In this week's episode we're featuring a relatively rare lead vocal performance from Kentucky fiddleman Hoot Hester: "On The Swingin' Side". Stints with local Louisville-area bluegrass bands lead to work with legendary road bands including Jerry Reed and Mel Tillis' Statesiders, the latter an outfit which Hester relished his time in for it's professionalism. Fellow Statesider alum Paul Franklin appears on "On The Swingin' Side" to help Hester and an all-star cast through a solid album of covers (Bob Wills pops up, naturally) and some great Hester originals, showing us fans that years before The Time Jumpers, Hester was ready to stretch out on vocals and swing!
HOUR 1:
1. Hoot Hester – A Little Bit Of Blue Grass (80s)
2. Gene Watson – If I Were You I’d Fall In Love With Me (2008)
3. Hoot Hester – Bonaparte’s Retreat (80s)
4. Hoot Hester – Honky Tonks, Good Ole Gals & Hillbilly Bands (80s)
5. Curly McIntyre – The Price I Pay (60s)
6. Hoot Hester – Deep Water (80s)
7. Mel Tillis & The Statesiders – Rain On My Parade (1980)
8. Hank Thompson – Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me (1957)
9. Curtis Gordon – Tell ‘Em No (1953)
10. Wade Ray & Noel Boggs – That Love Makin’ Melody (1953)
11. Jimmy Martin – Pete, The Best Coon Dog In The State Of Tennessee (1980)
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
12. Becky Hobbs – The Devil May Care (2000)
13. Willie Nelson – Hello Walls (1962)
14. Faron Young – If You Ever Walk My Way Again (1968)
15. Hank Penny – Two Timin’ Mama (1952)
16. Continental Divide – Runnin’ To The Fire (1995)
17. Dale Watson – Ain’t A Cow In Texas (2004)
18. Wynn Stewart – Half Of This, Half Of That (1964)
19. Roger Brown – If You Mess With The Bull (2000)
HOUR 2:
1. Dugg Collins – How Do You Talk To A Baby (1977)
2. Ray Price – Fallin’, Fallin’, Fallin’ (1956)
3. Roger Miller – A Man Like Me (1958)
4. Ashton Shepherd – I Ain’t Dead Yet (2008)
5. Confederate Railroad – The Big One (1998)
6. Hoot Hester – Honky Tonk Blue (80s)
7. The Time Jumpers – Nothin’ But The Blues (2012)
8. Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time – Hard Time (2000)
9. Thomas Hardy – Just Before The Heartache (60s)
10. Jimmy Jean – The Way You Do (60s)
BUMPER: Bob Wills – San Antonio Rose
11. The Calhoun Twins – Going To The Dogs (1966)
12. COUNTRY COVERS: Hank Williams, III – Thunderstorms & Neon Signs (1999)
13. COUNTRY COVERS: Charlie Walker – Close All The Honky Tonks (1964)
14. COUNTRY COVERS: Ronnie Milsap – Four Walls (1974)
15. SHOT OF STEEL: Dewey Brown – Heartaches Untold (1963)
16. Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours – There’s No Room In My (For The Blues) (1966)
17. Hoot Hester – King Of Western Swing (80s)
18. Mel Tillis & The Statesiders – Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (1980)
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music – 1988
1. Buddy Emmons, Ray Pennington & The Swing Shift Band – Texas With The X Removed
2. Patty Loveless – Don’t Toss Us Away
3. Patty Loveless – If My Heart Had Windows
4. Waylon Jennings – You Put The Soul In The Song
5. Hank Williams, Jr. & Johnny Cash – That Old Wheel
6. Dan Seals – Maybe I’m Missing You Now
7. George Strait – Let’s Get Down To It
8. Highway 101 – There Goes My Love
9. David Ball – We’re Steppin’ Out Tonight
10. The Osborne Brothers – Singing, Shouting Praises
11. Bill Monroe – What A Wonderful Life
12. Lynn Anderson – Turn The Page
13. Ricky Van Shelton – Living Proof
14. Ricky Skaggs – Hold Whatcha Got
15. Mel Tillis & The Statesiders – Makes No Difference Now