In this week's episode we're featuring music exclusively from the fiercely independent and staunchly traditional Heart Of Texas Records. Based in the small town of Brady, Texas (the city nearest to the geographical center of the state, hence "Heart Of Texas"), Heart Of Texas Records is the only label (this reviewer knows of) which focuses exclusively on fiddle and steel guitar-driven traditional country music. Like Starday Records before it, Heart Of Texas Records has become a destination for up-and-coming country traditionalists as well as another chance for country stars of yesterday, giving a slew of legends a home to be heard on record once again. We'll feature a stack of music from the Heart Of Texas Records impressive catalogue and we'll also attempt to tell the story of a young Brady DJ and promoter who's passion for tradition helped establish the most important organisation in existence in the 21st Century for fans of hardcore country music.
HOUR 1:
1. Tony Booth – Cold Brown Bottle (2008)
2. Leona Williams – Many Happy Hangovers To You (2008)
3. Amber Digby – One Step Beyond (2009)
4. Johnny Bush – When Loving Me Was Wrong (2011)
5. Joe Paul Nichols & Curtis Potter – I Miss My Mind The Most (2011)
6. Dennis Stroughmatt – I Can’t Run From Myself (2020)
7. Johnny Bush – Loud Music & Strong Wine (2011)
8. Johnny Bush – Troubadour (2013)
9. Johnny Bush – My Next Bottle Of Wine (2011)
10. Landon Dodd – Give A Lonely Heart A Home (2016)
11. Darrell McCall – Set Me Down Where Country Music Plays (1995)
12. Justin Trevino – To Save My Wife (2005)
13. Chuck Hancock – Can’t Make It Past Your Memory (2018)
14. Ferlin Husky – My Reason For Living (2006)
15. Rance Norton – Fort Worth Ain’t The Place (2016)
16. Loretta Lynn & Amber Digby – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (2019)
17. Tony Booth – Twice The Speed Of Love (2010)
18. Tony Booth – You Look Like Someone That Used To Love Me (2008)
19. Tony Booth – You’re Still In These Crazy Arms Of Mine (2012)
HOUR 2:
1. Curtis Potter – Them Old Honky Tonks Are Calling Me Again (2004)
2. Georgette Jones – Second Time Around (2010)
3. Landon Dodd – There’s Something About A Lady (2009)
4. Don Wallace – Each Time (2007)
5. Kimberly Murray & Jake Hooker – Living And Learning (2008)
6. Hank Thompson - Where Is The Circus (1966)
7. Hank Thompson – Smoky The Bar (1966)
6. Dottie Jack – I’ll Save Some Blues For You (2006)
7. COUNTRY COVERS: Leona Williams – Arms Of A Fool (2004)
8. COUNTRY COVERS: Frankie Miller – There’s A Song On The Jukebox (2006)
9. COUNTRY COVERS: Myra Rolen & Justin Trevino – Today, Tomorrow And Forever (2019)
10. SHOT OF STEEL: Tommy Hooker – Lily Dale (2012)
11. Dallas Wayne – Sun Comin’ Up (2016)
12. Justin Tubb – What’s Wrong With The Way We’re Doing It Now [Live] (1997)
13. Justin Trevino – Neon Nightmare (2005)
14. Justin Trevino – When She Does Me Right (2007)
15. Justin Trevino – I’ll Warm By Flame [Live] (2016)
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music – 2013
1. Curtis Potter – If She Could See Me Now
2. Amber Digby – It’s A Long Way From Heaven (To The World You’re Living In)
3. Kaye Tolson – I’ll Be There
4. Darrell McCall – Jug
5. Darrell McCall – Invitation To The Blues
6. Georgette Jones & Keith Nixon – Something To Brag About
7. Rance Norton – Different Kind Of Flower
8. Curtis Potter – Lost In The Shuffle (2004)
9. Curtis Potter – I Don’t Wanna Cry (2010)
10. Curtis Potter – She’s Leaving And I’m Almost Gone (2005)
11. The Survivors – Case Of Sorrow (2010)
12. The Survivors – Wasted Words (2010)
13. Amber Digby – Where Will You Go
14. Rance Norton – Right Back In Your Arms Again
15. Johnny Bush – All The Rage In Paris
16. Curtis Potter – Sittin’ And Thinkin’
17. Kaye Tolson – He Picked Me Up
18. Darrell McCall – Cold Long Neck Beer
19. Georgette Jones – Staying Home Woman