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Pioneers of Country Live!
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They were forgotten by The Country Music Industry, Country Radio, and even The Grand Ole Opry. Pioneers of Country proudly remember those artists and the music they made popular.
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Episode 351: Pioneers of Country March 11, 2012
Mar 901:57:26Tap to summarizePioneers of Country March 11, 2012 A special night time broadcast with help from Dave's wife, Susan. Broadcast on both Live365 and The Iwebradio network. We begin with Ray Charles and "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)". Dave opens the show and welcomes all listeners. Dave says let's start with some sinnin' and plays "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" a song composed by Jerry Gillespie, which was recorded in 1977 by The Kendalls. Next is Red Sovine – Tell Maude I Slipped (a departure from his famous recitation songs). Dave speaks of a format switch to favoring country music. Susan thanks Six String Stu for his 1970's songs that he played on his program previously. Al Jolson with The Mills Brothers sing “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?” Susan thanks Six String Stu, the previous shows DJ for his music. Dave has Susan do a Station ID and segue to the next song, “Heartaches by the Number” by Ray Price. Dave speaks about switching from standard time to daylight savings time then plays Grandpa Jones - Daylight Savings Time. That's the first 30 minutes – There's 86 more minutes to go! Listen for Hank Williams “Love Sick Blues”. Dave plays a very early version of that song, "Lovesick Blues" a Tin Pan Alley song, composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Irving ... Emmett Miller recorded it in 1925 and 1928. Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country on Spotify!
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Episode 350: The History of Country Music (Pt 19)
Mar 701:02:44Tap to summarizeThe History of Country Music (Pt 19) Charlie Pride (Pt 2) Glen Campbell
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Episode 349: The Merle Haggard Story (Pt 19)
Mar 700:07:56Tap to summarizeThe Merle Haggard Story (Pt 19) Pioneers of Country welcomes you to “The Merle Haggard Story” - a syndicated program originally broadcast in early 1985, including many interviews. PLAYLIST: Someday When Things Are Good What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life) Merle Haggard passed away on April 6, 2016. Not long after Live 365 went out of business, so we never got to do a proper tribute broadcast. That is until now. During the COVID Pandemic of 2020 and 2021, I got the chance to travel to a place close to home – my attic! Up there I found a treasure trove of recordings that I had forgotten about. Among them was this several part syndicated broadcast titled “The Merle Haggard Story”. I thought it would be a great tribute to “The Hag” if we rebroadcast this part of Merle's beginnings, and continuing to his mid career popularity.
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Episode 348: Pioneers of Country – February 28, 2015
Feb 2802:00:12Tap to summarizePioneers of Country – February 28, 2015 Nobody knew we had less than one year left in our existence at the time. We were enjoying promoting real country music from artists around the globe. We begin by Australia's King of Country Music - Slim Dusty! Dave is cooking Haluski today. Stan Hitchcock sings about the Phoenix Flash! Country Music Hall of Fame members are next, The Statler Brothers sing about The Class of 57! Dave speaks more of his feeble attempt at cooking. Dave mentions that Leonard Nimoy passed away and plays “Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town” sung by Leonard and written by Mel Tillis. Dave runs down the line-up of artists performing on The Grand Ole Opry. Dave plays a few songs by Ronnie Milsap performing Live! Dave counts down the top 10 songs for February 2015 on Pioneers of Country. This was all in the first half hour – There's still 90 more minutes of great country music to follow! Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page.
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Episode 347: Cybershortwave March 3, 2002
Feb 2202:00:27Tap to summarizeCybershortwave March 3, 2002 Long before our country music format, we had two previous formats that we have mentioned in the past. This broadcast was always innovative especially in the early days of the internet. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was just beginning. There was no video to speak of at the time. A friend and listener to our broadcast was Tim Gaynor, a well known radio monitoring enthusiast from Australia. Tim and I decided to try VOIP and talk about a variety of things. It went very well. Now 24 years later, Tim and I are still in contact and still enjoying radio! Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country on Spotify!
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Episode 346: CyberShortwave February 17, 2002
Feb 1702:01:25Tap to summarizeCyberShortwave February 17, 2002 A Tribute to Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, the Texas Longhorns. Jennings left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, a cover of “Jole Blon,” and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country on Spotify!
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Episode 345: Golden Age OTR February 13, 2005
Feb 702:15:23Tap to summarizeGolden Age OTR February 13, 2005 For those of you who listened to our previous podcast dated February 15, 2014 we flashed back to a show we did remembering Merle Kilgore (a short clip). I found the entire original broadcast from February 13, 2005. I thought I'd post the entire podcast including the Kilgore tribute. This was our previous format of Old Time Radio. However even though it was 5 years before switching to our full time country music format, we always included country music on our show. And there's no shortage of country music on this show, especially during the second hour. This is the first time we are replaying this episode since its first broadcast (21 years!). Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country on Spotify!
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Episode 344: Pioneers Of Country February 15, 2014
Feb 601:11:21Tap to summarizePioneers Of Country February 15, 2014 We begin by a Johnny Cash spoken word recording about the heart and muscle of America. This may have been taken from a Johnny Cash album called “Ride This Train”. Dave speaks of watching The Johnny Cash Show in 1971 when he did several segments called Ride This Train. Dave replays a tribute to Merle Kilgore from a show 9 years earlier (originally broadcast February 13, 2005). A lot more real country music pioneers to follow. Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country on Spotify!
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Episode 343: Pioneers Of Country Live! February 3, 2013
Feb 301:58:12Tap to summarizePioneers Of Country Live! February 3, 2013 This is a replay of our Live broadcast on February 3rd, 2013. It was The Day the Music Died. Referring to the day Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa in 1959. Dave goes into depth on how there are ties between early rock n’ roll and country music. Dave plays Ladd Dunham’s country version of “Stager Lee” and also Don McLean’s “American Pie”. Dave also took time to remember Patty Andrews, Lead singer of The Andrews Sisters. She passed away on Wednesday January 30, 2013 at the age of 94. We also did a version of “Who Owns The Song”, music that was done by various artists and we let you choose who had the best version. This time we highlighted the song “I’m Movin’ On”. Thanks to Tom Steiner of Montreal, Canada for suggesting it. Oh, and it was Super Bowl Sunday also which Dave has a few comments about. Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pioneersofcountry
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Episode 342: Pioneers of Country February 2, 2013
Feb 101:30:34Tap to summarizePioneers of Country February 2, 2013 This is a replay of our Live Groundhog Day broadcast from February 2, 2013. We had some great participation from listeners. We got e-mail from a listener who didn’t want to hear our comments regarding The Groundhog, but Dave’s Cheerleaders came to his rescue with some very nice comments. We had some fun at “Edwin’s” expense. It was all in fun, and I wasn't insulted in the least. This is what can be had with “live” interactive radio. We miss it dearly. Special Note: Most of the E-Mail, chat room, and web sites mentioned no longer exist. Your best bet to keep in contact with Pioneers Of Country is on Pod-O-Matic or on our Facebook Page. You can now follow Pioneers of Country wherever your favorite podcasts are found.
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