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.