Ep#34 -the music nashville forgot
Original Airdate : 6-22-2026
Before country music got polished, Cliff Bruner was swining’
Howdy and Mabuhay, friends!
Welcome back to Mae Out West.
Before country music got polished, a lot of it was loud, loose, sharp, funny, and built for dancing. Cliff Bruner was part of that world. In 1935, Milton Brown brought him into the Musical Brownies, where Bruner and Cecil Brower helped shape the double-fiddle sound that became part of Western Swing’s backbone.
The band recorded for Decca. Milton Brown died in a car accident in 1936. Bruner moved on, but that sound didn’t.
You can still hear it in Western Swing today.
Let’s listen to him along with other incredible western swing and honky tonk artist on Episode #34.
Settle in. We’re playing the good stuff.
THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST
Come On — Wynn Stewart
One Sweet Letter from You — Cliff Bruner
Barred From Every Honky Tonk — Wilburn Brothers
Kinfolks in Carolina — Merle Travis
(Pay Me) Alimony — Maddox Brothers & Rose
Texas Home — Bad Bob Rohan
You Must Come in at the Door — Sons of the Pioneers
All I Can Do Is Cry — Marti Brom
Half a Man — Tommy Hooker
Don’t You Believe Him — Teresa Bowe Landry
Back in the Saddle — The Farmer & Adele
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie — Rob Dehlinger & the Alpha Rhythm Kings
Make Room in Your Heart (For a Memory) — Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars
Loudmouth — The Modern Mountaineers
Smooch Pooch — Honey Lane
If I Don’t Love You (Grits Ain’t Groceries) — George Jones
Roll Truck Roll — Red Simpson
Liza Pull Down the Shades — Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
You Nearly Lose Your Mind — Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
I Don’t Hurt Anymore — Faron Young
If We Never Meet Again — Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers
