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Joe Baker's Top 20 – October, 2010 13. Patty Parker, Southwest Serenade 14. Horse Crazy, Daughters Of The West

Est. January, 2007 15. Jim Jones, Feels Like Home To Me Howard Higgins, Western Swing Co-Founder & Advisor 16. Backforty Roundup Vol. #46 1. & Leon Rausch, It‘s A 17. Almeda Terry, Voices From The Range Joe Baker, Co-Founder & Publisher Good Day 18. Troy Bateson, Midnight Moon 2. Tony Harrison & Hot Texas, Swingin‘ Big 19. Chuck Cusimano, Wind Blow My Away Totsie Slover, Editor 3. Rebecca Linda Smith, True Love 20. Allan Chapman, West Of The 98th Meridian 4. Gayla Earlene, Traditional Sugar 5. Tom Houston, Tuxedo Country, Vol.#2 6. Lonnie Spiker, Coming To A Honky Tonk "Swingin' West"- Mike Gross Near You KSEY - Seymour, TX 7. Eddie McAlvain, Whatever You Want Me To Sundays 3-4 pm CST mtdradio.com Be October 1, 2010 backfortybunkhouse.com 8. Gena Roberts, Shuffle Back To Me Songs 9. Jimmy Burson, Back In The Swing 1. Lonestar Ladies- Ray Sanders 10. Jerry D. Hobbs, Bakersfield 2. Oklahoma-1955 - Les Gilliam 11. Lone Pine WS Band, Good-Bye Liza Jane 3. Don‘t Let the Devil Dance- The Captain‘s Crew 12. Brady Bowen In My Spare Time, Vol.#6 4. That‘s What I Call Cookin‘- Carolyn Martin 13. Johnny Lyon, Wynn Stewart Fav, Vol.#3 5. California Mountains- The Stardust Cowboys nchacutting.com 14. , Celebrating With Friends 6. What I Like About Texas- Marshall Ford Swing 15. Jerry Webb, ―Live‖ At Pearl‘s CD/DVD Band 16. Billy Mata, This Is Vol.#1 7. It‘s a Good Day- Leon Rausch & Asleep at the 17. Rachael Hester, Only Time Will Tell Wheel 18. David Nall, Texas Proud Vol. #1 8. Trudie Sweet Trudie- Richard Lee Cody 19. Chuck Cusimano, Swing me A Song 9. I Wouldn‘t Trade You for a Farm in Georgia- mtdradio.com backfortybunkhouse.com 20. David Ball, Sparkle City Ray Kayanek 10. Over the Hill- River Road Boys Western Music/ 1. Larry McWhorter, Cowboy Poet 1. Live at Pearls- Jerry Webb (CD & DVD) westernmusic.com 2. Bar-D Roundup, Vol.#5 CowboyPoetry.com 2. Oklahoma- 1955- Les Gilliam 3. Yvonne Hollenbeck, Sorting Time 3. Goodbye Liza Jane Hello Western Swing- Lone 4. Mark Compere, Cowboy Songs Pine Western Swing Band 5. Frank Fara, Songs Of The Untamed West 4. Swing Big- Tony Harrison & Hot Texas 6. , Cowgirl II 5. Cookin‘ With Carolyn- Carolyn Martin wsmss.com 7. Fred Hargrove, My Sacred Ground 6. Celebrating with Friends- Johnny Gimble 8. Ken Cook, Cowboys Are Like That 7. It‘s a Good Day- Leon Rausch & Asleep at the 9. Stardust Cowboys, Ridin‘ Back To You Wheel 10. Chuck Woller, (D. Johnson Vocals) Desert 8. Swing Me a Song- Chuck Cusimano Moon 9. Whatever You Want Me to Be- Eddie McAlvain 11. Steve Anderson, Old Man Talking 10. Western Bling- Stephanie Davis 12. Gil Prather, Last Of The Border Cowboys swinginwest.com cowtown-swm.org

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1 Andy and Jim Nelson Graham Lees HWD Radio - United Kingdom C. O. W. Radio Top Ten CDs awaawards.org 4 Week Playlist

1. Michael Martin Murphey - Bucka-

9/25/10, Hunting Show roo Blue Grass II 2. Asleep At The Wheel and Leon

Laughing Hyena Band: Deer Hunting Is Great Rausch - It‘s A Good Life

Laughing Hyena Band: Do You Want To Hunt 3. Marshal Ford Swing Band - It‘s

Homer And Jethro: How Much Is That Hound Dog In About Dam Time The Winder 4. Cornell Hurd Band - A Bad Year For Love nwwsms.org Laughing Hyena Band: Deer Stand Shuffle 5. Eddie McAlvain - Whatever You Want Me To Be Baxter Black: Outfitter's Jerky Laughing Hyena Band: Da Turdy Point Buck 6. Chuck Cusimano - Swing Me A Song 7. T.J Casey & Jim Reader - RNDNMUP 9/18/10, Bad Sheep 8. Jake Hooker - Faded Lights 9. Brenn Hill - Equine TJ Casey/Jim Reader: Get Them Cattle Cross 10. Various Artists - The Silver Screen Cowboy Project Mike Hurwitz: He's A westernswingsociety.org : Along The Navajo Trail In Cahoots: Won't You Be My Cowgirl Top Ten Songs Gary McMahan: Chaps Cowboy Nation: The Blizzard 1. Michael Martin Murphey - Backslider‘s Wine 2. Eddie McAlvain - 9/11/10, Cowboy's Advice To The Lovelorn 3. Donnie Blanz - Damn Dog 4. The Swing Commanders - I Can‘t Believe That Jean Prescott: Dining Out You‘re In Love With Me R.W. Hampton: It's You I'm Missing Most Of All 5. RW Hampton - Cowboy‘s Payer ifco.org Jules Allen: The Gal I Left Behind Me 6. Marshal Ford Band - Marie Jon Chandler: That's My Wife 7. Asleep At The Wheel and Leon Rausch - Alright, Georgie Sicking: Be Yourself Okay, You Win Cowboy Celtic: Border Affair 8. Palo Duro - Master‘s Call 9. Cornell Hurd Band - It‘s All Downhill From Here 9/4/10, I Ran Away To Be A Cowboy 10. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - The Timber Trail

Juni Fisher: Gone For Colorado [email protected] swinginwest.com Bill Barwick: God Must Be A Cowboy Eddie Arnold: Cattle Call Ken Bass

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[email protected] Tularosa, NM demingradio.com TOP 20 realwestoldwest.com All Things Country Top 10 CDs 01. Joanna Smith - Gettin' Married 02. D K Davis - In My Arms Again Rowena Muldavin 03. Amber Digby & Justin Trevino - The Right Combi- nation 1. Dale Watson – Carryin‘ On 04. eDavid - Clock Suckers 2. Yvette Landry – Should Have 05. Karli Whetstone - I Don‘t Known cowboypoetry.com 06. Ken Donash - Ding, Dang, Darnit 3. Asleep At the Wheel with Leon 07. Jay Gaunt - Double Shuffle Rausch – It‘s A Good Day! 08. Gena Roberts & Country Night Live Band - Shuffle 4. Leyla Fences – Liars, Cheats & Fools Back To Me 5. Johnny Gimble – Celebrating With Friends 09. Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama 6. Brennen Leigh – The Box 10. Darryl Worley - Keep The Change 7. Miss Leslie – Wrong Is What I Do Best 11. Bellamy Brothers - Back In The Day 8. Mike Clifford – Backroads in Bare Feet 12. Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Dream A Little 9. Ron Williams – The Longer You‘re Gone Dream Of Me 10. Red Meat – Live At The World‘s Smallest 13. Jody Adams - All Day Singin' And Dinner On The Honky Tonk Grounds [email protected] [email protected] 14. Johnny Tillotson - Not Enough

cowboysymposium.org Ruidoso, New Mexico mountainannies.com 2 15. McMule & Joanne Lediger - 1940 Ford POEM: His Old Felt Hat—Yvonne Hollenbeck 16. Ball Family - Texas To A T 17. John Carter - All Kinds Of Beautiful Weekend of Oct. 9, 2010 18. Kirsten Thien - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues Music List

19. Leyla Fences - Upside Blues radioksey.com 20. U S 32 - Credit Cards 1. Grub Line - Jim Reader & T.J. Casey 2. Dry Land - Leslie Shatz [email protected] 3. Sugar Foot - Les Gilliam 4. Appaloosa Moon - Tom Hiatt

5. Autumn On The Trail - Bob Wagoner

6. Sees The Day - Dave Longworth Big Fred Walker Show

WOES 91.3 FM Weekend of Oct. 2, 2010

Mid-Michigan MUSIC LIST [email protected]

1. The Wagon Tongue - TOP TEN SONG‘S 2. I Outgrew The Wagon - Ian Tyson 3. The Gift - Butch Falk 1. Dottie Jack – I‘ll Save Some Blues For 4. By Strawberry Light - Hank Cramer You 5. The Old Cocinero - Duke Davis wswing.home.texas.net 2. Bobby Flores – I Go Anywhere 3. Curtis Potter – Hello Walls POEM: Ride For The Brand - Red Steagall 4. Eddie McAlvain – Somewhere Out In Texas Weekend of Sept. 25, 2010 5. Tony Harrison – I‘m An Old Cow Hand 6. Leon Seiter – Mr. Jones MUSIC LIST 7. The Ball Family – Miss Molly 1. Busted Flat Broke - Ken Moore 8. Peter Word – Deep Water 2. Rose of Old Pawnee - Don Edwards 9. Jerry D. Hobbs – Lonesome Cowboy 3. 1880‘s Cowboy - Jim Reader 10. Lonnie Burkhart – Finger Lickin' 4. Early Autumn - Riders In The Sky sblackwell18 5 In The Bunkhouse - Tom Cole @comcast.net TOP TEN CD POEM: Treasured Moments - Ken Moore

1. Jerry D. Hobbs – Bakerfield A ‗Workin‖ Man‘s Country Weekend of Sept. 18, 2010 2. Billy Mata – This Is Tommy Duncan Vol. 1 MUSIC LIST cdtex.com 3. The Ball Family – Texas To A ― T ―

4. Leon Seiter – Nashville Memories 1. Roundup Fire - Brenn Hill

5. Tony Harrison and Hot Texas 2. The Wire And The Rail - Michael Fleming & New West

6. Peter Ward & The Lone Pine WS Band 3. Jimmy McDonnell - Rob Dinwoodie

4. Blackbird - Allen Christie - Goodbye Liza Jane 5. He‘s Ridin‘ Home - Montana Blue & Big Sky Cowboys texascountyline.tv 7. Eddie McAlvalin – Whatever You Want

Me To Be 8. Bobby Flores – Eleven Roses POEM: Private Thoughts - Larry McWhorter 9. Lonnie Burkhart – Back Down A Coun- try Road hugh-mclennan.com gabeandtony.com 10. Tuxedo Country – Tom Houston Or- chestra VOL. 2 LEESWING TOP 12 CDs & Songs [email protected] Lillies Ohlsson MineralWellsTX.com Kountry Korral Magazine Bennerstigne 12 Hugh McLennan‘s SE-733 95 SALA* THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST Kamloops Country Radio 103 Sweden Kamloops, BC

Weekend of October 16, 2010 TOP 12 CDs

MUSIC LIST 1. Bobby Koefer – Thumbin´ It

2. Brady Bowen – In My Spare Time Vol. 6 1. This Cowboy‘s Hat - Chris Ledoux 2. Wranglers Ropers & Resistols - Dan Roberts 3. Chuck Cusimano – Swing Me A Song 3. Put Your Hat Back On - Matt Johnston 4. Cornell Hurd Band – A Bad Year For Love 4. Good Guys Wore White Hats - Royal Wade Kimes 5. Eddie McAlvain – Whatever You Want Me To Do 5. Corrective Surgery - Hugh McLennan 6. Gaylynn Robinson – Love & Heartache 6. The Man in the Big Hat Is Buyin‘ - Tim Hus & Gary Fjellgaard 7. Lucky Tomblin Band – Honky Tonk Merry Go Round

3 8. Mike Blakely – Get Western Wyn Machon 9. Peter Ward & Lone Pine Western Swing Band – Goodbye Oamaru Heritage Radio 88.3 FM & 107 FM Liza Jane Hello Western Swing White City, New Zealand. 10. Shoot Low Sheriff – Mockingbird Session 11. Tommy Hooker – Blue Smoke Tania Kernaghan, Chasin' The Train . 12. Wayne Glasson – Jammin´ On 12th Street Slim Dusty, The Saddle Is His Home. Jessie Matthews, Got To Dance My Way To TOP 12 SONGS Heaven. McKinley & Beggs, New Friends Now. 1. Cowgirls Are Cool – Preston Camp Jr John Foster, Black Sands. 2. Invitation To The Blues – Cornell Hurd Band The Sundowners, Orange Blossom Special. 3. I Was Just Walking Out The Door – Brady Bowen , Red River Valley, 4. Keeper Of My Heart – Wayne Glasson Ricky Lynn Gregg, Put On Your Breaks. 5. Leavin´ And Sayin´ Goodbye – Justin Trevino T Bone & Tye Rat, Flip Flops And Muffin Tops. 6. Mira Las Palomas – Mike Blakely Buck Johnson, Cowboy In Me. 7. – Michael Bubb, Great Western Cattle Trail. 8. Rose Of Old Pawnee – Peter Ward & Lone Pine Western , The Race Is On. Swing Band Lorne Green, Ringo. 9. Sing Dayna Gayle – Dayna Wills Bernie Early, Friday Night Girls. 10. Somewhere South Of San Antone – Tommy Hooker , Dropkick Me Jesus. 11. Swing Me A Song – Chuck Cusimano & His Texas Playboys, No Wonder. 12. Talk Back Trembling Lips – Eddie McAlvain , Footprints In The Snow. B Jeff Stone, Whiskey O. www.123minsida.se/scowswing Ann Brown, I'll Be Your San Antone Rose. www.LeeSwing88.se Adolph Horner & His Texans, Am I Happy.

[email protected] ‖Dandelion.‖ Fredericia. Denmank. By D.J. John Andersen Rockin'Boy Saloon Scharlingsvej 13. Strib, Every Sunday on www.lyonpremiere.com 1PM to 3PM Nashville Time 5500 Middelfart. Denmark. John Fogerty – I‘ll Be There Playlist Kim Carson - Driving Nails In My Coffin Leyla Fences - Love Doesn't Work Like That Patsy Cline. Crazy Dout Adkins - Why Not Dave Wooley. Came For The Pauline Reese - Old Story Ladies James Otto - Drink & Dial Rooster Quantrell. Where Were Jackie Arredondo - Insane You Jacked Up Norway 6 - One Of Those Guys Lacy J.Dalton. Cold Cold Heart Bo Bice - Good Hearted Woman Mick Kovar. On A Roll Riders In The Sky - Cimarron Moon Anni Filt. Dance With The One Daughters Of The Purple Sage - Wagon Wheels Missouri Mile. It‘s Too Late Now Bill Snow - Cattle Call Bob Wills. Ida Reed Laura Downing - Brian Hughes. Damascus Road - Easy As You Go Georges McAnthony. Dust Off My Boots Carl Freberg - Teeter Totter Romance Gary Glenn Lawson. Lucky California Sunset Brianna Grace - Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree Hayley Oliver Band. 98.6 Degrees And Falling Alli Gillis - Lord I Hope This Day Is Good Cheryl K. Warner. Fantasy. Fireside Six - Gossip Song Christina Roskey. All The Way To Mobile Lilly West – France - Holding Out For A Hero Mark Everett. Don‘t Take It So Hard Mariotti Brothers – France – Guitars Made Of Heartache Leon Blue. Mason County Line Tennessee Stud – France – Day By Day John Schmid. Hey Porter Grascals – Every Time The Lonesome River Band. Record Time Machine Common Strings – The Rain Came Down TWBSR. Don‘t Tell Him Where It's Tied The Brymers – Kentucky Bound And Down Erin Hay. Don‘t Call Me From A Honky Tonk Montgomery Gentry – Oughta Be More Songs About That . We Will Meet Again Merci pour l'écoute - Thanks for listening www.radiomb.dk [email protected] Jacques DUFOUR "Rockin'Boy Saloon" Lyon 1ère - Country Web Bulletin

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4 The Real West From The Old West with Lynda Fowler singing the harmony. was always Totsie Slover one of my favorite performers. His lyrics were just "right on." He AM1230 KOTS always touched me with his songs. My audience requests his DemingRadio.com "God Must Be A Cowboy At heart" quite often. Western swing

Top 20 CDs from a CD called A Tribute to the music of Lynard Skynyrd with "T for Texas," "Simple Man" and "I Know A Lit- Cookin‘ With Carolyn – Carolyn Martin tle.‖ Herb Jefferies has been in the news of late, due to some Larry McWhorter – Larry McWhorter health problems. Herb is 98 years old and lives in Idlewyld, Cali- It‘s A Good Day – Asleep At The Wheel/ fornia. He was a star in several "C" westerns back in the late 30's Leon Rausch and early 40's. Known as the "Bronze Buckeroo," Herb did sev- Here, There Or Anywhere – Rod Taylor eral of these westerns and did his own stunts and sang some of Oklahoma 1955 – Les Gilliam Equine – Brenn Hill his own compositions in the movies. In the early 40's, Herb joined Route 66 On The Road – Oklahoma Swing the Duke Ellington Band as vocalist and wound up selling 50 mil- Way Out West – Richard Lee Cody & Mary Kaye lion copies of "Flamingo.‖ We played Herb's "I'm A Happy Cow- Swing Me A Song – Chuck Cusimano boy," "Texas To A T", "Five Hundred Miles" and "Back In The Bar-D Roundup Vol. 5 – Center For Western And Cowboy Poetry Saddle Again.‖ Dave Stamey‘s CD Wheels provided the back drop Inc. for an article from American Cowboy Magazine about a Mojave This Is Tommy Duncan Vol. 1 – Billy Mata Desert Trail Ride...Dave sang "Wheels" and "It's The West." The RNDNMUP – TJ Casey & Jim Reader In My Spare Time Vol. 5 – Brady Bowen Mills Brothers were spotlighted this month as well with "Up A Lazy Let ‗Er Go, Let ‗Er Buck, Let ‗Er Fly – Juni Fisher River" and "Daddy's Little Girl.‖ My friend Ed Guthero, who wrote Festival Favorites – Bobby Flores some of the liner notes for steel guitarist Ernie Hagar's CD Man Of The Eyes Of A Cowboy – J Parson Steel, gave me a copy for the show and we played "Perdido," Viva La Cowboy – Dan Roberts "" and one called "Hi Jinks." I read an article The Last Desperado – Chance Carter about buffalo rancher Scotty Philip and his work to keep Lucky Seven – The Desperados Still Ridin‘ – Jim Jones the American bison from extinction and followed that with Andy Wilkinson's "The Buffalo Song," Red Steagall‘s "The Last Buffalo" RealWestOldWest.com and "How Green Was The Grazing Back Then." Bill and Bonnie Hearn rounded out the month with some great songs. We played "Grapes On The Vine," '' Muley Brown" and "Every Drop Of Wa- Bill McCallie‘s Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show ter" and finally Alicia Nuggent with inspiration song "Meet Me In

Heaven Someday" and from Carl Jackson's great production "A Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM tribute To The Louvin Brothers" we aired "Keep Your Eyes On Chattanooga, TN Jesus." That's about all the news that's fit to print. I hope your fall season The fall of the year is always beautiful here in the Tennessee Val- is a pretty as the Tennessee and North Georgia mountains. We ley and it's usually fall festival time and lots of live music broadcast with 100,000 watts from beautiful downtown College- gigs. Our trio In Cahoots has been busy and pretty much have dale, Tennessee...where the air always smells like a big oatmeal the month of October booked up, and speaking of booked up, cookie. Remember in the words of that great cowboy George Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show has been booked up with good mu- Carlin..." Some people see things that are and ask ...‘why?‘ Some sic all month long. We kicked off the month with people dream things that aren't and ask ‗Why Not?‘...Other people and Ray Pennington with "Just Swingin," "Opus One," "After have to work for a living and don't have the time for all that You've Gone" and Benny Goodman's "Air Mail Special." Several stuff...think about it. emails requested TV and Movie theme music so I got my Rhino Ride Safe, box set out of the archives and played Johnny Western's "Have Bill McCallie Gun Will Travel" theme song, along with Johnny Cash's "The Re- bel Johnny Yuma," Al Caiola and the CBS Orchestra and the Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show theme from "The Magnificent Seven," "" and WSMC Public Radio 90.5 "Gunsmoke" and finally Hugo Montenegro and‖ The Good, The www.wsmc.org Bad And The Ugly." Lastly the ABC Orchestra played the theme Airs: Sunday @ 6pm EST from the Rifleman. Lacy J. Dalton and her Alaska CD "The Last Wild Place" got more requests this week so we played "Listen To The Messanger...Rhonda The wind," "The Wanderers" and "Old Dog Blue." Walter Bren- nan's "Old Rivers" was on the request list as well. Western Swing Mary Marshall‘s tragedy from the Tailor Made Band kicked off one segment with "Mack Marshall Sound) The Knife," "Choo Choo Cha Boogie," and "Is That What They Say About Dixie." I do a segment called "I just thought you'd like Ever since we received the tragic news to know" and featured an article about Barber Shops from Ameri- about Mary Marshall‘s home burning, Mary can Cowboy Magazine and did Randy Rieman's recitation of Jo Glasson and I started thinking about Bruce Kiskaddon's "Old Western Town," some "drop thumb" what we could do as a Western Swing fam- banjo pickin‘ from the Yampa Valley Boys and Sourdough Slim ily to help her…and we came up with a with "When The Works All Done This Fall." Tim Ryan is always a plan: A House Warming/ Shower. We launched the plan in late hit with "Tried, True And Tested," "Horse Thief's Row" and "The September via the internet through the WSPN (Western Swing Old Cowboy." One of our underwriters, Jim Gentry from Gentry Prayer Network), Friends contacting friends, and postings on Chevrolet, Buick, GMC requested Dan Seals‘ "Old Yellow Car" Facebook to get the word out. The initial response has been and I found the lyrics and just played guitar and sang it myself great. But we wanted everyone in our WS family to have a chance 5 to participate so we are sharing it here in the Backforty Bunk- Legendary Artists: house Publication. Many "Legends of Western Swing" who enjoyed the great works Mary‘s starting over: of Marshall Sound are listed below: Mary is starting from scratch to replace everything: sheets, tow- Leon Rausch and the Texas Playboys, (they did one show with els, dishes, clothes, food, etc, all the while doing everything in her Bob Wills Original Texas Playboys under the direction of Leon power to keep her promise to Doyle her late husband. You see… McAuliffe), Hank Thompson, Frenchie Burke, Johnny Bush, before he passed away he told Mary, ―If anything ever happens to Gene Watson, Asleep at the Wheel, Lynn Anderson, Graham me, promise me you will make sure "Drew", (the grandson), is Brothers, , Jody Nix, Jake Hooker & cared for and has a home. Mary has had a tough row to hoe since The Outsiders, Bobby Flores, Ricky Boen, Ted Scanlon and the Doyle‘s death a few years back making ends meet. But the fire Desperados, River Road Boys, Dave Alexander, Lone Star Trou- has come close to breaking her back. Her daughter Deanna and badours, John England, Amber Digby, Billy Mata, Hot Club of 5 year old Autistic Grandson live with her so they too have lost Cowtown, Kings of Swing, Quebe Sisters, Leroy Vandyke, their home. Insurance will cover some things, but there is a ton of Eddie McAlvain, and many others. things that can‘t and won‘t be covered and tons of things she Some of these Legends, after hearing of Mary‘s demise, have needs right now to just get by. We all know how Insurance Com- already stepped up to the plate giving their support to Mary. panies drag their feet! Thank you. The good news is that no one was injured and her sound equip- ment was in the trailer. Praise God! Appreciation: Helping this friend in need is our opportunity to say House Warming/ Shower: ―Thank You Mary for always making sure our favorite bands (This is where we come into the picture) sound sharp and clear, regardless of the acoustics.‖ The Western Swing family has begun to shower Mary with gift To those who are just now learning of Mary‘s need, Thank you for cards and cash so she can replenish her cupboards, clothes, responding with love and support. household items, utensils, furniture etc…everything that helps No one does it better than this western swing family! make a house a home. Co-written by Rhonda Craig and Mary Jo Glasson Shopping for these items in Nashville, AR (Where she lives) is limited to Wal-Mart, Target, JC Penny and Lowes. You may pur- [email protected] chase a gift card from any of these stores in your local area and send it to: Mary Marshall P.O. Box 1523 Nashville, AR. 71852 Feel free to send cash or check if that is your preference. The size of your gift does not matter, because collectively it will be the perfect gift for Mary. Our hope is that these gifts of love will launch Mary from her temporary hotel home on ―Down Street‖ to a permanent home on ―Up Street‖.

Getting to Know Mary Marshall: An update on Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Radio In 1975, Mary Marshall‘s husband, Show. MTD radio has a new service provider for their internet Doyle Marshall, started the Mar- radio with some great new features. It was changed over about shall Sound Business, in Nash- two-three weeks ago and right now they're still working out the ville, AR. He provided sound for bugs in it. As with any new update there are startup prob- some of the great legends. He lems. Some people have been able to get on and some not. For and Mary met and spent 27 1/2 those that missed last Saturday's show they can go to Joe's web- years of bliss together. Mary site www.backfortybunkhouse.com and click on the black banner never really understood why Doyle - it will take them to a new page and in the upper right hand cor- was so insistent that Mary learn ner of that page there is a menu item called "W-105 On- the business but she is so thankful Demand." Click on that menu item and it will take them to an- for that knowledge now because other page where the show has been recorded. Scroll down the Doyle passed away on October list until you see Joe's B40 show, each hour is a different list- 21, 2007, leaving Mary to continue ing. The quality is so much better. A home recorded version is Doyle's dream of providing sound for the Big Shows. also on the website but the quality does not compare to the radio version. We will be converting to this format in the future and the Marshall Sound Events: show will not be available on his home page as it has been previ- Following are some of those shows: "Legends of Western Swing‖, ously although we will have the playlist available on his web- Wichita Falls, TX; Swingcanton, Canton, TX; Snyder West Texas site. We'll have links up soon to go directly to the "On-Demand" Swing Festival, Snyder, TX; SCBC South Central Bluegrass Lake page along with a new link to hear the show live. We'll have a Murray, Ardmore, OK; SLP Bluegrass, Grapeland, TX; Spring flyer out soon with all the instructions & it will also be in Joe's Creek Bluegrass, Bellville, TX; The Gospel Show, Cropland TX; newsletter scheduled to be out in a few days. Please bear with Hugo Bluegrass, Hugo OK. Marshall Sound also provided the us until the bugs are worked out, we will try our best to have a sound for Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso, NM for recorded version of each show on the "On-Demand" page until its 14 years. working good.

6 Cowboy Poetry Learn more about the gatherings mentioned above at CowboyPo- at the BAR-D Ranch etry.com, where you‘ll also find hundreds of cowboy poets and by Margo Metegrano, Editor Western musicians and their works. It's an on-going gathering, CowboyPoetry.com with continual news, features, poetry, lyrics, gathering reports, and an extensive event calendar. Come by and stay a while. November events are some of the year‘s most awaited, in- [email protected] cluding the 22nd Annual Western Music Association Festival and Awards Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Utah‘s 16th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair in Heber City; Ari- zona‘s Tombstone Western Music Festival; California‘s Annual Whispers of the cottonwoods Cowpoke Fall Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering in Loomis; Idaho‘s Diamond Field Jack Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Rupert; Cowgirl Sass & Savvy the 5th Annual Arizona Cowboy Symposium in Sonoita; and the by Julie Carter 4th Annual Columbia Gorge Cowboy Gathering in The Dalles, Oregon. A single cottonwood tree, gone bright Doris Daley—named the Western Music Association's 2009 Top yellow in the season, its leaves and Female Poet, the first Canadian to earn that honor—is featured at the Columbia Gorge Cowboy Gathering (along with Juni Fisher, branches framing a deep blue sky, the Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band, Coyote Joe Sartin, and Duane looms above gently waving prairie grass Lee Nelson). Known for her wit and wordsmithing, she delivers a wearing muted shades of beige and rust. great amount of both in this standout poem: The scene is timeless both in A BAXTER OF BLACKS reality and symbolically. The Sheep come in flocks, whales come in pods, cottonwood tree is woven into Geese come in gaggles, police come in squads. There are hovers of trout, bouquets of pheasants the fabric of our lives, our his- Bands of gypsies and rabbles of peasants. tory and better yet, our memo- Prides for a lion, packs for a rat ries. Lamentations of swans-what's up with that? Whether you played in a Hosts of angels, dens of thieves. schoolyard lined with them like What else has the language got up her sleeves? sentries, or as a youth you lay Collective nouns-how droll, how poetic! in your bed on a summer night But where are the nouns with a cowboy aesthetic? Mr. Webster, I fear, lacked in western perspectives and listened to rustle of the So I offer my word list of cowboy collectives. leaves in the breeze through A gavel of auctioneers an open window, for most of us A marble of fattened steers. the cottonwood trees serve as A Bodacious of bucking Brahmas reminder of the distant past. A shank of Tony Lamas. And so it is with our country. A clutch of John Deere tractors In 1718, Franciscan monks and A Clint of western actors. A chip of coffee shop mugs Indian converts built San Antonio de Valero, later to be named the An Ian of Navajo rugs. "Alamo," the Spanish word for cottonwood, and referring to the An annoyance of all-know-its. stand of cottonwoods that line the nearby river. An Elko of cowboy poets. Lewis and Clark stopped along the Yellowstone River on their A King of roping resources return trip in the summer of 1806, "to make two canoes" out of And now…for the horses. cottonwood trees. A reference in their journal to the towering cot- A rum of Morgans, a dapple of greys An acorn of chestnuts, a Hudson of bays. tonwoods later gave name to the town of Big Timber, Montana. A bray of Jennies, a stubborn of Jacks Historically, travelers making their way across the vast and de- A sunburn of whites, a Baxter of blacks. serted plains scanned the horizon for the sight of cottonwoods, A shag of Shetland ponies indicating a water source and possibly civilization. A rack of skin-and-bonies. The virgin forest of cottonwoods that once formed a rounded A bourbon of Tennessee walkers grove, the Bosque Redondo, was cut in the 1860s to build Fort An amazement of Mr. Ed talkers. Sumner, New Mexico. They served as fuel for the fires for hun- A prance of Lipizzaners A Preakness of also-ranners. dreds of soldiers and civilians who lived at the fort, as well as A gait of Paso Finos the 9,000 nomadic Native Americans who were forced to live on A Trigger of palominos. the surrounding reservation. Friends, add these terms to your vocab In three years, the groves were completely harvested causing a And dazzle your friends with the gift of the gab fuel shortage and severe soil erosion in the surrounding farm But caution to you collective noun go-getters: grounds. A year later the fort commander ordered 5,000 trees to Best to quit before you get to manure-spreaders. be planted on the ditch banks and lining all bordering roadways. © 2009 Doris Daley. All rights reserved Top cowboy poet Baxter Black likes the poem so much that he America has a dozen or so towns named after the tree including lists it on his web site among his favorites in ―What‘s in Baxter‘s Cottonwood, Arizona, a town birthed in 1874 and famous for boot- Truck.‖ The poem will be a part of the 2011 edition of The BAR-D legging, feeding the miners and later, filming movies. Roundup from CowboyPoetry.com. New Mexico had at least 12 towns named Cottonwood, none of ―A Baxter of Blacks‖ is on Doris Daley‘s most recent CD, Beneath which exist today. a Western Sky, which was named the 2009 Top Cowboy Poetry Southeast of Abilene is Cottonwood, Texas, founded about 1875 CD by the Western Music Association. The CD is available for $20 CDN, $18 US, postpaid from Doris Daley at Box 103, Turner by J.W. Love, who didn't think his name lent itself to town-naming, Valley, AB TOL 2AO: Box 103, Canada; www.dorisdaley.com. so the local abundance of cottonwood trees directed a second choice.

7 A reported rash of shootings with fatal results during the town's own music and CDs. Several of the ―Big Names‖ have gone on to embryo period provided for a brief but colorful history. However, create their own Independent Record Labels. Cottonwood, Texas came only close to a real claim to fame in the The reason is because the ―Suits‖ that dictate what the Radio Sta- Wild West. The Newton Brothers, train and bank robbers from tions play, don‘t think anyone wants to hear the older artists, sim- Uvalde, Texas, used to live near Cottonwood. ply because the ―Suits‘ don‘t want to hear them, or in some cases, In 1937, Kansas officials adopted the cottonwood at the official don‘t even know who they are. I think a D.J. on a Country Radio state tree, most of which were planted by early pioneers. Station should have to answer this question: ―Name a Traditional My own history with cottonwoods is that of those friendly giants in Country Artist‖. If they answer, , or Alabama, they our yard on the ranch in Colorado as well as the endless number FLUNK the test. If they say, ―Hawk Shaw Hawkins, or Little of them lining miles of creek banks and hay meadows. Jimmy Dickens, they PASS. In the fall, as children we played in the leaves, and in the spring, we endured the beaded strings of "cotton" that brought a season This is the way I see what is happening to the listeners of of sneezing. That perhaps was offset by the right-of-passage in Mainstream Country Stations. It‘s all Oats. learning how to fold a cottonwood leaf and make a whistle. I haven‘t turned my radio to a ―Mainstream‖ Country station in They provided shade in the summer, wore a tire swing in perpet- years, because I‘ve heard Traditional Country, Real Country, ual motion, endured makeshift ladder rungs nailed to a trunk, and Western Swing, and Western Music. I have a choice, and I‘ve gave way to endless hours for countless years of boys climbing made it. up and down and around. They canopied a magical playground limited only by our imagina- I play and sing, and write, and listen to Traditional Country tions as we built forts and had secret hideouts in the groves of the Music, because that is where my heart is. I love to hear artists living as well as the dead trees. like, , , George Jones, , Con- As a teen, my daydreams were brought to life when I became way Twitty, Mel Tillis, , Marty Robins, Del Reeves, Velvet Brown, the girl who rode her horse to victory in the Grand Carl Smith, , Hank Thompson, Bob Wills, Johnny National steeplechase. Paycheck, Johnny Bush, Johnny Rodriguez, Willy Nelson, Wynn I would select a path through the fallen trees that allowed my Stewart…And of course, a full spectrum of Great female Country horse to gather enough speed and momentum to jump over the Artists; , , , , larger deadfall. I soared in my dreams as I soared in the saddle. , , Jean Sheppard, Patsy Cline…The I still love to lean against the trunk of a grand old cottonwood, list goes on and on. What I‘m seeing is more young folks, in their slide my back down the rough bark to sit very still and quiet on the twenties, thirties and even some ―Kids‖ coming to our shows and I ground. And then listen. have actually had them come up and say, ―We didn‘t know any- Shhhhh, you can hear the leaves as they whisper secrets from body was playing this kind of music Live! We love it!‖ A lot of the past. times they tell me that they heard it when they were very small. Their Folks or Grandparents played it, and they liked it, but then Julie can be reached for comment at [email protected]. stopped hearing it. These people have discovered the Sweet Feed, the Rolled Corn and they have found out they have a choice. Keeping It Real By: Chuck Cusimano I play in six different bands in the Fort Worth Texas area and I‘m lucky enough to be able to play ―Real ‖ with

each band. I see a lot of the same people almost every time, but Article One: Oats or not. I‘ve been meeting new friends and fans of Real Country Music

almost every time we play. There are families coming out to some If I thought this article could wind of the Community type dances at the Senior Centers and they are up in the hands of the ―Suits‖ that polite, well behaved younger people. It‘s very refreshing to see control what is now called, COUN- these Dads and Moms bringing their Sons and Daughters to these TRY MUSIC, I‘d tell them that they dances. are seriously missing the boat. If

they were to offer a supplemented Also, I‘m seeing and meeting more, younger, musicians wanting diet of REAL COUNTRY MUSIC to to play the Real Country Music. I realize they are dedicated to the listeners of Mainstream ―Country‖ their quest of putting a band together that plays this kind of music. Stations, they could start going to the They are not always finding the younger players that are familiar bank with a bigger deposit every day. with the song list containing music by the afore mentioned Coun- It seems that these ―Suits‖ are only interested in the Dollar but, try Artists. However, they are committed enough to keep search- they are blind to the possibilities. The listeners of Mainstream ing for the right players, and personalities. To these young folks, I Country Music are being fed a restricted diet. say, Go for it! Keep this kind of music alive. It‘s good, wholesome,

honorable music not inundated with vulgarity and sung by some- I‘m going to explain what I‘m talking about in the Cowboy Ver- one who looks angry. The song subject, a lot of times, will be nacular. Let‘s say you put a horse in a corral and all you feed him about someone who is cheating, or being cheated on. Maybe it‘s is Oats. Well, it stands to reason that Oats is all he knows there someone who is drinking their troubles away, or drinking has is to eat. Maybe he likes Oats. It also stands to reason he has caused their troubles. In some songs, they are trying to get a lost no choice, and if he‘s hungry, he‘s going to have to eat Oats. love back, or just looking to find love, but the plots in these songs Then, let‘s say you introduce him to another kind of feed. It are as human as the plots in any movie you may watch, and more could be Sweet Feed, or Barley, or Cracked, or Rolled Corn. This importantly, it is about Real Life. These things happen in Real horse has a choice, and he‘ll decide which one he likes the best. Life. Thank God for Independent Country Stations and Independent

Country Artists! Artists who pay for recording and producing their 8 Thank goodness there are isolated stations, with dedicated Heart of Texas Records Proudly Releases Real Country Music personalities, that program the kind of music Our Latest Project I‘m writing about. There are radio Stations scattered around the CURTIS POTTER country that have a LIVE Disk Jockey, that you can call and re- "The Potter's Touch" quest your favorite song. There are also a lot of Stations and fans overseas that still love Real Country Music. Lets work to- Curtis' first all newly recorded solo project for Heart of Texas Re- gether to seek out the Stations that will play the old artists, and cords featuring "You Wouldn't Cross The Street" "Darkness On the new artists who still record Real Country Music. I know there The Face of The Earth" "Bring Me Sunshine" "Will Love Still Feel are quite a few and I tell listeners and other artists alike about Like A Song?" "I Don't Wanna Cry" "Once More With Feeling" them. I know we, as a population of fans who love Real Country "That's What I Do Best" "Sweet Memories" "Will You Ever Know" Music, need to spread the word, and ―Grass Roots‖ the informa- "Some Other World" "A Fool Such As I" and "The Family Bible." tion to each other so we can let folks know that there is something else in the feed bucket besides Oats. Thanks to all the radio sta- "I am so excited about this new ," Curtis Potter said. "We tions who dedicate their ―On Air‖ time to preserving Real Country worked so hard to make this a memorable CD for not only myself Music. Thanks for ―Keeping It Real.‖ and the musicians, but especially for all of those great country music fans!" [email protected] Curtis Potter's "The Potter's Touch" was recorded at the Heart of Kennewick, WA: Texas Recording Studio in Brady, Texas, and produced by Justin The 3rd Annual "Cowboy Idol" compe- Trevino. The musicians included Jake Hooker, Jim Loessberg, tition will take place over the weekend Tim Alexander, Charley Walton, Randy Lindley and Justin of April 8 - 10, 2011 at the Benton Trevino. County Fairgrounds, Kennewick, WA. Free Shipping and Only $13.95!! Cowboy poets and musicians will compete At http://www.heartoftexascountry.com for $1400.00 in cash prizes plus very nice Or Call Our Office At (325) 597-1895 trophies. There are no sign up fees! Four Poets and Four Musicians will be Check out our other Heart of Texas Records projects from artists selected from the applicants to participate including Amber Digby, Justin Trevino, Tony Booth, Darrell over a two day period during the gather- McCall, Frankie Miller, , Slim Rinehart, Rance Nor- ing. The contest, hosted by Smoke ton, Kimberly Murray, Mona McCall, Johnny Bush, Johnny Rodri- Wade, will be held as a showcase event in conjunction with the guez, Landon Dodd, Don Wallace, and Hank 8th Annual Columbia River Cowboy Gathering and Western Mu- Thompson! sic Festival. www.heartoftexascountry.com Each contestant will compete 15 minutes during the day show (325) 597-1895 both Friday and Saturday. They will also make an "Cowboy Idol" appearance on the Friday Night Show.There will be semi-finals at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday followed by a final showdown on the Satur- day Night Awards Show. Audience rapport weighs heavy in the Album: In My Spare Time Volume 6 judging. This event was a crowd favorite in 2009 & 2010. Artist: Brady Bowen 1st place for each division wins $500.00, while second place wins Label: West Texas Country $200.00. There are trophies also for 1st & 2nd place in both divi- By: Mike Gross sions. There will also be a People's Choice Award presented to the crowd favorite open mic performer. The winner from each Brady Bowen, a fine player, vocal- division of the "Cowboy Idol" may be invited back as featured ist and band leader, has again brought performers the following year. together some really talented Western The intent of the contest is to attract poets and musicians that are Swing musicians to record this new CD above the line of open mic performers, new to the gathering as of 10 standard songs. Brady produced featured performers, and those that can provide quality entertain- this session that has become volume six in this series, In My ment for the audience. Poets and musicians that have not been to Spare Time. the gathering for several years may apply. Last years contestants In addition to Brady playing or previous winners are not eligible to participate in this years fiddle, this album also spot- competition. Contestants may also sell product at the gathering. lights the fiddle as well as gui- Deadline to sign up is January 31, 2011. tar of former Leon McAuliffe Send Application to: Smoke Wade, 3117 5th St. #3, Lewiston, ID Cimarron Boys lead guitar leg- 83501 end, Billy Dozier. The third Email: [email protected] Phone: (208) 746-7652 fiddle belongs to Jess Meador. For further information on the gathering, Former Bob Wills Texas Play- visit www.columbiarivercowboygathering.com boy and a legendary Steel Gui- Submitted by Smoke wade tarist, Albert Talley plays steel on this album. Former Hank Listen to Joe Baker‘s Backforty Bunkhouse Thompson Brazos Valley Boy, Saturday morning Hugo Chambers is the drummer and Charlie O'Bannon is heard 6:00 AM til 10:00 AM playing piano. Larry Reed is the sax player and West Texas www. BackfortyBunkhouse.com Country Music top man Howard Higgins also plays bass. All of the

9 vocals, except for two, are done by Joe Paul Clark. Charlie As usual, we are always on the lookout for talented folks who‘ve O'Bannon sings 's I Was Just Walking Out the Door been influenced by Bob Wills‘ music. If you have any ideas of from Bob Wills and Brady himself is heard on the Hank Thomp- thoughts about upcoming shows, please let us know here at Bob- son standard Wild Side of Life. Wills.Com. The album opens with Joe Paul singing three from Bob Wills, Lee Ross' Heart to Heart Talk, Fred Rose's Hang Your Head in The great trumpet player and band leader from the area, Shame and Billy Jack Wills and 's Lily Dale, also from Dave Alexander is also on our short list for interview subjects. We Billy Jack Wills' hit parade. Borrowed from Ray Price are Mel Til- hope to have him as a guest very soon. lis' One More Time and the late 's Make the World In parting, I‘d like to plug a terrific source of western swing news. Go Away. Joe Paul also does the vocal on the old Harry Warren/ Our good friend Barbara Martin‘s monthly newsletter. If you have- Al Dubin pop standard September in the Rain. The two album n‘t subscribed, you‘ve missed a lot. Barbara keeps up to date with instrumentals are Floyd Cramer's country/pop crossover, Last all the great bands of our genre and their gigs are all posted in Date and the old favorite Rubber Dolly. each issue along with interesting articles. The Western Swing This album or any of volumes one through 5 can be obtained on Monthly is one of our sponsors here at Bob Wills Radio and you line at www.backfortybunkhouse.com/CDChorale for $15, which can contact Barbara at: [email protected] includes shipping and postage or write Joe Baker, 106 Roswell Street, Ruidoso, NM 88345. Til next time then, this is Jim Gough saying adios for now. Mike Gross, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT [email protected] www.swinginwest.com Sponsored in part by:

News from Bob Wills Radio Oct. 2010

Howdy from Austin, the live music capitol of the world! Sorry we didn‘t have much news last time out, but there‘s some important things hap- pening on our internet show these days.

We recently posted a two part inter- view with the Hall of Fame steel guitarist and long time friend, Bert Rivera. I‘ve known and played with Bert since he was a teenager growing up in Austin. Bert was one of Hank Thompson‘s Bra- Join the Lincoln County Sheriff's Posse and zos Valley Boys from Backforty Bunkhouse Productions for the 1961 to 1971. Pee Wee Whitewing, another ex- Brazos Valley Boy, once 6th Annual Cowboy Ball said that Bert brought the steel guitar to an- other level when he Jim Gough & Bert Rivera at Mountain Annie's Dinner Theater played with Hank. That‘s great praise from a player of Pee Wee‘s caliber. Bert is still very Dec. 11th, 2010. active playing around the Austin area today. Doors open at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm Dance to Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys We are posting an interview with another Austin stalwart soon. Ray Tesmer the fiddle and lead guitar player from Round Rock. From 8-11pm. Ray has been in the forefront of Austin‘s music scene for several Tickets are just $55 per person decades. A member of many Western Swing Halls of Fame, Ray and that includes dinner. has played with Bert Rivera‘s group for many years and free- lances around Central Texas regularly. I‘ve had the pleasure of putting together many gigs in recent years with both Bert and Ray For more information: on the band. call Jim Browning at 575-354-0115.

We‘re very excited about a meeting in Austin with the talented Quebe Sisters Band in November. The girls are returning to Aus- Sponsored in part by Lincoln County Lodgers Tax. tin‘s Central Market for a gig and have agreed to doing an inter- view for Bob Wills Radio. Most of you know we are using their version of ―Roly Poly‖ for our theme song.

10 Cowboy Jam Session: Buck, Let ’Er Fly: A Round-up to Remember. Celebrating 100 Western Culture News & Reviews years of the Round-up, the album is part storytelling, part music, - by Jeri L. Dobrowski and completely engaging. Like Bales and Hill, Fisher did her re- search. But, she connects on a spiritual level, something her fans Pendleton Done Right have come to expect. Among the 16 tracks are songs about the Round-up‘s famous Quality endeavors stand out as surely as bronc-riding, relay-racing, trick-roping, bull-dogging cowgirls Bon- cream rises to the top of a pitcher of nie McCarroll, Prairie Rose and Kitty Canutt; the Nez Perce bronc whole milk. Three projects released in rider Jackson Sundown; and the bronc saddle ridden by Jerry th celebration of this month‘s 100 annual Ambler. Hands down, my favorite is ―Yakima,‖ written by Fisher Pendleton Round-up are examples of quality research, writing, about bronc rider Yakima Canutt. (His picture appears on the and editing. cover of Pendleton at 100.) She sang the song for me and my husband when she was working on the album, still making correc- tions and additions to a sheaf of yellow legal papers she carried with her. (Listen to ―Yakima‖ at www.junifisher.net.) Fisher is the reigning Western Music Association (WMA) Female Performer of the Year. Her last album, Gone for Colorado, was the 2009 WMA Album of the Year. Gone for Colorado also re- ceived the 2008 Wrangler for Album of the Year, as presented by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in . To order Let ’Er Go, Let ’Er Buck, Let ’Er Fly, send $15 (ships for

More than five years went into producing Pendleton Round-up free; discounts on orders of three or more) to Juni Fisher c/o Red at 100: Oregon’s Legendary Rodeo (Graphic Arts Center Pub- Geetar Records, 2105 Granville Rd., Franklin, TN 37064; 615-289 lishing Company, 2009, 12 x 10.5 x 1.5 inches, 302 pages, 900 b/ -1292; www.junifisher.net. w and color photos and illustrations, hardcover ISBN: 9780882407739; paperback ISBN: 9780882407746). Co-authors Michael Bales and Ann Terry Hill were hard at work during that time, chronicling the only PRCA-sanctioned event ever held on a grass field. They dug into official Round-up archives, prospected in photo albums, gleaned from scrapbooks, winnowed through troves of family and business memorabilia. The result is a comprehensive 24-chapter coffee table book that includes many previously unpublished images. Started in 1910 as a nostalgic western exhibition, the authors cover it all: bucking contests, the cowgirl era, tribal participation and encampments, clowns and bullfighters, the Hollywood connection, legendary performers. Appendices include complete listings of winners, roy- alty, presidents, Indian chiefs, and hall of fame honorees. (See a Shirley Morris combines vintage photographs, film footage, and book video at YouTube.) interviews from the Pendleton Round-Up in a documentary enti- Located in northeastern Oregon, the host town of approximately tled Oh, You Cowgirl! A True Story About America’s Unsung 17,000 residents saw full-house crowds of 17,731 fans in the Heroes. But, that‘s not all. Tracing the development of Wild West grandstands on Friday and Saturday nights of the four-day cen- shows and the cowgirl‘s role in the golden age of rodeo, the DVD tennial extravaganza. Along with the colorful pageantry by the also includes clips from Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Los An- Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla tribes and standard rodeo geles Rodeo. events, there was an old-fashioned snub-bucking competition. Buffalo Bill Cody hired colorfully clad cowgirls and sharpshooters (Visit the official Pendleton Round-up website: http:// for his Wild West shows in the late 1800s. Not long after Chey- pendletonroundup.com.) enne, Wyoming hosted the first organized cowboy skills contest in Whether you‘re a regular at the Round-up or have never at- 1896–the forerunner to today‘s rodeo–cowgirls helped fill grand- tended, Pendleton Round-up at 100 will provide hours of enjoy- stands with their daring feats. (Watch a trailer of the DVD at http:// ment. It is available both in hardback ($60) and paperback ($35) thecowgirlmovie.com/oh_you_cowgirl.) from online booksellers, in bookstores, and directly from the Uni- Among those profiled in the 63-minute film are Bertha Kaepernik, versity of Oklahoma Press; www.oupress.com; 405-325-2000. Bonnie McCarroll, Mabel Strickland, and the women who went by the name of Prairie Rose. Juni Fisher appears both in interview segments and performing ―When I Was Prairie Rose‖ from Let ’Er Go, Let ’Er Buck, Let ’Er Fly. Oh, You Cowgirl! sells for $27.50 (checks, credit cards or PayPal). Order from Oh, You Cowgirl!, 20728 Valentine St., Bend, OR 97701; http://thecowgirlmovie.com; (541) 550-7495.

Totsie Slover and The Real West from the Old West Is on DemingRadio.com Or Wednesday Morning from 10AM til noon Award-winning western singer/ Juni Fisher captures At AM1230 KOTS, Deming NM the history and heartbreak of Pendleton in Let ’Er Go, Let ’Er

11 Thoughts Of A Dancer... gathered for a catered social and open mic session at the Turn of the Century event center in downtown Montrose. Hi Friends, The NCPR was an event where poets competed in a stock rodeo We went to a home town dance last format. The poets were called "riders" and their poems were their night; inside we were met by a friend "mounts." A panel of five rodeo judges scored the riders and their asking if we were in Ruidoso last week- mounts based on quality, theme and presentation. Quality and end. Told him no we didn't make it this theme were how well the "mount" performed while the presenta- year why, did he go we asked? His tion scores were the way the "riders" spurred their "mount." The response was "There were people eve- "rodeo" event crew included a gate person, a timekeeper, an rywhere." He and some golfing buddies arena director, score keepers or "tally bosses" and a rodeo an- had gone to Midland, TX. to a golf tour- nouncer. nament and decided to go to Ruidoso to play at The Inn of The The first NCPR took place in Cedar City, Utah as the Cowboy Gods, they had heard some good things about it and wanted to Poetry Rodeo in 1998. The NCPR moved to Kanab, Utah in 2000 see for themselves. Arriving in Ruidoso they asked around and and the event enjoyed a long run there through 2006 where it was found the reason for so many people being there was the Lincoln held each August in conjunction with the Western Legends County Cowboy Symposium. He was so excited telling about it, Roundup. The 2007 NCPR took place in Hot Springs, South Da- they have 3 different venues and 1 of them is in a large circus kota, while 2008 was a hiatus year for the rodeo. Montrose was tent. They had Asleep At The Wheel, Jody Nix and all these the home of the NCPR in 2009 and 2010. other great musicians playing and chuck-wagon stuff going on To keep the scoring fair for all contestants, the high and low score down by the track. I asked what he enjoyed most and he said oh, of the five judges were tossed aside and the three middle scores we didn't go we played golf. He was that excited and didn't even were added together for a total maximum score of sixty points for go into see it, was just going by what he had been told. Imagine if the ride. This year the judges were: Ed Nesselhuf, South Dakota he had gone in and heard the wonderful music. He's making (foreman of the judges); Darrell Arnold, Colorado; Dennis Judd, plans to go back next year and take his sweet wife instead of golf Utah; Sam DeLeeuw, Utah; and Jo Lynne Kirkwood, Utah. Sam buddies. If he had gone in he might have been worse than Buddy Jackson of Utah was the arena director and rodeo producer. Vol- and I were our 1st time, we just couldn't see enough nor hear unteers from the event‘s sponsor‘s organizations manned the enough music and dance enough. Isn't it wonderful to hear such timer, the tally table, the scoreboard and the gate. All contestants enthusiasm about our wonderful Western and the were allowed a set amount of time to complete their rides. Ex- great performers? Like our friend we didn't make it this year but ceeding the time limit resulted in point deduction. maybe we'll see him and his wife there next year. Reports from There were nine events for the riders to compete in. The Rising friends who were there said it was great again. star division featured both serious and humorous poetry in two sections. The Poet section allowed only original work. The Re- Right now we're getting ready for a road trip to east Texas for a citer section allowed the poems of other authors to be used. In the couple of dances on our way to Mena, Ar. to see Hope & Bill Rising Star division, only poets who had not won first place as a Reed at the Rich Mountain Country & Western Swing Festival the Rising Star in the past were allowed to compete. There were four last week of Oct. then over the mountain to Wagoner, OK. for silver buckles up for grabs along with a share of the nearly six the WSMSS event there the next week-end. So if you have noth- thousand dollar purse. ing to do and want some good dance music and enjoy seeing The second division was the Silver Buckle division where some wonderful people come join us. only those who had won a silver buckle in the past could compete, though the event was open to all other contestants. The same Have a safe and happy Halloween. serious/humorous and poet/reciter events took place in this divi- Sue Howe sion. And the concluding event on Saturday was the high dollar Shoot Out open to all contestants. Trophies and prize money [email protected] were awarded in all divisions. In addition, there was a trophy for the high money winner of the weekend - the All Round Cowboy Poet. The National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo Competition got under way early on Friday morning with the first By contestant coming out of the chute at 8:00 a.m. at the Turn of the Smoke Wade Century. The rodeo announcer, Smoke Wade of Nevada, kept things flowing throughout the day by introducing the next rider, Montrose, Colorado calming the riders waiting in the gate, and providing tidbits of infor- th The 13 Annual National Cowboy Poetry Ro- mation about past . The rodeo event ran throughout the deo (NCPR) took place in Montrose, Colorado day until 5:00 p.m. As the day progressed and the scores were September 17 & 18, 2010 as a feature event posted, tensions mounted and nerves became jangled. Only the held in conjunction with the San Juan Western top fifty percent of each event would advance to the finals on Sat- Heritage Festival. With poets and participants urday. When the dust had settled in the late afternoon, Steve Por- arriving from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, ter of South Carolina had completed the high point score of the New Mexico, North & South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Utah, day with fifty-five points in the Rising Star Recitor/Serious event. Washington, Canada and Australia, the event, billed as the After a hurried dinner break, the crowd gathered back at the Turn "World‘s Only Cowboy Poetry Rodeo," truly became an interna- of the Century for the San Juan Western Heritage Festival Friday tional event. night show. The evening program, emceed by Smoke Wade, fea- The one-of-a-kind competition kicked off on Thursday, September tured an opening musical act by Dave Boyd of Montrose. Texas 16, with contestant registration followed by a cowboy poetry work- poet Jim Cathey presented a stirring patriotic opening followed by shop conducted by Jo Lynne Kirkwood of Utah. Later in the eve- a warm welcome from event co-chairperson, Francie Smiles. ning, the poets, sponsors, judges and accompanying entourage The evening variety show featured Colorado poet Duke

12 Hunter with a bagpipe serenade. Poets for the evening were Caib A large group of poets, musicians and friends gathered for a very Brian, Utah; Steve Porter, South Carolina; Dale Page, Indiana; late night jam once again back at the motel. It was difficult to say Dave Proust, Australia; and Linda Kirkpatrick, Texas. Jo Lynne good night to each other. The NCPR had been one of the best in Kirkwood, Utah; Susie Knight, Colorado; and Paul Harris, New thirteen years. The weekend had been an awesome amount of Mexico, provided the music for the evening. Sam DeLeeuw gave fun and many new friendships were made. Reluctantly, the group a special presentation of poetry and western humor. And the au- disbanded in the wee hours of the morning with a great amount of dience was treated once again with a bagpipe serenade in the handshaking and hugging. courtyard as folks exited the event center. After the evening show Ed Nesselhuf conducted a cowboy church on Sunday morning at concluded, poets and musicians gathered for a late night jam the garden area of the Montrose Pavilion. After the church was session at the Black Canyon Motel. over, cowboy poets quietly said their last goodbye, promising to Sunrise came all too early for the poets competing in the Satur- meet again next year at the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo, day finals. Rodeo announcer, Smoke Wade started the final event wherever it may be. Trunks were loaded with suitcases, guitars, sharply at 8:00 a.m. and the top fifty percent of the contestants of bragging rights and trophies, as well as local corn, melons and each event from Friday once again took their positions in the peaches. The long journey home had begun. Tired, weary and chute and nervously waited for their turn on stage. The tension hoarse from reciting poetry, the poets set out to all points of the mounted again and the excitement began to build. As the day compass, knowing they had contributed to the experience – an progressed, the winners of the various events were announced, experience of friendship - friendship that was bonded and sealed often separated from the money by only a half a point. Each poet in their hearts and minds by a simple gathering of cowboy poets. raised the bar for the next. Some poets challenged another poet They seemed to know they would carry these warm memories for by reciting the same poem in a head-to-head competition. Austra- many years to come. Memories of friendship – memories that lian bush poet Dave Proust brought a new kind of energy to the would last a lifetime. NCPR, much to the delight of the audience. High scores were set Smoke Wade only to be raised higher by the next rider, and through it all a gen- [email protected] erous audience rewarded each performer with their applause and show of appreciation. The highlight of the afternoon came when Texas poet, Linda Kirkpatrick and bush poet, Dave Proust tied in the Sliver Buckle Recitor/Serious event with the high scores of the weekend, one hundred nine point five points. This resulted in a rhyme-off with Dave Proust, affectionately known as Prousty, emerging as the winner. Following the eight main events, six poets took turns on stage in the high dollar Shoot Out event where they alternately ROY LEE BROWN TRIBUTE presented both a serious and a humorous poem. (Brother of Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies) As the afternoon concluded, the winning names of each event were posted. The Silver Buckle winners for the Rising Star divi- sion were: Poet/Serious, Dale Page, Indiana; Poet/Humorous, In Honor of 90 Year Old Roy Lee Brown Dave Proust, Australia; Reciter/Serious, Steve Porter, South there will be a luncheon and dance the afternoon Carolina: and Reciter/Humorous, Keith Ward, North Carolina. of The winners of the Silver Buckle division were: Poet/Serious, C. Sunday - October 31st R. Wood, Utah; Poet/Humorous, Doug Keller, Utah; Reciter/ 12:00 NOON - Lunch Serious, Dave Proust, Australia; and Reciter/Humorous, C.R. 1:30 PM - Live Music Begins Wood, Utah. The Shoot Out first place went to Dave Proust, Aus- tralia, and second place to C.R. Wood, Utah. At Linda and Charlie O'Bannon's Music Barn Visit www.cowboypoetry.com for additional rodeo results. Mineral Wells Highway Once again after a brief dinner break, folks gathered back at the Turn of the Century for the Saturday night headliner show. Early (Cool, Texas) arrivals were treated to the bagpipe music of Duke Hunter in the Located just off the highway - look for the large courtyard. By seven o‘clock the event center was packed. After a White Sign special patriotic opening by C. R. Wood and a welcome from the with Red Arrow pointing to the driveway ad- San Juan Western Heritage Festival committee chairperson, Mary vertsing Snyder, the emcee, Smoke Wade warmed the audience and got O'Bannon's Piano Tuning and Lessons the show on the road. Poet, Braden Brian, Utah, opened the show Call: Linda O'Bannon for directions 940-452-1118 followed by the NCPR awards presentations. Bush poet, Dave Proust, received the All Round Cowboy Poet award for most Dance all afternoon to some Great Western Swing money won over the weekend along with a silver buckle and three Music trophies. Poets for the evening included Steve Porter; Keith Ward, by Brady Bowen, Larry Reed, Pat Jacobs, Elmer North Carolina; Doug Keller, Utah and Dave Proust. The musi- Laurence, and many cians were Paul Harris, New Mexico, and Dale Major, Utah. more wonderful western swing musicians. After a brief intermission, Academy of Western Artists award- winning poet, Jerry Brooks of Utah, treated the audience to her accomplished presentations of classic poetry. The headliner for Free Admission - Bring a Covered Dish, Lawn the evening, Brenn Hill, Utah, then took the stage for the next Chair, & BYOB hour. Hill‘s music was superb and he kept the audience in a wild state of applause and appreciation for the rest of the evening with Come Spend a Relaxing and Fun-filled Fall Afternoon! his original songs.

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14 Tri-Son News Biggest Little News Sheet In Country Music (Since 1963) • October 2010 Issue ______Loudilla and Kay Johnson • P.O. Box 40328 • Nashville, TN 37204 • Ph. 615-371-9596 ______

Toby Keith‘s new album Bullets In The Gun launched today (Oct 5) and national media has taken notice in a big way. He recently visited the Today Show, FOX & Friends, Huckabee with Mike Huckabee and On The Record with Greta VanSusteren. He ap- pears on with Jay Leno Oct. 6, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Oct. 7. and his CMT Invitation Only airs Oct. 8. On Oct. 25 in Green Bay, WI, Toby will host the two-hour WWE Raw. Bullets In The Gun not only includes 10 of Toby's best compositions to date, a Deluxe Edition also includes four live cuts from his recent Incognito Bandito performance at New York's Fillmore.

Charlie Daniels will be in New York Oct. 27 for the 35th Annual Awards Gala of the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Can- cer and AIDS Research, where he will be honored wotj tje Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award.

The star-packed lineup for The 44th Annual CMA Awards will include: Dierks Bentley, , George Strait, Keith Ur- ban, Lady Antebellum, , Reba McEntire, , , and the pairing of Zac Brown Band with . The CMA Awards, hosted by and (who will also perform) airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 10 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year The Grascals have parted ways with Rounder Records, the label that has been instrumen- tal in the group's success since 2004. The parting is amicable, according to The Grascals' manager, Kirt Webster. "It was simply time for a change, and both parties realized that. We have nothing but respect for the label and the work they've done for us," he adds.

News Briefs: visits Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC) tonight (Oct. 5) to perform the title cut from his chart- topping album, Cowboy's Back In Town. ••• Nancy Russell has re-launched her management and entertainment company as The Co-Op (1510 16th Ave. S.). Initial clients for the co-op include Alan Jackson and Loretta Lynn. Joining the team are Judy McDonough, Renee Aly and Jaimie Ellis. ••• Blake Shelton will officially join the Grand Ole Opry family Oct. 23. ••• 17 Music Entertainment newcomer Matt Gary, has signed with Conway Entertainment Group for touring representation. Tony Conway and his staff will exclusively book Gary whose latest single, “I’m Just Sayin’,” goes for radio adds next week. Under the CEG umbrella (which encompasses management, a full-service talent agency, touring and live event production company), Gary joins such artists as , LoCash Cowboys, Flynnville Train, Mandy Barnett, The Cleverlys, Sweethearts of the Rodeo and more. ••• will donate all proceeds from his Oct. 15 show at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, IN to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® as part of his 5th Annual Concert For The Cure. Fans who aren‘t able to make it to the Evansville show will also be able to visit jasonaldean.com to make a donation. ••• 's new album, Get Closer, is due in stores Nov. 16.

Joe Nichols walked away from his visit to Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader with $125,000, an amount he is donating to Camp Barnabas, located in Southwest Missouri. The camp caters to young people with special needs, and Nichols‘ younger sister Kelli has attended the camp for the past several years. According to Cyndy Teas, the camp‘s co-founder and director of development, the money will go towards building a Health Care Facility to take care of the camp‘s 1300 campers. Thanks to Joe‘s donation and a matching funds program set up by the Mabee Foundation, they will be able to break ground right away. Visit www.campbarnabas.org

The 21st Annual International Awards, hosted by Sharon and Cheryl White and , was broadcast live on Sirius XM from the historic Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 30. Dailey & Vincent took home top honors with their third consecu- tive awards for Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year. Their second award for Album of the Year - Dailey & Vincent Sing as well as Recorded Event of the Year with Larry Stephenson for "Give This Message to Your Heart" and Best Graphic Design for Recorded Project for Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers, awarded in an earlier cere- mony. ••• Russell Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out accepted his third award for Male Vocalist and Claire Lynch received her second for Female Vocalist. ••• & Flamekeeper received three awards, including Instrumental Group of the Year, Cleve- land's eighth Fiddle Player of the Year award and Marshall Wilborn's second consecutive award for Bass Player of the Year. ••• Adam Steffey received two nods including his seventh Mandolin Player of the Year award and Instrumental Recorded Per- formance of the Year for "Durang's Hornpipe." ••• The Gibson Brothers took two honors with "Ring the Bell" for Song of the Year and Gospel Performance of the Year. ••• The Josh Williams Band won Emerging Artist and Guitar Player of the Year (Josh Williams). Rob Ickes with his twelfth award for Dobro Player and The Grascals' Kristin Scott Benson picked up her third for Banjo Player of the Year. ••• Louise Scruggs and John Hartford were posthumously inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The Distinguished Achievement Award honorees were Benjamin F. "Tex" Logan, Sherry Boyd, Lynn Morris, Richard Weize and Pete "Dr. Banjo" Wernick.

Joe Bonsall () has authored eight books--including including the just-released From My Perspective, a collec- tion of commentaries and stories about life, music, faith, and America, all told in Joe‘s energetic and engaging style. In From My Per- spective, Joe shares moments with celebrity friends, like the late Johnny Cash and Dottie Rambo; relates stories from 35 years on the road with The Oaks; and draws on disparate experiences in his life, from working the political trail to walking through wooded trails on his 400-acre farm near the Tennessee-Kentucky border. “My publisher gave me a broad canvas to write upon,” Joe says, “and I took advantage of the opportunity, sharing views on most everything imaginable, from growing up in to playing banjo, to veterans and the current political climate. I hope readers will enjoy my anecdotes, at the heart of which is a definite message of opti- mism and faith.” From My Perspective, published by Journey Press, is available at online and retail outlets.

15 Singer/Songwriter/Actor Johnny Western along with ' legendary Hollywood stuntman, Dean Smith received the Western Legends Award (10/1) at the 59th annual Rex Allen Days in Willcox, AZ. On day two (10/2) of the event, Western per- formed in concert with Rex Allen, Jr. and Jimmy Fortune. On Oct. 15th, Western will be honored with The Silver Spur Award in Hol- lywood, given for Life Achievement in Western Movies, TV Westerns and Western Music. John Schneider will emcee the awards event.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter and author Marshall Chapman will celebrate the release of her new book, They Came to Nash- ville (Vanderbilt University Press/Country Music Foundation Press), with a special performance and interview at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum Oct. 30. The book features Chapman‘s conversations with fifteen artist-, includ- ing , Kris Kristofferson and Miranda Lambert, about their first forays to Music City, and the result is, for the reader, like overhearing intimate conversations between old friends.

Carrie Underwood: A Biography is new this week from Greenwood Publishing, an imprint of ABC/Clio. Written by Nashville au- thor Vernell Hackett, the book follows the singer from her hometown in Oklahoma to the stages of the most prestigious concert halls in the world. Along the way, fans will read about this girl-next-door's decision to compete on American Idol and her subsequent tri- umph there, about her first recordings in Nashville, her platinum albums, and sold-out concert tours with super- stars like Brad Pais- ley, Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban. But the book isn't only about Underwood as a celebrity. It is also about how she uses that celebrity to do good works, including speaking out for the Humane Society of the , participating in a song that bene- fited Stand Up For Cancer, doing public service announcements for the Do Something youth organization, and touring for the USO. Greenwood developed this series of celebrity biographies specifically for students who need challenging yet accessible biogra- phies. The books are ideal for student assignments, with the length, format and subject areas designed to meet educator require- ments and student interest. They are written by authors who work within the area of expertise which the book represents. “I was ex- cited to get to write about Carrie, who has been a great role model for students of all ages,” says Hackett. “She had such a huge fol- lowing on “American Idol” with audiences of all ages, which transcended into her music career once she started releasing singles and albums. Once you start to read about her background in more detail, it’s easy to see why Greenwood would choose her to be part of this celebrity series.” While the biographies are written for students, to be checked out in school and public libraries, they are also favorites of adult readers who are fans of the book‘s subject. Underwood fans can purchase the books through online outlets such as Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble and other retail outlets.

MusicRow reported (Oct 4) that Country Crossing owner Ronnie Gilley is among a group of 11 individuals being indicted today as part of a federal investigation into political corruption in the state of Alabama. The indictment alleges that Gilley, along with casino and racetrack owner Milton McGregor, hired lobbyists to bribe state legislators into supporting proposed pro-gambling legislation. Four state senators, Larry Means, James Preuitt, Quinton Ross and Harri Anne Smith—are charged with agreeing to accept or de- manding the bribes. One of Gilley‘s employees and an employee of the state legislature are also being indicted. Country Crossing has been beset with turmoil since its opening, as Alabama Governor Bob Riley is a staunch opponent of electronic bingo. Under threat of a federal raid, the facility has been closed since January 2010. A message on the Country Crossing website says “Because of recent threats from the Governor’s task force, Country Crossing has closed its doors to protect its employees and patrons. We are working diligently to solve the issue once and for all and will release more information as we move forward.” The Country Crossing complex is a part of Ronnie Gilley Entertainment, which includes Country Crossing Records and BamaJam Records and also produces the annual Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music and Arts Festival.

EVENTS Calendar 2010:

• Nov. 6 - National Radio Hall of Fame Inducuction - Chicago, IL • Nov. 10 - CMA Awards - Nashville, TN • Nov. 22 - ' Christmas For Kids Concert - Nashville, TN

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STORY BEHIND THE SONG

A lot of hit songs have had to do with the writer‘s actual experience and according to Sonny Throckmorton, Mel McDaniel‘s 1985 hit, Stand Up‖ was one of those tunes!

16 Sonny commented, ―My dad is a Pentacostal preacher, so I‘ve seen a lot of ―stand up to testify.‖ I‘d gone in one day and Bruce Chan- nel and Ricky Ray was working on that guitar lick and I sat down with them a little bit and ―Stand Up‖ just started coming and every- thing in all three of those verses had actually happened to me and I just put‘em in a song. It was just things that I had seen happen and I just put those things together and wrote that song. And that‘s where that song came from!‖

Mel McDaniel‘s single, ―Stand Up‖ came on the country music charts September 14th, 1985 and peaked at # 5.

It was Mel‘s 28th charted song and was on the charts for 21 weeks.

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QUESTION: I have heard that was going to be held this year and later heard that it was not. Do you have the straight scoop?

ANSWER: Farm Aid is marking its silver anniversary this year with the "Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America" benefit concert at Milwaukee's Miller Park on Saturday. The event will also air live on DirecTV's The 101 Network, with the broadcast set to begin at 6:00 p.m. Eastern. QUESTION: Do you know anything about the singer named Cristy Lane? My cousin thinks her family may have lived next door to her family when they were kids in Florida. Their next door neighbor‘s last name was Lane and their young daughter sang in church. ANSWER: Cristy Lane was born Eleanor Johnston in Peoria, Illinois. QUESTION: Do you know anything about Charlie Louvin? Was his surgery successful and is he alright? ANSWER: According to Charlie, his surgery for pancreatic cancer was unsuccessful and he is now trying alternative methods of treatment.

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QUESTION: Who was the musician who was sent to jail for killing his wife and then died after being let out of prison. This was many years ago. ANSWER: , a popular musician and bandleader in the 40‘s and 50‘s was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife in 1961. He died two months before he was to have been paroled.

QUESTION: Do you remember a song called ―Lock Stock & Teardrops?‖ And do you know who had hits on that song? ANSWER: ―Lock Stock & Teardrops‖ scored a # 26 for Roger Miller in 1963, # 70 in 1968 for Diana Trask and a # 53 hit for K. D. Lang in 1988.

QUESTION: I heard an old radio interview with and he was talking about coming to Nashville with ―Darrell.‖ Who was Darrell? ANSWER: Paycheck and Darrell McCall came to Nashville together in 1958.

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE: 1949 Slipping Around - Ernest Tubb 1957 My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Ray Price 1965 Is It Really Over? - Jim Reeves 1973 Blood Red and Goin‘ Down - 1981 Tight Fittin‘ Jeans -

17 1989 Rick Huff‘s Best Of The West Reviews Let Me Tell You About Love - The Judds Review – Jerry Webb

TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY ―Live At Pearl‘s‖ compiled by Bill Morrison Incoming!! A DVD/CD set from the popular Charles Grean, songwriter/producer/record company executive, Texas honky tonker and songwriter Jerry Webb! born NYC 1913. Vocally Webb has always Skeets McDonald, born "Enos William McDonald," Greenway, AR 1915. struck me as residing in Johnny Bush‘s neighborhood, which , born "Bonnie Campbell" in Blanchard, OK 1932. certainly isn‘t a bad thing! This Bonnie is the former wife of Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard. live performance was done in the wonderful rowdy Pearl‘s Ernest Tubb's "Slippin' Around" topped the charts 1949. Dance Hall & Saloon in the Fort

Worth Stockyards. The atmos- The "Town and Country Time Jamboree," debuted on WMAL TV in Washington, DC 1956. phere is perfectly captured here, from the crowd roaring its Dave Gibson, "The Gibson/Miller Band," born El Dorado, AR approval to the interaction of 1956. musicians in the moment to… could that be a faint stale beer smell issuing from the CD Capitol Records released Buck Owens' LP "Your For Me" 1962. player??! Add the visual element of the DVD and the effect is

complete. Kelly Willis born Lawton, OK 1968.

Loretta Lynn recorded "Coal Miner's Daughter," 1969. Webb and his top-drawer band make this his best release yet. Terrific energy and fun come across in standards like Harlan How- Texas Bill Strength, age 45, recording artist/DJ died as the result ard‘s ―Another Bridge To Burn,‖ Faron Young‘s ―Wine Me Up,‖ Mel of an auto accident 1973. Tillis‘ ―Heart Over Mind,‖ Hank Cochran‘s ―Don‘t You Ever Get Tired,‖ the obligatory ―Milk Cow Blues‖ and you can certainly draw Tanya Tucker's "Blood Red and Goin' Down" was # 1 in 1973. your own vocal comparison on Webb‘s take of Johnny Bush‘s President Carter proclaimed October as "Country Music Month," ―Whiskey River.‖ Mixed in among the remaining fine covers are in 1980. five Webb originals…‖Wall To Wall,‖ ―Red Lips,‖ ―Party List,‖ ―Turn To The Wine‖ and ―Tonight I‘m Drinking It Over.‖ Eighteen tracks Conway Twitty's "Tight Fittin' Jeans" topped the charts 1981. total.

Tony Booth joined Gene Watson's "Farewell Party Band," 1982. When the house lights come on and the smoke clears Jerry Webb

Slim Newman, of "The Georgia Crackers" died 1982. is also a professional architect! In this release he has definitely built something special. Michelle Wright debuted on the Grand Ole Opry 1992. DVD/CD: (purchasing info not furnished but check the online Tim Rushlow married wife Mary Jane 1993. sources, or contact the Ernest Tubb Music Shop in the Fort Worth Stockyards) Beaumont, Texas named a street "George Jones Place" in honor of their favorite son 1995. - by Rick Huff Mac Davis, Allen Reynolds, Bill Edd Wheeler, and Randy Good- rum, inducted NSHF 2000.

Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/ countrycalMAR.html

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

WHEN DAWNS THE SUN!

Our Father knows, when dawns the sun The time for singing birds has come; And it is then He dries our tears For He who comforts, also cheers!

Thus, tho‘ the night has been quite long God‘s love can soak the soul with song; And He shall darkened clouds erase That we might see His smiling Face!

"Second Shift" has played all of the Hall of Fame Festivals Sancie Earman King since the start. The band is number 1 on the list of Hall of Famers for the Western Swing Society.

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John Conley and Joe Baker at Heart Of A Cowboy book signing 19 2010 Academy of Western Artists Selections for 2010

Western Music Male...Randy Huston Western Music Female...Jennifer Lind Western Music Duo/Group...Rocking HW Western Music Yodeler...Gary McMahan Western Music Album...Lynn Anderson "Cowgirl II" Western Music Song...California Cowboy Band "Cowboy Blue"

Western Swing Male...John England Asleep at the Wheel has seen miles and miles of Texas. Western Swing Female...Carolyn Martin They got their kicks on Route 66. And, now in 2010, the band clicks another milestone on the odometer – their 40th anniversary. Western Swing Duo/Group...Saddle Cats To celebrate, they‘re performing a special concert Friday, Novem- Western Swing Album...Saddle Cats "Herdin' Cats" ber 5 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, in Austin, TX. Western Swing Song...Les Gilliam-Oklahoma 1955 For one night only, the founding members of Asleep at the Western Swing Instrumentalist... Wheel - , Leroy Preston and, of course, Ray Ben- son, will take the stage just across the street from where the band Pure Country Male...Frankie Miller had its first-ever gig after moving to Austin in 1973. The concert Pure Country Female...Heather Myles also includes performances by long-time Wheel friends and col- laborators: , Leon Rausch and other special guests Pure Country Duo/Group...Jake Hooker & the Outsiders including many of your favorite Wheel members from various in- Pure Country Album...Georgette Jones "A Slightly Used Woman" carnations over its four-decade history. PUre Country Song.. Darrell MCall "Fast As I Can" ―It‘s been an amazing ride. From Paw Paw to to Austin, we‘ve seen it all,‖ says Wheel front man . Disc Jockey....Cary Hobbs, KTMP-AM, Heber City, UT ―We‘re going to take a night to look back with our friends, former Radio Station...KTMP-AM, Heber City UT band mates and the people who continue to mean so much to us.‖ Cowboy Poet....Ken Cook, SD We will be announcing the special guests on our Face- book page over the course of the next 2 weeks. Head on over Cowgirl Poet....Teresa Burleson, TX to see who will be playing the anniversary concert. We will Cowboy Poetry Album/CD...Jessica Hedges "History In The also be selling limited edition and rare AATW merch at the Barn", WA concert. Buck Ramsey Book Award...Dawn Nelson "A Cowgirl Remem- The new record from bers When", WA Asleep At The Wheel's Western Artist....John Kittelson, WY own Elizabeth McQueen, The Laziest Cowboy Cartoonist.... Nichols, WA Girl in Town, is avail- Saddlemaker....John Willemsma, OK able today! This is Spurmaker.....Ray Anderson, TX Elizabeth's third album, Engraver....Stewart Williamson, NM (and easily her best) Garnet Brooks Memorial Chuckwagon Award....Don & Shirley under her own name. Creacy, TX As you may know, for Will Rogers Lifetime Achievement.....Alvin Davis, TX the past five years Elizabeth has been Don King Memorial Saddlemaker Award...Forest Shupe, CA singing and playing gui- tar with Asleep at the Congratulations to all from Wheel and winning over Backforty Bunkhouse Productions! fans world-wide. said of her turn on last years' Willie And The Wheel, "The standout, though, might be "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," a loping, almost woozy song in which Nelson and the Wheel's honey-voiced honky-tonker Eliza- beth McQueen trade lead lines as if they've been doing duets since Wills and Brown formed the , in 1931." The Laziest Girl in Town is a true departure from her previ- ous efforts; a collection that the 33 year old singer describes as Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter delivers "roots with some R&B, a splash of Texas drawl and just a hint up-to-date news of the Western/cowboy music and if pop." McQueen was adamant that this CD invoke the mood and feel of her favorite singers, especially Ella Fitzgerald and Nina poetry scene to my in box monthly. I can see at a Simone. And she has definitely succeeded. glance what's getting air play, who's got a new re- And if you don't believe us, the early reviews are coming in lease, and follow regional trends. praising the new collection. KUT in Austin has been spinning the CD like crazy and their morning DJ, John Ailee commented after playing the track "You're To Blame," "If the rest of the CD is this Jeri L. Dobrowski good I'm going to love this record." Third Coast Music gave it 4 out of 5 stars and radio stations from California to Rhode Island Assistant to Wylie & The Wild West have been playing it. & Author of Cowboy Jam Session You can get a sample of the CD's songs, check out the video for "You're To Blame" and buy copies right now at Elizabeth's web [email protected] site, www.elizabeth-mcqueen.com or at amazon.com.

20 News from the National Cutting Horse Association

Get the latest news on nchatv.com Watch the week's top stories in the time it takes to show your horse on 2:30, the NCHA News show. December Chatter The tenth episode, hosted by NCHA Marketing Manager Kalyn Sanders is now on nchatv.com featuring news about NCHA Futurity seating, the Futu- Futurity rity Sales, an NYCHA fundraiser that lets you spend time with a participating trainer, and much more. Program

Mercuria renews its major support of NCHA ad deadline:

The Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting will take on an interna- October 25 tional flair in 2011 as Mercuria has renewed and increased its com- mitment to the National Cutting Horse Association for next year. In 2010, the World Series of Cutting encompassed eight $50,000-added shows across North America. Next year, a stop in Lyon, France will be added to the itinerary.

"With the tremendous success of the World Series of Cutting over the past two years, we are de- lighted that Mercuria has increased its support of this popular program, and the sport of cutting," said NCHA Executive Director Jeff Hooper. "Mercuria has a global presence with their business operations, and the addition of a show in France in 2011 underscores the worldwide appeal of the sport of cutting. The NCHA is also making a commitment to further developing and promoting the sport of cutting on a global basis, Hooper added. "To bring a Mercuria/NCHA World Series of Cut- ting event to Europe will play a key role in this effort, bringing together top horses and riders from the U.S. who will travel to the show to compete against their European counterparts. Our plans are also to include a cutting clinic with the World Series show in France, and possibly even a horse sale How to Score Higher to offer some of the horses that competitors will bring to Europe from the U.S. for purchase after the Order the DVD Now! event by European cutters."

At all nine shows in the Mercuria NCHA World Series in 2011, horses of all ages are able to com- Grassroots pete for $25,000 in added money in both the Open and Non-Pro divisions. The finals feature rous- ing music, live commentary and spectacular competition that has packed the stands from coast to Clinic in coast. In the past, the finalists have ranged from World Champions to up-and-coming Limited Non- Pro riders, and every finalist earns a check. Mississippi

Cap raised on Senior Amateur Earnings Following recommendations from NCHA‘s Amateur and Non-Pro committees, the NCHA Executive Committee approved a new Senior Amateur Exception Rule in a conference call on October 18. The new rule, which will raise the Amateur eligibility cap for riders 60 years old and older, will go into effect with the 2011 point year. New rule offers cutters over 60 years old extended Amateur status under certain conditions.

Concert tickets and dinner to benefit NCHA Foundation A pair of auctions for tickets to the Elton John and Leon Russell concert No- vember 13 plus dinner in Fort Worth, Texas are now online at ebay.com to benefit the National Cutting Horse Association Foundation. The 10-day auc- tion got underway October 20.

Horse of the Year race heats up Dont Look Twice and Phil Rapp marked 228 to edge out Third Cutting, ridden by Boyd Rice in the Calgary Stampede Open Classic Cutting by one point on October 16. Meanwhile LHR Smooth Jamie May, ridden by Phil Hanson to the reserve title in Calgary's 4-year-old Open finals, maintains a narrow lead Triple Crown over those two in the Horse of the Year race. Next stop for all three Horse of the Year contenders will be the Pacific Coast Futurity, October 21-31 in Paso Tickets Robles, California.

21 Introducing . . . cutting! Want to get up to speed on NCHA and cutting fast? Have a friend who wants to find out more about the sport? Visit the new website, joinncha.com for a quick introduction to the world's greatest horse sport. NCHA FUTURITY SALES – December 3 through 11 TIME IS RUNNING OUT to nominate to the NCHA Futurity Sales ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 25 due to office de- mands for the Buffalo Ranch and Waggoner Ranch Dispersals. The Blot that Cutters Read

The NCHA Futurity Sales attract more buyers than all dispersal and alternative sales com- Major Results: bined. Buyers from 36 states and 6 foreign countries purchased horses at the Futurity in 2009. The Calgary Stampede deadline is upon us so get your entries in now. Chisholm Trail Fall For early sale listings and additional information visit westernbloodstock.com or call Western Blood- Roundup stock (817) 594-9210. All American Congress

Mercuria NCHA World WESTERN BLOODSTOCK'S SUPER STALLION SATURDAY – December 11 Series @ Congress Time is running out to enter your stallion in Western Bloodstock's Super Stallion Saturday. Canadian Supreme The 9th annual Super Stallion Saturday will be held the morning of December 11. For the first time ever, this gala will precede the NCHA Futurity Finals. There will be no conflicting cutting schedule Canadian Supreme and a huge crowd is sure to be on hand. Call Western Bloodstock (817) 594-9210 to enter your Breeders stallion today. For additional information and entry form see the Western Bloodstock website. Western States Brazos Bash WAGGONER RANCH COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALE – October 29 & 30 Music City The complete sale catalog for this absolute dispersal of NCHA's #1 all-time breeders is now avail- Idaho Futurity able on the Western Bloodstock website. A performance demonstration of all horses on cattle will be held at DLR Ranch on Friday, October 29, at 9:00 am. The sale will follow on Saturday, October NCHA Directory: 30, at 9:00 am at DLR Stallion Station. November

BUFFALO RANCH DISPERSAL SALE Cutting Horse There was a bull market at the Buffalo Ranch Dispersal Sale last Thursday, October 14, with the entire offering of 72 horses averaging $29,700. Complete sale results are now available. Chatter

Trainer auction Want to get a fresh perspective on your approach to cutting? Learn how to bump up that score? Then NYCHA has a program for you. The new NYCHA Trainers Auction gives you a unique opportunity to improve your skills by working with NCHA trainers. Bid at NYCHAtrainerauction.com for the chance to receive two days of lessons with a cutting horse trainer. Funds raised support National Youth Cutting Horse Association pro- Judges grams. Recertification Trainers can donate their services and support the future of cutting here. For more information, contact Dayna Smith, Youth Coordinator for the National Cutting Horse Asso- Seminars ciation, 817.244.6188.

Gates that open doors

Enter to win a custom gate! The Trails West Gate Company has generously donated one of their exceptional custom gates as an NYCHA fundraiser. Tickets may be purchased through a Youth Officer, Area Director, the NCHA office or during the 2010 Futurity at the NCHA and Trails West Booths. A $20 donation will buy you a chance to win this beautiful gate. Proceeds benefit the NYCHA scholarship fund.

NYCHA Stallion Service Program launched The National Youth Cutting Horse Association Stallion Service Program is now taking donations of breedings to stallions. Stallion owners can go to nychastallionauction.com for the 2010 donation contract. This program is the main fundraiser for the NYCHA, with proceeds supporting scholar- ships, awards, and youth activities. Stallion owners can help change the lives of our NCHA youth members while promoting their stallions, too!

22 club in Schenectady. Our early musical experience helped us to survive.

The Backforty Roundup Vol. #47 Where and when Misty and I started out you had to know the old Compilation will be our annual Christmas standards... edition. You can have your Christmas pop and jazz songs from about about 1920 through the forties and fifties. song for $150 and a Standard song for Working at piano bars we had to know all the ancient singalong $100. Two songs or poems and save $50. songs, barbershop songs, Irish songs, and other ethnic favorites. The deadline for the Christmas edition is Having to learn all these kinds of music was an education that November 15, 2010. came in handy later. We have jammed with some of the best country bands, The Backforty Roundup compilation CD even playing jazz with Ernest Tubb's band at the E.T. Record is mailed to over 180 western disc jock- Shop. eys throughout the United States and downloadable to our 350 plus registered Originally, Misty and I were both piano players. There weren't many good electronic keyboards then. disc jockeys overseas. This is always a During the seventies we were very much into the new analog favorite for disc jockeys, so you don‘t equipment. want to miss out on this one, for sure. We found that with a small combo and the new keyboards we could sound more like our recordings, and do it all live. The Backforty Roundup CHRISTMAS EDITION Here's an example where we used just three keyboards and our th drummer. Deadline is Nov. 15 . Misty sings a good old standard ballad. Just give Joe Baker a call On her two keyboards she plays piano, backup vocals, brass, etc.. At 575-808-4111 On my keyboard I do acoustic bass and rhythm guitar. or email him at Click a link to listen: BROADBAND: http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u? [email protected] id=9551212&q=hi DIAL-UPS: http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u? id=9551212&q=lo

This kind of stuff saved our lives when times got tough. Jack Blanchard © 2010. --

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan... Grammy Nominees. Billboard's Country Duet of the Year. BMI and ASCAP Awards' Home page: http://jackandmisty.com 52,000 intelligent good-looking readers.

WHEN COUNTRY SHOWS CHANGED.

In the country music shows featured a whole string of stars. Fred Berry Family Paige Haas Lexey Patterson Often the number of major artists on a show was ten, Lou Bischoff Tom and Donna Lois Peters and they advertised them as "Country Music Cavalcade" Mike Bobbitt Family Hatton Louise Pogue or "Country Star Parade. Clyde Brewer Briggs Hill and his Justin Riley Family There were older stars and younger stars, all in it together. Jack Brown family Lou Rochelle It was fun, and a whole lot of entertainment for the crowds. John and Barbara Barbara Holman Tom Rose Brutsche Mary Hunter Keri Standley Family Around 1980 we were told by our agents that things were chang- Tom Burgess Odis James Sandee and Jim ing. Rosie Carberry Norma Johnson Tabor The artists with current hits were considered "major artists", Shelly Cook Bob Kelly Family Joye Thompson and everybody else was "marginal" or "minor". Mary Corley Jack Kindt Darlene Thornton The major artists and their agents were demanding ALL the Vernon Cowles Charlie Louvin Mike Vaughn money, Laqueta Cox Johnny Lyon Big Fred Walker and marginal artists were not getting booked, Geneva Cross Emily Manning Mary Walker and including some pioneers and icons of the genre. Truitt Cunningham Mary Marshall Family Glenn Curtiss Mike Miller Ken Watkins The days when we had shared show bills with Merle Haggard, Ben Delay Bob Nible Mike Ward Charlie Pride, , , , Jerry Lee Billie and James Joe Paul Nichols Connie White Lewis, Tom T. Hall, Grampa Jones, George and Tammy, Archie Dobbs Christy Oehlschlager Ed White Campbell, and all the others...those days were at an end. Jerry Emery Guy Owens Family Lois Wick Glynn Fairburn Jeremy Parker Beth Yancy We struggled around the country through the 80s, Mary Jo Glasson Walter Pate Bill Zucker playing some places where our fans came to see us, Bobby Goodwin Johnny Patterson and other places where nobody knew who we were... not even the owners. We would go from a Jack and Misty concert in Dayton to a jazz

23 South Medford Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75901. The family will wel- come friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday eve- ning at the funeral home. Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com. Carroway Funeral Guy E. Owens, 71, of Ste- Home, Lufkin, directors. phenville, died Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Texas Published in The Lufkin Daily News on October 17, 2010 Health Resource Hospital in Stephenville. Memorial services will be MELVIN BEVENUE, SR. held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, Age 85 Years October 12, 2010 at Ste- DATE OF BIRTH: May 2nd, 1925 - phenville Funeral Home Beggs, Oklahoma Chapel. Guy was born of June 7, DATE OF DEATH: October 5th, 2010 - 1939 in Gorman to the late Muskogee, Oklahoma William (Dick) and Agnes SURVIVED BY: Alice Parker Owens. He was WIFE OF 57 YEARS: Billa Bevenue - Of a past member of Kiwanis, The Home; Optimist, Lions, Eagles, Elks DAUGHTERS: Barbara Frazier - Okmul- Organizations, and Texas gee, Oklahoma Rifle Assn. He was one of a few Texas certified hunters. He served in the U. S. Air Force, Melvern Bevenue - Okmulgee, Oklahoma member of the Selden Baptist Church, and had lived most of his SONS: Rick Bevenue & Wife, Wilma - Nevada, Missouri life in Erath County. Guy was a carpenter. Melvin Bevenue, Jr. & Wife, Debra - Tulsa, Oklahoma Guy is survived by a sister, Jeanette Owens of Artesia, NM; BROTHER: Pat Bevenue & Wife, May - Sapulpa, Oklahoma brother, Clyde and wife Betty Owens of Ocala, Florida; special 15 GRANDCHILDREN step-granddaughter, Shanana Kitchens of Baird; special friend, 30 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN Glenda Noland of Selden; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, William & Cinda Beve- He was also preceded in death by sisters, Betty Lou and May Louise Owens; and by brothers, Druciel and Welden Owens. nue; his son, Brent Bevenue; eight brothers, and two sisters. Family wishes that expression of sympathy by made in the form Melvin proudly served his country in The United States Navy of donations to Selden Baptist Church, or to Lighthouse Mission & The United States Marines during World War II. Ministry, 6280 FM 913, Stephenville, TX 76401 He was very proud of his Native American heritage. He was named Honorary Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation by Chief Dode McIntosh. He was a U. S. Marshall and a member of the Kari Boyd Standley Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police. He was a very gifted musician and a member of the Musician's Union. He played Funeral services for Kari Boyd Stand- with many noted artists. Among his favorites were Ray Price, Wil- ley, 42, of Lufkin will be held Monday, lie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Roy Clark, & October 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Leon Russell. He also was a very talented Silversmith, creating Lufkin First Church of the Nazarene beautiful silver & turquoise pieces. He won many awards and rib- with Pastor Jerry Spann, Pastor bons for his beautiful jewelry. Some of those pieces are on display David Craig, J. David Boyd and Joe in the Smithsonian. Kilgore officiating. Interment will fol- Melvin was a member of the Western Swing Society of the South- low in the Whitehouse Cemetery. west and was entered into the Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City and Mrs. Standley was born December Seattle. He was in the Color Guard for The Tulsa Shriners Indian 11, 1967 in Houston, Texas to Stella Unit, also serving as Chaplain. He was a retired heavy equipment (Young) and J. David Boyd, and died operator for the Operator's Union. Friday, October 15, 2010 in a Houston hospital. A former resident Memorial Funeral Home - Westwood Chapel in Tulsa, Oklahoma of Houston, she had resided in Lufkin since 1990. Mrs. Standley Officiating: Pastors Reuben Kelly & Mary Kelly Final Resting was the Chief Financial Officer for Texas Workforce Solutions in Place: Green Hill Cemetery in Sapulpa, Oklahoma Under the di- Lufkin and taught online accounting for the University of Phoenix. rection of Mark Griffith Memorial Funeral Home - Westwood She was a member of Lufkin First Church of the Nazarene, where Chapel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 918-446-0010 Online guestbook she taught the College and Career Sunday school class. Survi- available at www.markgriffithmemorialfuneralhomes.com vors include her husband of 15 years, Doug Standley of Lufkin; son, Daniel Joseph Standley of Lufkin; daughter, Katelynn Mae Joe Baker‘s Recognition and Honors Standley of Lufkin; parents, J. David and Dovianne Boyd of

Lufkin; sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Mike Branson of Lufkin; Cowtown Society of Western Music Heroes brother and sister-in-law, Bryan and Beverly McElrath of Hunting- Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year ton; grandmothers, Mable Young of Flynn and Joyce Bridges of Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year Lufkin; and a number of aunts and uncles, nieces, nephews and Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame other relatives. She was preceded in death by her mother, Stella Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music (Young) Goynes; and sister, Jami ìNikiî McElrath-Bauer. Pallbear- Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music Seattle Western Swing Music Society POWS Hall of Fame ers will be Jason Molandes, Daniel Standley, Mark Standley, Mike Backforty Newsletter—CSWM‘s Publication of the Year 2009 Branson, Michael Rawls, Zachary Branson, David Harris and The Western Swing Society Sacramento CA Hall of Fame Bryan McElrath. Memorial contributions may be made to the KNMB, Western Music Assn. 2006 Radio Station Of The Year Lufkin First Church of the Nazarene Women‘s Ministry, 1604 KWMW, Western Music Assn. 2007 Radio Station Of The Year

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