Roger Miller Meets Dino

Wreck Of The Old 97

Flatt & Scruggs? Definitely, but let's not overlook the delightful Joi Lansing as a high-heeled hillbilly songbird. Let's hear it for whoever the casting director was....

The First Mrs. Jones

Porter Wagoner's The First Mrs. Jones is a perfect example of why he established a reputation for an artist who didn't shy away from intense topics. The song, written by Bill Anderson, is the story of a marriage gone bad and the resulting mayhem.

Kayton Roberts & The Rock Island Line

This makes me happy. Check out talented steel guitarist Kayton Roberts (along with Rob McNurlin on guitar and Jeff Ware on bass) as he entertains the kids at a Kentucky elementary school with Rock Island Line. Roberts played (non-pedal) steel guitar for Hank Snow for about thirty years, starting in the mid 1960s.

Watch as he expertly mimics the sounds of cows, pigs, dogs, mosquitoes, crying babies and laughing ladies with his steel guitar. I don't know who's having more fun, Kayton or the kids.

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

Watch this Amazing doc about DC "shock jock" Petey Greene on PBS.  Available online until February 22!

Go!

Elly May At The Cee-ment Pond

Thanks to John Funke for reminding me of the difference between a pool and a C-ment pond.

Jethro Burns, Crimefighter

Homer and Jethro played on the March of Dimes telethon in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1965. Our friend Ron Kellum was there. This is his story.

Camera: Debbie D Fountain

Interviewer: Bill Judkins

Martinis: Matt Fiveash

Filmed on location at Great Jones Cafe, New York City.

Jam-Bow-Liar

¿Quien Puso El Bomp?

Boogety translated into Spanish = Boogety. Video clip borrowed from Sir Basilde Brush.

Buddy Merrill and Neil Levang

Buddy Merrill and Neil Levang are the guys who brought the super-charged Fender guitar sound to the Lawrence Welk show. Among his many other accomplishments, Levang played guitar on Neal Hefti's "Batman Theme."

The Endless Summer

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