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.