I grew up in Castlecrag, that hippie trouble spot of the lower North Shore. Mucked about in Perth, where I was hired by a troupe of travelling actors, presenting plays to the schoolkids around WA. Met the Slim Dusty Show at Lake Grace (Google it, Mate!), where I recognised Australian Country Music as local folk music, which I had been singing in Perth coffee shops. I listened and heard 3 chords and honesty, with great story-telling and considered melody; what more could a person want?
Later, battled through Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma with the help of my sisters, then Joined Northside in 2005 as a clerk, eventually graduated to my stand-in Station Manager.
But my wife was offered a job in Taree, so we escaped to a tree change on 10 acres with a creek at the bottom of the land. Grew our own eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat – yep, we watched the calves being borne, fed them to maturity and killed them and ate them.
Finally, fully retired and back in Sydney, re-joined Northside Radio and, with the death of our loved Georgie Cadwallader, was offered the time slot that Smokey Dawson had at 2NSB – the last station Smokey originated his nationally broadcast show.
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Playlists
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:08 | You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man | Loretta Lynn |
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09:11 | Hard Hat And A Hammer | Alan Jackson |
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09:14 | Gentle on my mind | Tammy Wynette |
09:17 | The Life | Kenny Chesney | |
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09:21 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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09:22 | Paris Skies | Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco |
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09:22 | Funky Garage A | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey |
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09:25 | A Pub With No Beer | Slim Dusty |
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09:29 | Lights On The Hill | Slim Dusty |
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09:32 | Leave Him In The Long Yard | Slim Dusty |
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09:36 | The Biggest Disappointment | Slim Dusty |
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09:41 | Paris Skies | Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco |
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09:42 | Country Music's Coming To Town | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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09:50 | Take A Walk In My Country | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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09:54 | A Woman Knows | Gina Jeffreys |
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09:57 | You Can't Take The Country Out Of The Boy | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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10:02 | Bird On A Wire | Troy Cassar-Daley, Bella |
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10:06 | Galleries of Pink Galahs | Beccy Cole |
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10:11 | Ladies In My Life | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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10:15 | A Better Woman | Beccy Cole |
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10:17 | Chasin' Rodeo | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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10:22 | Solid Ground | Lindsay Waddington |
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10:25 | Getting On With Getting Over You | Dianne Coombes |
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10:28 | Cravin Country | Cameron Cusack/Larry Cann |
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10:32 | Cold Shiver | Lyn Bowtell |
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10:35 | Country Song Came On | Luke Bryan |
10:40 | For Lovers | The London West End Orchestra | |
10:40 | Paris Skies c | Edward Anthony Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco | |
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10:42 | Heartbeat of Australia | Shaza Leigh |
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10:46 | Melbourne In The Wintertime | Clint Wilson |
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10:50 | Catching Yellowbelly | Tracy Coster |
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10:52 | You Can Never Do Wrong in a Mothers Eyes | Stan Coster |
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10:56 | He's A Good Bloke When He's Sober | Slim Dusty |
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11:00 | Three Rivers Hotel | Slim Dusty |
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11:03 | By A Fire Of Gidgee Coal | Slim Dusty |
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11:06 | Angel Of Goulburn Hill | McKean Sisters |
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11:10 | Outlaws Of The Weddin Range | Smoky Dawson |
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11:14 | All I Ever Need Is You | Camille And Stuie |
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11:19 | Cattle Call (2012 Remaster) | Frank Ifield |
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11:21 | A Lover Is Forever | Camille Te Nahu |
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11:28 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Camille And Stuie |
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11:32 | Got to Be | MooveKa |
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11:32 | A Town Like Alice | Ted Egan |
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11:35 | Room For A Stranger | TC Cassidy |
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11:39 | A Bushman Can't Survive | Tania Kernaghan |
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11:43 | Sweet Red Wine | Jean Stafford |
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11:47 | DRINKERS OF THE TERRITORY | Ted Egan |
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11:51 | If Not For You | Olivia Newton-John |
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11:55 | Radio Lover | Ollie Austin |
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11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
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11:59 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:17 | Mr. President | George Fox |
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09:21 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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09:23 | All American Country Boy | Alan Jackson |
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09:30 | Thank God I'm a Country Boy | John Denver |
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09:33 | Hunky Country Boys | Jasmine Rae |
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09:42 | Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers |
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09:46 | (I'm Naked And I'm) Going To Glasgow | Alison Brown |
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09:52 | I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:56 | You've Got A Way | Shania Twain |
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10:02 | I Hope You Dance | Lee Ann Womack |
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10:06 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Dwight Yoakam |
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10:08 | Stand Beside Me | Jo Dee Messina |
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10:12 | Always Ride A Train | Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington |
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10:15 | Saltbush Sally | Alice Benfer |
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10:19 | How Do You Like Me Now?! | Toby Keith |
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10:22 | You Can Admit You Like Country Music | Amber Lawrence |
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10:26 | Country Heroes | Adam Harvey, Troy Cassar-Daley |
10:31 | The Beauty Of A Country Song | Ali Mills | |
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10:35 | A Little Bit Of Country In Us All | ALLAN CASWELL |
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10:38 | Play That Country Music | The Fargone Beauties |
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10:42 | Country Music, You And Beer | Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley |
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10:48 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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10:49 | I Am A Country Song | Catherine Britt |
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11:08 | Brown Dog's Song | Dallas Steele |
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11:11 | Road Dogs | The Charlie Daniels Band |
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11:16 | Here For The Party | Gretchen Wilson |
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11:19 | Party Like Cowboyz (Galactic Version) | Big & Rich |
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11:23 | My Mama Told Me (Not To Play The Guitar) | Adam Brand |
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11:25 | Welcome to the Party | Jetty Road |
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11:29 | Party Town | Lee Kernaghan |
11:33 | The Party Ain't Over Yet (Album Version) | Patty Loveless | |
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11:42 | Livin' On Love | Alan Jackson |
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11:46 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton |
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11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:13 | I Recall A Gypsy Woman | Don Williams |
09:17 | I'm Only A Woman (Album Version) | Tammy Wynette | |
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09:20 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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09:22 | A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | Bob Dylan |
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09:32 | Raining On The Rock | John Williamson |
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09:39 | Country Girl with a Rock and Roll Heart | Jayne Denham |
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09:43 | Honky Tonk Badonkadonk | Trace Adkins |
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09:47 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | DOLLY PARTON/TAMMY WYNETTE/LORETTA LYNN |
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09:50 | Tight Fittin' Jeans | Conway Twitty |
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09:53 | I Hope Heaven Has a Honky Tonk | Tracy Lawrence |
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09:55 | Honky Tonk Songs | Dolly Parton |
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10:04 | Before the Next Teardrop Falls | Freddy Fender |
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10:06 | Heart Like A Sad Song | Trisha Yearwood |
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10:10 | Sing A Sad Song | Merle Haggard & The Strangers |
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10:12 | It's Lonely Out There | Pam Tillis |
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10:16 | Think Of Me (When You're Lonely) | The Mavericks |
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10:18 | Only The Lonely | Roy Orbison |
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10:23 | Maybelline | Carl Perkins |
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10:25 | Rocky Top | Billie Jo Spears |
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10:27 | What Makes Me Happy | Charlie Landsborough |
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10:31 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride |
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10:38 | Happy Ever After | Amber Lawrence |
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10:43 | The Devil Comes Back to Georgia | Mark O'Connor |
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10:47 | Don't Know Why | Norah Jones |
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10:51 | Lucille | Jerry Lee Lewis |
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10:55 | 20 Margaritas | Big & Rich |
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10:58 | Can't Hide From The Moonshine | Mustered Courage |
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11:02 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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11:04 | It Doesn't Matter Anymore | Eva Cassidy |
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11:07 | Good Girls Go to Heaven | Brooks & Dunn |
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11:10 | Oh, Boy | Buddy Holly |
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11:13 | I Try to Think About Elvis | Patty Loveless |
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11:15 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley |
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11:20 | It's Five O' Clock Somewhere | Alan Jackson |
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11:24 | Wrong Five O'Clock | Eric Heatherly |
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11:29 | Take This Job and Shove It | Johnny Paycheck |
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11:33 | Last Good Time in Town | Eagles |
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11:41 | Workin' Overtime (On A Good Time) | Adam Harvey |
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11:44 | Hunky Country Boys | Jasmine Rae |
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11:48 | Buckle Hits the Floor | Magnificent Seven |
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11:51 | Feral Kev and General Leroy | Jayne Denham |
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11:56 | Dirt Track Cowboys '08 | Adam Brand |
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11:59 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | Gentle On My Mind | Tammy Wynette |
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09:13 | Amarillo | Alan Jackson |
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09:17 | Backwoods Barbie | Dolly Parton |
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09:20 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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09:23 | Comeback Queens | Amber Lawrence |
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09:26 | Think Of Me (When You're Lonely) | The Mavericks |
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09:28 | Won't Be Lonely Long | LeAnn Rimes |
09:32 | Port Of Lonely Hearts re-recording | Cash, Johnny | |
09:34 | Seven Lonely Days - Original Mix | Patsy Cline | |
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09:37 | Aussie Girls | Graeme Connors |
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09:42 | Fat Bottom Girls | Adam Brand & The Outlaws |
09:45 | Girls' Night Out | Gina Jefferys | |
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09:48 | Country Girls | Lee Kernaghan |
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09:52 | Good Girls Gonna Go Bad | Sandra Humphries |
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09:54 | Can't Stop Thinkin About Girls | Crakajak (Duet with Magnificant 7) |
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09:58 | Girl's of '75 | Jayne Denham |
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10:03 | Funky Garage A | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey |
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10:03 | Listen to the Words | Luke O'Shea & Medicine Wheel |
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10:08 | Skin | Allan Caswell |
10:19 | Listen to the Children | Isla Grant | |
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10:23 | Center Of The Universe | Eagles |
10:27 | The Truck Got Stuck Talkin' Blues (featuring Ramblin' Jack E | Corb Lund | |
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10:33 | Grew up 'Round Trucks | Jayne Denham |
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10:36 | Chickin Lights and Chrome | Jesse Watson |
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10:39 | Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses | Kathy Mattea |
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10:43 | Mate I'm Feelin' Lucky | Jeff Brown |
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10:48 | Convoy | C.W. McCall |
10:52 | Men In Trucks | Melinda Schneider | |
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10:55 | I'll Be Home Soon | Sara Storer |
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11:00 | Buckle Hits the Floor | Magnificent Seven |
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11:03 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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11:05 | California Girls | Gretchen Wilson |
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11:08 | Girls Women and Ladies | Ollie Austin |
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11:11 | Girls Like Me | Kellie Pickler |
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11:15 | The Bluebell Man | Charlie Landsborough |
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11:22 | Naked Women And Beer | Hank Williams, Jr. |
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11:25 | God Created Woman | Anita Cochran |
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11:29 | I Want My Rib Back | Adam Harvey |
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11:32 | Single Women | Dolly Parton |
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11:38 | Fist City | Loretta Lynn |
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11:42 | A Woman In Love | Frankie Laine |
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11:45 | Girls With Guitars | Wynonna Judd |
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11:48 | I Like Girls That Drink Beer | Toby Keith |
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11:54 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before | Julio Iglesias |
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11:58 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |