Swing 'n' Country

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Airs at: Sat, 05/25/2024 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Country/Western
Hosted by: 
Robert Parish, Wayne Johnson, Will Selzer, Mary Rondthaler, Gary Baysinger
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every Saturday morning from 6-9 am

Music in the Country style including: western & western swing, cowboy & country blues, country folk, bluegrass, rockabilly, hillbilly, Americana, and honky tonk.

1st Saturday - Robert Parish along with son Graham play sets featuring particular artists as well as sets with a variety of artists.

2nd Saturday - Wayne and Kathy - Variety of Country, Western, Western Swing, Country Folk, Country Blues, Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Americana Music 

3rd Saturday - Will Selzer - Blends all types & styles of country music from 50+ years, rooted in mid-20th century, men and women artists equally.  The goal is to entertain our listeners and to have fun. 

4th Saturday - Mary - Bringing a musician’s ear to the collective with a focus on older country and Western swing from the ‘30s to the ‘70s, always with a good dose of women artists

5th Saturday - Gary - Countrypolitan Blues - A mix of Eastern Philosophy and Western Swing; the yin, the yang, and the do-si-do

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Swing & Country on 05/19/12

Airs at: Sat, 05/19/2012 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
May's program finds us in the "KBOO Spring Membership Drive" and we will be asking listeners to help push us to the $75,000.00 goal. Featured this month is part 2 of our interview with dobro and steel guitar player Cindy Cashdollar. This segment will focus solely on her CD "... Read more

Swing & Country on 05/12/12

Airs at: Sat, 05/12/2012 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Here's just one of the pictures we're holding in our mind while we're doing the show.   Join us in the air and see what you come up with.   Henry & Moggy on Swing & Country Saturday 6-9 AM. Read more

[Cindy Cashdollar Retrospective]

Airs at: Sat, 04/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
In January of 2012 at the River City Music Festival Wayne & Kathy met with dobro and non-pedal steel guitar player Cindy Cashdollar for a recorded interview. The result was a retrospective of Cashdollar's career in music which originally aired in April of 2012 on 'Swing & C... Read more

Wayne & Kathy Host "The Noontime Jamboree" 3/26/12 & Welcome "Rosie And The Ramblers"

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
 "Rosie And The Ramblers", a young trio from Austin, Texas were passing through Portland on Monday March 26 and stopped in at the KBOO Studios. They performed a four song set on the The Noontime Jamboree".  Rosie proved to us that she's got the vocal chops. Take a listen an... Read more

Wayne & Kathy Host "The Noontime Jamboree" 3/26/12 & Welcome Keeter Stuart

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Keeter  Stuart has been performing his brand of Country & Western Music for a number of years in the Portland area. The work he is most noted for are his renditions of songs by his great uncle Stan Jones (Ghost Riders In The Sky, Cowpoke, The Searchers ) and songs he has pe... Read more

Live Performance On "Swing & Country" for St. Patrick's Day

Airs at: Sat, 03/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
 On the March 17 installment of "Swing & Country", Wayne & Kathy hosted a live performance in Studio One at KBOO. The featured artist was singer-songwriter Dan Weber who was joined by the talented guitarist, Jerry Towell. Dan sang some songs off his recently released CD "As... Read more

A Look At The Memoir "Chinaberry Sidewalks" With Author Rodney Crowell

Airs at: Thu, 03/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Program:   Between the Covers Air date:   Thu, 03/15/2012 - 11:00am - 11:30am Short Description:   A Look At The Memoir "Chinaberry Sidewalks" With Author Rodney Crowell The memoir "Chinaberry Sidewalks" debuted in early 2011. It was the first venture into ... Read more

Swing & Country on 02/18/12

Airs at: Sat, 02/18/2012 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
 This month's program will be broken up into three 1 hour segments:   HOUR 1 will be our usual mix of country, western, country folk, country blues, rockabilly, bluegrass and western swing.   HOUR 2 guest host Retta Christie will join us as we play music from the era when "B... Read more

Swing & Country on 09/17/11

Airs at: Sat, 09/17/2011 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
 John Arthur Martinez, a singer-songwriter from the Texas Hill Country, will be the featured artist on "Swing & Country" this Saturday from 6-9 AM. We met with John Arthur in Austin during the first week of April. He will explain how music became a full time endeavor for hi... Read more

Swing & Country on 07/23/11

Airs at: Sat, 07/23/2011 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Back in 1991 I could fit all my Hot Rod, Cars and Driving songs in one show. Over the years I've gotten so many more songs that I've split them into three months. So after the 3 hours of Hot Rod songs in June we'll have 3 hours of songs to celebrate our love of cars. 01 V-... Read more