January 2009 Winners
Posted January 6th, 2009 by Don Cudd (aka Hoss)
These are the final survivors from January 2009. They will now challenge the top 5 songs from other months in a “post season” of some sort that we have not yet decided the specifics of. (Sue us!)
January's Winners
- Gary Bonnett - San Angelo Info/Buy
Picked by Tony Kinsel (26%, 544 Votes) - Lance Strode - John Barleycorn Info/Buy
Picked by Hoss (20%, 409 Votes) - Scott Johnson - Stop Info/Buy
Picked by Eric Malmstrom (20%, 406 Votes) - Geoff Union - Chances Info/Buy
Picked by Hoss (13%, 279 Votes) - D.B. Reilly - I’ve Got a Girlfriend Info/Buy
Picked by Tony Kinsel (6%, 135 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,082
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Interesting notes about the January contest:
- Guest DJ Tony Kinsel’s songs got the most votes in January, so he wins the automatic invitation to return as a guest DJ in February. Tony is well on his way to repeating as Guest DJ of the year on HossTheBoss.com. His pick of Gary Bonnett proved to be pure genius for the contest.
- Guest DJ Eric Malmstrom was the big winner in the 2008 version of this contest with his band Bretheren Sol, so Hoss invited him to be a guest DJ in January. His picks included a rare recording from the late Waylon Jennings and his bands had, overall, the most impressive music industry credentials of any guest DJs picks today. Unfortunately, most of his great picks bombed in the contest during the first two weeks! But that doesn’t mean they weren’t GREAT songs by GREAT bands.
- Guest DJ Kat Moore finished a close second to Eric in the 2008 contest, so Hoss figured she was a perfect choice for the January contest, too. Her picks included several dark songs that do not necessarily reflect her happy, healthy, upbeat personality, but she picked them because, the music biz being what it is, she is pretty confident that the songs won’t get much airplay anywhere else. That kind of strategy is what HossTheBoss.com is all about! Kat introduced us all to some great bands that a lot of people probably hadn’t ever heard of before.
- Hoss has his most successful month of pickin’ to date. Lance Strode and Geoff Union topped his list of great vote-gettin’ picks.
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Hoss, I clicked on to vote for Roger Creager and Augie Meyers and noticed you were playing Robert Earl Keen!!!!!!Thank You!!! You’ve restored my faith in Texas music & more!
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Tony Kinsel Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hey Jeff, I was beginning to think I was the only REK fan around here. Thanks for listening, and keep on voting for my picks, but vote for three more of mine, too.
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Hoss The Boss Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Yeah… Thanks for calling the little screw up to my attention! Sorry about that!
I’m just about finished with some behind-the-scenes technical improvements on the station. Once those are done, we’ll do the REK-only show, as I promised. Stay tuned for details. (It might not happen this week, though. Like I said, I gotta finish some behind the scenes stuff, first, so we’ll be ready for all the new stuff that’s coming!)
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Thank you very much for all the votes and please stop back each day and keep us at #1!!!
If you are in Arizona check us out this week at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale on the 21st and Cactus Moon in Tucson on the 22nd.
Steven Romanowsky
Lead Guitarist
Gary Bonnett Band
lonestarmusic.com
garybonnett.com
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I’ve loved “San Angelo” since the first time I heard it in SAN ANGELO!! Gary we all love & miss you in Omaha!!! When are you going to play at Offutt?
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Gary Bonnett!!! Look at ya now!! Rockin’ 1st place, right where you need to be, but don’t worry we are going to keep you there!! Rock on Buddy!!! See you this week in Arizona!!
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Gary Bonnett! Look at you, on top!!! See you @ Cactus Moon In Tucson on Thursday!!
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