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What can I say? The show today is full of all sorts of songs with memories. Songs that tell stories, songs about food, and, I think, a song that our own Sarah Hillis may have been involved with if I remember right. Melissa will be back next week, but I hope you all enjoy what I've come up with. I think there's some great stuff here, and a lot that should have been there that just wouldn't fit. Enjoy the show!

I know, I know! This is two weeks away, and if you're anything like me, it's hard to think past today, let alone two weeks ahead. But here's the good news! You don't actually have to think that far ahead, which is why I'm writing so early.

It’s December 25th, and I’m super excited to be able to spend three hours of my Christmas with everyone! The Country Christmas Special has always been my favorite show to do each year, and this year I’ve got a few new ideas in store for everyone.

Along with good old classic country Christmas tunes, I’ve got some new ones on the playlist. Has Bruce been naughty or nice this year? Will he be receiving coal or something else in his stocking?

With just one more week until the Country Oasis Christmas special I wanted to do something different for this week's show. After the sudden passing of Charlie Pride on Saturday, I thought it might be nice to play some of his music. Then, last year, Tanya Tucker released a new album. Although these are new songs, Tanya is definitely no stranger on the Country Oasis, so I also wanted to feature some songs off of that album. Is Tanya still on her game at sixty-one? And of course, I'll continue to sprinkle in some great Christmas tunes as well.

Names are everywhere. We all have them, (unless you change your name to a symbol), and there are so many songs with names. Maybe the name is right in the title, or maybe the name is in the lyrics of the song. Either way, I'm going to focus on those names this week, and I want your help coming up with songs. So, send me an email or tweet me at CountryOasis. Shirley you can come up with some good songs!

Who doesn't like a good story? And, country music lends itself so well to story-songs. So, on the show tomorrow, I'll be featuring story-songs. Some happy ones, some sad ones, and lots of in between. There's a top ten list of songs according to One Country, so I'll be playing those, along with the commentary that's included with each song. There's still time to get in your favorite story-song request too, so tweet me @Country_Oasis, or send me an email and I'll get it into the playlist.

I love words. I love reading, and I love word games. And some would even say I love to talk. So, my question is, what do construction, mining, farming, money, time, and numbers all have in common? You probably wouldn't think much, but country music is full of these themes, and somehow I've managed to link them all together for tomorrow's show. And, kind of like one of my word games that I love to play, some of the songs are, ... Well, ... Very loose associations. But, isn't that all part of the fun?

What do pickup trucks, trains, dysfunctional families, booze, and hound dogs have in common? Well, okay, not a lot, really, but there are those, such as my husband, who would claim that this is what country music is all about. I, on the other hand, intend to show you that this is simply not the case, with the Country Oasis, heard every Wednesday on Mushroom FM. Okay, there may be pickup trucks, trains, dysfunctional families, booze and hound dogs in some of the songs I play, but that's just coincidence, I assure you.

In just under 2.5 hours, I'll be back with another two hours of great and varied country music. Today we're traveling back and forth through time in our virtual time machine talking about all sorts of things. To get in touch to make a request for next week's show, tweet @Country_Oasis or send me an email and I'll get it on for you. Hope to see you soon!

Well, I guess that's for you the listener to decide. Starting on Wednesday, that's August 26th at 6 PM Eastern, I'll be back with two hours of fresh, uh, classic country music. I'll be joined by Eddie and Arthur, the wonder budgies, who think that they are famous after two seconds of Winnipeg TV news coverage. They're not birds of Paradise, so they won't be flying up Little Jimmy Dickens's nose, and they won't be participating in the Tennessee Birdwalk. And, they're not whippoorwills, so they don't make me feel lonesome.