Cupertino Barndance 1998

Top Releases, Hot Concerts, & On-Air Shows


 

Top Releases

Contemporary Artists

Junior Brown “Long Walk Back” - Curb

Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics “Number One Hit Record” - Hightone

Darrel Higham with the Barnshakers “High Class Baby” - Goofin’ (Finland)

Hot Club Of Cowtown “Swingin’ Stampede” - Hightone

Jim Lauderdale “Whisper” - BNA

Tom Morrell & The Time-Warp Tophands “Win Place And Show - How The West Was Swung Vol. X” - WR

Hal Peters & his String Dusters “Lonesomne Hearted Blues” - Goofin’ (Finland)

Various Artists “The Wandering Eyes Sing Songs of Forbidden Love” - Lazy S.O.B.

Various Artists “The Pine Valley Cosmonauts salute the Majesty of Bob Wills” - Bloodshot

Various Artists “Deep In The Heart (of Texas)” soundtrack - Shanachie

 

Instrumentals

The Fly-Rite Boys “Big Sandy Presents the Fly-Rite Boys ” - Hightone

Rich O’Brien “Seasons, Roads, and Faces” - Shanachie

 

Reissues

Stoney Edwards “The Best Of Stoney Edwards, Poor Folks Stick Together” - Razor & Tie

Floyd Tillman “The Best of Floyd Tillman” - Collectors’ Choice Music

Hank Williams “The Complete Hank Williams” 10-CD box-set - Mercury

Various Artists “Diggin’ Texas Swing 1946—1955” - Krazy Kat (England)

Various Artists “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience In Country Music” 3-CD set - Warner Bros.

 

Local Artists

Red Meat “13” - Ranchero

Sugar King Boys “Topsy Turvy” - Wormtone

 

Truck Songs

Sonny George “” - Spinout

Dale Watson & His Lone Stars “The Truckin’ Sessions” - Koch

 


Hot Concerts

The highlights of the many great shows I saw 1998:

April 15 at Viva Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV


Live On-Air Bands & Guests

 

The Chop Tops (Santa Cruz, California) during annual Bluegrass, Country, Folk Marathon - February 15, 1998

The Swing Rays (Bloomington, Indiana) - February 22, 1998

The Hot Club of Cowtown (Austin, Texas) - August 2, 1998

Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics (Los Angeles, CA) - 1998