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Twangtacular - Twangtacular Ep. 39 - For Dad Howdy

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 11:57am
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy, legally known as Eli Van Sickel. And today’s episode is dedicated to my father Bob Van Sickel, who died the weekend of March 28, 2025. He was 68 years old. Today’s episode will feature some of my dad’s all time favorite artists. If you’re listening to today’s episode on the radio, some of it might be cut off for time at the end. You can listen to the whole thing, and see the full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also listen in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio from Columbus Ohio.

1:08:24 minutes (62.62 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. The Fugitive - Merle Haggard & The Strangers
  2. Ashokan Farewell - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  3. Drunken Angel - Lucinda Williams
  4. Bring Me Flowers While I’m Living - Peetie Wheatstraw
  5. Slow Train Through Georgia - Norman Blake
  6. Freight train - Elizabeth Cotten
  7. Blue Railroad Train - Tony Rice Unit
  8. Battle Cry of Freedom - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  9. Sugaree - Grateful Dead
  10. Flag of Columbia - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  11. Steel Guitar Rag - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  12. Lost Highway - Hank WIlliams
  13. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons of the Pioneers
  14. Hickory Wind - The Byrds
  15. Ballad of Easy Rider - Roger McGuinn
  16. All Quiet on the Potomac - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  17. Guitar Pickin’ Man - Don Rich & the Buckaroos
  18. The Road to Gila Bend - Los Lobos
  19. Time Don’t Wait - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

Twangtacular Ep. 38

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 03/29/2025 - 12:41pm

59:30 minutes (54.48 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. My Side of the Night - Dick Curless
  3. Backside of Thirty - John Conlee
  4. Long I Ride - Robbie Fulks
  5. Whole Lotta Highway (With a Million Miles to Go) - Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
  6. Low Man on a Totem Pole - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  7. Tom Dooley - Doc Watson
  8. Take Me Back to the Good Old Days - Tommy Collins
  9. Hand and Lefty Raised My Country Soul - Stoney Edwards
  10. Come Marry Me - Terry Noland
  11. Country Capers - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  12. Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone - Charley Pride
  13. LA Town - Hoyt Axton
  14. I Miss A Lot of Trains - Tom T. Hall
  15. Way Out There - Sons of the Pioneers
  16. Midnight Ramble - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  17. Oakie Boogie - Ella Mae Morse
  18. Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  19. Some Old Day - Flatt & Scruggs
  20. Don’t Call Me from a Honky Tonk - Johnny & Jonie Mosby
  21. If I Could Only Win Your Love - The Louvin Brothers
  22. Roll Em Dice - Roy Hogsed
  23. Caffeine Patrol - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 36 - James McMurtry Birthday Party!

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 03/14/2025 - 6:29pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy and today I am celebrating the birthday of my all time favorite songwriter in these genres – James McMurtry! I’ll be playing songs from all 10 of his full-length studio albums in the order that they were released! Hopefully those who already dig him will like what I pick, and for those that’ve never heard of him, well, that’s who this show is for! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also listen on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM.
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1:00:00 minutes (54.93 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Painting by Numbers
  2. Late Norther
  3. Safe Side
  4. Rachel’s Song
  5. Sixty Acres
  6. Airline Agent
  7. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McAuliffe & the Western Swingers
    Gone to the Y
  8. Childish Things
  9. Just Us Kids
  10. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe & the Western Swingers
    Copper Canteen
  11. Canola Fields
  12. Twelve-O-Three - Leon McAuliffe & the Cimarron Boys
  13. Choctaw Bingo

Twangtacular Ep. 35 - Contemporary Showcase 8

Submitted by twangtacular on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:21pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. Hear the old stuff so it’s not forgotten, hear the new stuff so it’s not overlooked! I’m your host Boy Howdy and today we’re playing all new (or at least semi-new) stuff! Yes, it’s another Contemporary Showcase episode, which means I’m exclusively featuring artists that are currently alive and making music around the world! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio from Columbus Ohio!
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58:08 minutes (53.22 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  2. Conococheague - The Hello Strangers
  3. Hog Eyed Man - The Ebony Hillbillies
  4. If Cigarettes Were Valentines - The McMillan’s Camp Boys
  5. Oldsmobile - Hogslop String Band & Sierra Ferrel
  6. Flippin’ the Lid - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  7. My Paradise - Lydia Brownfield
  8. Bad Luck Baby - Boys Club for Girls
  9. I’m Not Alive Just to Loose Weight (and Pay the Bills) - Momma Molasses
  10. Why ya gotta make a good thing bad - Frank’s Fish Tank
  11. West of Samoa - Speedy West
  12. Just A Ghost - Anders Thomsen
  13. One of Your Songs - Rosy Nolan
  14. Who Holds You When You Cry - Vanessa Dee & The Brightsides
  15. All American Singer - Zephaniah OHora
  16. Uncle Pen - Kelsey Waldon
  17. Steel Strike - Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 34 - 2 Minutes or Less!

Submitted by twangtacular on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:17pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. Hear the old stuff so it’s not forgotten, hear the new stuff so it’s not overlooked! I’m your host Boy Howdy and I know that time is precious these days. We’ve all got busy lives and schedules and we want to enjoy ourselves fast, right now! That’s why on today’s episode of Twangtacular I’m only playing songs with runtimes of two minutes or less! We’re gonna keep the pedal to the metal and the pickin’ party hoppin’! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM.
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1:00:19 minutes (55.22 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  2. Train on the Island - Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
  3. One Morning in May (aka the Nightingale) - Jean Ritchie
  4. Look and Live, My Brother - Elizabeth Cotten
  5. Lonesome Road Blues - The Kentucky Colonels
  6. Doc & Dawg - Doc Watson & David Grisman
  7. Still Trying to Get to Little Rock - The Stanley Brothers
  8. Georgia Steel Guitar - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  9. How Many Biscuits Can You Eat - Grandpa Jones
  10. Rock the Universe - Dell Vaughn & the Fortune Aires
  11. The Love I Cast Away - The Delmore Brothers
  12. Twenty Four Hours of the Blues - Kenny Roberts
  13. Teen Ex - The Browns
  14. Home - Roger Miller
  15. Hi De Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night - Al Dexter
  16. Life’s Changing Scene - Ned Miller
  17. Long Tongued Woman - Benton Flippen
  18. Sam’s Place - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  19. Gonna Have Love - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  20. You’re Fer Me - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  21. Hello Trouble - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  22. Midnight Express - The Star Knights
  23. Welcome to the Club - Jean Chapel
  24. Everybody’s Rockin’ - Werly Fairburn
  25. I Changed My Mind Jack - Jo Ann Campbell
  26. Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild Wild Women - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
  27. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McCauliffe
  28. We’ll Get Ahead Someday - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
  29. Just for the Heck of It - Harlan Howard
  30. I Can’t Trust You Now - Johnny Tyler’s Riders of the Rio Grande
  31. Baby You Done Flubbed Your Dub with Me - The Carlisle Brothers
  32. Cheatin’ On Your Baby - Red Foley
  33. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe

Ep. 33 - The Laryngitis Episode!

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 02/22/2025 - 11:19am
Host Boy Howdy has laryngitis so he can't talk much. That just means he's playing an extra large, rootin' tootin' mix of twangeriffic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM. Twangtacular is a production of WCRS: Community Radio Columbus.
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1:02:44 minutes (57.43 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Sunny Side of the Mountain - Dick Curless
  2. I’m Bitin’ My Fingernails and Thinking of You - Ernest Tubb, The Andrews Sisters, & the Texas Troubadors
  3. 1-2-3-4 Anyplace Road (Somewhere USA) - Rose Maddox
  4. I Don’t Claim to Be an Angel - Kitty Wells
  5. I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart - Patsy Montana
  6. Bonsoir cherie - Marcel Martel
  7. There’s a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29 - Hank Snow
  8. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
  9. Tennessee - Carl Perkins
  10. Where Have All the Average People Gone - Porter Wagoner
  11. Sometimes the Grass is Really Greener - Robbie Fulks
  12. Willin’ - Steve Earle
  13. Snowin’ On Raton - Townes Van Zandt
  14. You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Krauss
  15. In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine & Iris DeMent
  16. Glory Bound - The Wailin’ Jennys
  17. Central Time - Pokey LaFarge

Twantacular Ep 32 - Valentine's!

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 02/08/2025 - 1:14pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio USA, it’s another edition of Twangtacular, the radio program featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. My name’s Boy Howdy and today I’m celebrating Valentine’s Day…week…by exclusively playing songs in those genres that deal with the subject of love. And lord knows there are plenty of them! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM.
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59:34 minutes (54.53 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  2. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family
  3. How Mountain Girls Can Love - The Stanley Brothers
  4. Too Many Teardrops - Reno & Smiley
  5. I Will Always Be Waiting for You - Jim & Jesse
  6. Aw Heck - Don Rich & the Buckaroos
  7. Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ - Charley Pride
  8. D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette
  9. I Can’t Stop (My Lovin’ You) - Dick Curless & Kay Adams
  10. Please Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Locklin
  11. (When You Feel Like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
  12. Bossa Nova Buckaroo Style - Don Rich & the Buckaroos
  13. First Girl I Loved - John Hartford
  14. Gentle On My Mind - Alison Krauss
  15. If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
  16. It Makes No Difference - The Band
  17. Wild Mountain Thyme - Buddy Emmons
  18. I Don’t Have A Broken Heart - Trixie Mattel
  19. Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart - Iris DeMent
  20. Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  21. Chaparral - Don Rich & the Buckaroos
  22. My Love - Marty Robbins

Twangtacular Ep. 31 - Contemporary Showcase 7

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 02/01/2025 - 12:10pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio USA, it’s another edition of Twangtacular, the radio program featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. My name’s Boy Howdy and today I’m doing yet another contemporary showcase because I’m sorry but I keep discovering more and more great acts in these genres that are currently making music! Definitely gives me hope for the future when I need it! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM. Twangtacular is a production of WCRS: Community Radio Columbus.
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59:15 minutes (54.25 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. The 28th of January (Bluegrass) - Michael Daves
  3. We Shouldn’t Talk About It - Theo Lawrence & Emily Gimble
  4. Ain’t No Tellin’ - Eliza Mary Doyle
  5. Leave the Path - The Resonant Rogues
  6. Say Darling Say - Tatiana Hargreaves
  7. California Worryin’ - Dawn & Dupree
  8. Little Darlin’ - Lloyd Green
  9. Take Me Back - The Deslondes
  10. One of Your Songs - Rosy Nolan
  11. Pick Me up on Your Way Down - Charlie Thompson
  12. Optimist - Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds
  13. His Love - Sunny War
  14. Pickin’ Pot Pie - Lloyd Green
  15. God Fearing Heathen - Dan Tyminski
  16. Duck N’ Dodge - Nat Myers
  17. Back to Jail - Tyler Lance Walker Gill
  18. (How Do You) Feel About Fallin’ - Brooke Russell and the Mean Reds
  19. I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal - Dale Ann Bradley & John Conlee
  20. Pedal Paddle - Lloyd Green

Twangtacular Ep. 30 - Dolly & Lucinda Birthday Party!

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 01/25/2025 - 12:47pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio USA, it’s another edition of Twangtacular, the radio program featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. My name’s Boy Howdy and today we are celebrating the January birthdays of two legendary hall of fame worthy voices in these genres: Dolly Parton and Lucinda Williams. The two ladies will be trading songs back and forth today while I tell you a little about their lives and careers. We’ll start with the first songs both of them ever released on LP in their solo careers: “Dumb Blonde” from Dolly’s 1967 album “Hello, I’m Dolly” and the title track from Lucinda’s 1979 debut “Ramblin’ on My Mind.” You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. Twangtacular is a production of WCRS: Community Radio Columbus.
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59:22 minutes (54.35 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. Dumb Blonde - Dolly Parton
  3. Ramblin’ On My Mind - Lucinda Williams
  4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) - Dolly Parton
  5. Happy Woman Blues - Lucinda Williams
  6. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton
  7. Stainless Steel - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  8. Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
  9. Still I Long for Your Kiss - Lucinda Williams
  10. Just Because I’m a Woman - Dolly Parton
  11. Fruits of My Labor - Lucinda Williams
  12. Down on Music Row - Dolly Parton
  13. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams
  14. Railroadin’ - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  15. Side of the Road - Lucinda Williams
  16. Love Is Like A Butterfly - Dolly Parton
  17. Lonely Girls - Lucinda Williams
  18. Hey, Lucky Lady - Dolly Parton
  19. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
  20. Our Paradise - Speedy West

Ep. 29 - Contemporary Showcase 6 (1/18/25)

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 01/18/2025 - 10:52am
Episode 29 is another contemporary showcase, featuring current acts from around the world! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM. Twangtacular is a production of WCRS: Community Radio Columbus.
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1:00:00 minutes (54.93 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. Quick Draw - The Shootouts
  3. I’m Gonna Stop - Mya Byrne
  4. Hey, Bus Driver! - Tami Neilson
  5. Maybelline - Clare Doyle
  6. Town Line - Big Richard
  7. Love is Gonna Come Again - Jaimee Harris
  8. Louisiana Lonely - Paige Plaisance
  9. I Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet - Brennen Leigh
  10. Aging Mr. Riley - Boy Golden
  11. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McAuliffe
  12. Sing Along with Me - Neil Umwi
  13. The River - Dusty & Stones
  14. Evergreen - Forty Elephant Gang
  15. There Stands the Glass - Greenshine
  16. Twelve O Three - Leon McAuliffe
  17. You Can’t Call Me Baby - The French Family Band
  18. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Cutter & Cash and the Kentucky Grass
  19. Wichita - Mary-Charlotte Young
  20. First Train in the Morning - The Slocan Ramblers
  21. Gimble’s Crossing - Leon McAullife
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