'll Go To My Grave Loving You" The Statler Brothers
4. "To Gone Too Long" Randy Travis
5. "Hey Porter" Pickin On Johnny Cash
6. "Dumas Walker" The Kentucky Headhunters
7. "No Yodeling On the Radio" Karen Collins
8. "When It's Springtime In Alaska" Johnny Horton
9. "A World So Full of Love" The Gibson Brothers
10. "Before You Go" The Derailers
11. "Once A Day" Connie Smith
12. "Tears and Roses" Heather Berry/Tony Mabe
13. "Sing A Sad Song" Amber Digby
14. "I've Seen What He Can Do" Marty Raybon
15. "Roly Poly" Sweet Potato Pie
16. "I'm Not Even Close" Georgette Jones
17. "Nitro Express" Red Simpson
18. "Black Cadillac" Marti Brom
19. "Sweet Baby James" The Grascals
20. "You Better Treat Your Man Right" Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys

A little surprised the Scruggs adds did not make the chart. Some of us have talked about attending the MACC festival but it has not been doable.

Oldest track of the week "When It's Springtime In Alaska"

To those who celebrate have a soleam Holy Week and Easter.

Playlist adds March 30

More Earl Scruggs and Lawton Williams

"The Night I Played Lester Flatt" Danny Stanley and the Bluegrass Gentleman
"Polka On the Banjo" Josh Williams
"Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong" Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

"Fraulein" Bobby Helms
"Farewell Party" Gene Watson

Playlist Adds March 28

RIP Earl Scruggs

to the regular playlist

"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" 1949 version Flatt and Scruggs
"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" Flatt and Scruggs
"Don't Get Above Your Raising" Ricky Skaggs
"Earl's Breakdown" Earl Scruggs with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band