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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09:11 | No More Walks In The Wood | Eagles |
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09:13 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Live) | Elvis Presley |
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09:16 | Happy Ending | Sugarland |
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09:22 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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09:23 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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09:28 | Half Hearted Heart feat. Buddy Miller | TC Cassidy |
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09:31 | GOOD LIFE (Radio Edit) | Tom Curtain |
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09:35 | Just Like My Old Man | Paul Ricketts |
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09:38 | Burn So Bright feat. Charlotte Lloyd | Craig Lloyd |
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09:43 | Hearts Drawn In The Sand | Dianne Coombes |
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09:46 | The Ringer | Graeme Connors/Kelly Dixon |
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09:50 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:54 | Who I Am | Lee Kernaghan |
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09:58 | Saddle Sisters | Tania Kernaghan |
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10:04 | Listen To The Radio | Lee Kernaghan |
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10:07 | Karma | Taylor Swift |
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10:10 | Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes | Skeets McDonald |
10:14 | Full Time Job (Album Version) | Gretchen Wilson | |
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10:17 | Honkytonkville | George Strait |
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10:30 | Old Love Letters | Slim Dusty |
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10:36 | Cammo Was a Bugger of a Kid | Errol Gray |
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10:41 | City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson |
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10:46 | God Ain't Gonna Getcha For That | Shania Twain |
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10:50 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins |
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10:53 | Back In Baby's Arms | Patsy Cline |
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10:55 | Try A Little Kindness | Glen Campbell |
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10:57 | Nothin' Bout Love Makes Sense | LeAnn Rimes |
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11:02 | Early Mornin' Rain | Elvis Presley |
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11:05 | Over the Rainbow | Faith Hill |
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11:09 | Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) | John Fogerty |
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11:12 | Easy As The Rain | The Little Willies |
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11:15 | Listen to the Rain | Kenny Rogers |
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11:20 | Midnight Rain | Taylor Swift |
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11:22 | Rainbows and Roses | Frank Ifield |
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11:26 | Rainbows, Dreams and Butterflies | Beccy Cole |
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11:30 | Dance in the Rain | Carter & Carter |
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11:34 | Here Comes The Rain | The Mavericks |
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11:41 | Beyond the Horizon | Bob Dylan |
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11:49 | This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie |
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11:51 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Peter, Paul and Mary |
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11:56 | The Carnival Is Over (Mono) [2009 Remaster] | The Seekers |
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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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09:08 | I Love To Watch A Woman Dance | Eagles |
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09:11 | Could I Have This Dance | Anne Murray |
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09:15 | See Jane Dance (Remix) | Brooks & Dunn |
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09:19 | Where the Lemons Grow | Caitlyn Shadbolt |
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09:22 | It's Gettin' Late | Adam Harvey |
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09:25 | Little By Little | The Wolfe Brothers |
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09:29 | Just Like My Old Man | Paul Ricketts |
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09:32 | Hearts Drawn In The Sand | Dianne Coombes |
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09:35 | Saddle Sisters | Tania Kernaghan |
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09:40 | The Ringer | Graeme Connors/Kelly Dixon |
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09:44 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:48 | GOOD LIFE (Radio Edit) | Tom Curtain |
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09:52 | Who I Am | Lee Kernaghan |
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09:56 | Little Bit of You | Laura Cantrell |
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10:01 | Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) | The Mavericks |
10:03 | She | The Pretenders, Emmylou Harris | |
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10:08 | Two Of A Kind, Workin On A Full House | Garth Brooks |
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10:11 | Live Until You Die | Becky Hobbs |
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10:14 | Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Willie Nelson |
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10:18 | Best Of All Possible Worlds | The Little Willies |
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10:21 | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson |
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10:26 | Fireflies | Faith Hill |
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10:32 | The Carroll County Accident | Porter Wagoner |
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10:34 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
10:45 | Still Gonna Die (Live) | Old Dogs | |
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10:47 | A Little Bit Of Country In Us All | ALLAN CASWELL |
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10:50 | Night Burn | Jayne Denham, Jason Sever |
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10:54 | The Master Plan (Radio Edit) | James Stewart Keene |
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10:58 | Big Container | Jem Cassar-Daley |
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11:02 | Good Woman's Love | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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11:05 | Courageous | Melinda Schneider, The Australian Girls Choir |
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11:09 | A Dream and a Song | John O'Dea |
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11:12 | Beautiful Memories and Beautiful Dreams | Dianne Lindsay |
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11:16 | Flower on the Water | John Williamson |
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11:19 | Rainbows, Dreams And Butterflies | Beccy Cole |
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11:27 | I'll Meet You in My Dreams | Camille And Stuie |
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11:32 | Hold On To Your Dreams | Keith Urban |
11:42 | In My Wildest Dreams | John Rowles | |
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11:46 | My Dreams | Norma O'Hara Murphy |
11:50 | Memories And Dreams | Slim Dusty | |
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11:53 | In Your Wildest Dreams | Amber Joy Poulton |
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11:57 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
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11:58 | 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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09:09 | The One That Got Away | Brian Cadd |
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09:13 | Southern Accents | Dolly Parton |
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09:17 | GO HOME W U | Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson |
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09:22 | Just Like My Old Man | Paul Ricketts |
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09:25 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:29 | Little By Little | The Wolfe Brothers |
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09:33 | Voices | Highway 95 |
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09:38 | Worn In | Courtney Keil |
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09:41 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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09:47 | GOOD LIFE (Radio Edit) | Tom Curtain |
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09:51 | Saddle Sisters | Tania Kernaghan |
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09:55 | Who I Am | Lee Kernaghan |
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09:59 | The Ringer | Graeme Connors/Kelly Dixon |
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10:03 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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10:04 | Rebel Rouser | Duane Eddy |
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10:06 | These Boots Are Made For Walking | Nancy Sinatra |
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10:09 | Red Headed Stranger | Willie Nelson |
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10:13 | I Can't | Reba McEntire |
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10:17 | Closing Time In California | Luke Bryan |
10:22 | A Friend To Me | Allan Caswell | |
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10:25 | Kick The Doors Down | Amber Lawrence |
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10:28 | What I Love About Country | Colin Buchanan |
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10:32 | Hell Of A Long Time | Kaitlyn Thomas |
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10:35 | Nullarbor Plain | Ian Moss |
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10:43 | Unsaveable | Faith Hill |
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10:47 | Mind Of A Country Boy | Luke Bryan |
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10:50 | Dammit Randy | Miranda Lambert |
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10:54 | Radio Lover | Ollie Austin |
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10:58 | Born To Lose | LeAnn Rimes |
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11:02 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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11:03 | American Honky-Tonk Bar Association | Garth Brooks |
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11:06 | Sleeping Single In A Double Bed | Barbara Mandrell |
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11:09 | Rollin' With the Flow | Charlie Rich |
11:11 | Let Your Love Flow | Loretta Lyn | |
11:15 | The Life | Kenny Chesney | |
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11:20 | Mister Sandman | Stuie French |
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11:27 | A Lover Is Forever | Camille Te Nahu |
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11:31 | All I Ever Need Is You | Camille And Stuie |
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11:35 | Little Babies Like to Suck on Their Toes | Camille And Stuie |
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11:38 | I Can't Make You Love Me | Camille Te Nahu |
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11:42 | Flowers | Adam Harvey |
11:49 | Mason's Jar | Ollie Austin | |
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11:58 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
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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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09:08 | Wranglers | Miranda Lambert |
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09:11 | I Never Work On A Sunday | Keith Urban |
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09:15 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper |
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09:22 | Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair | Warren Kearney |
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09:26 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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09:29 | Worn In | Courtney Keil |
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09:33 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:37 | Going Back | Two Tone Pony |
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09:43 | Little By Little | The Wolfe Brothers |
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09:47 | The Ringer | Graeme Connors/Kelly Dixon |
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09:51 | GOOD LIFE (Radio Edit) | Tom Curtain |
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09:54 | Saddle Sisters | Tania Kernaghan |
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09:58 | Who I Am | Lee Kernaghan |
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10:05 | I Love To Watch A Woman Dance | Eagles |
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10:09 | Here You Come Again | Billie Jo Spears |
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10:12 | Here Comes The Rain | The Mavericks |
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10:16 | She's Got You | Mary Duff |
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10:19 | If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me | Daniel O'Donnell |
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10:23 | Ae Fond Kiss | Mary Black |
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10:30 | Can't Be Satisfied | Big & Rich |
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10:34 | Blue Side Of Town | Patty Loveless |
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10:37 | If It Ain't One Thing (It's You) | Alan Jackson |
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10:41 | He's A Heartache (Lookin' For A Place To Happen) (Album Version) | Janie Fricke |
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10:45 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
10:45 | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me | Kenny Chesney | |
10:49 | Kiss You On The Mouth | Danielle Peck | |
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10:53 | I Left You Some Kisses on the Door | Tom T.Hall |
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10:57 | Kiss It (And Make It All Better) | Dolly Parton |
11:02 | Your Sad Kiss Goodbye | Hank Snow | |
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11:04 | Review My Kisses | LeAnn Rimes |
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11:12 | Kisses, Sweeter Than Wine | Jimmie Rodgers |
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11:13 | Shut Up and Kiss Me | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
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11:17 | Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' | Charley Pride |
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11:19 | Last Kiss | Taylor Swift |
11:26 | Hold You, Kiss You, Love You | Toby Keith | |
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11:29 | Long Wet Kiss | Tracy Lawrence |
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11:32 | It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long | The Notorious Cherry Bombs |
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11:38 | Boys from the Bush | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:41 | Changi Banjo | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:45 | Spirit of the Anzacs | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:49 | I Milk Cows | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:51 | The Outback Club | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:55 | Missin' Slim | Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan |
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11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |