Sagebrush Boogie

01/07/2022

"Sagebrush.." celebrates 39 years on WRFG with the usual / unusual mix of Western Swing, guitar instrumentals, Hawaiian soul and yes..... yodeling.
Here are the 35 tunes that jumped from the Ol' Rumpled Record Bag and onto the airwaves on January 6, 2022.

Rose Sinclair - Pedido
Bobby Sisco - H***y Tonkin' Rhythm
Jack La delle - On A Bamboo Bridge
Hogo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Desert Prayer
Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians - There's A Little Grey Mother Dreaming
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - My Life's Been A Pleasure
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - I Flipped
Matt Munisteri & Whit Smith - Singin' The Blues
Rick Holmstrom - Hallelujah I Love Her So
Deke Dickerson & His Ecco-Fonics - Hatchet Man (Recorded LIVE on Sagebrush Boogie in 2000, 22 years ago!!!)
Jerry Byrd - Non Stop Train
Becky Kilgore & Lyle Ritz - I Love A Ukulele
Mike Perlowin - New Year's Song # 4
Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night
Charlie Laverne - Laverne's Boogie
Raietea Helm - The Cockeyed Mayor Of Konikakai
Jimmy Wakely - Song Of The Sierra
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Murphy's Law
Billy Mure - Firecrackers
Moon Mullican - What Have I Done To Make You Go Away
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys - Lost Highway
Mike Neer - Off Minor
Joe Venuti & His Blue Five - Nobody Loves Me
Carolyn Martin - Three Little Words
Auntie Violet Pahu - Yaka Hickey Du La
Smith's Ranch Boys - Too Long
Sol Hoopii - Patches
Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man
Matt Munisteri - Moonlight Becomes You
Wade Ray - It's All Your Fault
Jim Lauderdale - I'll Sing Again
Mike Dowling - Quiet Whiskey
Jerry Byrd - Steelin' Is His Business
Johnny Gimble - Take Me Back To tulsa
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

....And it's back to the vinyl vault to start on next week's show!

So until then, Happy Trails, Saddlepals!!

12/31/2021

December 30, 2021- The last show of the year, and then we roll over the calendar page and slide into Sagebrush Boogie's 39th (!!) year of broadcasting from the WRFG Bunkhouse Of The Air.
Here's the set list....

Joel Paterson - All Day Long
Bob Wills - Buffalo Twist
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps- Bop Street
Roy Smeck - Tiger Rag
King Benny Nawahi - Singing In The Bathtub
Elton Britt - That's How The Yodel Was Born
Harry Carter - Jump Baby Jump
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Freight Train Boogie
Lefty Frizell - I'm An Old Old Man (Trying To Live While I can)
Linsa De La Cruz - Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Jerry Byrd - The One Rose
Little Jimmy Dickens - A' Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed
Lloyd Green - Steel Blue
Sons Of The Pioneers - Chant Of The Wanderer
Mitch Miller & The Sandpiper Chorus - Jim Bowie
The Vanduras - Lucena
Lenny Breau - Bonaparte's Retreat
C. W. Stoneking - The Zombie
Joe Maphis - Guitar Rock & Roll
Lloyd Ellis - Crazy Rhythm
Ray Price & Willie Nelson - Night Life
Lost Weekend - Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon
George Runquist - Rodeo Cowboy
Flat Duo Jets - Hot Rod Baby
The Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet - Liza
Wayne Hancock - Man Of The Road
Sol Hoopii - Honolulu Hula Hula Heigh
Tom Morrell & His Time Warp Top Hands- If You're So Smart (How Come You Ain't Rich?)
The Tony Rice Unit - Waltz For Indira
Jorma Kaukonen - Just Because
Asleep At the Wheel w/ Leon Rausch - All Night Long
Hoyle Nix & The West Texas Cowboys - Radio Theme
Rose Sinclair - Canadian Sunset
Matt Munisteri - Get Acquainted With Yourself
Monty Alexander - Happy Trails
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

.....And thanks to all you great listeners - you're the BEST!!!

12/17/2021

On December 16, 2021 the Sagebrush Bunkhouse Of The Airwaves was jammed to the rafters with songs that reflect the glittering, sparkly, pine scented, and yet somehow desperate, disconsolate feeling of the season.

Joel Paterson - Jingle Bell Rock
The Cactus Blossoms - No More Crying The Blues
Billy Jack Wills - Teardrops In My Heart
The Kenny Vaughan Trio - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Whit Smith and His Hot Jazz Caravan - I'm An Old Cowhand
Johnny A. - Sleigh Ride
Johnny Burnette & The Rock And Roll Trio - Rock Billy Boogie
Jinx Jones - Tailor Made Woman
Herb Steiner & His Retro-Billies - Rosetta
Commander Cody - Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
Jerry Byrd - Twilight Blues
Los Straitjackets - Here Comes Santa Claus
Merrill Moore - King Porter Stomp
Na Leo & Na Leo Pilimehama- Hilo Hilo
Jimmy Wakely - Just Because
Tommy Thomsen - Columbus Stockade Blues
Mike Neer - Bemsha Swing
Merle Travis - Liza Jane
Tony Rice - Song For A Winter's Night
Tommy Emmanuel & Frank Vignola - Swing 09
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos featuring Don Rich - Jingle Bells
Grace Adele & Brazilbilly - Christmas Island
Craig Chambers - Albuquerque
Matt Munisteri - Don't Thing Twice, It's Alright
Bobbe Seymour - Nine Pound Hammer
Joel Paterson - Christmas Time Is Here
Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians - Rome Wasn't Built In A day
David Myles - Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo
Dale Watson & The Lone Stars - Christmas To Me
Thumbs Carllile - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Al Caiola - Theme From Route 66
Dave Stuckey & The Hukilau Hotshots - Come To The Islands
Hardrock Gunter- Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night
Stan Jones & The Rangerland Chorus - The Lilies Grow High
The Vanduras - Swing Thing
Doye O'Dell - Diesel Smoke
Deke Dickerson - Will You Be Mine?
The Three Suns - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

See you next week, Saddlepals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/10/2021

December 9, 2021- the Sagebrush Boogie playlist is hereby posted- 38 songs and one intense yodel.

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant- T-Bone Rag
Ray Campi - Someone Took My Teeth On Christmas Evening
Kenny Vaughan - Stay Outta My Dreams
David Grisman - Winter Wonderland
Eddy Arnold - The Lovebug Itch
Jerry Byrd - Kissy Ling
Cliffie Stone - Jump Ropoe Boogie
Chris Isaak - Christmas On TV
Red Foley - Deep Blues
Elton Britt - Cannonball Rag
Joel Paterson - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Chrstmas
Marty Stuart w/ Kenny Vaughan - Country Boy Rock N' Roll
Joyce Paul - Girl On The Billboard
Thumbs Carllile - Back Home In Indiana (Recorded live on Sagebrush Boogie on November 1, 1986!)
The Ventures - Twilight Zone
Tom Gray - No Difference Now
Junior Marvel - Ma*****na Boogie
Jim Campilongo - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Billy Jack Wills - Sugar Blues
Joe Clay - Did You Mean Jellybean?
The Polynesian Quartet - Guitar Chant
David Grisman - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Bob Wills - Christmas On The Range
Ernest Tubb - Till My Get Up Has Got Up And Gone
Sol Hoopii - My Hawaiian Queen
The Three Suns - Let It Snow
Texas Bill Strength - Paper Boy Boogie
Ida Red - This Is It
Billy Mure - Cracker Jack
Dave Stuckey & the Rhythm Gang - Whoa Babe
Eddie Hill - Knock It Off
Moon Mullican - Well, Oh Well
Chet Arkins - Jingle Bell Rock
Tony Rice- Pride Of Man
Joel Paterson & Jonathan Doyle - When You And I Were Young Maggie
Craig Chambers - Cowboy Serenade
Monty Alexander - Happy trails
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

12/03/2021

The Holiday Season comes to Sagebrush Boogie with the ti**le of bells and the scent of evergreen, plus the distant sound of a yodel. And so, on December 2, 2021, these songs emerged from the cheezy big bag of songs for all the good little girls and boys....

Al Caiola - Big Guitar
Johnnie Lee Wills - Blackberry Boogie
Homer & Jethro - Santa's Movin' On
Ken Emerson & Michaelle Edwards - Maile Swing
Bob Wills - Santa's On His Way
Cliffie Stone - Barracuda
Red Foley - Sugarfoot Rag
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Waltz Of The Wind
Billy & Amanda Contreras - I Love December
Hank Snow - On The Beach At Waikiki
Mike Neer - Bemsha Swing
Jim Gatlin - The Way You're Treating Me
Tom Morrell & His Time Warp Tophands - Sweet Moments
Elton Britt - Pinto Pal
Chris Scruggs - Will You Sleet Inside This Christmas?
Asleep At The Wheel & Leon Rausch - Just A Little Lovin'
Danny Gatton & Robert Gordon - Black Slacks
The Carlisles - Tain't Nice
Chet Atkins - Say Si Si
Jerry Byrd - Away In A Manger
Marty Grosz & His Hot Puppies - If We Never Meet Again
Lorne Greene - Sand
Jimmy Wakely / Noel Boggs - Anytime
The Gypsy Hombres - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Merle Travis - Merle's Boogie Woogie
Riders In The Sky - Christmas Yodel
The Waikiki Leaks - My Hapa Haole Hula Girl
Commander Cody - Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
Lionel Wendling - Tiki Rapido
Mike Dowling- Save The Bones
Joel Paterson - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Justin Trevino - Teardrops Don't Lie
Buddy Spicher - I Don't Love Nobody
Mitch Miller & The Sandpipers - Wagon Train
The Vanduras - Lost Beach
Becky Kilgore & James Mason - Call Of The Canyon
Jack La Delle - Hawaiian War Chant
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

11/19/2021

The following is a playlist containing radioactive steel guitar content, cowboy warbling, studio pickers and grinners, the languid swing from the paradise called Hawaii, and yes, a yodel.
The date was November 18, 2021...

Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons - Autumn Fling
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Cincinnati Dancing Pig
Mike Neer - Ask Me Now
Billy Jack Wills - Good Rocking Tonight
Lionel Wendling - Hawaii Hawaii
Tommy Duncan - Let Your Troubles Go Down With The Sun
Texas Bill Strength - Hillbilly Hades
Jim Campilongo & Luca Benedetti - Whistle While You Don't Work
Les Paul & Mary Ford - A Cottage For Sale
Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West Reprise
The Sons Of Pioneers - Chant Of The Wanderer
Al Caiola - Return Of The Magnificent Seven
Frankie Laine - City Boy
Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage - Stampede!
George Barnes & Carl Kress - Don't Be Nervous
Becky Kilgore - Can't Shake The Sands Of Texas From My Shoes
Willie Nelson & Ray Price - I'll Be There
Danny Gatton & Funhouse w/ Buddy Emmons - Well You Needn't
Billy Mure - Apache
Jeff Beck & Imelda May - Poor Boy
Tom Morrell & The Time Warp Top Hands - Flippity Flop Flop
Ken R Emerson & Robert Armstrong- Tiger Shark
Sam Alama & His Hawaiians- Mauna Loa
Jim & Bob, The Genial Hawaiians - Hula Blues
Jim & Bob, The Genial Hawaiians - Song Of The Range
Matt Munisteri - Orange Crate
Jorma Kaukonen - Big River Blues
C. W. Stoneking - Get On The Floor
Red Foley - I'll Be There
George Barnes, Carl Kress w/ Bud Freeman - The Eel's Nephew
Thumbs Carllile - Stumbling (Recorded live at Sagebrush Boogie in 1987!)
Eddie Hill - Whittlin' On A Piece Of Wood
Don Edwards & Rex Allen - Doggone Cowboy
Craig Chambers - The Texas & Pacific
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

11/12/2021

YODEL-RAMA, where singing flies off the beaten track and into a strange and unfathomable dimension.
Yes, on November 11, 2021, I pulled out the stops with a solid hour of yodeling, something that I suspect will not be found on any other radio station....
So, here are the tunes that jumped onto the airwaves.

The Waikiki Wanderers - Na Lii
Texas Bill Strength - It Ain't Much But It's Home
The Hot Club Of Cowtown- Lil Liza Jane
Thumbs Carllile - Satin Doll (Recorded live on Sagebrush Boogie on July 11, 1987)
Sons Of The Pioneers - When Payday Rolls Around
The Vanduras - Lucena
The Tin Hat Trio with Willie Nelson - Willow Weep For Me
Tiny Moore - Air Mail Special

...and now how about a segment by the great steel player
Jerry Byrd ?

Jerry Byrd - Sweet Corn
Jerry Byrd - Manua Kea
Jerry Byrd & Bill Lincoln - Hale I'wa Maid
Jerry Byrd & Rex Allen - Steelin' Is His Business

Danny Gatton w/ Buddy Emmons - Rock Candy
Merle Haggard w/ The Texas Playboys - Roly Poly
Floyd Tillman - Daisy Mae
Bob Wills - I Can't Go On This Way
Lester Peabody - Navajo Rose

And then... gulp...people started yodeling!

Carolina Cotten - I Love To Yodel
Rex Griffin - You Got To Go To Work
Rex Allen - Queen Of the Radio
Catherine Thompson - Cattle Call
Kenny Roberts - Boogie Woogie Yodel
Wayne Hancock - Juke Joint Jumpin'
Austin Lounge Lizards - The Lonely Yodeler
C.W. Stoneking - Talking Lion Blues
Johnny Dilks - Yodel Till I Turn Blue
Krystin Harris - Yodeling Fever
Roy Rogers - Hawaiian Cowboy
Colleen Wilson - Rose City 66
Cactus Pryor - Can't Yodel Blues
Elton Britt - That's How The Yodel Was Born
Elton Britt - Give Me A Pinto Pal
Elton Britt - The Alpine Milkman
Elton Britt - Cannonball Yodel
Elton Britt - St. Louis Blues Yodel
Joey Miskulin & Friends- Happy Trails

11/05/2021

Coming up next week on Sagebrush Boogie it's "YODEL-RAMA" a long established excursion to the outer limits of vocal abuse.

Tune in to the only radio show that is courageous enough to risk derision, mockery and faint praise on November 11, 2021.

8 - 10 PM Eastern Time on WRFG FM, 89.3 and wrfg.org

11/05/2021

After 38 years Sagebrush Boogie lived up to its claim of actually containing Boogie Music. The second hour of the November 4, 2021 show was composed completely of "Country Boogie" , a wonderful danceable period of the 1940s and 1950s.
The list is hereby notated.....

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Bustin' Thru
Merle Haggard w/ The Texas Playboys - Stay A Litlle Longer
Matt Munisteri - Cry Cry Cry
Marty Grosz & Mike Peters - Three Little Words
Jaycee Hill w/ George Barnes - Bump!
Wayne Hancock - Juke Joint Jumpin'
Johnny Bush & Justin Trevino - Wrong Side Of The World
The Carlisles - Knothole
Merle Travis - Moon Over The Motel
Mitch Miller & The Sandpipers - Billy The Kid
Hal Aloma - Rain
Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours - Mississippi Gal
Kenny Vaughan - Country Music Got A Hold Of me
Marco DiMaggio - King Creole
The George Barnes Octet - Undecided
Eddie Peabody - Sweet Georgia Brown
Ken R Emerson & Phil Emerson (The Emerson Brothers) - Paradise Isle
Tex Williams - The Urn On The Mantel
Billy Jack Wills - St. Louis Blues
Chet Atkins - Galloping Guitar

...and the Boogie-ing portion follows immediately:

Merrill Moore - Boogie My Blues Away
Asleep At The Wheel - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
Jimmy Mooney w/ Bobby Mooney & The Automobile Babies - Bingo Boogie
Noel Boggs - Blues Boogie
Gene O'Quin- Texas Boogie
Al Allen - Al's Boogie
Charlie Harris w/ R.D. Henton's Western Jamboree Cowboys - No Shoes Boogie
Cousin Deems Sanders & the Goatherders w/ Walt Mccoy - Goatburger Boogie
Mike Dowling - Freight Train Boogie
Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys - The Bob Wills Boogie
Mike Kindred - Bankable Boogie
Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives - Down The Jerico Road
Johnny Tyler & The Riders Of The Rio Grande - Old McDonald Boogie
The Paladins - California Boogie
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Catfish Boogie
Billy Mure - Bumble Boogie
Hank Penny - Hadacillin Boogie
Del Casher- Del's Burning Boogie
The Dave & Deke Combo - Cut Out That Boogie
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

11/02/2021

The 'RFG Fund Raiser means that creativity is working at a fever pitch, and so on Thursday, November 4, 2021, "Sagebrush Boogie" will, after 38 years finally live up to its claim of actually containing Boogie Music.
Starting at 9 PM, a full hour of Country Boogies will begin bopping toward your earlobes in a steady 4/4 tempo with witty and sometimes salacious lyrics onboard. It is sure to engage any of you that can tap your feet rhythmically.
"Sagebrush Boogie", Thursday nights 8-10 PM Eastern Time on WRFG FM Atlanta and wrfg.org

10/29/2021

October 28, 2021.
"Sagebrush Boogie" launched into the first week of the Fall Fund Raiser primed and ready for fun and yes, possible profit!
Here are the 31 tunes ( and 2 yodels) that made the cut.....

Buddy Merrill - Hawaiian War Chant
Gene O'Quin - Boogie Woogie Fever
Becky Kilgore & Lyle Ritz - I Love A Ukulele
Lorne Greene - Five Card Stud
Elton Britt - St. James Avenue
Jimmie Webster - Caravan
Billy Vaughn Orchestra w/ Ken Nordine - The Shifting Whispering Sands
Wade Ray - Rosetta
Jimmy Patton - Yah! I'm Movin'
Bill Haley & The Comets - Stop Beatin' Around The Mulberry Bush
The Texas Playboys - Blues So Bad
Mike Dowling - Freight Train Boogie
Carl Kress & Tony Mottola - Fun On the Frets
Bucky Pizzarelli & John Pizzarelli w/ Becky Kilgore - Along The Navajo Trail
The Hot Club Of Cowtown - Oklahoma Hills
Jerry Reed - Swarmin'
Billy Mure - Hawaiian Drums
Billy Jack Wills - I Don't Know
Floyd Tillman & Justin Trevino - I'm Still In Love With Every Girl
Lenny Breau - I Can't Help It If I'm In Love With You
Lani McIntire - I Found A Little Grass Skirt
Raietea Helm - Lihue
Marty Robbins & Jerry Byrd - Hawaii's Calling Me
Augie Goupil - Papio
Tom Morrell & his Time Warp Tophands - If You're So Smart (How Come You Ain't Rich?)
The Riders In The Sky - That's How The Yodel Was Born
Mike Neer - Epistrophy
Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau - Long Way To Go
Tony Rice - Shadows
The Ear Regulars- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Bob Wills - Let's Get It Over And Done With
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

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10/27/2021

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10/22/2021

October 21, 2021~

The show was a sad one tonight. Longtime friend and Radio Guest #1 Tom Gray passed away this past Sunday, so some quick archeology happened as I went into my collection of aged Sagebrush Boogie air checks and dug out some choice interviews and music with Tom for tonight's show.
He will be deeply missed as his conversation and his steel guitars made many shows just about perfect....

The playlist goes as follows.

Tom Morrell - Steelin' The Blues
Gene O'Quin - Pinball Millionaire
Asleep At The Wheel - All Night Long
Billy Mure - Guitars In Space
Elton Britt - Uranium Fever
Noel Boggs - Lover
Dickie McBride - I Don't Get No Lovin'
John K. Almeida - Hawaiian War Chant
Bob Wills - Buffalo Twist
Carolina Cotten - Yodel Yodel Yodel
Carl Kress & Tony Mottola - Blonde On The Loose
Jorma Kaukonen - Tom Cat Blues
Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan - Birth Of The Blues
Jack Teagarden - A Cottage For Sale
Bobbe Seymour - Nine Pound Hammer
The Vanduras - Flat World
Lenny Breau - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Willie Nelson - Invitation To The Blues
Phil Baugh w/ Vern Stovall - Country Guitar II

...and the Tom Gray salute...

Tom Gray - No Difference Now
Tom Gray & Mark Johnson (Delta Moon) - Trouble In Mind (Live On Sagebrush Boogie, December, 2014)
Tom Gray - Beautiful Kahana
Tom Gray - Crazy From Now On
Tom Gray & Dante Harmon - When The Saints Go Marching In (Live On Sagebrush Boogie, January, 2020)
Tom Gray - Stumbling Toward Jordan
Tom Gray & Dante Harmon - Nothing You Can Tell A Fool (Live On Sagebrush Boogie, January, 2020)

The Bright Moments Jazz Duo (Kim & David Chamberlain - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Mike Neer - Bye Ya
Jerry Byrd - Sand
Guy Van Duser - Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - Twitchy
Rex Allens & Don Edwards - It's My Lazy day
Merle Haggard w/ The Texas Playboys - Roly Poly
Ken Emerson & Michaelle Edwards - Aloha Kauai
Joey Miskulin & Friends - Happy Trails

Tune In Next Week For More Of The Same!!