| Don & Steve's BIG Fresno Barn Dance: Sundays - 2pm-4pm |
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 Friends and neighbors, step into the big barn for two hours of great music, Sundays from 2pm-4pm, right after A Prairie Home Companion on 90.7 KFSR. Following Fresno's longtime tradition of being the west-coast capitol of western swing music, your pals, Don and
Steve spin a unique original musical mix that explores western
swing it's roots and it's lineage. The Big Fresno Barn Dance fills the
airwaves with an eclectic blend of Texas, western, honky-tonk, old-time
country, rockabilly, progressive country, Americana and other
astounding surprises. There's never a dull moment. At the barn,
Bob Wills is still the King, along with Spade Cooley, Merle Haggard,
The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose, Cornell Hurd, Adolf Hofner, Graham
Parsons, Patsy Cline, Commander Cody, Poco, and a thousand
others. The rafters start knockin' when the barn starts rockin!
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Dave Stogner and
the late Buck Owens on TV - sent to us from Vi Stogner
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| Floor Plans to the Big Fresno
Barn Discovered!!! |
 Ever want to find out what the barn looks like
inside? Well, deep in an old tool box out beneath the workbench, we
found the original plans for the barn! See for yourself! |
| Read the official
"unauthorized" biography of Don and Steve... |
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The National Big Fresno Barn Dance's Steve
Barile (left) and Don Fischer (right) enjoy a rare visit to town and
the KFSR studio, before making their way back overland to the Big
Fresno Barn. |
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Above, Bob Wills and company stop by the Barn and take a
snapshot in front of Don and Steve's vintage tour bus!
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| 2nd Annual Big Fresno Barn Dance - Live Show - Nov 19 2005 @ Fagan's |
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 Be sure to wear your
hats and boots for KFSR’s 2nd annual LIVE Big Fresno Barn Dance Benefit show, taking place
this year Saturday night, November 19th, at Fagan’s Irish Pub, located at 2039 Kern St (Van Ness and
Kern Streets) in Downtown Fresno. The show starts at 6:00pm. On the
bill will be music from They Can’t Hardly Playboys, Bradley "Dudeboy"
Rogers, & Mark Stolte (of the band Tommy Swing). Stay tuned to
KFSR, and Don and Steve’s National Big Fresno Barn Dance (Sundays
12:00p.m.- 2:00p.m.) for more information about this event. KFSR will
later broadcast highlights from the show.
Visit the National
Big Fresno Barn Dance Webpage...
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| Whit Smith of Hot Club of
Cowtown on the Big Fresno Barn Dance |
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 The National Big Fresno
Barn Dance's Steve Barile had a chance recently to talk with Whit Smith
of the Hot Club of Cowtown, one of top western swing bands around
today!
Listen to our interview with
Whit Smith of the Hot Club of Cowtown...
Visit the Hot Club of Cowtown Website...
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| KFSR hosts Fresno's first Barn Dance in nearly 40 years - 2004 |
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Though the Big Fresno Barn may have closed
it's doors almost four decades ago, the Barn Dance spirit was alive and
well Sunday night October 3rd, 2004 at The Starline, for the KFSR's Big
Fresno Barn Dance Benefit Show. A great crowd of old timers and
newcomers to the music saw an evening of western swing and more, with
the sounds of They Can't Hardly Playboys and Tommy Swing.
Be sure to tune in to the Barn Dance radio program every Sunday from
12pm-2pm, where Don and Steve will be playing portions of the show that
were recorded live! And stay tuned to find out about information about
when the next live barn dance comes to town!
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| KFSR Barn Dance Benefit - Sun. October 3rd 2004 @ the Starline |
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Don and Steve's National Big
Fresno Barn Dance presents a "Barn Dance Benefit" for KFSR radio 90.7,
with live entertainment, featuring the Tommy Swing Band, and They Can't
Hardly Playboys, with your hosts Don and Steve, on Sunday October 3rd,
from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Starline, 833 Fern Street, Fresno (in the
Tower District). Admission is $8.00 at the door.
Hear the National Big Fresno
Barn Dance on KFSR Sundays from noon till 2pm!!!
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