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We are joined this week by former FDNY firefighter/paramedic Vincent Johnson. Vinnie comes to us from Disaster Medical Solutions and a former FEMA USAR team in New York. He and Dr. Joe Holley share information about USAR medical specialist operations training for USAR docs and paramedics.

This week we take a look at what it takes to train and deploy with USAR dogs during disasters. Dr. Joe Holley's better half, Kimberly comes by to talk about her work with the FEMA team from Memphis, Tennessee. She currently had two trained dogs (one live find dog and a human remains detection dog), Kimberly is currently training a third for live search and rescue. 

Dr. Joe Holley comes back after being off the show for a few months due to extensive travel for training and conference attendance. We discuss the inflow of respiratory illness to our nation's hospitals and the difficulties finding rooms and beds for patients who need them.

Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley reached out and connected with Dr. Joe Holley while deployed in the field. Joe has been hard at work with the FEMA IST (Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Team) while they supported teams in the field for Hurricane Helene. He and his wife Kimberly are currently in North Carolina finishing up the immediate search and rescue support for that region.

Dan Harris, Battalion Chief with Memphis, Tennessee Fire Department joins us in his other role as one of the Paragon Medical Group disaster educators. He shares key memories of training evolutions and how he learns from the jurisdictional differences he encounters with his students. Dr. Joe Holley joins the discussion as well and shares several anecdotes about Dan's contribution to the training team.

The Texas identity is powerful, popular and built on the stories of the Lone Star State. The stories are about small towns and quirky characters who overcome adversity. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Joe Holley has spent a career collecting and writing about the stories of Texas. His latest book is Native Texans Stories from Deep in the Heart.

On Tuesday's show: CenterPoint Energy faced another hearing on Monday related to its response to power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl. We find out what was said before a Texas State Senate special committee and the potential implications.Also this hour: For more than a decade, Joe Holley has written a column called Native Texan for the Houston Chronicle, which tells the stories of some of the known and unknown legends of Texas. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer has a new collection of some of those columns called Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart. Holley joins us ahead of an event at Brazos Bookstore tonight.Then, with the Olympics underway, we continue to share examples of some of the summer Olympic sports played in Houston, continuing with a visit to West Houston Archery.And we continue our series on museums and other attractions to visit around the area with a trip to the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Our Meteorologist Dan Depodwin joins Dr. Joe Holley and our cohosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis on this episode. The team looks at the early major hurricane named Beryl that caused a revision of the current seasonal hurricane forecast to reflect an even more active season this year.

In this episode Dr. Joe returns from several weeks of travel for education and conferences around disaster and emergency medical care. We also discussed the increased activity in the tropics with the first tropical storm of the year on the Atlantic side and two more systems under scrutiny for possible development. There's also a look at the extreme heat affecting much of the nation and the severe fire hazards in the New Mexico region.

This week's guest is Joe Holley, a longtime Texas journalist and the author of a new book titled “Power: How the Electric Co-Op Movement Energized the Lone Star State.” Power is a book that anyone who cares about Texas history and the state's development will want to read, and Joe will be a featured author at this year's San Antonio Book Festival at the Central Library, Saturday, April 13.       

Dr. Joe Holley examines some of the key take aways from the verdict against two EMS providers in the Elijah McClain homicide trial. The team goes over lessons that can be learned from this case.

This week Dr. Joe Holley drops in after attending the NAEMSP (National Association of EMS Physicians) annual meeting in Austin, Texas. The leadership of our EMS docs discussed a multitude of important topics for the prehospital care environment. Here is one of the topics Dr. Joe shared on this week's Disaster Podcast.

Dr. Joe Holley joins us for a clinical episode on Crush Syndrome and injury. The issue represents a broad spectrum of situations affecting the body. The disease process can be from becoming trapped in a collapsed structure or something as simple as passing out or becoming immobilized to lay on a hard surface for a significant period of time.

Dr. Joe Holley joins us on the show this week to share some clinical information with the podcast. He starts off with an update on recent Paragon Medical Group training programs around the country. Then we shift gears into some information on epidemiology issues around the country.

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we talk about advances in heads-up CPR. Dr. Joe Holley joins us for a clinical episode this week and we engage in a discussion about the latest in research around cardiac arrest management.

Dr. Joe Holley has been deploying with FEMA as a member of a Federal USAR team from Tennessee for a long time. He recently counted up forty-three (43) USAR and other deployments to disasters in the United States and abroad. For the last ten years of that time, he's been part of the Disaster Podcast team reporting to the listeners from the field about his experiences.

This episode starts off with a Covid clinical update and a look at the fading of emergency measures across the country. As resources and free services are rolled back, some of the most at-risk individuals for ongoing COVID exposure no longer have access to many of the resources that helped them avoid and manage the disease before.

Dr. Joe Holley joins us for a clinical episode this week. We will look at the triage, management, and protection needed for patients in nuclear emergencies. Dr. Joe references training resources from FEMA and the CDC for clinicians.

Dr. Joe Holley joins us on the show tonight following his recent travels helping with the Hurricane Ian response and also a quick visit to EMS World Expo. He shares his experiences with the search and rescue efforts following the storm, including all the rescue dogs who helped with the search teams.

Dr. Joe Holley was deployed with Tennessee Task Force One USAR team as part of the Federal FEMA response teams helping state and local resources in search and rescue efforts in Kentucky. Now Dr. Joe comes on the show to discuss his experiences with this particular response and the aftermath for responders as they return home from the deployment.

Dr. Joe Holley has been deployed with Tennessee Task Force One USAR team as part of the Federal FEMA response teams helping state and local resources in search and rescue efforts in Kentucky for over a week and a half. He checks in with us from the field to give us an update on what his teams are seeing and how the deployment is progressing.

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we asked Dr. Joe Holley to come on the show and give us a review of managing and treating blast injuries. Whether it's from a wartime situation, terrorist act, or residential gas explosion, there are some things every medical professional should keep in mind about the nature of injuries from explosions.

Kimberly Holley, wife of show regular and sponsor, Dr. Joe Holley, comes on the show to talk about her recent trip to Alaska to train her USAR dog on cold weather USAR. She talks about some of the lessons learned and how a team from temperate Tennessee fared in the cold of Alaska.

Dr. Joe Holley recounts his recent trip to a USAR FEMA training center in California. The evolutions and scenarios presented the attendees, both educators and students, with a variety of very difficult and unique situations. Joe talks candidly about how strange disaster response is when compared to so-called "typical" EMS and Fire responses in a community.

We add another clinical topic to our podcast episode this week. Dr. Joe Holley joins us to talk about smoke inhalation injuries. He points out that these sorts of injuries increase during the winter months as more people use combustion sources to heat their homes and apartments.

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast we look at the clinical issue of altitude illness. To cover this we have Dr. Joe Holley and mountain rescue and ski patrol specialist, Kyle Nelson. We look at the various signs and symptoms, potential for long term effects, treatments and more.

Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Education Group is featured in today's episode. He talks about his recent trip to the NAEMSP (National Association of EMS Physicians) conference in southern California. During the conference they focused on building more understanding between prehospital and hospital medical professionals. What do people in the hospital need to know about how first responders do their jobs and manage disaster situations.

Dr. Joe Holley and meteorologist Kyle Nelson join our regular co-hosts, Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis on today end-of-the-year episode. We take some time to look back at our favorite episodes and guests from the previous year. We also look forward to 2022 and what we want to cover more in the new year.

The topic for today's show is winter weather preparedness. We talk with our meteorologists about how the weather is turning colder and still shows active severe weather patterns across the U.S. We discuss how weather even affects health and wellness in unusual ways with Dr. Joe Holley.

On Tuesday's show: We remember Sissy Farenthold, one of the most prominent feminists in the Lone Star state and the nation. She died Sunday at age 94. Also this hour: Houston City Councilmember Martha Castex-Tatum answers questions about issues facing the city. You can send yours now to talk@houstonmatters.org. Then, Connor Towne O'Neill, one of the producers of the NPR podcast White Lies, discusses his book Down Along with That Devil's Bones. It examines the nation's reckoning with Confederate monuments through the lens of the fight over monuments to one particular figure from the Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest. O'Neill will speak at a virtual event with Blue Willow Bookshop Thursday night. And we learn more about the Fort Bend County Fair.

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show to drop in with a clinical review of Crush Syndrome. Disaster Meteorologist Kyle Nelson stops by, too, and discusses recent severe weather events and the activity in the tropics.

On this week's episode of The EMS Handoff, Tennessee EMS Medical Director Dr. Joe Holley, and Dr. Todd Heffern, emergency department director, EMS medical director and president of the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of EMS Physicians, discuss the role of the EMS physician medical director in 2021 and beyond.  * The "Active" Medical Director * ASEP Position Statement * NAEMSP Position Statement * Pilot programs and new drugs * Sparse data and medical decisions * Medical director as conscience of EMS agency * It's tough to a CQI process * Top errors in EMS * Most important approach for ANYONE in the field * Abnormalities and notation * Paint the picture of your decision making * Difference between a clinician and technician * Acronym courses as continuing education * Bringing training from Okay to Great * Patient Outcomes vs. Administrative Outcomes

Dr. Joe Holley kicks off the episode with a COVID update focusing on the Delta Variant and its impacts on patients across the country and around the world. He also expresses worry about healthcare professionals and hospital staff in the face increasing patient loads and lack of resources to treat them. He urges the need to get people vaccinated to lessen the load on the healthcare system.

Dr. Joe Holley returns to the podcast with another Surfside, Florida condo collapse update. He was working there as part of the Federal Incident Support Team (IST). He talks about the extremely dangerous nature of this particular rescue effort and the overall wellness of the USAR teams working there and reiterates the extremely difficult technical nature of this rescue and recovery effort.

Dr. Joe Holley joins the podcast live from Surfside, Florida where he is working on the rescue efforts as part of the Federal Incident Support Team (IST). He talks about the extremely dangerous nature of this particular rescue effort and the overall wellness of the USAR teams working there.

Singer and artist Joe Holley AKA Joseph Marcus joins the boys in the studio today to talk about potentially the most wild album I've ever listened to. Arca's self titled album is an experimental, psychedelic experience full of funky noises and whip cracks. Listen along to hear us discuss the experimental genre, how Arca impacts Joe's music and an absolutely ridiculous crisp chat including a new special segment on dips. Listen to Joseph Marcus on all music streaming platforms now!Hosts: Dapo Agiri (insta: @dapo_ag)Barnaby Howe (insta: @barns_howe)Guest:Joe Holley (insta: @Joeholley_)Joseph Marcus (insta: @josephmarcus_)Artwork:Devin Arden (insta: @da.studio_)Music:Not Too Cray, Huma-Huma

On this episode we discuss the recent extreme weather and tornado activity occurring across the US South and Southeast. Meteorologists Becky and Dan DePodwin join us to talk about the weather causes leading to these powerful tornadoes and what we can expect in the coming months as the extreme weather continues. Dr. Joe Holley [...] The post Extreme Weather, Tornadoes, and USAR Team Response appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Dr. Joe Holley returned recently from a training exercise for USAR teams to work out new training routines for disaster responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. They looked at ways to keep team members safe from infection while performing their essential duties during major disaster events. We also looked at recent and upcoming weather forecasts for [...] The post Updating Training Routines for Disaster Responders During COVID-19 appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show this week to talk about the hospital surge happening due to COVID-19 cases. He relates his experience in the ER in Memphis and talks about the situation on the street with EMS providers, too. With the situation fast approaching a saturation point where patients [...] The post Coronavirus Covid-19 Hospital Surge Update with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Dr. Joe Holley shares his expertise with the Disaster Podcast crew as we look at the realities of patient care in the midst of the current increase of COVID-19 cases around the world. One of the biggest things that affect that care is the ability of a region’s hospitals to [...] The post Understanding Hospital Surge Capacity Amidst COVID appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

This episode looks at spikes in COVID-19 across the U.S. and its effects on EMS providers, hospital staff, and other medical responders. Dr. Joe Holley shares his expertise and experience in Memphis, Tennessee as the virus spread continues to grow there. Then we talk with our

Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show this week to share some insights into the recently released 2020 Emergency Cardiac Care guidelines. He focuses on recent research in cadavers and animal models that show a need for high quality BLS CPR measures in sudden cardiac arrest. Early manual CPR, heads-up [...] The post With CPR in 2020, There’s Nothing Like Good Perfusion appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

EPISODE 208 We caught up with Freelance Comic Artist Joe Holley. Also On Get Your Meds we discussed the absence of Comic Cons and the increasing difficult state of affairs.    Show Runner:  00:01:12          Opening Banter  00:02:35         Get Your Meds “Farewell To Cons” 00:08:54         Dealing with Conflict and being different 00:15:07          Fans not able to attend Comic Cons  00:22:03         Commercial 00:23:05         Guest Joe Holley 00:53:25         Wrap Up 00:58:19          End Credit   Previous Episode: Jeffrey Scott of Head on a stick productions https://youtu.be/tsWYDDZJteQ

Our disaster weather experts, Kyle Nelson and Becky Depodwin, come back on this episode of the Disaster Podcast to discuss the demise of Tropical Storm Marco and the pending strengthening and landfall of major Hurricane Laura. Dr. Joe Holley has been activated [...] The post Hurricane Laura Pre-Landfall Update appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

In this episode, we spend most of our time discussing the impacts and rescue efforts surrounding the recent chemical explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Joe Holley discusses the systemic medical impacts to the city’s infrastructure as well as the USAR (urban search and rescue) challenges faced by responders. Also on the show, our

In the current hot summer weather, first responders and disaster teams still have to train. We bring back past guest James Corbin (@Wilderness_PA on Twitter) to talk about how to train in hot weather and how doing that training has positive effect on fitness. He and Dr. Joe Holley talk [...] The post Hot Weather Training for Responders of All Kinds appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

This week we decided to give the Disaster Podcast team the week off for the July 4th holiday. Since there are so many new folks in the group, some may not know all the insider tips and jokes from the team. For example, when someone mentions Dr. Joe Holley and [...] The post The Famous Foley Catheter Episode – A Blast From the Past! appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Today with visit with Dr. Sam Ni, a third year emergency medicine resident and USAR Doc in Training. Dr. Joe Holley connected us with Dr. Ni so we could get an understanding about what draws some ER docs to this unique calling. We chat with Dr. Ni about the process [...] The post USAR Doc In Training with Dr. Sam Ni appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Disaster Podcast hosts Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley talk with Dr. Joe Holley once again for our tenth bonus update on the COVID-19 outbreak. Our understanding of the way this virus impacts our patients is still evolving. Watch for more of these [...] The post COVID-19 Update Number 10 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

A church welcomes the community to worship inside its halls. So how does it willingly open its doors again after violence shattered lives inside? Houston Chronicle columnist Joe Holley joins host Krys Boyd to tell the story of a small Texas town learning to trust again after experiencing the worst mass shooting inside an American place of worship. His new book is called “Sutherland Springs: God, Guns, and Hope in a Texas Town.”

Disaster Podcast hosts Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley touch base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our ninth bonus update on the COVID-19 outbreak. Our understanding of the way this virus impacts our patients is still evolving. Watch for more of these [...] The post COVID-19 Update #9 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Disaster Podcast host Jamie Davis touches base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our eighth bonus update on the COVID-19 outbreak kicking off the month of May 2020. Our understanding of the way this virus impacts our patients is still evolving. Watch for more of these [...] The post COVID-19 Update 8 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our seventh bonus update on the COVID-19 outbreak wrapping up the month of April. Our understanding of the way this virus impacts our patients is still evolving. Watch for more of these updates a one or two times a week on [...] The post COVID-19 Update 7 Wraps Up April 2020 appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our sixth bonus update on the COVID-19 outbreak. Watch for more of these updates a one or two times a week on top of our normal episode rotation as Joe has more information to share with us. Here are the key [...] The post COVID-19 Patient Care Update 6 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

The podcast team takes a look at two topics in this week’s episode. First we cover a quick COVID-19 update with Dr. Joe Holley. Then we jump into coverage of the devastating line of storms that swept through the mid-South, South-East, and then up the coast through the mid-Atlantic and [...] The post Devastating Tornadoes and a COVID-19 Update on the Podcast appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our fifth short update on the COVID-19 outbreak. Watch for more of these updates a one or two times a week on top of our normal episode rotation as Joe has more information to share with us. Here are the key [...] The post COVID-19 Patient Care Update 5 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base again with Dr. Joe Holley for our fourth short update on the COVID-19 outbreak. Watch for more of these updates a few times a week on top of our normal episode rotation as Joe has more information to share with us. Here are the key points Joe [...] The post COVID-19 Patient Care Update 4 with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base with Dr. Joe Holley for a look at the COVID-19 patient presentation signs and symptoms. We will cover more of these updates as Joe has more information to share with us. Here are the key points Joe covered on this brief call: General COVID-19 Presentation and Diagnosis: [...] The post COVID-19 Patient Presentation Update with Dr. Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We touch base with Dr. Joe Holley for a look at the COVID-19 response on the ground in ERs and EMS circles. We will cover these updates as Joe has more information to share with us. In this segment, Joe describes a grim forecast as many ER docs talk about [...] The post A Quick COVID-19 Update With Joe Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Welcome to the episode number 35 of the Authors of Mass Destruction podcast. My name is Natasha Bajema, aka WMDgirl on Twitter. I’m a fiction author, national security expert and your host for this podcast. If you’re interested in science & technology, in reading good fiction, or want to write fiction based on technology, you’re […]

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Dr. Joe Holley and his wife Kimberly Holley were activated by the state to respond to Cookeville, Tennessee to assist local responders following the tornado strikes there last week. In this episode, Kimberly discusses her deployment, how the dogs performed, and some lessons learned in one of her first big deployments. The post USAR Dog Tornado Deployment with Kimberly Holley appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Boots on the ground. That's one of the things that distinguishes this podcast from others. Yesterday areas around Nashville, Tennessee woke up to devastation from a string of tornadoes that struck the region. At the same time, Dr. Joe Holley and his wife Kimberly Holley were activated by the state to respond to Cookeville, Tennessee to assist local responders. The post Boots on the Ground in Cookeville, Tennessee Post-Tornado appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we bring on Dr. Joe Holley and his Wife Kimberly Holley to talk about dealing with the stress of a deployment for the family of a disaster responder. We also talk about helping family members deal with the aftermath of disaster responses and [...] The post Stress and the Family of the Disaster Responder appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

In this week’s episode, we cover a couple of topics. First we chat with Dr. Joe Holley about the recent coronavirus outbreak and its spread worldwide. The podcast crew covers the need to seek out reliable information. We also talk about the need for health professionals and all emergency response [...] The post Coronavirus Update and a Look a Weather Conferences and Disasters appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Dr. Joe Holley and his co-author Dr. Johanna C. Moore joined the podcast for this episode to talk about their recently published research on the effectiveness of various supraglottic airway devices during CPR. Specifically, the study looked how well the various devices maintained an airtight seal [...] The post Negative Intrathorascic Pressure CPR Airway Research appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 3 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about their picks for top topics to cover in 2020. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle [...] The post Disaster Podcast Team Looks Forward to New and Exciting Topics in 2020 appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 2 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about the year’s best episodes and topics. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle Nelson,

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 1 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about the year’s best episodes and topics. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle Nelson,

With the jet stream dipping down from the arctic again this week, it's time to review our cold weather preparedness and emergency management and treatment so let's catch up with an episode on that for you. We have Dr. Joe Holley and Cohost Sam Bradley on the call, along with me, Jamie Davis. Enjoy! The post Cold Weather Preparedness and Emergencies Revisited appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

On the show this week are Disaster Podcast host, Jamie Davis, Dr. Joe Holley, and our two disaster weather experts, Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson. We discuss the raging wildfires in California and the weather conditions that fuel [...] The post Weather and Causes of Fast-Moving Wildfires in California appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

We take a look at ballistic injury patterns in the wake of another spate of mass-shooting incidents. Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show to answer questions about what kinds of injuries are caused by gunshot wounds and how first responders can prepare for a response to gunshot wound incidents. On the show this [...] The post Gunshot Wounds and Ballistic Injury Patterns appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

After the response to Hurricane Barry last week, Dr. Joe Holley is back from his deployment with the federal Incident Support Team (IST). He took some time for a short call with host Jamie Davis to talk about the response and some of the lessons learned. Joe also recounts what he saw first hand in the field that has him hopeful that preparedness lessons a being taken seriously by people in storm-prone areas. The post Preparedness Lessons Applied in Hurricane Barry Response appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

Gene Autry stars in "Comin' Round The Mountain," RCA records releases the first 45-rpm album, ABC-TV pulls the plug on "The Johnny Cash Show," Dolly Parton performs on the Academy Awards, the Mississippi Musicians Hall Of Fame inducts Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Marty Stuart and several others. We remember the birthday of fiddler Joe Holley, fiddler Tommy Jackson and singer-songwriter Lefty Frizzell. That and more in today's podcast! Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @TICMHpodcast.

Listen to author Joe Holley discuss Hometown Texas, his book about seeing Texas through small towns and back roads. Subscribe to Book, Line, & Sinker on iTunes, Soundcloud, Youtube, and Google Play!

In this week's episode, we're featuring a landmark album in what would later become known as the western swing revivalist movement: Merle Haggard's sensational "My Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World (or, My Salute To Bob Wills)" (1970). Along with Jimmie Rodgers and Lefty Frizzell, Bob Wills was one of The Hag's primarily influences. A young Haggard even snuck out of his home at age 12 to go see Wills play at the famous Beardsley Ballroom, such was the influence from a very formative age. Armed with a fiddle he only took a few months to learn - a fiddle which once belonged to Bob Wills himself - Haggard, in discussion with Roy Nichols and Norm Hamlet of his band The Strangers, decided a tribute to "The Old Man" could only be done properly with the help of those who were there to make the sound in the first place. Johnny Gimble, Joe Holley, Eldon Shamblin, Tiny Moore and others graciously and eagerly agreed to be a part of this project and "The Best Damn Fiddle Player" is generally accepted as the first mainstream album to kickstart the western swing revival, still very much alive today. The enjoyment had on this collection of Wills standards (with a few choice obscurities) is evident, and legend has it that at the end of the three-day recording session, such was the emotion in the room that when the final note was played, you could see a tear in the eye of most all the pickers there. That's the soul of country music and western swing right there.

In this week's episode, we're featuring a landmark album in what would later become known as the western swing revivalist movement: Merle Haggard's sensational "My Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World (or, My Salute To Bob Wills)" (1970). Along with Jimmie Rodgers and Lefty Frizzell, Bob Wills was one of The Hag's primarily influences. A young Haggard even snuck out of his home at age 12 to go see Wills play at the famous Beardsley Ballroom, such was the influence from a very formative age. Armed with a fiddle he only took a few months to learn - a fiddle which once belonged to Bob Wills himself - Haggard, in discussion with Roy Nichols and Norm Hamlet of his band The Strangers, decided a tribute to "The Old Man" could only be done properly with the help of those who were there to make the sound in the first place. Johnny Gimble, Joe Holley, Eldon Shamblin, Tiny Moore and others graciously and eagerly agreed to be a part of this project and "The Best Damn Fiddle Player" is generally accepted as the first mainstream album to kickstart the western swing revival, still very much alive today. The enjoyment had on this collection of Wills standards (with a few choice obscurities) is evident, and legend has it that at the end of the three-day recording session, such was the emotion in the room that when the final note was played, you could see a tear in the eye of most all the pickers there. That's the soul of country music and western swing right there.

Join us this Wednesday as we speak with Joe Holley

Thunder talks to Joe Holley, author of "Hurricane Season; The Unforgettable Story of the 2017 Houston Astros and the Resilience of a City" - talking Astros, Houston, and JJ Watt!

Join us this Wednesday as we speak with journalist and author Joe Holley

  This Week: Gabriel Vogel, Joe Holley, Albert Cantu, and Andrew King Show Notes: Bad Santa: 0:26 – 2:20 Doubt: 2:20 – 3:55 Man on the Moon: 4:00 – 5:11 Despicable Me: 2 5:14 – 8:45 The Departed: 9:29 – 11:22 Regarding Last Week’s Absence/ The Heat: 11:23 – 15:57 The Lone Ranger Review: 15:57 […]

    This Week: Gabriel Vogel, Joe Holley, Albert Cantu, and Andrew King [audio https://simplyfilm.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/world-war-z1.mp3] Show Notes: Much Ado About Nothing: 0:25 – 5:20 Mars Attacks: 5:21 – 7:00 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 7:00 – 8:01 Monsters University: 8:01 – 11:16 The Bling Ring: 11:18 – 15:39 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai: 15:39 – […]

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  This Week: Albert Cantu, Joe Holley, Gabriel Vogel, Andrew King Show Notes: What We’ve Been Watching: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 1:01 – 2:55 Carrie: 2:55 – 4:47 Mr. and Mrs. Smith: 4:50 – 4:58 The Pianist: 5:50 – 8:25 Downfall: 8:25 – 11:30 Behind the Candelabra: 11:30 – 15:15 American Psycho: 15:18 […]

On tonight’s Show: A Tribute to Sally Smith Other tributes to Sally: Sally L. Smith from the American U. School of Education, Teaching, and Health Sally Smith by Joe Holley from the Washington Post The Teacher at the Head of the Class by Ellen Edwards from the Washington Post NPR:Special-Education Innovator Sally Smith Dies by […]