Boots and Saddle Show

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)

Our first episode of 2026 and it's filled with beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. No less than a few shuffles along with some personal favourites and a handful of cuts from "must-have" records. It's a good one.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 086

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. Sittin' and Thinkin' - Ray Price (Night Life - 1963)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. My Baby's Waitin' - Red Simpson (Roll, Truck, Roll - 1966)
3. Big Midnight Special - Jean Shepard  (Got You On My Mind - 1961)
4. Husband Stealer - Kay Adams (Alcohol and Tears - 1967)
5. I'm As Free As The Breeze - Ernest Tubb (Sings Just Call Me Lonesome (And Other Great Songs By Rex Griffin) - 1963)

Some B&S Favourites:
6. I Push Right Over - Robbie Fulks (South Mouth - 1997)
7. Hometown Boys - Roy Payne (Roy Payne No. 2 - 1970)
8. Rose Garden - Southern Culture on the Skids (Countrypolitan Favorites - 2007)
9. Cowboy Peyton Place - Doug Sahm - The Return of Wayne Douglas - 2000)

Round-Up: More Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers - Early 1960’s Edition:
10. Your Kinda Love - Patsy Cline (Single - 1964)
11.  It’s Lonely (On My Side Of The Sea) - Goldie Hill (Goldie Hill - 1960)
12. One For You - One For Me - Justin Tubb (Star Of The Grand Ole Opry - 1962)

Outro:
13. A Picture of Me (Without You) - George Jones (A Picture of Me (Without You) - 1972)

Our favourite songs of 2025. A dozen killer cuts from a stacked and packed year. This was not an easy one to put together but I'm pleased with the result and hope you will be too. What a great year for new releases! Thanks for tuning in this year, friends. We've seen great growth and support for the program throughout the year and I appreciate you spending some time listening to music with me every week.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 085
- Favourites of 2025 -

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

Favourites of 2025 - Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Hopeless - Sam Platts (Single - 2025)

Favourites of 2025:
2. Beans on the Riverbank - Big River Ramblers (Never Not Given ‘Er - 2025)
3. Tell Me - Brennen Leigh (Don't You Ever Give  Up On Love - 2025)
4. When You’re Down - Christopher Seymore (King of Nothing - 2025)
5. 1800 Miles - Colter Wall (Memories and Empties 2025)
6. Full Time - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)

Favourites of 2025:
7. Houston Belongs to Me - Sunny Sweeney (Rhinestone Requiem - 2025)
8. Piece of Time - Carter Felker (Loser - 2025) 
9. Breakin’ Up - John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff (The Return Of... - 2025)
10. Your Kinda Lovin’ - Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025)
11. Heart & Heart Forever - Brandon Birkedahl (High & Lonesome - 2025)

Favourites of 2025 - Outro:
12. For You & I - Garrett T. Capps (Life Is Strange - 2025)

This week we've got a nice mix of old, new and places in-between. We're spreading Christmas joy but we're not overlooking the dark side or the losers of Christmas either. How could we? You'll hear some Christmas tunes you might not have ever heard before along with some familiar classics from (hopefully and potentially) unfamiliar recordings/artists. I don't know. I don't know your life but I hope you have a safe and happy holiday and that you'll enjoy our offering this season.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 084
2nd Annual Honky-Tonk Holiday Christmas Special

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 Sleigh:
1. Honky Tonk Christmas - Johnny Paycheck (Compilation: Christmas In Branson, MO, USA - 1993)

Losers of Christmas:
2. Merry Christmas Asshole - Brennen Leigh (Single - 2020)
3. Daddy Won’t Be Home Again for Christmas - Merle Haggard (Merle Haggard's Christmas Present - 1973)
4. Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas - Commander Cody (Single - 1973)
5. Christmas at the Bar - The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam (Winter Bungalow/Christmas At The Bar - Single - 2025)

Christmas Classics:
6. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Two Tons of Steel (Tangled in Tinsel [EP] - 2011)
7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Olivia Ellen Lloyd (Compilation: Slow Xmas 5 - 2025)
8. Blue Christmas - Chris Isaak (Christmas - 2004)
9. Winter Wonderland - Valerie June (An Americana Christmas - 2014)

Beautiful Christmas Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
10. ase Come Home For Christmas (Spanish & English) - Freddy Fender (Merry Christmas Feliz Navidad From Freddy Fender  - 1977)
11. Lonely Christmas Call - Tammy Wynette (Christmas With Tammy - 1970)
12. The Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow (Christmas with Hank Snow - 1967)
13. It's Not Hard to Write a Christmas Card - Melissa Carper (A Very Carper Christmas - 2025)
14. Christmas is Near - The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys (Single - 1958)

Outro:
15. Balsam Fir - Cam Penner (Balsam Fir [EP] - 2008)