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
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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | Hello Out There | Johnny Cash |
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09:13 | Hello Mr. Heartache | The Chicks |
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09:17 | Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) | Ricky Nelson |
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09:21 | Now We're Talking | Adam Brand |
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09:24 | Who You Did It With | Max Jackson |
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09:28 | Speed Humps | Brendan McMahon |
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09:35 | Old Felt Hat | Alice Benfer |
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09:38 | Worn In | Courtney Keil |
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09:43 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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09:44 | Journey | Kevin Sullivan |
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09:47 | Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair | Warren Kearney |
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09:51 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:56 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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10:01 | Spotlight | Johnny Cash, Dan Auerbach |
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10:02 | Drive On | Johnny Cash |
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10:05 | Poster Girl | Beccy Cole |
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10:10 | The Battle of Long Tan | Graham Rodger |
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10:14 | The UnHoly War | Merilyn Steele |
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10:24 | What Makes Me Happy | Charlie Landsborough |
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10:28 | When Mama Ain't Happy | Tracy Byrd |
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10:31 | Happy Ever After | Amber Lawrence |
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10:34 | Home is Where You're Happy | Willie Nelson |
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10:37 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride |
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10:41 | If You Want To Make Me Happy | Alan Jackson |
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10:46 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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10:48 | Happy 16 | Beccy Cole |
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10:56 | It's Five O' Clock Somewhere | Alan Jackson |
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11:02 | Lazy Bones | Beccy Cole |
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11:06 | Ana | Joe Islander |
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11:07 | A Number On My Back | John Williamson |
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11:14 | Prairie Hotel Parachilna | John Williamson |
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11:17 | Parachilna Sunset | John O'Dea |
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11:21 | It'll Be Alright | John O'Dea |
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11:24 | Ram in the Dam | John O'Dea |
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11:32 | If I Were A Carpenter | John Swan |
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11:36 | I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) | John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew |
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11:41 | For Once in My Life | The Greig Daire Orchestra |
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11:46 | John Henry | Woody Guthrie |
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11:49 | The Wreck Of The John B | The Kingston Trio |
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11:49 | Sloop John B | The Kingston Trio |
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11:53 | Boogie with M' Baby | John Williamson |
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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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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | On the Sunny Side of the Street | Willie Nelson |
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09:12 | Sunny Day | Deana Carter |
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09:17 | Sunny Side of the Mountain | Hank Snow |
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09:23 | Gettin' There | Adam Brand |
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09:27 | Who You Did It With | Max Jackson |
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09:35 | Shotgun | The McClymonts |
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09:42 | Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair | Warren Kearney |
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09:46 | Speed Humps | Brendan McMahon |
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09:50 | Journey | Kevin Sullivan |
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09:53 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:57 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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10:01 | School's Out | Absolute Music |
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10:03 | Don't Forget to Remember Me | Carrie Underwood |
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10:07 | Always on My Mind (Single Version) | Willie Nelson |
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10:12 | Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? | Dolly Parton |
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10:16 | She's Too Good For Me | Waylon Jennings |
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10:19 | Sally Was a Good Old Girl | Waylon Jennings |
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10:21 | Sally Comes Around (Radio Mix) | Bonnie Tyler |
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10:25 | Mustang Sally | Ronnie Milsap |
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10:31 | Back In The U.S.A. (LP Version) (re-mastered) | Linda Ronstadt |
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10:34 | Different Drum | Luke O'Shea |
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10:41 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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10:42 | Funky Garage | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey |
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10:42 | A Girl Needs Her Daddy's Love | Emma Jene |
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10:46 | A Little Bit Of Country In Us All | ALLAN CASWELL |
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10:51 | Back In The U.S.A. (LP Version) (re-mastered) | Linda Ronstadt |
10:54 | Start Living | Alabama | |
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10:58 | Easy Living | Miranda Lambert |
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11:03 | Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994) | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris |
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11:07 | Way Down Texas Way | Asleep At The Wheel |
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11:10 | Texas Sidestep | Deanna Cox |
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11:13 | All My Ex's Live In Texas | George Strait |
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11:16 | Biggest Heart In Texas | Kata Hay |
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11:22 | Texas Bound And Flyin' | Jerry Reed |
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11:33 | Cowboys Love Texas | Marie Hodson |
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11:37 | Texas QLD 4385 | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:48 | Texas Swing | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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11:51 | Texas to Tamworth (Texas Waltz) | Norma O'Hara Murphy |
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11:54 | New San Antonio Rose | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
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11:59 | 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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09:05 | Funky Garage A | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | Hello Out There | Johnny Cash |
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09:12 | Why Can't He Be You | Patsy Cline |
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09:15 | Always on My Mind (Single Version) | Willie Nelson |
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09:19 | I Love Lounging | Jimmy Kaleth |
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09:26 | Old Felt Hat | Alice Benfer |
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09:29 | Hell Of A Highway | Sandy Summers |
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09:32 | A Big Thing In A Small Town | Dean Perrett |
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09:36 | Who You Did It With | Max Jackson |
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09:42 | Speed Humps | Brendan McMahon |
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09:46 | Country Music Never Made More Sense | Caitlyn Shadbolt |
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09:52 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:56 | Journey | Kevin Sullivan |
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10:04 | Weed With Willie | Toby Keith |
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10:08 | Smoked with Willie and Merle | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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10:11 | Cocaine Blues | Merle Haggard |
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10:14 | Come To Bed (Featuring John Rich) | Gretchen Wilson |
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10:18 | Walk On Out of My Mind | Waylon Jennings |
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10:22 | Girls With Tattoos | Katy Kiefer |
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10:26 | Healing Hands Of Time | Willie Nelson |
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10:28 | Any Old Arms Won't Do | Willie Nelson |
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10:28 | Probably Wouldn't Be This Way | LeAnn Rimes |
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10:32 | When You Come Back To Me Again | Garth Brooks |
10:37 | Don't Know Why (Original Demo Version) | Norah Jones | |
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10:42 | Country Boy | Alan Jackson |
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10:46 | Tennessee Waltz | Eva Cassidy |
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10:49 | Tight Fittin' Jeans | Conway Twitty |
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10:51 | Pull Your Hat Down Tight | Pam Tillis |
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10:54 | After All These Years | Charlie Landsborough |
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10:58 | Hallelujah I Love Him So | Eva Cassidy |
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11:01 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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11:02 | Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' | Charley Pride |
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11:04 | Anything's Better Than Feelin' the Blues | Martina McBride |
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11:07 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins |
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11:10 | Good Morning Heartache | Mary Black |
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11:13 | Dance The Night Away | The Mavericks |
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11:18 | In Care of the Blues | Patsy Cline |
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11:22 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean |
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11:28 | If I Can Find a Clean Shirt | Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson |
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11:32 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Dolly Parton |
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11:35 | Any Old Arms Won't Do | Willie Nelson |
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11:40 | Petticoat Rule | Jeff Brown, Chad Morgan |
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11:43 | Someone's Been Walkin' in My Shoes | Camille And Stuie |
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11:50 | Freedom Rebels | Adam Brand |
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11:53 | Did I Just Say That? | Jasmine Rae |
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11:59 | 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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09:09 | Hello Out There | ジョニー・ã‚ャッシュ |
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09:13 | When I Get Through With You (You'll Love Me Too) | Patsy Cline |
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09:24 | Don't Get Me Started | Travis Collins |
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09:27 | Gypsy Girl | Darlinghurst |
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09:30 | Fixin' Things | Max Jackson |
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09:33 | Hell Of A Highway | Sandy Summers |
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09:37 | Country Music Never Made More Sense | Caitlyn Shadbolt |
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09:40 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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09:41 | Love Is Like a River | Shelly Jones Band |
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09:45 | Speed Humps | Brendan McMahon |
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09:53 | My Radio | Jax Tonic |
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10:01 | Journey | Kevin Sullivan |
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10:04 | Little More Country | Max Jackson |
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10:08 | As Lovely As You | Alan Jackson |
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10:12 | Medley; One's on the Way - The Pill | Loretta Lynn |
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10:14 | Go Girl Go | Hank Williams, Jr. |
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10:17 | I Would Be Stronger Than That | Faith Hill |
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10:23 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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10:24 | Whiskey In The Jar | Jerry Garcia, David Grisman |
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10:28 | But I Do Love You | LeAnn Rimes |
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10:31 | What My Woman Can't Do | George Jones |
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10:34 | Forever And For Always | Shania Twain |
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10:41 | Gentle On My Mind | Glen Campbell |
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10:45 | We Sure Can Love Each Other | Tammy Wynette |
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10:47 | No One Will Ever Know | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
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10:55 | Para Todas las Chicas | Julio Iglesias |
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10:58 | Unchained Melody | Willie Nelson |
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11:04 | 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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11:09 | Baby I´M Yours | Tanya Tuckers |
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11:13 | The Road Goes On Forever | The Highwaymen |
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11:18 | Coat of Many Colors | Dolly Parton |
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11:21 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet |
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11:22 | Proud Mary | Elvis Presley |
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11:25 | Good Girls | Amber Lawrence |
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11:28 | Rope a Cowgirl | Markus Meier |
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11:32 | Down Under Girls | Sisters in Country/Aly Cook/Jodi Vaughan |
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11:35 | The Virus | Allan Caswell |
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11:38 | I Saw The Light | Wynonna Judd |
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11:44 | Straight Line | Keith Urban |
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11:48 | Love Me Like A Cowboy | Emmagen Rain |
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11:55 | Margarita Weather | Rhinestoned |
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11:59 | I'm Going Back Again To Yarrawonga | Slim Dusty |