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Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter Distributed by BACKFORTY BUNKHOUSE PRODUCTIONS 106 Roswell St., Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 808-4111 Home of Backforty Roundup and CD Chorale Backforty Bunkhouse Publishing BMI Venue / Show Productions Western Music Radio Marketing www.Backforty Bunkhouse.com [email protected] www.MySpace.com/BackfortyBunkhouse Twitter.com/backfortyBH Joe Baker The Backforty Bunkhouse Newsletter is sent to over 700 email subscribers periodically and is growing every day. There are DJs, artists Publisher and fans whose interest 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 7. Gil Prather, Last Of The Border Cowboys, 8. Rich Flanders, Ride Away Cowtown Society of Western Music Heroes 9. Chuck Cusimano, Wind, Blow My Blues Away Academy of Western Artists Disc Jockey of the Y ear 10. Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave, Forever West Cowtown Society of Western Music Disc Jockey of the Year 11. Ray Doyle, The Emigrant Trail, Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame 12. Willie P. Richardson, Live At The Ritz Membership Director—Cowtown Society of Western Music Board of Directors—Cowtown Society of Western Music 13. The Buckarettes, Cowgirl Serenade Seattle Western Swing Music Society POWS Hall of Fame 14. Sons Of The San Joaquin, Live WJW Backforty Newsletter—CSWM‘s Publication of the Year 2009 15. Bob & Johnny Boatright, Lost Trails The Western Swing Society, Sacramento CA Hall of Fame 16. Cowboy Slim Rinehart, King Of Border Radio 17. Jim Jones, Different State Totsie Slover, Editor 18. Cora Rose Wood, Cora‘s Cowgirl Yodel 19. Chuck Maltsby, Western Medleys Joe Baker's Top 20 – August, 2009 20. Backforty Roundup Vol.#41 —————————————————————— Western Swing Artist: Saddle Cats Album: Herdin' Cats 1. Saddle Cats, Herdin‘ Cats Produced by: Saddle 2. The Desperados, Lucky 7, Cats 3. Tom Houston, Tuxedo Country Released 2009 4. Johnny Lyon, Wynn Stewart Favorites Vol.#2 I had the honor of shak- 5. Cornell Hurd, Songs Of Moon Mullican ing hands with Richard 6. Hillside Records Country Song Roundup, Chon several years ago C. Potter/D. McCall/K. Seratt/J. Trevino/J. and then he really im- Inman/R. Sanders pressed me with his fid- 7. Jerry Webb, There‘s A Song In That dlin' style and showman- 8. Rebecca Linda Smith, Timeless ship. What a performer he was back then! Now, here 9. Brady Bowen, In My Spare Time Vol.#5 comes Herdin' Cats. West Coast Swing has been 10. Johnny Bush, Lillie‘s White Lies around the industry for a long time but has really sur- 11. Shoot Low Sheriff, The Best Of faced to public awareness in the last six or so years. 12. Hank Stone, Somewhere In Texas ―Western Swing is so naturally associated with Texas 13. Richard Wolfe, Country Music Turns Her On and Oklahoma that we often forget some of its most 14. Hot Club Of Cowtown, The Best Of brilliant practitioners and spectacular recorded docu- 15. Darrell McCall, A Way To Survive/All She Did ments originate from the West Coast,‖ quotes Saddle Was Fall In Love Cats and goes on to say, ―many of these musicians 16. Leona Williams, New Patches were emigrants, blown like gold dust across a parched, 17. Willie Nelson, Lost Highway distressed Southwest, but here in California they found 18. Wild Oats, Classic Country Music sweet water and laid down roots. And who could blame 19. Liz Talley, More Than Satisfied them? California remains the Golden State. 20. River Road Boys, Houston Herdin' Cats is a tribute to those players who estab- lished a California beachhead of western swing, here on Western Music/Cowboy Poetry the Barbary coast, down in sunny Los Angeles, out in the scalded, hard scrabble Central Valley, whose crazy, Academy Western 1. Ken Cook, Cowboys Are Like That, yearning, knocked out sounds resonate to this day.‖ Artists 2. Chuck Woller, Desert Moon Some of the finest West Coast players in the world 3. Bar D roundup, Vol.#4,Various Poets make up the Saddle Cats with the likes of Richard Chon 4. Prescott/Masterson/Hollenbeck, Ranchlife on the fiddle, Bobby Black on steel, Bing Nathan with 101 the bass fiddle, Gordon Clegg on guitar. The Texas 5. Daughters Of The Purple Sage, Best Of Playboy's Drummer Boy himself, my dear friend Johnny 6. Stephanie Davis, Western Bling/Bliss Cuviello on drums and some great guest musicians Joe Baker‘s Backforty Bunkhouse Show is broadcast on 100,000 watt KNMB, 96.7FM ―New Mexico 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 Broadcast- ers Association (WMBA). Also available ‗Streaming live‘ 24/7 on the internet at W-105 Cowtown Society of Western Music ‘2009 Publication of the Year’ 1 Laura Porter, David Bell, Rich O'Brien and LEESWINGS TOP 12 CDs Billy LaBeef. A few tunes sure to make you Kountry Korral Magazine, Bennerstigen wake up and listen are ―Oklahoma Stomp,‖ 120, Sala, Sweden ―You've Got The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole,‖ ― Roly Poly,‖ ― What‘s the Matter With The Mill‖ and ―Along The Navajo Trail.‖ TOP TWELVE CDs And there are eight more great tracks. 1. Bobby Koefer - Thumbin´ It To purchase ―Herdin' Cats‖, please visit; 2. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Live www.saddlecats.com or email them at: @ Boeing Aircraft , Witchita, KS [email protected] -Joe Baker 3. Gaylynn Robinson - Love & Heartache —————————————————- 4. Jeff Woolsey & the Dancehall Kings Listen to Joe Baker’s Saturday radio show, 5. Kelli Grant - Swing Like That Backforty Bunkhouse. You will hear the best in Western Swing, Honky Tonk, Classic 6. Leon McAuliffe - Tulsa Straight Ahead Country, Cowboy Music and Cowboy Poetry 7. Liz Talley - More Than Satisfied on KWMW 105.1 Live 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM 8. Louise Rowe - My Time With Bob On the internet...ANYTIME! 9. River Road Boys - Houston BackfortyBunkhouse.com 10. Stephanie Davis - Western Bling ----------------------------------------------------- 11. Stardust Cowboys - Honky Tonk Cowboy & Desert Flower "Swingin' West"- Mike Gross 12. Texas Playboys - Live @ Pawhuska `99 WVOF-FM August 1, 2009 TOP TWELVE SONGS Songs 1. Blue Guitar Stomp - Leon McAuliffe 1. Over the Hill- River Road Boys 2. Boogie Woogie High Ball - Texas Playboys@Pawhuska ‘99 2. Brownsville- John England & Western Swing- 3. Don´t Change the Rose of San Antone - Pap Hamel & the ... ers 4. Don´t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Louise Rowe 3. Are You Teasing Me- Bobby Flores 5. Honky Tonk Cowboy Blues - Stardust Cowboys 4. Southern Hospitality- Cornell Hurd Band 6. I´m A Tired Cowboy - Genuine Cowhide 5. Feelin‘ Blue for Texas- Marshall Ford Swing Band 7. Keeper of the Flame - Gaylynn Robinson 6. Crystal Canyon- Patty Parker 8. Lillie´s White Lies - Johnny Bush 7. Swingtown- Andrew Dean & The Farm Machine 9. Me, My Truck and God - Ambrogio Gaigher 8. Heartless Lover- Cornell Hurd Band 10. Pecos Bill - Rich Flanders 9. Driving Lesson- Don Burnham 11. South - Bob Wills His Texas Playboys at Boeing Aircraft 10. I Can Almost Tell- Rich Lester 12. Talkin´ `Bout You - Stephanie Davis Albums 1. Houston- River Road Boys Lillies Ohlsson— [email protected] 2. This is Tommy Duncan- Billy Mata & Texas Tradition 3. Open That Gate- John England & Western Swingers ——————————————————————————— 4. Now Playing! Willie and the Wheel- Willie Nelson & Honorees To Be Inducted Into Asleep at the Wheel The Western Swing Hall Of 5. Western Bling- Stephanie Davis Fame 6. Last Call for Heartaches- Price Porter on Sunday, October 4th, 2009 7. Favorite Requests- Don Sulesky in Sacramento, CA. 8. Something Old, Nothing New- Dennis Ivey 9. American Shadows- The Songs of Moon Mullican- Cor- Darrell Anderson, Renton, Washington nell Hurd Band 10. Bluebonnet Lane- River Road Boys Joe Baker, Ruidoso, New Mexico Swinginwest.com —————————————————————————— Bob Bone, Weatherford, Texas What folks are sayin’... Tink Cariker, Sacramento, California Gene Carter, Muskogee, Oklahoma Hello folks, this is Jerry Webb and I would like to say a great big THANK YOU to my friend Joe Baker and his Bill Compton, El Cajon, California staff for all the hard work they do at the Backforty Bobby Lee Dwillis, Shady Point, Oklahoma Bunkhouse. I look forward to getting their newsletter each and every month and I sincerely appreciate their Tony Grasso, La Mesa, California support of traditional country and western swing mu- sic. Howard Higgins, Big Spring, Texas Keep up the good work. Jerry Webb Bob Meeks, Rancho Bernardo, California Albert Talley, Cleburne, Texas www.JerryWebbMusic.com 2 GRAND OLE OPRY STAR what it used to be. In 1984 Mel enjoyed the only # 1 song of his MEL McDANIEL career; BABY'S GOT HER BLUE JEANS ON and joined the Recently I heard that Mel McDaniel had Grand Ole Opry in 1986. suffered a heart attack in June and was now One of Mel's albums had a song which I thought should have in a Nashville Hospital having problems been a single for him but Capitol didn't agree. It was the story of a staying alive. That was very sad news in- singer/songwriter, who like most, knew poverty, heartbreak of lost deed, for me to hear this very nice man and love and tough times, all of which he wrote about and recorded his family were having to deal with this. what he wrote.