Western Music Time (19-26 May 2026)
Memorial Day Weekend
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There's a Long, Long Trail a-Winding - Sons of the Pioneers
A Spanish Cavalier - Sons of...
Western Music Time (13-19 May 2026)
Remembering Billy Hill, Jimmie Rodgers & Ken Curtis
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Zorro - The Chordettes
Espana Cani - The 50 Guitars of Tommy...
No. 48 in our Best Country Songs countdown. Willie Nelson sings “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” so quietly that every pause feels like part of the melody. His 1975 recording turned a Fred Rose song from the 1940s into his first No. 1 country single and...
No. 48 in our Best Western Songs countdown. Bing Crosby sounds perfectly at home in the saddle on “I’m an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande.” The trouble is that the character he plays knows a lot more about being a cowboy in his imagination than he...
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From Queensland, Australia, comes Mack Geiger, a 21-year-old guitarist, singer, and songwriter who grew up on a cattle ranch. After introducing himself with his debut EP, Walk a Straight Line, he now brings us...
Gene Watson – Drinkin’ My Way Back Home catches the restless side of traditional country: a man on the move, trouble behind him, and someone waiting at the end of the road. Released during Watson’s MCA years, it trades the stillness of a heartbreak ballad for an...
Ricky Van Shelton – Statue of a Fool brings a grand country ballad into the late 1980s without losing its old-fashioned heartache. The song had already been a hit for Jack Greene, but Shelton’s commanding voice gave its central image fresh weight: a monument to a man...
A title like “Overnight Success” sounds like a celebration. George Strait turns it into something far more painful: a man measuring how quickly someone he loves has broken his heart. The contrast gives this late-1980s country recording its sting, and Strait never needs to raise his voice...
No. 47 in our Best Country Songs countdown, Bobbie Gentry – “Ode to Billie Joe” (1967) turns a family meal into unforgettable Southern storytelling.
What if the most unsettling part of a tragedy is the conversation that follows it? Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe draws listeners...
“Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” turns a simple invitation to dance into a chorus that travels easily from one generation to the next. At No. 47 in our Best Western countdown, we look back to the 1844 publication credited to Cool White—and to a history...
Buck Owens – Big Game Hunter sounds like a trip into the wilderness. Instead, Buck takes us somewhere much closer to home: the living room, where a football fan has more important plans than fixing anything around the house. The joke is simple, but his brisk delivery...
Gene Autry and Johnny Bond’s 1945 song turns wounded pride into a tender plea for another chance. Discover the original Columbia recording and its No. 4 country chart peak.
Western Swing Time November 04, 2026
Randy “Tex” Hill, is the creator and host of Western Swing Time Radio. A professional musician for over 40 years, Randy started playing drums as a young boy growing up on a central Texas farm approximately 30 miles southf Austin. During that...
