Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter Distributed by BACKFORTY BUNKHOUSE PRODUCTIONS Home of the Backforty Roundup & CD Chorale 106 Roswell St Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 808-4111 Backforty Bunkhouse Publishing BMI Venue / Show Productions Western Music Radio Marketing www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com [email protected] www.MySpace.com/BackfortyBunkhouse Joe Baker - Publisher October, 2008 The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter is sent to over 600 email subscribers periodically and is growing every day. These are DJs, artists, and fans whose interests are Western Swing, Cowboy Poetry, Cowboy Heritage and Texas Honky Tonk music genres. We solicit your comments, suggestions and ways we may better serve you. If you do not want to receive this newsletter and want to be removed from our mailing list, reply to this email by entering “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject box of the email. Published By Joe Baker Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Swing Albums Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame • Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol.#5 Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Year. • Blly Mata - This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol.#1 Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year • Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame Kelly Spinks / Tony Douglas - His And Hers Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music • Rebecca Linda Smith - American Heroes Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music • Johnny Lyon - Wynn Stewart Favorites, Vol.#1 Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame • Hank Stone - San Antone Editor: Howard Higgins • Cody Dodson - Drinkin’ Things Over Seattle Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame • Jerry Webb - Red Lips And Honky Tonks • Bobby Lueders - Still Swinging In Texas Billy Mata & The Texas Tradition • Backforty Roundup - Vol.#31 This Is Tommy Duncan, Vol. #1, 2008 By Joe Baker Joe Baker's KNMB Top Western Music/Cowboy Poetry Albums This is part 1 of a trilogy: This Is Tommy Duncan. Produced by Billy Mata, Rocco Fortunato and Richard • Bob & Johnny Boatright - Lost Trails Helsley. Executive producer; Joanne Heston, recorded, • Gil Prather - Last Of The Border Cowboys mixed and mastered by Bill Green at BGM Studios in San • Flying J Wranglers - Adobe Hacienda Antonio, Texas. The announcer is country music disc • Bar D Roundup - Vol.#3, CCP jockey hall of famer Larry Scott. Included on this album is • Yvonne Hollenbeck - Pieces Of The Past The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, a traditional jazz ensemble • Chuck Cusimano - Wind, Blow My Blues Away featured nationally on their own weekly public radio • Jean Prescott - Whisperings Of Jesus series; Riverwalk Jazz and The Converse Judson High • Kim Blakey - Friends School Jazz Ensemble horns and reed choir under the • All American Cowboy - James Michael direction of Texas Tradition fiddler and producer Richard • Andy Nelson - Full Nelson Shoeing Helsley. Tommy Duncan photo courtesy of Glynn and Larry Duncan; from family archives. When I think back to What Folks Are Saying... the first news of Billy Mata’s Tommy Duncan concept, I became very excited. As time went by, this trilogy was Joe Baker's newsletter has proven to be an invaluable tool beginning to take shape and we at MTD Radio in when putting together my show schedules. His reviews are Ruidoso, New Mexico heard Vol. 1 for the first time, what great, and by looking at other DJ's playlists, I never miss out an honor to hear this project with our own ears is on artists who are "keepin' it real." I'm proud to be included in this terrific publication. remarkable to say the least. Mata believes Tommy Duncan was an essential ingredient to Bob Will’s, and Rowena Muldavin: All Things Country, Heartland Pubic Radio therefore, western swing’s phenomenal success. Twenty one tracks in all on Vol. 1 including Larry Scott’s western swing. But he Was more than that. Tommy Duncan introduction and interviews Johnny Gimble and Herb was, is the voice of Western Swing. Many baby boomers Remington and an epilogue by Tommy Duncan’s brother were rocked in the cradle to Bob’s music and that is why Glynn. From Basin Street Blues, Black Rider to Ten today, many people remember the songs of their era more Years, It’ll bring chills to your soul. Billy’s band, The than the pre-war recordings. So I thought it would be fitting Texas Tradition and some very special guests, modern to bring it all back and pay tribute to Tommy Duncan and recordings of Tommy Duncan’s music have been made in his many talents from the beginning and through decades of keeping with the original style and instrumentation. changes." -Billy Mata Quoting Billy Mata’s thought on “Who Is Tommy Duncan, I tip my hat to the late Tommy Duncan and to Billy Mata, the was he just a man who happened to be the lead vocalist Texas Tradition Band And everyone involved for making this in a very popular band? To the general public, he was in project a reality. To purchase this and other CD’s you can go the Shadow of Bob Wills, who, rightfully so, is the king of to www.billymata.com or www.BackfortyBunkhouse.com Joe Baker’s Backforty Bunkhouse Show is broadcast on 100,000 watt KNMB, 96.7FM “New Mexico’s Bear” & 100,000 watt KWMW, 105.1FM, “Regional Radio W-105” every Saturday morning 6 am to 10 am In Ruidoso, New Mexico covering New Mexico & West Texas. Member: Western Music Broadcasters Association (WMBA). Also available ’streaming live’ 24 / 7 on the internet at W-105. Graham Lees Top 10 Songs and Albums All Things Country Top Ten CDs HWD Radio — United Kingdom (Freeze) Rowena Muldavin Top 10 CDs 1. Miss Leslie - Between the Whiskey & The Wine 1 Dave Alexander - The Oklahoma Swing 2. Andrea Ladd - Andrea Ladd with the Nashville Project Swing Band 2 John England - Open That Gate 3. Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights 3 Brady Bowen - In My Spare Time Vol 5 4. Leona Williams - Honorary Texan 4 Red Steagall - Here We Go Again 5. Billy Mata - A Tribute To My Heroes 5 Cindy Cashdoller - Slide Show 6. John England & The Western Swingers - Open 6 River Road Boys - Bluebonnet Lane That Gate 7 Way Out West - Down At The Ol’ Bar None 7. Mona McCall - Memories Love A Melody 8 Jim Reader - 1880’s Cowboys 8. Roger Wallace - Hillbilly Heights 9 Cody Dodson - Drinkin’ Things Over 9. Quebe Sisters Band - Timeless 10 RW Hampton - Oklahoma…Where The West Remains 10. Red Simpson - Ehtel's Corral Of special note this month is a 2001 compilation from Lazy SOB Top 10 Songs Records, "More Songs Of Route 66: Roadside Attractions." David 1 Tom Morrell - If You Ain’t Lovin’ Then You Ain’t Livin’ Sanger put together 14 songs, each one being better than the next. 2 Quebe Sisters Band - Shame On You Artists include Dale Watson, Jason Roberts, Cindy Cashdollar and 3 Red Steagall/Ray Benson - Bob’s Got A Swing Band In Heaven Herb Remington doing "Midnight In Amarillo" and Marcia Ball. 4 Elana James - Twenty-Four Hours A Day 5 John England & Western Swingers - Old Town All Things Country email address 6 Palo Duro - Old Sallow Crossing [email protected] 7 Cornell Hurd Band - I Don’t Know Why I Love You But I Do 8 The Desperados - There’s Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone Bill McCallie’s Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show 9 Sisters Of The Silver Sage - Down In Mexico Classical 90.5 WSMC-FM Chattanooga, TN 10 Joe Paul Nichols - We’re Gonna Go Dancin’ Tonight The month of September here at WSMC Public [email protected] Radio 90.5 has been a busy one. We are getting ready for our Fall fund drive for the The Big Fred Walker Show station. Thanks to all the listeners of Cowboy WOES 91.3 FM Mid-Michigan Jubilee, we are still the #2 show on our station. “THE BIG FRED WALKER SHOW” Internet That's pretty good, considering they play Radio www.oe.k12.mi.us Wed. 4:00 to 6:00 PM classical symphony music 24/7 except for and Sat. 9:00 to 11:00/PM EST. The Gospel Sunday evening at 6 pm est. That speaks well Show is on Sunday 9:00 AM & 9:00 PM EST. of our selections each month. Speaking of that, we started off the For airplay send music to: The Big Fred Walker month with Belinda Gail and Curley Musgrave and some selections Show WOES, 2101 Cook Road, Owosso, MI from Forever West. Roly Poly, Wheels, and It's Only A River were 48867-8927 well received. Featured Mark O'Conner's fiddling teamed up with some really great players...."Fiddlin’ Around" with Johnny Gimble, Top Ten Songs: "Gold Rush" features Byron Berline and Mark, and then finally Texas 1 Kelly Spinks – California Wine Shorty, Terry Morris, and Benny Thomason round out the set fiddlin’ 2 Bill Green – Under A Neon Halo "Sally Johnson". I also threw in Mark O'Conner and Picchas 3 Chuck Cusimano – It’s Your Love Zukerman and the classic "Ashoken Farwell", which many of you 4 Cliff Douglas – Let the Red Barn Burn may remember from Ken Burn’s "Civil War" series on Public 5 The River Road Boys – Bluebonnet Lane Television. Joe Baker's compilation yielded some really good music 6 Clelia Adams – Wildflowers with Gaylynn Robinson and "Call Back My Texas Heart" and Tommy 7 Country Night – Brand New Tune Allsup with his "Raining in my Heart" and Justin Trevino and Johnny 8 Kelly Schoppa – Boots Bush and Texas on a Saturday Night scored big with our audience.