Well, the bands are all now duking it out to see who will be around for “Interview Week” on our next live show, January 22 at 2 p.m. central.  Everyone in the Top 10 when the show starts gets an invitation to be on the show, and Interview Week is always fun.  While you’re waiting for that, here’s a schedule of what’s featured on the automated show this week:

Tuesday’s Show (Jan. 18)
Show Starts at 2 p.m. & a.m. Central Time

Bonus Segment #1 –  20 minutes into the show

• Replay of our December 18 interview with Keith Schultz of the band 484 South. (We dedicated our show that day to the band’s bass player Don Hull who passed away in mid December.) The band’s song “Lost Highway” will follow.
• Replay of our crazed July, 2010 interview with Leslie Craig, an independent singer in Nashville and one of the most successful guest DJs in the history of our silly little show. Leslie’s song “Rock Star” will follow.

Bonus Segment #2 –  approximately 2 hours into show)

• Replay of our December 18 interview with Nancy Apple one of the only (if not the only) singers to appear in all 3 editions of The Finals of our cockamamy show. Nancy’s song “Voodoo Woman” will follow.
• Replay of our May, 2010 interview with Edna Delagarza of the Corpus Christi, Texas band Lyrical Bynge. The band’s amazing cover of “Ball & Chain” will follow.

Thursday’s Show (Jan. 20)
Show Starts at 2 p.m. & a.m. Central Time

Bonus Segment #1 –  20 minutes into the show

• Replay of both interviews we’ve done over the last two years with Jamon Scott, leader of The Toluenes, one of the bands in this month’s contest. (They’re song Bones is just out of the Top 10 as of this writing.) We’ll also toss in two of Jamon’s songs that aren’t in the contest this month.

Bonus Segment #2 –  approximately 2 hours into show

• Replay of the interviews we did in 2010 with Chris Dair, the man behind “Lost in Wasted Time” in this month’s contest and his wife Vivian. We also play a beautiful song that Vivian recorded and at least one other song from Chris.

Friday’s Show (Jan. 21)
Show Starts at 2 p.m. & a.m. Central Time

Bonus Segment #1 –  20 minutes into the show

• Replay of our Dec. 18 interview with Wendy Rich, who is leading this month’s contest. We’ll play her song Driver, which finished strong in the 2010 finals.
• Replay of our popular interview from Feb. 2010 with Ruby Jane Smith, the teenage fiddlin’ phenom from Austin, Texas. We’ll play at least one the amazing songs that she has recorded in recent years.

Bonus Segment #2 –  approximately 2 hours into show

• Replays of the two interviews we did with members of 484 South whose song Baton Rouge is in this month’s show. We’ll also play at least two of the band’s songs.

Saturday’s Show (Jan. 22)
Show Starts at 2  a.m. Central Time

Bonus Segment #1 –  20 minutes into the show

• Replay of our June, 2009 interview with Mike Parish, singer of our second place 2009 song, Blue Jean Baby. We’ll also play the song, of course.
• Replay of our New Year’s day 2010 interview with a long-time Hossey Award All-Star, Luna (of Luna in the Mountain Jets). We’ll also play Luna’s song, Honey.

Bonus Segment #2 –  approximately 2 hours into show

• Replay of our June 19, 2010 interview with Lucky Tubb, blood relative of the great Earnest Tubb. We’ll also be playing at least one song from Lucky’s band.
• Replay of our June 19, 2010 interview with Trey Gadler of the Houston, Texas band Trey Gadler and Dead Man’s Hand. We’ll also play the band’s song, Last Goodbye.

As always, all 30 songs in this month’s contest will get a spin during each automated show  We just don’t play the songs in any particular order during the show. We also play a good number of songs that were winners in previous editions of the show, too.