Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter Distributed by BACKFORTY BUNKHOUSE PRODUCTIONS Home of the Backforty Roundup & CD Chorale 106 Roswell St Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 808-4111 Backforty Bunkhouse Publishing BMI Venue / Show Productions Western Music Radio Marketing www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com [email protected] www.MySpace.com/BackfortyBunkhouse Joe Baker - Publisher December, 2008 The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter is sent to over 600 email subscribers periodically and is growing every day. These are DJs, artists, and fans whose interests are Western Swing, Cowboy Poetry, Cowboy Heritage and Texas Honky Tonk music genres. We solicit your comments, suggestions and ways we may better serve you. If you do not want to receive this newsletter and want to be removed from our mailing list, reply to this email by entering “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject box of the email. Published By Joe Baker Artist Bobby Flores — Album Eleven Roses Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame Yellow Rose Records - 2008 Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year. Executive Producer Al Michalczak Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year Producer Bobby Flores — www.bobbyflores.com Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame By Joe Baker Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music He just keeps on shelling 'em Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame out, Yes I'm talking about Bobby Flores. His most recent Editor: Howard Higgins project from the Darrell McCall Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame archives Eleven Roses shows all the folks exactly what Flores Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Swing Albums is all about. Just take a look at who’s here, Jim Loessberg, 1. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol. #5 Jake Hooker, Tommy 2. Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol. #1 Detamore, Richard Hunter, 3. Rebecca Linda Smith - American Heroes Randy Reinhard, R.J. Smith, 4. Johnny Lyon - Wynn Stewart Favorites Vol. 1 Leighan Cortes, John Stuart, Catie Offerman, Dicky Overby 5. Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses and special guest, fiddler Hank Singer on “Sweet Nellie”. As 6. Hank Stone - San Antone Flores arranged all the strings you can hear his work in 7. Jody Nix - The Fiddle Man every song. My Favorite is the old Charlie Louvin tune that 8. Jerry Webb - Red Lips And Honky Tonks was a big hit for my friend Carl Smith, Are You Teasing Me. 9. Retta Christie w/Evens & Frishberg Another good friend, Darrell McCall And his big country hit 10. Backforty Roundup Vol. #34 Eleven Roses, the title cut on this album is simply 11. Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican awesome. This CD is sure to be in your music library and 12. Johnny Johnson - One Last Time you can buy it and all other Bobby Flores CD’s at www. 13. Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time, Vol. #4 bobbyflores.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com 14. Johnny Lyon - Winds Of Change 15. Kelly Spinks - Thank God For Cowboys Lincoln County Cowboy Ball Huge Success Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western The Lincoln County Sheriff's Posse and Backforty Music/Cowboy Poetry Albums Bunkhouse Productions has witnessed, yet another 1. Joe Green - Texas Original Live successful Cowboy Ball. Alto Lakes Golf and Country Club 2. Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away was the host to the sell out crowd for multi-award winning 3. Cliff Douglas - Truckin’ Country Jody Nix and His Texas Cowboys. This annual fundraising 4. Donnie Blanz - From The Wagon To The Wire event for the Sheriff's Posse's has been a Lincoln County 5. Yvonne Hollenbeck - Pieces Of The Past tradition for the past four years. The highlight of the evening 6. Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails was the Pledge Of Allegiance with Paavo Karttunen, 86 7. Gil Prather - Last Of The Border Cowboys years old. During WWII he was a Finnish Merchant Marine 8. K.R. Wood - Live In The Alamo stationed in the port of Baltimore. He traveled to Carlsbad to 9. Mike Dunn - Somewhere Between Earth & Heaven see his aunt. From he traveled to El Paso and enlisted in 10. Bar D Roundup, Vol. #3, Various Poets the 41st Infantry’s Sunset Division, and shipped out to fight 11. Joe Fisher - Holding On Tight the Japanese for 3 years. In August, 1945, Karttunen led 12. Forever West - Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave the first military convoy into the Hiroshima blast area where 13. Allan Chapman - Sixth Generation he took the very first photos of the devastation. Karttunen 14. Jim Jones - Different State Of Mind was presented the 4th Annual Cowboy Ball Honorary Guest 15. Sons Of The San Joaquin - WJW. Western Jubilee certificate by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse. Mark your calendars now for the 5th Annual Cowboy Ball, December www.backfortybunkhouse.com 12, 2009. A Lincoln County Tradition. Joe Baker’s Backforty Bunkhouse Show is broadcast on 100,000 watt KNMB, 96.7FM “New Mexico’s Bear” & 100,000 watt KWMW, 105.1FM, “Regional Radio W-105” every Saturday morning 6 am to 10 am In Ruidoso, New Mexico covering New Mexico & West Texas. Member: Western Music Broadcasters Association (WMBA). Also available ’streaming live’ 24 / 7 on the internet at W-105. All Things Country Top Ten CDs The Big Fred Walker Show Rowena Muldavin WOES 91.3 FM Mid-Michigan 1. Cornell Hurd - Songs Of Moon Mullican “THE BIG FRED WALKER SHOW” Internet 2. Miss Leslie - Between The Whiskey & The Wine Radio www.oe.k12.mi.us Wed. 4:00 to 6:00 PM 3. Starline Rhythm Boys - Live At Charlie O's and Sat. 9:00 to 11:00/PM EST. The Gospel 4. Leona Williams - New Patches Show is on Sunday 9:00 AM & 9:00 PM EST. 5. Jake Hooker - Faded Lights For airplay send music to: The Big Fred Walker 6. A Salute To The Heroes Of Western Swing - Show WOES, 2101 Cook Road, Owosso, MI Rod Moag 48867-8927 7. Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights Top Ten Songs: 8. John England & The Western Swingers - Open That Gate 1. Leon Seiter – Where True Love Waits For Me 9. Bill Green - Dang Those Texas Honky Tonks 2. Bobby Flores – Danny Boy 10. Amber Digby - Passion, Pride And What Might Have Been 3. Jane Morton – Ranch Christmas *Cornell Hurd just keeps 'em coming! His latest release, American 4. Joe Green – Talk Turkey Shadows - Songs Of Moon Mullican, has proven once again his vast 5. Ann Brown – Slow Country Dancing knowledge and respect for the heart and soul of true Country music. 6. Stephanie Davie – There’s No Place Like Home For the Holidays All Things Country email address 7. Bill Green – Under A Neon Halo [email protected] 8. Jerry Webb – Christmas Time On The County Line 9. Lonnie Burkhart – A Heart Patched Up With Lies 10. Jean Prescott – Each Night At Nine Mike’s Top 10 Picks Top Ten CDs: Songs: 1. Old Town - John England & Western Swingers 1. Leon Seiter – In The Shadows Of A Honk Tonk 2. Call Back My Heart Texas Moon - Gaylynn 2. Jane Morton – Turning To Face The Wind Robinson 3. Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses 3. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen- 4. Lonnie Burkhart – Back Down A Country Road Keating 5. Joe Green – Back To The Good Old Day’s 4. I’ll Take the Blame - Price Porter 6. Curly Musgrave, Belinda Gail, Kip Calahan & R.W. Hampton - Our 5. Brownsville - John England & Western First Noel Swingers 7. Stephanie Davis – Home For The Holidays 6. Let’s Make Music in the Country - Mary Allen- 8. Jean Prescott – Embers Of Time Mike Gross Keating 9. Bobby Lueders Band – Still Swinging In Texas WVOF-FM 10. Joe Fisher – Holdin’ On Tight 7. No Way, No How - Red Steagall & Larry Gatlin Fairfield, CT 8. Texas to a T - Carolyn Martin Top Ten Gospel Songs Swingin’ West 9. Are You Teasing Me - Bobby Flores 1. Glenn Canyon – My Jesus Loves You 10. My Last Word to You - Chuck Cusimano 2. T. Jae Christian – I Don’t Care Where You Dig That Hole Albums 3. Justin Trevino – Heart That Will Never Break 1. Open That Gate - John England & Western Swingers 4. Belinda Gail – Detour 2. Something Old, Nothing New - Dennis Ivey 5. Ann Brown – The Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross 3. Bluebonnet Lane - River Road Boys 6. Hank Stone – Clinging To A Saving Hand 4. Last Call for Heartaches - Price Porter 7. The Calvarymen Quartet – After A While 5. In My Spare Time- Volume 5- Brady Bowen 8. Curly Musgrave – Thanks ‘Ol Cowboy Prayer 6. Put a Little Texas in Your Swing - Mary Allen-Keating 9. The Flying W Wranglers – Comin Home To Jesus 10. Cowboy Joe and The Babcocks – Brand Of The Cross 7. This is Tommy Duncan - Billy Mata & Texas Tradition 8. Scratchin’ the Surface - Ray Harrison [email protected] 9. The Songs of Moon Mullican- Cornell Hurd Band 10. Still Swinging in Texas - Bobby Lueders Band Graham Lees Top 10 Songs and Albums Mike Gross — www.swinginwest.com HWD Radio — United Kingdom Top 10 CDs 1. Cornel Hurd - American Shadows Skeebo Norris’ KBAL Top Playlist. 2. Bill Hearn - From Santa Fe To Los Cruces San Saba, TX 3. Mary Allen-Keating - Put A Little Texas In KBAL has purchased additional bandwidth to Your Swing accommodate an unlimited listener base for 4. Earl Gleason - The Drovers our internet stream, everyone is welcome to 5. Patty Parker - Southwestern Serenade tune in 365/24/7...Thanks "The Skeebo 6. Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave - Forever West Show" 9A-12P M-F KBAL, Texas Thunder 7.