Boots and Saddle Show

We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week but until then, we're back with a bonus episode and another in our "Must-have Record Series". This week, it's as close to perfection as we'll listen to the entirety of the 1963 Decca Records masterpiece, Ernest Tubb Sings Just Call Me Lonesome (And Other Great Songs by Rex Griffin).
Along the way, we'll hear a few from Rex himself + a song (one of many) that he penned to became staples, and even hits for other artists.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | BONUS EPISODE [FEB. 2026]
“Must-have Record Series” Vol. 2.
Ernest Tubb Sings Just Call Me Lonesome (and other great songs by Rex Griffin)
(Ernest Tubb - 1963 - Decca Records)

INTRO & THEME:
Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon - Hank Penny

REX GRIFFIN:
The Lovesick Blues - Rex Griffin (Single - 1939)
Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby - Rex Griffin (Single - 1936)

Just Call Me Lonesome - SIDE A:
1. I Told You So  
2. I Loved You Once  
3. An Old Faded Photograph  
4. The Last Letter  
5. If You Call That Gone Goodbye  
6. How Can I Be Sure  

Just Call Me Lonesome - SIDE B:
7. I'll Never Tell You I Love You  
8. Beyond The Last Mile  
9. Just Partners  
10. I'll Think I'll Give Up  
11. I'm As Free As The Breeze  
12.  Just Call Me Lonesome

Outro:
That Old Sweetheart of Mine - Rex Griffin (Radio Transcription - 1944)

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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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | BONUS EPISODE [FEB. 2026]
“Must-have Record Series” Vol. 1
Roll, Truck, Roll 
(Red Simpson - 1966 - Capitol Records)

INTRO & THEME:
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)