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Catch Mike's latst show today.
I'm sure it is a beauty.
Don

Don,

Thanks so much for the bump!

Here is the new show that is now up on pod cast:

A Pod Cast of this week’s “Swingin’ West” hour can now be heard any time of the day or night at YOUR convenience. It should be available for over a month. Just click where it says Pod cast- “Listen Now 24 Hours a Day” on the home page of the “Swingin’ West” web site (CAN BE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR UPLOAD depending upon your browser)www.swinginwest.com
Swingin' West - Mike Gross
February 27, 2010
2:00-3:00 PM (Eastern) Salute to Texas
I. Theme
o You Can't Take the Texas Out of Me- Liz Talley (CD- More Than Satisfied)
o Everybody in Ft Worth Says Hello- Mack Abernathy (West Texas Country) (CD- Compilation # 29)
o There's Still a Lot of Love in San Antone- Darrell McCall (Heart of Texas) (CD- The Essential Darrell McCall)
II. Theme
o New Panhandle Rag- Western Lights (CD- Bob Played Here!)
o So Long Tall Texan- Dan Roberts & Lona Heins (Old Boots) (CD- Beyond the Brand)
o Shuffle Me Back to Texas- Ray Sanders (Hillside) (CD- Texas Dance Hall Style)
III. 1950's Western Swing
o Someone's Rockin' My Dreamboat- Julia Steele & Count Basie Orch. (Steel- Jody Carver) (CS- Derry single)
o I'm Draggin'- Herb Remington (UA) (CD- Remington Rides Again)
o Don't Keep it a Secret- Bob Wills & Texas Playboys (Vocal- Jack Loyd) (Decca) (Bear Family) (German Import) (13CD- 1DVD- Faded Love- Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys 1947-1973)
IV. Western Concert- Rose Songs
o Apache Rose- Sons of the Pioneers (From Movie "Apache Rose") (1947-Republic) (4CD Roy Rogers Set- It Was Always the Music)
o When the Roses Bloom Next Spring- Fletcher Jowers (CD- Sing Me a Cowboy Song)
o Roses for Rosey- Way Out West (Blue Bhikku) (CD- Poke Songs and Pony Tales Vol.2- Cowboy Christmas Eve)
V. Theme
o Midnight in Old Amarillo- The Prescott Playboys (CD- Live at the Raven Cafe- Disc 1)
o Across the Alley From the Alamo- Les Gilliam (Lunacy) (CD- Oklahoma- 1955)
o Texas Cookin'- Milo & Rachel Deering (CD- Texas Jam)
o Don't Mess With Texas- Kelli Grant (Silverfalls) (CD- Kelli Grant Swings & Sings)
Lily Dale- Bobbe Seymour & Jimmy Day (CD- Bobbe Seymour's Masters

Mike,

What a great service you provide to all fans of western swing. I love your shows and am so glad they can be heard anytime now. Count me in as a loyal follower!

My dear friend Mike,

With all of the problems our great country is going through with people losing their jobs and having their home in forclosure..

Watching Televison or listening to the same political issues being disccused, which only add to the problems at hand,

Listening to your great show and my honor to call you my friend means very much to me.

I have told many friends who are not members of this great Forum of your show, I've sent your www.swinginwest.com to those I know from coast to coast...

You're music is captivating and therapeutic...to those of us who listen to my dear friend Mike and to Steel Players from all parts of the world, keep up as you have and as I've said many times over, You are the best in your field and have
done myself and those who listen to you. PROUD!!!

Your buddy always,

Jody-and if anyone thinks I'm laying this on a bit too thick, It's my opinion...what I've posted is from my heart..and to me that's what counts. Thank you again Mike, You are the BEST!!!

edited to add...

Bret and Jody,

Thanks so much for the kind words. You guys out there listening really means a lot to me and is really appreciated.

Jody & Bret
You guys have it right about Mike and his wonderful
shows which are a great service to us all.
I just wish more folks would tune him him and let him know on this Forumcand his about his TwangTownUSA post.
Thanks Mike for all you do.
It doesn't go un-noticed by your loyal fans.
Don

Thanks Don! You are a wonderful help.

Relax, rest your eyes and enjoy a great radio show on line anytime of the day or night.

Mike's shows are the best on the net.
You have to take the time to listen to them.
Don

Don,

Thanks so much for those great words. Here is this week's show now available for listening:

A Pod Cast of this week’s “Swingin’ West” hour can now be heard any time of the day or night at YOUR convenience. It should be available for over a month. Just click where it says Pod cast- “Listen Now 24 Hours a Day” on the home page of the “Swingin’ West” web site (CAN BE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR UPLOAD depending upon your browser)www.swinginwest.com
Swingin' West - Mike Gross
March 6, 2010
2:00-3:00 PM (Eastern)
Western Swing Meets Pop Big Band
I. Theme
o Don't Get Around Much Anymore- Les Gilliam (Lunacy) (CD- Oklahoma- 1955)
o All of Me- Jimmy & Starla Queen (Q-Tone) (CD- Jazzitude!)
o Georgia On My Mind- Don Sulesky (CD- Favorite Requests)
II. Western Concert
o Did You Mean That Last Good-bye- Jimmie Dale (Continental) (Palace) (LP- Songs of the Old West)
o Cowboy School- The Old West Trio (CD- Ridin' Back to Yesterday)
o Buttons and Bows- Barbara Nelson (CD- Back to My Boots & Saddle)
III. Theme- Glenn Miller
o In the Mood- The Desperados (Rio) (CD- Desperado)
o People Like You and Me- Mark Wayne (CD- Authentic Masters)
o Cowboy Serenade- Dan T. Chambers (Timelesstyle) (CD- Compilation Vol. 2)
IV. Texas Dance Hall Time
o It's Dark All Over the World- Howard Kalish (Behemoth) (CD- What the Hey)
o Together, We Can Find a Way- Ben Chesney (CD- She's My Kind of Lady)
o I Never Go Around Mirrors- Kenny Seratt (Hillside) (In 2CDs- Best of Kenny Seratt & Hillside Records Country Song Roundup)
V. Theme
o Cherokee- Jim Cohen (Acceptable) (CD- Four to the Bar)
o You Call Everybody Darlin'- River Road Boys (Buzzard Roost) (CD- Houston)
VI. My Darling Nellie Gray- Dave Bourne (Old Coot) (CD- Saloon Piano Volume II)

Thank you for airing my session with.....
Julia Steele and the Count Basie Orchestra
and again for airing the song my dad composed many years ago, and I recall you're first airing that many years ago, it was one of the first he composed..Did You mean that Last Goodbye with the late Vaughn Horton on steel and Jimmy Dale on vocal, I was still trying to learn steel guitar at that time.

My dad would have been proud of you as I am..then there's Sam Martins great song You call everybody Darling, my dad and Sam were close friends and I met him when I was young, I beleive Sam and Al Trace composed that beauty, I may be wrong however Al Trace had something to do with it, perhaps the first recording of that Thank you for having Don Sulesky's music played as well.Don is a good friend and fine steel player

All of us who play Steel Guitar admire you for the man that you are and the expertise that you offer..someone once said and I quote........

There is only one Mike Gross..un-quote..how right that someone was....

Keep up the great work, and I'll quote. There IS ONLY ONE MIKE GROSS........

Your friend and fan,you sure bring me back to a time gone by, and for that. I thank you again...I'm happy to hear my dad's songs played and proud of you for making that possible, You've done all of us proud and to have you on this Forum is a blessing.. www.swinginwest.com

Jody-edited to add.

What a great show this week.
I got a chance to listen to it this morning.
The pod cast is great for us who can't always listen to it at its regular airing time.
Don

>>Come A Little Bit Closer- Jim Stringer and the AM Band (Music Room) (CD- Triskaidekaphilia)

Mike... thanks for the spin... as always, your show is a great bunch of music, and a reminder that there is still alot of good music being made, despite the efforts of the Nashville establishment!

BTW... the steel guitar on "Come a Little Bit Closer" is my good friend and forum contributor, Roy Glaze, one of my favorite Austin steelers... beautiful tone, great pitch and always there for the song, not just to show off his licks!

Jody, Don and Jim,

I can't thank you all enough for the bumps to the thread about my show.

Jim, it is so great to see you on the Forum and I have to echo your thoughts about the good music being out there. It is my pleasure to play the good stuff that you record. You are also right about Roy's fine steel playing.

Time for a boost.
Mike's show needs to be on top where players can see it.
Don

Don,

Thanks for the bump, buddy ! Give these shows a listen as a couple more will be going up early within the next couple of days.

The new show will be here before you now it.
Listen to it NOW.
Don

Don,

Thanks for the bump! I just posted two new podcasts!

A Pod Cast of this week and next week’s “Swingin’ West” shows can now be heard any time of the day or night at YOUR convenience. It should be available for over a month. Just click where it says Pod cast- “Listen Now 24 Hours a Day” on the home page of the “Swingin’ West” web site (CAN BE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR UPLOAD depending upon your browser)www.swinginwest.com
Here are the play lists for both shows:
Swingin' West - Mike Gross
March 13, 2010
2:00-3:00 PM (Eastern)

Western Swing Salute to the Ladies

Theme
Sweet Jennie Lee- Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel (Bismeaux) (CD- Now Playing!- Willie & the Wheel)
Rosetta- Bob Wills & Texas Playboys (Vocal- Bob Wills) (Liberty) (Bear Family) (German Import) (13CD- 1DVD- Faded Love- Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys 1947-1973)
It's All About Phyllis- Don Powell (CD- Tulsa Download)
Theme
Miss Molly- Western Lights (CD- Bob Played Here!)
Sweet Georgia Brown- Bobbe Seymour (Goldstar) (CD- Steel Guitar Favorites)
Lily Dale- Les Gilliam (Lunacy) (CD- Oklahoma- 1955)
Composer's Corner- Pee Wee King
Bonaparte's Retreat- Wild River Band (CD- Old Boots- New Steps)
Tennessee Waltz- Swing Commanders (UK Import) (CD- Fiddlers on the Hoof)
You Belong to Me- Sandy Miller (CD- Sands of Time Gone By)
Mixed Grouping
I'm On a Roll- Chuck Lettes (CD- Country Sketch)
Sweet- Shoot Low Sheriff (CD- The Mockingbird Sessions)
El Comancho- Diamond W Wranglers (CD- The Old & the New)
Theme
Pretty Maria- Ambrogio Gaigher (Genes) (Brazilian Import) (In CD Vol. 4 & 6)
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile- Dick Hammonds (CD- Love Letters)
Kissin' Katie at the Gate- Ray R. Jones (EH King) (CD- Compilation # 93)
Shelly's Winter Love- Johnny Johnson (CD- One Last Time)
Maiden's Prayer- Buddy Emmons (Step One) (CD- Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons- Swingin' From the 40's Thru the 80's)
Swingin' West - Mike Gross


March 20, 2010
2:00-3:00 PM (Eastern)

Tribute to Those We Lost in 2009- Part II

Theme
Carrying on the Show- Jody Nix (Tommy Harvell- bass) (Brooke) (CS- New Road Under My Wheels)
Wine Me Up- Jeff Chance & Johnny Lyon (BILLY DEATON) (Music Master) (CD- Back Again)
Paradise Ballroom- Billy Lee Riley (Reba) (Canadian Import) (CD- Hillbilly Rockin' Man)
Theme- Steel Guitarists
Gearshiftin'- Walter Haynes & Tommy Hill's Nashville String Band (Starday) (EP- Steel Guitar Instrumentals)
Somewhere in San Antone- Windy Wood (Don Bristow- Steel) (Sundown) (UK Import) (LP- West Texas Swing)
My Adobe Hacienda- Red Steagall (James Wood- Steel) (ABC Dot) (Koch) (CD- Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music/For All Our Cowboy Friends)
Theme
Indiana- Herby Wallace (Bobby Caldwell- Lead Guitar) (HWP) (CD- Selections of the Toe-Tapping Variety as Played on the Twin-Neck Electric Steel Guitar)
Coyote Choir- Jim "Curly" Musgrave (CD- Born to Be a Cowboy)
I'm a Fool to Care- LES PAUL & Mary Ford (Capitol) (LP- Hits of Les & Mary)
Theme- Composer's Corner (Songs of Cliff Crofford)
Bar Room Buddies- Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood (Elektra) (LP- Soundtrack- Bronco Billy)
Whiskey Heaven- Fats Domino (Warner Brothers-Viva) (45 Single)
Ride Concrete Cowboy Ride- Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers (MCA) (LP- Soundtrack- Smokey and the Bandit 2)
Theme- Texas
Texas Swing- Ernie Ashworth (Stardust) (Compilation # 61)
Home in San Antone- Lynn Ward (Tom Cat) (CD- My Life's Been a Pleasure)
Somewhere Out in Texas- Leon Chambers (CD- The Dream of a Dreamer)
Faded Love- Ricky Boen & Texas Mud (WR) (CD- A Cowboy Has to Sing)

This needs a bump bad!

Mike....you're wonderful show is heard by.all of my Fender friends in Arizona like Nick Shane Executive VP and my buddy Sam Marshall head of those great Fender products out there in Arizona and.California Sam Marshall is a member of this forum and looks in often and they listen in often and enjoy your show and I hope that my buddies at Fender will see the interest and effort you've put into steel guitars and start manufacturing those great steel guitars again..I'm proud to call my Mike Gross my friend..and always will be..

www.swinginwest.com

Another great show from Mike.
Don

Jody, You really flatter me, amigo! Thank you!


Don,

Thanks, buddy! You are awesome and really appreciated.
Those words sound great to me.

Time to remind all about all these pod casts of a radio show with some great Western Swing and steel music. www.swinginwest.com

Again, back to the top.

It's time to jump on the band wagon and listen to Mike show today.
Don