Might be the best one to-date, friends. A packed show featuring a 4-pack of new/recent releases, highlighted by a brand new single from Cater Felker. Plus, a whole bunch of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers!

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 037

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. Each Time - Ray Price (Unreleased - 1966)

Country Music:

2. L.A County - Lyle Lovett (Pontiac - 1988)

3. Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris (Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town -  1978)

4. The Frying Pan - John Prine (Diamonds In the Rough - 1972)

New & Recent Releases:

5. Cold Wind - Carter Felker (Single - 2025)

6. New Year Lament - Derek Hintz (Single - 2025) 

7. Texas and Oklahoma - Georgia Parker & Hunter Burgamy (Single - 2025) 

8. Young Man’s Lament - John Mutchler (Single - 2025)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

9. Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley  (Harper Valley PTA - 1968)

10. Hands Can Say A Lot Beneath The Table (Original Gusto Recording) - Johnny Bush (Single - 1978)

11. Before You Go - Buck Owens And His Buckaroos (Before You Go / No One But You - 1965)

12. Good Lovin' (Makes It Right) - Tammy Wynette (My Man - 1972)

13. Once More - Leona Williams (Single - 1969)

Outro:

14. Barns You Used To Dance In - Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five (Bison Ranch Recording Sessions - 2013) 

Our first show of the new year features some 2024 run-off, a request, beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers plus a regional round-up of "lost" Canadian Country that acts as a tribute to the recently fallen Sweet Daddy Siki.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 036

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 Can't Run Away from Myself - Tommy Hooker (Blue Smoke - 2009) 

Beautiful [Country] Music by Beautiful [Country Music] Singers:

2. I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today - Wanda Jackson (Country Keepsakes - 1973)

3. You've Never Been to North Dakota - Brennen Leigh (Prairie Love Letter - 2020)

4. Put The Needle On - Little Miss Higgins (My Home, My Heart - 2017)

1 Request + 3 New[ish]/Recent[esque] 2024 run-off Releases:

5. Mr. Jukebox - Jerry Naill (Single - 1983) 

6. Four Or Five Times - Mary Lee and Caesar's Cowboys (See Ya Later, Gladiator - 2024) 

7. We've Got It Made - Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (Gold In Your Pocket - 2024)

8. Get Back In Here - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024)

Regional Round-Up / a “lost” Country Tribute to Sweet Daddy Siki:

9. Okie from Muskogee - Sweet Daddy Siki (Sweet Daddy Siki -1973)

10. Lost Love - Sweet Daddy Siki (Squares Off With Country Music -1972)

11. Back Pocket Money - Sweet Daddy Siki (Squares Off With Country Music -1972)

Outro:

12. Before You Stopped Loving Me - Asleep At The Wheel (Comin’ Right At Ya - 1973)

It’s easy make a good show when there’s great music to choose from! Here's Boots & Saddle’s favourites of 2024.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 035

* FAVOURITES OF 2024 *

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. Just Inside Your Arms - Charlie Thompson (Untamed Heart - 2024)

Boots & Saddle’s 4-pack favourites of 2024:

2. Spirit of Death - Kelsey Rae Copeland (Single -2024)

3. Dark Thoughts - JP Harris (JP Harris Is a Trash Fire - 2024)

4. He’s Gone - Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wills (Gold In Your Pocket - 2024)

5. Long Drives and Lonesome Mornings - Pat Reedy (Make It Back Home - 2024)

A slight detour out of the Saddle:

6. Alibi - Hurray for the Riff Raff (The Past Is Still Alive - 2024)

7. Easygoing - Skinny Dyck (Easygoing - 2024)

8. Hot House Flower - Sentimental Family Band (Sweethearts Only - 2024)

9. Shot in the Dark (Live AF Version) - Charlie Marie (Charlie Marie Live AF Session [EP] - 2024)

Back in the Saddle:

10. 15% More of Your Love - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024) 

11. Piece Of My Mind - India Ramey (Baptized By The Blaze - 2024)

12. The Cardplayers - Corb Lund (El Viejo - 2024)

Outro:

13. Like it Was Just The Other Day - Russell deCarle (The End Of The Road - 2024) 

Welcome to the Honky-Tonk Holiday, Christmas Special Vol. 1!

Although we've got a theme episode on our hands for the holiday season, it's not an entirely unconventional Boots & Saddle Show offering. We've got new/recent cuts, truckin' country, "lost" country and a whole bunch of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 034

- HONKY-TONK HOLIDAY, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL VOL. 1 -

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. Christmas Time's a Comin' - Buck Owens And His Buckaroos (Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos - 1965)

2. Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy - Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison (Happy Holidays - 2006)

Instrumental Section/Talk-Break #1:

Jingle Bells  - Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017) 

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017)  

Beautiful Christmas Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

3. Here Comes Santa Claus - Kitty Wells (Christmas Day with Kitty Wells - 1962)

4. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Hank Thompson (It's Christmas Time - 1964)

5. I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree - Loretta Lynn (Country Christmas - 1966)

6. I'll Be Walkin' the Floor This Christmas - Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours (Single - 1964)

Instrumental Section/Talk-Break #2:

Mele Kalikimaka - Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017) 

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017) 

Christmas Rockin’ & Rollin’:

7. Jingle Bell Rock - Sierra Ferrell (Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Jingle Bell Rock - [Single] - 2020)

8. Have a Rockabilly Christmas - Slim Jim Phantom & Jennie Vee (Christmas Radio Sampler Vol. 2 from Old Fashioned Radio Publicity - 2021)

9. Put The Yule Log Out - Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys (Single - 2024)  

10. Santa and My Semi - Dale Watson (Christmas Time in Texas - 1996)

11. Out On the Road for Christmas - Red Simpson (Truckers' Christmas - 1973) 

Instrumental Section/Talk-Break #3:

Blue Christmas - Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017

“Lost” Christmas Country:

12. Merry Christmas Everybody - Stompin' Tom Connors (Merry Christmas Everybody From Stompin' Tom Connors - 1970)

13. Make This A Good Christmas - Joyce Street (Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country [1960-1972] - 2021)

14. Winter Wonderland - Joe Firth (A Family Christmas - 1972)

Outro:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Instrumental] - Wade Mosher (Godless Christmas - 2019)

15. Balsam Fir - Cam Penner (Single - 2008)

A bunch of new/recent/2024 cuts, some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a set of covers and somehow, some way, no time for anything else.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 033

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 Love You Because - Jean Shepard (Lonesome Love - 1958)  

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

2. False Eyelashes - Dolly Parton (Just Because I'm a Woman - 1968)

3. He's in Love with the Bottle - Anna Wescoat (Single - 2024)

4. This Must Be the Bottom - Del Reeves (Single - 1966)

New/Recent/2024 Releases:

5. Shame, Shame, Shame - Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (Gold In Your Pocket - 2024)

6. 15% More of Your Love - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2022)

7. Sweet Tooth Baby - The Saddle Sores (Single - 2024) 

8. I Won't be Home No More - Jerry Leger (Why Should We Try Anymore: Jerry Leger sings Hank Williams  - 2024) 

9. So Damn Down - The Slide Stops (Single - 2024)

Cover Songs:

10. Saginaw Michigan - Brennen Leigh (Sings Lefty Frizzell - 2015)

11. Bright Lights & Country Music - Rhonda Vincent (Only Me - 2014)

12. Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash (King's Record Shop - 1987)

Outro:

13. Easton & Main - Turnpike Troubadours  (Turnpike Troubadours  - 2007)

Recorded from room 25128 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, this week we've got a handful of new/recent cuts, beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers LIVE in Las Vegas, and a regional round-up from some small local American labels from the 60’s-70’s. 

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 032

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. Sit and Drink and Cry - Dale Watson (Whiskey or God - 2006)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers - LIVE in Las Vegas!

2. Honky Tonk Girl - Hank Thompson (At The Golden Nugget - 1961) 

3. Las Vegas Lament  - Buck Owens ( The Buck Owens Show Big In Vegas - 1969)

4. Jambalaya - Jerry Lee Lewis (Live at the International, Las Vegas - 1970) 

5. [My Friends Are Gonna Be] Strangers - Merle Haggard  (Long Look Back: Live at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas 1999)

New & Recent Releases:

6. BBQ Chips - Abby Webster (Livin’ by the Water - 2024)

7. When You Been Drinkin’ - Paige Plaisance (Louisiana Lonely - 2024)

8. He’s Gone - Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (Gold In Your Pocket - 2024)

9. Sad Songs - Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (Gold In Your Pocket - 2024)

Regional Round-Up - "lost" Country:

10. I Don’t Want To Keep You - Anna Jane ( Love • Life - 1970)

11. Gene Tyndall (The Twilight Drifter) - Whipporwill Serenade (Single - 1970) 

12. Cathy Bledsoe - Leave Well Enough Alone (Single - 1968)

Outro:

13. Old Machine - Lester Slade (Single - 2024)

A handful of new songs, a handful of old(er) songs, some beautiful country music and a nice Texas shuffle. A solid working man's episode of your favourite internationally syndicated Country music radio program. Enjoy!

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 031

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. Play Me Some Heart Songs - Jeff Woolsey (The Real Me - 2016)

Requests:

2. Rock-A-Bye Boogie - Rosie Flores (Speed of Sound - 2001)

3. Life of a Poor Boy - Stonewall Jackson (Single - 1960)

4. Workin' Man's Song - Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices (Let'r Buck - 2007)

New & Recent Releases:

5. Some Men - Noelle & The Deserters (High Desert Daydream - 2024)

6. He Said She Said - Nicholas Campbell (Single - 2024)

7. Memory and a Dream - Jeff Crosby (Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose - 2024)

8. Heartache Home Etc. - Anna Wescoat (World Famous - 2024)

9. Whiskey, Wine & Empty Bottles - West of Texas  (Hot Morel Nights - 2024)

Round-Up: Alberta-Based Artists

10. Big City - Joyce Smith (Canadian Queen Of Country Music - 1965)

11. Alberta Crude - Tim Hus (Alberta Crude - 2004)

12. Cheatin' & Lyin' - Shaela Miller (Bad Ideas - 2018) 

Outro:

13. I'd Be Just as Lonely There - Jeannie Seely (I’ll Love You More - 1968)

After a few weeks of themed episodes we're back this week with a vintage Boots & Saddle approach; new/recent cuts, a tribute and regional cuts amidst a bunch of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 030

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’ll Catch You When You Fall - Jody Nix (It’s About Time - 2024) 

A Tribute to Angus Walker [August 27, 1939 - November 6, 2024]:

1. ​ Canadian Country Music Man - Angus Walker [feat. Marie Babin] (Single - 1970) 
2. ​ Diesel Drivin’ Man - Angus Walker & The Cabinet (Single - 1975)
3. ​ John Wesley Hardin - Angus Walker And The Birch Mountain Boys (Bluegrass Special - 1963)

New & Recent Releases:

1. ​ Making the Rounds - Country Pie (Single - 2024)
2. ​ Wall of Memories - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024) 
3. ​ Boston Mountains - Tori Miller (Single - 2024)
4. ​ Rodeo Clown - Vincent Neil Emerson (Single - 2024)

Regional Round-Up: Beautiful Texas Country Music by Beautiful Texas Country Music Singers

1. ​ Lord, I Hate to See Myself This Way - Jake Hooker (You Had A Call - 2002)
2. ​ Clean up Your Act If You Wanna Talk Dirty to Me - Summer Dean (The Biggest Life - 2023)
3. ​ Drinkin' My Baby Off My Mind - Johnny Bush (Here Comes The World Again - 1973)
4. ​ Lie, Lie, Lie - Miss Leslie (Wrong Is What I Do Best - 2010)

Outro:

1. ​ My Grass Is Blue - Kimmi Bitter (Old School - 2024) 

This week we feature some of the most deadly duos & legendary combos in country music history on our Duets episode. We'll hear from Conway & Loretta, George & Tammy, Porter & Dolly, Merle & Bonnie, and many more.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 029

- DUETS EPISODE -

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. One More Drink and Then I’ll Go - Justin Trevino & Johnny Bush (Travelin' Singin' Man - 2001)

Beautiful Country Music Duets by Beautiful Country Music Singin’ Duos:

2. Mr. And Mrs. Used To Be - Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn (Mr. and Mrs. Used To Be - 1965)

3. We Go Together - Tammy Wynette & George Jones (We Go Together - 1971)

4. Before I Met You - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (Just Between You and Me - 1968)

5. Two Lonely People - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn (Country Partners - 1974)

Boots & Saddle Favourites:

6. Yesterday’s Wine - Merle Haggard & George Jones (A Taste of Yesterday's Wine - 1982) 

7. But You Like Country Music - Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh (Single - 2015)

8. When I Fall - Steve Earle & Stacey Earle (Transcendental Blues - 2000)

9. Parallel Bars - Robbie Fulks & Kelly Willis (The Very Best of - 2000)

Regional Round-Up: Bakersfield-Sound Edition:

10. A Dear John Letter - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky (Single - 1953)

11. Slowly But Surely - Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard (Just Between the Two of Us - 1966)

12. The Good Ol’ Days (Are Here Again) - Buck Owens & Susan Raye (Together Again - 1972)

13. Wrong Company - Wynn Stewart & Jan Howard (Single - 1960)

Outro:

14. Faded Love - Willie Nelson & Ray Price (San Antonio Rose - 1980)

This week we level the playing field and hear from some of the finest Female country music singers to ever do it in what is a packed show. 16 cuts in total! Our most to-date.

We’ve got legends like Tammy Wynette, Melba Montgomery, Goldie Hill, Patsy Cline, and more. Modern day stars of the scene like Summer Dean and Margo Cilker plus we go deeper than ever on a regional round-up of “lost” Canadian country music from the late 1960’s-early 1970’s from Toronto’s classic Paragon Records label.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 028

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. ​The One You Slip Around With - Amber Digby (Music from the Honky Tonks - 2005)  

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

1. ​I Don't Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette (Single - 1967 | Take Me to Your World /I Don't Wanna Play House - 1968)
2. ​Cry, Cry, Cry- Connie Smith (Connie In The Country- 1967)
3. ​I'll Give A Lot Of Lovin' To You - Melba Montgomery (Country Girl. 1967) 
4. ​Twice as Blue - Goldie Hill (Single - 1960)
5. ​Tell Me Not to Go - Myrna Lorrie (Single - 1967)

More Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

1. ​Blue Kentucky Girl - Loretta Lynn (Blue Kentucky Girl - 1965)
2. ​Walk the Floor - Kay Adams (Wheels & Tears - 1966)
3. ​Texas Jesus - Robyn Ludwick (This Tall to Ride - 2017) 
4. ​Tehachapi - Margo Cilker (Pohorylle - 2021)
5. ​Queen of the Clowns - Summer Dean (Unladylike [EP] - 2016)

Regional Round-Up: Paragon Records Edition

1. ​Cora Dell Crutchfield - Goldie Lee (Hi, I’m Goldie Lee - 1971)  
2. ​No Not Me - Bev Marie (Country Girl) 
3. ​Little Ole Wine Drinker Me - Honey West (A Touch of Honey)
4. ​I Wish I Knew - Jenny Reeves (Jenny)  

Outro:

1. ​She’s Got You - Patsy Cline (Single - 1962)