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...Speaking of “changing” mountains, Mount Rushmore has been in the news. It is a place where presidents and would-be presidents have enjoyed visiting, along with hundreds of thousands of others each year. History records that on July 3, 1991 President George H.W. Bush visited Mount Rushmore to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the monument. Because of WWII, Mount Rushmore had never been officially dedicated. The Bush visit in 1991, kicked off a $40 million fund drive to refurbish the monument with actor Jimmy Stewart and several other celebrities in attendance. On July 6, 1999 President Clinton visited...

TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday and we have the Farr Brothers with Boggy Road to Texas. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Roy Sneed - Chattanooga Stomp (1950) is our selection today.

Red Foley - Ridin' On A Rainbow (1941) is our tune today. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Blue Kimono Blues by T. Texas Tyler (1951) is our tune for today. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Its Swingin' Monday and we have Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsup with Spanish Fandango (1997). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Since last July 1, California has required background checks for those purchasing firearm ammunition. As we noted, by December 2019 the state had run 345,000 background checks and rejected 62,000 Californians legally entitled to purchase ammunition, including off-duty sheriff’s deputies purchasing shotgun shells to hunt ducks. Officials blamed glitches in the system, but for Ari Freilich of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the system was working as intended, as a “red flag” law allowing seizure of weapons from those who have committed no crime. As it turns out, Freilich was on to something. Last month, the state...

Our tune today is No Parkin' Here by Jimmy Littlejohn (1954). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

We've got some Country Roots with I've Got The Big River Blues by the great Delmore Brothers (1933). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Fresh Red Apple Cheeks by George Morgan (1951) is out tune today. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

David Houston - The Church in the Wildwood (1967) is our gospel tune today.. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday and we have the Raley Brothers with Hoedown Breakdown (1949). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

I know. I couldn't believe it wasn't Ernest Tubb, either. This really is Allen Flatt with That's What She Wrote (1953). Ronnie Pugh, in his book Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour wrote, "Mercury, in fact, became almost a second home for Ernest Tubb imitators, since they also signed Tubb Clone Allen Flatt in 1954, after his earlier discs for Jamboree, Tennessee and Republic. Hal Smith recalls Flatt had live radio programs on WKDA, A Nashville station. Imagine that: Ernest Tubb so popular that he was mimicked in his own city!" Tubb recorded a different tune with the title That's All...

I'm Eatin' High On The Hog by Mac Wiseman (1956) is our tune today. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Swingin' Monday was a holiday, so we'll have Swingin' Tuesday with Adolph Hofner & The Pearl Wranglers and their 1956 recording of I Get So Lonesome (Since You're Gone). Hofner began his recording career with Jimmy Revard and the Oklahoma Playboys. In 1938 he was offered a contract with Bluebird Records and formed the group Adolph Hofner and His Texans. During WWII he recorded as Dolph Hofner & His San Antonians, and in 1950, sponsored by Pearl Beer, he formed Adolph Hofner & The Pearl Wranglers. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday and we have Earl Garner playing Crazy Horse (1972). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

The Lovebug Itch by Eddy Arnold (1950) is our selection today. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Our tune today is Owl Hoot Blues by Dub Dickerson (1950). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

From a 1948 Radio Transcription we have Cliffie Stone with Blue Steel Blues. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Its Swingin' Monday and Leon Rausch does a Cindy Walker tune: The Heebee Jeebee Blues (1999). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/