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23 December 2007
Marti & Jim's Anniversary and Christmas Show

Today was our anniversary (28 years!) so we celebrated by bringing you two hours of songs that represented our major roots music influences, and used Christmas themes where possible.  Of course we didn't get into Marti's orchestral and French horn influences (Dennis Brain) or Jim and Marti's jazz influences (Maynard Ferguson, Thelonious Monk, Woody Herman, Tom Smith) because that is not what this show is about, but we did have a great time with our early country, bluegrass, and western songs -- many of which we grew up with.  Marti programmed the first half of the show and Jim programmed the last half.  First, Marti's picks...
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Stand in the Test in Judgment (1937) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works  Vol. 1 / Document
  • The Christmas Trail / Michael Martin Murphey with Don Edwards / Cowboy Christmas / Warner
  • The Christmas Yodel / Riders in the Sky / Christmas the Cowboy Way / Rounder
  • Sidemeat's Christmas Stew / Riders in the Sky / Christmas the Cowboy Way / Rounder
  • Santa Claus' Son / Spike Jones / It's a Spike Jones Christmas / Rhino
  • Thank God For Kids / Oak Ridge Boys / Oak Ridge Boys Christmas / MCA
  • Ridin' Down the Canyon / Sons of the Pioneers / Classic Cowboy Songs / Verese Sarabance
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Gene Autry / Year-Round Cowboy / Verese Sarabance
  • Christmas Lullaby / Doc Watson  / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
  • I'm an Old Cowhand / Roy Rogers / King of the Singing Cowboys / Collector's Choice
  • Wake Up Little Susie / Everly Brothers / Allo-Time Greatest Hits / Curb
  • Over the Rainbow / Papa John  Creach / Papa John Creach / BMG
  • Jambalaya (on the Bayou) / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor
  • Mountain Be Bop (1945) / Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / One Good Boogie Deserves Another / Jasmine
  • Ghost Riders in the Sky / Johnny Cash / Columbia Records 1958-1986 / Columbia
  • Country Junction / Tennessee Ernie Ford / Collector's Series / Capitol
  • Jam-Bowl-Liar / Homer & Jethro / Lassoes 'n Spurs / BMG

Then Jim's picks...

  • Guitar Boogie (1945) / Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / The Golden Age of… / Cattle (...our local Charlotte NC television musician)
  • The Ballad of Jed Clampett (1962) / Flatt & Scruggs / 1959-1965 / Bear Family
  • Banjo In The Hollow (1963) / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
  • Flop-Eared Mule (1961) / Andy Griffith / American Originals / Capitol
  • Black Mountain Rag (1972) / Doc Watson & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Dark As A Dungeon (1972) / Merle Travis & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Grand Old Opry Song (1972) / Jimmy Martin & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Flint Hill Special (1972) / Earl Scruggs & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
The "Big Bang" of our devotion to roots and bluegrass came when we heard Doc & Merle Watson perform live just days before Merle was killed in an accident.  Doc & Merle brought us to seek out their influences, and that led us to Mississippi John Hurt, the Delmore Brothers, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, and J. E. & Wade Mainer...
  • I Recall A Gypsy Woman (1977) / Doc & Merle Watson / Lonesome Road / Liberty
  • Avalon Blues (1963) / Mississippi John Hurt / Avalon Blues 1963 / Rounder
  • Brown's Ferry Blues (c.1941) / Delmore Brothers / Hall Of Fame / King
  • Your Long Journey (c.1960) / The Watson Family / The Doc Watson Family / Smithsonian Folkways (Rosa Lee Watson wrote this song  with Doc's help on the melody)
  • Uncle Pen (1950) / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
  • Mississippi Sawyer (1963) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
  • Christmas Is Near (1962) / Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
  • Your Long Journey (2007) / Robert Plant - Alison Krauss / Raising Sand / Rounder (a highly acclaimed and beautiful cover of Rosa Lee and Doc Watson's song)


16 December 2007
The UCONN Weather Show

We were not supposed to have a show this day.  There had been a UCONN basketball game preemption scheduled for weeks, but at the last minute (almost literally), the game was canceled for ice and snow, so we were back on.  While atrocious weather might stop a ball game, it doesn't stop WHUS, so Jim eased on over to the studio ever-so-gently while Marti decided to preserve at least half our union in the event of a weather mishap by staying home.  Good choice.

Without a show prepared, Jim played an hour of his favorites and then brought you the latest one-hour radio special on "The Johnny Cash Show" -- the best of which has recently been released on DVD.

Next Sunday is our anniversary show (not the show's anniversary, but Marti & Jim's).
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken (c.1941) / Brown's Ferry Four / 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
  • How Many Bisquits Can You Eat (c.1963) / Stringbean / Front Porch Funnies / King
  • So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (1946) / Merle Travis / The Best of Merle Travis / Rhino
  • A Full Time Job (1952) / Eddy Arnold / RCA Country Legends / Buddha
  • Don't Look For Trouble (1949) / Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / The Golden Age of… / Cattle
  • Single Girl, Married Girl (1927) / The Carter Family / Anchored In Love 1927-1928 / Rounder
  • The Hand That Rocked The Cradle (1966) / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
  • Foggy Mountain Top (1991) / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere Records
  • Bury Me Beneath The Willow (1973) / Janette Carter / Deliverance Will Come / Bear Family
  • My Heart Echoes (1947) / The Bailes Brothers / Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle
  • Banjo Pickin' Girl (1938) / The Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
  • Corrina Corrina (1931) / Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers / The Music of Clarence "Tom" Ashley 1929-1933 / County
  • The Death Of John Henry (1993) / Doc Watson / A Glad Reunion Day - Larry Perkins with Special Guests / RME
  • The Christmas Guest [Story] (2003) / Andy Griffith / The Christmas Guest - Stories And Songs of Christmas / Sparrow
  • Lovesick Blues (1949) / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
  • “The Johnny Cash Show” Radio Special

9 December 2007
First Ever Comedy Special

The weather was gray overcast with a poor winter prognosis, so Marti had a grand idea to do a comedy show to raise everyone's spirits -- especially our own.  We had a great time and nearly split our sides laughing.

Johnny Time Warp was under the gray weather and couldn't join us, but we expect him to be back soon.  It appears our next show could be preempted by UCONN sports, so check back at the bottom of this list occasionally where we will post what we know about the next show.
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Amazing Grace (1949) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Golden Years (1949-1952) / FD Music
  • A Coon Huntin' Story (1971) / Jerry Clower / Classic Clower Power / MCA
  • The Mississippi Squirrel Revival / Ray Stevens / Ray Stevens Live! / Curb records
  • Gentleman's Swing (c. late 1940s) / Sonny Boy Miller / Boppin' Coast to Coast / Collector Records
  • Two In One, Chewing Gum (1937) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • Billboard Song (1967) / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Live at Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
  • Uncle Dave's Travels Part 3 (In and Around Nashville) (1929) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
  • I Love Dogs (1986) / Lewis Grizzard / Live / Southern Tracks
  • Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd (1965) / Roger Miller / Dang Me! / Laserlight
  • He's A Killer (1994) / The Bar-J Wranglers / Live on Stage / Self
  • Rattlesnake Story (1993 remake) / Wendy Bagwell & The Sunliters / The Wendy Bagwell Collection / Homeland
  • Top Ten Things Women Never Say (1996) / John Boy & Billy / Dixie Diner / JB&B

Mayberry Corner:  What was the name of the lady pharmacist who was Andy's first girlfriend? 

Answer:  Ellie Walker

  • North Carolina, My Home State (1958?) / Andy Griffith / An American Original / Capitol
  • I Wish I'd Stayed in the Wagon Yard (1982?) / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
  • Words in the South (1993) / Jeff Foxworthy / Greatest Bits / WB
  • My Favorite Southern Word (1999) / Jeff Foxworthy / Greatest Bits / WB
  • NASA & Alabama (1995) / Jeff Foxworthy / Greatest Bits / WB
  • Meet Uncle Bud (1996) / John Boy & Billy / Dixie Diner / JB &B
  • Wild Bill Hiccup (1949) / Spike Jones / Musical Depreciation Revue / Rhino
  • What'll I Do With The Baby-O (1946) / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
  • Momma's Not Dead, She's Just Playing Possum (1993) / VW Boys / Possum Tapes / Fat Dog
  • Jimmy & Tom T- Tale of a Chicken (2004) / VW Boys w. Jimmy Martin & Tom T. Hall / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog
  • Polly Woddle Do (1926)   / The Skillet Lickers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 / Document
  • Jimmy & Tom T- Chicken and Dumplins (2004) / VW Boys w. Jimmy Martin & Tom T. Hall / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog
  • I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore (2003) / VW Boys / Snappy Lunch / Fat Dog
  • Kickapoo Medicine Show - Part 1 & Part 2 (1929) / The Skillet Lickers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 / Document
  • Knock Him Out John (1972) / Jerry Clower / Classic Clower Power / MCA
  • Mountain Dew (1995) / Bashful Brother Oswald w. Grandpa Jones / Carry Me Back / RME

2 December 2007
Studio Meltdown Set and Graveyards

We got off to a bit of a late start because the soccer game ran beyond the planned time limit, then the main board immediately failed.  Fortunately we were able to continue playing music while WHUS engineer, Neil, re-booted the entire studio.  That did the trick.  We hope you didn't notice too much of this drama while listening to the show.

We had a "trainee" who was anything but.  DJ Johnny Time Warp is preparing for his own show on WHUS, but sat in with Marti and Jim and brought us a set of songs with a graveyard theme.  You probably noticed that Johnny Time Warp knows his way around a mic, and that's for good reason -- he has about 14 years radio experience! 

Thanks for tuning in.
  • Hattie Dalton “Old Red Rooster Party” Introduction (1994)
  • Way Down in Egypt Land (1939) / Golden Gate Quartet / Travelin' Shoes / BMG
  • There's a Gold Mine in the Sky (2007) / Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Fiddletone
  • Honky Tonkin' Daddy / Jimmy Seaton & Burton Harris / Boppin' Acetates Coast to Coast / Collector
  • Ding Dong Polka / Mickey Evans & Rusty Keefer's Tumbleweeds / Boppin' Acetates Coast to Coast / Collector
  • Pistol Packin' Mama (c. 1949) / Red Belcher w / Sunflower & The Kentucky Ridge Runners / Boppin' Acetates Coast to Coast / Collector
  • The Little Red Caboose Behind the Train (1928) / Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • It'll Never Happen Again (1928) / Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • I Am a Pilgrim (1965) / Bill Monroe / Grand Ole Opry:  Opry Gospel / Cracker Barrel
  • I Want To Hear Little David Play (196?) / Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family / Grand Ole Opry:  Opry Gospel / Cracker Barrel
  • It's My Lazy Day (1999) / Rex Allen & Don Edwards / A Pair to Draw To / Garrett-Duetz
  • Tennessee Stud / Michael Martin Murphey w. Johnny Cash / The Horse Legends / Warner Bros.
  • I'm An Old Cowhand / Jimmy Wakely / The Singing Cowboy / Varese Sarabande

Mayberry Trivia:  What was the name of the crazy mountain man who courted Charlene?
Answer:  Ernest T. Bass

  •  What it Was, Was Football (1953) / Andy Griffith / What it Is, is Andy Griffith / EMI

 Guest DJ "Johnny Time Warp" is preparing for his own show on WHUS after having been in radio for 14 years, and finished the show with an excellent set of songs about graveyards...

 Graveyard Songs brought to you by "Johnny Time Warp"

  • The Little Grave In Georgia (1927) / Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 - 1927 / Document
  • She's In The Graveyard Now (1927) / Earl McDonald’s Original Louisville Jug Band / Ruckus Juice and Chittlins Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (1928) / Blind Lemon Jefferson / Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson / Yazoo
  • I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave (1928) / Bessie Smith / Complete Recordings Vol. 3 / Columbia
  • Six More Miles (To The Graveyard) (1948) / Hank Williams / The Complete Singles Plus / Polydor
  • Graveyard Blues (1949) / John Lee Hooker / Graveyard Blues / Specialty Records
  • Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone (1950) / Hank Williams / Let's Turn Back the Years / PolyGram
  • Graveyard Blues (1961) / Roscoe Holcomb / An Untamed Sense of Control / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Cemetery Polka (1985) / Tom Waits  / Rain Dogs / Island
  • Marking Stone Blues (1994) / Kelly Joe Phelps / Lead Me On / Burnside
  • Drivin' Nails In My Coffin (1999) / The Starlight Drifters / Every Note A Pearl / Dyna Electro
  • Lonely Grave (2001) / The Crooked Jades / The Unfortunate Rake Vol. 1 / Copper Creek
  • My Love Lies In The Ground (2004) / Dirk Powell with Tim O'Brien / Time Again / Rounder Select
  • Ain't No Grave (2006) / Crooked Still / Shaken by a Low Sound / Signature Sounds

25 November 2007
Classic Country with Amy

Marti and Jim were back in North Carolina for Thanksgiving, so Amy Orlomoski brought you a great set of classic country music.  Thanks Amy!
  • The Homestead On The Farm / Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
  • The Wreck On The Highway / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / Columbia Country Classics / Columbia
  • Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
  • The Great Speckled Bird / Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans / Columbia Country Classics / Columbia
  • Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
  • Nobody's Child / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era 
  • Success / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
  • Walking The Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
  • Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
  • Much Too Young To Die / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
  • I Can't Wait For The Sun To Go Down / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / CCM
  • Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Carl Smith / Columbia Country Classics / Columbia
  • Big Bad John / Jimmy Dean / Billboard Top Country Hits, 1961 / Rhino [a request]
  • I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life / Columbia
  • Slowly / Webb Pierce / The Best Of Webb Pierce / MCA
  • As Long As I Live / Kitty Wells with Red Foley / The Best Of Kitty Wells / MCA
  • Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
  • Trouble In The Amen Corner / Porter Wagoner with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet / The Grand Ole Gospel / King
  • The Last Thing On My Mind / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton / All American Country / BMG
  • Talk, Talk, Talk About Jesus / Blackwood Brothers / 1953, Vol. 3 / Bibletone
  • If We Never Meet Again / Brown's Ferry Four / 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
  • There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / Ridin' With Elton / Soundies
  • Will Your Lawyer Talk To God / Kitty Wells / The Best Of Kitty Wells / MCA [a request]
  • The Blizzard / Jim Reeves / The Essential Jim Reeves / RCA
  • Slow Poke / Hawkshaw Hawkins / Volume 1 / King
  • Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
  • Brown's Ferry Blues / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts / JSP Records
  • I Take The Chance / The Browns / Essential Jim Ed Brown & the Browns / RCA
  • The Strand / Statler Brothers / Carry Me Back / Mercury
  • Sweethearts In Heaven / Buck Owens with Rose Maddox / On The Bandstand / Sundazed
  • Nobody Knows But Me / Merle Haggard / Same Train - A Different Time / Bear Family
  • Cajun Fiddle / Don Rich / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
  • My Nova Scotia Home / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
  • The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / A Proper Introduction To Hank Snow / Proper
18 November 2007
Red Rooster Party Favorites with Dustin

Marti and Jim were away this week, so Dustin filled-in for the one-hour sports-preempted Red Rooster Party playing some favorites.   Many thanks to Dustin for keeping the music alive.
  • Rock My Soul (1938) / Golden Gate Quartet

Favorite songs of Uncle Dave Macon…

  • Johnny Grey (1938) / Uncle Dave Macon
  • Down The Old Plank Road (c.1978) / Grandpa Jones
  • Rabbit In The Pea Patch (2005) / Peter Feldmann & The Pea Patch Quintet  [including Byron Berline, Dan Crary, and Dennis Caplinger]

Songs by, or influenced by, The Skillet Lickers – sometimes known as Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers…

  • Soldiers Joy (1929) / Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers
  • Johnson’s Old Grey Mule (1936) / J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers
  • Up Jumped The Rabbit (1930) / Georgia Pot Lickers
  • Tanner’s Boarding House (1934) / Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett

A couple of versions of the same song from the Father of Country Music and The Father of Bluegrass Music…

  • Blue Yodel No. 8 (1930) / Jimmie Rodgers
  • Mule Skinner Blues (1940) / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
Carter Family songs...
  • Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family (1931) / The Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers
  • Darling Nellie Across The Sea (1931) / The Carter Family
  • Rye Cove (1962) / Doc Watson [recorded at the Ash Grove in California]
  • Anchored In Love (2007) / The Scott Family Band [from Mount Airy, North Carolina]
A set of songs about folks in trouble with the law…
  • Stackalee (1927) / Frank Hutchison
  • Little Sadie (1962) / Clarence Ashley
  • Columbus Stockade Blues (1927) / Darby & Tarlton [the original version]
  • Columbus Stockade Blues (1949) / Chet Atkins, Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle [a radio show transcription]

4 November 2007
Veterans Day

The show was cut in half by UCONN sports of some kind, but we used the near-hour we had to bring you some classic songs that would sound familiar to American veterans of the mid-20th century.

  • Hattie Dalton “Old Red Rooster Party” Introduction (1994)
  • Daylight Savings Time (c.1959) / Grandpa Jones / Country Music Hall of Fame CD / Universal
  • Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer (1943) / The Four Vagabonds / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
  • There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (1942) / Elton Britt / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
  • Down Where the River Bends (1993) / Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakum / Saturday Night Sunday Morning / C.R. Freeland
  • Not a Word From Home (1942) / Roy Acuff / The Essential / Columbia

Mayberry Corner Trivia:  In the episode "Man in a Hurry", a business man's car breaks down in Mayberry on a Sunday and forces him to remain in town longer than he liked.  Every Sunday, the Mendelbright sisters visit on the telephone all afternoon.  What was their main topic of discussion on this Sunday? 

Answer:  Their feet falling asleep

  • G.I. Joe and Lillie (2003) / Oak Ridge Boys / Colors / Spring Hill [Joe Bonsall wrote this about his parents]
  • The Journey (2004) / Oak Ridge Boys / The Journey / Spring Hill
  • I'm Coming Back But I Don't know When (1980) / Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin / Poor Rambler / King
  • The Lonely Train (1949) / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
  • The Forgotten Soldier Boy (1936) / The Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
  • A Distant Land to Roam (1929) / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • Cowboy Bugle Boy / Rose Maddox & the Maddox Brothers / When the Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M.
  • Re-Enlistment Blues / Merle Travis / The Best of Merle Travis / Rhino
  • Precious Memories (2007) / Blue Around The Edges / Heaven's Front Door / Self [a local duo]

28 October 2007
The Bristol Boys!


We have wanted to have this relatively new group of seasoned Connecticut musicians on the Red Rooster Party since we first heard about them, but circumstances got in the way until this day.  What a good day it was!  The guys -- Matt Nozzolio (dobro/vocals), Dave Aston (bass), and Dave "Tex" Orlomoski (guitar/vocals) -- were sounding just like the early 20th century music we feature on the show.  You can catch The Bristol Boys live in concert along with David Peterson & 1946 and Nick Anderson and Shady Creek at the Canterbury Historical Society Benefit Concert to be held in the Plainfield Town Hall, 18 November 2007.  The Red Rooster Party gang will be there along with Amy from Bluegrass Cafe.  We hope to see you there.

  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)

Jim's Dad celebrated his 81st Birthday 27 October.  We played some of his favorite songs to celebrate!!!

  • Jealous Hearted Me / Carter Family / In The Shadow of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • Blue Yodel No. 8 / Jimmie Rodgers / America's Blues Yodeler 1930-31 / Rounder
  • In the Jailhouse Now - No. 2 / Jimmie Rodgers / America's Blues Yodeler 1930-31 / Rounder

The Bristol Boys!:  Live in the WHUS Studio

  • East Tennessee Blues
  • Railroad Boomer
  • Keep On The Sunny Side
  • Happy Birthday to Jim's Dad
  • Nobody Knows But Me
  • The Silver Town Rag [a Matt Nozzolio original]
  • Wreck Of The Old 97
  • Eight More Miles To Louisville
  • Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand (1927) / Williamson Brothers & Curry / Old-Time Music from West Virginia / Document

Mayberry Corner Trivia Question: What was the first name of the bank guard?  Answer:  Asa

  • Police Department Blues / Andy Griffith /  What it is, is Andy Griffith / EMI
  • Lone Pilgrim (2007) / The Scott Family Band / The Great Divide / Patuxent Music
  • Anchored In Love (2007) / The Scott Family Band / The Great Divide / Patuxent Music
  • Down The Valley of the Shadow / The Bailes Brothers / Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle
  • Cowboy Girl / Backwoods Band / Jes' Fine / Rounder
  • Sad and Lonesome Day / Backwoods Band / Jes' Fine / Rounder
  • Dig A Little Deeper / Fairfield Four / Standing in the Safety Zone / Warner Bros.
  • Tennessee Waltz / Paul Warmack / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • The Little Red Caboose Behind the Train / Paul Warmack / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • Give Me But Fifty Cents / Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • Are You From Dixie? / Poplin Woods String Band / Nashville, 1928 / Document
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken / Brown's Ferry Four / Scared Songs vol. 2 / King
  • Kaw-Liga / Charley Pride / Sing Me a Hank Williams Song / Time / Life
  • Your Cheatin' Heart / Elvis Presley / Sing Me a Hank Williams Song / Time / Life


21 October 2007
Disasters

Marti and Jim have wanted to do a show focused on the many songs created during the early 20th century about disasters, and that became easier recently with the release of a 3-CD box set of just this sort of music by the Tompkins Square folks titled "People Take Warning!  Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938"  Jim ended up doing the show by himself because Marti was out of town, but he had a great time with these songs, and was amazed by the number of listeners who called the show with personal experiences with these and other similar songs.  Thanks for listening!
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Noah (1939) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works  Vol. 3 / Document
The following five songs were about the Titanic disaster.  Ernest Stoneman led off with the original song that made him a household name in the 1920s...
  • The Titanic (1924) / Ernest Stoneman / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • The Titanic (1927) / Richard (Rabbit) Brown / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • The Last Scene Of The Titanic (1927) / Frank Hutchinson / Complete Recorded Works  Vol. 1 / Document
  • When That Great Ship Went Down (1927) / William and Versey Smith / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Down With The Old Canoe (1938) / The Dixon Brothers / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
Trains are rich in disaster folklore.  The following seven songs were about train mishaps, including the original recording of "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97" from Jim's original 78 RPM Okeh record by Henry Whitter.  Jim sent this 78 to Henry Whitter's great great granddaughter shortly after this broadcast after she found Red Rooster Party on a web search and asked if we could locate a copy.  It was our pleasure!
  • Engine 143 (1929) / The Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
  • Wreck of Number 52 (1933) / Cliff Carlisle / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Wreck of Old No. 9 (1968) / Red Smiley / Essential Original Masters / Rural Rhythm
  • Wreck of the Virginian (1927) / Blind Alfred Reed / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • The Wreck of the Virginian #3 (2007) / The New North Carolina Ramblers / Cotton Mill Blues / Old Blue
  • The Wreck On The Southern Old 97 (1924) / Henry Whitter / 78 RPM Single / Okeh
  • The Wreck Of The Old 97 (1959) / Johnny Cash / Walking The Line:  The Legendary Sun Recordings /  Tompkins Square
Aviation disasters of the early 20th century were next, starting off with two songs about Navy airship mishaps...
  • The Wreck Of The Shenandoah (1925) / Vernon Dalhart / Puttin' On The Style / Document

Mayberry Trivia:  What Instrument Did Briscoe Darling Play in the Family Band?
Answer:  Jug

  • The Crash Of The Akron (1933) / Bob Miller / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Fate of Will Rogers & Wiley Post (1935) / Bill Cox / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Wreck Of the West Bound Airliner (1931) / Fred Pendleton & The West Virginia Melody Boys / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square [...about the flight that killed Knute Rockne]
After hearing about ships, trains, and planes, it was time for some highway mayhem...
  • The Fatal Wreck Of The Bus (1936) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Wreck on the Mountain Road (1928) / Paul Miles and the Red Fox Chasers / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Widow Maker (1963) / Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
The show concluded with a series of songs about natural disasters with heavy emphasis on floods...
  • Burning of the Cleveland School (1938) / J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Come All You Tenderhearted (1961) / Carter Stanley / There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs / Smithsonian Folkways [rare solo performance by Carter Stanley at the Chicago Folk Festival]
  • The Cyclone of Rye Cove (1929) / The Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder [...a true incident that happened near the Carter home in VA]
  • The Story of the Mighty Mississippi (1927) / Ernest Stoneman / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • When The Levee Breaks (1929) / Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie / People Take Warning! /  Tompkins Square [...covered by Led Zeppelin in 1971]
  • The Alabama Flood (1929) / Andrew Jenkins / People Take Warning! / Tompkins Square
  • Mississippi Heavy Water Blues (1927) / Robert Hicks / People Take Warning! /  Tompkins Square
  • Mississippi Heavy Water Blues (1985) / Doc & Merle Watson / Pickin' The Blues / Flying Fish
14 October 2007
A Western Show, continued

With a sports-shortened show of only 50 minutes, Marti continued her Western Show theme from the previous week, and it was a dandy.  Your response has been so positive that you've got her thinking about doing a regular Western music show.  We'll see about that, but in the meantime you can count on a regular dose of Western and Cowboy music on the Red Rooster Party.
  • Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Amazing Grace (1949) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Golden Years (1949-1952) / FD Music
The next three songs were requests carried over from the previous week...
  • Old Shep (1940) / Red Foley / As Good As It Gets Hillbilly / Disky
  • Big Bad John (1961) / Jimmy Dean / Columbia Country Classics vol. 3 / Columbia
  • Powder River, Let 'er Buck (2004) / Skip Gorman & The Waddie Pals / Elko! A Cowboy Gathering / Western Jubilee
  • Along the Navajo Trail (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Fiddletone
  • Amazing Grace (1949) / The Golden Gate Quartet / Golden Years (1949-1952) / FD Music
  • Old Shep (1940) / Red Foley / As Good As It Gets Hillbilly / Disky
  • Big Bad John (1961) / Jimmy Dean / Columbia Country Classics vol. 3 / Columbia
  • Powder River, Let 'er Buck (2004) / Skip Gorman & The Waddie Pals / Elko! A Cowboy Gathering / Western Jubilee
  • Along the Navajo Trail (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Fiddletone
Mayberry Trivia Question:  What do Opie and his friends hope to win by selling Miracle Salve? 
Answer:  A pony

If you have listened for very long, you know Marti has a streak of outlaw independence in her, and it could be because she is a descendant of the Dalton family -- yes, the same family that produced the Dalton Gang.  Marti found a song with a bit of her family history...
  • Narration (2004) / Les Gilliam / It's Time to Sing a Song / Prairie Rose
  • The Dalton's Last Ride (2004) / Les Gilliam / It's Time to Sing a Song / Prairie Rose
  • The Master's Call (1959) / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads / Columbia
  • It's a Lonely Trail (mid-1950s) / Jimmy Wakely / The Singing Cowboy / Varese Sarabande
  • The Cowboy Song (1992) / Don Edwards / Songs of the Trail / Warner Brothers
  • Cow Poke (1999) / Don Edwards & Rex Allen / A Pair to Draw to / Garrett-Duetz
  • The Blue Roan and the Kid (1997) / Red Steagall and the Boys in the Bunkhouse / Dear Mama I'm a Cowboy / Warner Western
  • The Lantern on the Wagon (1997) / Red Steagall and the Boys in the Bunkhouse / Dear Mama I'm a Cowboy / Warner Western
  • A Cowboy Has to Sing (1946) / Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage / Tumbling Tumbleweeds:  10 / Varese Sarabande
  • Yippi, Ki, Ya, Ya Buy a Bond Today (1940s) / Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers / King of the Singing Cowboys / Collector's Choice

7 October 2007
A Western Show

Back after a couple weeks of soccer preemption, we dedicated the show to Western music.  While we both love Western music, it is Marti’s favorite.  In the time since we were last on the air, Jim was in Oklahoma City and took the opportunity to stop by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museumwhere he acquired a basket full of Western music (much to the delight of the Museum staff).  We drew heavily from our new acquisitions, as well as our old favorites.

Our Western music shows seem to draw the most callers, and this Sunday was no exception.  We received many requests while many other folks called just to tell us they enjoyed the music.  Thanks to all of you.  You made our day.

Be sure to tune in around 3:00 pm Eastern next Sunday, 14 October, for a sports-shortened version of the Red Rooster party.  We will play the requests that we didn’t have in the studio today.
  • Hattie Dalton “Old Red Rooster Party” Introduction (1994)
  • Hide Me in Thy Bosom / The Golden Gate Quartet / Gospel Greats / BMG
  • Kentucky Waltz / Johnny Bond / Cowboy Country / Jasmine [a Bill Monroe composition]
  • Ride, Ranger, Ride / CassCounty Boys / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • Love You as Big as Texas / Tex Ritter / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
  • The Texas Cannonball / Johnny Bond / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
Gene Autrywas (and still is to many folks) Public Cowboy #1.  His 100th birthday was 29 September 2007.  His accomplishments in all areas of entertainment are legendary (he is the only person to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – that’s one for every possible category), not to mention he owned the California Angels baseball team late in his life.  We celebrated Gene’s legacy with some of his songs…
  • Back in the Saddle Again / Gene Autry / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • Cowboy Blues / Gene Autry / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) / The Sons of the Pioneers / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine / Gene Autry and Jimmy Long / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • Land, Sky, and Water / Stu Davis / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For  Me / Jasmine
  • Cowpoke / Rex Allen / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
There were and are many black cowboys, but it seems we rarely hear about them.  The US Postal Service issued a stamp honoring one such cowboy,Bill Pickett, back in 1994.  But we found a recording by Artie Morris, the great great grandson of Charley Willis, the black cowboy who wrote one of the most famous cowboy songs in history – “Goodbye Old Paint.”  We played Artie Morris’s version of his great great grandpa’s song…
  • Goodbye Old Paint / Artie Morris / Goodbye Old Paint & other Trail Favorites / WAM
  • O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie / Artie Morris / Goodbye Old Paint & other Trail Favorites / WAM
  • There's a Rainbow Over the Range / The Sons of the San Joaquin / Way Out Yonder / Dualtone
  • I'm an Old Cowhand / Sons of the Pioneers / Sons of the Pioneers / MCA
  • There's A Rainbow Over the Range [live version] / Sons of the San Joaquin / Warehouse Tracks / WJRC
  • Dog / Bryan Bowers / Warehouse Tracks / WJRC
  • Cattle Call / Wylie and the Wild West / Warehouse Tracks / WJRC
Mayberry Corner Trivia:  Mayberry is located in what state?
Answer:  North Carolina
  • There's a Gold Mine in the Sky / The Quebe Sisters Band / Timeless / Fiddletone
  • Just One More Yodel / Slim Clark / Yodeling Songs -Various Artists / RCD [Maine yodeling legend]
  • Cowboy's Pal / Goebel Reeves / Yodeling Songs -Various Artists / RCD
  • Coyotes / Don Edwards / Moonlight and Skies / WJRC
  • Cowboys and Indians / Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Varese Sarabande
  • Mustang With Wings / Grand Canyon Cowboy Band of 1935 / Grand Canyon Cowboy Band of 1935 / AMAZ Records
  • The Great Divide / The Scott Family Band / The Great Divide / Patuxent Music [previous featured artists on RRP]
  • Tweedle O Twill / Gene Autry / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • Old Rivers / Walter Brennan with the Johnny Mann Singers / Songs of the West / Rhino
  • Bound For the Rio Grande / Sons of the San Joaquin / Bound for the Rio Grande / Self
  • Cool Water / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • Hoppy, Gene, and Me / Roy Rogers / Hoppy, Gene, and Me / Garrett-Deutz
  • Cowboy Heaven / Roy Rogers / Hoppy, Gene, and Me / Garrett-Deutz
  • Arizona Yodeler / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' and Yodelin' / Bear Family
We did something a little different than usual.  We came across a magazine article about famous cowboys and their “Cowboy Codes,” so we shared it with you…
  • Cowboy Codes [recitation] / William C. Reynolds / Published in the magazine "Cowboys & Indians", Oct 2007
  • Streets of Laredo [bed] / Ross Nickerson / Blazing the West / Self

16 September 2007
Mean Mamas

Marti picked the music this week (as usual) and we all noticed after a while that a theme began to emerge: Real Mean Women.  Jim just rolled with the punches (so to speak). 

A really great thing happened during the second half of the show when we were paid a visit by DJ Civil -- a summer DJ at WHUS for whom we did a few fill-ins.  DJ Civil brought us a bowl of warm strawberry chocolate chip cookies -- melt-in-your-mouth wonders that far exceeded what we did to earn them.
  • Hattie Dalton “Old Red Rooster Party” Introduction (1994)
  • Won't There Be One Happy Time / The Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works  Vol. 1 / Document
  • Old Lady and the Devil (1928) / Bill and Belle Reed / Anthology of American Folk Music  / Folkways
  • The Unfortunate Breakman [sic] (1930) / The Kentucky Ramblers / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP
  • Gambler's Blues (1932) / George Washington White / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP
  • Red Jacket Mine Explosion (1965) / The Phipps Family / Classic Mountain Songs / Smithsonian
We played a very early version of a great cowboy song followed by a 1959 remake from Marty Robbins for comparison...
  • Utah Carroll / Cartwright Brothers / When I Was a Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo
  • Utah Carol / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs / Legacy
  • I'm a Wandering Bronco Rider / Rowdy Wright / When I Was a Cowboy Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • Ground Hog / Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band / Music From the Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • Short Life of Trouble / Grayson & Whitter / Music From the Lost Provinces / Old Hat
  • Devilish Mary / Piney Creek Weasels / Go 'Long Mule! / Heritage
  • Ladies on the Steamboat (1927) / Burnett & Rutherford / Old Mountain Stringband Songs / Living Era
  • Mean Mama Blues / Bob Wills / Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers / Proper
  • Oh Susannah / Light Crust Doughboys / Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers / Proper
  • The Oregon Trail / Tex Morton / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough for Me / Jasmine
  • Happy Cowboy / Tim McNamara / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough for Me / Jasmine
Mayberry Trivia:  Who 'declared' for Aunt Bee?  Answer:  Briscoe Darling
  • Dig A Little Deeper in the Well / The Oak Ridge Boys / Have Arrived / MCA
  • Don't Sell That Cow / Grand Canyon Cowboy Band of 1935 / 50th Anniversary Reunion Concert / AMAZ
  • The Moonshine Steer / Grand Canyon Cowboy Band of 1935 / 50th Anniversary Reunion Concert / AMAZ
  • Ridin' On the Elevated Railroad (1951) / Lew Childre / The Mercury Label Various Artists / Mercury
  • Better Back Up Mama (1949) / Louis Innis / The Mercury Label Various Artists / Mercury
  • He Will Set Your Fields On Fire (1951) / Carl Story / The Mercury Label Various Artists / Mercury
  • I'm Changing Business All Around (1954) / Jimmie Fletcher / The Mercury Label Various Artists / Mercury
  • Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me / Bull Moose Jackson / The Black and White Roots of R&R / Indigo
  • Crazy Man Crazy / Bill Haley & His Comets / The Black and White Roots of R&R / Indigo
  • Daddy and Home / Jimmie Rodgers / Jimmie Rodgers 1928-1929 / Rounder
  • Kentucky Means Paradise / Merle Travis / The Merle Travis Story / CMH
We had a request for "Crazy" by Willie Nelson which we didn't have, so we played the following classic song performed by Willie that we did have...
  • Amazing Grace / Willie Nelson / Songbird / Lost Highway
  • I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine / The Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites  vol. 2 / Copper Creek
  • Railroad Bill / John Jackson / Classic African American Ballads / Smithsonian
  • There's Nobody Home On the Range Anymore (1999) / Rex Allen & Don Edwards / A Pair to Draw To / Garrett
  • Just a Yodel For Me (1951) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family

9 September 2007
Western Along with the "Swing"

We began the show about an hour late because of a UCONN women's soccer game, but we used the hour we had to bring you the ever-popular Mayberry Corner Trivia Question, a recognition of Bill Monroe's birthday (13 September 1911), the 11th anniversary of his passing (9 September 1996), and some good ol' Western Swing spiced up with new Western Swing from the Quebe Sisters.  Justin Nijssen finished his internship on this show, so perhaps we will hear Justin on the air this fall with his own show.  Thanks for listening!       --Marti & Jim

  • Jezebel / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works vol. 4 / Document
Mayberry Corner Trivia Question:  What meal did Andy eat 3 times in one night due to a communication problem with Goober?           Answer:  Spaghetti
  • Turn Your Radio On / Andy Griffith / Somebody Bigger Than You and I / Sony
  • 5 lbs of Possum / VW Boys / The Possum Tapes / Fat Dog
  • My Long Journey Home / Bill & Charlie Monroe / Blue  Moon of Kentucky  '36-'49 / Bear Family (Bill Monroe's first recording)
  • Boogie Woogie Boy / Porky Freeman / Doughboys,Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • That's What I Like About the South / Cliff Bruner / Doughboys,Playboys and Cowboys / Proper (Cliff liked a lot of Southern cooking)
  • Dirty Dog / Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys / Doughboys,Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • El Rancho Grande / Tune Wranglers / Doughboys,Playboys and Cowboys / Proper
  • Home in San Antone / The Quebe Sisters / Texas Fiddlers / Self
  • There's a Gold Mine in the Sky / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Fiddletone
  • I'll Never Pass This Way Again / Slim Whitman / Indian Love Call / Rolled Gold
  • The Hiccough Song (1952) / Maddox Brothers & Rose / That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya / Proper
  • Fisherman's Boogie / Al Dexter / Pistol Packin' Mama / Allegro
  • The Biscuit Blues (2003) / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
  • Rawhide (2003) / Riders in the Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc



2 September 2007
Labor Day - Work and Occupations

For the beautiful New England Labor Day weekend, we brought songs of work and various occupations.  Trainee Justin was back and did another great job on the board. 

One of the surprises of the day was a CD from "The Quebe Sisters" (pronounced "kway-bee").  They are a trio of very talented young women who play triple fiddles and sing like a cross between the Andrews Sisters and The Sons of the Pioneers.  We hope you enjoyed the show.
  • Hattie Dalton “Old Red Rooster Party” Introduction (1994)
  • Pick a Bale of Cotton (1939) / Golden Gate Quartet / Golden Gate Quartet  1937-1941 / Fremeaux & Assoc
  • When the Work's All Done This Fall (1925) / Carl T. Sprague / Cowtrails, Longhorns and Tight Saddles / Bear Family
  • The Cowboy Song  (1996) / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live! At Last / Rounder
  • Casey Jones  (1952) / K.C. Douglas / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian
  • Time Table Blues / Captain Appleblossom / Train 45:  Railroad Songs of the early 1900s / Rounder
  • Mule Skinner Blues (1940) / Bill Monroe / Mule Skinner Blues / BMG
  • Spike Driver Blues (1963) / Mississippi John Hurt / Avalon Blues  1963 / Rounder
  • The Postman Just Passes Me By / Cowboy Copas / Tragic Tales of Love and Life / Gusto
  • Newsboy (1996) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
  • The Honest Farmer (1989) / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Fertile Ground / Rounder
  • Here's to the Operator, Boys (1963) / Merle Travis / Folksongs of the Hills / Rounder
  • Paper Boy Boogie (ca. 1950s) / "Texas" Bill Strength / Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & the Honky Tonk Blues / Jasmine
  • Payday Saturday Night (ca. 1950s) / Zeke Clements / Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & the Honky Tonk Blues / Jasmine
  • Thirty Years of Farming (2002) / James King / Thirty Years of Farming / Rounder
  • Nine Pound Hammer (1947) / Merle Travis / Folksongs of the Hills / Bear family
  • Old Calloused Hands (1987) / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
  • The Old Country Preacher (1950) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
  • Rainmaker (1970) / The Dillards / There is a Time / Vanguard
  • Old Man At The Mill (1970) / The Dillards / There is a Time / Vanguard
  • Boil Them Possums (2004) / The VW Boys / The Possum Tapes / Fat Dog
  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Self
  • Air Mail Special (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Self
  • Weave Room Blues (1938) / Fisher Hendley / Hard Times Come Again No More, Vol. 2 / Yazoo
  • Cotton Mill Blues (1936) / Daddy John Love / Oh My Little Darling: Folk Song Types / New World
  • Strike the Bell (1995) / Dramtreeo / Storm / Southern Branch
  • Big Bad John / Jimmy Dean / Columbia Country Classics vol. 3 / Columbia
  • Weaver's Life / The Dixon Brothers / O Brothers! / Living Era
  • The Brakeman's Blues / Jimmie Rodgers / Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats / Living Era
  • John Henry (1994) / Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley / The Original Folkways Recordings:1960-1962 / Smithsonian
  • Jerry, Go Oil That Car / Haywire Mac / Classic Railroad Songs / Smithsonian
  • So Long To The Red RiverValley (2007) / The Quebe Sisters / Timeless / Self
  • Buffalo Skinners / Woody Guthrie / Worried Man Blues / Collectables
  • Pony Express / Vernon Dalhart / On the Lighter Side / Old Homestead

26 August 2007