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) 

This week on the program we’re going to take a little road trip together across these great United States with some of my favourite regionally specific songs. I’ll take you down to Bakersfield, Tulsa, Detroit City; we’ll sail up the mighty Mississippi and cruise over to the lonestar state somewhere south of Round Rock, Texas.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 027

- A Trip across the U.S.A -

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. Streets of Bakersfield - Buck Owens (Ain’t It Amazing,  Gracie - 1973)

Oklahoma Songs:

2. Oklahoma Hills - Ian Tyson (Ian Tyson - 1984)

3. Tulsa - Wayne Hancock (Tulsa - 2006)

4. Take Me Back to Tulsa - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Single - 1941) 

The Mississippi, Memphis & Texas:

5. Miss the Mississippi and You - Jimmie Rodgers (Single - 1932)

6. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keene (A Bigger Piece of Sky - 1993)

7. Miles and Miles of Texas - Red Steagall (Texas Red - 1976)

8. South of Round Rock, Texas - Dale Watson (Cheatin’ Heart Attack - 1995)

9. That’s How I Got to Memphis - Tom T. Hall (Ballad of Forty Dollars & His Other Great Songs - 1969)

10. Big River - Johnny Cash (Single - 1958)

Lefty, Michigan and Bobby Bare:

11. Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell (Single - 1963 | Saginaw, Michigan - 1964)

12. Detroit City - Bobby Bare (Detroit City and Other Hits by Bobby Bare - 1963)

13. Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare (The Streets of Baltimore - 1966)

Outro:

14. I Can Almost See Houston from Here - Bobby Bare (Drunk and Crazy - 1980)

This week on the program we’ve got beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers like Linda Martell, Johnny Paycheck, and more. Leaning in to a bunch of new/recent releases including cuts from West of Texas, Emily Rose and the Rounders, John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff, Skinny Dyck, and others.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 026

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 Almost Called Your Name - Linda Martell (Color Me Country - 1970)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

2. Private Party - Vancie Flowers  (Single - 1966 | The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West 1940-1974 - 2019)

3. Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets - Johnny Paycheck (Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets - 1977)

New & Recent Releases:

4. Honky Tonkin’ for Life - Hannah Juanita (Tennessee Songbird - 2024)

5. I’m Over Bein’ Sober Over You - The Saddle Sores (Single - 2024)

6. Get Back in Here - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024)

7. Too Much Too - Emily Rose and the Rounders (Single - 2024)

8. Stay Home - Ruby Lee Hill (John Wayne [EP] - 2024)

John Howie Jr. vs. Skinny Dyck:

9. You Ruined Everything - Two Dollar Pistols (You Ruined Everything - 2002)

10. Watch Me Fall - John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff (Leavin' Yesterday - 2011)

11. (There’s A) Ghost In My Room - John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff (Single -  2024)

12. Nosedive - Skinny Dyck (Easygoing - 2024)

Outro:

13. One Extra Smile - Skinny Dyck (Easygoing - 2024)

This week on the program we lean in to several eras and styles of Country music as I spin a bunch of personal favourites. Recorded last week from a hotel in New Orleans that saw me working through a tough 24 hours in the Crescent City. Thanks in advance for sitting through some longer talk breaks than normal. Once again, country music, Boots & Saddle and our strong listener support are there to soften the blow and save me. 
Hope you dig.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 025

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. These Arms - Dwight Yoakam (A Long Way Home - 1998)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

2. Your Down Home Is Uptown - Asleep at the Wheel (Comin’ Right At Ya - 1973)

3. She Loves Anything That Swings - Redd Volkaeart (Telewacker - 1998)

4. An Empty Glass [live] - Gary Stewart (Live at Billy Bob's Texas - 2003) 

Mixed-Bag:

5. A Woman’s Man - Leona Williams (That Williams Girl - 1970)

6. She’s A Waitress - 5 Chinese Brothers (Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief - 1992)

7. Just How Lonely - Southern Culture on the Skids (Liquored Up and Lacquered Down - 2000)

2000’s:

8. Horses Around - Juliet McConkey (Single - 2024)

9. Washed up Troubadour - Leo Rondeau (Right On Time - 2019)

10. Borderline of The Heart - Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (Mile Markers - 2005)

Outro:

11. The Chair - George Strait (Something Special - 1985)

Episode 021 is the companion piece to Episode 016 [The Cover Song Episode]. 021 is all the same songs and in the same running order as 016 was, but this time we hear these cuts performed by their original artists.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 021

A Response to The Cover-Song 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. Hinges On the Door - Connie Smith (Connie Smith - 1965)

Beautiful Country Music Singers by Beautiful Country Music Singers [+ one that completely  doesn’t belong]:

2.Running Kind - Merle Haggard (A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today - 1977)

3. You're Still On My Mind - George Jones (Country & Western No 1 Male Singer - 1964)

4. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (So Tonight That I Might See - 1993)

*** Due to licensing restrictions, 'Fade Into You' had to removed from the Podcast feed. For more on the song, its place in the Boots & Saddle Show and a video link to a live performance head to: bootsandsaddle.substack.com ***

More Beautiful Country Music Singers by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

5. She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones (The New Favorites Of George Jones - 1962)

6. Roll,Truck, Roll - Red Simpson (Roll,Truck, Roll - 1966)

7. Cry, Cry, Cry - Johnny Cash (Single - 1955) |  [With His Hot and Blue Guitar - 1957]

8. You Win Again - Hank Williams (Single - 1952)

9. I Miss A Lot Of Trains - Tom T. Hall (Homecoming - 1969)

Ian Tyson:

10. MC Horses - Ian Tyson (Eighteen Inches of Rain - 1994)

11. 11. Someday Soon - Ian & Sylvia (Single - 1964) |  [Northern Journey - 1964]

12. The Coyote & The Cowboy - Ian Tyson (Cowboyography - 1986)

Outro:

You Win Again (instrumental) - Jeff Bradshaw & Dave Hamilton (Swingin' Country Dance Toons - 2003)

13. Crying Time - Buck Owens (I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - 1965)

Closing/Oh! Susanna (show 11) - Hank Williams (The Garden Spot Programs, 1950)

Beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a handful of new & recently released cuts and a regional round-up of "lost" country straight from America's dairyland.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 024

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. ​ Fraulein - David Allan Coe (Once Upon a Rhyme - 1975) 

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

1. ​ Did I Turn Down a Better Deal - Jean Shepard (Songs Of A Love Affair - 1956)
2. ​ Baby Let the Bad Times Be - Junior Brown (12 Shades of Brown - 1993)
3. ​ Lazy Day - Slim Sandy & The Hillbilly Boppers (Lazy Day - 2023)
4. ​ Bright Lights And Country Music - Bill Anderson (Bright Lights And Country Music - 1965)

New & Recent Releases:

1. ​ The Searchers - Branson Anderson (Single - 2024)
2. ​ Rodeo Junkies - Noeline Hofmann (Single - 2024)
3. ​ Long in the Tooth - JP Harris (JP Harris Is a Trash Fire - 2024)
4. ​ You Don’t Know Me - John Surge and the Haymakers (Maybe You Don’t Know Me - EP - 2024) 

Regional Round-Up: Wisconsin Edition - ‘Cuca Country’

1. ​ Six Foot Down - Gene Ski (Single - 1966 | Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country, Vol. 1)
2. ​ Another in the Crowd - Julie Durocher (Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country, Vol. 1)
3. ​ I Still Love You - Rod And Terry (Single - 1965 | Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country, Vol. 1)
4. ​  Heaven Help the Working Girl - Janet Kaye (Driftless Dreamers: In Cuca Country)

Outro:

1. ​ When I'm With You - Romi Mayes (Small Victories - 2024) 

A tribute to Kris Kristofferson, a two-pack of new/recent cuts and some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 023

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. Where Will You Go - Amber Digby (The World You’re Living In - 2013] 

A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson:

2. For the Good Times - Ray Price (For The Good Times - 1969)

3. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash (The Johnny Cash Show - 1970)

4. Me And Bobby McGee - Roger Miller (Super Hits | Re-Recorded Versions) [originally released as a Single - 1969]

5. The Silver Tongued Devil and I - Kris Kristofferson (The Silver Tongued Devil and I - 1970)

New & Recent Releases:

6. Nobody but You - Eliza Thorn (Somebody New - 2024)

7. Dark Thoughts - JP Harris (JP Harris Is A Trash Fire - 2024)  

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

8. You’re Still On My Mind - Jeff Daniels (Single - 1959) 

9. Cowboy's Life - Georgia Parker (Single - 2023)

10. In the Bighorn Mountains - Brennen Leigh (The Box - 2010)

11. See The Big Man Cry - Charlie Louvin (Less And Less And I Don’t Love You Anymore - 1964)

Outro:

12. I Just Don’t Give a Damn - Georgette Jones (Strong Enough to Cry - 2011)

Back to our regular scheduled programming after a couple theme/pseudo-themed episodes. This is a good one, folks and it's jam packed. A healthy amount of new/recent cuts, some rodeo tunes and a regional round-up that takes us down under.

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 022

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. ​Then and Only Then - - Loretta Lynn (Blue Kentucky Girl - 1965) 

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:

1. ​Bandy the Rodeo Clown - Moe Bandy (Bandy the Rodeo Clown - 1975)
2. ​Rodeo Man - Jake Hooker (Lost Along The Way - 2009)
3. ​Different Kind of Flower - Bobby Flores w. Richard Wolfe (Direct from Blanco County - 2006)

New & Recent Releases:

1. ​I Can Almost Taste the Whiskey - West of Texas (Hot Motel Nights - 2024)
2. ​I Can’t Unlove You - Kimmi Bitter (Old School - 2024)
3. ​Hardliner Blues - Hannah Juanita (Tennessee Songbird - 2024)
4. ​Trash Fire - JP Harris (JP Harris Is A Trash Fire - 2024)
5. ​I Tried - Eliza Thorn (Somebody New - 2024)

Regional Round-Up: Australian Edition

1. ​Barrier Line - Charlotte La Lievre (Songs from the Barrier Line - 2023)
2. ​Stick to him Bluey - Slim Dusty (Australiana - 1974) 
3. ​Crying at the Wheel - Ezra Lee (Crying at the Wheel - 2020)

Outro:

You Win Again (instrumental) - Jeff Bradshaw & Dave Hamilton (Swingin' Country Dance Toons - 2003)

1. ​Easygoing - Skinny Dyck (Single / Easygoing - 2024)

Closing/Oh! Susanna (show 11) - Hank Williams (The Garden Spot Programs, 1950)

Hop in the cab and buckle up cause this week we've got our first Truckin' themed episode of B&S 2.0. 

From Beantown to Dawson City, Yukon and all points in-between, we've got truck-drivin' country music spanning six decades. Some predictable cuts and some you've maybe never heard before. Songs you'd expect to hear but by artists you may not have expected to hear them from. We've even managed to squeak in a regional round-up of "lost" Canadian country artists singing some truckin' classics. 

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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 020

TRUCKIN’ SONG EPISODE

INTRO & THEME:

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

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

Buckle-Up:

1. Truck Driver’s Lament - Johnny Dollar (Big Rig Rollin' Man - 1969)

Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Truck Drivin’ Country Music Singers:

2. Truck Driving Son-Of-A-Gun - Dave Dudley (Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun - 1965)

3. Truck Driving Woman - Norma Jean (Body and Mind - 1968)

4. Roll, Big Wheels, Roll - Vernon Oxford (Woman, Let Me Sing You a Song - 1967)

5. Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) - The Willis Brothers (Give Me Forty Acres - 1964)

6. Semi Truck - Emily Herring (Gliding - 2017)

More Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Truck Drivin’ Country Music Singers:

7. Phantom 309 - Red Sovine (Phantom 309 - 1967)

8. 18 Wheels a Rolling - Betty Amos w. Judy & Jean (Single - 1964)  

9. Runaway Truck - Red Simpson (Roll, Truck, Roll - 1966)

10. Big Mac - Kay Adams (Wheels & Tears - 1966)

11. Drive - Roy Sludge (Too Drunk To Truck - 2012)

12. Dempster Highway - Tim Hus (Bush Pilot Buckaroo - 2008)

Regional Round-Up of “lost” Canadian Country Music:

13. Herschel's Hemi Half-Ton - Jimmy Arthur Ordge (Single - 1976)

14. Six Days on the Road - Chef Adams (Singer / Songwriter - 1969)

15. Truck Driving Man - Dick Nolan (Truck Driving Man - 1964)

Outro:

You Win Again (instrumental) - Jeff Bradshaw & Dave Hamilton (Swingin' Country Dance Toons - 2003)

16. Giddyup Go Answer - Minnie Pearl (Single - 1966)

Closing/Oh! Susanna (show 11) - Hank Williams (The Garden Spot Programs, 1950)