In this week's episode we're remembering an extremely popular regional act who almost broke the big time save for a few noble family decisions: Rem Wall & The Green Valley Boys. The host of a long-running TV show out of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Rem Wall made some great honky tonk during his years with Glenn Records (Hammond, IN) and later Columbia. Poised to enjoy national success, Wall opted to stay put and lived out his career as a big fish in a relatively small pond. His recordings tell the tale of a man who had "it" as much as the next guy on the Nashville hit list so let's get digging into this week's box o' 45s!
HOUR 1:
1. Rem Wall – One Of These Days (1961)
2. Jade Jack – I’m Dynamite (2015)
3. Rem Wall – One More Time (1960)
4. Rem Wall – I’ll Always Be Blue (1960)
5. James King – Lonely River (1993)
6. Rem Wall – Lonely Nights And Teardrops (1962)
7. Rem Wall – Why Did Our Love End This Way (1961)
8. Frank Torres & Justin Trevino – Blue House Painted White (2000s)
9. Tommy Alverson – This Buzz Is For You (2007)
10. Billy Walker – From The Bottle To The Bottom (1968)
11. George Ducas – Hello Cruel World (1994)
12. Rem Wall – Waiting (1960)
13. Rem Wall – I Can Love You (1960)
14. Johnny & Jonie Mosby – The Home She’s Tearing Down (1965)
15. Wild Rose – Lonely Won’t Leave Me Alone (1990)
16. Gary Stewart – Half Alive and Still Drinking (1978)
17. Rem Wall – Trying (1964)
18. Rem Wall – I’m Losing My Tears Over You (1964)
19. Charlie Moore – Shout And Sing (1966)
HOUR 2:
1. Charlie Walker – My Baby Used To Be That Way (1971)
2. AUSSIE INJECTION: Nev Nicholls – Rigs And Roads (1978)
3. AUSSIE INJECTION: Auriel Andrew – Truck Driving Woman (1970)
4. George Jones – Get Some Loving Done (1971)
5. Jeff Chance – This Door Swings Both Ways (1992)
6. Rem Wall – Under The Old Oak Tree (1966)
7. Rem Wall – Heartsick And Blue (1960)
8. Cliff Waldron – No Hiding Place Down Here (1971)
9. Chuck Cordelo – I Can’t Stand This Hurt Anymore (60s)
10. Heybale – Honky Tonk Mood (2008)
BUMPER: Bob Wills – San Antonio Rose
11. Jimmy Work – Puttin’ On The Dog (Tom Cattin’ Around) (1952)
12. COUNTRY COVERS: Red Foley – Tennessee Border (1949)
13. COUNTRY COVERS: Kitty Wells – Making Believe (1955)
14. COUNTRY COVERS: Moe Bandy – That’s What Makes The Jukebox Play (1978)
15. SHOT OF STEEL: Shorty Bacon – What’s Wrong With You (1961)
16. SHOT OF STEEL: Shorty Bacon – Ten Times The World (1961)
17. Dale Watson – Run Away (2018)
18. Rem Wall – Time Alone (1962)
19. Rem Wall – Where The Old Red River Flows (1964)
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music – 1967
1. Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn – Sweet Thang
2. Penny Starr – You’ve Taken All The Woman Out Of Me
3. Marty Robbins – Tonight Carmen
4. Ernest Tubb – In The Jailhouse Now
5. Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn – One To Ten
6. Johnny Paycheck – Jukebox Charlie
7. Kenny Seratt – Memories Of Jimmie Rodgers
8. Kenny Seratt – Blinded By The Bright Lights
9. Wynn Stewart – It’s Such A Pretty World Today
10. The Homesteaders – If You Should Come Back Today
11. Bill Anderson – Get While The Gettin’s Good
12. Charley Pride – Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
13. Wade Jackson – A Big Wing Ding
14. Pee Wee King – (There’s Been) Too Much Said Already
15. Jim Ed Brown – Pop A Top
16. Nat Stuckey – My Can Do Can’t Keep Up With My Want To
17. Dolly Parton – I’ve Lived My Life
18. Mel Tillis – Life Turned Her That Way
19. Johnny Wright – Music To Cry By
20. The Wilburn Brothers – I’m Gonna Tie One On Tonight
21. Merle Haggard – Branded Man