Favoriting Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from November 22, 2017 Favoriting

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Favoriting November 22, 2017: RIP, Mel Tillis

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Approx. start time
Alex Battles  Honky Tonk Radio Girl   Favoriting         0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys 
Lookin' Glass   Favoriting
 
Cimarron 
7" 
 
0:01:19 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  The Brooklyn Bridge   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:04:00 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Honky Tonk Song   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:06:39 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Jukebox Song   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:08:50 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Loco Weed   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:10:53 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Tupelo County Jail   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:13:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys 
Wapanuka   Favoriting
 
Cimarron 
7" 
 
0:15:50 (Pop-up)
Webb Pierce  Crazy Wild Desire   Favoriting Cross Country  Decca  LP    0:20:13 (Pop-up)
Webb Pierce  I Ain't Never   Favoriting   Decca  7"    0:22:19 (Pop-up)
Webb Pierce  I'm Fallin' In Love With You   Favoriting Cross Country  Decca  LP    0:24:12 (Pop-up)
Webb Pierce  I'll Never Have To Be Alone   Favoriting Webb With A Beat  Decca  LP    0:26:16 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys 
Wapanuka   Favoriting
 
Cimarron 
7" 
 
0:29:18 (Pop-up)
Simon Crum  Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth   Favoriting   Capitol  7"    0:31:31 (Pop-up)
Patsy Cline  Strange   Favoriting   Decca  7"    0:33:32 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Lonely Girl   Favoriting       live on the Porter Wagoner Show  0:36:36 (Pop-up)
Waylon Jennings  Burning Memories   Favoriting S/T  Vocalion  LP    0:38:16 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bare  Detroit City   Favoriting   RCA Victor  7"    0:40:39 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys 
Water Baby Boogie   Favoriting
 
Cimarron 
7" 
 
0:43:26 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town)   Favoriting Life Turned Her That Way  Kapp  LP    0:46:52 (Pop-up)
Faron Young  Unmitigated Gall   Favoriting Unmitigated Gall  Mercury  LP    0:49:36 (Pop-up)
The Owens Brothers and The Dixie Strings  Heart Over Mind   Favoriting   Vibrant  7"    0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Lefty Frizzell  'Gator Hollow   Favoriting   Columbia  7"    0:55:32 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys 
Wapanuka   Favoriting
 
Cimarron 
7" 
 
0:58:04 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Richard S:

Hello!
  8:04pm
Tennessee Jeb:

Hey Becky and everyone! Happy to be listening live!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Tome:

nice picking on this one wow and a great song !hi Beck and all.. and Happy Tgiving and a long weekend for most of you also I'm hoping !
Avatar 8:07pm
david_:

evening, Tonkers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Becky:

Hey you all! Happy holidays.
  8:09pm
Diego Britt:

Nice to hear some Mel Becky! Thanks!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Becky:

Diego!! Great to see you here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Bootsie:

I was sad when I heard Mel passed. He was one of my mom's faves back in the day, along with Chet, Charley Pride, Eddy Arnold, and Mario Lanza. :-(
  8:10pm
Diego Britt:

I count on you for the 'deep' tracks...
Avatar 8:11pm
david_:

a perfect way to pre-Thanksgiving
  8:12pm
yippie:

yeah you know what we like
Avatar 8:15pm
david_:

Columbia production was so good in this period, too.
Avatar 8:17pm
Richard S:

Any possibility of a live recording coming up? I'm told that Tillis was amazing in person.
  8:18pm
sufferwords:

loved m-m-mel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Tome:

choo choo
Avatar 8:20pm
david_:

yeah he took a lot of crap... turned it into dollar bills. i like that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
Becky:

@Richard - I'll try!
  8:28pm
Tennessee Jeb:

Awesome. This has to be one of my all time favorites you’ve played Becky, didn’t know it was Mel’s!
Avatar 8:30pm
Richie:

Whew! First time I've been able to listen to a "Live" broadcast in a bazillion years! Hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
ultradamno:

All winners so far (how could they not be?), I especially loved "I Ain't Never"
Avatar 8:32pm
Richard S:

Thanks, Becky! No problem if you can't find one..... (we have YouTube)
  8:36pm
Diego Britt:

I'm going to go on record saying I didn't remember that Mel wrote 'Strange'... Makes sense though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
ultradamno:

I didn't either. Beautiful, of course.
Avatar 8:38pm
Richard S:

Yay! Thanks, Becky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
Becky:

I made a lot of amazing discoveries this week. Thanks, Mel.
Avatar 8:48pm
david_:

so effin good. Thankful for this show, Becky!
  8:49pm
A.T.F.:

thermin???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Layet Johnson:

Great show, Becky! I have a stutter but it doesn't effect my singing either. Too bad I don't have a good voice...
  8:50pm
Diego Britt:

Thanks for a great show!
Avatar 8:51pm
Richard S:

I have to remember to tune in more often. Thank goodness for the Archives!
  8:55pm
A.T.F.:

Celebrate thanksgiving by going to a indian owned casino and giving them some$$$$$$.....we owe them.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Becky:

@ATF - Amen.
Avatar 8:58pm
Richard S:

Last time I did that, ATF, I left the table with twice as much as I had when I sat down. Should I apologize?
  9:00pm
Diego Britt:

RIP Mel!
  9:00pm
Tennessee Jeb:

Great show!!! Happy Thanksgiving to all. Grateful for WFMU and to you Becky! Thank you thank you
  9:00pm
A.T.F.:

Thanks HTRG the music that my ears first heard...
Avatar 9:00pm
Richard S:

As long as we have Mel's music, he's not really gone.
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