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COUNTRY BIRTHDAYS - In the first hour we play tunes from all your favorite country stars celebrating birthdays this week

WAYBACK MACHINE - In the second hour we turn the clock back and play an extended set of songs from a bygone year

FORGOTTEN ARTIST OF THE WEEK - In the third hour we profile a singer or group who is no longer played on mainstream country radio

Country Music Without Boundaries

On the Goodtime Country Radio Show we play everything from Jimmie Rodgers to John Mellencamp, Hank Williams to Lucinda Williams

Country Music has been called "America's Music." Just as the United States is a melting pot of many cultures, Country Music is a melting pot of musical styles fused together over the course of two centuries. The mix of folk and blues and other styles had evolved into its own genre by the time "modern" country music was first put onto vinyl in the late 1920s by artists like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

Country music has always been a fusion of sound with many different styles sharing the format. Western swing and "hillbilly music" shared the airwaves in the 1940s, Eddy Arnold and Elvis Presley could be heard together in the 1950s, the hard-edged "Bakersfield Sound" and the soft-edged "Nashville Sound" co-existed in the 1960s and the Outlaw movement could be heard along with "Urban Cowboy" pop in the 1970s. Today, contemporary radio has tried to homogenize the sound of country music, but with a little bit of digging you can still find quality country being produced today.

The Goodtime Country Radio Show celebrates country music in all its forms. You'll hear Hank Williams and Lucinda Williams and everything in between. Gene Autry and Tennessee Ernie Ford, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson and (especially) Johnny Cash all have a home on the program. You'll even hear the latest releases from classic artists like Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris, the Bakersfield Sound from the Derailers, Texas music from Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Pat Green, rockers who are country at heart like John Mellencamp and Bob Seger, "Americana" from Steve Earle and Wilco and traditional sounds from modern artists like Alan Jackson and George Strait. We play artists that main stream radio doesn't play anymore, and we play artists that main steam radio never plays at all. And, yes, we'll even play some of main stream radio's favorites, too!

We invite you to join us each week in the celebration of the diversity of "America's Music."

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