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
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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Wooooooo hooooooooo! go Gary Bonnett xoxoxoxox♥
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Hey Again, Everybody. D B Rielly will be on this Saturday’s live contest show. And, this time, I should actually be on there too, to talk with him and Gary Bonnett about their music. Be sure to listen, and keep voting daily for my picks. Thanks for all of your support!!!!
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Can’t get enough of Gary Bonnett!!!! YOU KNOW THAT’S RIIIIGHT!
Gary Bonnett: America’s next SUPER STAR!!!!
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Really enjoyed the Robert Earl Keen concert earlier today!
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Hey everybody, Great News! Gary Bonnett will be on this Saturday’s live contest show, again. Be sure to listen, and click on and vote for his song “San Angelo” every day this week to make sure he stays at #1. (And, while you’re at it, vote for 4 of my other picks, as well.) Thanks for all of your support!
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