Comments on: Classic Country On YouTube - The SleepyCreek Collection

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:25:14 +0000

Looks like the reign of The Sleepy One is at an end. But fear not; you can still find plenty of pirated RFDTV clips here (for now):

http://www.youtube.com/user/HonkyTonkDude

By: M.E.

M.E. — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:47:24 +0000

What happen??? NO!!! sleepycreek vid’s on youtube??? WTF

By: Peter Heath

Peter Heath — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:27:31 +0000

Disaster!! Sleepycreek’s account has been suspended. How can we get it back?

By: M

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:10:53 +0000

Now THAT’s what I call CRAUNCY TV

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:31:45 +0000

I don’t think I’d use those terms. He probably needed to cut the station’s overhead in order to keep it running in the black. And after all, he did find a good home for the library. The fact that this collection is one of the few to survive suggests to me that it was other station owners who were callous and shortsighted, not Norman Lear.

By: ben

ben — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:02:37 +0000

Thanks for pointing these out, and the write up. Interesting to read how callous and shortsighted Norman could be. Truly a national treasure.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:12:59 +0000

Sigh…perhaps it’s a good thing I cannot watch Jim Ed Brown. Exposure to my golden idols always just ends up tarnishing them…

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:39:22 +0000

RFD is fun, but they are kind of weird on their scheduling. I’ve recorded a Wilburn Bros show a few times, and a Country Carnival would strangely pop up in its place (which is pretty neat, with Jim Ed Brown hosting from some A-frame building out in the boonies). They tend to repeat the same episode of each show multiple times throughout the week.

I noticed that the RFD website lists vintage soul and gospel programs in Willie’s collection, but I’ve never seen them broadcast on the channel.

Pop Goes The Country is my fave, but you likely already knew that!

By: Tom Troccoli

Tom Troccoli — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:11:24 +0000

The wife wrote RFD up at my behest a few of years back for the Hollywood Reporter. The music collection you refer to at that time was owned by Willie Nelson.
RFD has already passed it’s ‘my how quaint’ stage, and is already a mainstay and far more ‘pro’ than they were a mere two years ago.
The real joy of RFD is not just the music programming, but hours of footage of classic tractors and trains. The cassic train shows are best as they usually run an hour with little or no narration, and are clearly shot by enthusaists using home video gear.
Quite relaxing after a day in the 21st Century.
The cooking shows are also quite cool, and Jon Kyl’s commentaries are not to be missed.
RFD has been my true favorite network for quite some time. Glad they finally added it to your line-up.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:21:30 +0000

You’re welcome! Here’s hoping RFD-TV isn’t a member of the Viacom family!