Premiums Available for Radiothon on Red Rooster Party

Hi Folks!

The annual WHUS Radiothon takes place starting Saturday April 11 and goes through Sunday April 19.  Red Rooster Party will have Radiothon shows Sunday April 12 and Sunday April 19.

Marti and I have gathered some items that will be available as premiums to thank listeners who contribute during Red Rooster Party at the $35 level and above.  Check them out:

The Golden Gate Quartet Collection

2-disc set!  48 songs!

3   2 available

Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm

Great modern recreation of some of Uncle Dave Macon's best known songs, by Peter Feldmann and a Who's Who of great musicians including Byron Berline, Dan Crary, Dennis Caplinger, Wayne Shrubsall, and Bill Bryson

1 available

The Essential Jimmie Rodgers

20 of the best known songs from one of the fathers of country music.

2 available

Great Songs Of The Old West

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

22 tracks from the King and Queen of the cowboy singers, three previously unreleased.

5   4 available

The Carter Family Greatest Hits 1927-1934

17 of the best songs from the most influential pioneers of country music

6  4 available

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Sons Of The Pioneers featuring Roy Rogers

10 of the best known tracks from this group that pioneered Western harmonies

4 available

20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits

20 songs from the father of modern country music -- the real kind

2 available

There will be also some surprise thank-you gifts that we announce during the Radiothon edition of Red Rooster Party. Listen-in 2-4 pm Sunday,  April 12, for more information.

Thank you!

Jim & Marti

Playlist - 4/5/2015 - Classic Country

Hi Folks.

We had an extra hour at the beginning of the show to make it a three-hour adventure. 

We focused on classic country from the 1940s and 1950s.

Jim & Marti

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

• The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Lord, Am I Born to Die? / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 2 (1938-1939) / Document  / 1938
• Little Jimmy Dickens / I'll Be Back a Sunday / Hot Diggity Dog / B.A.C.M / 1949
• Brother Claude Ely / My Crucified One / Satan Get Back! / Ace King / 1962
• Ray Price / Wasted Words / The Essential  Ray Price / Sony Legacy / 1956
• Tennessee Ernie Ford / River of No Return / Capitol Collectors Series / Capitol Nashville / 1954
• Moon Mullican / What's The Matter With The Mill / Another Taste Of King / B.A.C.M / 1954
• Wade Mainer / Those Blue Eyes I Love / Another Taste Of King / B.A.C.M / 1951
• Eddy Arnold / Cattle Call / The Best of Eddy Arnold / RCA-BMG / 1949
• Johnnie and Jack / Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / Best of the Best of the Duos / Federal / 1957
• Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Best of the Best of the Duos / Federal / 1955
• Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters / Pistol packin' mama / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1944
• Tex Ritter & His Texans / I'm Wastin' My Tears On You / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1944
• Gene Autry / At Mail Call Today / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1945
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / New Spanish Two Step / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1946
• Al Dexter & His Troopers / Wine, Women and Song / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1946
• Merle Travis / Divorce Me C. O. D. / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1946
• Eddy Arnold / It's A Sin / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1947
• Merle Travis / So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1947
• Jimmy Wakely / One Has My Name / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1948
• Hank Williams / Lovesick Blues / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1949
• Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely / Slipping Around / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era / 1949
• Walter Brennan / Old Shep / Old Shep / Universal / 1960
• Roy Acuff / Night Train To Memphis / Night Train To Memphis / Roots of Country / 1942
• Roy Acuff / Old Age Pension Check / Night Train To Memphis / Roots of Country / 1962
• Johnny Cash / Don't Take Your Guns to Town / Columbia Records 1958-1986 / Columbia / 1958
• Johnny Cash / The Legend of John Henry's Hammer / Columbia Records 1958-1986 / Columbia / 1962
• Marty Robbins / El Paso / Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana / Columbia / 1959
• Lefty Frizzell / Long Black Veil / Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana / Columbia / 1959
• Johnny Horton / North To Alaska / Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana / Columbia / 1960
• Hawkshaw Hawkins / Soldier's Joy / Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana / Columbia / 1959
• Walter Brennan / Six Feet Away / Old Shep / Universal / 1960
• Leroy Pullins / The Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse / I'm A Nut / Bear Family / 1967
• York Brothers / Kentucky / Best of the Best of the Duos / Federal / 1953
• Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Don't Forget Me / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / 1950
• Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Will I Meet Mother In Heaven / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / 1950
• Claude Stewart & The Tennessee Ramblers / New River Train / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / c.1950
• The Robson Quartet / Bend a Way Down Low / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / c.1950
• Tommy Scott / Gonna Paint the Town Red / King Hillbilly Vol 4 / Cactus / 1952
• Louie Innis / There's A Red Hot Fire In The Old Locomotive / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1954
• Charlie Gore / Who's Been Draggin' Your Little Red Wagon / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1952
• Zeb Turner / All Dressed Up / Another Taste of King / B.A.C.M / 1949
• Herb & Kay Adams / Coffee Blues / Another Taste of King / B.A.C.M / 1953
• Red Egner / Turn My Picture Upside Down / Another Taste of King / B.A.C.M / 1946
• Paul Howard & His Cotton Pickers / Drinking All My Troubles Away / Hillbilly Boogie / Columbia Legacy / 1947
• Andy Reynolds & His 101 Ranch Boys / Beer Bottle Mama / Hillbilly Boogie / Columbia Legacy / 1950
• Smiley Maxedon / Give Me a Red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer / Hillbilly Boogie / Columbia Legacy / 1953
• Clyde Moody / Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Clyde Moody Vol. 2: If You Need Me I'll Be Around / B.A.C.M / 1947
• Clyde Moody / Remember Me / Clyde Moody Vol. 2: If You Need Me I'll Be Around / B.A.C.M / 1950
• Jimmy Murphy / You Better Get Ready (aka $1,000,000) / Southern Roots: The Legendary Starday REM Sessions / Ace / 1964
• Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers / The Lightning Express / Classic Old Time String Band Music / B.A.C.M / 1931
• The Georgia Yellow Hammers / Going To Ride That Midnight Train / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M / 1927
• The Georgia Yellow Hammers / Song Of The Doodle Bug / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M / 1928
• Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters / She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 - 1927-1928 / Document / 1927
• J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / I'm Not Turning Backward / 78 RPM Single / King / 1946