Boots and Saddle Show

Regularly scheduled programming is paused for a couple of weeks as I'm making live radio (this and next week) for the annual Fundrive on our home station, CKUW 95.9 FM.
I promised I wouldn’t let you folks down who listen on the podcast feed or our partner stations and so with that we’ve got a bonus episode this week. Introducing our “must-have record” series. This week, it’s Roll, Truck, Roll by Red Simpson. The whole thing (+ a pair of extras). We’re not messing around.
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BONUS EPISODE: “Must-have Record Series”
Roll, Truck, Roll - Red Simpson (1966)

INTRO
Workin' For The Highway Patrol - Red Simpson (The Man Behind The Badge - 1966)

Roll, Truck, Roll: Side A
1. Truck Drivin’ Man
2. Roll, Truck, Roll
3. Nitro Express
4. Give Me Forty Acres
5. Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver
6. Highway Man

Roll, Truck, Roll: Side B
7. Motivatin’ Man 
8. Truck Driver’s Blues
9. Big Mack
10. My Baby’s Waitin’
11. Six Days on the Road
12. Runaway Truck

OUTRO
Old Sam - Red Simpson (Truck Drivin' Fool - 1967)

A solid effort this week with some stories, a look ahead at this month of shows and a playlist of beautiful country music (and country-adjacent) new, old and in-between filling the hour.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 090

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. It's a Long Way from Heaven (to the World That You're Living In) - Amber Digby (The World You're Living In - 2013)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Phantom 309 - Red Sovine (Phantom 309 - 1967)
3. Let the Mystery Be - Iris Dement (Infamous Angel - 1992)
4. It Only Hurts When I Cry - Dwight Yoakam (If There Was a Way - 1990)

New & Recent Releases:
5. Willie Waylon And Whiskey - Dale Watson (Single - 2026)
6. Texas Tumbleweed - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025)
7. That's When I'll Be Dreaming Of You - Nicholas Campbell (People Like To Talk - 2026)
8. The Hell I Won't - Meg and the Wheelers (Single - 2025)

Round-Up: Co-Writes with Tom Russell
9. Wrong Side of His Heart - Rosie Flores (Rockabilly Filly - 1995) 
10. Navajo Rug - Ian Tyson (Cowboyography - 1986) 
11. Between The Cracks - Dave Alvin (West Of The West - 2006) 

Outro:
12. I Hate the World Again - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024)

VOL 2. in the Boots & Saddle Show Songwriter Series has us hearing music this week written (or co-written) by Dallas Frazier.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 089
BOOTS & SADDLE SHOW SONGWRITER SERIES | VOLUME 2 | THE SONGS OF DALLAS FRAZIER

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. That Rain Makin’ Baby of Mine - Johnny Bush (Here Comes the World Again - 1973)

Beautiful (Dallas Frazier) Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over - Merle Haggard (Mama Tried - 1968)
3. I Can’t Get There from Here - George Jones (George Jones Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier - 1968)
4. There Goes My Everything - Tammy Wynette (The World of Tammy Wynette - 1970)
5. California Cotton Fields - Dallas Frazier (Singing My Songs - 1970)

Songs of Dallas Frazier:
6. Ain’t Had No Lovin’ Connie Smith (Born To Sing - 1966)
7. Lost On The Desert - Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives (Way Out West - 2017)
8. I’m Sorry If My Love Got In Your Way - Norma Jean (Thank You For Loving Me - 1972)
9. Ain’t Love A Good Thing - Loretta Lynn (They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy - 1974)
10. Mohair Sam - Charlie Rich (The Many New Sides of Charlie Rich - 1965) 

Round-Up: More Songs of Dallas Frazier
11. (I’m so) Afraid of Losing You Again - Charley Pride (Just Plain Charley - 1970)
12.  The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - Johnny Darrel (The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - 1968)
13. Big Mable Murphy - Dallas Frazier (My Baby Packed Up My Mind And Left Me/Big Mable Murphy - 1971)

Outro: One more Song of Dallas Frazier
14. When He Walks On You (Like You Walked On Me) - Jerry Lee Lewis (Touching Home - 1971)

A few recently released cuts, a handful of country-rockers, some "lost" country and maybe even a little bit more.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 088

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'm Walking Slow (And Thinking 'Bout Him) - Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers (Honky Tonk Revival - 2005)

Beautiful Country-Rock:
2. George Jones Talkin’ Cell Phone Blues - Drive-By Truckers (The Fine Print (a collection of oddities and rarities): 2003-2008) - 2009)
3. Six Days on the Road - Steve Earle (Single - 1987)
4. Central Daylight Time - Wrinkle Neck Mules (Apprentice to Ghosts - 2012)
5. C'est La Vie - Emmylou Harris (Luxury Liner - 1976)

New & Recent Releases:
6. One Last Heartache - Hilde Vos (Belmont Boulevard - 2025)
7. Memories and Empties - Colter Wall (Memories and Empties - 2025) 
8. Pardon Me - The Shirt Tuckers (Introducing… - 2025)

Round-Up: “lost” Country
9. I Didn’t Find a Saint (In New Orleans) - Dawn Glass (Single - 1972)
10. She'll Keep Bringing All Her Love To Me - Dennis Ivey (Single)
11. Show Me The Way To The Circus - The Homesteaders (A New Frontier - 1968)

Outro:
12. That’s the Last Time - Ags Connolly (How About Now - 2014)

A few (somewhat) new/recently released songs are sandwiched between sets of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, due in large part to inspiration from a 1973 book called, 'The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights & Country Music'.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 087

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. Yesterday All Day Long Today - Jeannie C. Riley (Single - 1968)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell (Gentle On My Mind - 1967)  
3. Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff  (The Essential Roy Acuff)
4. Lonely Women Make Good Lovers - Bob Luman (Lonely Women Make Good Lovers - 1972)
5. I'll Go Down Swinging - Bill Anderson (Bright Lights And Country Music - 1965)

New & Recent Releases:
6. Ain’t Missin’ You - The Waymores (Single - 2025) 
7. Flying In The Rain - Paige and the Overtones (Single - 2025) 
8. Lost and Found - Rev Dave and the Sin Eaters (Clouds Like Buffalo - 2025) 

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
9. Made in Japan - Buck Owens (In the Palm of Your Hand - 1973)
10. Okie from Muskogee (Live) - Merle Haggard (Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob’s - 2000)
11. I Can’t Help It if I’m Still in Love with You - Hank Williams (Single - 1951) 

Outro:
12. I Really Don’t Want to Know - Loretta Lynn (Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - 1967)