Johnny Bond has been played on NTS in shows including Country Hayride, featured first on 24 February 2019. Songs played include Take Me Back To Tulsa and It's The Desert In My Soul.

Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny “The Singing Cowboy” Bond (1st of June 1915 - 12th June 1978) and his band the Red River Valley Boys are prime examples from the days when jazz informed “hillbilly” music (or maybe it was the hillbilly informing the jazz).

Born Cyrus Whitfield Bond in Enville, Oklahoma, he learned ukelele and guitar headed to Oklahoma City as a teen to play dances and radio shows as a…