We've got a packed show this week and it's a good one. But you knew that it would be. We've got some new stuff, old stuff, some in-between stuff plus we cue up some tour dates for a pair of western Canada's finest acts.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 077
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Cry Me A River - The Country Side of Harmonica Sam (A Drink After Midnight - 2017)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Hello Doll - Orville Couch (Hello Trouble - 1964)
3. Honky Tonk World - Bonnie Sloan (Single - 1955)
4. Footsteps Of A Fool - Judy Lynn (Single - 1962)
5. Country Is - Tom T. Hall (Country Is - 1974)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Where Summer Never Ends - Bretton Lee John (Single - 2025)
7. I Don’t Know (feat. Dale Ross) - Ross Fizzard (Single - 2025)
8. The Longer You Hold On - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)
9. Nothin' You Can't Fix - Brennen Leigh (Don't You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025)
Regional Round-Up: Working Musician(s)
10. The Tornado Song - Little Miss Higgins (Across The Plains - 2010)
11. Comfort and Wrong - Kayla Luky (Back to Dirt - 2017)
12. Working Musician - The County Boys (1,2,3,4 - 2007)
13. No Power Over Me - Skinny Dyck (More Easy [EP] - 2025)
Outro:
14. Hotel Lights - Amy Cook (Let The Light In - 2010)
A handful-and-a-half of new/recently released cuts, some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a request + I cue up a short tour I'm heading out on next week.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 076
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. You're Finally Hurtin' - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Can't Outrun My Bills - The D. Rangers (Sketch - 2025)
3. You Didn't Like My Lovin' - Loretta Lynn (Fist City - 1968)
4. Untied - Tommy Collins (This Is Tommy Collins - 1959)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Come Take a Ride With Me - Joshua Hedley (All Hat - 2025)
6. Tennessee Devil - Patrick B. Ray (Single - 2025)
7. Trouble - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Ramona and the Holy Smokes - 2025)
8. Them’s The Breaks - Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025)
9. Dat Ain’t Right - Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence (Single - 2025)
Round-Up: Drivin’ Down a Great Canadian Tour
10. That Train's a' Comin' Down - Little Miss Higgins (Junction City - 2007)
11. Great Canadian Tour - Ian Tyson (Ol' Eon - 1974)
12. Driver, Drive’r - The Divorcees (Four Chapters - 2012)
Outro:
13. Tamworth Lights - Charlotte Le Lievre (Single - 2025)
More than a handful of new/recently released cuts to accompany some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. Oh, and a couple very questionable selections to button-up a heartwarming story.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 075
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. I Don’t Love You Anymore - Connie Smith (Connie Smith - 1965)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. I Let A Stranger (Buy The Wine) - Kay Adams (Alcohol And Tears - 1967)
3. The World's Weight - Kayla Ray (The World's Weight - 2024)
4. Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers (Flowers on the Wall - 1966)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Missing Wyoming- Sam Platts (Single - 2025)
6. Waiting for a Train - Branson Anderson (Edgar Allen Coe [EP] - 2025)
7. Coming to See You - Rosy Nolan (Main Attraction - 2025)
8. Deep End - Presley Haile (Single - 2025)
9. Back to Me - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)
Round-Up: Bigfoot Crossing
10. Sasquatch Song - Stompin' Tom Connors (Move Along With Stompin' Tom - 1999)
11. Sasquatch Hunter - Tim Hus (Hockeytown - 2010)
Outro:
12. Harder Than Dreaming - Joey Frendo (Wings of a Song [EP] - 2025)
New stuff, old stuff, stuff from somewhere in between and some things you might not be expecting. Fair to say? Probably. Listen and let me know.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 074
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) - Buck Owens (Single - 1960)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Lie a Little - Bonnie Owens (Don't Take Advantage of Me -1965)
3. Good Time Gal - Deke Dickerson (The Melody - 2005)
4. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - Nanci Griffith (Other Voices, Other Rooms - 1993)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Nobody Taught Him How to Run - (Hello Sorrow - 2025)
6. Thank God You’re Gone - Brennen Leigh (Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025)
7. Idaho Hippies - Kenny Feidler (Single / The Western Tragedy - 2025)
8. Live Forever - Petunia & the Vipers (Callin’ Me Back - 2025)
“I keep playing the role...”:
9. Casualties - American Aquarium (Burn.Flicker.Die - 2012)
10. The Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing - Kenny Price (The Heavyweight - 1970)
11. Washed Up Troubadour - Leo Rondeau (Right On Time - 2019)
Outro:
12. Rhinestone Waltz - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)
After last week's episode that exclusively featured new/recent releases, you had to know I was gonna lean in and hit you hard with classic country this week. Strong one this week, friends.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 073
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
New & Recent Releases:
#'s:
Outro:
From California to the western Canadian prairies and Virginia to rural New Brunswick, this week the program features nothin' but new & recent releases!
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 072
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. In Pieces - Geoffrey Miller (Everything That Sparkles - 2025)
New & Recent Releases:
2. 1800 Miles - Colter Wall (Single / Memories and Empties - 2025)
3. Havin’ a Ball - Lorna Kay (Lorna Kay - 2025)
4. Esta Herida - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Ramona and the Holy Smokes - 2025)
5. Power Through - Big River Ramblers (Never Not Givin' Er - 2025)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Feedyard Lament (Pen Rider's Blues) - Boots Graham (Boot(s)legs - 2025)
7. Auburn Hair - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)
8. Renegade - Joe Wilson (Single / East Side of the West - 2025)
New & Recent Releases:
9. How It Feels to Fall in Love - Rosy Nolan (Single - 2025)
10. I’m On a Train - Wes Youssi and The Country Champs (High Diver - 2025)
11. White Sage - Dominique and the Diamonds (Single - 2025)
Outro:
12. When the Crow Carries Me Home - Dave McCann (Soothsayer's Blues - 2025)
A well-rounded affair complete with beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, a set of new/recent cuts, some truckin' tunes, a request and a couple out of the box'rs.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 071
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Rollerskatin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Rollerskate Skinny - Old 97’s (Satellite Rides - 2001)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone) - Faron Young (Single - 1957)
3. I’ll Leave the Front Door Open - Johnny & Jonie Mosby (Mr. & Mrs. Country Music - 1965)
4. The Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner (The Cold Hard Facts of Life - 1967)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Flower Shops - Nicholas Campbell (Single - 2025)
6. Long Tall Lover - Gina Barcal (Single - 2025)
7. Not Much of an Outlaw - Bobby Dove (Single - 2025)
8. Get on Me - Rosy Nolan (Single / Main Attraction - 2025)
Truckin’ / Truckin’-Adjacent Country Music:
9. Big Wheel - Lonesome Spurs (Lonesome Spurs - 2006)
10. Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves - Red Simpson (Truck Drivin' Fool - 1967)
11. Two At A Time - Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices (Let'r Buck - 2007)
Outro:
12. It’s My Way - Tammy Wynette (Take Me To Your World / I Don't Wanna Play House -1968)
A set of covers, a set of new/recent cuts, a set of long-haired, hippie country music. We've got it all this week, even some requests.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 070
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Drowning My Troubles Till They've Learned How To Swim - Johnny Bush (Here Comes The World Again 1973)
Beautiful Country Music Covered by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Three Days - k.d. lang And The Reclines (Absolute Torch and Twang - 1989)
3. When the Grass Grows Over Me - Rhonda Vincent (Only Me - 2014)
4. Pass Me By - Robbie Brass & Red Wine (The Best of Red Wine, Vol. 1 - 2009)
5. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me - Rose Maddox (The One Rose - 1960)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Goin’ for Broke - Casual Drifter (Single - 2025)
7. Boots in My Closet - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)
8. Desperate Man - Big River Ramblers (Never Not Givin' Er - 2025)
9. Is Tonight The Night (I Make You A Memory) - Sunny Sweeney (Rhinestone Requiem - 2025)
Long-Haired, Hippie Country:
10. Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (Lost In the Ozone - 1971)
11. Trucker's Cafe - Great Speckled Bird (Great Speckled Bird - 1969)
12. Winner of Your Game - Will Worden (The Only One & All The Others - 2025)
Outro:
13. Footlights - Merle Haggard (Serving 190 Proof - 1979)
This week, we're stacked and packed! A bunch of new/recently released cuts along with a healthy amount of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 069
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Full Time - Emily Love (Heart of a Fool - 2025)
Deep in the heart of Texas:
2. Back Again - Damian O'Grady (From 9 'Til 1 - 2018)
3. Handyman - Junior & Tanya Rae Brown (His & Hers - 2021)
4. Step by Step - Lucas Hudgins (The World Left Is Mine - 2009)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Boogie Woogie Tennessee - Joshua Hedley (Single / All Hat - 2025)
6. Tell Me - Brennen Leigh (Single /Don't You Ever Give Up On Love - 2025)
7. Mercury Comet - Forrest VanTuyel (Old Trails - 2025)
8. Old Midwestern - Secret Emchy Society (Single / Queen of Assholes - 2025)
9. Black Crows - Derek Hintz (Single - 2025)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
10. Don't Be Angry - Stonewall Jackson (I Love A Song - 1963)
11. I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today - Moe Bandy (I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today - 1974)
12. Pick of the Week - Liz Anderson (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers And Other Country Songs By Liz Anderson - 1966)
Outro:
13. My Heart, Your Hands - Robbie Fulks (Now Then - 2025)
Episode 068 is a nice mix of material that's highlighted by a tribute to Brent Williams.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 068
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. You're Not Drowning Your Heartache - Jeff Woolsey (My Last Night in Town - 2013)
A Tribute to Brent Williams:
2. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee - Angus Walker And The Birch Mountain Boys (Blue Grass - 1962)
3. Foolin' Round - Brent & Harry (Country Special - 1963)
4. Soft Soft Shoulders - Brent Williams (Single - 1969)
5. Ain’t My Love Strange - Brent Williams (I Wish You Were With Me Tonight - 1978)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Beans on the Riverbank - Big River Ramblers (Never Not Givin' Er - 2025)
7. This Little Heart - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Single - 2025)
8. Lordstown - Joey Frendo (Lonesome, Holy Road [EP] - 2025)
Nail ‘em, Take ‘em, I could get used to it:
9. Neon Cross - Jaime Wyatt (Neon Cross - 2020)
10. Take 'em or Leave 'em - Amy LaVere (This World Is Not My Home -2006)
11. I Could Get Used to This - Li'l Mo and the Monicats (Cow Island Music Presents: P.O. Box 1 [Compilation] - 2011)
Outro:
12. Heaven Passing Through - Turnpike Troubadours (The Price of Admission - 2025)
Cover Song Episode VOL II
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 067
- Cover Song Episode VOL II -
Intro & Theme:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. I’m a Long Gone Daddy - Ernest Tubb (Another Story - 1967)
Ernest Tubb Covers:
2. Thanks a Lot - Neko Case (The Virginian - 1997)
3. Rainbow At Midnight - Austin Stambaugh (Sings the Ballads of Ernest Tubb - 2025)
4. Walking the Floor Over You - Jerry Lee Lewis (Another Place Another Time - 1969)
5. Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin - Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Dance Ranch - 1958)
Bakersfield-Sound Covers:
6. It’s Such a Pretty World Today - Nancy Sinatra (Country, My Way - 1967)
7. Bottle Let Me Down - Emmylou Harris (Pieces of Sky - 1975)
8. Where Does The Good Times Go - Merle Haggard (Sing Me Back Home - 1968)
9. Love’s Gonna Live Here - Norma Jean (Pretty Miss Norma Jean - 1965)
All In The Family, Man:
10. Family Man - Robbie Fulks (13 Hillbilly Giants - 2001)
11. Promise You Anything - Stacey Earle (Dancin’ With Them That Brung Me - 2000)
12. Can’t Hardly Wait - Justin Townes Earle (Midnight at the Movies - 2009)
13. Long Black Veil - Rosanne Cash (The List - 2009)
14. It Ain’t Me Babe - Johnny Cash & June Carter (Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash and June Carter - 1967)
Outro:
I Still Miss Someone - Loretta Lynn (Blue Kentucky Girl - 1965)
Episode 066 is jam packed! A bunch of new/new-ish and some (relatively) recently released stuff peppered throughout the program. Some hot & fresh singles + beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. We jump off course and spin some rockabilly/rockabilly adjacent tunes and share some announcements and exciting happenings coming up for Sean Burns & Lost Country.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 066
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Hopeless - Sam Platts (Single - 2025)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. You Cross My Mind - Judy Lynn (America's Number One Most Promising Country And Western Girl Singer - 1964)
3. Caffein, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish Me Luck) - Bud Brewer (Big Bertha, the Truck Driving Queen - 1972)
4. Lovesick Blues (Radio Transcription) - Patsy Cline (Imagine That: The Lost Recordings 1954-1963 - 2025)
5. A Dime at a Time - Del Reeves (Single - 1967)
New(ish) & (relatively) Recent Releases:
6. Rising Up - Rosy Nolan (Single / Main Attraction - 2025)
7. Rockabilly Out My Soul - Western Cuts (Blues’d Up - EP - 2025)
8. Two Passed Two - Geoffrey Miller (Single - 2025)
9. Shake The Barn - Brandon Wayne & his Lonesome Drifters (Single - 2025)
Rumble in the Wild!:
10. The Baddest One Around - The Farrell Bros. (Rumble @ The Opry ! - 2003)
11. Hard Headed Woman - Wanda Jackson (There's a Party Goin' On - 1959)
12. Wild! Wild! Wild! Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis (Wild! Wild! Wild! - 2018)
13. Til It's Over - Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Til It's Over [EP] - 2024)
Outro:
14. Misty Blue - Jesse Lovelock (Single - 2025)
Exciting new/recent releases, beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, some requests plus a round-up/breakdown of some acts who performed at the Braun Brothers Reunion festival in Challis, ID this past weekend.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 065
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. The Biggest Cry - Jean Shepard (Single - 1961)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Deep Water - Carl Smith (Deep Water - 1968)
3. A Woman Half My Age - Kitty Wells (Country All The Way - 1966)
4. Honky Tonkers Don’t Cry - Dale Watson (Dreamland - 2004)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Traveling On - Sunny Sweeney (Rhinestone Requiem - 2025)
6. Fresh Hot Biscuits - Joshua Hedley (Single / All Hat - 2025)
7. The Devil - Rebecca Porter (Roll With The Punches - 2025)
8. Dumpster Diving - Brennen Leigh (Single / Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love - 2025)
Round-Up: Braun Brothers Reunion Music Festival 2025 Wrap-Up
9. American Blood - Reckless Kelly (Bulletproof - 2008)
10. Flower in a Drought - Taylor Hunnicutt (Flower in a Drought [EP] - 2018)
11. Idaho Stars - Micky and The Motorcars (Micky and The Motorcars - 2025)
12. Work Conquers All - American Aquarium (Things Change - 2018)
Outro:
13. El Viejo - Corb Lund (El Viejo - 2024)
Tributes to Jeannie Seely & Flaco Jiménez that include some great songs and beautiful country music singers + a handful of new/recent releases. We're back to our regular flow and it's a good one... but you knew that.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 064
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Alright I'll Sign The Papers - Jeannie Seely (Single - 1971 / Can I Sleep In Your Arms/Lucky Ladies - 1973)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers: A Tribute to Jeannie Seely
2. Leavin’ and Sayin’ Goodbye - Faron Young (Faron Young Sings "Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye" - 1971)
3. Enough to Lie - Ray Price (Touch My Heart - 1967)
4. You Changed Everything About Me - Jeannie Seely (I’ll Love You More - 1968)
New & Recent Releases:
5. Houston Belongs To Me - Sunny Sweeney (Rhinestone Requiem - 2025)
6. Heart of a Fool - Emily Love (Single - 2005)
7. Level-Headed Even Smile - Dylan Earl (Single / Level-Headed Even Smile - 2025)
8. When You Call Me Baby - Dominique and the Diamonds (Single - 2025)
A Tribute to Flaco Jiménez:
9. Soy De San Luis - Texas Tornados (Texas Tornados - 1990)
10. Margarita, Margarita - Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca (Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies - 2014)
Outro:
11. Don't Touch Me - Jeannie Seely (The Seely Style - 1966)
We're havin' a good time this week on the show with a wildly different episode than we're used to but I promise you it's worth it. Back in the old 1.0 pre-"semi permanent hiatus" days we'd routinely have guests pop by for in-studio interviews but under the current 2.0 regime we've yet to do that. Well, that all changes today as we welcome in Nashville-based comic Dusty Slay for a chat about life, country music and his journey so far in comedy. Along the way we'll spin some beautiful country music.
Dusty’s new Netflix special, Wet Heat begins streaming July 29. If you haven’t watched Workin’ Man (his first one for Netflix), you should go ahead and check that out, too.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 063
* Interview with Dusty Slay *
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Pt.1: Breaking the Ice / Shuffling Into the Saddle | 2:43 - 6:53
1. Countrified - John Anderson (Countrified - 1986)
PT. 2a: Introduction to Comedy | 10:13 - 14:27
Pt. 2b: Working Day Jobs | 14:28 - 15:48
2. Workin’ Man Blues - Merle Haggard (A Portrait of Merle Haggard - 1969)
Pt 3a: Craft & Giggin’ | 18:14 - 22:15
Pt. 3b: The Opry & The Ryman | 22:16 - 25:43
Pt. 3c: Comedy (Jokes) vs. Music (Songs) | 25:44 - 29:58
Pt. 3d “We’re havin’ a good time” + the wave | 29:59 - 32:07
Pt. 3e: Late Night T.V & Netflix | 32:08 - 38:35
3. Workin’ Hard (Day and Night) - Jesse Daniel (Single - 2024)
Pt. 4: Current (Country) Music | 41:05 - 44:05
4. Black Eyed Suzy - Justin Townes Earle (Midnight at the Movies - 2009)
Pt. 5: Nashville & Robert’s Western World | 46:12 - 48:31
Pt. 5b: What makes a good country song? | 48:32 - 50:10
Pt 5c: 90’s Country & Top 5 90’s Country Songs | 50:11 - 51:59
Outro | 52:00
5. Old Violin - Johnny Paycheck (Single - 1986)
Made this week’s episode a few nights ahead of broadcast from the Timbers Motel in Bigfork, Montana. Some tough and very personal moments this week and I’ll thank you in advance for hanging in there with me. Episode 062 debuts Tuesday, July 22 which would have been my Dad’s 68th birthday so I spend a decent chunk of time unpacking that and spin a couple he sang + a handful of his favourites. I hope you’ll enjoy it, friends.
BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 062
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Rippin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Harold’s Super Service - The Gladstonians (No Visitors After 10 P.M )
Some of my Dad’s Favourites:
2. Canadian Pacific - George Hamilton IV (Canadian Pacific - 1969)
3. You Rock We Roll - Scott Nolan (Montgomery Eldorado - 2011)
4. Back to the Barrooms Again - Merle Haggard (Back to the Barrooms - 1980)
5. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (At Folsom Prison - 1968)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Vending Machines - Mariel Buckley (Single - 2025)
7. Falling Down - Kelsey Waldon (Every Ghost - 2025)
8. Everything That Sparkles - Geoffrey Miller (Single / Everything That Sparkles - 2025)
9. Tear Your World Apart - Kathryn Legendre (Here's Your Honky Tonk - 2025)
We Are Family:
10. Cowpoke - Nick Hamm (2025)
11. Sundogs - Jess Reimer (Sweet Darling and Sorrow - 2010)
Outro:
12. Crying My Heart Out Over You - Joe Firth & The Promised Land (Live at The Seaway Tavern in Sarnia, Ontario)
Bit of a different one this week but the quality doesn't suffer, I can promise you that. A whole bunch of 2025 releases, some beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers + I wrap up my Alberta run of shows from earlier this month and that trip influenced some of the selections this week.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 061
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Belly Rubbin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Are You Sincere - Bobby Bare (The Moon Was Blue - 2005)
SB’s AB Wrap-Up:
2. Arizona - Lachlan Neville (Single - 2025)
3. Farm Wives - Carter Felker (Loser - 2025)
4. Troubadour’s Blues - Sterling Drake (The Shape I'm In - 2025)
5. Ground Floor - Skinny Dyck (Single - 2025)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Paper Cut - Verna Margaret (Single - 2025)
7. Honey Bee - Kendall Potesta (Single - 2025)
8. Honkytonks & Barstooks - Devyn Brinsfield (Single - 2025)
Radio, Radio:
9. She’s Got You (Radio Transcription) - Patsy Cline (Imagine That: The Lost Recordings 1954-1963 - 2025)
10. Ain’t What It Ain’t - Justine Vandergrift (Mountain Standard Time - 2023)
11. Older - Ben Vallee (Introducing... - 2024)
Outro:
12. Dear Jane - The Devin Cuddy Band (Dear Jane - 2023)
As we find ourselves in the full swing of the slamming summer season, today’s program is another theme episode highlighting a theme central to country music: the drinking song. Sit back, relax, and don’t stress because relief is just a swallow away.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 060
Drinking songs
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Stumbling in to the Saddle:
1. Relief Is Just A Swallow Away - George Jones (The Ballad Side Of George Jones - 1963)
Drinkin’ On Your Mind:
2. The Bottom Of The Bottle - Jerry Abbott (Single - 1969)
3. Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn (Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - 1967)
4. Drunk Enough - Christopher Seymore (King of Nothing - 2025)
5. The Pint of No Return - Johnny Paycheck (Bars - Booze - Blondes - 1979)
Beautiful Drinking Country Music by Beautiful Texas Country Music Singers:
6. How You Drink the Wine - Amber Digby (Passion, Pride and What Might Have Been - 2008)
7. Waltz of the Wine - Johnny Bush (Texas Dance Hall Girl - 1973)
8. Hair of the Dog - Dale Watson (I Hate These Songs - 1997)
9. Pass the Booze - Ernest Tubb (Single - 1964)
“They said you were a loser...”:
10. The Bottle - Tammy Wynette (I Still Believe in Fairy Tales - 1975)
11. Jack Daniel's, If You Please - David Allen Coe (Human Emotions - 1975)
12. Drinking Again - Sleepy LaBeef (Single - 1966)
Outro:
13. I Can't Even Drink It Away - Charlie Rich (Boss Man - 1970)
From the shores of Newfoundland through the maritimes and headed towards downtown Toronto... up past the big nickel to the vast landscape of northern Ontario. Out west to Manitoba and across the prairies of Saskatchewan in to the Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta from Blairmore to Coleman, then up to Cowtown - Calgary, Alberta - every song this week will take us on a wild Canadian journey. Buckle up and hang on tight.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 059
A journey around Canada...
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Sudbury Saddle-day Night:
1. Sudbury Saturday Night - Stompin’ Tom Connors (Sings Bud The Spud And Other Favourites - 1969)
N.B to SK?:
2. Jesus Didn't Like it Down on Yonge St - Roy Payne (I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf - 1980)
3. N.B to T.O - Al Hooper (N.B to T.O)
4. Farewell to Nova Scotia - Kim Doolittle (Touch Wood - 2005)
5. Girl In Saskatoon - Johnny Cash (The Heart of Cash - 1968)
Canadian Women - Saskatchewan Men:
6. My Manitoba Home - Stew Clayton (The High & Lonesome Years Vol. 1 - 2002)
7. North Ontario Tribute - Mike Lynch (Used to Dream I Was a Cowboy - 2025)
8. Canadian Women, Canadian Clubs - Tom T. Hall (Country Is - 1974)
9. Saskatchewan Man - Spiderelli (Spiderelli - 2008)
Real Cowboys, Fake Cowboys:
10. My Nova Scotia Home - Hank Snow (My Nova Scotia Home - 1967)
11. Rumrunner - Tim Hus (Huskies & Husqvarnas - 2006)
12. Cowtown - Tod Hughes (Single - 2022)
Outro:
13. Little Boats of Newfoundland - Dick Nolan (Dick Nolan's Greatest Hits Of Newfoundland - 1980)
A well rounded affair featuring a handful of new/recent releases, a good chunk of beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers, plus a few highlights from the year 1992.
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BOOTS & SADDLE (2.0) | Episode 058
INTRO & THEME:
The Boots & Saddle Jingle - Boots Graham w. Catherine Robertson (2024)
Chaparral - Buck Owens' Buckaroos – A Night On The Town (1968)
Shufflin’ in to the Saddle:
1. Little Bits of Happiness - The Siebert Brothers (Rodeo Action With The Siebert Brothers At The Calgary Stampede - 1969)
Beautiful Country Music by Beautiful Country Music Singers:
2. Hearts of Stone - Red Foley (Single - 1954)
3. The Worst is Yet to Come - Liz Anderson ((My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers And Other Country Songs By Liz Anderson - 1966)
4. Don’t Get Married - Merle Haggard (Branded Man - 1967)
5. (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You - Patsy Cline [w. Bobby Lord] (Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) - 2025)
New & Recent Releases:
6. Highlife - Christopher Seymore (King of Nothing - 2025)
7. Tupperware - Seth Anderson (Single - 2025)
8. On Like Neon - Emily Love (Single - 2025)
9. What’s On Your Mind - The Honkytonk Wranglers (Single - 2025)
Round-Up: 1992
10. Six Blocks Away - Lucinda Williams (Sweet Old World - 1992)
11. Paul Cezanne - 5 Chinese Brothers (Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief - 1992)
12. Daddy Was A Preacher and Mama Was Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids (For Lovers Only - 1992)
Outro:
13. You Oughta Hear Me Cry - Johnny Bush (Single - 1967 | The Sound Of A Heartache - 1968 | You Oughta Hear Me Cry - 1970)
