Favoriting Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from April 27, 2022 Favoriting

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Favoriting April 27, 2022: Tumbling Tumbleweeds

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Artist Track Label Format Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
The Islanders 

The Enchanted Sea   Favoriting

Mayflower Records 

7" 

0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sons of the Pioneers  Tumbling Tumbleweeds   Favoriting RCA Victor  7"  0:05:08 (Pop-up)
Roy Acuff  Wabash Cannonball   Favoriting Hickory  7"  0:07:44 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Swan  Country Cattin'   Favoriting MGM  7"  0:10:22 (Pop-up)
Ernest Tubb  Saturday Satan Sunday Saint   Favoriting Decca  7"  0:12:39 (Pop-up)
Betty Amos with Judy & Jean  Eighteen Wheels A Rolling   Favoriting Starday  7"  0:15:48 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Freddy and Lonie 

Wildwood Flower   Favoriting

Western 

7" 

0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Big Jeff  I Don't Talk To Strangers   Favoriting Dot  7"  0:21:13 (Pop-up)
Conway Twitty  I Don't Want To Be With Me   Favoriting Decca  7"  0:24:20 (Pop-up)
Lynn Anderson  That's A No No   Favoriting Chart  7"  0:25:50 (Pop-up)
Al Bain  Doing My Time   Favoriting Chart  7"  0:27:57 (Pop-up)
Clyde Owens  I Ran Off The Road Of Love   Favoriting Chart  7"  0:30:08 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Freddy and Lonie 

Allen's Way   Favoriting

Western 

7" 

0:32:17 (Pop-up)
Joann Bon and the Coquettes  You're Getting Restless   Favoriting MTA  7"  0:35:05 (Pop-up)
Betty Barnes & The Echoes  You Gotta Pay   Favoriting Detour  7"  0:36:58 (Pop-up)
Ray Taylor and Alabama Pals  Hamtramck Baby   Favoriting Clix  7"  0:39:29 (Pop-up)
The Sprouts  Goodbye, She's Gone   Favoriting RCA Victor  7"  0:41:32 (Pop-up)
Porter Wagoner And Dolly Parton  Burning The Midnight Oil   Favoriting RCA Victor  7"  0:43:32 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Islanders 

The Enchanted Sea   Favoriting

Mayflower Records 

7" 

0:45:17 (Pop-up)
Mel Beel  Where Does That Leave Me   Favoriting Paula Records  7"  0:47:34 (Pop-up)
Ernie Brend  A Woman Like You   Favoriting Winchester  7"  0:49:51 (Pop-up)
Darrell Harkins  This Fool Can't Even Cry Right   Favoriting Joey  7"  0:52:07 (Pop-up)
Bobby Stone  I'm What's Left -Of What Was Once A Man-   Favoriting Northway  7"  0:54:33 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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ultradamno:

Becky! Tonkies!
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loveless:

In studio? Hello all.
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Handy Haversack:

Becky! Tonka Trucks! Gifts of country gold!
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Whippoorwill:

Howdy Tonkies!
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Mr. Fine Wine:

Popcorn exotica with sound effects!
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BothKindsofMusic:

Hi BB
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PigeonsAndRust:

Ahoy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Hey, Becky!, folks!
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Dano59:

All good things include both kinds of music. Evening all! Sitting here with the dog Maisie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Dano59:

There *was* a great indie store on Haight Street when I was there in June 2000. Found a Mike Good CD & Robert Earl Keen. I also went to Amoeba, way way down Haight.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Destroit:

Hi Becky, and hello to all the nice ones. So happy to be here!
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Handy Haversack:

ultradamno, loveless, Whippoorwill, Mr. Fine Wine, BothKinds, PAR, Pauly, Dano59 -- good to see you all! Gifts of country gold indeed!

Thought I might have missed the show, but a COVID exposure put the kibosh on dinner plans, and here we are!
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BothKindsofMusic:

Sometimes there's man...
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Handy Haversack:

Darkness warshed over the Dude ...

Hey there, Destroit!
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ultradamno:

Hiya Handy!

How do you keep the tumbleweed tumblin' in your house? Treadmill?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
loveless:

@Handy Hello there!
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Dano59:

Buster Scruggs!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Hey, Handy! Be well! No more Covid for you!
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Whippoorwill:

The thought of a tumbleweed on a treadmill just cracked me up and down @ultradamno
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Becky:

@Ultradamno a series of fans positioned around a square room
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Dano59:

Becky haha that works too! The furthest thing from mylar balloons I can think of.
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Handy Haversack:

"I am tumbling in a room ..."
  8:09pm
charlesmittens:

WHERE THE MONEY LEBOWSKI
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Little Danny:

hi becky! hi everybody
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AnotherJon:

Wait..... you can buy a tumbleweed? Why don't we all have one.
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Dano59:

there was a band (in Ohio?) called Give Us the Money Lebowski.
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Little Danny:

you can buy tumbleweeds on etsy which is... hilarious
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Becky:

@AnotherJon You sure can! People on Etsy who live in places where they roll by 100x a day will send you one in a box.
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Little Danny:

i'll send anyone a tumbleweed just holler
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ultradamno:

I do get the occasional tumblin' dust devil
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Dano59:

switching this over to the FMU app > iPod > '70s stereo setup to make these scratches sound more authentic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Becky:

@Little Danny if you have REALLY round tumbleweeds that don't shed too many seeds I'll take you up on it, but maybe you're joking. I'm not
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
ultradamno:

I guess that's not really the right phrase, dust bunny, that is
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Destroit:

Hi Handy, nice seeing you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Dano59:

I can imagine the UPS guy lifting the huge light-as-a-feather box in front of Becky's place
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Little Danny:

becky: i'm not kidding! next time the wind shifts i'll gather up a few and email you :)
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Becky:

It should say FRAGILE, ALSO VERY LIGHT on the top otherwise they get bumped on the head every time.
  Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
gskidmark:

Greeting from New Mexico. Tumbleweeds blowing outside me door. imgur.com...
  8:13pm
Andres:

Hi, Becky and all! I could use some very small tumbleweeds that would be suitable as cat toys.
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Little Danny:

@gskidmark: where in new mexico are you?
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Dano59:

haybales are the cliche typical country-band stage dressing ... so tumbleweeds are next-level props
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Handy Haversack:

No *wonder* every day is Saturday to a dog!
  8:15pm
Dean from Old Bridge:

Another great show, Becky!
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Dano59:

The Rodeo Bar coulda used some tumbleweeds
  8:15pm
Slaboch:

Our cats Nancy & Lee really loved that last Swan song!
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Becky:

@Dano59 you're so right. I miss the Rodeo Bar
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ultradamno:

I personally cut out all breaks from my life of sin decades ago. It takes discipline, but it can be done!
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gskidmark:

@Litte_Danny 10 miles south of Santa Fe.
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Becky:

Hi Nancy & Lee! Meow!
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AnotherJon:

Haha incredible. I love that!
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Dano59:

Me too Becky, me too. My friends (Frog Holler, and Baby Gramps) played there often.
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BothKindsofMusic:

One of my great music regrets is the time Ralph Stanley came to St. Paul, MN and played two shows billed as Saturday Satan, Sunday Saint. One was at the Turf Club one Saturday night and the other at a church Sunday morning.
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Destroit:

Holy cow Bothkinds that is incredible haha
  8:18pm
Andres:

On the positive side, it does requires discipline to maintain the Sin/Saint schedule.
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Becky:

Wait, what BKoM? We need to discuss this.
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Dano59:

You gotta sin to get saved ...
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Destroit:

Exactly Becky! Haha, totally needs discussion
  8:20pm
P-90:

Incredible production on that Betty Judy & Jean
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Mr. Fine Wine:

Slaboch of western Michigan?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
Dano59:

Jim Lauderdale had some good Ralph Stanley anecdotes. I met him once, in Harrisburg; such a nice man.
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BothKindsofMusic:

It was 20 years ago and it HAUNTS me.
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Handy Haversack:

BKoM, we have a cracked Turf Club pint glass on the memento shelf in the kitchen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
Dano59:

Wabash Cannonball this week, Dizzy Dean last week (repeated). Stars align somehow
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
AnotherJon:

They got some expensive tumbleweeds on etsy. Also my wife just informed me that apparently there is an etsy boycott goin on? Maybe the new hookup should be exclusively @Little Danny
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JohnEBGood:

Hey Becky, these are all 7 inch. I'm better than that. Haa Haaa. You Already Know ; )
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Destroit:

My first pandemic haircut.,,after 15 months of hair….i told some dude named Ponce i wanted Conway Twitty hair. He made it happen.
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Whippoorwill:

Which version on Conway hair @destroit If i remember correctly @BKoM has opinions on his hair/music correlations.
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Dano59:

For all your tumbleneeds, call Little Danny
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Destroit:

And this Al Bain track if hot af
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Destroit:

*is
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Becky:

@JohnEBGood take that somewhere else
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Dano59:

Fiddles, chicken-pickin', a train beat and pedal steel - it can't get any better
  8:32pm
Andres:

Insurance won’t cover this type of incident.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
McGroovey:

That NoNo song is excellent. That much stunt-rhyming normally leads to musical disaster.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
JohnEBGood:

Hey Becky and WFWU family. I'm watching this show called Justified on Hulu. It would of been a lot better if you were the musical director.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Handy Haversack:

"Love is not admissible evidence! ..."
  8:34pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

I miss the Turf Club - moved away long ago but that’s a great place. I think the Clown Bar downstairs closed but that was fun too.
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Destroit:

@Whippoorwill - the poofy late 70’s Conway. Like the Timeless album cover. It was absurd. But only Ponce could do it with his spray and magic hairdryer. I couldnt do it at home…so sorta one time deal haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
JohnEBGood:

Just sharing. Peace.
  8:35pm
P-90:

“No No” really is an amazing lyric writing job
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Whippoorwill:

@destroit Nice! I've never replicated any haircut once washed, ever.
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Handy Haversack:

Second Conway Twittying on WFMU in the past few days. Michael Shelley played "Rocky Top" on Sat. (for Satan, I assume).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
Little Danny:

becky have you ever done any specials focused on a specific record label?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
JohnEBGood:

My bad Becky. But this is WFMU and we know about double entendre.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
Becky:

@JohnEBGood This is WFMU and we say when people are being creepazoids.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
Becky:

@Little Danny I don't know that I have besides sets within shows! But have thought about it for a special October show or a premium.
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Whippoorwill:

@johnebgood shut yer trap and move along
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ultradamno:

More now than ever twitter.com...
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BothKindsofMusic:

No need to harass the host with dick comments.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
AnotherJon:

Yea lets stop being creepy and keep talkin about tumbleweeds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Becky:

Hear hear, AnotherJon. Tumbleweeds are wholesome and bring delight to all who see them
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Handy Haversack:

I do like the idea of Little Danny being the tumbleweed impresario of the eastward (tumbleweed-deprived) parts of the country.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
JohnEBGood:

Wow! Thanks Becky.
  8:43pm
Andres:

Hamtramck! Often see shows listed there that I would love to attend but for the three hour drive there plus border crossing.
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Mr. Fine Wine:

JohnEBGood: I think it's unanimous, actually.
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ultradamno:

I post a couple of things about Elsa Lanchester on Twitter and now I'm getting emails from Pinterest about her....Mark Hurst is kidding around about them trackers.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, "creepazoid" has my vote.
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Dano59:

A Starday special could go on for weeks
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Whippoorwill:

@Dano59 the book Starday Story by Nathan Gibson is an excellent read about the label
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Becky:

Dano, you're so right.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
Becky:

The endless awesome private offshoot labels.
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Dano59:

Hamtramck Mama was among the tracks on this fantastic Bloodshot covers comp: www.discogs.com...
  8:51pm
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Tumbleweeds, become invasive destroyers of places where they don't naturally occur. Don't ship them: https://gazette.com/news/colorado-tumbleweed-explosion-creating-hazards-and-headaches-for-many/article_ad1e0b8a-a4cd-5865-b402-e21db6dffa0d.html
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Mr. Fine Wine:

A humble tumbleweed won't become an invasive destroyer of an apartment in New York!
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JohnEBGood:

I apologize to you all. A comment gone wrong!
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BothKindsofMusic:

NYC is about 1% unpaved land. I think they'll be ok in an apt in Brooklyn.
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Dano59:

I became kind of obsessed with hearing all 500 songs in the Heartaches By the Number book, and buy cheap Starday compilation LPs whenever I see them at garage sales
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ultradamno:

The hardwood floors are in danger!!!
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Handy Haversack:

If that article names Little Danny as a "kingpin" or "supervillain," I'm gonna plotz!

Also: Many thanks, Becky! Very glad to have been here for the show!

And glad to see you all, Wednesday-night gifts of country gold! Keep on Tonkin'!
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Becky:

@ultradamno I have so many rugs!
  8:54pm
Andres:

Thank ye, Becky! See ya, Tumbleweeds!
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Whippoorwill:

Great show, nighty night all you TumbleTonkies!
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BothKindsofMusic:

The amount of wrong in that book is about 500 songs. When Becky and I did our podcast, it was a HOT mess of a topic.
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Destroit:

Thanks you Becky and all of the nice people.
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Handy Haversack:

Tumble-Tonks and Honk-Weeds all find a home here.
  8:56pm
Harry Corvair:

Front to back, great show. Loving a Wednesday on this free form radio station, Honky Tonk Radio Girl. Salute!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Little Danny:

thank you becky! great as always
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Dano59:

all of you, hanging out for Tumbleweed Talk Tonight, a big ol' THANK YOU in bold Hatch Show Print wood type.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Dano59:

I get that, BKoM. But its encylopedic nature appeals to me. (send me podcast info!)
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