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Joe Baker
"For those of us who love the romance
of the "Western Lifestyle"
Joe Baker perpetuates this unique form of Americana."
Joe's radio show is broadcasted throughout the Southwest and
is strictly "western". Although Joe is only 50 years
of age, the show is reminiscent of radio programs that aired in
the 40's and 50's. He plays requests, holds contests weekly, giving
away new CD's or backstage passes to concerts and has a diverse
and loyal listening audience. He is surprised when a teenager
will win a CD of Western Swing or Western music and get excited
saying "where did you find this kind of music"? Listeners
are genuinely pleased to get their hands on it. Joe is helping
to preserve this art form by promoting it and his younger listeners
are proof of that.
Joe is not your typical Disc Jockey. His first radio program,
on radio station KYXS in Mineral Wells/Weatherford, Texas was
called "Horse Sense On The Finish Line" where he handicapped
race horses for Lonestar Park in their inaugural and second season.
Next he had a documentary show called "Horse Sense On The
Cutting Edge" which traced the roots of the cutting horse
in Parker County, Texas.
Joe has lived his life hooked on all things "Western"
and western swing and western music has always been a big part
of that. He does his best to perpetuate this art form.
photo by Mary Ryland
Joe was nominated by the Academy of Western Artists for Disc
Jockey of the Year - 2002, and finished in the "Top Ten"
in the world. In July, 2002, he was the featured Disc Jockey for
the Col. Buster Doss's Stardust Record Label in Nashville, TN.
written by Robin Deeter
Robin is the 2002 Academy of Western Artists Western Swing - Female
Vocalist of the Year. She lives in the Seattle, Washington area.
Visit her online at www.robindeeter.com.
Reviews/Awards
Disc Jockey of the Year - Cowtown Society
of Western Music 2004
CSWM Hall of Fame - Inducted May 1st, 2004 in Fort Worth, Texas
I have been aware of your fine work promoting Western music for
quite a while, but this is the first time I got to hear the show
live and it's a winner! Bobby Newton, Director of the Academy
of Western Artists
Joe, you have a great show, you will do WESTERN MUSIC good.
Don Edwards, Western recording artist, Weatherford, Texas
Thanks for inviting me on the Back Forty Bunkhouse! You have
a great show and we need more of 'em! Red Steagall, Western
entertainer/poet, Azle, Texas
Dust off your hat, shine up your boots and get ready for four
hours of the best Classic and County & Western Swing to hit
the airwaves since the '40s because Joe Baker's Back Forty Bunkhouse
Show is on the air and the urge to dance will hit you any minute.
Thanks for playing the best music in the world! Robin Deeter,
Entertainer, Seattle, Washington
The best country show in Lincoln County. Joe B. really keeps
his listeners informed and entertained. Sam Donaldson, ABC
News, Washington, D. C.
Keepin' Western Swing alive in the Ruidoso area, do as I do,
when I'm in town, I listen to the Back Forty Bunkhouse Show...
Pee Wee Whitewing, Western Swing recording artist, Crowley, Louisiana
Thanks to you, Joe, Western Swing is SWINGIN' up in Ruidoso.
You have one great show. Curtis Potter, AWA Western Swing
make vocalist of the year 2002, Abilene, Texas
Great show, my staff and I couldn't keep the radio turned
down while we were in Cloudcroft. Honorable Gary Johnson,
Former Governor, New Mexico
We appreciate what you do for Western Swing and Western Music.
Shows like yours are hard to find these days! Ted Scanlon
& the Desperados, Las Cruces, New Mexico
We need more radio stations and shows like yours. I truly
enjoyed being on your show. Mike Blakely, Western novelist, songwriter,
and entertainer, Marble Falls, Texas.
It was great seeing you in Fort Worth. I can't say enough
of how much your support means to me and to Western Music. Joni
Harms, 2002 AWA Entertainer of the Year, Canby, Oregon
I know Western Swing means as much to you as it does to us,
keep up the great work and the promoting that you do for all of
us. Cowjazz, Weatherford, Texas
If you like the music of the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium,
then you will like the Back Forty Bunkhouse Show.... Robert
Donaldson, former Mayor of Ruidoso, New Mexico
Thanks for your Great show! Floyd Domino, Swing Piano,
Austin, Texas
Good show, I enjoyed your laid back style! Nelson Martinez,
KOAT Action 7 News Anchor, Albuquerque
I grew up on what some call Country & Western Swing music
in Oklahoma. Keep up the good programming and I will continue
to be your #1 listener. Honorable Harold Mansell, Municipal
Judge of Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Joe B's Back Forty Bunkhouse Show features music that lots
of folks have been hungering for. I personally have noticed a
surge of popularity of this type of format over the past few years!...
Peter Lambach, Songwriter and entertainer, Hope, New Mexico
The Back Forty Bunkhouse Show is great to keep that spirit
going. I look forward to it from one week to the next! Louise
Tilman, Listener, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
I enjoy listenin' to your Back Forty Bunkhouse Show...I like
the old time country music I used to listen to when I was a kid.
Keep up the good work! Tom Sullivan, Sheriff, Lincoln County,
New Mexico
Thank you so much for all you are doin' to keep Western Swingin'
in beautiful Ruidoso! Ray Reed would be so proud of you, as we
all are! Keep doin' what you are doin'...It's important...
Barbara Martin, Publisher, Western Swing Monthly
Your show is what Country Music and Western Swing is all about,
it just doesn't get any better than this. Vern Stovall, Singer/Songwriter,
Clifton, Texas
I've listened to Joe B's show and the way he arranges his
program. It keeps the audience informed and at the same time entertaining
them with the best choices of Traditional Country and Western
Swing music. WAHOO, WHAT A RIDE! David Cline, Singer/Songwriter,
Combine, Texas
Your show is great, we need more folks like you! Narvel
Felts, Entertainer, Malden, Missouri
Joe B's radio show is my kind of music, the best radio station
in New Mexico, just happens to be in Ruidoso. Peggy Rains,
Entertainer, Pryor, Oklahoma
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