BRC Top 20 Week Ending February 4

     1.  "UNTIL AT LAST I'M HOME"  DAILEY AND VINCENT
     2.  "THAT'S WHERE MY BABY FEELS AT HOME"  JAKE HOOKER
     3.  "TOO LONELY TOO LONG"  DOLLY PARTON
     4.  "OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER"  WADE HAYES
     5.  "WHO WILL BE THE FIRST"  JUSTIN TREVINO
     6.  "SO DOGGONE LONESOME"  JOHNNY CASH
     7.  "25 MINETES TO GO"  JOHNNY CASH
     8.  "HELLO LOVE"  HANK SNOW
     9.  "TALKIN' TEXAN"  GARY NICHOLSON
   10.  "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"  THE EVERLY BROTHERS
   11.  "MARIE"  DON WALSER
   12.  "A HEART LIKE YOU"  CONNIE SMITH
   13.  "THINK OF ME"  BUCK OWENS
   14.  "STEEL GUITAR RAG"  BOB WILLS
   15.  "HEARTACHES"  AKIRA OTSUKA
   16.  "MAN IN THE BACK SEAT"  W C EDGER
   17.  "BRING ME SUNSHINE"  CURTIS POTTER
   18.  "THE NATURAL THING TO DO"  ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
   19.  "THE GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND"  DEL McCOURY BAND
   20.  "GIVE EM HELL HARRY"  TOMMY SHAW

   Kudos to the busiest guys in Bluegrass music.
   Listening hours decent over the past week but still need votes.
   Ready for a week with my Austin buddies.
   Oldest track of the week  "Steel Guitar Rag"

BRC Playlist adds Febuary 5

"Alone With You"  Faron Young
"It's Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer"  Charlie Pride
"Tears and Roses"  The Heather Berry and Tony Mabe Show
"My Hearts In San Antone"  Arty Rodriguez
"The Matador"  Gretchen Peters

Insperation on Feb 1 45 rpm records

 Front End

Someone I can't recall on Facebook had a thread that mentioned this was the date in 1949 RCA introduced the 45 rpm. This led to a thread of your first 45s.  We had a bunch of 78's in the house but the first pop 45s in the house were "Liechtensteiner Polka"  Will Glahe,  "The Childrens Marching Song" (This Old Man)  Mitch Miller and his Orchestra and "The Battle of New Orleans"  Johnny Horton. Needless to say I wore them all out.

Back End

My buddy Tom Bibey has a song of the day feature I love to comment on. Today's song was "Highway 40 Blues" Ricky Scaggs written by Larry Cordell. I realized this was one of the last 45's I bought when it was popular. (1984(?)

Also a recent entry to this feature was "Carolina In the Morning" which was the flip side of the Mitch Miller single listed above.

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.