Boots and Saddle Show

A packed show this week with a handful of new/recent releases + a ton of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. And more!- --BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 092INTRO & 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 Heard It Through the Red Wine - Charlie Marie (Ramble On - 2021)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. Eighteen Wheels - Norton Buffalo (Lovin' In the Valley of the Moon - 1977)3. Broke Down South of Dallas - Junior Brown (12 Shades of Brown - 1993)4. Dead Ringer - Whiskey Gentry (Dead Ringer - 2017)New & Recent Releases:5. Highway Song - The Waymores (The Knot - 2026) 6. Holdin’ Up - Daniel Young (Another Golden Hour - 2026)7. Leaving Manitoba - Bobby Dove (Single - 2026)8. Trucker’s Cafe - Mac Cornish (Single - 2026) Regional Round-Up: Utah Territory:9. Brother Brigham, Brother Young - Corb Lund (Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! - 2007)10. Why Won’t You Love Me Tonight - Branson Anderson (Edgar Allen Coe - 2025)11. The Red Hills of Utah - Marty Robbins (Return of the Gunfighter - 1963)Extra Innings:12. She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) - Gary Stewart (Out of Hand - 1975)13. Country Music In My Soul - Leona Williams (Single - 1969)Outro:14. En Mi Viejo San Juan - Trio Los Panchos Y Javier Solis (Los Panchos Y Las Voces De Javier Solis, Estela Raval Y Gigliola Cinquetti - 1972)

We're back to our regular scheduled programming this week and it's a big one. We've got beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, cue up the Johnny Cash birthday bash happening this week in Winnipeg and preview the live recording of our 100th episode happening April 10th at Park Alleys. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 091INTRO & 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. A Walk on the Wild Side of Life - Webb Pierce (Fallen Angel - 1960)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. Roughest Neck Around - Corb Lund (Five Dollar Bill - 2002)3. Foolin' Around On You - Heather Littlefield (Drinking to Dream - 2016)4. South Of Lonesome - The Hacienda Brothers (Hacienda Brothers - 2005)Johnny Cash Birthday Bash:5. I Still Miss Someone - Loretta Lynn (Blue Kentucky Girl - 1965)6. Wanted Man - Johnny Cash (Little Fauss and Big Halsy (Original Soundtrack Recording) - 1970)7. Johnny Cash Song - Andrew Neville and The Poor Choices (Andrew Neville and The Poor Choices - 2005)Round-Up: B&S 100th Episode Live Recording Preview8. Insomniac Show - Leaf Rapids (Velvet Paintings - 2024)9. Pontiac - Jess Reimer & Jeremy Hamm (Down The Valley - 2017)10. Nine Inch Nails - Ridley Bent (Buckles & Boots - 2007)Outro:11. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - Rosanne Cash (The List - 2009)

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. ---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 PennyREX 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 LonesomeOutro: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.---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | BONUS EPISODE [FEB. 2026]“Must-have Record Series” Vol. 1Roll, 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’ Man2. Roll, Truck, Roll3. Nitro Express4. Give Me Forty Acres 5. Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver6. Highway ManRoll, Truck, Roll - SIDE B:7. Motivatin’ Man8. Truck Driver’s Blues9. Big Mack10. My Baby’s Waitin’ 11. Six Days on the Road 12. Runaway TruckOutro: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. - --BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 090INTRO & 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 Russell9. 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. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 089BOOTS & SADDLE SHOW SONGWRITER SERIES | VOLUME 2 | THE SONGS OF DALLAS FRAZIERINTRO & 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 Frazier11. (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 Frazier14. 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. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 088INTRO & 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” Country9. 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'.---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 087INTRO & 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. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 086INTRO & 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. ---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. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 0842nd Annual Honky-Tonk Holiday Christmas SpecialINTRO & 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)

This week on the program we pay tribute to Raul Malo, who passed away last week at the age of 60. 11 carefully selected songs from 10 different records (both with The Mavericks and from his Solo catalogue) covering a wide cross-section of his great career. He was one of the best and will be sorely missed. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 083A Tribute to Raul MaloINTRO & 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 Writing on the Wall - The Mavericks (Music For All Occasions - 1995)Dancing the Night Away:2. Dance the Night Away - The Mavericks (Trampoline - 1998)3. Things I Cannot Change - The Mavericks (Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of The Mavericks - 1999)4. Back In Your Arms Again - The Mavericks (In Time - 2013)A Crying Shame:5. What a Crying Shame - The Mavericks (What A Crying Shame - 1994)6. Lonely Hearts - Raul Malo (Lucky One - 2008)7. Poder Vivir - The Mavericks (En Español - 2020) Covers:8. Crying Time - Raul Malo (After Hours - 2007)9. Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got a Heartache) - The Mavericks (From Hell to Paradise - 1992)10. Before the Next Teardrop Falls - The Mavericks (Play the Hits - 2019)Outro: Covers continued11. For the Good Times - Raul Malo (After Hours - 2007)

A handful of new/recent releases, some "lost" country and I break down my weekend in Vegas with a set of artists associated with the famed (and former) Nashville Nevada Club. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 082INTRO & 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. These Two Eyes - Ira Louvin (The Unforgettable Ira Louvin - 1965)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers: Nashville Nevada Club Edition2. Money Talks - Wynn Stewart (The Songs of Wynn Stewart - 1965)3. Castle of Love -  Bobby Austin (Single - 1958)4. Guitar Man - Calamity Jayne New & Recent Releases:5. Two Steps Back - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)6. Wichita Falls - American Aquarium (Live at Red Rocks - 2025)7. Don Quixote - Branson Anderson (First Rodeo - 2025)8. Alone in the Lone Star - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025)Round-Up: “lost” Country9. Look What You’ve Done - Benny Martin (Single - 1957) 10. Your Own Medicine - Kay Kemmer (Single - 1970)11. Don’t Make Me Go to School - Jo Ann Steele (Single - 1968)Outro:12. 4/4 Time - Colter Wall (Memories and Empties - 2025)

Comin’ right at ya with Episode 081 this week as we welcome in the month of December, cue up the big rodeo in Vegas and spin some requests. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 081INTRO & 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. If We Make it Through December - Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Single - 1973 / If We Make it Through December - 1974)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. Town Song - Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices (Andrew Neville And The Poor Choices - 2005)3. The Pill - Loretta Lynn (Back to the Country - 1975)4. Your Good Girls Gonna Go Bad - Tammy Wynette (Your Good Girls Gonna Go Bad - 1967)Rodeo Time:5. Cowboy Pride - Ian Tyson (Cowboyography - 1986)6. Running Through the Rain - Chris LeDoux (Wild And Wooly - 1986) 7. Night Rider’s Lament - Suzy Boggus (Somewhere Between - 1988)8. Devil’s Best Dress - Corb Lund (Losin' Lately Gambler - 2009)Regional Round-Up: “lost” Canadian Country Music9. I Cross My Broken Heart - Barry Smith & the Inner City Outlaws (Inner City Outlaws)10. Head Him Off at the Pass - Joyce Smith (Single - 1973)11. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am - George Pasher (I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am - 1968)12. Myrna Lorrie  - Just Count the Tears I'm Gone (Single - 1966)Outro: Tribute to Tim Williams [Aug 11,1948 - Nov 28,2025]13. It’s Enough to Be Remembered - Tim Williams (Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer - 2008)

Nice mix of stuff this week... classic beautiful country music singers, some new stuff and I wrap-up my weekend of shows in Ontario. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 080INTRO & 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. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Asleep at the Wheel (Comin' Right At Ya - 1973)Regional Round-Up: Highlights from a weekend in Ontario 2. Left To Right - June Pasher (Your Cheating Heart And Other Country Favourites - 1962)3. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow (Single - 1952)4. Ol' Fort Mac (Live) - Corin Raymond & The Sundowners (Paper Nickels - 2013)5. Think My Radio's Broke - Mike T. Kerr (Guitar Rags & Country Ballads - 2018)New & Recent Releases:6.  Living by the Hour - Colter Wall (Memories and Empties - 2025)7. Your Kinda Lovin’- Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025)8. Sixteen Tons - Jay Ernest (Go Tell 'Em (feat. Don Diego Trio) - 2025)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:9. Makin' Memories - Melissa Carper (Daddy's Country Gold - 2021)10. Lies Can't Hide What's On My Mind - Melba Montgomery (Down Home - 1964)11. Back to Basics - John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff (Leavin' Yesterday - 2011)12. The Blues Come In - Vernon Oxford (Woman, Let Me Sing You a Song (Expanded Edition) - 1966)Outro:13. I'm Easy To Love After All - Brennen Leigh (Don't You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025)

A couple of new/recent ones, a nice handful + of classic, beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, some stories and more. Bit of an emotional journey for me. Thanks for hanging in there with me, friends.---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 079INTRO & 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. My Present Just Gets Past Me - Colter Wall (Memories and Empties - 2025)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. How's The Getting Over Me Going - Brennen Leigh (Don't You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025) 3. Honky Tonk Town - Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys (A Six Pack To Go - 1966)4. The Same Old Me - Ray Price (Single - 1959)5. Yesterday and All Day Long Today - Norma Jean (Body and Mind - 1968)Songs my Dad Sang:6. Paradise - John Prine (John Prine - 1971)7. Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight - Hank Williams Jr. (Single / Strong Stuff - 1983)8. The Streets of Laredo - Marty Robbins (More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - 1960)Round-Up:9. Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash (American Recordings - 1994)10. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family (Single - 1928)11. Nothing On My Mind - Roy Payne (Roy Payne No. 2 - 1970)12. Smiling Wine - Great Speckled Bird (Great Speckled Bird - 1970)Outro:13. Age Like Wine - Todd Snider (East Nashville Skyline - 2004)

This week it's the inaugural "Boots & Saddle Show Songwriter Series" and we'll be highlighting many of the best songs from the impressive catalogue of Bill Anderson. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 078BOOTS & SADDLE SHOW SONGWRITER SERIES VOLUME 1 | THE SONGS OF BILL ANDERSONINTRO & 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. Walk Out Backwards - Bill Anderson (Single - 1960)Beautiful Country Music Singers Singing Beautiful Country Music Written by Bill Anderson:2. City Lights - Ray Price (Single - 1958)3. Cocktails - Robbie Fulks (13 Hillbilly Giants - 2001) 4. I Don’t Love You Anymore - Charlie Louvin (Less And Less And I Don't Love You Anymore - 1964)5. Once a Day - David Houston (Sings Twelve Great Country Hits - 1965)Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson:6. Two Empty Arms - Connie Smith (Cute 'n' Country - 1965)7. Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You) - Connie Smith (Miss Smith Goes to Nashville - 1966)8. I Never Once Stopped Loving You - Connie Smith (I Never Once Stopped Loving You - 1970)9. Then and Only Then - Connie Smith (Connie Smith - 1965)Po’ Folks & Other Bill Anderson Country Music:9. Fickle Fun - Kitty Wells (Single - 1961)10. My Name is Mud - Porter Wagoner (A Slice of Life - Songs Happy 'N' Sad - 1962)11. Po’ Folks - Bill Anderson (Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs - 1962)12. Bright Lights and Country Music - Jean Shepard ("Poor Sweet Baby" And Ten More Bill Anderson Songs - 1975)Outro:13. I May Never Get to Heaven - Wanda Jackson (Love Me Forever - 1963)

We've got a packed show this week and it's a good one. But you knew that it would be. We've got some new stuff, old stuff, some in-between stuff plus we cue up some tour dates for a pair of western Canada's finest acts. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 077INTRO & 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. Cry Me A River - The Country  Side of Harmonica Sam (A Drink After Midnight - 2017)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. Hello Doll - Orville Couch (Hello Trouble - 1964)3. Honky Tonk World - Bonnie Sloan (Single - 1955)4. Footsteps Of A Fool - Judy Lynn (Single - 1962)5. Country Is - Tom T. Hall (Country Is - 1974)New & Recent Releases:6. Where Summer Never Ends - Bretton Lee John (Single - 2025)  7. I Don’t Know (feat. Dale Ross) - Ross Fizzard (Single - 2025)8. The Longer You Hold On - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)9. Nothin' You Can't Fix - Brennen Leigh (Don't You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025) Regional Round-Up: Working Musician(s)10. The Tornado Song - Little Miss Higgins (Across The Plains - 2010)11. Comfort and Wrong - Kayla Luky (Back to Dirt - 2017)12. Working Musician - The County Boys (1,2,3,4 - 2007)13. No Power Over Me - Skinny Dyck (More Easy [EP] - 2025) Outro:14. Hotel Lights - Amy Cook (Let The Light In - 2010)

A handful-and-a-half of new/recently released cuts, some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a request + I cue up a short tour I'm heading out on next week. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 076INTRO & 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. You're Finally Hurtin' - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025) Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. Can't Outrun My Bills - The D. Rangers (Sketch - 2025)3. You Didn't Like My Lovin' - Loretta Lynn (Fist City - 1968)4. Untied - Tommy Collins (This Is Tommy Collins - 1959)New & Recent Releases:5. Come Take a Ride With Me - Joshua Hedley (All Hat - 2025)6. Tennessee Devil - Patrick B. Ray (Single - 2025)7. Trouble - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Ramona and the Holy Smokes - 2025)8.  Them’s The Breaks - Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025)9.  Dat Ain’t Right - Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence (Single - 2025)Round-Up: Drivin’ Down a Great Canadian Tour10. That Train's a' Comin' Down - Little Miss Higgins (Junction City - 2007)11. Great Canadian Tour - Ian Tyson (Ol' Eon - 1974)12. Driver, Drive’r - The Divorcees (Four Chapters - 2012)Outro:13. Tamworth Lights - Charlotte Le Lievre (Single - 2025)

More than a handful of new/recently released cuts to accompany some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. Oh, and a couple very questionable selections to button-up a heartwarming story. ---BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 075INTRO & 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 Don’t Love You Anymore - Connie Smith (Connie Smith - 1965)Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:2. I Let A Stranger (Buy The Wine) - Kay Adams (Alcohol And Tears - 1967)3. The World's Weight - Kayla Ray (The World's Weight - 2024)4. Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers (Flowers on the Wall - 1966)New & Recent Releases:5. Missing Wyoming- Sam Platts (Single - 2025)6. Waiting for a Train - Branson Anderson (Edgar Allen Coe [EP] - 2025) 7. Coming to See You - Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025) 8. Deep End - Presley Haile (Single - 2025) 9. Back to Me - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)Round-Up: Bigfoot Crossing10. Sasquatch Song - Stompin' Tom Connors (Move Along With Stompin' Tom - 1999)11. Sasquatch Hunter - Tim Hus (Hockeytown - 2010)Outro:12. Harder Than Dreaming - Joey Frendo (Wings of a Song [EP] - 2025)