Howdy!
Thanks to all those who tuned into our Country & Western special on 1st August - we do hope you enjoyed it. Tim and I both adore Country & Western music, so we had to devote a whole show to it. Just be thankful you didn't get 90 minutes of my minimal techno and Tim's camp pop cheese!
Here is the playlist, including subheadings:
Introduction
1. Copland: Hoedown, Rodeo
2. Luther Strong: Glory in the Meeting House
Cowboys
3. Eddie Arnold: Cattle Call
4. Sons of the Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
5. Sons of the Pioneers: Cowboy Camp Meeting
Drinking
6. Rocky Bill Ford: Beer Drinking Blues
7. George Jones: Just One More
8. Tex Williams: Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine
9. Merle Haggard: Wine, Take me Away
10. Porter Wagoner: Wino
11. Gillian Welch: Barroom Girls
12. Loretta Lynn: Don't Come Home Drinkin' with Lovin' on your Mind
13. Kitty Welch: Death at the Bar
14. George Jones: George Stopped Drinking Today
Intermission
15. Ives: Violin Sonata 2, 2nd Movement 'In the Barn'
Heartbreak
16. The Handsome Family: Weightless Again
17. Don Williams: Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
18. Blue Sky Boys: Banks of the Ohio
19. Dolly Parton: Chas
20. Hank Williams: Cold, Cold Heart
21. Porter Wagoner: Cold, Hard Facts of Life
Tammy and Strange Songs
22. Tammy Wynette: I Don't Wanna Play House
23. Johnny Wright: Hello Vietnam
24. Tammy Wynette: Don't Liberate Me, Love Me
25. Porter Wagoner: George Leroy Chikashea
26. Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn: Hillbilly Heaven
27. Tammy Wynette: Alive and Well
This was one of our favourite shows, thanks for listening. Final playlists will be posted in the next few days. It's been lovely.
