Monday, September 19, 2016

Playlist - 9/18/2016

Hi Folks.

While completely preempted the previous Sunday, we came back with a full show this Sunday.  It included some early bluesy material from Gene Autry, Lowe Stokes, Clayton McMichen, and Ephraim Woodie.

Wade Mainer left this earth September 12, 2011 at the age of 104. We remembered Wade by playing part of an interview he did with record producer John Morris around 1999, and also a live performance of a tune from the late 1960s.



Rev. Frank Newsom of Haysi, Virginia has been known for years as a great a cappella gospel singer, was a favorite of Ralph Stanley, and in fact sang at Ralph's funeral.  We played the song he performed at the funeral, and followed with his grandson, Sammy Yates, carrying on the mountain music tradition with assistance from Columbus Fleming and James Stiltner.

Joe Bussard's 49th show planned for last week was preempted, so I combined new songs to the show from show #49 with Joe's 50th show, and that's what we got to hear.  You can hear it again here.

Jim will be away next Sunday, so Marti will bring you a pre-recorded version of the show along with Joe Bussard's 51st Country Classics program.

Jim Beaver



Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / I Looked Down the Line and I Wondered / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 3 (1939) / Document / 1939
  • Gene Autry / Stay Away From My Chicken House / Blues Singer 1929-1931 / Columbia / 1929
  • Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians / Left All Alone Again Blues / Old-Time Mountain Blues (1927-1939) / Rebel Records / 1929
  • Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats / Yum Yum Blues / The Legendary Fiddler / B.A.C.M / 1931
  • Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands / Last Gold Dollar / Music From The lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1929
  • Wade Mainer and John Morris / Interview with Wade Mainer and John Morris / Wade Mainer Live For Collectors / Old Homestead / 2000
  • Wade Mainer / Tricklin' Waters / Wade Mainer Live For Collectors / Old Homestead / c1969
  • The Cooke Duet / I Can Call Jesus / Early Cooke Duet / CRFRC / c1965
  • Frank Newsome / Gone Away With A Friend / Private Recording / na / 2016
  • Sammy Yates / The Darkest Hour / preview recording / na / 2016
  • E. C. Ball with Orna Ball / When I Can Read My Titles Clear / E.C. Ball With Orna Ball / Rounder / 1975


Joe Bussard's Country Classics #49 & #50      Listen here

  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928 (opening theme)
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Old Time Camp Meeting; I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled; Rubber Dolly; The Sweetest Gift; Lonesome Road Blues; Take Me Back To Tennessee; Shake My Mother's Hand For Me; Going Around This World Baby Mine; This Train; Roll On Buddy; Were / Radio Transcription / None / 1947
  • Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn (Eddie Lang) / Two Tone Stomp / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1928
  • Fiddlin' Arthur Smith / K. C. Stomp / 78 RPM single / Montgomery Ward / 1940
  • Uncle Dave Macon / The Farm Relief Song / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1929
  • Karl & Harty (Karl Davis & Harty Taylor) / Angel Of East Tennessee / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1941
  • Claude Boone / Down Where The Watermelons Grow / 78 RPM single / Mercury / 1949
  • Leon Jackson, Johnny Bryant and the White Oak Mountain Boys / So Goes My Heart / 45 RPM single / King / 1956
  • Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Don't Forget Me / 78 RPM single / RCA Victor / 1954
  • Smilin' Jim Eanes and his Shenandoah Valley Boys / A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1951
  • Church Brothers & their Blue Ridge Ramblers / Broken Vows And A Broken Heart / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1951
  • Betty Harper & the Black Mountain Boys / I'm Lonely Tonight / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1952
  • The Stanley Brothers / Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting) / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1949
  • D. C. Rice And His Sanctified Congregation / I'm In The Battle Field For My Lord / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1929
  • Carter Family / Keep On The Firing Line / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1941
  • Hack Johnson and his Tennesseans / Crazy Banjo Medley / 78 RPM single / Colonial / 1955  (closing theme)

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Playlist - 9/4/2016

Hi Folks.

We were expecting a partial preemption, but wonder of wonders, the sports department decided to use their sports channel for their game instead of killing the unique music programming on FM. Kudos to to the breakout of clear thinking.

We used our first hour for some Bussard-type material, but also added some 1940s-50s classic country and gospel to round it out.

Joe Bussard's 48th program for RRP included a fascinating half-hour transcription of an October 1939 Grand Ole Opry broadcast along with more gems from Joe's collection.

Check us on Facebook for announcements on scheduling (especially since we always seem to be fighting sports preemptions) and also notice when we publish the playlist.

Jim Beaver



Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / He Said He Could Calm The Ocean / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 / Document / 1939
  • Grayson & Whitter / I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter - Recorded 1928-1930 / County / 1929
  • The Hill Billies / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 / Document / 1926
  • Sam McGee / Railroad Blues / Old-Time Mountain Blues (1927-1939) / Rebel  / 1934
  • Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Sally Ann / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
  • Carolina Night Hawks / Governor Al Smith for President / Music from the Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1928
  • McMichen's Georgia Wildcats / Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane / The Legendary Fiddler / B.A.C.M / 1932
  • Gene Autry / Stay Away From My Chicken House / Blues Singer 1929-1931 / Columbia / 1929
  • Marc Williams / The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim / Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Tim Greats / Living Era / 1933
  • Riley Puckett / Red Wing / Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats / Living Era / 1927
  • Williamson Brothers & Curry / Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand / Old-Time Music of West Virginia, Volume One / Rebel / 1927
  • Kessinger Brothers / Sally Goodin / Old-Time Music of West Virginia, Volume One / Rebel / 1929
  • Hawkshaw Hawkins / Rattlesnakin' Daddy / Les Triomphes de la Country Music / Habana / 1951
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford / Milk 'Em In The Morning Blues / Les Triomphes De La Country Music / Habana / 1949
  • Chuck Wagon Gang / The Church in the Wildwood / Les Triomphes de la Country Music / Habana / 1936
  • Brown's Ferry Four / Everybody Will Be Happy Over There / Les Triomphes de la Country Music / Habana / 1946
  • Louvin Brothers / Do You Live What You Preach? / Les Triomphes de la Country Music / Habana / 1951
  • The Cooke Duet / There Must Be A Power / Early Cooke Duet / CRFRC / c.1965
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #44               Listen here
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
  • Roy Acuff & the Smokey Mountain Boys, Uncle Dave Macon, Oscar Stone and His 'Possum Hunters, Ford Rush, Rachel Veach / Grand Ole Opry Program 21 October 1939 / Transcription disc / NBC / 1939
  • The Happy Go-Lucky Boys (Clyde, Steve & Hugh) / What-Cha Gonna Do With The Baby? / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Whoop 'Em Up, Cindy / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1926
  • Mainer's Mountaineers / Kiss Me Cindy / 78 RPM single / Montgomery Ward / 1937
  • Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Dog House Blues / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
  • Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Katy Hill / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
  • Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Have A Feast Here Tonight / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1938
  • The Carter Family / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1940
  • Mac Odell / Life's Elevator / 78 RPM single / King / 1952
  • Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Breakdown / 78 RPM single / Mercury / 1949