Sunday, November 30, 2014

Playlist - 11/30/2014 - Early Bluegrass

Jim's copy of "Just Let Me Fall" (1952)
Hi Folks,

Taking a cue from the midnight fill-in that Jim did early Saturday morning, this entire edition of Red Rooster Party consisted of early bluegrass music focused in the early 1950s.

Jim's copy of "Old Grey Goose" (1948)


Most of the songs were from JSP collections, a reissue label based in the UK, but we have some of the originals as well (see the illustrations.)







SONGWRITING CONTEST

Marti, our Red Rooster "Idea Person," suggested during the show that we run a songwriting contest for all talented, untalented, mostly human, tone deaf, musically-challenged, first-grade-graduates who know the difference between a polecat and a politician (or perhaps not).   

THE RULES:

1. Title grabs you before the judges' store-bought teeth fall out or first sound of a note
2. Must include some number of the following topics:  trucks, trains, drinkin', cheatin', prison, mother, possums, kittens, shotguns, skunk cabbage, whitewashing, mules, hound dogs, overalls, outhouses.  More points for more topics used.  Creative additions are good for more points.
3. Song can be in the genres of old time, blues, bluegrass, gospel, or novelty
4. Song must be 3 minutes or less
5. Points will be awarded based on:  song title creativity, number of key topics used or creative additions, and the sensibility of the lyric (a jumble of words just won't do)
6. A recording must be submitted along with the lyrics.  Format can be anything from CD, cassette tape, MP3, or other.  May use any instrument(s) or none at all.
7. Submissions must be received by December 30, 2014.  Winners will be announced on Red Rooster Party January 4, 2015 or the first show not preempted after that date.  The song will be played on the show, or winners will have the option of performing the song live on the show. Our e-mail address will be provided to anyone requesting it via the comments on this page.  Mailed submissions can be sent to:

WHUS Radio
Attn:  Jim & Marti Red Rooster Party
UCONN, Student Union Building , Room 412
2110 Hillside Road , Unit 3008R
Storrs, CT 06268-3008

8. NO TALENT REQUIRED (or expected)

Now get those creative juices flowing!

Tune in next week, good Lord or UCONN sports preemptions willing and the creek don't rise
.

Jim & Marti


Artist / Song / Notes

  • Golden Gate Quartet / In That Great Getting Up Morning / 1944 NBC Thesaurus 986
  • Larry Richardson and Happy Smith & the Blue Ridge Boys / Just Let Me Fall / 1952
  • Virginia Trio (Jim & Jesse McReynolds) / Let Me Travel Alone / late 1951 Radio Station WPFB Middletown, OH - Jim And Jesse McReynolds With The Sweet Mountain Boys, Lawrence “Larry” Roll [ld vcl-gt], David Emon “Dave” Woolum [bass])
  • The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen / Ho, Honey, Ho / RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville, TN: Saturday 29th December 1956 Bobby Osborne (high tnr vcl-bjo-mand); Sonny Osborne (vcl-bjo); Red Allen (vcl-gtr); Gordon Terry (fdl); Ernie Newton (stg)
  • Jim Eanes and His Shennandoah Valley Boys / Long Journey Home / Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.Car: September 1951 with Neely Gilfillen (tnr vcl-gtr); Hubert Davis (bjo); Pee Wee Davis (fdl); Roy Russell (bari vcl-fdl); Joe Johnson (vcl-4-bari vcl-5); Benjamin “Benny” Jarrell (stb)
  • Wade Mainer and The Mountaineers / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / ca.1953
  • Enos Johnson & Sonny Osborne / Sugar Coated Love / 1953 Gateway Studio- Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH – Sonny Osborne (Sonny Osborne [vcl-gt], Carlos Brock [vcl-gt], Enos Johnson [vcl-mandolin], Smokey Ward [bass], Billy Thomas [fiddle])
  • Dee Stone And His Virginia Mountain Boys / Pilot Mountain / Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.Car: 1952 (fdl); Paul Jefferson (bjo); Leonard Wall (vcl-gtr); Joseph “Joe” Fulcher (vcl-gtr); Harold Jorden (stg bs)
  • Jim & Jesse McReynolds / I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart / 13 June 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Jim and Jesse (Jim McReynolds, Jesse McReynolds, Curley Seckler [gt], Hoke Jenkins [banjo], Bob Moore [bass], Sonny James [fiddle])
  • The Church Brothers and Their Blue Ridge Ramblers / An Angel With Blue Eyes / Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.Car: May 1952 Bill Church (ld vcl-gtr); Ralph Church (tnr vcl-mand); Gar Bowers (bjo); Ward Eller (vcl-gtr); Ralph Pennington (stg bs)
  • Sonny Osborne / I'll Stay Around / 1952 Gateway Studio, Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH – Sonny Osborne (Sonny Osborne [vcl-gt], Carlos Brock [vcl-gt], Enos Johnson [vcl-mandolin], Smokey Ward [bass], Billy Thomas [fiddle])
  • Dee Stone and The Melody Hillbillies / Mountain Swing / Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.Car: 1950 Dee Stone (fdl); Frederick “Fred” Murphy (gtr); Dewey Murphy (mand); Joseph “Joe” Medford (bjo); John Murphy (stg bs)
  • Hack Johnson and His Tennesseeans / Home Sweet Home / 1953 Colonial: guitarist Hack Johnson, banjoist Allen Shelton, fiddler Roy Russell, guitarist Curley Howard, bassist Joe "Flapjack" Philips
  • Glen Neaves and The Grayson County Boys / Old Swinging Bridge / Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.C.: 1951 (ld vcl-1-fdl); Wilbert “Bill” Patton (gtr); Cecil Kinzer (gtr); John Summers (bari vcl-mand); Jessie Neaves (tnr vcl); Raymond Swinney (bjo)
  • Hack Johnson and His Tennesseeans / Crazy Banjo Medley / 1953 Colonial: guitarist Hack Johnson, banjoist Allen Shelton, fiddler Roy Russell, guitarist Curley Howard, bassist Joe "Flapjack" Philips
  • The Brammer Brothers and The Virginia Partners / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / 1951 Mutual: Troy and Joyce, the Brammer Brothers (VA)
  • Carolina Sunshine Trio / Cornbread & Butterbeans / c.1948-50
  • Allen Shelton / Allen's Dream / 1953 Colonial: guitarist Hack Johnson, banjoist Allen Shelton, fiddler Roy Russell, guitarist Curley Howard, bassist Joe "Flapjack" Philips
  • Bowes Brothers / Stop Knocking On My Door / The Bowes Brothers were a popular local act in the 1950s from Roxboro, NC. They recorded this record on Mutual, Dee Stone's record label. The B side, which was actually better than the A side, featured banjo picking and singing from a man named Claude Yeatts
  • Alex Campbell (North Carolina Ridge Runners) / You Were Only Teasing Me / 1947 Security
  • Lilly Brothers / They Sleep Together Now At Rest / 1948 Page
  • Carl Sauceman and His Green Valley Boys / I'll Be An Angel Too / ca. June 1953 Nashville, TN - Carl Sauceman and Green Valley Boys Carl Sauceman [vcl-rh gt], poss Monroe Fields [mandolin], Frederick ”Fred" “Sparkplug” Richardson [banjo], J.P. Sauceman [bass], James “Jim” Brock [fiddle], Alfred Donald “Don” McHan [hmny]
  • Dave Woolum And Noah Crase / Rolling Stone / Cincinnati, OH: Excellent 1955 Dave Woolum (vcl-gtr); Noah Crase (5 stg bjo)
  • Red Belcher & The Kentucky Ridgerunners / The Old Grey Goose / Johnstown, Pa: 1948 Page: Finley Duncan “Red” Belcher (vcl- bjo); Benjamin F. “Tex” Logan (fdl); Mitchell Burt “Bea” Lilly (gtr); Charles Everett Lilly (mand); Smilie Sutter (gtr); Don Kidwell (stb)
  • Marvin Cobb, Frank Wakefield & The Chain Mountain Boys / New Camptown Races / 1957 Wayside
  • Toby Stroud & The Blue Mountain Boys / Jesse James / Radio Station WRVA Richmond, Va: 1954 Toby Stroud (vcl-fdl); James “Jimmy” Snyder (gtr); Edward “Eddie” Johnson (bjo); Unk (stg bs) poss Burkett Howard “Josh” Graves (dobro)
  • Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker with their Pine Mountain Boys / Weary Hobo / 1952 Rich-R-Tone
  • L. C. Smith & Ralph Mayo & the Southern Mountain Boys / Radio Boogie / 1954 Kingsport 108 (A side). LC Smith was a fiddler of some renown
  • Ted Lundy / I've Never Been So Lonesome / 1953

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Fill-in Playlist - 11/29/2014 (midnight-2am) Early Bluegrass

Hi Folks,

We called this show "Red Rooster Early Bluegrass Show" because that is exactly what it was.  The entire show consisted of bluegrass averaging about 60+ years old with some going back into the pre-bluegrass period of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

If you were up late enough to listen, we hope you enjoyed this rare two-hour show.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year
  • Larry Richardson and Happy Smith / Just Let Me Fall / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • Virginia Trio (Jim & Jesse McReynolds) / Let Me Travel Alone / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • Jim Eanes and His Shennandoah Valley Boys / Long Journey Home / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • Red Allen / Ho, Honey, Ho / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1956
  • Wade Mainer and The Mountaineers / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • Enos Johnson & Sonny Osborne / Sugar Coated Love / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • Dee Stone And His Virginia Mountain Boys / Pilot Mountain / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • Jim & Jesse McReynolds / I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • The Church Brothers and Their Blue Ridge Ramblers / An Angel With Blue Eyes / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1951
  • Sonny Osborne / I'll Stay Around / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1952
  • Dee Stone and The Melody Hillbillies / Mountain Swing / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1950
  • Hack Johnson and His Tennesseeans / Home Sweet Home / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • Glenn Neaves and The Grayson County Boys / Old Swinging Bridge / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1951
  • Hack Johnson and His Tennesseeans / Crazy Banjo Medley / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • The Brammer Brothers and The Virginia Partners / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1951
  • Allen Shelton / Allen's Dream / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • Bowes Brothers / Stop Knocking On My Door / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / c1951
  • Alex Campbell / You Were Only Teasing Me / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / unk
  • Carl Sauceman and His Green Valley Boys / I'll Be An Angel Too / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1953
  • Dave Woolum And Noah Crase / Single Girl, Married Girl / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP / 1954
  • Red Belcher & The Kentucky Ridgerunners / The Old Grey Goose / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1948
  • Marvin Cobb, Frank Wakefield & The Chain Mountain Boys / New Camptown Races / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1950
  • Lilly Brothers / They Sleep Together Now At Rest / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1948
  • Connie & Babe / Roll On Blues / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1954
  • Toby Stroud & The Blue Mountain Boys / Jesse James / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1953
  • Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker with their Pine Mountain Boys / Weary Hobo / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1951
  • L.C.Smith, Ralph Mayo & The Southern Mountain Boys / Radio Boogie / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1952
  • Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Twenty One Years / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1952
  • Rebe & Rabe / Helen / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1952
  • Ted Lundy / I've Never Been So Lonesome / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1953
  • Shenandoah Valley Trio / Let Me Rest (At The End Of My Journey) / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1950
  • Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Pain In My Heart / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1950
  • Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys / Better Late Than Never / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1950
  • Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys / Florida Blues / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1951
  • Byron Parker & His Mountaineers / Up Jumped The Devil / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1940
  • Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys / Little Brown Hand / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1951
  • Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1941
  • J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Seven And A Half / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1935
  • Wade Mainer & Sons of the Mountaineers / Lonely Tombs / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1937
  • Buster Carter & Preston Young / I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 1931

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Playlist - 11/23/2014 - Jim's Parents' 65th Anniversary

Jim's Parents 11/23/1949
Hi Folks.

This edition of Red Rooster Party took place on the 65th anniversary of Jim's parents, both of whom still live in North Carolina.  To salute them, we played a group of songs that would have been on the radio 65 years ago (1949) by The Carter Sisters with Mother Maybelle and Chet Atkins.

We also had fun with super guitarists Merle Travis, Doc Watson, and Chet Atkins by playing duets with Chet and Merle and Chet and Doc.


Kenny Roberts
There was a short version of Marti's Bunkhouse with Western songs, and a special set of Kenny Roberts recordings.

The remainder of the show was great music from the 1940s and 1950s.

Tune in next Sunday at 2pm ET for another great show featuring our musical heritage.

Jim & Marti


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / Jonah In The Whale / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 1939 / Document / 1939
  • Chet Atkins & Merle Travis / Mutual Admiration / The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Raven / .
  • Chet Atkins & Merle Travis / Boogie For Cecil / The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Raven / .
  • Chet Atkins & Doc Watson / Me and Chet Made A Record / The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Raven / 1979
  • Chet Atkins & Doc Watson / Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder / The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Raven / 1979
  • Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Opening Theme-I Wish I Had A Nickel / The Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes / 1949
  • Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Ain'tcha Tired of Makin' Me Blue / The Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes / 1949
  • Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Don't Wait / The Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes / 1949
  • Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Guitar Solo / The Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes / 1949
  • Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / In The Pines / The Carter Sisters With Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes / 1949
  • Jimmie Rodgers / My Little Lady / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / .
  • Delmore Brothers / Freight Train Boogie / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / .
  • Gene Autry / Red River Valley / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / .
  • Slim Whitman / Tennessee Waltz / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / .
  • Roy Acuff and His Tennesseans / Jole Blon / Peach In The Valley / Black Cat / .
  • The Carter Family / The Mountains Of Tennessee / Peace In The Valley / Black Cat / .
  • Johnny Cash / Luther Played The Boogie / Peace In The Valley / Black Cat / .
  • Delmore Brothers / Take It To The Captain / Peace In The Valley / Black Cat / .
  • Merle Haggard / Ida Red / Peace In The Valley / Black Cat / .
  • Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / Night Train To Memphis / Lost Highway / Black Cat / .
  • Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Mule Skinner Blues / Lost Highway / Black Cat / 1940
  • George Jones / White Lightnin' / Lost Highway / Black Cat / .
  • Kenny Roberts / Newsboy / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family / .
  • Kenny Roberts / Boogie Woogie Yodel Song / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family / .
  • Kenny Roberts / Wedding Bells / Jumpin & Yodelin' / Bear Family / .
  • Kenny Roberts / F.O.B. Tennessee / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family / .
  • When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Jimmie Rodgers / Singing in the Saddle / Rounder / .
  • Ray Whitley / Blue Yodel Blues / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder / .
  • Jules Verne Allen / Little Joe The Wrangler / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder / .
  • Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee / Tying a Knot In the Devil's Tail / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder / .
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Brain Cloudy Blues / Columbia Country Classics - Honky Tonk Heros Vol. 2 / Columbia / 1946
  • Little Jimmy Dickens / Country Boy / Columbia Country Classics - Honky Tonk Heros Vol. 2 / Columbia / 1949
  • Johnny Horton / Honky Tonk Man / Columbia Country Classics - Honky Tonk Heros Vol. 2 / Columbia / 1956

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Playlist - 11/16/2014 - African-American Ballads

Hi Folks,

Lead Belly (Huddie Leadbetter)
Today's show consisted of ballads, or songs that tell a story, from the African-American tradition.  Barry Pearson who wrote the liner notes to the Smithsonian Folkways release "Classic African-American Ballads" says "The African-American ballad-making era spanned roughly forty years, from 1885 to 1925, peaking between 1890 and 1910. Ballads were composed before 1885 and continued to be composed after 1925, but the major body of recognized ballads, especially those that became traditional, come from this period."

Many of the black ballads are intertwined with white musical traditions and the origin for some cannot be pinpointed to one or the other -- the music belongs to both.  The recognition of that sharing of musical tradition was much of the point of today's show.

We hope you enjoyed.

Jim & Marti 


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Lord, Am I Born To Die? / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1938-1939 / Document / 1938
  • Warner Williams / Mouse On The Hill / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1994
  • K. C. Douglas / Casey Jones / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1952
  • Lead Belly / John Hardy / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1941
  • John Jackson / Railroad Bill / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1992
  • Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon / Stewball / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1959
  • Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Gene Moore / John Henry / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1958
  • Elizabeth Cotten / Take Me Back to Baltimore / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways / 1965
  • Elizabeth Cotten / Washington Blues / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways / 1965
  • Elizabeth Cotten / Look and Live, My Brother / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways / 1965
  • Snooks Eaglin / St. James Infirmary / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1958
  • John Cephas & Phil Wiggins / Staggerlee (Stackolee) / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1991
  • Robert Johnson / They're Red Hot / The Complete Recordings / Columbia / 1936
  • Robert Johnson / Cross Road Blues / The Complete Recordings / Columbia / 1936
  • Convicts at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms / Lost John / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1956
  • Josh White / Betty And Dupree / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1946
  • Lead Belly / Old Riley / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1948
  • Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, and Arbee Stidham / The Race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1961
  • Pink Anderson / The Titanic / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1961
  • Big Bill Broonzy / Frankie and Johnny / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1957
  • Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys / White House Blues / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1959
  • John Jackson / Louis Collins / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1997
  • Sonny Boy Williamson / Your Funeral My Trial / Murder Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul / Trikont / 1958
  • Memphis Minnie / Biting Bug Blues / Murder Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul / Trikont / 1935
  • Roosevelt Sykes "The Honeydripper" / 44 Blues / Murder Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul / Trikont / 1939
  • Horace Sprott / Luke and Mullen / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1954
  • Lead Belly / Gallis Pole / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1940s
  • Pink Anderson / Boll Weevil / Classic African-American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways / 1961
  • Paramount Singers / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Work and Pray On / Arhoolie Records / 1992
  • The Ebony Hillbillies / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Sabrina's Holiday / EH Music / 2004
  • The Ebony Hillbillies / The Old Carpenter's Waltz / Sabrina's Holiday / EH Music / 2004

Fill-in Playlist - 11/15/2014 - "Red Rooster Cracker Barrel"

Hi Folks,

This early morning fill-in beginning at midnight Saturday (Friday night) consisted entirely of songs found on recordings and compilations sold at Cracker Barrel restaurants over the past decade.  Many of these compilations remain available.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

  • Hank Williams / Kaw-Liga / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Waylon Jennings / Good Hearted Woman (live) with Willie Nelson / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Buck Owens / I've Got A Tiger By The Tail / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Charley Pride / Burgers And Fries / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Statler Brothers / Hello, Mary Lou / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Elvis Presley / Guitar Man / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford / Sixteen Tons / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • George Jones / Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Conway Twitty / Don't Call Him A Cowboy / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • John Denver / Thank God I'm A Country Boy (live) / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Ernest Tubb / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • The Oak Ridge Boys / Dig a Little Deeper In the Well / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Jim Reeves / He'll Have To Go / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival / Born On The Bayou / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Eddy Arnold / The Cattle Call (with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra & Chorus) / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Tammy Wynette / Kids Say The Darndest Things / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Roy Orbison / Working For The Man / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Johnny Cash / Boy Named Sue / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel
  • Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Breakdown / American Music Legends / Cracker Barrel

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Playlist - 11/9/2014 - Spade Cooley, Hillbilly Music, 1963

Hi Folks.


Artist / Title / Album / Label / Date
  • Golden Gate Quartet / My Lord Is Writing / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 2 (1938-1939) / Document / 1938
  • Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Gang / Intro / Essential Western Swing - The Standard Transcription Recordings / Varèse Sarabande / .
  • Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Gang / Gitar Swing / Essential Western Swing - The Standard Transcription Recordings / Varèse Sarabande / .
  • Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Gang / Lord Nottingham's War Dance / Essential Western Swing - The Standard Transcription Recordings / Varèse Sarabande / .
  • Leon Mcauliff / Boogie On Strings / Nashville Steel Guitar 20 Greatest / Gusto TeeVee / .
  • Roy Wiggins / Red River Valley / Nashville Steel Guitar / Gusto TeeVee / .
  • Nashville Rhythm Section / Amazing Grace / Nashville Steel Guitar 20 Greatest / Gusto TeeVee / .
  • Ernest Tubb / You Nearly Lose Your Mind / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Roy Rogers / I Hope I'm Not Dreaming Again / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Eddy Arnold / Bouquet of Roses / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Hank Williams / I'm A Long Gone Daddy / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Wayne Raney / Lost John Boogie / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • The Carter Family / I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Jimmy Wakely & Arthur Smith / Orange Blossom Special / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Roy Acuff / Wreck On The Highway / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Merle Travis / Dark As A Dungeon / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Eddie Bond / My Bucket's Got A Hole In It / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Johnny Bond / I'll Step Aside / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / .
  • Red Foley / Old Shep / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / 1946
  • Hank Penny / Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / 1946
  • Delmore Brothers / Freight Train Boogie / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / 1946
  • Jimmie Rodgers / Blue Yodel # 1 (T. for Texas) / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / 1927
  • The Delmore Brothers / Browns Ferry Blues / As Good As It Gets - Hillbilly / Disky / 1947
  • Joe Wheeler / Shut My Mouth Wide Open / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1947
  • Floyd Robinson / G-I-R-L Girls / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / .
  • Jimmie Osborne / It Just Tears Me All To Pieces / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / .
  • Waddie Mitchell & Don Edwards / Yuppies In The Sky / The Bard and The Balladeer - Live from Cowtown / Warner Western / 1994
  • Waddie Mitchell & Don Edwards / Bronco Twister's Prayer-Amazing Grace / The Bard and The Balladeer - Live from Cowtown / Warner Western / 1994
  • Waddie Mitchell & Don Edwards / Home On The Range / The Bard and The Balladeer - Live from Cowtown / Warner Western / 1994
  • Riders In The Sky and Wilford Brimley / Across The Alley From The Alamo / Home On The Range / Self-released / 2013
  • Riders In The Sky and Wilford Brimley / I'd Like to Be in Texas, For the Roundup in the Spring / Home On The Range / Self-released / 2013
  • Rex Allen / I'll Go Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail / The Essential Rex Allen / Rex Allen Museum / .
  • Lattie Moore / 100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / .
  • Patsy Cline / Leavin' On Your MInd / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Bill Anderson / Still / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Ernest Tubb / Thanks A Lot / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • George Hamilton IV / Abilene / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Bobby Bare / Five Hundred Miles Away from Home / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Buck Ownes / Act Naturally / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Dave Dudley / Six Days On The Road / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Johnny Cash / Busted / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963
  • Loretta Lynn / Before I'm Over You / Country & Western Hit Parade 1963 / Bear Family / 1963

Fill-in Playlist - 11/8/2014 - "Red Rooster Hit Parade 1951"

Hi Folks,

This fill-in show was titled "Red Rooster Hit Parade 1951" because all songs were hits in that year.

And what a good year it was!

Join me next Friday night at midnight for an hour of great Red Rooster Party material to kick off your Saturdays.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year
  • Tennessee Ernie / The Shot Gun Boogie / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Hank Snow / The Golden Rocket / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Hank Williams / Cold Cold Heart / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Johnnie & Jack / Poison Love / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Eddy Arnold / I Wanna Play House With You / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Johnny Bond / "Sick /  Sober And Sorry" / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Moon Mullican / I Was Sorta Wonderin' / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Big Jeff / Step It Up And Go / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Lefty Frizzell / Always Late (With Your Kisses) / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • The Carlisles / Too Old To Cut The Mustard / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Bill Haley / Rocket '88' / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Zeb Turner / Chew Tobacco Rag / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Bill Monroe / Uncle Pen / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Mac Wiseman / 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Jess Willard / Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Red Foley / (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family
  • Jimmy Murphy / Electricity / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951 / Bear Family

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Playlist - 11/2/2014 - Trains, Love, Lust, etc.

Hi Folks,

We had no spurts preemption today and therefore had a full show.

The first half of the show was a reprise of sorts of the late night fill-in (see "Red Rooster Train Depot" entry) that Jim did early Saturday morning with a few changes.  We have just scratched the surface of the list of train song recordings, and we have plenty more for future shows.



The second half of the show included Canadian singer Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals, very very early recordings from black musicians, a couple of sets from the Dust-To-Digital set covering Love, Lust, and Contempt (though we didn't get to contempt), Mount Airy favorite Rafe Brady, and a good sampling of The South Carolina Broadcasters -- a great old-time group from Mount Airy, NC -- who just announced new member Anna Roberts-Gevalt.

We hope you enjoyed what you heard.  Tune in next Sunday (spurts notwithstanding) for some more great obsolete music.

Jim & Marti

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Gospel Train / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 / Document / 1939
  • Little Junior's Blue Flames / Mystery Train / The Legendary Sounds of Sun Studios / Union Square / 1953
  • Jimmy Murphy / Big Train / Southern Roots / Ace / 1965
  • Jerry Clower / Wanna Buy A Possum? / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1976
  • J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Number 111 / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M / 1936
  • Rouse Brothers / Orange Blossom Special / Country Brothers / Jasmine / 1939
  • Doc Watson / The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / Good Deal! / Vanguard  / 1968
  • Jerry Clower / The Maddest Man I Ever Saw / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1981
  • Hank Williams / Pan American / The Original Singles Collection / Polydor / 1947
  • Joe Leggo / Riding The Rail Again / Three Little Hobos / Self-released / 2007
  • Doc & Merle Watson / The Wreck of the Old #9 / Ballads from Deep Gap / Vanguard  / 1967
  • Vernon Dalhart / The Wreck Of The Old '97 / Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats / Living Era / 1924
  • Doc Watson / F.F.V. / Home Again! / Vanguard / 1966
  • Curly Fox / Wreck Of The 1256 / Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s / Rounder / 1947
  • Roy Acuff / Wabash Cannonball / Great Train Songs - An American Legend / Varèse Sarabande / 1965
  • Jerry Clower / Crack, W.L. And Rover / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1984
  • Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford / Riding On That Train 45 / Train 45: Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900's / Rounder / 1937
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Train 45 / Can You Hear Me Now / Flaming Heart / 2012
  • Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / Scoot, Git and Begone / Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / Self-released / 2014
  • Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / Self-released / 2014
  • Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / So Long Blues / Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals / Self-released / 2014
  • Apollo Jubilee Quartet / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Blacks and The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922 / Archeophone / 1912
  • Opal Cooper / Beans, Beans, Beans / Blacks and The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922 / Archeophone / 1917
  • "Dock" Walsh / We Courted In The Rain / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1926
  • Charlie Burse with Memphis Jug Band / Insane Crazy Blues / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1934
  • Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) / Hard For To Love / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1930
  • Uncle Dave Macon / The Gal That Got Stuck On Everything She Seen / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1928
  • Kid Smith & Family / Mama You're a Mess / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1936
  • Rutherford & Foster / There’s More Pretty Girls Than One / Baby How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust, and Contempt / Dust to Digital / 1929
  • Jenks "Tex" Carman / Casey Jones / The Old Guitar And Me / Bear Family / 1960
  • The A.L. Phipps Family / Wreck On the L & N Railroad / Old Time Mountain Pickin' and Singin' / Starday  / 1962
  • Rafe Brady / Tennessee Wagoner / Cherokee Rose / Heritage  / 1980
  • Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers / Cripple Creek / Classic Old-Time String Band Music / B.A.C.M / 1931
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Blue Eyed Boy / Short Time To Stay Here / Flaming Heart / 2013
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Glory Land / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart / 2014

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Fill-in Playlist - 11/1/2014 - "Red Rooster Train Depot"

Hi Folks.

Jim is filling-in the Saturday morning midnight-to-1am time slot at WHUS for the remainder of the fall semester.  The show is modeled after Sunday afternoon's Red Rooster Party.  Each week will carry a different theme and the show will be titled appropriately.  Last week was "Red Rooster Truck Stop" and this week was all train songs and titled "Red Rooster Train Depot."

The playlist is below.  If you are up late Friday nights you might enjoy tuning in for an hour of great music.

Jim & Marti

Artist/Song/Album/Label/Year

  • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Gospel Train / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 / Document / 1939
  • Little Junior's Blue Flames / Mystery Train / The Legendary Sounds of Sun Studios / Union Square / 1953
  • Jimmy Murphy / Big Train / Southern Roots / Ace / 1965
  • Jerry Clower / Wanna Buy A Possum? / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1976
  • J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Number 111 / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M / 1936
  • Rouse Brothers / Orange Blossom Special / Country Brothers / Jasmine / 1939
  • Doc Watson / The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / Good Deal! / Vanguard / 1968
  • Jerry Clower / The Maddest Man I Ever Saw / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1981
  • Hawkshaw Hawkins / Pan American / Hawkshaw Hawkins - Best of the Best (1921-1963) / King Records / 1947
  • Blue Rose / Train Of Life / Blue Rose / Sugar Hill / 1989
  • Joe Leggo / Riding The Rail Again / Three Little Hobos / Self-released / 2007
  • Jerry Clower / Steel Marbles / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1977
  • Doc & Merle Watson / The Wreck of the Old #9 / Ballads from Deep Gap / Vanguard / 1967
  • Vernon Dalhart / The Wreck Of The Old '97 / Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats / Living Era / 1924
  • Doc Watson / F.F.V. / Home Again! / Vanguard  / 1966
  • Roy Acuff / Wabash Cannonball / Great Train Songs - An American Legend / Varèse Sarabande / 1965
  • Jerry Clower / Crack, W.L. And Rover / Classic Clower Power / MCA / 1984
  • Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford / Riding On That Train 45 / Train 45: Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900's / Rounder / 1937