Nice mix of stuff this week... classic beautiful country music singers, some new stuff and I wrap-up my weekend of shows in Ontario.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 080

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. 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.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 079

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. 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.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 078

BOOTS & SADDLE SHOW SONGWRITER SERIES

VOLUME 1 | THE SONGS OF BILL ANDERSON

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. 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.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 077

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. 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.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 076

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. 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 Tour

10. 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.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 075

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 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 Crossing

10. 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)

New stuff, old stuff, stuff from somewhere in between and some things you might not be expecting. Fair to say? Probably. Listen and let me know.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 074

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. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) - Buck Owens (Single - 1960) 

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

2. Lie a Little - Bonnie Owens (Don't Take Advantage of Me -1965)

3. Good Time Gal - Deke Dickerson (The Melody - 2005)

4. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - Nanci Griffith (Other Voices, Other Rooms - 1993)

New & Recent Releases:

5. Nobody Taught Him How to Run - William Surly & The Barroom Gospel Band (Hello Sorrow - 2025)

6. Thank God You’re Gone - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025)

7. Idaho Hippies - Kenny Feidler (Single / The Western Tragedy - 2025) 

8. Live Forever - Petunia & the Vipers (Callin’ Me Back - 2025)

“I keep playing the role...”:

9. Casualties - American Aquarium (Burn.Flicker.Die - 2012)

10. The Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing - Kenny Price (The Heavyweight - 1970)

11. Washed Up Troubadour - Leo Rondeau (Right On Time - 2019)

Outro:

12. Rhinestone Waltz - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)

After last week's episode that exclusively featured new/recent releases, you had to know I was gonna lean in and hit you hard with classic country this week. Strong one this week, friends.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 073

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. ​ Mention My Name - Tony Douglas (Heart - 1967)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

1. ​ Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (Stand By Your Man - 1969)
2. ​ Mama Take Me Home - George Jones (First In The Hearts Of Country Music Lovers - 1972)
3. ​ Wishing for You - Alvin Crow And The Pleasant Valley Boys (Welcome to Texas - 1984)
4. ​ If You Were Me - Amber Digby (Here Come the Teardrops - 2006) 

New & Recent Releases:

1. ​ Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love - Brennen Leigh (Single / Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025) 
2. ​ Drunk After Work - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Ramona and the Holy Smokes - 2025)
3. ​ Dead On The Vine - Rosy Nolan (Single / Main Attraction - 2025)

#'s:

1. ​ Fifteen Years Ago - Conway Twitty (Fifteen Years Ago - 1970) 
2. ​ Lonesome 7-7203 - Hawkshaw Hawkins (Single - 1963)
3. ​ 25 Minutes to Go - Johnny Cash (At Folsom Prison - 1968)
4. ​ A-11 - Johnny Paycheck (Single - 1965 | Heartbreak, Tennessee - 1972)

Outro:

1. ​ Easygoing (more easy) - Skinny Dyck (More Easy - 2025)

From California to the western Canadian prairies and Virginia to rural New Brunswick, this week the program features nothin' but new & recent releases!

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 072

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. In Pieces - Geoffrey Miller (Everything That Sparkles - 2025)

New & Recent Releases:

2. 1800 Miles - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)

3. Havin’ a Ball - Lorna Kay (Lorna Kay  - 2025)

4. Esta Herida - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Ramona and the Holy Smokes - 2025)

5.  Power Through - Big River Ramblers (Never Not Givin' Er - 2025) 

New & Recent Releases:

6. Feedyard Lament (Pen Rider's Blues) - Boots Graham (Boot(s)legs - 2025)

7. Auburn Hair - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)

8. Renegade - Joe Wilson (Single / East Side of the West - 2025) 

New & Recent Releases:

9. How It Feels to Fall in Love - Rosy Nolan (Single - 2025)

10. I’m On a Train - Wes Youssi and The Country Champs (High Diver - 2025) 

11. White Sage - Dominique and the Diamonds (Single - 2025)

Outro:

12. When the Crow Carries Me Home - Dave McCann (Soothsayer's Blues - 2025)

A well-rounded affair complete with beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a set of new/recent cuts, some truckin' tunes, a request and a couple out of the box'rs.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 071

INTRO & THEME:

The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)

Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)

Rollerskatin’ in to the Saddle:

1. Rollerskate Skinny - Old 97’s (Satellite Rides - 2001)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

2. I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone) - Faron Young (Single - 1957) 

3. I’ll Leave the Front Door Open - Johnny & Jonie Mosby (Mr. & Mrs. Country Music - 1965)

4. The Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner (The Cold Hard Facts of Life - 1967)

New & Recent Releases:

5. Flower Shops - Nicholas Campbell (Single - 2025)

6. Long Tall Lover - Gina Barcal (Single - 2025)

7. Not Much of an Outlaw - Bobby Dove (Single - 2025)

8. Get on Me - Rosy Nolan (Single / Main Attraction - 2025)

Truckin’ / Truckin’-Adjacent Country Music:

9. Big Wheel - Lonesome Spurs (Lonesome Spurs - 2006)

10. Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves - Red Simpson (Truck Drivin' Fool - 1967)

11. Two At A Time - Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices (Let'r Buck - 2007)

Outro:

12. It’s My Way - Tammy Wynette (Take Me To Your World / I Don't Wanna Play House -1968)