Boots and Saddle Show

Nice mix this week of new, old(er) and in-between. Plus, a tribute to Greg Pester from The Royal George Hotel who passed away suddenly last week. It's a good one that is full of love and great music. I hope you’ll enjoy the show.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 098

INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. The Box It Came In - Wanda Jackson (Reckless Love Affair - 1967)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Waiting in Line - Kathryn Legendre (Single - 2020)
3. 10k - Michael Peters & The Monsters (Single - 2025)
4. High Plains Wyoming (Feat. Joel Timmons) - Shelby Means (Shelby Means - 2025)

New & Recent Releases:
5. Claws In Me - Skinny Dyck (plays GWYH/CLAWS IN ME - Single - 2026)
6. The Real Pretender - Rachel Brooke (Single - 2026)
7. Old Familiar Way - Rachel Swain (Single - 2026)

Round-Up: Dedicated with love to the memory of Greg Pester
8. Too Many Nights In a Roadhouse - Junior Brown (12 Shades of Brown - 1990)
9. Pretty Horses - Sean Taylor Band (Single - 2026)

Outro: One more for Greg 
10.Go Rest High on the Mountain - Vince Gill (When Love Finds You - 1994)

Episode 097 this week. Recorded it last Wednesday back home at Boots & Saddle Headquarters in the basement on the fringes of downtown, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Merle Haggard passed away 10 years ago yesterday (April 6) on the day of his 79th birthday so in honour of that we have a tribute set of Merle covers. Plus, beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers and a few new/recent releases.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 097

INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Amarillo by Morning - George Strait (Strait From The Heart - 1982)

Tour Wrap-Up:
2. Rodeo Hand - Branson Anderson (First Rodeo - 2025)
3. Another Heartbreak Song - Patrick B Ray (Single - 2020)
4. Bad Girl - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025) 
5. Last Cowboy Hat in California - Robert Henry & the Repeaters (The Way It Usually Goes - 2022)

New & Recent Releases:
6. Heart - Charlie Marie (Single - 2026)
7. She Was My Baby - Dale Watson (Single - 2026) 
8. If You Wanted to You Would - Meg and the Wheelers (Single - 2026) 

Round-Up: Merle Haggard Covers
9. Today I Started Loving You Again - Loretta Lynn (Woman Of The World / To Make A Man - 1969)
10. I Threw Away The Rose - Charley Pride (The Country Way - 1967)
11. I'll Leave the Bottle On the Bar - Johnny Paycheck (Mr. Hag Told My Story - 1981)

Outro / Merle Haggard Covers Continued…
12. You Don't Have Very Far to Go - Jeannie Seely (The Seely Style - 1966)

A wide range of country and country-adjacent material this week complete with a little tour wrap-up + a look ahead at some things happening at home in Winnipeg in April.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 096

INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. The Good Life - Justin Townes Earle (The Good Life - 2008) 

Tour Wrap-Up + Looking Ahead
2. Truest Colors - Jason Boland & The Stragglers (The Last Kings of Babylon - 2025) 
3.  And It’s Quiet - Dwayne Dueck (Dwayne Dueck - 2015)
4. Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris (Blue Kentucky Girl - 1979)
5. Talkin' big Weaner Blues - Branson Anderson (First Rodeo - 2025) 
6. Run This Town - Corb Lund (Things That Can't Be Undone - 2015)

New & Recent Releases:
7. Cowboy - The Waymores (The Knot - 2026)
8. Fiesta Eterno - Garrett T. Capps (feat. Kevin Russell, Joe King Carrasco & Augie Meyers) - Garrett T. Capps (I Still Love San Antone - 2026)
9. The Money - Kevin Carducci (Single - 2026)
10. Headed out West - Jade Brodie (Horse Money - 2026)

Outro:
11.  Over Again - Eilen Jewell (Queen of the Minor Key - 2011)

Recorded after a rowdy gig in Reno, I've got another dispatch from the road with a bunch of beautiful country music.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 095

INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Racing in to the Saddle:
1. The Race Is On - George Jones (I Get Lonely In A Hurry - 1964)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. I'll Get Over You - Crystal Gayle (Somebody Loves You - 1975)
3. Mississippi Mud - Hank Williams III (Lovesick, Broke And Driftin' - 2002)
4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean (Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales - 1961)

Round-Up: Bakersfield, California 
5. Before You Go - Buck Owens And His Buckaroos (Before You Go / No One But You - 1965)
6. Another (Just Like Me) - Jean Shepard (Got You On My Mind - 1961)
7. The Reason We're Together - Kay Adams (Wheels & Tears - 1966)
8. Someone Told My Story - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - 1967)

More Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
9. Rather Have Love - Bonnie Montgomery & Melissa Carper (Single - 2026) 
10. Can't Dance With Memories - Sam Platts and the Kootenai Three (Sundown At Noon - 2013)
11. Me and My Machine - Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems (Single - 2020)   

Outro:
12. Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation) - Loretta Lynn (Still Woman Enough - 2021)

Recorded from a hotel room in Lubbock, TX, this week we've got a few new(er) ones, some old(er) ones, a tribute to Augie Meyers and another dispatch from the road.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 094

INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. I've Decided to Leave Here Forever - Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies: Music From The Motion Picture - 1983)

Get Your Kicks: A Road Trip
2. Route 66 - Asleep At The Wheel (Wheelin' and Dealin' - 1976)
3. New Mexico (Un-overdubbed Take 1) - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two (Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash - 1964)  
4. Amarillo Highway - Emily Nenni (Drive & Cry - 2024) 

New & Recent Releases:
5. I Don't Like The Way I'm Feeling (without you) - Kara Cole (Single - 2026)
6. Mi Corazón - Dominique and the Diamonds (Single - 2026) 
7. He Never Looked At Me Like That - Western Gringa (Single - 2025) 

Round-Up: Tribute to Augie Meyers
8. Walkin’ the Back Streets - Augie Meyers (Country - 2009)
9. Here I Go Again - Augie Meyers (Augie’s Back - 1986)
10. Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Augie Meyers (Single - 1983)

Outro:
11. Water in the Well - BJ Barham (Rockingham - 2016)