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24 August 2008
Red Rooster Cross-Section

We didn't carry a theme through the entire show, so we call this a cross-section of the kind of music we like on Red Rooster Party.  We did focus a bit on trains, brothers, sisters, and some Western songs.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Time's Winding Up (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 / Document
  • Riding on that Train 45 (1937) / Steve Ledford, Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris / Train 45 / Rounder
  • True and Trembling Brakeman (1931) / Lullaby Larkers / Train 45 / Rounder
  • Train Whistle Nightmare (c.1951) / Joe "Cannonball" Lews / Train 45 / Rounder
  • Poor Little Liza, Poor Girl (1947) / Homer & Jethro / Train 45 / Rounder
  • Death of John Henry (1926) / Uncle Dave Macon / Train 45 / Rounder
  • My Dixie Darling (1956) / The Carter Family / The Acme Sessions / JSP
  • Wabash Cannonball (c.1950s) / Patsy Montana / 25 Classic Train Songs / Rural Rhythm
  • Bye Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo (1968) / Dick Unteed / 25 Classic Train Songs / Rural Rhythm
  • Freight Train Boogie (1972) / Doc Watson / Songs From Home / Capitol
  • Maple on the Hill (1935) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • Just Because (1933) / The Lone Star Cowboys / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • A Vision of Mother (1949) / The Stanley Brothers / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • Banjo Pickin' Girl (1938) / The Coon Creek Girls / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • Lullaby Yodel  (1928) / Jimmie Rodgers / Country Western / Documents
  • Frankie and Johnny (1928) / John Hurt / Country Western / Documents
  • The Days of '49 (1928) / Jules Verne Allen / Country Western / Documents
  • The Dying Cowboy (1929) / Jules Verne Allen / Country Western / Documents

Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:  What is the name of the telephone repairman who Andy thinks Opie invented?

Answer:  Mr. McBeevee

  • Crawdad Song/Barney-isms (2001) / David Browning / VW Boys / Thinkin' About Mayberry / Fat Dog
  • Pan American Man (1930) / Cliff Carlisle / Country Western / Documents
  • I Wonder How (1930) / Jackson County Barn Owls / Country Western / Documents
  • Serves 'Em Fine (1931) / Dave & Howard / Country Western / Documents
  • Rye Whiskey (1933) / Tex Ritter / Country Western / Documents
  • Brown's Ferry Blues (1934) / The Delmore Brothers / Country Western / Documents
  • Little Old Sod Shanty (c.1940s) / Slim Clark / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • The Story of Parson Joe / Tex Morton / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • I'm an Old Cowhand (1936) / Carson Robison / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Red River Valley (c.1950s) / Sons of the Pioneers / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Just a Yodel for Me (1951) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
  • What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul (1963) / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian
  • Paddy on the Turnpike (1980) / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian
  • My Window Faces The South (1955) / Grady Martin & his Slewfoot Five w. Red Foley / Cornstalk Hop / B.A.C.M.
  • Bimbo (1954) / Grady Martin & his Slewfoot Five  / Cornstalk Hop / B.A.C.M.
  • Atomic Power (1946) / Fred Kirby / The Original Atomic Power / Cattle
  • I'm My Own Grandpa (1948) / Lonzo and Oscar w. Winston County Pea Pickers / Crazy Country Hits / Time Life



Be patient... I'll get the missing weeks posted as soon as I can.   Jim

13 July 2008
Marti's Picks

Marti had intended to bring you this show solo, and picked all the music.  Jim was able to be there after all and sat back and enjoyed what Marti was spinning along with everyone else.
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Nelly Was A Lady (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Radio Transcriptions 1941-1944 / Document
  • Brother Bill (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Radio Transcriptions 1941-1944 / Document
  • Homer & Jethro's Pluckin' And Singin' Medley (1955) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / B.A.C.M.
  • I'm My Own Grandpa (1956) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / B.A.C.M.
  • Sally's Got a Wooden Leg (1941) / Sons of the West / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Pistol Packin' Mama (1942) / Al Dexter & his Troopers / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Forgive Me One More Time (1944) / Spade Cooley & His Orchestra / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Shame On You (1944) / Spade Cooley & His Orchestra / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Goin' Up Town (1928) / Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters / Mountain Frolic - Rare Old Timey Classics / JSP
  • Fate of Santa Barbara (1925) / Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Mountain Frolic - Rare Old Timey Classics / JSP
  • Mobile County Blues (1929) / Nelstone's Hawaiians / Mountain Frolic - Rare Old Timey Classics / JSP
  • Brownie's Stomp (1934) / Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Boyd's Blues (1935) / Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart (1935) / Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) (1935) / Roy Newman & His Boys / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Little Darling Pal of Mine (c.late 1960s) / Red Smiley & Bluegrass Cut-ups / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • The Quilting Party (c.late 1960s) / Jim Greer & the Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • New Kingdom Coming (1967) / J.E. Mainer & the Mountaineers / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • Death of Floyd Collins (1967) / J.E. Mainer & the Mountaineers / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm

Mayberry Corner Trivia:  What military service did Jim Nabors' Gomer Pyle character join when he departed The Andy Griffith Show?

Answer:  The Marine Corps

  • Utah Carrol (1928) / Cartwright Brothers / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • Wild West Rambler (1937) / Crowder Brothers / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • The Last Longhorn (1929) / Carl Sprague / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • Devil's Dream / Joe Maphis & Fiddlin' Red Herron / Pictures From Life's Other Side / CMH
  • Pictures From Life's Other Side / Grandpa Jones / Pictures From Life's Other Side / CMH
  • Mary of the Wild Moor / Blue Sky Boys / Pictures From Life's Other Side / CMH
  • Grandfather's Clock / Grandpa Jones / Pictures From Life's Other Side / CMH
  • Shut Up in the Mines of Coal Creek / Roy Acuff / Pictures From Life's Other Side / CMH
  • Cowpuncher's Waltz / Rosalie Allen / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Cowboy's Roundup Song / Smoky Dawson & His Rocky Canyon Boys / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Ridin' With My Gal / Elton Britt / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero? / Rex Allen / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Tom Dooley (1929) / G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter / When The Sun Goes Down - East Virginia Blues / BMG
  • Short Life And It's Trouble (1937) / Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris / When The Sun Goes Down - East Virginia Blues / BMG
  • That Nasty Swing (1936) / Cliff Carlisle / When The Sun Goes Down - East Virginia Blues / BMG

 

6 July 2008
Independence Day

Obviously we missed July 4th by a couple of days, but we chose to use the holiday weekend to air our special Independence Day show.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Intro (1994)
  • Do Unto Others (1947) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 5 / Document
Keith & Rusty McNeil brought Songs from the American Revolution from their 1989 release titled “Colonial & Revolution Songs”
  • Free America
  • Castle Island Song
  • The Rich Lady Over the Sea
  • Yankee Doodle
  • The Battle of the Kegs
  • Chester / Keith & Rusty McNeil
  • Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
  • The World Turned Upside Down
  • Soldier's Joy / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument (LP)

Keith & Rusty McNeil followed their American Revolution songs with songs from the War of 1812 – same release as above

  • The Eighth of January
  • Parliament of England
  • The Noble Lads of Canada
  • The Constitution and the Guerriere
  • To Anacreon In Heaven
  • Patriotic Diggers
  • The Hunters of Kentucky
  • The Battle of New Orleans / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument (LP)

We segued with an old fiddle tune from New Hampshire resident Skip Gorman…

  • Sally Goodin (1996) / Skip Gorman / Lonesome Prairie Love / Rounder

Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:  Why didn't the town of Mayberry feel obligated to pay off Frank Myers' war bond?
Answer:  It was a Confederate war bond

  • Pledge of Allegiance (1969) / Red Skelton / from The Red Skelton Show (TV)
We paid tribute to a great American on the 10th anniversary of his death…  Roy Rogers.
  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1934) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / MCA
  • Cool Water (1941) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / MCA
  • Cowboy Heaven (1975) / Roy Rogers / Hoppy, Gene and Me / Garrett-Deutz
  • Happy Trails (1991) / Roy Rogers (w.Roy, Dale, Dusty) / Tribute / BMG
  • The Ragged Old Flag (2002) / Dale Robertson w. Jody Miller / Country Opry Vol. 1 / Nashville Gospel
  • The Statue in the Bay / Gene Autry / American Pride (compilation) / Platinum Disc
  • Yankee Doodle Boy (1948) / Gene Autry / Year-Round Cowboy / Varese Sarabande
  • Song of the Patriot (1974) / Johnny Cash w / Marty Robbins / God, Family, Country / Time Life
  • The Great American Eagle (c.1951) / Leon Payne (w /Tex Ritter) / Gone But Not Forgotten Vol. 1 / Castle (LP 8011) (Cattle)
  • I'm Gonna Practice Freedom / Hank Thompson / 45 RPM Single / Capitol
  • Happy Birthday America (c.1971) / Doc Williams / One Heart One Life / Wheeling
  • America The Beautiful / Elvis Presley / Patriotic Country 2 / BMG
  • God Bless America / Kate Smith / The Victory Collection #2 / BMG
  • America / Tennessee Ernie Ford / Patriotic American Music Legends / EMI-Cracker Barrel
  • The Star Spangled Banner / The Oak Ridge Boys / Colors / Spring Hill


29 June 2008
Food

Marti said she was hungry when she came up with the idea for this show, and this was the result.  From our experience gathering songs to fit the food theme, we discovered that food appears to be a rare topic for songs compared to other more common themes like hard times, transportation, and relationships.  For several old standards such as "Watermelon On The Vine" and "Skillet Good and Greasy" we played more than one version because of the interesting comparisons.  We hope you enjoyed the show, and if not, it at least inspired you to have a good meal...

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Honey In The Rock (1950) / The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama / O Brother - The Story Continues / Country Stars
  • Watermelon Smilin' On The Vine (1925) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • All Go Hungry Hash House (1925) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • Skillet Good and Greasy (1960) / Doc Watson / The Original Folkways Recordings: 1960-1962 / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Carve That Possum (1927) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • Ground Hog (1928) / Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • All Go Hungry Hash House (1928) / Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia (1932) / Jimmie Rodgers / No Hard Times, 1932 / Rounder
  • Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait) (1949) / "Little" Jimmy Dickens / Honky Tonk Heroes vol. 2 / Columbia
  • Shortning Bread (1927) / Dykes' Magic City Trio / Old-Time Music From Southwest Virginia / County
  • Shortnin' Bread (1966) / Mississippi John Hurt / Last Sessions / Vanguard
  • The Chicken (c.1965) / Mississippi John Hurt / The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt / Vanguard
  • Coffee Blues (1966) / Mississippi John Hurt / Today / Vanguard
  • Cornbread & Butterbeans (c.1948) / Carolina Sunshine Trio / WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder
  • The Biscuit Blues (2003) / Riders In The Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • How Many Biscuits Can You Eat (c.1940s-50s) / The Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
  • Please Pass The Biscuits (1958) / Gene Sullivan / Crazy Country Hits / Time Life
  • Goober Peas (c.1967) / J. E. Mainer and The Mountaineers / Songs Of Rural America - 25 Classics / Rural Rhythm
  • Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  Who did Aunt Bee ask if they liked pearly onions?  (Also mentioned hoot owl pie)
  • Answer:  Briscoe Darling
  • Snappy Lunch (2003) / The VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • Corn Licker & Barbecue - Part 2 (1929) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 / Document
  • Keep My Skillet Good  & Greasy (1993) / Leroy Troy, Terry Eldredge, Larry Perkins / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
  • Country Ham And Red Gravy (1938) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • The All Go Hungry Hash House (c.1978) / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
  • Squirrel Heads & Gravy! (1996) / Piney Creek Weasels / Squirrel Heads & Gravy! / Hay Holler
  • Watermelon On The Vine (1936) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 1935-1936 / B.A.C.M.
  • Gound Hog (1981) / The Dillards / Homecoming And Family Reunion / Flying Fish
  • Sugar In The Gourd (1992) / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / June Appal
  • Hamburger Hop (1950) / Johnny Hicks & His Troubadours / Hillbilly Boogie! / Columbia Legacy
  • Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1952) / Hank Williams / The Original Singles Collection… Plus / Polydor
  • Pork Chop Stomp (1954) / Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five / Cornstalk Hop / B.A.C.M.
  • Miner's Strawberries (1963) / Merle Travis / Songs Of The Coalmines / Bear Family
  • Cornbread And 'Lasses (1949) / The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins / Country Routes
  • Blackberry Boogie (1952) / Tennessee Ernie Ford / Collectors Series / Capitol
  • My Red Hot Potato (1950) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
  • Choc'late Ice Cream Cone (1950) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
  • Just a Bowl of Chicken Meat (2004) / The VW Boys with Robby Spencer / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog

22 June 2008
Traveling

Marti was back from her trip that had her away for a couple of shows, and if you feel like Jim, it was a much better day having Marti in the studio than not.  The theme was traveling songs, whether real or metaphorical.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Ride On Moses (1950) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document
  • Ride, Ride, Ride (1937) / Tex Ritter / Sing, Cowboy, Sing - Early Tex Ritter / Living Era
  • Ridin' Towards The Red Setting Sun (c.1948) / Rex Allen / Songs Of The West / B.A.C.M.
  • I'm Gonna Ride To Heaven On A Streamlined Train (1935) / Wilf Carter as Montana Slim / I'm Hittin' The Trail / Living Era
  • Riding On Across The Prairie (c.1948) / Rex Allen / The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys / Bloodshot Revival
  • Back To Mexico (1930) / Carolina Tar Heels / Mountain Frolic / JSP
  • Ridin' Down The Arizona Trail (1936) / Jimmie Davis / I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now / Allegro
  • Going Around The World (1928) / Emry Arthur / A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Old Homestead
  • Going Round This World, Baby Mine (1949) / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites Vol. Two / Copper Creek
  • My Ford Sedan (1929) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 / Document
  • Lightning Express (1926) / Vernon Dalhart / Volume II On The Lighter Side / Old Homestead
  • Hobo Jack The Rambler (1938) / The Rambling Duet (Frank Gerald & Howard Dixon /  / Old Homestead
  • Going Back West In The Fall (1936) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M.
  • Take Me Back To Tulsa (1950) / Carter Sisters and Mother Mabelle with Chet Atkins /  / Country Routes
  • The New Streamliner (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle 1949 /  / Country Routes
  • 15 Miles From Birmingham (1938) / The Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts 1933-41 / JSP
  • Eight More Miles To Louisville (1965) / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH

Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  Who was the only actor on The Andy Griffith Show to ever win an Emmy?
Answer: Don Knotts

  • Don't Look Back (1959) / Andy Griffith / American Originals / Capitol
  • Night Train To Memphis (1942) / Roy Acuff / The Essential - 1936-1949 / Columbia
  • A Country Boy Goes To Town (1951) / Joe Wheeler / Another Taste Of King / B.A.C.M.
  • North To Alaska (1960) / Johnny Horton / American Originals / Columbia
  • The Rambler's Ramblin' (1969) / Mac Martin / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
  • King Of The Road (1965) / Roger Miller / Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits / Universal
  • I'm Movin' On (c.1965) / Hank Snow / Grand Old Opry Live Classics / Opry Music
  • Travellin' Blues (1951) / Lefty Frizzell / Look What Thoughts Will Do / Columbia
  • That's How I Got To Memphis (c.1970) / Tom T. Hall / Greatest Hits / Mercury
  • The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (1968) / Doc Watson / Doc Watson In Nashville: Good Deal! / Vanguard
  • Long Road To Travel (1967) / Lonnie Johnson / Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Black Bear Road (c.1976) / C. W. McCall / C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits / Polydor
  • Fifteen Miles From Dallas (1951) / Jimmie Davis / Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues / Jasmine
  • Wabash Cannonball (1947) / Roy Acuff / Columbia Country Classics - The Golden Age / Columbia
  • The Weary Traveler (c.1960s) / Lee Moore & The Bluegrass Cutups / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • Twenty Miles From Shore (1961) / Hawkshaw Hawkins / Columbia Country Classics - Americana / Columbia
  • 500 Miles Away From Home (1964) / Bobby Bare / Hard To Find Hits / Time-Life

15 June 2008
Father's Day

Marti was still away out West in Arizona with students, so Jim produced this Father's Day show by himself.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Our Father (1939) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 / Document
  • More Like Your Dad Everyday (1927) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides 1924-1938 / JSP
  • They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Any More / Loretta Lynn
  • Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
  • Thank You Father For My Dad / Darrell Webb / Behind The Scenes / Lonesome Day
  • Seeds My Daddy Sowed / Peter Rowan / Dust Bowl Children
  • My Father's Bones / David Holt /
  • My Father's Words / Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  • My Father Is A Husbandman / Josh White
  • My Dad's Car / Bill Cosby
  • My Dad / Ray Stevens
  • More Like My Daddy Than Me / The Statler Brothers
  • Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) / Merle Haggard
  • But You Love Me, Daddy / Jim Reeves
  • So Much Like My Dad / George Strait
  • Great Grand Dad / Riders In The Sky

Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  What was the Darling father's name, and who played the part?
Answer: “Briscoe” / Denver Pyle

  • Whatever Happened To Mayberry? (1998) / The VW Boys / Radio Show / Fat Dog
  • Great Grand Dad (1934) / Skyland Scotty / Lulu Belle And Scotty, Early and Great / Old Homestead
  • Dream Of A Miner's Child (1956) / The Stanley Brothers / Old Time Songs / Stanley
  • Dad was a harmonica player (2002) / Doc Watson & David Holt / Legacy / High Windy
  • Playing in the Woods / Robert Harmon / 1994 Interview / Self
  • Daddy Was A Sailor (1975) / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Symphonion Dream / Capitol
  • My Father's Son (2004) / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Brand New Strings / Skaggs Family
  • I'm A Family Man (1997) / Jimmy Eaves
  • The Reverend Mr. Black (1963) / The Kingston Trio
  • That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (1935) / Gene Autry & Jimmy Long / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • Grandpa's Mandolin (1993) / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
  • Father's Table Grace (1964) / Flatt & Scruggs / 1964-1969 / Bear Family
  • When Dad Was Around / Dick Curless
  • Shot in the Foot & The Police Whistle (12 / 26 / 1994) / Jim Beaver Sr / 1994 Interview

8 June 2008
1940s & 1950s Country Music

Marti was on a trip with students to the canyon country of Northern Arizona, so Jim did this show solo.  It featured country hits from the 1940s and 1950s.
 

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • The General Jumped At Dawn (1944) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document
  • Pistol Packin' Mama (1943) / Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • So  Long, Pal (1942) / Al Dexter & his Troopers / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • I'm Wastin' My Tears On You (1943) / Tex Ritter & his Texans / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • I'm Losin' My Mind Over You (1942) / Al Dexter & his Troopers / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often (1945) / Tex Ritter & his Texans / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Divorce Me C.O.D. (1946) / Merle Travis  / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Wine, Women and Song (1945) / Al Dexter & his Troopers / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • It's A Sin (1946) / Eddy Arnold / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (1946) / Merle Travis  / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette! (1947) / Tex Williams & His Western Caravan / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • One Has My Name (1948) / Jimmy Wakely / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Bouquet of Roses (1947) / Eddy Arnold / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • I Love You So Much It Hurts (1948) / Jimmy Wakely  / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Don't Rob Another Man's Castle (1948) / Eddy Arnold / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Lovesick Blues (1948) / Hank Williams & his Drifting Cowboys / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Slipping Around (1949) / Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Wreck On The Highway (1942) / Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseeans / Doom & Gloom / Trikont

Mayberry Trivia:  How was Gomer Related to Goober?    Answer:  They Were Cousins

  •  The Preacher And The Bear (1959) / Andy Griffith / American Originals / Capitol

The next songs were written or performed by Hank Williams and demonstrated the astonishing influence Hank had on country music during the transition into the 1950s…

  • Move It On Over (1947) / Hank Williams / The Original Singles Collection / Polydor
  • Weary Blues (1951) / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia Legacy
  • Settin' The Woods On Fire (1952) / Porter Wagoner / Classic Country - Sing Me A Hank Williams Song / Time Life
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1957) / Marty Robbins / Classic Country - Sing Me A Hank Williams Song / Time Life
  • Lovesick Blues (1957) / Sonny James / Classic Country - Sing Me A Hank Williams Song / Time Life
  • Lost Highway (1959) / Johnny Horton / Classic Country - Sing Me A Hank Williams Song / Time Life
  • Wedding Bells (1957) / Hank Snow / Classic Country - Sing Me A Hank Williams Song / Time Life
  • I Saw The Light (1948) / Hank Williams / The Original Singles Collection / Polydor
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  • When The Sun Goes Down (1955) / Rose Maddox & The Maddox Brothers / When The Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M.
  • Out Where The West Winds Blow (c.1946) / Rex Allen / The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys / Soundies
  • Who's Gonna Kiss You When I'm Gone (1946) / Kenny Roberts with The Down Homers / Then and Now / Longhorn
  • Listen To The Gooney Bird (1955) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / B.A.C.M.
  • No Vacancy (1946) / Merle Travis / The Best Of Merle Travis / Rhino
  • Western Hobo (1952) / The Carter Family / The Acme Sessions 1952-1956 / JSP

While not strictly a country, the following pop song from the Kingston Trio may have been the impetus for many story songs that followed in country music, such as “El Paso,” “Big Iron,” “The Battle of New Orleans,” “Carroll County Accident,” and many more.  The more authentic version from Doc Watson followed…

  • Tom Dooley (1958) / The Kingston Trio / Classic Country - Great Story Songs / Time Life
  • Tom Dooley (1964) / Doc Watson / Doc Watson / Vanguard

 

1 June 2008
Old Radio and Marti's Favorites

Jim was away most of the weekend announcing at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT, and got to the studio just as Marti was beginning this show.  Marti engineered the show and selected most of the music.  She focused on some of her favorite western and yodel songs, and featured two old radio transcriptions over the course of the program – one from Hank Williams and the other from Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Jezebel (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Works  Vol. 4 / Document

Marti fulfilled a request we received a couple weeks earlier when we did our “Places II” show, and used it as an opportunity to play several story songs…

  • The Battle of New Orleans (1959) / Johnny Horton / Great Story Songs / Time Life
  • El Paso  (1959) / Marty Robbins / Great Story Songs / Time Life
  • The Ballad of Jed Clampett  (1962) / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Great Story Songs / Time Life
  •  The Old Chisholm Trail (c.1946) / Cass County Boys / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • Yodelin' Crazy (1948) / Rex Allen / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • Pecos Bill (c.1948) / Sons of the Pioneers / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • Yodel Mountain (c.1950) / Carolina Cotton / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • I Love You Because (1979) / Johnny Bond / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • Riding on that Train 45 (1937) / Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Ledford / Train 45 / Rounder
  • Wreck of the 97 (1929) / The Arizona Wranglers / Train 45 / Rounder
  • The Lightning Express (1938) / Gene McNulty / Train 45 / Rounder
  • Depot Blues (1936) / Crowder Brothers / Train 45 / Rounder

Next we played the first of our two old radio transcriptions, this one from Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys recorded in 1951 at an unknown venue and available in the box set “Early Country Radio” on the JSP label.  The show was sponsored by the March of Dimes.  While the band members are not identified, Hank’s wife Audrey participated in the show…

  • March of Dimes Introduction
  • Moanin' The Blues
  • Help Me Understand
  • When God Dips his Love In My Heart
  • All Night Long Blues
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  •  Panhandle Shuffle (1941) / Sons of the West / Kings of Western Swing / Fuel
  • Bugle Call Rag (c.1941) / Light Crust Doughboys / Kings of Western Swing / Fuel
  • Cheatin' On You Baby (c. late 1940s) / Red Foley / Kings of Western Swing / Fuel

Earle Hagen, composer of “The Fishin’ Hole” – the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show – died 26 May 2008.  Mayberry Corner Trivia was dark today in memory of Earle’s passing, and we played a version of the song with lyrics from Andy Griffith.

  • The Fishin' Hole (1961) / Andy Griffith / American Originals  / Capitol
  • Kinfolks in Carolina (1952) / Merle Travis / The Best of Merle Travis / Rhino

We played the second of our old radio show transcriptions next.  The group was Charlie Monroe & The Kentucky Pardners recorded 1944 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Musicians were Charlie Monroe (guitar), Paul Prince (fiddle), Birch Monroe (fiddle), Lester Flatt (guitar/mandolin), Tex Isley (electric guitar), Helen Osborne [Katy Hill] (banjo), and Gladys Flatt [Bobby Jean] (guitar).  The recording is part of the box set “Early Country Radio” on the JSP label

  • Opening Theme and Introduction
  • Watermelon On The Vine
  • Daisy Mae
  • Happy Day
  • Man-O-Ree Commercial
  • Going Around The World
  • White House Blues
  • Gone And Left Me Blues
  • Chicken Reel
  • Valley of Peace
  • Heading For Gloryland
  • Closing Theme

We started this next yodeling set with a song from RRP favorite Kenny Roberts…

  • The Arizona Yodeler (1957) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
  • Driftwood on the River (1946 or 1950) / Rex Allen / I Love to Yodel! / Jasmine
  • Pappy's Mountain Still (early 1950s) / George Payne / I Love to Yodel! / Jasmine
  • Red River Valley (1953) / Red River Dave McEnery / I Love to Yodel! / Jasmine

We can’t get enough of Homer & Jethro...

  • Your Clobbered Heart (1953) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / BACM
  • Sifting Whimpering Sands (1955) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / BACM
  •  Walkin The Floor (c.mid-1960s) / Ernest Tubb / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Opry Music
  • Still (c.mid-1960s) / Bill Anderson / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Opry Music

25 May 2008
Memorial Day 2008

We honored those who have died in service to the United States on the eve of Memorial Day by bringing you a Memorial Day Red Rooster Party.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer (1943) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 / Document

Bruce Phillips, a.k.a. ”U. Utah Phillips”, died 23 May 2008…

  • Stand To Your Glasses Steady / U. Utah Phillips / I've Got To Know / Alcazar

Songs of the War Between the States…

  • He's Coming to Us Dead (1963) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
  • Boys In Blue (1996) / Mac Wiseman / Civil War Memories / Wango
  • Soldier's Beyond The Blue (1952) / Carter Family / The Acme Sessions 1952 / 56 / JSP
  • The Vacant Chair (1996) / Dying Soldier Boy / Ralph Stanley & Ray Davis / Civil War Memories / Wango
  • Atlanta is Burning / Wildwood Valley Boys / When I Get Back to Georgia / Rebel
  • Rebel Soldier (1971) / Charlie Moore / Civil War Memories / Wango
  • The Rebel Soldier / Tennessee Ernie Ford / Songs of the Civil War / Capitol
  • Antietam / Reno & Smiley / Folk Songs of the Civil War / King
  • Write A Letter To My Mother (1930) / Charlie Poole / You Ain't Talkin' To Me / Columbia Legacy
  • Not a Word of That Be Said / Ginny Hawker / Mountain Journey / Rounder
  • Letter to Tom (1962) / The Country Gentlemen / On The Road (and more) / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Shiloh Hill (1994) / The Osborne Brothers / When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland / Pinecastle

Songs of World War I…

  • The Dying Soldier / The Carter Family / In The Shadow of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • The Soldier's Sweetheart (1927) / Jimmie Rodgers / The Bristol Sessions Vol. 1 / RCA BMG Heritage

Mayberry Corner Trivia:  In the first episode with the Darling Family, they came to town to meet Charlene's beau returning from the service.  What branch of the service was he in?     Answer:  Army

  • I'll Fly Away / A New Name Written Down In Glory / Andy Griffith w. Steve Tyrell / Bound for the Promised Land / Sparrow

Songs of World War II…

  • There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (1942) / Elton Britt / Smithsonian Victory Collection / BMG / RCA
  • A White Cross Marks The Grave / The Sauceman Brothers / 45 Single / Republic
  • Wrap My Body in Old Glory / The Sauceman Brothers / 45 Single / Republic
  • Soldier's Grave / The Louvin Brothers / The Louvin Brothers / King

Mayberry Recipe:  Battle of Mayberry Bridge Butterscotch Fudge Logs

 Songs of World War II, continued…

  • That Star Belongs to Me (1952) / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder
  • Keep the Flag Flying / Johnny Wright / Country Pride U.S.A. / Universal
  • Captain Rosie / Margaret Brixey / 45 Single  (32662) / Decca

Songs of the Korean War…

  • Korean Song / Jimmie Osborne / The Voice of Free America (LP) / Strictly Country / King
  • Operation X / Dave Dudley / Truck Drivin' Son of A Gun (LP) / Mercury
  • Forgotten Men / Reno & Smiley / 1951-1959  vol. 3 / King
  • Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek

Songs of the Vietnam War…

  • Big Black Wall / Phil Coley / 45 Single (AMH101) / Aftermath
  • A Letter from Vietnam (To Mother) / Hank Snow / Singing Ranger Vol. 3 / Bear Family
  • Private Wilson White / Marty Robbins / Country 1960-1966 / Bear Family

18 May 2008
Places, Part 2

We did a show of "places" songs about two years ago and thought we would resurrect the idea with many songs that we didn't use on that earlier show.  All these songs (with the exception of "Amazing Grace") mention a place in the lyrics or the title.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Way Down In Egypt Land (1939) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 / Document
  • Headin' For The Rio Grande (1936) / Tex Ritter / Sing, Cowboy, Sing / Living Era
  • Just A Message From Carolina (1927) / Johnson Brothers / The Bristol Sessions Vol. 1 / RCA / BMG Heritage
  • Avalon Blues (1928) / Mississippi John Hurt / O Brother - The Story Continues / Country Stars [the lyrics to this song identified John Hurt’s hometown of Avalon, Mississippi, and led to his rediscovery in the 1960s]
  • Take Me Back To Tulsa (1941) / Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys / Kings Of Western Swing / Fuel

The Stanley Brothers’ biggest commercial hit was the next recording.  We follow it with the sequel…
  • How Far To Little Rock (1959) / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
  • Still Trying To Get To Little Rock (1961) / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
  • My Dear Old Arizona Home (c.1946) / Rex Allen / The Last Of The Great Singing Cowboys / Bloodshot
  • Saginaw, Michigan (1965) / Lefty Frizell / Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits / UTV Universal
  • El Paso (1959) / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs / Columbia [we had a request for this song]
  • East Virginia (1988) / Rabbit In A Log (Skip Gorman-Richard Starkey) / Late Night Feast / No Part A Nothin'
  • I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte (1928) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 5 / Document
  • The Trail To Mexico (c.1970s) / Jimmy Wakely / The Singing Cowboy / Varese Sarabande
  • Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia (1932) / Jimmie Rodgers / No Hard Times / Rounder
  • Take Me Back To Old Montana (1934) / Wilf Carter as Montana Slim / I'm Hittin' The Trail / Living Era

Mayberry Trivia:  How many gas pumps were at Wally's Service Station?    Answer:  Two

  • The New River Train (1962) / Andy Griffith / The Andy Griffith Show / EMI-Capitol
  • Amazing Grace (2008) / The Oak Ridge Boys / The Gospel Collection / Spring Hill
  • Kentucky Is Only A Dream (1948) / Red Belcher / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953 / JSP [with Tex Logan and Bea Lilly!]
  • San Fernando Valley (1947) / Roy Rogers / The King Of The Cowboys / Living Era
  • Tennessee Waltz (1948) / Pee Wee King with Redd Stewart & The Golden West Cowboys / As Good As It Gets Hillbilly / Disky [the original recording by the songwriters!]
  • Texarkana Baby (1948) / Eddy Arnold / As Good As It Gets Hillbilly / Disky
  • Kansas City Blues (1936) / Bill Cox & Cliff Hobbs / Mountain Blues / JSP
  • Arkansas Hard Luck Blues (c.1930s - unk.) / Lonnie Glosson / Mountain Blues / JSP [a hilarious talking blues]
  • Montana Plains (1933) / Patsy Montana / Ragged But Right / RCA-BMG
  • On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee (1927) / Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Baker / Flowers In The Wildwood / Trikont [recorded at the famed Bristol Sessions by Ralph Peer]
  • Georgia On My Mind (2007) / The Quebe Sisters Band / Timeless / FiddleTone
  • Way Down In Alabama (1928) / Smyth County Ramblers / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • Alabama (c.1940s) / Bailey Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • Farewell Kentucky (1939) / Morris Brothers (Zeke & Wiley) / Salty Dog Blues / B.A.C.M. [from the guys who brought us Salty Dog Blues]
  • Oklahoma Hills (1944) / Jack Guthrie / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Atlanta Bound (1931) / Gene Autry / Howdy! / Living Era [recorded when Gene was trying to sound like Jimmie Rodgers]

11 May 2008
Mother's Day

This was the third Mother's Day show we have produced on Red Rooster Party, so the goal was to play as many "new" old songs for you as we could find.  We actually left quite a few for next year.  We hope your Mother's Day was as bright as the weather.  We also played some songs in honor of Eddy Arnold.  Eddy passed away Thursday morning, 8 May 2008.
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Mother's Love (c.1951) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document
In honor of Eddy Arnold, we played some of his songs...
  • There's Been A Change In Me (1951) / Eddy Arnold / RCA Country Legends / Buddha
  • Mother's Prayer (1944) / Eddy Arnold / Archie's Disc / Bear Family [WW2 era song about mother]
  • Anytime (1948) / Eddy Arnold / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
  • Tennessee Stud (1959) / Eddy Arnold / RCA Country Legends / Buddha [the girl with the golden hair and the Tennessee mare were both mothers by the end of this Jimmie Driftwood song that Eddy popularized]
  • You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone (1923) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 / Document [the oldest mother song we played today]
  • Mother, The Queen of My Heart (1932) / Jimmie Rodgers / No Hard Times / Rounder
  • Write A Letter To Mother (1935) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M.
  • They Call Her Mother (1938) / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me (1950) / Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) / I'm Hittin' The Trail / Living Era
  • Coat of Many Colors (1971) / Dolly Parton / The Essential Dolly Parton / RCA / Legacy
  • Roses For Mama (1977) / C.W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.] / C.W. McCall's Greatest Hits / Polydor
  • The Sweetest Gift (1986) / The Seldom Scene with Emmylou & Linda / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
  • Mother's Not Dead (1997) / Warrior River Boys & Scott Brannon / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • I.O.U. (1976) / Jimmy Dean / A Tribute To Mom / King

Mayberry Corner Trivia:  Which of his relatives did Barney frisk at a roadblock?
Answer:  His Mother!

  • The Discovery of America / Andy Griffith / What It Is, Is Andy Griffith / EMI
  • Pistol Packin' Mama (1974) / The Good Old Boys (Wakefield, Reno, Wise, Nelson) / Pistol Packin' Mama / GDM
  • Mama's Hands (1966) / Johnny Bush / A Tribute To Mom / King
  • Mama's Hand (1984) / Hazel Dickens / By The Sweat of My Brow / Rounder
  • No Charge (1974) / Melba Montgomery / A Tribute To Mom / King
  • That Pioneer Mother of Mine (1938) / Roy Rogers / Ride Ranger Ride / Audio Book
  • I'm Glad That You're My Mother  [We’re not sure who recorded this song – the label says Girls of the Golden West, but we can’t hear the resemblance, and it sounds much newer than anything GGW recorded.  We can find no other information about it.]
  • Once I Had A Darling Mother (1938) / Charlie Monroe / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Bear Family [the first Charlie Monroe recording after Bill]
  • I've Just Told Mama Goodbye (1949) / Hank Williams / The Original Singles Collection / Polydor
  • Picture On The Wall (1973) / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • Hold Fast To The Right (1964) / Carter and Ralph Stanley, George Shuffler / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • There's A Mother Always Waiting (1966) / Maybelle Carter / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
  • No Telephone In Heaven (1962) / Clyde Moody / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • Dearest Sweetest Mother (1929) / Hugh Cross with Mary Cross / Old Time Music From the Smoky Mountains / B.A.C.M. [Hugh Cross was one of the "Skillet Licker Mafia" -- folks who hung out with and performed with the Skillet Lickers -- from Georgia]
  • She Sews The World With Love (1999) / Darrell Scott / Family Tree / Sugar Hill

4 May 2008
Fun Stuff

We couldn't decide on a theme this week, so we picked tunes that we consider "fun stuff" and decided to use that as the theme. 
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • My Lord Is Writing (1938) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 / Document
  • Barber's Blues (1928) / Frankie Marvin / Mountain Blues / JSP
  • I Get The Blues When It Rains (1939) / Riley Puckett / Mountain Blues / JSP
  • Dear Old Western Skies (1997) / Don Edwards / My Hero Gene Autry / Shanachie
  • My Hero Gene Autry (1997) / Don Edwards / My Hero Gene Autry / Shanachie
  • Martins & Coys / Hylo Brown / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
  • Old and In The Way / J.E. Mainer / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
  • Molly Darling / Jim Eanes / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
  • County Fair / Bobby Smith / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
  • Ticklish Reuben (1927) / Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright / Good For What Ails You / Old Hat
  • Kiss Me Cindy (1937) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Good For What Ails You / Old Hat
  • Born In Hard Luck (1927) / Chris Bouchillon / Good For What Ails You / Old Hat [an extraordinarily funny talking blues...]
  • Let Me Be Your Salty Dog (1938) / Morris Brothers (Zeke & Wiley) / Salty Dog Blues / B.A.C.M. [the original recording of this song by the brothers who wrote it...]
1949 radio transcriptions of Chet Atkins, the Carter Sisters (June, Anita, Helen), and Mother Maybelle...
  • The Deaf Woman's Courtship (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters, and Mother Maybelle / Chet Atkins 1949 / Country Routes
  • Under The Hickory Nut Tree (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters, and Mother Maybelle / Chet Atkins 1949 / Country Routes
  • Keep On The Sunny Side (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters, and Mother Maybelle / Chet Atkins 1949 / Country Routes
  • Another Broken Heart (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters, and Mother Maybelle / Chet Atkins 1949 / Country Routes
Mayberry Trivia:  What car company provided the vehicles on TAGS?    Answer:  Ford
  • Conversations With a Mule / Andy Griffith / Good Ol' Country Livin' / EMI
  • Please Pass The Biscuits (1957) / Gene Sullivan / Crazy Country Hits / Time Life
Brother and family songs followed...
  • In My Dear Old Southern Home (1936) / The Monroe Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • Roll Down the Line (1930) / Allen Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • Orange Blossom Special (1939) / Rouse Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • The Meanest Man in Town (1953) / The Maddox Bros. & Rose / Country Brothers / Jasmine
Early Western Swing...
  • Women Women Women (1937) / Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Bring It On Down to My House (1937) / Derwood Brown & His Musical Brownies / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper [...Milton Brown's brother carrying on after Milton's death]
  • Hold That Critter Down (1937) / Sons of the Pioneers / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Loud Mouth (1937) / Modern Mountaineers / Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
Early country folk recordings of folk songs..
  • The Mermaid Song (1949) / Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Ballads, Banjo Tunes, And Sacred Songs / Smithsonian
  • Ten Steps (1949) / Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Ballads, Banjo Tunes, And Sacred Songs / Smithsonian
  • Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (1927) / Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • Handsome Molly (1927) / Grayson & Whitter / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • How Many Biscuits Can You Eat / The Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
  • What'll I Do With The Baby-O / The Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
  • Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Country Roots / K-Tel
  • Stay A Little Longer / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Country Roots / K-Tel

27 April 2008
Spring

Jim & Marti returned for their first regular show following the successful WHUS Radiothon.  We celebrated Spring with some classic and newer country, and also celebrated Wade Mainer's 101st birthday (21 April) by playing a few of his songs.  The Mayberry Recipe returned.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • The Devil With the Devil (1939) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works vol. 3 / Document
  • My Home Is Down In Dixie (1961) / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
  • I'm A Free Little Bird (1961) / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
  • Talking Fishing Blues (2006) / Arlo Guthrie / All Gone Fishin' / Bandit / WMG
  • Beer, Bait and Ammo (2006) / George Jones / All Gone Fishin' / Bandit / WMG
  • Take Him Fishing (2006) / Merle Haggard / All Gone Fishin' / Bandit / WMG
  • When It's Springtime In The Rockies (1950) / Gene Autry and Radio Audience / Year-Round Cowboy / Varese Sarabande
  • Kissing Is A Crime (1935) / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • The Winding Stream (c.1991) / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere
  • Mockingbird Yodel / Carolina Cotton / The Best of Country Yodelers / Jasmine
  • Quit That Ticklin' Me / The Volo Bogtrotters / Old-Time Music on the Air / Rounder
  • Eddy Arnold and The Checkerboard Fun Fest (1945) / Radio Program with Ernest Tubb, The Cackle (DeZurik) Sisters, and others

Mayberry Corner Trivia:  Who were Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod?
Answer:  The names of the baby birds that Opie raised

  • Andy's Lament / Andy Griffith / What It Is, Is Andy Griffith / Heartland
  • April Showers (1950) / Spike Jones / Spike Jones Anthology / Rhino
  • I Went To Your Wedding (1952) / Spike Jones / Spike Jones Anthology / Rhino
  • Cornbread & Butterbeans (1948) / Carolina Sunshine Trio / WPAQ Voice of Blue Ridge Mtns / Rounder
  • Mountain Laurel / The Ritchey Brothers / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • Sweet Fern / Hylo Brown & the Timberliners / Log Cabin Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • Easy Rider Blues (1933) / Jimmie Davis / Midnight Blues 1929-1933 / Acrobat
  • Milk Bucket Boogie (1952) / Tiny Hill / The Mercury Label Various Artists / BACM
  • Rainbow (1949) / Toby Dowdy / The Mercury Label Various Artists / BACM
  • Wild Rose of the Mountain (1949) / Mac O'Dell / The Mercury Label Various Artists / BACM
  • Briarhopper Boogie (1947) / Homer Briarhopper / The Mercury Label Various Artists / BACM
  • The Devil's Great-Grandson (1937) / Roy Rogers with The Sons of the Pioneers / The King of the Cowboys / Living Era
  • Blue Shadows on the Trail (1947) / Roy Rogers / The King of the Cowboys / Living Era
  • The Old Fashioned Cottage (1929) / Alfred & Orville Reed / The Rose Grew Round the Briar vol.1 / Yazoo
  • I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man (1928) / Shortbuckle Roark & Family / The Rose Grew Round the Briar vol.1 / Yazoo
  • A Pretty Gal's Love (1930) / Fisher Hendley-Henry Whitter-Marshall Small / The Rose Grew Round the Briar vol.1 / Yazoo
  • Trickling Water (1992) / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / June Appal
20 April 2008
Amy Plays Classic Country

Amy Orlomoski graciously filled-in for our sports-shortened show and played some great classic country.  Thanks Amy!
  • Don’t Forget This Song / Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
  • Waiting For A Train / Jimmie Rodgers / Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
  • One More Ride / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
  • (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) / Red Foley / Your Cheatin’ Heart : Classic Country Hits / Dynamic
  • This Ole House / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall / Columbia
  • Hey Joe / Carl Smith / Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
  • Freight Train Blues / Roy Acuff / Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia
  • The River Of Jordan / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
  • I’m Gonna Love You One More Time / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
  • Why Baby Why / George Jones / Essential George Jones / Epic
  • At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day / Marty Robbins / Live Classics / Koch
  • Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Ray Price / Collector’s Choice / Harmony
  • I Never Once Stopped Loving You / Connie Smith / Essential Connie Smith / BMG
  • More And More / Webb Pierce / Best Of Webb Pierce / MCA
  • The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Tom T. Hall / Essential Tom T. Hall / Mercury
  • I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / BMG
  • Sing Me Back Home / Merle Haggard / Vintage Collections / Capitol

30 March 2008
Cowboy Singing

For our partially preempted show, we decided to play songs of singing cowboys, some of whom were real cowboys.  Hope you enjoyed.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Golden Years / FD Music

Carl T. Sprague was one of the first singers to record cowboy songs.  His 1925 recording of “When The Work’s All Done This Fall” is a classic.  He recorded the following song a year later.

  • Following The Cowtrail (1926) / Carl T. Sprague / Cowtrails, Longhorns and Tight Saddles / Bear Family

We revisited the next song a little later because it is very similar to Arthur Miles earlier version that went by the name "Lonely Cowboy"…

  • Cowboy's Home Sweet Home / Jimmie Davis / When I Was A Cowboy Vol 2 / Yazoo
  • Jesse James / Harry McClintock / When I Was A Cowboy Vol 2 / Yazoo
The following two-sided recording from Arthur Miles may be the earliest recording of “overtone singing” which today seems to be associated with the country of Tuva (between Russia and Mongolia).  Apparently Arthur Miles, whom we know nothing about, developed this style independently.
  • Lonely Cowboy - Part 1 and Part 2 (c.1928) / Arthur Miles / When I Was A Cowboy Vol 1 / Yazoo
A fellow named Curley Fletcher wrote “Strawberry Roan” and later wrote “Ridge Running Roan” based on “Strawberry Roan” after so many other artists recorded versions of the original.  We played versions of both…
  • The Strawberry Roan (1930) / Paul Hamblin / When I Was A Cowboy Vol 2 / Yazoo
  • Ridge Running Roan (1999) / Skip Gorman / A Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd / Rounder
  • Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women (1947) / Sons Of The Pioneers / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / Primo
  • Cowpoke (1951) / Rex Allen / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / Primo
  • I'm Hittin' The Trail (1938) / Montana Slim (Wilf Carter) / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / Primo
  • The Roving Gambler / Elton Britt / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / Primo
  • I'd Rather Have A Pony Than A Girl / Buddy Williams "The Yodelling Jackaroo" / Old Faithful:  Songs From The Saddle / Jasmine
  • My Pinto Pony & I / June Holms "The Yodelling Cowgirl" / Old Faithful:  Songs From The Saddle / Jasmine […an Australian singer]
  • Rock Me To Sleep In My Saddle (1946) / Roy Rogers / Old Faithful:  Songs From The Saddle / Jasmine
  • Ridin' Along Singing A Song (c.1938) / Hank Snow / Old Faithful:  Songs From The Saddle / Jasmine
  • Wagon Wheels / Kenny Roberts / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
  • Trailrider's Moon / Yodeling Slim Clark / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine

16 March 2008
Home & Family

It was good to be back after so many weeks of sports preemptions.

The home and family theme has been popular for a long time, especially in the early half of the 20th century, so we had plenty of material for this show.  In fact, we had enough to do another show without repeating anything, but the songs below made the cut.

  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Lord, I Am Tired And I Want To Go Home (c.1949) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 / Document

Bill Bolick, the last surviving member of The Blue Sky Boys, passed away 14 March 2008 at the age of 90 in his hometown of Hickory, North Carolina.  We paid tribute to Bill Bolick and his brother, Earl (who passed away in 1998) by playing a trio of their songs covering a range of their style, including the haunting and beautiful harmonies for which they were best remembered.

  • Are You From Dixie? (1939) / Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick) / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • Whispering Hope (1949) / Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick) / Farm & Fun Time Favorites Volume Two / Copper Creek
  • If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (1976) / Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick) / Mountain Journey - Stars Of Old Time Music / Rounder

Our “Home On The Range” set…

  • Home On The Range (1934) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Classic Cowboy Songs / Varese Sarabande
  • Home (Answer To "Home On The Range") (1937) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
  • There's Nobody Home On The Range Anymore (1999) / Rex Allen and Don Edwards / A Pair To Draw To / Garrett-Duetz

We have had a request for this song pending for a while.  It fit this show, so we played it…

  • Please Pass The Biscuits (1957) / Gene Sullivan / Classic Country - Crazy Country Hits / Time Life
  • My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans (1928) / Jimmie Rodgers / The Early Years / Rounder
  • I'm My Own Grandpa (1948) / Lonzo And Oscar with the Winston County Pea Pickers / Classic Country - Crazy Country Hits / Time Life

While not roots of country, many of us remember this bit of family humor from our youth…

  • Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (1963) / Allan Sherman / My Son, The Greatest:  The Best of Allan Sherman / Rhino
  • Y'All Come (1954) / Grandpa Jones / You're Never Too Old For Love / B.A.C.M
  • I'm Going Back To The Old Home (1985) / Doc Watson / Riding The Midnight Train / Sugar Hill
  • The Little Ranch House On The Old Circle B (1933) / Gene Autry / Yodelling Mad!  Volume One / Jasmine
  • Kinfolks In Carolina (1952) / Merle Travis / The Best Of Merle Travis / Rhino
  • My Carolina Home (1938) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle

Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:   What did Goober build in the courthouse?
Answer:  A Car.

  • Carolina Town (2003) / The VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • Snappy Lunch (2003) / The VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • Write A Letter To Mother (1935) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M
  • The Family Circle (1940) / Byron Parker and his Mountaineers / Byron Parker and his Mountaineers / Old Homestead
  • Never See My Home Again (1964) / The Dillards / Live!!! Almost!!! / Elektra

We did a Carter Family set with various members of the Carter Family and their offspring…

  • A Letter From Home (1966) / Maybelle Carter / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
  • My Native Home (1973) / Janette Carter / Deliverance Will Come / Bear Family
  • Clinch Mountain Home (c.1991) / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere Records

The next set was our cabin/shanty/shack set… all somebody’s home…

  • Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane (1924) / Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett / The Columbia Label:  Classic Old Time Music / B.A.C.M
  • The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim (1933) / Marc Williams / Howdy!  25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats / Living Era
  • A Little Old Log Shack I Always Call My Home (1935) / Wilf Carter as Montana Slim / I'm Hittin' The Trail / Living Era

We played the next bit a while back, but reprised it here because everyone has one or more family members who remember things like Uncle Bud.  We are becoming more and more like this daily…

  • Meet Uncle Bud (1991) / John Boy & Billy / Dixie Diner / Self

Our “Home Sweet Home” set…

  • The Man That Wrote Home Sweet Home (1927) / Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright / The Columbia Label:  Classic Old Time Music / B.A.C.M
  • A Message From Home Sweet Home (1929) / Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers / Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929 / Document
  • If It Wasn't For Mother And Dad (1938) / Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs / Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs / B.A.C.M

To mark St. Patrick’s Day, we ended with an Irish ballad from Gene Autry…

  • Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (1950) / Gene Autry and Friends / Year-Round Cowboy / Varese Sarabande


24 February 2008
Brothers, Sisters, and Willie's Birthday

For our sports-shortened show (women's hockey), we heard a tantalizing cross-section of brother and sister duets (and sometimes trios from larger families).  Sibling harmony has significantly influenced music over the decades, and there is enough material out there that we may do another whole show on the topic in the future.  Of course Charlie and Bill Monroe were one of the best known brother duos in the 1930s, and Jim's mother, Willie, saw them perform live when she was around ten years old. Since today was Willie's birthday, we had her tell the story of seeing Charlie and Bill to celebrate.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • This World Is In A Bad Condition (1939) / Golden Gate Quartet / Volume 2 / Document
  • I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You) (1945) / The Bailes Brothers (Frankie, Johnnie, Walter) / Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle
  • Roll Along, Prairie Moon (1935) / The Girls Of The Golden West (Dorothy & Mildred Good) / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • On The Sunny Side Of Life (1973) / The Lilly Brothers (Everett & Bea) & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
  • Banjo Pickin' Girl (1938) / The Coon Creek Girls (Lily May & Rosie Ledford) / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • Nine Pound Hammer (198?) / Rabbit In A Log: Skip Gorman & Richard Starkey / Late Night Feast / No Part A Nothin'   [not brothers, but inspired by brothers]
  • Go To Sleep My Darling Baby (1939) / The DeZurik Sisters (Mary & Carolyn) / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion 4781A
  • When I Stop Dreaming (1955) / The Louvin Brothers (Ira & Charlie) / 20 All-Time Greatest Hits / King
  • Brown's Ferry Blues - Part 2 (1935) / The Delmore Brothers (Alton & Rabon) / Classic Cuts 1933-41 / JSP
  • Two Little Boys (1937) / Dixon Brothers (Howard & Dorsey) / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 / Document
  • Sweetest Mother (1949) / Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick) / Farm & Fun Time Favorites Vol. 2 / Copper Creek
  • New River Train (1936) / The Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
Today was my mother Willie's eighty-second birthday.  Willie was one of nine siblings in a poor rural single parent household (her father died when she was nine months old), but she had the great fortune to see Charlie and Bill Monroe perform in Midland, NC, (the closest "town") around 1936.  We celebrated Willie's birthday by letting her describe her experience...
  • Willie Sees Charlie & Bill Monroe  / Jim's Mom, Willie
The following song was Willie's mother's favorite by the Monroe Brothers, and without doubt was played by Charlie and Bill during their visit to the two-room Midland schoolhouse.
  • What Would You Give In Exchange? (1936) / The Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family


3 February 2008
Liza Jane, Cheatin', Murder, Alabama, Trains, and Presidents

The Red Rooster Party themes of the day could describe the plot of a good novel, but it actually was a series themed sets of great old country roots music that Jim brought you in Marti's absence.  Marti was a bit under the weather, so Jim left her home to recuperate while he brought the music to you.  Hope you enjoyed.  Marti should be back next week.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Moses Smote The Waters (1941) / Golden Gate Quartet / Volume 4 / Document
Three versions of Liza Jane from nearly the same recording period...
  • Liza Jane (1927) / McClung Brothers / Old-Time Music of West Virginia Vol. 1 / County
  • Miss Liza, Poor Gal (1927) / Tenneva Ramblers / The Bristol Sessions Vol. 1 / RCA
  • Liza Jane (1928) / Carter Brothers &  Son / Mississippi String Bands Vol. 1 / Document
Songs with names, but none of them Liza Jane...
  • Molly, Put The Kettle On (1931) / Gid Tanner & his Skillet-Lickers / Old Mountain Stringband Songs & Tunes / Living Era
  • Get Along Home Cindy (1935) / Lulu Belle and Scotty / Early and Great Volume 1 / Old Homestead
  • Long John Green (1950) / Uncle Dave Macon / At Home / Spring Fed
  • Black Mountain Rag (1949) / Tommy Jackson / The Mercury Label / B.A.C.M.
Songs of love gone bad, or cheatin' songs...
  • Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow (1927) / Carter Family / Anchored in Love 1927-1928 / Rounder
  • When You Leave Don't Slam The Door (1946) / Tex Ritter / You Done Me Wrong / Buzzola
  • Everybody Knew The Truth But Me (1946) / The Bailes Brothers / Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle
  • Are You Tired Of Me, My Darlin'? (1934) / Carter Family / You Done Me Wrong / Buzzola
  • Sweet Talkin' Mama (c.1939) / Hank Penny / You Done Me Wrong / Buzzola
Since Marti was not with us today, Jim played some murder ballads...
  • Omie Wise (1995) / Doug Wallin / Classic Mountain Songs / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Little Sadie (1929) / Clarence Ashley / Greenback Dollar / County
  • Pretty Polly (1938) / The Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
  • Knoxville Girl (1967) / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler

Mayberry Corner Trivia question: Fill in the blank:  "Got time to breathe, got time for ______?"

Answer:  Music

  • Ernest T, Don't Throw That Rock At Me (2002) / Doug Reeves / Searching The Map For Mayberry / Self
  • Flop Eared Mule (1962) / Andy Griffith / American Originals / Capitol
The next song is from local Connecticut country music maker, Joe Leggo...
  • Tomhicken Picker (1999) / Joe Leggo / Always Country / Self
Songs with Alabama or Southern themes...
  • Alabama (c.1947) / Bailey Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • Alabamy Stomp (c.1936) / Farr Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
  • Alabam (1960) / Cowboy Copas / Hard To Find Hits / Time Life
  • In My Dear Old Southern Home (1936) / Monroe Brothers / Country Brothers / Jasmine
Train songs, starting with the most hair-curling version of Train 45...
  • Riding On That Train 45 (1936) / Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford / Ragged But Right / RCA
  • True And Trembling Brakeman (1931) / The Lullaby Larkers / Train 45:  Railroad Songs of the Early 1900's / Rounder
  • The Lighting Express (1938) / Gene McNulty / Train 45:  Railroad Songs of the Early 1900's / Rounder
Surprising source material, probably much earlier than you would have expected...
  • Two Little Rose Buds (1949) / The Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites Vol. 2 / Copper Creek
  • Tim Brook (1929) / The Carver Boys / The Music of Kentucky Vol. 2 / Yazoo [a far earlier version than Bill Monroe's...]
  • Sweeping Through The Gates (1927) / Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers / The Bristol Sessions Vol. 1 / RCA
With the presidential primary season in full swing, Jim offered the following songs about a presidential candidate and an assassinated president...
  • Governor Al Smith (1928) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides 1924-1938 / JSP
  • White House Blues (2007) / The New North Carolina Ramblers / Cotton Mill Blues / Old Blue
  • White House Blues (1954) / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
  • Jackson Schottische (1953) / Ervin Rouse / Raw Fiddle / Rounder

27 January 2008
Black Gospel, Early Female Singers, and Hard Economic Times

Marti programmed the first half of the show and included a great set of black gospel groups, some early female country artists, and early versions of some songs used in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou."  Jim programmed the last half of the show and featured songs about hard economic times -- a theme he got from watching the morning news.
  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Let That Liar Alone / Golden Gate Quartet / The Golden Gate Quartet / Dejavu
  • My God is a Mighty Man (1955) / Anthony Butler / 25 Gospel Greats / Document
  • Stay on the Right Side of the Road (1936) / The Blue Chips / 25 Gospel Greats / Document
  • Didn't It Rain (1948) / Elder Charles Beck / 25 Gospel Greats / Document
  • The Truth in the Gospel (1950) / Sister Goldia Haynes / 25 Gospel Greats / Document
  • My Time Done Come (1942) / Golden Gate Quartet / 25 Gospel Greats / Document
  • Hello Stranger / The Carter Family / O Brother The Story Continues / CTS
  • O Death / Charlie Monroe's Boys / O Brother The Story Continues / CTS
  • I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow / The Stanley Brothers / O Brother The Story Continues / CTS
  • Po' Lazarus / Bright Light Quartet / Southern Journey Vol. 5 / Rounder
  • Hawkins County Jail / Hobart Smith / Southern Journey Vol. 5 / Rounder
  • Wish I Was a Single Girl Again  (1939) / Lula Belle & Scotty / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont
  • Round-up Time in Texas (1933) / Girls of the Golden West / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont
  • My Man's a Jolly Railroad Man (1931) / Moonshine Kate / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont
  • Go to Sleep My Darling (1939) / The DeZurik Sisters / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont
  • There's A Rainbow Over The Range (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Fiddletone
  • The Man That Wrote Home Sweet Home (1927) / Charlie Parker / Mack Woolbright / Classic Old Time Music / Columbia
  • The Story of C.S. Corres (1928) / Dan Hornsby  / Classic Old Time Music / Columbia
  • Cotton Baggin  (1929) / Skillet Lickers / Classic Old Time Music / Columbia
  • Song of the Sea  (1926) / Miner Hawkins / Classic Old Time Music / Columbia
Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:  In the episode with the goat, what did the goat eat that caused the everyone to get upset?
Answer:  Dynamite
  • Carolina Town (2003) / VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • Snappy Lunch (2003) / VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • The Picture / Little Jimmy Dickens / Brad Paisley / All Gone Fishin' / WMG
The last half of the show featured songs about the economy, whether personal or more global.  This shows that economic concerns have always been with us, and certainly run in cycles.
  • How Can A Broke Man Be Happy (1937) / Dixon Brothers / Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 / Document
  • Starvation Farm Blues (1934) / Bob Campbell / Rare Country Blues Vol. 2 / Document
  • If I Lose Let Me Lose (1963) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
  • Old Age Pension Check (c.1936) / Roy Acuff / His Earliest Recordings / Recall Records
  • Empty Pocket Blues (c.1935) / Emry Arthur / A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Old Homestead
  • Root, Hog or Die (1949) / The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle / Keep On The Sunny Side: June Carter Cash / Columbia
  • Four Cent Cotton (1930) / Lowe Stokes / Volume 1 / Document
  • Price Of Cotton Blues (1930) / Allen Brothers / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat (1957) / Pete Seeger / American Industrial Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways
  • How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (c.1930) / Blind Alfred Reed / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • All In Down And Out (1937) / Uncle Dave Macon / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • Hard Time, Hard Luck Blues (1951) / Leroy Jenkins / Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues Volume Two / Jasmine
  • The Big Rock Candy Mountain (c.1950) / Yodeling Kenny Roberts / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / PCD
  • No Hard Times (1932) / Jimmie Rodgers / No Hard Times / Rounder
  • Last Train From Poor Valley (1987) / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice / Rounder
6 January 2008
Marti's Western Show

Jim was in North Carolina this week, so Marti brought you Red Rooster Party solo.  Of course left to her own choices you know Marti will bring you some Western music, and this was no exception.  Marti made the whole show a Western music show, and chose songs or versions of songs that may have been underplayed or relatively unknown.  Jim was listening over www.whus.org in NC and thought the show turned out great.  We hope you think so, too.
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Every Time That I Feel the Spirit  (1939) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 / Document
  • Jesse James / Harry McClintock / When I Was a Cowboy  Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • I'm a Wandering Bronc Rider / Rowdy Wright / When I Was a Cowboy  Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • The Fugitive's Lament / Delmore Brothers / When I Was a Cowboy  Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • The Burial of Wild Bill / Frank Jenkins & His Pilot Mountaineers / When I Was a Cowboy  Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • Driftwood on the River / Rex Allen Sr. / I Love to Yodel Vol. 2 / Jasmine
  • Rocky Mountain Sweetheart / Cliff Carlisle & Wilbur Ball / I Love to Yodel Vol. 2 / Jasmine
  • Old Cockatoorali / Smoky Dawson & His Rocky Canyon Boys / I Love to Yodel Vol. 2 / Jasmine
  • My Pony My Guitar and Me / Joan Martin & Eric Tutin / I Love to Yodel Vol. 2 / Jasmine
  • Fate of Old Strawberry Roan / Wilf Carter "Montana Slim" / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • I'd Rather Have a Pony Than a Girl / Buddy Williams / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • Albino, The Pink Eyed Stallion / Rex Allen Sr. / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • Riders in the Sky / Sons of the Pioneers / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • Arizona Days / Tex Ritter / Sing, Cowboy, Sing / Living Era
  • Montana (1954) / Sons of the Pioneers / My Rifle, My Pony and Me / Bear Family
  • Ballad of the Alamo (1960) / Marty Robbins / My Rifle, My Pony and Me / Bear Family
  • Cowboy / Dickson Hall / My Rifle, My Pony and Me / Bear Family
  • I Never See Maggie Alone / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:  Name one of Barney's girlfriends who was mentioned and talked to, but never seen on the show
Answer:  Juanita (other possibilities also)
  • Wedding Bells / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
  • Sidekick Heaven / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • Ridin' Along Singing a Song / Hank "The Singing Ranger" Snow / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • Rocky Ned / Tex Morton / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • My Pony's Hair Turned Grey / Texas Jim Robertson / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • A Cowboy Needs a Horse / Roy Rogers / Songs from the Saddle / Jasmine
  • The Bushman's Rodeo / The Tumbleweeds (Cole Wilson / Nola Hewitt) / Songs From the Saddle / Jasmine
  • When the Prairie Sun Climbs Out of the Hay / The Sons of the San Joaquin / Great American Cowboy / Self
  • Dear Mama, I'm a Cowboy / Red Steagall / Dear Mama, I'm a Cowboy / WB
  • The Mill / Rondstadt, Ramirez & Santa Cruz River Band / Volume 2 / Self
  • Alongside the Santa Fe Trail / Tony Norris & Sid Hausman / Overland & Waterways / Self
  • Don't Fence Me In [instr.] / Ross Nickerson / Blazing the West / Bullet Proof
  • So Long to the Red River Valley / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / FiddleTone
  • There's a Rainbow Over The Range / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / FiddleTone
  • When Pay Day Rolls Around / Roy Rogers (with Ricky Van Shelton) / Tribute / BMG
  • Rodeo Road / Roy Rogers (with Willie Nelson) / Tribute / BMG
  • King of the Cowboys / Dusty Rogers / Tribute / BMG

30 December 2007 (we are keeping this last playlist from 2007 here until we can figure out how to put it in the right place)
Western, String Bands, Trains, Coal, and Truck Stops

This was our final Red Rooster Party for 2007.  We thank everyone for tuning in over the past couple of years.  We look forward to 2008 and bringing you even more interesting and influential music from America’s past.

DJ Johnny Time Warp paid us another visit and did a set of songs about truck stops, most of which were new to us.  We thank him and wish him well on the WHUS airwaves.

We also explored a set of train songs, one of the favorite song subjects from the early-to-mid 20th century.  And of course we finished with Auld Lang Syne in an very interesting version from a radio broadcast by Gene Autry from 1949.

Thanks for listening!

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Sweet Adeline (1938) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 / Document
  • Have I Told You Lately (1945) / Gene Autry / Once Upon a Time in the West / Fourmatt
  • Night Train to Memphis (1942) / Roy Acuff & Smoky Mountain Boys / Once Upon a Time in the West / Fourmatt
  • Bummin' Around (1953) / Tex Williams / Once Upon a Time in the West / Fourmatt
  • Any Old Time (1929) / Jimmie Rodgers / Once Upon a Time in the West / Fourmatt

The Amazing Johnny Time Warp DJ’d the following set of truck stop songs for the Red Rooster Party…

  • Old Home Filler-up An' Keep On A-Truckin Café (1974) / C. W. McCall / The Best of C. W. McCall / PolyGram
  • Neon City (1987) / Slim Dusty / Neon City / EMI Australia
  • Truckstop In La Grange (1996) / Dale Watson / Blessed or Damned / Hightone
  • Truck Stop At The End Of The World (2001) / Bill Kirchen / King of Dieselbilly / Hightone
  • Joe's Truck Stop (2002) / Big Al Downing / One of a Kind / Hayden's Ferry / Platinum Express
  • Christmas At The Truckstop (2004) / Ernie "Thunder Britches" Shill / Trucker Up! / Laughing Hyena
  • Truckstop Funeral (2005) / Muleskinner Jones / Death Row Hoesdown / Red Meat

Marti found a great compilation of Country Blues and String Band Music from which she picked the following three songs…

  • Hey Lawdy Mama – The France Blues (1937) / Papa Harvey Hull -Long "Cleve" Reed / A Richer Tradition  1923-1937 / JSP
  • Travelin' Railroad Man Blues (1931) / Alabama Sheiks / A Richer Tradition  1923-1937 / JSP
  • Original Stack O' Lee Blues (1927) / Long "Cleve" Reed - Little Harvey Hull / A Richer Tradition  1923-1937 / JSP  (Recorded a decade before Hey Lawdy Mama above from the same artists)

Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  Name one person who acted as deputy from time to time in Mayberry (other than Barney)

Answer: There were several possible answers to this question.  Answers: (Otis, Floyd, Gomer, Goober, Warren, and more)

  • Beans (1931) / Beans Hambone / El Morrow / A Richer Tradition  1923-1937 / JSP (possibly the earliest recording of a cigar-box guitar)

The following three songs are from a collection of coal mining songs released by Lonesome Records & Publishing in 2007…

  • 31 Depression Blues (1964) / Ed Sturgill / Music of Coal / Lonesome Records
  • Dream of a Miner's Child (1961/2005) / Carter Stanley and Jeannie Stanley / Music of Coal / Lonesome Records (Carter’s daughter Jeannie recorded her harmony vocals in 2005 to add to the original 1961 recording of her father at the Chicago Folk Festival)
  • Coal Miner's Boogie (1949) / George Davis / Music of Coal / Lonesome Records
  • Atomic Power (1945) / Fred Kirby / The Original Atomic Power / Cattle (Kirby was a Charlotte, NC, favorite for many years on WBT and WBTV.  This was his most successful recording made shortly after the Hiroshima bomb)
  • The Yodel Polka (1951) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family (Kenny is a Red Rooster Party favorite…)
  • Feudin' And Fightin' (1947) / Rex Allen / The Arizona Cowboy / BACM
  • Billy The Kid (1959) / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads / Columbia
  • Along the Santa Fe Trail (c.1944) / Jimmy Wakely / The Singing Cowboy / Varese Sarabande

Jim picked these train songs to take us to the close…

  • Casey Jones (1923) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 / Document
  • The Wreck Of The Old Number Nine (1927) / Vernon Dalhart / Puttin' On The Style / Document
  • Railroad Blues (c.1925) / Vernon Dalhart / Volume II - On The Lighter Side / Old Homestead
  • The Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 (1927) / The Skillet Lickers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 / Document
  • The Brakeman's Blues (1928) / Jimmie Rodgers / 1927-1928 First Sessions / Rounder
  • The Longest Train (1935) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M.
  • I'm Going Home On The Morning Train (1973) / Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper / Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Gusto

Gene Autry does a wonderful recitation to precede this song that still seems relevant today…

  • Auld Lang Syne (1949) / Gene Autry / Year-Round Cowboy / Varese Sarabande

 
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