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Saturday July 28th, 2018 with Retro Renny
Retro Renny fills in for Ron and goes back to the Forties, Fifties & Sixties for some rootin' tootin' Western Swing, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Boogie & the Honky Tonk Blues.

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One Way Track
HANK DAVIS - One Way Track - '59, demo/'12, Bear Family Records
So Doggone Lonesome
JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO - The Sun Years - '55, Sun Records/'90, Rhino Records
Cross-Eyed Bow-Legged Man
KRYSTAL JYL & THE JACKS - Krystal Jyl & The Jacks - '17, TVCD/TenVolt Audio/www.kjtunes.ca Canadian
(I Had) A Good Man In Memphis
ESMERALDY - Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues Vol.1 1948-1950 - '50, MGM Records/'08, Jasmine Records Records
Mule Skinner Blues
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS - Bluegrass Bonanza: The Monroe Legacy 1936 - 45 - '40. RCA Victor Records/'01, Proper Records
Rattlesnake Daddy Blues
THE BAILEY BROTHERS with THE HAPPY VALLEY BOYS - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944 - 50 - '48, Rich-R-Tone Records/'01, Proper Records
Cotton Eyed Joe
THE STANLEY BROTHERS - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944 - 50 - '49, Rich-R-Tone Records/'01, Proper Records
Ain't Nobody's Business
EARL JOHNSON & HIS DIXIE ENTERTAINERS (a.k.a. HIS CLODHOPPERS) - Bluegrass Bonanza: String Band Roots 1927 - 38 - '27, OKeh Records/'01, Proper Records
Nobody's Business
JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS - Joe Maphis & Friends "Live at Town Hall" 1958 -1961 - '61, live recording from Town Hall Party broadcast/'97 Country Routes Records
Nobody's Business
ROY SEXTON & HIS ARIZONA HOEDOWNERS - square dance 78 single - '50, Old Timer Records
Square Dance Boogie
JOHNNIE LEE WILLS & HIS BOYS - Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys - The Golden Years of Western Swing Vol. 4: Oakie Boogie - '47, Decca Records/'99 Proper Records
Doghouse Boogie
HAWKSHAW HAWKINS - Hillbilly Boogie Vol. 4: Crazy About the Boogie - '48, King Records/'02, Proper Records
Hangman Boogie
COWBOY COPAS - Hillbilly Boogie Vol. 4: Crazy About the Boogie - '49, King Records/'02, Proper Records
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy
BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS - Take Me Back To Tulsa Vol. 4: The End Of The Line - '46, Columbia Records/'01, '05, Proper Records
Honky Tonk Blues
EDDIE MARSHALL & HIS TRAIL DUSTERS - Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues Vol. 2 1951-1953 - '51, RCA VIctor/'05 Jasmine Records
My Baby's Just Like Money
LEFTY FRIZZELL - Hillbilly Boogie! - '51, Columbia Records/'94, Legacy Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Have Blues Will Travel
EDDIE NOACK - The Singles Collection 1949 -1962 - '58, D Records/'14 Real Gone Music
Walk 'Em Off
EDDIE NOACK - The Singles Collection 1949 -1962 - '58, D Records/'14 Real Gone Music
Drawin' To An Inside Straight
HANK DAVIS - Crazy Living (reissued on Blue Highway) - '84, Relaxed Rabbit Records/'95, Relaxed Rabbit Records Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
Any country music listeners out there this afternoon?

12:06 PM, July 28th, 2018
IanJ
Earl Johnson has a good punk attitude!

12:26 PM, July 28th, 2018
Renny G (host)
He was a Clodhopper for years. Those early string bands blow my mind.

12:27 PM, July 28th, 2018
Renny G (host)
If you listen to on demand or live, please leave your comments and/or criticisms.

12:48 PM, July 28th, 2018
Renny G (host)
Gosh darn it. I forgot the Lefty Frizzell track I had cued up. I played it right after the last break, the Eddie Noack, were the two songs after "My Baby's Just Like Money" My apologies.

3:03 PM, July 28th, 2018