Really Hot Country
DJ Miquel Batlle Garriga
mbatllegarriga@gmail.com
KWC Americana Radio Station
Hi buddies , we started new week , with another trip through the decades of country...
Unlocking the Melancholy: Exploring Don Gibson's Classic "Oh Lonesome Me"
Hey there, fellow country music enthusiasts! Have you ever found yourself drawn into the somber...
"We're Gonna Go Fishin'" is a song written by Tex Atchinson that was originally recorded by American country singer–songwriter Hank Locklin. In 1962, it...
Western Swing Time October 28, 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...
Western Music Time (21-27 Oct 2026)
More Early Western Movie Songs
Opening theme
Riders of Black River ('39) starring Charless Starrett
Where the Rio Rolls Along - Sons of the Pioneers
The Old Wyoming Trail (’37) starring Charles Starrett
He’s Ridin’ Home – Sons of the Pioneers
Love Song of the Waterfall – Sons...
A tense Western stops for a song, and somehow the pause makes its characters feel closer. Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson – My Rifle, My Pony and Me is one of those moments that stays with you after the gunfire fades. Its appeal begins with something surprisingly...
Before it became the title of a book and a movie, Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter was a daughter remembering home. Its power comes from the details: a father’s work, a mother’s care, and a Kentucky childhood that fame could never erase. At No. 42 in...
Rain usually arrives in a country song with trouble close behind. In Clint Black – Like the Rain, the weather takes on a different meaning: falling in love changes the way the singer hears a storm. That simple reversal gives this 1996 hit its warmth, and there...
A photograph can turn a man into a national symbol without telling us what happens when he gets home. Johnny Cash – The Ballad of Ira Hayes follows that uncomfortable distance between public honor and private hardship. Released in 1964, it asks listeners to look beyond an...
The promise is gold, but the thing one prospector wants most cannot be dug out of a riverbed. Johnny Horton – North to Alaska charges ahead like a frontier adventure, then reveals a much simpler longing. That turn gives this 1960 classic more heart than its booming...
One man dies in Mexico. Another ends up growing old in Ohio. Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard – Pancho and Lefty leaves a question hanging between them: what really happened? The song never gives an easy answer, and that silence helps explain why this country ballad stays...
You probably know the chorus of Percy Montrose – Clementine, also called Oh My Darling Clementine. But how did a song about a miner’s daughter become such a familiar sing-along? Behind that easy melody sits a drowning, a helpless narrator, and a streak of humor that makes...
Swinging Country October 24
SWINGING COUNTRY 10 AM - 12 PM CDT @ KSSLFM.COM
My special guest on this week’s episode is Michael Markwardt, founder of Cowtown—the birthplace of Western Swing in Fort Worth. Lots of NEWS to share—be sure to tune in and have a pen and paper...
