Last day of March playlist

Hard to believe the fourth month of the year is here.  KWMR and its listeners did a great job during the Spring pledge drive that ended last Sunday.  No one worked harder during the pledge drive than my co-host Amanda as she led over 100 volunteers through a fun pledge drive.  With all the tireless work, she deserved a much needed break so I covered the show tonight.

If there was one theme, it was a celebration of Buck Owens.  Buck passed away five years ago on March 25 after having his favorite dinner, chicken fried steak, and performing one last time.  I put together some tunes that were covered by Buck and some tunes of his that were covered by others.

I also talked with Dr. BLT about his CD project he’s putting together to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan through the American Red Cross.  Here’s a link to the songs and information on the tunes and CD that can be purchased.  Our pals Dave Gleason and Dave Howe contributed songs for the effort.

Can’t believe we’ve been playing Tim Hus’ song and haven’t ever posted clip of Tim playing.

 

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Big House	Ease Me Down	Never Ending Train	Big House Records
Waylon Jennings	Stop The World (And Let Me Off)	The Essential Waylon Jennings	rca/legacy
Merle Haggard	Silver Wings	Hag – The Best of Merle Haggard	capitol nashville
Red Meat	Truck Drivin’ Man	Live At The World’s Smallest Honky Tonk	Ranchero Records
Tom Phillips & The Men of Constant Sorrow	Play Hank Williams ‘Till I Die	Downtown Cowboy	Independent
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Deep Water	The Essential Bob Wills	Columbia
Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West	Yep Roc Records
Richard Thompson	A-11	1000 Years of Popular Music	Cooking vinyl
The Derailers	Big In Vegas	Under the Influence of Buck	Palo Duro Records
Red Meat	Buckeye	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Johnny Paycheck	Close All The Honky Tonks	All Time Greatest Hits	Goldenlane Records
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Chuck Berry	Geffen* Records
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Lookin’ Out My Back Door	Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits	Fantasy Records
Martina McBride	Love’s Gonna Live Here	Timeless	RCA Records Label Nashville
Dwight Yoakam	My Heart Skips A Beat	Dwight Sings Buck	New West
Dwight Yoakam	Only You	Dwight Sings Buck	New West
The Derailers	Sam’s Place	Under the Influence of Buck	Palo Duro Records
Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam	Streets Of Bakersfield	Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection	Rhino
The Derailers	Under The Influence Of Love	Under the Influence of Buck	Palo Duro Records
The Stanley Brothers	We’ll Be Sweethearts In Heaven	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers	Columbia Records
Buck Owens	California Okie	Buck Owens, The Warner Bros. Recordings	Warner Bros
Joe Ely	White Line Fever	Tulare Dust: A Songwriter’s Tribute to Merle Haggard	HIGHTONE
Red Meat	The Memory Of Your Smile	Live At The World’s Smallest Honky Tonk	Ranchero Records
Tim Hus	Man With the Big Hat	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Dave Howe	No Particular Place	A Face for Radio	self
Dave Gleason	Blue Side of the World	Turn and Fade	326 Records
Wanda Jackson	Busted	The Party Ain’t Over	Nonesuch
Shelby Lynne	I Walk The Line	Cash Covered	MOJO
Merle Haggard	I’ve Seen It Go Away	I Am What I Am	Vanguard Records
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records

Recap of March 17 show w/ Smelley Kelley

Today was the first day of KWMR’s spring pledge drive.  The station has an overall goal to raise $30,000 during the 11 day pledge drive.  To do that, we need to raise $2700 each day.  We fell a little short of that today, but there’s time to make that up.  If you love radio, community radio, public radio, Bakersfield and Beyond, you can help.  It’s easy to donate on line with Paypal right from KWMR‘s home page.  Simply go to KWMR.org and hit the “Donate” button.  We would appreciate any support.

It’s become kind of tradition that Smelley Kelley from the band Red Meat is on the air with us during our pledge show.  While the stars didn’t align tonight to have Smelley in the studio with us, he did make himself available to talk on the phone many times during the show.  For that we thank you, Smelley!

And how appropriate we have Smelley Kelley, a fine Irishman, from a great country band deeply immersed in the Bakersfield Sound, Red Meat on the show with us on St. Patrick’s Day.  We got off to a great start with pledges and somehow got on the topic of cartoon characters who only wear a top.  Porky Pig is how Smelley described it.  We somehow got on the topic of Cat Woman and Amanda said that for a $1,000 pledge she would wear a leather Cat Woman outfit for a day.  Who’s got $1,000?

We thank everyone who called in with a pledge or who pledged on line. And we thank Dewey Livingston, a local resident who called in with his story of the night he spent at Buck Owens house in the early 70’s.  Great story!

It was also sad to report that Ferlin Husky passed away today of heart complications.  He was 85.  Ferlin was a DJ in Bakersfield in the early fifties going by the name Terry Preston.  He was signed by Columbia records and under the guidance of Cliffie Stone recorded A Dear John Letter with Jean Shepard, which hit #1.  This one’s for you Ferlin.

Ferlin and Jean sound great in the year 2000.

You’ll have to follow this link, but this is a great performance of Gone with Ferlin Husky.

It was funny hearing Smelley’s story behind this version of Sweet Home Alabama.

 

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Johnny Paycheck	DANNY BOY	All Time Greatest Hits	Goldenlane Records
Red Meat	Pretty Little Lights of Town	We Never Close	Ranchero Records
Ferlin Husky	Dear John Letter	The Greatest Hits of Ferlin Husky	Gusto
Wanda Jackson	Shakin’ All Over	The Party Ain’t Over	Nonesuch
Wanda Jackson	RIP IT UP	The Party Ain’t Over	Nonesuch
Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts	Chauffeur	Girl of the Century	Bloodshot Records
The Byrds	Truck Stop Girl	(Untitled) /(Unissued)	Columbia/Legacy
Red Meat	Truck Drivin’ Man	Live At The World’s Smallest Honky Tonk	Ranchero Records
Wynn Stewart	Keeper Of The Key	Swing West Vol. 1 Bakersfield	Razor & Tie
RJ Jones and the Buckaroos	Goin’ Back To The Hard Times	clear Artist	Rio Nuevo
John Doe and the Sadies	Stop The World And Let Me Off	Country Club	Yep Rock
Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women	Marie Marie	Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women	Yep Roc
Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues	Bloodshot Records
Dr. BLT	Eyes Of St. Paddy	SIngle	Killbilly Records
Van Morrison	My Buckets Got A Hole In It	Pay the Devil	Lost Highway
Dave Gleason	Radio 1965	Turn and Fade	326 Records
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Sing Me Back Home	Hag – The Best of Merle Haggard	capitol nashville
Neil Diamond	SOLITARY MAN	Neil Diamond The Bang Years 1966-1968	Columbia
Johnny Cash	SOLITARY MAN	American III: Solitary Man	American Recordings
Buck Owens	Sweet Molly Brown	The Warner Bros. Recordings	Warner Bros
Ferlin Husky	GONE	Swing West – Vol 1 Bakersfield	RAZOR AND TIE
Beat Farmers	Powderfinger	Tales of the New West	Rhino
Waylon Jennings	Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me	Honky Tonk Heroes	Buddha Records
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	MAKE IT LAST	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records