Producer, Writer and Host Sam Waldron
Lives in North Seattle
Original Air Date: June 11, 2018
Show 23, “The Perfect Country Song”, presents 14 big hits from the country charts in 1944 through 1947 in order to determine: What elements would need to be in the “perfect” country song? Performers include Tex Ritter, Red Foley, Merle Travis, Bing Crosby, Roy Rogers, Al Dexter, and Cindy Walker.
Track List
| String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| I’m Wasting My Tears on You | Tex Ritter |
| Soldier’s Last Letter | Ernest Tubb |
| Smoke on the Water | Red Foley |
| Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette | Tex Williams |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe |
| Divorce Me C.O.D. | Merle Travis |
| Don’t Fence Me In | Roy Rogers |
| You Two Timed me One Time Too Often | Tex Ritter |
| Pistol Packin’ Mama | Bing Crosby and the Andrews sisters |
| I’m Losing My Mind Over You | Al Dexter |
| So Round So Firm So Fully Packed | Merle Travis |
| When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again | Cindy Walker |
| Never Trust a Woman | Tex Williams |
| When You Leave Don’t Slam The Door | Tex Ritter |
| Guitar Polka | Al Dexter |