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Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward
The Hoss is proud to play some of today's best new talent. Out of Denton, Texas comes Rodney Parker and the 50 Peso Reward. They just wrapped up an intimate performance up in St Paul, Minnesota and are running around the Midwest. Check them out if you get a chance. They've got a high octane country rock sound that kicks butt. Right now, we're spinning their single "Atlantic City", tune in, turn on, and rock out. Their latest album is sure to land a spot on our coveted year end best of list.
Lately, we've been having some technical difficulties with your favorite radio station, The Hoss. Turns out 1 out of every 2 songs we upload is somehow silent. We find this to be really weird and annoying. Anyways, if you hear a silent track, drop us a line.
The Official Hoss Radio Oversight Committee has just finished compiling our 2nd annual list of the best Country and Western Albums of the year. We're counting 'em down even though the rankings don't mean much of anything. Most of what we play is golden classic country hits but when we spun a new tune from aught seven, it was probably from one of these here 35 certified albums:
35. Todd Fritsch - Sawdust 34. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex Girlfriend 33. Dave Insley - Call Me Lonesome 32. Jack Ingram - This Is It 31. Moot Davis - Already Moved On 30. Aaron Watson - Barbed Wire Halo 29. Gurf Morlix - Diamonds To Dust 28. Kelly Willis - Translated From Love 27. Gougers - Long Day For The Weathervane 26. Ted Russell Kamp - Divisadero 25. David Gleason - Just Fall To Pieces 24. A. J. Roach - Revelation 23. Jesse Dayton and Bennen Leigh - Holding Our Own 22. Cross Canadian Ragweed - Mission California 21. Drew Kennedy - Dollar Theater Movie 20. Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch 19. Owen Temple - Two Thousand Miles 18. Max Stalling - Topaz City 17. Truckstop Honeymoon - Diamonds In The Asphalt 16. Bobby Pinson - Songs For Somebody 15. Fox Hunt - Nowhere Bound 14. Gary Allan - Living Hard 13. Walt Wilkins - Diamonds In The Sun 12. Bruce Robison - It Came From San Antonio 11. Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck 10. Dale Watson - From The Cradle To The Grave 9. Leroy Powell - Leroy Powell 8. Kevin Fowler - Bring It On 7. Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song 6. Rodney Hayden - Down The Road 5. Shooter Jennings - The Wolf 4. King Wilkie - Low Country Suite 3. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito 2. Chris Knight - The Trailer Tapes 1. Dan Colehour - Straight To The Highway
Cheese Maestro Garth Brooks tops himself. From CMT:
"Garth Brooks' new single will be "Workin' for a Livin'," a duet with Huey Lewis. The single is a remake of the 1982 pop hit by Huey Lewis & the News. Brooks' previous single, "More Than a Memory," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country airplay chart in September. The duet is included on the new compilation, Garth Brooks: The Ultimate Hits."
We've added some Christmas themed songs to the Hoss. There are some from Emmylou Harris, Dale Watson, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, Roger Miller, and a few others. If this holiday cheer gets in the way of your usual honky tonkin' with the Hoss just drop us a line and we'll add another drinkin' song for you.
Darius Rucker, former front man of pop superstars Hootie and the Blowfish is making a country album. He's saying it'll be too country for country radio... that's not too tough these days.
Good gravy... just when you thought he was done, here he comes back from beyond and debuts at #1. Does this harken back to an era of mediocre predictability on country radio? Er, wait...
