Playlist - 8/16/2015

Hi Folks.

This week we had Marti back in the studio, but Jim picked most of the music.

We played a good bit of music from Surry County NC and Galax VA, including WPAQ recordings from The Green Valley Boys with Benton Flippen, the Smokey Valley Boys with Benton Flippen, Leake Caudill, John Will and Johnny Vipperman, and The South Carolina Broadcasters (who are from Surry County in spite of their name.)

We also heard music from the director of the American Banjo Museum, Johnny Baier, who is a virtuoso 4-string banjo picker, and Frank Blevins, an Ashe County NC native who had six sides released from recording sessions in 1927 and 1928 when he was 16-17 years old.

We played classic country in much of the last hour with a bit of attention on WWVA artists including Howard Vokes, Bob Gallion, and Patti Powell, as well as some of the Nashville and Bakersfield crowd.

We hope you enjoyed what you heard and tune in next Sunday 2-4 pm.

Jim & Marti

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

• Golden Gate Quartet / Shadrack / Complete Recorded Works / Document / 1946
• Stringbean / I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Nashville / 1971
• Uncle Dave Macon / Country Ham And Red Gravy / Classic Sides 1926-1927 / JSP / 1938
• John Will Vipperman & Johnny Vipperman / Whoa Mule / WPAQ: The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder / 1947
• The Green Valley Boys with Benton Flippen / Cripple Creek / WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder / c.1949-50
• The Smokey Valley Boys / Lost Indian / The Smokey Valley Boys / Rounder / 1973
• The Smokey Valley Boys / Benton's Dream / The Smokey Valley Boys / Rounder / 1973
• Leake Caudle / Leake Caudle's Tune / Recordings From Galax Old Fiddlers Convention 1967 & 2010 / Old Blue / 1967
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Bummin' an Old Freight Train / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records / 2011
• The Lonely Train / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 78 RPM single / King / 1946
• Cauley Family / New River Train / In The Pines / Old Hat / 1934
• Bradley Kincaid / Footprints In The Snow / A Man And His Guitar / JSP / 1944
• Roy Harvey / No Room For A Tramp / Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 1929-1930 / Document / 1930
• Mississippi John Hurt / Frankie / 1928 Sessions / Yazoo / 1928
• Wade Ward / Chilly Winds / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1958
• David, Billie Ray, and Bill Johnson / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1985
• Johnny Baier / Red Wing-Golden Slippers / The Best of Johnny Baier The Banjo Man / Self-released / 1981
• Johnny Baier / Stephen Foster Medley / The Best of Johnny Baier The Banjo Man / Self-released / 1981
• Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Old Aunt Betsy / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
• Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
• The Chuck Wagon Gang / God's Gentle People / Gospel Classics / Gospel Music HoF / c.1950s
• Yodeling Kenny Roberts / Red River Valley / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / Palamino / c.1973
• Yodeling Kenny Roberts / I Miss My Swiss / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / Palamino / c.1973
• Bill Anderson / Po' Folks / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel / c.1960s
• Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas / Tennessee Flat Guitar / Settin' Flat On Ready / Bear Family / 1951
• Luke McDaniel / Money Bag Woman / King Hillbilly Vol 4 / Cactus / 1954
• Howard Vokes / It Takes Six Men To Carry A Man To His Grave / Heartbreak & Sorrow / Condor / 1985
• Gene Autry / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Essential Recordings / Primo / 1933
• Bob Gallion and Patti Powell / Pick A Little Happy Song / Together and Alone / Self-released / 1975
• Helen Carter / What's To Become Of Me Now / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1958
• Loretta Lynn / Fist City / Somebody Done Me Wrong Songs / Time Life / 1968
• Johnny Cash / Tennessee Flat Top Box / Americana Volume 3 / Columbia / 1961
• Carl Smith / Hey Joe! / Honky Tonk Heroes Volume 2 / Columbia / 1953
• Buck Owens with Rose Maddox / Loose Talk / Great Duets / Time Life / 1961