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Syndicated Country & Western Music Series
Season 8 (1970-71)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger
references:
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Series 8 regulars include:
Loretta Lynn, Hal Rugg, Buddy Spiker, fiddler

 8.01 [388] Prod. no. WB-388 (unknown)

8.02 [389] The Glaser Brothers
Prod. no. WB-389
Synopsis:
The Wilburn Brothers - "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."
Loretta Lynn - "It's Such A Pretty World Today."
Glaser Brothers - "All That Keeps You Going."
The Wilburn Brothers - "Honky Tonk Songs."
Loretta Lynn - "Woman of the World."
Hal Rugg - "Corinna Corinna" steel guitar instrumental
The Wilburn Brothers - "Precious Memories" (Gospel number).
The Glaser Brothers - "Today I Started Loving You Again."

8.03 [390] Jeannie Pruitt / Debbie Kay (taped August 3, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-390
31Oct1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "We Need a Lot of Happiness."
Loretta Lynn - "What Kind of A Girl Do You Think I Am?"
Jeannie Pruitt - "Kingsize Bed."
Debbie Kay - "Cryin' Time."
Wilburn Brothers - "Move Up A Little Closer."
Hal Rugg - "Don't Come Home a Drinkin'."
Loretta Lynn - "I'm Dynamite."
Jeannie Pruitt - "One Day Ahead of my Tears."

8.04 [391] Ronnie Shaw (taped August 3, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-391
24Oct1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy."
Loretta Lynn - "The Big Ole Hurt."
Ronnie Shaw - "If the Whole World Forgets How to Smile."
Wilburn Brothers - "Someone Before Me."
Loretta Lynn - "To Make A Man."
Buddy Spiker - "Beaumont Rag" (fiddle instrumental).
Wilburn Brothers - "Steal Away" (Gospel number).
Ronnie Shaw - "Long Tall Texas Kid."

8.05 [392] George Owens (taped August 3, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-392
17Oct1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Up This hill and Down
Loretta Lynn - "Fist City
George Owens - "Accidental Man
Wilburn Brothers - "Somebody's Back in Town
Loretta Lynn - "Who Says God Is Dead" (Gospel song).
Buddy Spiker - unidentified instrumental
Crystal Gayle - "I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes
George Owens - "Strangers."

8.06 [393] The Osborne Brothers (taped August 3, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-393
10Oct1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
The Wilburn Brothers - "Try a Little Kindness."
Loretta Lynn - "Your Squaw is on the Warpath."
Osborne Brothers - "Listening to the Rain."
Wilburn Brothers - "Let Me Be the First to Know."
Wilburn Brothers, Osborne Brothers, and Loretta Lynn - "Farther Along."
Buddy Spiker - "Sioux City Sue."
Loretta Lynn - "Tippy Toein'."
Osborne Brothers - "There'll Be No More Teardrops Tonight."

8.07 [394] Lester Flatt
Prod. no. WB-394
03Oct1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "A Fool Never Learns."
Loretta Lynn - "You Wanna Give Me A Lift."
Lester Flatt - "I've Been Walking."
Wilburn Brothers - "Which One is to Blame?"
Wilburn Brothers, Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass and Loretta Lynn - "I Saw the Light" (Gospel number).
Buddy Spiker and the Nashville Grass, Lester Flatt, and Doyle Wilburn - "Eliza Jane" instrumental.
Loretta Lynn - "Taking the Place of My Man
Lester Flatt - "Little Maggie."

8.08 [395] guest: Grandpa Jones
26Sep1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-395

8.09 [396] Bill (?) Monroe (first name is hard to read)
19Sep1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WP-396

8.10 [397] Lorene Mann (taped August 4, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-397
12Sep1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Roll Muddy River."
Loretta Lynn - "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today."
Lorene Mann - "The Apron tree."
Wilburn Brothers - "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy."
The Wilburn Brothers, Doyle & Teddy, with their older brothers Lester and Leslie - "A Beautiful Life" (Gospel song).
Wilburn Brothers Band - "Little Liza Jane" instrumental
Lorene Mann - "Left to Right."
Loretta Lynn - "You Wanna Give Me A Lift."

8.11 [--] Jay Lee Webb / Debbie Turner (taped August 10, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-398
05Sep1970 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Love's Gonna Live Here."
Loretta Lynn - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'."
Jay Lee Webb - "She's Lookin' Better By The Minute."
Debbie Turner - "If There Ever Was A Time."
Group - "I'll Fly Away."
Hal Rugg - "Blue Kentucky Girl."
Loretta Lynn - "Success."
Jay Lee Webb - "Bloomin' Fools."

8.12 [399] Peggy Sue (taped August 10, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-399
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "I Don't Care."
Loretta Lynn - "How Long Will It Take."
Peggy Sue - "Sweet Baby Girl."
Peggy Sue - "Heart OVer Mind."
Peggy Sue - "Little Rock Get-Away."
Loretta Lynn - "World of Forgotten People."
Buddy Spiker - "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Wilburn Brothers - "Dust on the Bible" (Gospel song).
Peggy Sue - "All American Husband."

8.13 [400] The Osborne Brothers (taped October 12, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-400
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "She Burned the Roadside Tavern down."
Loretta Lynn - "Coal Miner's Daughter."
The Osborne Brothers - "My Old Kentucky Home."
Wilburn Brothers - "Lilacs in Winter."
Osborne Brothers - "Where We'll Never Grow Old."
Hal Rugg - "Bells of St Mary's."
Loretta Lynn - "Two Steps Forward."
The Osborne Brothers - "I Know What it Means to be Lonesome."

8.14 [401] Charley Pride (taped October 12, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-401
Synopsis:
Wilburn Borthers - "Flyin' South."
Loretta Lynn - "Let's Get Back Down to Earth."
Charley Pride - "I Wonder Could I Live There Anymore."
Wilburn Brothers - "Less of Me."
Loretta Lynn - "Wine, Women and Song."
Buddy Spiker - "Under the Double Eagle" (fiddle instrumental)
Wilburn Brothers - "Kneel at the Cross" (Gospel number)
Charley Pride - medley: "Just Between You And Me," "Crystal Chandelier" and "I Can't Believe That You Stopped Loving Me."

8.15 [402] Lenny Dee
Prod. no. WB-402
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Heart Over Mind."
Loretta Lynn - "Dear Uncle Sam."
Lenny Dee - "Folsom Prison Blues."
Wilburn Brothers - "The Knoxville Girl."
Loretta Lynn - "The Third Man" gospel
Hal Rugg - "Careless Hands" (steel guitar instrumental)
Lenny Dee - "Freight Train."
Loretta Lynn - "A Man I Hardly Know."

8.16 [403] Marty Robbins Jr (aka Ronnie Robbins)
Prod. no. WB-403
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Alone With You."
Loretta Lynn There Must Be More to Love Than This."
Marty Robbins Jr (aka Ronnie Robbins) - "Mama Tried."
Wilburn Brothers - "Making Plans."
Wilburn Brothers - "Jesus Hold My Hand" (Gospel number)
Buddy Spiker - "Gallupin' Violin" (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Marty Robbins Jr - "I'll Go Alone."

8.17 [404] Connie Smith / Warren Pence
Prod. no. WB-404
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Goin' and Comin'."
Loretta Lynn - "Loose Talk."
Wilburn Brothers - "Everything I Am Loves You."
Connie Smith - "Louisiana Man."
Loretta Lynn & Connie Smith - "Clinging to a Saving Hand" (Gospel duet)
Warren Pence (11-year-old banjo picker) - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (banjo instrumental).
Loretta Lynn - "Today I Started Loving You Again."
Connie Smith - "I Never Once Stopped Loving You."

8.18 [405] Bobby Bare (taped October 13, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-405
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Slammin' of the Door."
Loretta Lynn - "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin."
Bobby Bare - "That's How I Got to Memphis."
Wilburn Brothers - "The Legend of the Big River Train."
Loretta Lynn - "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Buddy Spiker - "Shortenin' Bread" (fiddle instrumental)
Wilburn Brothers - "He Will Set Your Fields on Fire" (Gospel).
Bobby Bare - "Come Sundown."

8.19 [406] Prod. no. WB-406 (unknown)
8.20 [407] Prod. no. WB-407 (unknown)
8.21 [408] Prod. no. WB-408 (unknown)

8.22 [409] Smith Twins / Don Bowman (taped October 14, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-409
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "It's Another World."
Loretta Lynn - "You've Just Stepped in."
Smith Twins - "You're a Real Good Friend."
Wilburn Brothers - "I'm Comin' Home Mama."
Loretta Lynn / Teddy Wilburn - "Sweet Thang."
Hal Rugg - "My Window Faces the South" (steel guitar instrumental)
Don Bowman - comedy routine
Loretta Lynn - "When They Ring Those Golden Bells,"

8.23 [410] Jay Lee Webb / Debbie Kay (taped December 29, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-410
13Mar1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "It Takes A Lot of Money."
Loretta Lynn - "Oh, Lonesome Me."
Jay Lee Webb - "You Made a Wreck Out Of Me."
Debbie Kay - "Daddy, Come and Get Me."
Loretta Lynn - "How Great Thou Art" (Gospel number)
Hal Rugg - "Old Spinning Wheel" (steel guitar instrumental)
Wilburn Brothers - "Little Eyes that Look At Me."
Jay Lee Webb - "Whole Lotta Nothing."

8.24 [---] guest: Jimmy Dickens
06Mar1971 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-411

8.25 [---] guest: Bill Monroe
27Feb1971 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-412

8.26 [---] guest: Jimmy C. Newman
20Feb1971 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-413

8.27 [---] guest: Cal Smith
13Feb1971 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-414

8.28 [415] Prod. no. WB-415 (unknown)
8.29 [416] Prod. no. WB-416 (unknown)

8.30 [417] Marty Robbins Jr (Ronnie Robbins) (taped December 30, 1970)
Prod. no. WB-417
Synopsis:
Loretta Lynn - "Singin' The Blues."
Wilburn Brothers - "The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight."
Marty Robbins Jr (aka Ronnie Robbins) - "Two of A Kind."
Loretta Lynn / Wilburn Brothers - "Talkin' to the Wall."
Wilburn Brothers - "All We Had Going is Gone."
Buddy Spiker - Medley of Fiddle Tunes (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "Ten Thousand Angels" (Gospel number)
Marty Robbins Jr. - "Love of the Common People."

8.31 [418] The Cates Sisters
Prod. no. WB-418
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Up This Hill and Down."
Loretta Lynn - "Less of Me."
The Cates Sisters - "Droppin' Out of Sight."
Wilburn Brothers - "Go Mena Si."
Wilburn Brothers - "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" (Gospel number)
Buddy Spiker & the Cates Sisters - "Boil Them Cabbage Down" (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "I Wanna Be Free."
The Cates Sisters - "Faded Love."

[---] Prod. no. WB-419 (unknown)
[---] Prod. no. WB-420 (unknown)

8.xx [---] Carl Phillips
12Jun1971 Milwaukee
Prod. no. unknown

8.xx [---] Doug Kershaw
05Jun1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. unknown

8.xx [---] Harlow Wilcox / DeWayne Phillip
22May1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. unknown
Synopsis:
The Wilburn Brothers - "Cotton Fields."
Loretta Lynn - "Snow Bird."
Harlow Wilcox - "Groovie Grubworm."
DeWayne Phillips - "Lonely Street."
Loretta Lynn - "Your Cheating Heart."
The Nashville Tennesseans - "Whose Heart Are You Breakin' Now?"
The Wilburn Brothers - "Give Me The Roses Now."
Harlow Wilcox - "Tennessee Stud."

8.34 [421] Bobby Bare
Prod. no. WB-421
15May1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "I've Got That Hurt on the Move."
Loretta Lynn - "Fist City."
Bobby Bare - "Come Sundown."
Loretta Lynn - "I Wanna Be Free."
Wilburn Brothers - "Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart."
Hal Rugg - "Love Letters in the Sand" (steel guitar instrumental)
Loretta Lynn & Bobby Bare - "God Bless America Again" (gospel duet)
Bobby Bare - "Miller's Cave."

[---] Prod. no. WB-422 (unknown)
[---] Prod. no. WB-423 (unknown)

8.35 [422] guests: The Willis Brothers
08May1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
--matching episode?
[---] The Willis Brothers
Synopsis:
The Wilburn Brothers - "Hanging Around."
Loretta Lynn - "What Makes Me Tick."
The Willis Brothers - "For The Good Times."
Loretta Lynn - "What Kind Of A Girl Do You Think I Am?"
The Wilburn Brothers, et al - "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder."
The Nashville Tennesseans - "Time Changes Everything."
Loretta Lynn - "Crazy Out Of My Mind."
The Willis Brothers - "Thanks To Women's Liberation."

8.36 [423] Vernon Oxford
01May1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
--matching episode?
[---] Vernon Oxford
Synopsis:
Loretta Lynn - "Fist City."
Wilburn Brothers - "She'll Walk All Over You."
Vernon Oxford - "This Woman Is Mine."
Harold Morrison - "Little Brown Jug."
Loretta Lynn - "If Loneliness Can Kill Me."
Buddy Spicher & Hal Rugg - "Boneparte's Retreat."
Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn & Harold Morrison - "Old Camp Meetin' Time."
Vernon Oxford - "Roll Big Wheel Roll."
The Wilburn Brothers - "I'm Leavin'."

8.37 [424] Warner Mack (taped January 5, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-424
24Apr1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Try a Little Kindness."
Loretta Lynn - "My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back to You."
Warner Mack - "Don't Wake me I'm Dreaming."
Loretta Lynn - "The Big Ole Hurt."
Wilburn Brothers - "I Wish I Could See You."
Hal Rugg - "Maggie" (steel guitar instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "The Old Rugged Cross" (Gospel number).
Warner Mack - "Live for the Good Times."

8.38 [425] Webb Pierce
17Apr1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-425

8.39 [426] Stringbean / Al Brumley
10Apr1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-426

8.40 [427] Crystal Gayle (taped January 6, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-427
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight
Loretta Lynn - "I Wanna Be Free
Wilburn Brothers - "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart."
Crystal Gayle - "Snowbird
Wilburn Brothers - "Wreck On The Highway" (Gospel number)
Hal Rugg - "Deep Water" steel guitar instrumental
Loretta Lynn & Crystal Gayle - "Sparkling Look of Love."
Crystal Gayle - "Carolina On My Mind."

8.xx [---] Charlie Louvin
20Mar1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
--matching episode?
[---] Charlie Louvin
The Wilburn Brothers - "Goody Goody Gumdrop."
Loretta Lynn - "Deep As Your Pocket."
Charlie Louvin - "Sittin' Bull."
The Wilburn Brothers - "Drifting Apart."
Loretta Lynn - "Hello Darlin'."
The Nashville Tennesseans - "Fiddle Boogie."
The Wilburn Brothers - "I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart."
Charlie Louvin & Diane McCall - "I Take The Chance."

8.41 [428] Stringbean
04Sep1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-428

8.42 [429] Tex Ritter (taped January 6, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-429
28Aug1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "I Can't Keep Away From You."
Loretta Lynn - "I Wanna Be Free."
Tex Ritter - "Streets of Laredo."
Loretta Lynn / Teddy Wilburn - "After the Fire is Gone."
Wilburn Brothers - "Little Eyes That Look at Me."
Buddy Spiker - "Fiddle Patch" (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "I'd Rather Have Jesus" (Gospel number)
Tex Ritter - "Green grow the Lilacs."

8.43 [430] guests unknown
Prod. no. WB-430

8.44 [431] guests unknown
Prod. no. WB-431
14Aug1971 Milwaukee - no info

8.45 [---] Charlie Walker
07Aug1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-432

8.46 [433] Brother Oswald / DeWayne Phillips (taped May 3, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-433
31July1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Goin' and Comin'."
Loretta Lynn - "Tippy Toein'."
Oswald - "John Hardy."
Dewayne Phillips - "Knock Three Times."
Loretta Lynn - "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (Gospel number)
Buddy Spiker - "Black Mountain Rag" (fiddle Instrumental)
Wilburn Brothers - "Everything I Am Loves You."
Oswald - "Comin' From the Ball."

8.47 [434] The Osborne Brothers
Prod. no. WB-434
24July1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Love's Gonna Live Here."
Loretta Lynn - "These Boots Are Made for Walking."
Osborne Brothers - "Listening to the Rain."
Wilburn Brothers - "That She's Leavin' Feeling."
Wilburn Brothers, Osborne Brothers, and Loretta Lynn - "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (Gospel number)
Buddy Spiker - "Sewanee River" fiddle instrumental
Loretta Lynn - "The Home You're Tearing Down."
The Osborne Brothers - "Georgia Pineywoods."

8.48 [435] Louie Roberts
Prod. no. WB-435
17July1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Less of Me."
Loretta Lynn - "When You're Poor."
Louie Roberts - "Letter to the President."
Wilburn Brothers - "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy."
Wilburn Brothers - "He Will Set Your Fields on Fire" (Gospel number)
Buddy Spiker - "Fire on the Mountain" (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "Blue Kentucky Girl."
Louis Roberts - "Sandy."
Original Film: WB-435

8.49 [436] Tom T. Hall (taped May 4, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-436
10July1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "Givin' Up."
Loretta Lynn - "You Wanna Give Me A Lift."
Tom T Hall - "Chattanooga Dog."
Loretta Lynn & Teddy Wilburn - "Will You Visit Me On Sunday?"
Loretta Lynn - "Today I Started Loving You Again
Buddy Spiker - "My Old Kentucky Home
Wilburn Brothers - "Don't Go Home Unsaved."
Tom T. Hall - "Ballad of Forty Dollars."

8.50 [437] guests: Joe and Rose Lee Maphis
03July1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-437

8.51 [438] guest: Chase Webster
26Jun1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Prod. no. possibly WB-438

8.52 [439] Hank Snow (taped May 5, 1971)
Prod. no. WB-439
19Jun1971 WVTV-18 Milwaukee
Synopsis:
Wilburn Brothers - "That She's Leavin' Feelin'."
Loretta Lynn Don't Come Home A Drinkin'."
Hank Snow - "My Little Home Down in New Orleans."
Wilburn Brothers - "Empty Arms."
Wilburn Brothers - "There Must Be More To Love Than This."
Buddy Spiker - "Draggin' The Bow" (fiddle instrumental)
Loretta Lynn - "I'm Gettin' Ready To Go" (Gospel number)
Hank Snow - "With This Ring I Thee Wed."

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