It’s our annual Memorial Day show as we play the songs that pay tribute to what this holiday is really about.  Thanks for your calls and requests.  As always, there’s just too many songs, and not enough time, even with letting the music do the talking.  Here’s the list:

HOUR 1
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
Statler Brothers - More Than A Name On The Wall
Merle Haggard - Fightin Side Of Me
Trace Adkins - Arlington
Dolly Parton - Welcome Home
John Wayne - American Boy
Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans
Dixie Chicks - Travelin Soldier
Ernest Tubb - Soldier’s Last Letter
Dean Brody - Brothers
Tommy Cash - 6 White Horses
Jimmy Dean - PT 109
Jimmie Osborne - God, Please Protect America

HOUR 2
George Jones - 50000 Names on the Wall
Loretta Lynn - Dear Uncle Sam
Tracy Lawrence - If I Don’t Make It Back
Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets
Toby Keith - American Soldier
Johnny Horton - Johnny Reb
Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag
John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home
Gene Autry - At Mail Call Today
SheDaisy - Come Home Soon
Kate Smith - God Bless America
Red Skelton - The Pledge of Allegiance
Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA

Today we honor those who are often overlooked: The song WRITER.  In some cases, the writer is the artist who sang the song. However, many times, it is not.  And when it comes to writing these songs, where did the writer find inspiration.  Hopefully, by the end of the show, we’ll solve some of those questions regarding many popular songs of years past.

HOUR 1
Dolly Parton - Jolene (inspired by name on photo of a fan)
Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira (inspired by a street name in Inglewood, TN)
Tom T. Hall - Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine (written on back of an air sickness bag)
Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA (Composed by Tom T Hall)
Ronnie Milsap - Pure Love (written by Eddie Rabbitt)
Eddy Arnold - Make the World Go Away (Written by Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard)
Dang Me - Roger Miller (songwriter Grammy in 1964)
King of the Road - Roger Miller (songwriter Grammy in 1965)
Johnny Cash / June Carter - Jackson
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore)
Garth Brooks - The Dance (Only single from his debut album that he had no hand in writing)
Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (written by Kris Kristofferson)
Statler Brothers - This Ole House (Inspired by the discovery of a dead body in an old shack)
Jimmy Dean - Big John
Donna Fargo - Happiest Girl in the Whole USA

HOUR 2
Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me (originally titled Ole Lonesome Me)
Kenny Rogers - Ruby Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (Written by Mel Tillis)
The Gatlin Brothers - Help Me
News Director David Kuharski talk with Jenna Hague of the American Cancer Society regarding upcoming Relay for Life events, other ACS fundraisers, and what you can do to help ACS fight cancer.
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Theme for the car chase in Bonnie and Clyde)
Tanya Tucker - Would You Lay With Me (In A Field of Stone) (Written by David Alan Coe)
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Written by David Alan Coe)
Hank Snow - I’m Movin’ On (Stayed on chart 40 weeks/29 wks at #1)
Carl Smith - Hey Joe
Homer and Jethro w/June Carter - Country Girl
Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue (Written by Shel Silverstein)
Oak Ridge Boys - Bobbie Sue (Written by Kix Brooks)

In the world of Country Music, there have been and continue to be many great duets.  And 2 hours doesn’t give us much time.   I tried to cover some of the best, although Dolly, Willie, or Tammy seem to show up on most of the best ones.  Vince Gill and Kenny Rogers also enjoy singing with others.  Here’s the list:

HOUR 1
Tammy Wynette and George Jones - We’re Gonna Hold On
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard - Pancho and Lefty
Reba McEntire and Linda Davis - Does He Love You
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty - After The Fire Is Gone
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely - Slippin Around
Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart - The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Anymore
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Just Someone I Used To Know
Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss - Whiskey Lullabye
David Houston and Tammy Wynette - My Elusive Dreams
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach, Texas
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - It’s Your Love
Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan - ‘Til Each Tear Becomes A Rose
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood - In Another’s Eyes
Tammy Wynette and George Jones - Golden Ring

HOUR 2
Johnny Cash and June Carter - Jackson
LeAnn Rimes and Eddy Arnold - Cattle Call
Willie Nelson and Ray Charles - Seven Spanish Angels
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West - Every Time Two Fools Collide
News Director David Kuharski talks with State Rep Frank Mautino regarding state budgets and the Vermillion River re-opening
Kendalls - Heaven’s Just A Sin Away
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream
Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle - You and I
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings - Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Happy Mothers Day to all Moms! Thanks for the calls during the show today. Hope at least one, if not many more songs really hit home for you and your mother. So many songs we just didn’t have time for, most of them more popular current songs like Blake Shelton - The Baby, Martina - In My Daughter’s Eyes, LeAnn Womack - I Hope You Dance, or Rascal Flats - My Wish. Even some great classics we had to skip: Ronnie Milsap - What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life or Kenny Rogers - Though the Years. None the less, plenty of great songs today. Here’s the list:

HOUR 1
Melba Montgomery - No Charge
Trace Adkins - You’re Gonna Miss This
Jamie O’Neal - Somebody’s Hero
Garth Brooks - It Was Your Song
Glen Campbell w/Steve Wariner - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Shenandoah - Mama Knows
CW McCall - Roses For Mama
Willie Nelson - Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Jimmy Dean - IOU
Chris LeDoux - She’s Tough
The Judds - Sweetest Gift
Collin Raye - In This Life
Ricky Skaggs - Thanks Again

HOUR 2
Randy Travis - Angels
Cal Smith - Country Bumpkin
Garth Brooks - A Friend To Me
David Kuharski interview with Marcia Buress and Bill Hunt regarding state budget affecting the school
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Hank Williams - I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
Confederate Railroad - Jesus and Mama
Rick Trevino - Looking For The Light
Dolly Parton - Coat of many Colors
Jimmie Rodgers - Mother, The Queen of My Heart

Hope all you Mothers have a wonderful day!

Our Mothers’s Day show is coming up next week.  So, to get ready for it, we’ve decided to profile those ladies who laid the roots for country music.

HOUR 1
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
Carter Family - Can The Circle Be UnBroken
Minnie Pearl - Lookin at Fellers
Brenda Lee - One Step At a Time
Barbara Mandrell - I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool
Jan Howard - Evil On Your Mind
Donna Fargo - Funny Face
K.T. Oslin - 80’s Ladies
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Kitty Wells - It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Jody Miller - Queen of the House
Jeannie Seely - Don’t Touch Me

HOUR 2
Lorrie Morgan - What Part of No
Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight
Jessi Colter - What’s Happened to Blue Eyes
Jeanne Pruett - Satin Sheets
News Director David Kuharski talks with Monty Whipple
Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers - I Wanna Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart
June Carter - Keep On The Sunny Side
Sammi Smith - Help Me Make it Though The Night
Rose Maddox - Kissing My Pillow
Lynn Anderson - Top of the World
Reba - Can’t Even Get the Blues
Alison Krauss - I Don’t Know Why
Dolly Parton - Jolene