In this episode we're featuring an album from the marvellous Connie Smith - released towards the end of her time at RCA: "Just One Time" (1971). For a voice which George Jones has called his favourite female country vocal -…
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Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox
In this episode we're featuring the album that cemented Alan Jackson as a bona fide 90s country superstar: "Don't Rock The Jukebox" (1991). It sold four million copies and four of the five singles went to number one - catapulting…
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John Anderson - I Just Came Home To Count The Memories
In this episode, we're featuring an early album from John Anderson: "I Just Came Home To Count The Memories" (1982). On the Warner Brothers label, this release came at a time when country music was in it's post-Urban Cowboy slump…
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Moe Bandy - Cowboys Ain't Supposed To Cry
In this episode, we're featuring a Moe Bandy album from the height of his solo success: "Cowboys Ain't Supposed To Cry" (1978). Before his duets with Janie Fricke and later Joe Stampley, Moe Bandy was doing what he does best…
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Billie Jo Spears - Lonely Hearts Club
In this episode we're featuring one of Billie Jo Spears' finest records under the eye of producer Larry Butler on the United Artists label: "Lonely Hearts Club" (1978). Billie Jo had enjoyed popularity in the UK as the "Queen Mother…
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Justin Trevino - A Salute To Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys PART TWO
This week, it's part two of our look at Justin Trevino's latest album "A Salute To Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys" (2017). On the day in 1984 when Justin Trevino first heard Price's iconic honky tonk shuffle style on…
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Justin Trevino - A Salute To Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys PART ONE
This week, it's part one of our look at Justin Trevino's latest album "A Salute To Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys" (2017). Packed with twenty tracks of solid Ray Price covers - from hits, to minor hits to more…
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Del Reeves - Looking At The World Through A Windshield
In this episode, we're featuring a high-energy trucking-themed album from Del Reeves: "Looking At The World Through A Windshield" (1968). Filled with well produced, fun and energetic traditional country truckin' tunes, this album is truly a romp from woe to…
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George Strait - Pure Country
In this episode, we're featuring the best-selling album of George Strait's illustrious career: "Pure Country" (1992). As the soundtrack to the movie that was George's acting debut, it's not a huge departure from what he'd been doing up until that…
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Mel Tillis - Heart Healer
In this episode, we're featuring a 1976 album from master songwriter Mel Tillis: "Heart Healer". After having made himself a name as one of the finest wordsmiths in the country music field, and having written massive hits for Ray Price…
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