Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy

07/08/2025

In 17 days, Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy is headed to Nashville, Tennessee!

Monday night I'll join the Captains Table aboard the General Jackson showboat, then Tuesday night it's the VIP Backstage Experience at The Grand Ole Opry, including special es**rt through the artist entrance, access to the dressing rooms and green room including a meet and greet, and then watching the first half of the show on the Opry stage!

Many other plans during a quick 4 day trip including the Country Music Hall of Fame, RCA Studio B, and a VIP tour of the Ryman Auditorium.

Of course I'm saving time to check out some of the nightlife including bars owned by Garth Brooks, Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, and Jelly Roll.

I hear Jelly Roll's bar even has a tattoo parlor. Might just come home with a permanent souvenir 🤠.

I'm considering a few Facebook Live streams here on this page while I'm there. I'll try to stay out of the picture though... As the old saying goes, I have a face for radio! 🤣

30/07/2025

19/07/2025

Coming up this morning on this weeks edition of Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy...

You can never go wrong when you start off the day with George Jones, and we will do just that with a Top 10 hit from 1981 off of his "I Am What I Am" album. We'll have a big hit from 1963 by a gentleman who would have turned 88 years old today, plus we will take time to remember a country music legend who passed away 50 years ago today.

Early on in the second hour we'll have a song that spent 32 weeks on the country charts including 12 consecutive weeks at #1. Later in the hour we will remember a true pioneer in country music who passed away 13 years ago this week, and we'll also pay honor to a gentleman who holds the distinction of being the longest standing member of the Grand Ole Opry. (Hint... he celebrated his 64th anniversary as a member of the Opry family this past Thursday).

Aaron Neville will welcome you to our 3rd and final hour as he invites you to "step right up" to his cover of a George Jones classic. We'll also feature a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame who turned 71 years young yesterday, and we'll have music from Mickey Gilley with a song that reached the top of the country singles chart on this very date back in 1980.

So pour that cup of wake me up, settle in to your favorite chair and get ready for 3 hours of solid gold country classics. It's Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy this morning from 7:00 - 10:00 A.M. EDT on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 - Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and available on your tablet or smartphone with the free Radio Garden App.

21/06/2025

Tune in this morning starting at 7:00 A.M. WRFZ 106.3 FM, streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com or on your tablet, Chromebook, or smartphone with the free Radio Garden App!

24/05/2025

Coming up this morning on Classic Country Weekend, your chance to win a pair of tickets to the fourth annual Finger Lakes Country Music Festival Saturday June 14th in Palmyra, N.Y. featuring Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch along with Special Guest Rae Lynn.

Be sure to be listening in the 8 O'clock hour for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the show.

Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday mornings from 7-10 on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and on the free Radio Garden App.

17/05/2025

Coming up this morning on Classic Country Weekend, your chance to win a pair of tickets to the fourth annual Finger Lakes Country Music Festival Saturday June 14th in Palmyra, N.Y. featuring Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch along with Special Guest Rae Lynn.

Be sure to be listening in the 8 O'clock hour for instructions on how to enter to win a pair of tickets to the show. HINT: You will need to come back to THIS post to enter.

Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday mornings from 7-10 on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and on the free Radio Garden App.

10/05/2025

Remembering Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez December 10, 1951 - May 9, 2025

24/04/2025

Stay tuned to Classic Country Weekend on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 Starting May 10 we'll be giving away tickets to see Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch with special guest Rae Lynn Saturday June 14th in Palmyra!

05/04/2025

Grab your coffee (or something stronger, I don't judge) and get ready to join me for 3 hours of REAL country music!

03/04/2025

Today in country music history:

Apr 3, 1990 MCA releases Marty Stuart's single "Hillbilly Rock"

Apr 3, 1989 MCA releases Conway Twitty's single "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind", Universal releases Eddy Raven's "In A Letter To You", and MCA releases George Strait's "What's Going On In Your World".

Apr 3, 1982 The Oak Ridge Boys hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Bobbie Sue"

Apr 3, 1976 Freddy Fender reaches the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "You'll Lose A Good Thing"

Apr 3, 196 Roy Clark makes the first of several guest appearances on "The Beverly Hillbillies," playing Cousin Roy and Mother Myrtle

Apr 3, 1961 Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime.

Apr 3, 1948 Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to Hank Williams begging him to straighten out his life: "Forget the fire water and let me take care of your business"

and...

Apr 3, 1928 Singer/songwriter Don Gibson is born in Shelby, North Carolina.

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