Sunday, April 17, 2016

Playlist - 4/17/2016

Hi Folks.
Bob Bovee in Connecticut 4/15/16

Today's show was a potpourri of song choices that struck me as needing an airing.

The playlist included music from Johnny Paycheck going on about the I.R.S. (a favorite subject), Hank Thompson, Johnny Barfield, Jan Howard, Wynn Stewart, and Glenn Ohrlin.  

Also, on the heels of his first Connecticut appearance last Friday, we heard a great old cowboy song from Bob Bovee, and a recent version of an old song from old-time group The Ill-Mo Boys whom you may have discerned are from Illinois and Missouri.

Joe Bussard's portion of the show included several artists making first appearances on the show, including Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers, Ridgel's Fountain Citians, William McCoy, Roma Jackson, and Ted Mullins.

Join Marti and me next Sunday for more great sounds from America's country past.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Handwriting On The Wall / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1941
  • Johnny Paycheck / Me and The I.R.S. / The Soul & the Edge - The Best of Johnny Paycheck / Epic Legacy / 1980s
  • Porter Wagoner / Legend of the Big Steeple / RCA Country Legends / RCA BMG Heritage / 1960
  • Johnny Barfield / Boogie Woogie / Soulful Country Ballads / Bronco Buster / 1939
  • Jimmie Tarlton / Never Get Drunk Anymore / Steel Guitar Rag / HMG / 1965
  • Ernest Tubb / Mean Mama Blues / The Definitive Collection / MCA / 1946
  • Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys / How Cold Hearted Can You Get / Vintage Collections / Capitol / 1952
  • Tex Ritter / I'm Wasting My Tears On You / High Noon / Living Era / 1943
  • Tex Ritter / Deck Of Cards / High Noon / Living Era / 1948 [request]
  • Little Jimmy Dickens / Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait) / The Legendary "Little" Jimmy Dickens / Cracker Barrel / 1949
  • Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock / Ain't We Crazy / Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock Vol. 2 / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Ill-Mo Boys / Handsome Molly / Laugh and Grow Fat / Vigortone Records / 2001
  • Pappy "Gube" Beaver / Automobile Of Life / The Golden Age Of Country Music / Cattle / 1946
  • Pappy "Gube" Beaver / The Great Judgment Day / The Golden Age Of Country Music / Cattle / 1947
  • Jan Howard / The Life Of A Country Girl Singer / Country Legend / Goldenlane / 1981
  • Patti Powell / Old Old House / One Step Away / Self-released / 2009
  • Hank Williams / My Son Calls Another Man Daddy / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1950 [request]
  • Merle Travis / I Am A Pilgrim / In Boston 1959 / Rounder / 1959
  • Wynn Stewart / Another Day, Another Dollar / The Very Best of Wynn Stewart 1958-1962 / Varèse Sarabande / 1962
  • Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard / Wrong Company / The Very Best of Wynn Stewart 1958-1962 / Varèse Sarabande / 1960
  • Bob Bovee / The Zebra Dun / Old Time Cowboy Songs / Jawbone Records / 2010s
  • Skip Gorman / Where the Old Red River Flows / Greener Prairie / Rounder / 1994
  • Glenn Ohrlin / A Cowboy's Life / A Cowboy's Life / Rounder / 1996
  • Doc & Chickie Williams / Little Joe / Early Recordings Volume Four (1952 to 1972) / Wheeling / 1950s
  • Cowboy Copas / Tragic Romance / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - 1946 / Bear Family / 1949
  • J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Forks Of The Road / Run Mountain - 30 Old-Time Favorites / Gusto / 1946
  • Chestnut Grove Quartet / I've Gotta Lot of Heaven In My Soul / The Legendary Chestnut Grove Quartet / Rebel Records / 1960s

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #28 

  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers / Tupelo Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
  • Uncle Dave Macon, Sam McGee / Come On Buddie, Don't You Want To Go / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1930
  • Ridgel's Fountain Citians / Baby Call Your Dog Off / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1930
  • William McCoy / Train Imitations-The Fox Chase / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1928
  • Roma Jackson & His Tennessee Pals / When The Roses Bloom In The Springtime / 45 RPM single / Kingston / 1970s
  • Ted Mullins / Beyond The Blue Skies / 45 RPM EP / Jewel / 1967
  • Ted Mullins / I'm Homeward Bound / 45 RPM EP / Jewel / 1967

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Playlist - 4/10/2016 - Merle Haggard & The Bakersfield Sound



Hi Folks.

The whole show was devoted to the Bakersfield Sound in country music and the influences that created Merle Haggard's musical career. 

Roy Nichols, long time Merle Haggard guitarist,
and Lewis Tally, 
Merle Haggard's first record producer,
played on this 1955 recording
This included lots of songs from folks like Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Wynn Stewart, Lefty Frizell, Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, and more!  We played the earliest recordings of Merle Haggard and several more up to the mid-1960s.  Some of these recordings probably were unknown by even great Merle Haggard fans.

We hope you enjoyed this tribute to a great sub-genre of country music and an unforgettable original singer and songwriter, Merle Haggard.

Joe Bussard presented his 27th show for us.  His playlist is at the bottom of the main playlist, and a link to a soundfile of his show will be posted soon.

Join me next week for more great old music.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Run On / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1942
  • Jimmie Rodgers / My Rough and Rowdy Ways / On The Way Up - 1929 / Rounder / 1929
  • Johnny Cash / Folsom Prison Blues / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia / 1968
  • Lefty Frizell / (Honey Babe Hurry) Bring Your Sweet Self Back To Me / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
  • Lefty Frizell / Blue Yodel No. 6 / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
  • Buck Owens / Down on the Corner of Love / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
  • Buck Owens / House Down The Block / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Stay a Little Longer / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1945
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Time Changes Everything / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1940
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Take Me Back to Tulsa / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1941
  • The Farmer Boys / I'm Just Too Lazy / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1955
  • Bonnie Owens / Excuse Me for living / Excuse Me for Living /  / 
  • Wynn Stewart / Open Up My Heart / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
  • Wynn Stewart / If You See My Baby / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
  • Tommy Collins / You Gotta Have a License / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
  • Merle Haggard / Singing My Heart Out / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
  • Tommy Collins / Roots of My Raising / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
  • Merle Haggard / Skid Row / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
  • Liz Anderson / Be Gone / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
  • Liz Anderson / The Bottle Turned Into A Blonde / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
  • Merle Haggard / (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
  • Merle Haggard / Sing A Sad Song / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1963
  • Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Slowly But Surely / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
  • Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1965
  • Merle Haggard / The Bottle Let Me Down / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966
  • Merle Haggard / Life In Prison / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #27 
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Byron Parker & his Mountaineers / Up Jumped The Devil / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
  • Carolina Tar Heels / Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1927
  • Shortbuckle Roark & Family / I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
  • The Alabama Sheiks / Travelin' Railroad Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1931
  • Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / Poor Ellen Smith / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1949
  • Carl Sauceman / Handy Man / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1952
  • Blue Sky Boys / Drop Your Net / 78 RPM single / RCA / 1950
  • Roy Acuff / Thank God / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1947

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Playlist - 4/3/2016

Hi Folks.

Marti is back!  After being away from radio for most of the last year, my spouse rejoined the Red Rooster Party for today's show. It was touch and go because you know she hates snow, and we woke up to some heavy white wet snow on everything, but she persevered and made it.  Unfortunately I have no air check (recording) of the event because of a power outage related to the snow.  That's the way it goes.


Marti and her brother
 at Tweetsie Railroad with Fred Kirby
One of the most unusual records on the show today was a 45 RPM single from Fred Kirby, a well-known singing cowboy and television host of kids programs on WBTV in Charlotte in the 1960s and 1970s.  Fred's career began in Charlotte in the 1930s with the WBT Briarhoppers, and after WW2 he was known primarily for his hit single "Atomic Power" - the first song written and released about the atomic bombs used on Japan and the implications of such power for civilization.  In the 1960s, Fred was a featured attraction at another attraction -- Tweetsie Railroad -- in Blowing Rock NC.  Fred's job was to greet folks, especially kids, and perform on the train cars (Tweetsie was and is a real steam locomotive with a track that runs around the mountain.) Fred's job was to chase hostile Indians from the train cars while underway.  The 45 we played was about Tweetsie.

The playlist is below.  Joe Bussard's 26th show for WHUS Red Rooster Party can be heard again at the link next to his part of the playlist.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday morning for another edition of RRP with Jim & Marti!

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / There's A Man Going 'Round Taking Names / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 1949-1952 / Document / 1950
  • The Carter Family / Little Log Cabin by the Sea / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family / 1927
  • The Bailes Brothers / Got My One Way Ticket / Walter & Homer / Old Homestead / 2008
  • Grayson & Whitter / I Saw a Man at the Close of Day / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter / County / 1929
  • H. M. Barnes & His Blue Ridge Ramblers / Golden Slippers / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1929
  • Red Squirrel Chasers / Shady Grove, My Darling / Shakin' Down the Acorns / Vigortone Records / 2015
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers / Lorena / The Year of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1930
  • The Dixon Brothers / Weave Room Blues / Dixon Brothers Vol. 1 (1936) / Document Records / 1936
  • Hank Williams / I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time / Rockin' Chair Money / Bear Family / 1952
  • Hank Snow / I'm Moving On / RCA Country Legends / Buddha / 1950
  • The York Brothers / Traveling Man (take 6) / Long Time Gone / Ace / c1949
  • Howard Vokes / Don’t Make Me Go to Bed and I’ll Be Good / Songs Of Tragedy And Disaster: Complete Starday Anthology / Starday Records / 1963
  • Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / Travelling The Highway Home / Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks / Bear Family / 1952
  • Eddy Arnold / Tennessee Stud / RCA Country Legends: Eddy Arnold / Buddha / 1959
  • Fred Kirby / Pretty Little Tweetsie / 45 RPM single / Dixie / c1960s
  • Arthur Miles / Lonesome Cowboy pt 1 / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo / 1928
  • Arthur Miles / Lonesome Cowboy pt 2 / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 2 / Yazoo / 1928
  • Fred Kirby / Indian Fightin' Man / 45 RPM single / Dixie / c1960s
  • Rose Maddox & The Maddox Brothers / Cowboy Bugle Boy / When The Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M / 1950
  • Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Prayer of Salvation / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M / 1960
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #26     [listen here]
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928 (opening theme)
  • Aiken County String Band / Harrisburg Itch / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1927
  • North Carolina Cooper Boys / Daniel In The Den Of Lions / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1927
  • Bruce Hutton / Payday / Roll Back The Carpet / Marimac Recordings / 1995
  • Carolina Peanut Boys / Got A Letter From My Darlin' / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
  • Doc Williams / Broken Memories / 78 RPM single / Pioneer / 1947
  • The Carter Family / When The Springtime Comes Again / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1930
  • Carlisle Brothers / Will You Meet Me Just Inside / 78 RPM single / Banner / 1934
  • The Cooke Duet / Heaven Means To Me / Heaven Means To Me / Self-Produced / 1967
  • Byron Parker & his Mountaineers / Carroll County Blues / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940 (closing theme)