Back to the Country Dog Show

 Howdy Friends, tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I'm hoping you'll spend at least part of it with me. I'll be hosting Back to the Country from 9am-noon (cst) on WORT FM and paying tribute to the most loyal and loving souls on this planet--dogs! 

There will be no songs about junkyard dogs or tough dogs and no "Salty Dog" or "Hound Dog" varieties, since those songs are really about people and not dogs. Instead, tomorrow morning's show will be a festive country music tribute to all those sweet, kind, compassionate, and funny dogs that make our lives so much better.

Tune in via 89.9fm in Southern Wisconsin or streaming via wortfm.org . Pictured here: me with Lola the dog in her new Doggy Parton dress.

Live at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Full Video Available

Last year I was invited to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to take part in a special panel discussion about the Bob Pinson Recorded Sound Collection alongside country music scholar and discographer Tony Russell, the CMF's first full-time Director, Bill Ivey, and moderated by historian Patrick Huber. I shared a few of my thoughts on the greatest collection of country music recordings, some of the nitty gritty of collecting and curating, and a few of the challenges surrounding access and engagement.

I was then invited to select and spin a few of my favorite records from the collection alongside museum archivist and curator Alan Stoker. We played and talked about some rare Vogue, Bluebird, Sterling, Starday, and Black Patti 78s and I had a blast.

The panel was titled "The Bob Pinson Recorded Sound Collection at Age Fifty" and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum just uploaded the entire video. You can check it out in its entirety here:

Full program: https://countrymusichalloffame1.vhx.tv/videos/the-bob-pinson-recorded-sound-collection-at-age-fifty-2023