Playlist 6/16/2013 - Fathers on Father's Day

Hi Folks,

Since Marti is out of the country with students, we decided to replay a show that first aired on Father's Day on June 17, 2007.  The show included interviews with Marti's father where he described life as a kid in rural North Carolina in the 1920s and 1930s, and the music they had.

Marti's father, Robert Lee Harmon - Grand Canyon North Rim, 1981
(photo by Marti)

We recorded interviews with Marti's father in 1994, and the first airing of this show was the first time Marti had heard those interviews since we recorded them.  Marti's father passed away in 1998

We also had a recording of Jim’s dad from the same year, but because of technical difficulties with the recording, we were not able to air that interview segment.  We will play Jim's dad on a future show.

Jim and his Dad - 2010
(photo by Marti)

When we produced Red Rooster Party on its first three-year run, we incorporated at various times a Mayberry Corner Trivia question, and sometimes a Mayberry recipe.  This 2007 show had both of those features.

We appreciate all the calls from listeners.  You all are great!

Interview segments in blue.  Songs not aired on the original 2007 show in red.

Marti & Jim 

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• One of These Mornings / The Oak Ridge Boys / 22 Country Gospel Greats / Country Stars
• Early Radio / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• John Henry (1928) / DeFord Bailey / Harp Blowers  1925-1936 / Document
• Uncle Dave's Travels p.1 (1929) / Uncle Dave Macon / The Country Music Hall of Fame / MCA
• My Dixie Darling / The Carter Family / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Maple on the Hill (1935) / J.E. Mainer / The Golden Age of JE Mountaineers / Cattle
• The WBT Briarhoppers / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• Theme - Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / The Briarhoppers / Hit's Briarhopper Time / Lamon (LP)
• The Old Grey Mare Is Back Where She Used To Be / The Briarhoppers / Whitey and Hogan with the Briarhoppers / Old Homestead (LP)
• Cool Water / Sons of the Pioneers / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / MCA
• Back in the Saddle Again / Gene Autry / The Essential / Columbia
• There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder (1943) / Tex Ritter / High Noon / Living Era
• Possum Huntin' / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• Peaches and Possums / Jerry Clower / Peaches and Possums / MCA
• Idiotic Lawsuits / Jerry Clower / Peaches and Possums / MCA
• Dill Pickle Rag / Chet Atkins & Doc Watson / Reflections / Sugar Hill
• Divorce Me C.O.D. / Merle Travis / Country Roots / K-TEL
• What'll I Do With The Baby-O / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 78 RPM record / King

Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  Who was Ernest T's "Mother Figure"  Answer:  Helen Crump

• A Good Man is Hard to Find / Andy Griffith / What It Is, Is Andy Griffith / EMI

Mayberry Recipe:  Rodney's Gooey Butter (from "Aunt Bee’s Delightful Desserts" by Ken Beck and Jim Clark, contributed by Beverly & Rodney Dillard)

• Wabash Cannonball (1936) / Roy Acuff / Country Roots / K-TEL
• The Cattle Call / Eddy Arnold / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Walking the Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Playing in the Woods / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• In the Jailhouse Now / Jimmie Rodgers / Country Roots / K-TEL
• I Want to Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart / Patsy Montana / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Jealous Heart / Tex Ritter / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Ridin' Down the Canyon / Gene Autry / Songs of the West / Rhino
• That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine / Gene Autry & Jimmy Long / Songs of the West / Rhino
• Jingle, Jangle, Jingle / Tex Ritter & His Texans / Songs of the West / Rhino
• Don't Fence Me In / Roy Rogers / Famous Country Music Makers / Pulse
• Watermelon Hangin' On A Vine / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Step It Up And Go / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Possum Up A Gum Stump / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Long Journey Home / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)