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Artist You'd Like To Hear More Of Classic Country Radio
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good picks! skip ewing"your memory wins again" and "burnin' a hole in my heart". great late 80's chart hits sitting in idle just waiting to be spun again. he had another album out in the 90's, but no more chart hits.
desert rose band- some great talent in that band, huh. they had about 4 or 5 big hits early 90's that sound just as fresh today. yep, more great country hits sitting behind the jail cell bars waiting for bail.
here is a few more stellar 80's country talents that had some big hits and are overlooked on todays playlist by the centralized gate keepers:
lacy j dalton
gail davies
okanes
the whites
desert rose band- some great talent in that band, huh. they had about 4 or 5 big hits early 90's that sound just as fresh today. yep, more great country hits sitting behind the jail cell bars waiting for bail.
here is a few more stellar 80's country talents that had some big hits and are overlooked on todays playlist by the centralized gate keepers:
lacy j dalton
gail davies
okanes
the whites
Deborah Allen
Since I have a station that leans classic country, here are some of the requests I have received:
Connie Eaton - Lonely Men, Lonely Women
Jim Ed Brown - I've Rode with the Best
Jean Shepard - Slippin' Away
Highway 101 - Who's Lonely Now
Jeannie C. Riley - Good Enough to be Your Wife
Vince Gill - Whenever You Come Around
Deana Carter - There's No Limit
Olivia Newton- John - Let Me Be There
Moe Bandy - Bandy the Rodeo Clown
Charly McClain - Take Me Back
Alan Jackson - Here in the Real World
Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now
Carrie Underwood - Good Girl
Janie Fricke - What're You Doing Tonight
Brad Paisley - Water
Eddy Raven - I Wanna Hear It From You
George Morgan - Lilacs and Fire
Gene Watson - You Gave Me A Mountain
Ray Price - Heart Over Mind
Freddy Weller - The Roadmaster
Barbara Mandrell - Show Me
Roy Clark - If I Had to do It All Over Again
Jeanne Pruett - Satin Sheets
Craig Campbell - When I Get It
Tanya Tucker - Lizzie and the Rainman
Narvel Felts - Drift Away
Ray Stevens - Everybody Needs A Rainbow
Johnny Carver - January Jones
Crystal Gayle - Wrong Road Again
Connie Smith - Wait for the Light to Shine
Cristy Lane - Let Me Down Easy
Big D Country is an Internet station seeking to also go to LPFM. There is no way a commercial station would touch this list, which is why I stated in the "Would this playlist work" thread that it might be better suited to a noncomm or LPFM. Our rimshot classic country station was sold and went to talk last year.
I am working to build the classic country library now. This really is my personal favorite genre and I love country radio.
I have a few John Schneider and Deborah Allen tunes; only a couple of Skip Ewing; and a Desert Rose Band Best Of album. All of these are on vinyl.
Connie Eaton - Lonely Men, Lonely Women
Jim Ed Brown - I've Rode with the Best
Jean Shepard - Slippin' Away
Highway 101 - Who's Lonely Now
Jeannie C. Riley - Good Enough to be Your Wife
Vince Gill - Whenever You Come Around
Deana Carter - There's No Limit
Olivia Newton- John - Let Me Be There
Moe Bandy - Bandy the Rodeo Clown
Charly McClain - Take Me Back
Alan Jackson - Here in the Real World
Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now
Carrie Underwood - Good Girl
Janie Fricke - What're You Doing Tonight
Brad Paisley - Water
Eddy Raven - I Wanna Hear It From You
George Morgan - Lilacs and Fire
Gene Watson - You Gave Me A Mountain
Ray Price - Heart Over Mind
Freddy Weller - The Roadmaster
Barbara Mandrell - Show Me
Roy Clark - If I Had to do It All Over Again
Jeanne Pruett - Satin Sheets
Craig Campbell - When I Get It
Tanya Tucker - Lizzie and the Rainman
Narvel Felts - Drift Away
Ray Stevens - Everybody Needs A Rainbow
Johnny Carver - January Jones
Crystal Gayle - Wrong Road Again
Connie Smith - Wait for the Light to Shine
Cristy Lane - Let Me Down Easy
Big D Country is an Internet station seeking to also go to LPFM. There is no way a commercial station would touch this list, which is why I stated in the "Would this playlist work" thread that it might be better suited to a noncomm or LPFM. Our rimshot classic country station was sold and went to talk last year.
I am working to build the classic country library now. This really is my personal favorite genre and I love country radio.
I have a few John Schneider and Deborah Allen tunes; only a couple of Skip Ewing; and a Desert Rose Band Best Of album. All of these are on vinyl.
Alan McCall said:
I agree with the artists but most have better songs out there (IMHO).
I'm really wanting a copy of something with "Low Class Reunion" John Schneider would be my 1st choice but I just like the song.
nmoore6676,
I agree that a lot of the artists have better songs. It is just kind of interesting to go back and read what people have requested out of the blue.
The majority of our listeners are aged 45-plus. There's nothing else in our market for them, so unless a song is a horrible dud, if we have it, we will play it, for the most part. Our library is still kind of hit-or-miss, a lot of it on vinyl and donated by friends and radio colleagues.
I agree that a lot of the artists have better songs. It is just kind of interesting to go back and read what people have requested out of the blue.
The majority of our listeners are aged 45-plus. There's nothing else in our market for them, so unless a song is a horrible dud, if we have it, we will play it, for the most part. Our library is still kind of hit-or-miss, a lot of it on vinyl and donated by friends and radio colleagues.
^^^ Thanks for posting those song requests. I'd forgotten all about Connie Eaton; Lonely Men, Lonely Women was pretty popular back in the middle '70s, the final years of my "full time" radio career.
Hey, just for a laugh, look what I found (link below)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdpTaz3NYE
This is the song you and I had trouble finding a couple years ago! Only recently posted on YouTube (finally!). Hey, who knows, might work on your format.
Hey, just for a laugh, look what I found (link below)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdpTaz3NYE
This is the song you and I had trouble finding a couple years ago! Only recently posted on YouTube (finally!). Hey, who knows, might work on your format.
a tip of the hat to poster allan mccall. you sir, took the bull by the horns and are to be commended for your efforts in preserving this nations country music heritage with your internet station. a lot of us posters gripe, and complain about the state of country music, and the radio programming. you actually made an effort to do something about it, even with your limited funds, and music library. if i lived more near your neck of the woods, id be happy to loan out some of my hard copy library. i think i got about 98% of everything pre 2000 country, and a good chunk of the past, and current Americana/bluegrass. 'cept, i aint got any connie eaton, and cant even say i can recollect ever hearing of her. guess this ol' dog just gained another piece of country music knowledge. yep, i do got lots of the other connie though..... uh huhh, the great connie smith, who actually put out a new album a couple years back.
-scott
-scott
Thank you for the kind words, Scott. I really appreciate that.
I try to do the best I can with what I have without complaining. I know that the station is an ongoi g work in progress.
A local radio colleague has helped me quite a bit with old records, mostly country and some country/gospel.
I 've ended up playing country from around the early 50s to the present. Since it is largely funded
by donors and not ads, it gives me more freedom to play this kind of variety without the pressure
of commercial radio. I'm loving it.
I try to do the best I can with what I have without complaining. I know that the station is an ongoi g work in progress.
A local radio colleague has helped me quite a bit with old records, mostly country and some country/gospel.
I 've ended up playing country from around the early 50s to the present. Since it is largely funded
by donors and not ads, it gives me more freedom to play this kind of variety without the pressure
of commercial radio. I'm loving it.
I came across Jody Miller singing a duet with Johnny Paycheck called "Let's All Go Down to thr River."
Connie Smith also covered the song..
A friend of mine knew Diana Trask somewhat and got me some of her albums, which I really like.
We've lost the folks who don't hear music older than 1997..but that's okay. Us beached older radio folks need something radio related we can enjoy.
Connie Smith also covered the song..
A friend of mine knew Diana Trask somewhat and got me some of her albums, which I really like.
We've lost the folks who don't hear music older than 1997..but that's okay. Us beached older radio folks need something radio related we can enjoy.
Love January April and me by Dick Curless! A couple of Jody Miller Favorites of mine are "There's A Party Going On" and "Good News" both from 1972....good stuff!!
good to see the dick curless name droppings!
that unique hard core country curless baritone on my home stereo, compared to anything on the radio these days, is like 100 proof moonshine paired against watered down coors light for tonights liquid refreshments.
"drag em off the interstate sock it to em jp blues" yep, just one of many curless asskickin' truckin' road tunes.
the dick curless box set on bear family records is just waitin to be in your alls record/CD collection.
that unique hard core country curless baritone on my home stereo, compared to anything on the radio these days, is like 100 proof moonshine paired against watered down coors light for tonights liquid refreshments.
"drag em off the interstate sock it to em jp blues" yep, just one of many curless asskickin' truckin' road tunes.
the dick curless box set on bear family records is just waitin to be in your alls record/CD collection.
Jodi Miller was underrated! Her strong classic vocals equaled the quality of any of her peers, including Lynn Anderson and Loretta Lynn. Seems like the industry treated her like a warmup act. Country sure could use her talents today.
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scott salvatori said:
It's a shame there has to be a timeframe for songs to get played on classic country radio. Rather than designating a song as "classic" because it's from a certain decade, I don't know why they can't apply that "classic" label to the artist as well.
For example, I didn't know Connie Smith had a new album, so I just looked it up—it's called "Long Line Of Heartaches" and sounds like good stuff. Last year Don Williams also had a new album ("And So It Goes"), as did Mary Chapin Carpenter ("Ashes & Roses"). You would never know this by listening to today's country radio. So maybe classic country radio could benefit by escaping from the "country oldies" pigeonhole and feature some of the new music by the classic artists of the past.
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