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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 November, 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 Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Swing Albums Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame • Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol.#5 Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year. • Billy Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol.#1 Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year • Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame Bobby Flores - Eleven Roses Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music • Johnny Lyon - Wynn Stewart Favorites Vol.#1 Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music • Joe Baker - Backforty Roundup Vol.#33 Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame • Hank Stone - San Antone Editor: Howard Higgins • Kelly Spinks - Thank God For Cowboys Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame • Jerry Webb - Red Lips And Honky Tonks • The Desperados - Roots & Branches Album: Truckin' Country - Artist: Cliff Douglas • Rebecca Linda Smith - American Heroes New River Recordings - 2008 By Joe Baker Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Music/Cowboy Poetry Albums What I like about Cliff Douglas and his music is • Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails his style. A trucking album • Gil Prather - Last Of The Border Cowboys with more country/ • Cliff Douglas - Truckin’ Country western flavor than • Mike Dunn - Somewhere Between Earth & Heaven Vol.#2 driving a big rig down the • Yvonne Hollenbeck - Pieces Of The Past interstate. This is Cliff • Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow Me Away Douglas. There are ten • Jean Prescott - Whisperings Of Jesus tracks on Truckin' Country • K.R. Wood - Live In The Alamo and all are playable in • Cowboy Poetry.com - Bar D Roundup Vol.#3 your car or on your radio • Donnie Blanz - From The Wagon To The Wire show. Although the album was recorded mostly in Nashville, you sure wouldn't Roundup Compilation Download Available To All DJs know it. Some of the finest musicians in the country are on it such as pickers Dave Francis, Dow Tomlin, Joe Baker's Backforty Roundup Compilation CD available Jim Fielder, Mike Daly, a personal friend of mine Larry for digital download for overseas DJs is now available to all Franklin (George Strait's Ace In The Hole Band). US and Canadian DJs . We now have over 50 overseas Randy Howard, Andy Noble and Doug Lenard. Steve DJs registered and it is steadily growing. We have Holland and Scott Weckerly on drums, Shane Hicks on registered DJs from New Zealand, Australia, France, keyboards, Jimmy Hall with the harmonica. All in all, Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Switzerland, some of the best music I heard in awhile. Douglas has Norway, Austria, The Netherlands and many more. This written several cowboy tunes that I'm sure will be his service is now available to US & Canada DJs (DJs only) if next project down the trail. All songs on the Truckin' you would prefer to have MP3s and the convenience of Country CD, were written by Cliff Douglas with only downloads for your radio show. Just go to www. one exception, track one, Truckin' was written by BackfortyBunkhouse.com, click on “DJ Downloads” in the Clyde Jorgensen. To purchase this CD, please visit: main menu and fill out the form for a Username and www.cliffdouglas.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse. Password to enter the download area. From there just follow instructions. With the addition of the overseas DJs com along with all US and Canadian DJs, the Backforty www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com is the go to website for Roundup Compilation CD is constantly expanding its reach. hard to find Western Swing and Texas Honkytonk Music. Cowboy Music and Cowboy Poetry can also be found on the Be sure to listen to Joe Baker’s radio show Saturday CD CHORALE page. You just might find something You’ve mornings from 6 am—10 am EST on the internet. Go to been looking for. Just remember BackfortyBunkhouse.com backfortybunkhouse.com and click on the “Listen Live” Logo. 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. Graham Lees Top 10 Songs and Albums All Things Country Top Ten CDs HWD Radio — United Kingdom (Freeze) Rowena Muldavin Top 10 CDs 1. Rural Jazz - Retta Christie & The Smart Fellas* 1 Bill Hearn - Heartaches & Honky-Tonks 2. Curtis Potter Sings Willie Nelson - Curtis Potter 2 John England & The Western Swingers - 3. Hillbilly Heights - Roger Wallace Open That Gate 4. New Patches - Leona Williams 3 Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol 5 5. The Way It Was - Joe Paul Nichols 4 Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails 6. Thank God For Cowboys - Kelly Spinks 5 Flying J Wranglers - The Last Cattle Drive 7. Passion, Pride, & What Might Have Been - 6 Belinda Gail & Curley Musgrave - Forever Amber Digby West 8. Little Darlin' Sessions - Dale Watson 7 TJ Casey - From Whence They Came 9. Among My Souvenirs - Bob Boatright 8 Way Out West - Down At The Ol’ Bar None 10. Hearts In My Dream - Li'l Mo & The Monicats 9 Bobby Lauders - Still Swinging In Texas 10 Keeter Stuart - Ghost Riders, Searchers & Cowpokes *Retta Christie, from Portland, Oregon, is the discovery of the month. With feet planted firmly in Country and Jazz, her three albums are a Top 10 Songs must for all DJ's playing Western Swing. Her voice is reminiscent of 1 Palo Duro - A Horse Called Music Elana James and clear as a mountain stream. With Dave Frischberg 2 Jeff Chance - It’s Not The Same Good Mornin’ With You Gone on piano and Dave Evans on several instruments, Retta's three CD's 3 Sisters Of The Silver Sage - Texas Cowboys Always Break Your are simply delightful. Heart 4 Bob & Johnny Boatright - Ridin’ Hidin’ Teardrops All Things Country email address 5 Bobby Lauders - You Don’t Know Me [email protected] 6 RW Hampton - The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma 7 Heybale - Step Aside Western Music Association Awards Show & Festival 8 TJ Casey - Cross the Brazos At Waco The 20th Annual Western Music Association Awards Show & Festival 9 Liz Masterson - Little Green Valley is coming up November 19-23, 2008 at the Marriott Albuquerque (505) 10 Mentor Williams - Lonely Appaloosa 881-6800 (2101 Louisiana Blvd, NE) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [email protected] Wylie And The Wild West in concert, Thursday, November 20th at 7:00pm. Free shows daily, great performances, professional Academy of Western Artists workshops and good family fun. The 20th Annual Awards Show at Sunset Network Western / Western Swing Music Charts 7:00pm Saturday, November 22nd. November-December 2008 For ticket sales and more info you can email westerngroupie@aol. Western Swing Album Western Swing Song com, call (505) 563-0673 or visit www.westernmusic.org. 1 Cowbop-Route 66 1 John England - Old Town 2 Dave Alexander - Western Swing 2 Milo/Rachael Deering - Bluest Girl In Project The West 3 Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time 3 Mary Allen—Let’s Make Music In The 4 Dennis Ivey - Something Old, Country Nothing New 4 Price Porter - I’ll Take The Blame 5 Light Crust Doughboys - 75th 5 Bob & Johnny Boatright - Bob, Bob Anniversary Album and Bob 6 Ray Harrison - Scratching The 6 Gaylynn Robinson - Call Back My Surface Heart Texas Moon 7 River Road Boys - Bluebonnet Lane 7 Red Steagall/Larry Gatlin - No Way 8 Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost No How Trails 8 Carolyn Martin - Texas To A T 9 John England - Open That Gate 9 Les Gilliam - What’s Right With 10 Les Gilliam - Hank Did It This Way America 10 Chuck Cusimano - Happy Daze Western Music Album 1 Dave Bourne—Saloon Piano #4 Western Music Song 2 Call Of The West - Twilight On The 1 Latigo—Colors Trail 2 Mentor Williams - Rio Grande 3 Diamond W Wranglers - Cowtown 3 Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave - The 4 Jim Garling - This Cowboy’s On His Old Waxed Jacket Own 4 Jim Reader - We Got Us A rail Drive 5 Liz Masterson - Roads To Colo rado 5 Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Ole Pinto 6 Kerry Grombacher - He Sings In The 6 Rex Allen Jr - Can You Hear The Hi Line Pioneers 7 Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave - 7 Allan Chapman - Red Silk Bandana Forever West 8 Diamond W Wranglers - Trail Dust 8 Blackbury Band - Thirty Years Too 9 Blackbury Band - Down At The Old Late Corral 9 Allan Chapman - Sixth Generation 10 Jim Garling - If I Had A Horse 10 Dan Roberts - Beyond The Brand Don’t Forget To Listen To the Backforty Bunkhouse Show Every Saturday Morning from 6 AM to 10 AM (MST) On The Internet. Just go to www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com and click on the “Listen Live to W- 105” logo and it will take you directly to the show.