For my part of this show I celebrated the 89th anniversary of the historic Bristol Sessions which are are regarded as the "Big Bang of (Commercial) Country Music" because of the discovery of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. We played a tune the Carter Family recorded at the Bristol Sessions followed by a couple more recorded almost exactly 50 years later in the exact same location by the A.L. Phipps Family. We also played other Bristol Session recordings by J.P. Nestor, Johnson Brothers, and Tenneva Ramblers -- a band Jimmie Rodgers split from about a day before the recordings.
Our classic country segment focused on the year 1959 and included classic songs from Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Stonewall Jackson, Billy Grammer, and Faron Young.
Joe Bussard presented his 44th program of Country Classics that spanned the years 1926 to 1952.
We hope you enjoyed the show. If you like it or have comments, leave them below in the comments section.
Jim Beaver
Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year
- Golden Gate Quartet / Darling Nellie Gray / Complete Recorded Works / Document / 1939
- J. P. Nestor / Black-Eyed Susie / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation / 1927
- Johnson Brothers / A Passing Policeman / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation / 1927
- The Carter Family / Single Girl Married Girl / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation / 1927
- Tenneva Ramblers / The Longest Train I Ever Saw / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation / 1927
- The Phipps Family / Poor Orphan Child / Records In Bristol Va. Tenn. / Mountain Eagle Records / 1977
- The Phipps Family / Little Log Cabin By The Sea / Records In Bristol Va. Tenn. / Mountain Eagle Records / 1977
- Grayson & Whitter / Tom Dooley / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter - Recorded 1928-1930 / County / 1929
- The Hill Billies ( Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters) / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / The Hill Billies , Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Vol. 2 (1926-1927) / Document Records / 1926
- Leadbelly with Woodie Guthrie, Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry / Outskirts Of Town / Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs / Smithsonian Folkways / 1947
- Prairie Ramblers / Old Revival Meeting / Vol. 3 Huckleberry Picnic / B.A.C.M / 1946
- Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Old Aunt Betsy / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
- Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / There's a Big Wheel / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 / Bear Family / 1959
- Stonewall Jackson / Smoke Along the Track / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 / Bear Family / 1959
- Billy Grammer / Gotta Travel On / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 / Bear Family / 1959
- Faron Young / Country Girl / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 / Bear Family / 1959
- Stonewall Jackson / Waterloo / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 / Bear Family / 1959
- Elton Britt / Jackass Blues / Jackass Blues / B.A.C.M / 1951
- The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
- Dykes' Magic City Trio / Tennessee Girls / 78 RPM single / Brunswick / 1927
- Blind Alfred Reed / We've Got To Have 'Em, That's All / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1929
- Fiddler Joe Brown, Fiddler A. A. Gray, Seven Foot Dilly / A Fiddler's Tryout In Georgia - Part 1 / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1930
- Fiddler Joe Brown, Fiddler A. A. Gray, Seven Foot Dilly / A Fiddler's Tryout In Georgia - Part 2 / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1930
- John Dilleshaw & The String Marvel / Spanish Fandango / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1929
- Uncle Dave Macon / Way Down The Old Plank Road / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1926
- Murphy Brothers Harp Band / Little Bunch Of Roses / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1930
- Dixie Ramblers / Ridin' In An Old Model "T" / 78 RPM single / ARC / 1937
- Vol Stevens / Vol Stevens Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1927
- Jack Cawley's Oklahoma Ridge Runners / My Cute Gal Sal / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
- The Carter Family / Gold Watch And Chain / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1933
- Coon Creek Girls (Lily May Ledford) / Pretty Polly / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1938
- Carolina Tar Heels / The Old Grey Goose / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1929
- Frank Hunter & his Black Mountain Boys / Long Time No See / 78 RPM single / Rich-R-Tone / 1952
- Blue Sky Boys / The Unfinished Rug / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1950
- Buddy Starcher / I Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Prayer / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1949
- Scottdale String Band / Stone Mountain Wobble / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1927
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