In this week's episode we're turning the spotlight on Texan Sonny Burns' second attempt at recording success during the years 1959-1968. What little information there is on Burns' career usually centres on his association with George Jones while at Starday Records: it's country music folklore that Burns famously missed (what turned out to be) a hit duet session with The Possum and stymied his own career in favour of bourbon and women. However, after resurfacing in 1959 on TNT Records out of San Antonio, the early 60s saw a reunification with Pappy Daily at United Artists and Burns' lay down some of the finest honky tonk music of the decade, albeit with some added sheen as compared to his Starday material. '59-'68 produced some sensational sides for Sonny Burns and this week we run through a tonne of 'em, thirteen hardcore honky tonk nuggets in total. Dig it!
HOUR 1:
1. Sonny Burns – Bottom Of The Bottle (1959)
2. Sonny Burns – Must I Leave It There (1964)
3. Sonny Burns – Patches On My Heart (1961)
4. Sonny Burns – Bricks And Mortar (1962)
5. Sonny Burns – I’m Losing My Mind (1962)
6. Sonny Burns – And Then Some (1962)
7. Country Johnny Mathis – Thinkin’ Too Far Behind (1961)
8. Sonny Burns – Blue House Painted White (1961)
9. Barbara Allen – Don’t Call Me Baby, I’ll Call You (1968)
10. Ben Reece – She’s Winning (1970)
11. Lois Williams – He’s The Man (1969)
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
12. Curt Ryle – These Boots Were Made For Walkin’ (early 90s?)
13. Stompin’ Tom Connors – Bud The Spud (1969)
14. Jim Atkins – Juke Joint Johnny (1953)
15. Moe Bandy – I Never Miss A Day Missing You (1978)
16. Rocky Starr – The Wanderer (1961)
17. Rocky Starr – Baby Doll (1961)
18. Cordle, Jackson & Salley – It’s Not What You Know (It’s Who You Know) (2001)
HOUR 2:
1. Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road – Lady Of Tradition (2010)
2. AUSSIE INJECTION: Les Partell – The Truckie’s Son (1982)
3. AUSSIE INJECTION: Les Partell – This Here’s An Akubra (Not Just A Hat!) (1982)
4. Sonny Burns – Room Next To Mine (1964)
5. Sonny Burns – I Just Slipped Your Mind (1963)
6. Sonny Burns – Devil’s Disciple (1962)
7. Sonny Burns – Must I Leave It There (1964)
8. Tommy Hawk – Four Fingers And A Bum (1971)
9. Marsha Thornton – The Other Shoe (1989)
10. Marvin Rainwater – I Gotta Go Get My Baby (1954)
BUMPER: Bob Wills – San Antonio Rose
11. Sonny Duke – She’s Walking On The Street (mid-late 70s)
12. COUNTRY COVERS: Tracy Byrd – Undo The Right (1999)
13. COUNTRY COVERS: Liz Anderson – What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (1969)
14. COUNTRY COVERS: Leona Williams – Memories To Burn (2004)
15. SHOT OF STEEL: Leona Williams – You’d Be Home By Now (2004)
16. Sonny Burns – I Sat Down On A Bear Trap (1968)
17. Sonny Burns – I Left One On The Bar (1968)
18. Sonny Burns – Where No One Else Is Allowed (1963)
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music - 1970
1. Sue Richards – Givin’ Out Of Givin’ Ins
2. Mel Tillis – She’ll Be Hanging ‘Round Somewhere
3. Jamey Ryan – Written On Your Heart
4. Jamey Ryan – When I Want Some Hurt Again
5. Willie Nelson – San Antonio Rose
6. Norro Wilson – Do It To Someone You Love
7. Dave Dudley – The Pool Shark
8. Norma Jean – Another Man Loved Me Last Night
9. Barbara Mandrell – Playin’ Around With Love
10. Billy Walker – What Eva Doesn’t Have
11. Carl Butler & Pearl – Bottoms Up
BUMPER: Buck Owens – Orange Blossom Special
12. Charley Pride – Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone
13. Jim Nesbitt – Runnin’ Bare
14. Al Bain – Doing My Time
15. Ernest Tubb – A Good Year For Wine
16. Connie Smith – Louisiana Man
17. Del Reeves & Penny DeHaven – Land Mark Tavern
18. Nat Stuckey – It Takes Me All Night Long
19. Loretta Lynn – Deep As Your Pocket
20. Sue Richards - I Let Him Know