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If That Ain't Country
Some call it old country; classic country; real country. We call it traditional country, and that's exactly what we do here at "If That Ain't Country". For three hours each week, we feature the very best traditional country, honky tonk, bluegrass and western swing from the golden years 'til toda...
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Box o' 45s: Rem Wall & The Green Valley Boys
In this week's episode we're remembering an extremely popular regional act who almost broke the big time save for a few noble family decisions: Rem Wa...
Ep. 602 - Hugh X. Lewis - Country Fever
In this week's episode we're featuring Kentucky's Hugh X. Lewis' fourth album for Kapp Records: "Country Fever" (1968). A high school buddy and his so...
Ray Pillow - Even When It's Bad It's Good!
In this week's episode we're featuring an album from the wonderful Ray Pillow: "Even When It's Bad It's Good!" (1967). From Lynchburg, Virginia and a...
Sean Burns - Lost Country
In this week's episode we return to Canada for a fresh new release from Winnipeg's Sean Burns: "Lost Country" (2023). After some spitballing with guit...
Red's Country Ladies
This week it's all gals! More than just Dolly, it's three hours of the very best female voices of traditional country, honky tonk, bluegrass and weste...
Pat Patterson - Most Requested Country Songs
In this week's episode we're featuring an ultra-rare slice of 1969 honky tonk from a West Virginian stationed in West Germany after his service: "Most...
Stoney Edwards - Land Of The Giants
In this week's episode we're featuring an unreleased album for Capitol Records recorded from 1973 by Oklahoma's Stoney Edwards: "The Land Of The Giant...
Sonny Burns: 1959-1968
In this week's episode we're turning the spotlight on Texan Sonny Burns' second attempt at recording success during the years 1959-1968. What little i...
The Derailers - Full Western Dress
In this week's episode we're featuring an album from Austin-based outfit The Derailers from the peak of their power: "Full Western Dress" (1999). Ridi...
The Whites - Whole New World
In this week's episode we're featuring a 1985 album for family band The Whites: "Whole New World". When family patriarch and lynchpin of the group Buc...
Hoot Hester - On The Swingin' Side
In this week's episode we're featuring a relatively rare lead vocal performance from Kentucky fiddleman Hoot Hester: "On The Swingin' Side". Stints wi...
I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn
In this week's episode we're featuring some unearthed West Coast country on the hitherto-unknown Howdy Glenn from our friends at Omnivore Recordings:...
BONUS: Interview with Scott B. Bomar on "The Complete Howdy Glenn"
WARNING: Country music nerdity alert! Well, no more than usual I suppose.. Anyway, this time it's something a little different! An unedited chat with...
Gene Davis: California Country King
In this week's episode we're featuring the music of one of The West Coast's most popular club draws in Missouri's Gene Davis. Davis tripped over to Th...
Johnny Dollar - Down Life's Highway
In this week's episode we're featuring a delightful compilation on Johnny Dollar (yes that was his real name), put out in 1982: "Down Life's Highway"....
Randy Kohrs & The Reel Deal - Now It's Empty
In this week's episode we're featuring the one album release for dobro-maestro Randy Kohrs and his short-lived band The Reel Deal: "Now It's Empty" (2...
George Dearborne - Old Brown Bottle
In this week's episode we're featuring the debut album for Beaumont's George Dearborne: "Old Brown Bottle" (2020). Make no mistake though, this is not...
All Request Show #2
In this week's episode we once again opened up the request lines to the members of our Traditional Country Tragics Facebook group for an all-request s...
Caution! Eddie Bond Music Is Contagious: The Hard Country Side Of A Rockabilly Star
In this week's episode we're showcasing the country roots of revered Memphis-born rocker Eddie Bond: digging into Bond's back catalogue for some forgo...
Conway Twitty - Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie
In this week's episode we're featuring a Conway Twitty album taken from smack dab in the middle of his hard country years (approx. 1965-1975): "Darlin...
Melba Montgomery - The Original Nugget Sessions (1962)
In this week's episode we're featuring Melba Montgomery's complete Nugget Records sessions from the year 1962. Shortly after having spent almost four...
Jim Ed Brown - Bottle, Bottle
In this week's episode we're featuring a dynamite outlier from the late 60s career of Jim Ed Brown: "Bottle, Bottle" (1968). A lot of Brown's full-len...
Eddie Noack on Allstar: 1962-1966
In this week's episode we're focusing on Allstar Records, a part song-poem part legitimate commercial label operating between 1953-1966 in Houston, Te...
Larry Boone - One Way To Go
In this week's episode we're featuring an off-the-beaten-path slice of the neo-traditional era from Larry Boone: "One Way To Go" (1991). Boone's songw...
Little Jimmy Dickens - Country Music Hall Of Fame
In this week's show we're featuring a later career album for longtime Opry staple and country music fixture Little Jimmy Dickens: "Country Music Hall...
Summer Dean - Bad Romantic
In this week's episode we're featuring the debut full-length album for Texan Summer Dean: "Bad Romantic" (2021). Born in Clay County, Texas and countr...
Leland Martin - Simply Traditional
In this week's episode we're featuring a 2002 independent album whose name says it all from Missouri's Leland Martin: "Simply Traditional". Born into...
George Jones, Melba Montgomery & Judy Lynn - A King & Two Queens
In this week's episode we've got a magnificent snapshot of the talented United Artists country roster: "A King & Two Queens" (1964). Initially conceiv...
Porter Wagoner - I'll Keep On Lovin' You
In this week's episode we're featuring a 1973 album from Porter Wagoner: "I'll Keep On Lovin' You". Porter was churning out three or four LPs a year f...
Johnny Russell - Here Comes Johnny Russell
In this week's episode we're featuring the final album in Johnny Russell's six short years at RCA Records: "Here Comes Johnny Russell" (1975). A big m...
Reba McEntire - Have I Got A Deal For You
In this week's episode we're traveling back to the mid-80s and remembering the two year, two album period where Reba McEntire could have staked her cl...
Roy Drusky - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2
In this week's episode we're cherry-picking the best hard country cuts from our twin feature albums on Roy Drusky: "Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2" [1965,...
Sean Burns & Lost Country - We Gotta Lotta Truckin' To Do
In this week's episode we're jumping in the semi and travelling north to get our twang on with Winnipeg's Sean Burns & Lost Country. One of only a han...
Box o' 45s: Red Steagall
Red Steagall maintains that he was twenty-five years old before he knew anything other than mesquite trees, buffalo grass, barbed wire and Bob Wills....
Ep. 443 - Dawn Sears
Gifted with perfect pitch, technique and vocal control, Dawn Sears remains a criminally underappreciated country talent. There were few voices in rece...
COVER TO COVER Ep. 8 - The Willis Brothers - Road Stop: Juke Box Hits
Big, bright, bold, vivid, colourful and appealing - it could only be a Starday album! And that's what we've got this time for another piece of bonus c...
Curtis Potter - Them Old Honky Tonks
In this week's episode we're featuring the first of three albums compiled on the sensational Curtis Potter on Heart Of Texas Records: "Them Old Honky...
Chris LeDoux - Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy
In this week's episode we're featuring an album from the commercial peak of singing cowboy Chris LeDoux: "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy" (1992). LeDo...
Dale Watson - Whiskey Or God
In this week's episode we're featuring a killer all-original album from classic country torchbearer Dale Watson: "Whiskey Or God" (2006). After stints...
Holly Dunn - Across The Rio Grande
In this week's episode we're featuring the third album from one of the neo-traditional movement's shining lights: Holly Dunn's "Across The Rio Grande"...