Remember When With Uncle John

Remember When With Uncle John

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Remember When With Uncle John episodes

  • Top Tune Friday: Watch the Wind Blow By
    Released in October 2003, the Tim McGraw hit "Watch the Wind Blow By" was the fifth and final single from his album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors, the first album to feature McGraw's band. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 20, 2004, and also peaked at #32 on the Hot 100.

    (By the way, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw started out performing traditional country until the late '90s)
    5 min
  • Fender Skirt Bob
    Uncle John celebrates the birthday of another longtime friend, "Fender Skirt" Bob Turner of Shepherdsville, Kentucky. (Uncle John failed to mention his surname on the air)
    7 min
  • Wrestling Wednesday: Tex McKenzie
    Uncle John talks about one of territorial wrestling's (literally) biggest stars. (Tex McKenzie stood 6'10")

    For the record, one of the promotions Tex McKenzie competed in was the National Wrestling Federation, not the National Wrestling Alliance as Uncle John mistakenly pointed out.
    7 min
  • Waterbed Fred
    Uncle John recognizes his longtime friend Freddie Richardson, known to John as "Waterbed Fred", who celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday.
    6 min
  • Top Tune Friday: Satin Sheets
    Released in February 1973, the song "Satin Sheets" by Jeanne Pruett was her only No. 1 hit, as well as her only chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100 (Uncle John failed to mention that chart, by the way). Written by John Volinkaty, the song was previously recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard on their duet album Bill & Jan or (Jan & Bill).
    4 min
  • John Laziak
    Uncle John recognizes a friend from Nebraska.

    For those who don't know, Dave Van Horn (current baseball coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks) hails from Fullerton, California.
    7 min
  • Wrestling Wednesday: Remembering "Superstar" Billy Graham
    Uncle John offers a special tribute to the WWE Hall of Famer who died last week at the age of 79.

    FYI: The "Superstar", as in Superstar Billy Graham, was lifted from the hit rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. (He took his ring name from the evangelist)

    And for those who don't know, Graham became a fan favorite toward the end of his in-ring career.
    8 min
  • Car and Repair Talk
    Some car and repair talk from Uncle John.

    (Forgive Kelly's lack of pronouncing JioSaavn at the end; "JEE-O-SAH-VIN" for the uneducated)
    6 min
  • Top Tune Friday: Chains
    Released toward the end of 1989, the Patty Loveless song "Chains" would become her second No. 1 hit. Written by Hal Bynum and Bud Reneau, the song was the fifth single from her album Honky Tonk Angel.

    FYI: In its original form, the song had a much slower tempo than the one recorded by Loveless. Tony Brown, one of her producers at the time, decided to speed up the tempo for the arrangement she recorded.
    4 min

About Remember When With Uncle John

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Remember when with Uncle John Guess along with his trusty sidekick Kelly Blair.

Uncle John is Ouachita County's local story teller and Historian. Take a walk down memory lane as Uncle John…