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Playlist – September 20, 2026

September 20, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Twang:
Kenny Parchman – What’s the Reason
Johnny Horton – Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor –
Luke McDaniel – My Baby Don’t Rock
Pat Ferguson – Fool I Am – VA: Rockabilly Shakeout (1958)
Charline Arthur – Burn that Candle – Welcome to the Club (1955)
Sparkle Moore – Skull & Crossbones – VA: Good Girls Gone Bad (1956)
Margaret Lewis – Reconsider Me – VA; Good Girls Gone Bad – Wild Weird and Wanted
Jeani Mack – Dirty Dishes – VA: Good Girls Gone Bad – Wild Weird and Wanted
Helen Hall – Something Special – VA: The Gals of the Big D Jamboree
Janis Martin – Cracker Jack – VA: The Gals of the Big D Jamboree (1958)
Abbie Neal and the Ranch Girls – I Can’t Help It (Hank Williams cover) – VA: The Gals of the Big D Jamboree (late 1950s)
Sherry Davis – I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded (1951)
Tommy Little and the Sunrise Rangers – High Geared Daddy – VA: Swingbillies (1947)
Jimmie Widener – What a Line! – VA: Hillbilly Bop n Boogie (King/Federal  Roots of Rockabilly) (1945)
Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters – Four or Five Times – VA: VA: Hillbilly Bop n’ Boogie (King/Federal  Roots of Rockabilly) (1947)
Maddox Brothers & Rose – You Won’t Believe This – VA: Country Goes Rock n’ Roll v. 1 (prob. 1952 or 1954)
Jim Gatlin – Would It Matter At All? – VA: Country Goes Rock n’ Roll v. 1 (1954)
Cliffie Stone Orchestra – Barracuda  – VA: Country Goes Rock n’ Roll v. 1 (1955)

     

New at 9:00 
new music denoted with ***

Jesse & the Hogg Brothers – Tater Tots – Tater Tots (single)***
Bronwyn – The Ride – Rattlin’ Bones***
Mountain Grass Unit – Earthquake – Appalachian Smoke***
Arlen Roth – Ruby Are You Mad at Your Man – Blues Grass***
Sad Daddy – Bootlegger – Ozark Shine***
Sera Cahoone – Say Something***
`Jefferson Lee Rhodes – Make it Through – Chasing The Same Moon***
Grey DeLisle – There’s The Door – Don’t Turn Around***
Two Runner – Mocking Crow – Porchlight***
Paige Plaisance – Honkytonkin’ Round the Hill Country – Swampwater***
Dallas Burrow – Walking Side by Side -Modern Day Vagabond***
Ty Myers – Bloody Mary Morning – Two Braids & The Truth – My Tribute to Willie ***
Waylon Jennings – Lucille – Ol’ Waylon
Brandi Carlisle and Emmylou Harris – Take Me Home, Country Roads – The Music Is You (tribute to John Denver)
Pokey LaFarge – My Baby Loves Me (single***

Playlist – August 16, 2026

September 13, 2026 / / 0 Comments

     

The Twang:
The Paladins – Tore Up – Palvoline #7
The Paladins – Years Since Yesterday – Million Mile Club
James Intveld – One Sweet Letter – Somewhere Down the Road
Big Sandy – Let Me In There Baby – Swingin’ West
Ray Collins’ Hot-Club – Right Eye’s Jumping – Lord Oh Lord
Ray Collins’ Hot-Club – 1 to 5 Jive – 1 to 5 Jive
Tammi Savoy with Chris Casello – Big Baby – VA: Viva Las Vegas #22
Jackson Sloan – Take a Chance On Me Baby – Saturday Clothes
Big John Greer – If I Told You Once – Blowin’ and Rockin’  (1949 – 1955)
Angela Tini – Let’s Talk About It (w/ Big Sandy) – Have You Met Me Yet?
The Extraordinaires – Zoom – Do You Wanna Jump?
The Country Side of Harmonica Sam – I’m Down to My Last Cigarette – Open Letter To the Blues
Geoff Miller – One Little Piece of Your Love – Geoff Miller and the Rockin’ Two
The Thomas LaVelle Four – Fly-Rite Baby – VA: 45s Are Gone Again!
Dylan Kirk – You’ll Be My Baby – Introducing Dylan Kirk and The Killers
Dollar Bill – Shake Your Hips – VA:45s Are Gone Again!

New at 9:00
new music denoted with ***

       
Dallas Burrow – Modern Day Vagabond (feat. Susan Gibson)***
Margo Cilker – Little White Cross – Little White Cross***
Chris Pierce – Madonna of the San Juan – Songs for the Heavy Hearted***
Margo Price – De Colores (feat. Memphis Mariachi)***
Brothers Comatose – High Hoping (single)***
Elizabeth Cook – Girls of Atomic City – Great Television***
Sweet Talk – No Vacancy (single)***
Two Runner – Late Dinner – Porchlight***
Bobby Dove – (feat. Jim Lauderdale) Did I Speak Too Soon – Fortune Teller***
Son Volt – Serenade Song – Sound Signal Serenades***
Arlen Roth – Ruby Are You Mad at Your Man – Blues Grass***
Rhiannon Giddens – Carolina Rain***
Charley Crockett – Country Music – Clovis***

 

 

Playlist – August 9, 2026

August 9, 2026 /

     

       

The Twang:
The Scimitars – Damascus Steel – Damascus Steel
The Apemen – Apes of Spades – Are You Being Surfed?
Surfer Joe – North Swell – Brave New Surf
Los Straitjackets – King of the Surf – Play Favorites
The Surfrajettes – Toxic – Party Line / Toxic (single)
The Blue Hawaiians – Las Days of Summer – Sway
The Starline Rhythm Boys – Heartbreak, Tennessee – Live at Charlie-O’s World Famous
Link Davis – Trucker from Tennessee – VA: Rarest Rockabilly
Pee Wee King – Tennessee Central Number Nine – Hillbilly Boogie (Tommy Sosebee vocals)
The Lucky Stars – Tennessee Tango – Hillbilly Boogie
Sonny George – Tennessee Woman – Live at the Tennessee Prison for Women
Marti Brom/Cornell Hurd – Making Love Tennessee Style – Feudin’ and Fightin’
Abby Girl and the Real Deal – Georgia Slop – Calling Me Home
Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers – Georgia Boogie – VA: Hillbilly Boogie
Doc & Merle Watson – Summertime – Remembering Merle
Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan – Summer’s Here – The Ballad of Wallis Island soundtrack

   
   

New at 9:00
new releases denoted with ***

Charley Crockett – One Eyed Jack – Clovis***
Elizabeth Cook – Razorwire Wall (feat. Evan Felker) – Great Television***
Jamestown Revival – Juniper and Gin***
Margo Price – Long Haired Country Girl (feat. Billy Swan) – Days Of Unrest***
Son Volt – Serenade Song – Sound Signal Serenades***
Margo Cilker – Little White Cross – Little White Cross***
Bobby Dove (w/ Jim Lauderdale) – Did I Speak Too Soon – Fortune Teller***
Kimmi Bitter – More More More – Bittersweet***
Brittany Ann Tranbaugh – Lucky Broke Girl***
John Magnuson – I’d Like to Think So – Denial***
Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender – This One’s for You***
Nick and Rosie – Cool Rock – Steelin’ Citrus***
Paige Plaisance – Make Mine Country***
Andrew Sa – Love Songs – American Rough***

Playlist – August 2, 2026

August 2, 2026 /

   
   

The Twang:
Dolly Parton – Dumb Blonde – Dolly Parton Box Set (1966)
Norma Jean – I Wouldn’t Buy a Used Car from Him – The Best of Norma Jean (1965)
Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – One Hell of a Ride (Box Set) (1975)
Loretta Lynn with Margo Price – One’s On the Way – Still Woman Enough
Hoyt Axton – Boney Fingers – The A&M Years (1974) (w/ Renee Armand)
Kenny Rogers / Dolly Parton – Islands in the Stream (1983)
Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – I’ll Be Around – Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League (2002)
The Cookies – Wounded – VA: 60’s Girl Groups (1967)
The Blossoms – That’s When the Tears Start – VA: 60’s Girl Groups (1965)
Big Sandy – I’m Leaving It All Up to You – Dedicated to You (1998) (w/ Dewey Terry)
Grey DeLisle and Les Greene – Go Go Go – Grey & Greene
Grey DeLisle and Les Greene – Shake that Thing – Grey & Greene
The Extraordinaires – Think – Do You Wanna Jump
Flea Bops – Gotta Bop – Gotta Bop (EP)
Four Charms – Don’t Make Me Beg – Triskaidekaphobia!

New at 9:00
new music denoted with ***

Son Volt – Serenade Song – Sound Signal Serenades***
The Jayhawks – Keeping Our Heads Above Water – Sanctuary Park***
Tom Odell f/ The Lumineers – Can Old Lovers Just Be Friends***
The Dreggs – Golden Lights***
Turnpike Troubadours w/ Sierra Hull – Feelin’ Good Again***
The Vindys – Same Stars***
Margo Price – De Colores feat. Memphis Mariachi – Days of Unrest***
Chris Pierce – Madonna of the San Joaquin – Songs for the Heavy Hearted***
Trever M. Keith – Don’t Say My Name – We Drank From a Poisoned Well***
Paige Plaisance – Make Mine Country***
Tony Hannah – What the Heart Wants***
Bobby Dove (w/ Jim Lauderdale) – Did I Speak Too Soon – Fortune Teller***
I’m With Her – Mother Eagle – Sing Me Alive***
Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso – Fade Into You***

 

Playlist – June 21, 2026

June 21, 2026 /

Father / daughter dance 
(fun fact: my dad and I used to dance like this!)

The Twang:

Paul Burch – Daddy Rhythm Guitar – East To West
Wayne Hancock – Double A Daddy – Thunderstorms And Neon Signs
JP Harris and the Tough Choices – Gear Jammin’ Daddy – I’ll Keep Calling
The Blasters – Daddy Rollin’ Stone – 4-11-44
Joe D. Johnson – Rattlesnake Daddy – VA: Rockin’ Bones
The Cramps – The Mad Daddy – Songs the Lord Taught Us
Smith’s Ranch Boys – High Geared Daddy – More Barnyard Favorites
Lucky Stars – (Mama’s Got) The Rundown Daddy Blues – Stay Out Late
Dave Stuckey & the Rhythm Gang – (Ol’ Daddy’s Got A) Brand New Love – Get a Load of This
Ralph Johnson & The Hillbilly Show Boys – Henpecked Daddy – VA: Rarest Rockabilly & Hillbilly Boogie
Wynona Carr – Ding Dong Daddy – VA: Jump Jack Jump!
Hank III – I’m a Long Gone Daddy – Timeless – Hank Williams Tribute
Jim Flaherty’s Caravan – Real Gone Daddy – VA: Rockin’ Bones
Marvin Rainwater – Dance Me Daddy – Whole Lotta Woman
Flat Duo Jets – Shimmy Shakin’ Daddy – Safari
Sonny Fisher & The Rocking Boys – Rockin’ Daddy – VA: Rarest Rockabilly & Hillbilly Boogie
The Pioneers – Hopped Up Daddy – Hopped Up Daddy
Johnny Cash & Fiona Apple – Father & Son – Unearthed (Box Set)

New at 9:00
*new music is denoted with ***

           

Tom Odell w/ The Lumineers – Can Old Lovers Just Be Friends (single)***
Old Crow Medicine Show – Beautiful Land w / Maggie Rose & Lee Oskar – Union Made***
The Dreggs – Golden Lights***
Sad Daddy – Bootlegger – Ozark Shine***
Shakey Graves – Time Flies – Fondness, Etc.***
River Shook – Country Angel – River Shook***
Elizabeth Cook – Razorwire Wall (feat. Evan Felker) – Great Television
Jamestown Revival – Juniper and Gin***(single)
Whitney Rose – Tootsies*** (single)
Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender – The Real Pretender***
Crow and Gazelle – Fall How It Will – Truth Be Told***
Grey De Lisle and Les Greene – Pieces – Grey and Greene***
Grey De Lisle ad Les Greene – I’m Gonna Let You Call Me Baby – Grey and Greene***
William Alexander – Along the Boundaries – All I Stand to Lose***
American Aquarium – History Repeats Itself – New Ways to Lose***

Playlist – April 26, 2026

April 26, 2026 /

Johnny Dollar – Green-Eyed Cat – Mr. Action Packed (1957)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – Cat Man  (1957)
Larry Terry – Hep Cat – VA: Rockin’ Bones (1961)
Carl Perkins – Cat Clothes (1957)
Eddy Arnold – Hep Cat Baby (1953)
Marvin Rainwater – Tough Top Cat – VA: Whole Lotta Woman (1962)
The Sirocco Bros. – Crying Cat Blues – Come On In
R.D. Hendon & the Western Jamboree Cowboys – Big Black Cat- VA: Rarest Rockabilly (1955)
Pee Wee King – Catty Town – Hillbilly Boogie (1956) ) *Dick Glasser vocals
The Lucky Stars – Look What the Cat Dragged In – Hollywood and Western (2000)
The Light Crust Doughboys – Pussy, Pussy, Pussy – VA: Hillbilly Fever! (1938)
Bill Mack – Cat’s Just Got Back In Town – VA: Rockabilly Shakeout
Charlie Adams – Cattin’ Around – VA: Perfect for Parties (Bear)
Ronnie Dawson – Rockin’ Country Cat – More Bad Habits (1999)
Jesse Ashlock – My Bank Account Is Gone – VA: Hillbilly Fever V. 1 (1948)
(Steel Guitar – Curley Cochran, Piano – Vic Davis, Fiddle – Shelby “Tex” Atchison)
George Jones – Money to Burn
The Dave & Deke Combo – Lookin’ for Money – There’s Nothing Like an Old Hillbilly
The Collins Kids – Hush Money – The Rockin’est (1955)
Lefty Frizzell – My Baby’s Just Like Money
Hayseed Dixie – Money Talks – Hilbilly Tribute to AC/DC

New at 9:00
***denotes new music

Kevin Carducci – Easy Does It – Easy Does It***
Dale Watson – Willie Waylon and Whiskey – Unwanted***
Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender (single)***
Sophie Gault – Whiskey Would Help – Unhinged***
Matt Hillyer – Second Time Around – Just Friends***
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lost & Alone (single)***
Kris Anders – Open Road – Open Road***
Steph Strings – Devil Woman – Feel Alive***
Belles with Dolly Parton – Son Of Jolene***
The Red Clay Strays – Demons In Your Choir***
The Milk Carton Kids – Lost Cause Lover Fool –  Lost Cause Lover Fool***
Iron & Wine (feat. I’m With Her) – Robin’s Egg – Hen’s Teeth***
The Brudi Brothers – Silver Wave***
Caleb Caudle – Slow Growth – Heavy Thrill***

 

Playlist – November 10, 2024

November 10, 2024 /
Young guests do a “bunny hop” at a dance for teenagers on May 23, 1957 at the Congressional Club in Washington. (AP Photo)

Bob Luman – Hello Baby
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop – My Damn Baby
The Blasters – Crazy Baby
Hal Harris – Jitterbop Baby
Billy Strange – Let Me In There Baby
Petunia & the Vipers – Maybe Baby Amy
Ray Condo & His Ricochets – Shadow My Baby
Biller & Wakefield – Martian GutsGlenn Barber – Atom Bomb
Benny & The Fly-By-Niters
The Louvin Brothers – The Great Atomic Power
Cave Catt Sammy – Bombs Away
Handsome Hank and His Lonesome Boys – Keep that Son of a Gun from Dropping the Bomb
LA LOM – Maravilla
Flat Duo Jets – Hot Rod Baby
The Dave & Deke Combo – Baby’s Hot Rod
The Collins Kids – Hot Rod
Sharnae-Mae & the Mayhems – Hot Rod Girl
Firebird Trio – Buildin’ a Hot Rod
Aces & Eights – Full Throttle Boogie
Aces & Eights – Baby’s Hotrod

New at 9:00
*** denotes new music

Noeline Hofman – Rodeo Junkies***
Bayker Blankenship – Maxed Out***
Julian Taylor – Running Away***
The Red Clay Strays – I’m Still Fine***
Reckless Kelly – What’s Left of My Heart***
Dwight Yoakam – Wide Open Heart***
Kashus Culpepper – After Me***
Melissa Carper – Evil Eva***
Marcedes Carroll – The Line***
Jake Neuman & the Jaybirds – Two Days Ago***
Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms – Gold In Your Pocket***
Pony Bradshaw – Going to Water***
Paul Cauthen – Angels & Heathens***
Jason Eady & Taylor Hunnicutt – Burn it Down***
Silverada Feat. Brent Cobb – Something I’m Working On***
Maggie Antone – Me & Jose Cuervo***

September 4, 2022

September 11, 2022 /
Dorothea Lange:  On U.S. 99. in Kern County on the Tehachapi Ridge. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial Valley and the San Joaquin Valley over this ridge.  February, 1939.

Please enjoy a vintage edition of Howdylicious! while we are on a little road trip.

Playlist – January 9, 2022

January 9, 2022 /

*denotes new music

Tonight’s show featured lots of songs to get you dancing!

Dorsey Burnette – Bertha Lou
Janis & Her Boyfriends – Bang Bang
Rick Nelson – Believe What You Say
Pat Ferguson – Fool I Am
Billy Brown – Did We Have a Party
Sid King & the Five Strings – Good Rockin’ Baby
Jackie Gotroe – Lobo Jones
Jack Rabbit Slim- Wolf Call
The Sirocco Brothers, Lone Worlf
They Rayford Brothers – I’m the Wolfman
J.D. McPherson – Wolf Teeth
Sonny George – Hillbilly Wolfman
Ray Vict – Bop Stop Rock
The Sirocco Brothers – Bop
Al Ferrier – Let’s Go Bopping Tonight
Ronnie Self – Bop-A-Lena
Wildfire Willie & the Ramblers – Boppin’ It
Sparkle Moore – Rock a Bop
Truitt Forse – Chicken Bop
Marti Brom – Rock Boppin’ Baby
Macy Skipper – Bop Pills
Red Prysock – Hand Clappin’
Abby Girl & the Real Deal – Burnt Toast
Buddy Shaw – Don’t Sweep that Dirt on Me
Glen Glenn – Everybody’s Movin’
Thumper Jones – How Come It
Gene Wyatt – Prettiest Girl at the Dance
Dee & Patty – Gee Whiz
Bobby Lord – Everybody’s Rockin’ But Me
Johnny & Jimmy – I Can’t Find the Doorknob
Ray Campi – You Can’t Catch Me
Busty York – The Girl Can’t Help It
Ronnie Self – Some Things You Can’t Change
Smith’s Ranch Boys – Just Can’t Make My Mind Up Blues
The Twilight Drifters – There’s Another Place I Can’t Go
Slim Slip & the Sliders – You Can’t Fool Me
Southern Culture on the Skids – Devil’s Stompin’ Ground
Dollar Bill – Gibson Stomp
Billy Barnett – Romp and Stomp
Jaycee Hill – Romp Stompin’ Boogie
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys – South Bay Stomp
JP McDermott – Long Beach Stomp*
Moot Davis – Crazy*

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