Playlist 8/11/2013 - Music From All Over

Hi Folks,

This was another show in which Marti did most of the programming, and she really covered a wide spectrum in her selections.

Marti, Fred Kirby, Marti's brother Bob

Marti started with a group of songs on country radio in 1951, then had Fred Kirby do his original "Atomic Power" that he wrote 68 years ago this week after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

We heard a set of songs from female cast members of a west coast TV show called Ranch Party from 1957-1960 that was unique with a hint of early rock & roll with the country.

Marti's Bunkhouse was as good as ever with songs from Rex Allen, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette (who also did comedy), and more recent selections from Michael Martin Murphey, and Riders in the Sky.  There was even an Australian cowboy singer in the mix -- Smokey Dawson.

Rex Allen

Following Marti's Bunkhouse we heard a couple of tunes from Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham to salute the big 78th annual Galax Fiddler's Convention that just ended this weekend, one of the tunes being the theme of our show ("Breaking Up Christmas".)

Smiley Burnette

The show was capped by a gospel number from Jerry Lee Lewis recorded in 1970 during the period he had eschewed secular music.

There was no vintage radio show within this show because Jim forgot to bring one, but we'll try again next week.

We hope you enjoyed something you heard, and will tune in next week for another great show of American country and western roots music.

Marti & Jim

Marti's Bunkhouse in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Introduction (1994) / Aunt Hattie Dalton / Personal Interview / 
• Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground (1937) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works V.1 / Document
• The Shot Gun Boogie (1951) / Tennessee Ernie (Ford) / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music / Bear Family
• I Want To Play House With You (1951) / Eddy Arnold / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music / Bear Family
• Mockin' Bird Hill (1951) / The Pinetoppers / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music / Bear Family
• Chew Tobacco Rag (1951) / Zeb Turner / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music / Bear Family
• Uncle Pen (1951) / Bill Monroe / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music / Bear Family
• Empty Arms And A Heart Full Of Sorrow (1947) / Wally Fowler / with the Georgia Clodhoppers Early Days / Cow Girl Boy Records (LP)
• Atomic Power (1945) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
• Jukebox Jackson From Jacksonville (1948) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
• Oh Ma! Can't You Make Hiim Behave! (c.1959) / Lorrie Collins / Country Girls on Western Ranch Party 1957-1960 / Country Routes
• Old Fiddler Joe (c.1959) / Rose Lee Maphis / Country Girls on Western Ranch Party 1957-1960 / Country Routes
• Dirty Dishes (c.1959) / Jeannie Mack / Country Girls on Western Ranch Party 1957-1960 / Country Routes
• I Ain't Gonna Wash My Face (c.1960) / Dorothy Wright / Country Girls on Western Ranch Party 1957-1960 / Country Routes
• What's The Matter With The Mill (1936) / Bob Wills / Country Western / Documents
• All The Good Times (1936) / Monroe Brothers / Country Western / Documents
• It Makes No Difference Now (1938) / Cliff Bruner / Country Western / Documents
• Walkin' The Floor Over You (1941) / Ernest Tubb / Country Western / Documents
• I've Been Drafted (1941) / Bill Mounce / Country Western / Documents
• Cowpoke (1951) / Rex Allen / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / PR1MO
• I Wish I Had Never met Sunshine (1946) / Gene Autry / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / PR1MO
• Cowboy's Roundup Song / Smokey Dawson / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / PR1MO
• I'm Gonna Gallop, Gallop to Gallup New Mexico (1948) / Roy Rogers / All Time Great Singing Cowboys / PR1MO
• Comedy (1962) / Smiley Burnette / Is Frog Milhouse / King
• Swiss Boy (1962) / Smiley Burnette / Is Frog Milhouse / King
• Purt Near! (1953) / Peggy Godfrey / Cowboy Poetry Classics / Smithsonian Folkways
• Leanin' On The Old Top Rail (2001) / Bar-J Wranglers / Leanin' On The Old Top Rail / Self-produced
• The Streets Of Laredo (2002) / Michael Martin Murphey / Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II / Real West
• Sidekick Heaven (2003) / Riders In The Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
• Salting Of The Slug (2003) / Riders In The Sky / Silver Jubilee / Acoustic Disc
• Susanna Gal (1972) / Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham / Tommy & Fred / County
• Breaking Up Christmas (1971) / Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham / Tommy & Fred / County
• Sugar Pie (c.1950) / Maddox Brothers & Rose / That'll Learan Ya Durn Ya / Proper
• I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone (1970) / Jerry Lee Lewis / Old Time Religion / Bear Family