Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1500

We'll celebrate our 1500th tune on Ranch Radio with a fiddle tune for Bobby Jones.  This is bound to make him dance a jig (even if it hurts).  Here's The Pete Williams Rag by none other than Fiddling Pete Williams himself.  The tune is on the Collectors Label CD titled Tough Texas.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/DBO-JXGF2SI

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1499

Our gospel song today is The Range In The Sky by Rex Allen.  The tune is an M.M. Cole transcription and is available on the British Archives of Country Music CD Rex Allen - Songs Of The West.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/hu_omh8taBA

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1498

We'll close out the week with Texas Ruby & Curly Fox performing Blue Love.  The tune was recorded in Chicago on February 15, 1945 and released as Columbia 37075.  For those who may not know, Curly Fox was touring as a fiddle player when only 13 and made his first recordings in 1929 with the Roane County Ramblers.  He teamed up with singer Ruby Owens in 1937.  She was a sister to Tex Owens, the writer of Cattle Call.  They married two years later and were popular performers till 1963 when Ruby was killed in a fire.  Curly never recorded again.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/1_siEv98eUs

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1497

Here's some Chinese medicine for Bobby Jones, with the Tommy Jackson fiddle instrumental Chinese Breakdown.  The tune is one of 26 tunes he recorded for the Dot label between 1953-1955 and reissued by the British Archives of Country Music on the CD Tommy Jackson:  Legendary Session Fiddler.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/ynrnxbxHCf8

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day # 1496

Today we feature Ernest Tubb & Red Foley performing You're A Real Good Friend.  The duo recorded the Cy Coben & Charles Grean tune in 1953 for the Decca record label.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/io58aF833NM

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1495

Today we have a classic by Webb Pierce - It's Been So Long.  The tune was recorded in Nashville on March 25, 1953.  Some notables in the studio that day were Chet Atkins eg, Tommy Jackson f, and Owen Bradley piano.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/AB79DreF1jY

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1494

So how would a fiddler from Cape Breton handle a Bob Wills swing tune?  Well it's Swingin' Monday and I think you will agree Natalie MacMaster handles it damn well as she performs The Beaumont Rag.  The tune is on her 1997 CD No Boundaries.

https://youtu.be/qDt_Z90aqhE

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1493

Our gospel tune today is The Milky White Way by David Houston.  The tune is on his 1973 LP album Old Time Religion. 

https://youtu.be/slP_cb6sKHk

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1492

Recorded in Nashville on July 15, 1960, here is Skeets McDonald performing This Old Heart.  Can you remember when they used to record tunes this good?  And look who was in the studio that day with him:  Tommy Jackson-fiddle, Grady Martin-guitar, Jimmy Day-steel and Floyd Cramer on piano.  Can you guess who is harmonizing with him on vocals?  None other than Johnny Paycheck.  The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/roD5Zho2v-s

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1491

Cliff Carlisle - Rocky Road is our selection today.  The tune was recorded in Charlotte on Feb. 19, 1937.

https://youtu.be/ojVe7nC_g0c

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1490

Johnnie Lee Wills, the younger brother of Bob Wills, performs a tune about New Mexico:  A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E. 

https://youtu.be/J11gmMZqHoI

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1489

Here's some old time fiddlin' that goes out to Bobby Jones.  He should be healing up fine, as long as Pat isn't beating on him too much.

In 1883 Theron Hale was born in Pikeville, Tenn. and originally gained recognition as a banjo player.  He later took up the fiddle and formed a group with his daughters (Elizabeth on the piano and Mamie Ruth on second fiddle or mandolin).  They first appeared on the Grand Old Opry in 1926 and were regulars through the early thirties.  On Oct. 3, 1928 they recorded several tunes including today's selections, Hale's Rag + Jolly Blacksmith. Both numbers are on the Document Records CD Nashville, 1928. 

https://youtu.be/E_j-Ih3UcFs

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1488

In her 2007 CD Swing, Carolyn Martin has some good advice for all of us:  Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch. 

https://youtu.be/jWbU84T2B8Q

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1487

Our gospel tune today is Wandering Shepherd by Mitch Harrell.  The tune is on the Blue Ride Mountain Gospel CD featuring various artists.

https://youtu.be/Mr8oKhOKuOg

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1486

Today's selection is Eddy Arnold's 1951 recording of I Wanna Play House With You. 

https://youtu.be/4Of4oJVUzQE

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1484

Our selection today, Rex Griffin - I Love You Nellie, was recorded in Chicago on January 14, 1944. 

https://youtu.be/33XxsQKapmw

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1483

Let's have Swingin' Tuesday with the Midnight Cattle Callers performing Sometimes You're Lucky (Sometimes You're Not). The tune is on their 2011 self-titled CD.

https://youtu.be/zO_7iFJOv1w

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1482

Our gospel tune today is This World Is Not My Home by Jim Reeves.  This version of the song is on the 2015 CD The New Gospel Recordings. 

https://youtu.be/j6GAH0V7asg

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1481

Here's one for A-10, another one of those High Culture renditions that he is so fond of:  Jimmie Ballard - Chicken Plucker.  The tune is on the Movin' On CD put out by Collector Records. 

https://youtu.be/sVvMBWoIfVk

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1480

This tune goes out to Bobby Jones, who is home and healing.  The song is Clarinet Polka, but its done up fiddle style by Hank Singer.  I understand Bobby can't quite dance to this number yet, but we'll see in a week or so.  The tune is on Singer's 2013 CD Play Fiddle Play. 

https://youtu.be/N-oCzI2pjUo