In this week's episode we're featuring Kentucky's Hugh X. Lewis' fourth album for Kapp Records: Country Fever (1968). A high school buddy and his songwriting chops lead him to Nashville in 1963 and after Paul Cohen signed him to Kapp, Lewis cut some super material through our feature album's release (which was his last for the label). Lewis' wrote or co-wrote nine of his fifteen charting singles so it's no surprise his hand is prolific on Country Fever (particularly the B-side) and it's a better album for it.
HOUR 1:
1. Hugh X. Lewis – Thanks A Lot (1968)
2. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys feat. Joe Andrews – I Can’t Stand This Loneliness (1952)
3. Hugh X. Lewis – Country Music Fever (1968)
4. Hugh X. Lewis – The World Doesn’t End Here (1968)
5. Bobby Williams – Image Of You (80s?)
6. Garth Brooks – Two Of A Kind, Workin’ On A Full House (1990)
7. Jean Shepard – The Biggest Cry (1961)
8. Hawkshaw Hawkins – Big Ole Heartache (1961)
9. Larry Sparks – What Kind Of Man (2011)
10. Gary Stewart – Big Bertha, The Truck Driving Queen (1969)
11. LaWanda Lindsey – Love Makes The World Go Around (1974)
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
12. Carl Butler & Pearl – Make Me An Offer
13. Mac Wiseman – Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
14. Hugh X. Lewis – Tonight We’re Calling It A Day (1968)
15. Hugh X. Lewis – Sittin’ And Thinkin’ (1968)
16. Stonewall Jackson – Angry Words
17. Carl Smith – Take My Ring Off Your Finger
18. Charley Pride – Things Are Looking Up
19. Stonewall Jackson – BJ The DJ (1964)
HOUR 2:
1. Bill Green – I Hang Around (1987)
2. AUSSIE INJECTION: Jeff Brown – He Looked Australian To Me (2001)
3. AUSSIE INJECTION: Keith Jamieson – The Beer With No Pub (2000s)
4. Wayne Wilson – One More Cheating Song (1979)
5. Ricky Van Shelton – Love And Honor (1994)
6. Hugh X. Lewis – I Just Wasted The Rest (1968)
7. Hugh X. Lewis – What I Need Most (1968)
8. Merle Haggard & Leona Williams – It’s Cold In California (1983)
9. Prairie Wind – Texas Twister
10. Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (1974)
BUMPER: Bob Wills – San Antonio Rose
11. Marvin Rainwater – Get Off The Stool (1956)
12. COUNTRY COVERS: Warner Mack – It Takes A Lot Of Money (1966)
13. COUNTRY COVERS: Vernon Oxford – You’re The Reason (1981)
14. COUNTRY COVERS: Wayne Kemp – Harlan County (1974)
15. SHOT OF STEEL: Bill Carlisle – Shot Gun (1966)
16. Bobby Barnett – John Said (1964)
17. Billy Don Burns – Aaron Rodgers And Me (2012)
18. Hugh X. Lewis – Heaven, Hell Or Houston (1973)
19. Hugh X. Lewis – You’re So Cold (I’m Turning Blue) (1966)
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music – 1999
1. Peggy Rains – After The Fact
2. Alan Jackson – The Blues Man
3. Alan Jackson – Once You’ve Had The Best
4. Floyd Tillman & Dolly Parton – Slippin’ Around (2002)
5. Floyd Tillman & Willie Nelson – Each Night At Nine (2002)
6. Floyd Tillman – I Gotta Have My Baby Back (1949)
7. Ed Burleson – Might Seem Like A Loser
8. Hank Williams, III – Lonesome For You
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
9. Carl Vaughan – He Don’t Deserve You Anymore
10. Jerry Kilgore – All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose
11. Jerry Kilgore – I Just Want My Baby Back
12. Ron Gaddis – Chip Off The Old Block
13. Alison Krauss – Ghost In This House
14. George Jones – When The Last Curtain Falls
15. Don Walser – Here’s To Country Music