Sunday, December 27, 2015

Playlist - 12/27/2015

Hi Folks.

We had a delightful time in the studio today bringing you some early country and cowboy music, and Joe Bussard's 12th show for Red Rooster Party and the last show of the year.  You can hear Joe's show at this link



We hope you enjoyed, and we'll see you next year and next Sunday.

Happy New Year!

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / I'm A Pilgrim / Complete Recorded Works 1939 Vol. 3 / Document / 1939
  • Jimmie Rodgers / Travellin' Blues / 1930-1931 - America's Blue Yodeler / Rounder / 1931
  • Carolina Night Hawks / Governor Al Smith For President / Music from the Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1928
  • Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
  • Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Cindy / Down Home / Self-released / 1982
  • Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright / Will, the Weaver / In The Pines - Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes / Old Hat / 1927
  • "Dock" Walsh / In The Pines / In The Pines - Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes / Old Hat / 1926
  • Brother Claude Ely / Farther On / Satan Get Back! / Ace King / 1954
  • The Cooke Duet / Swing Down That Chariot / The Best Of The Cooke Duet / CRFRC / 1969
  • Jules Allen / Little Joe the Wrangler / The Singing Cowboy / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Harry Jackson / The Pot Wrassler / Back In The Saddle Again / New World / 1957
  • John I. White, The Lonesome Cowboy / Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo / Back In The Saddle Again / New World / 1931
  • The Girls Of The Golden West / My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco) / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder / 1934
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Pole Cat Blues / Beware Of Dog / Heritage / 2006
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / J'ai Passe Devant ta Porte / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
  • Uncle Am Stuart / Old Granny Rattle-Trap / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1924
  • Stroup Quartet / The Man Behind The Plow / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Gwen Foster / How Many Biscuits Can I Eat? / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1939
  • Odus & Woodrow (Southern Melody Boys) / I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1937
  • The Tennessee Ramblers / The Preacher Got Drunk and Laid Down His Bible / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Rainey Old Time Band / Engineer Frank Hawk / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Wade Mainer / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1952
  • Grant Brothers & Their Music / Johnson Boy / Joe Bussard Presents The Year of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1928
  • Cherry Lane Express / Rebel's Hornpipe / Joe Bussard Presents The Year of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1974
  • Molly O'Day / Mule Skinner Blues / Radio Favorites / Old Homestead / 1945
  • Molly O'Day / Why Do You Weep Dear Willow / Radio Favorites / Old Homestead / 1947
  • The Louvin Brothers / Are You Washed in Blood / Complete Recorded Works 1952-1962 / Enlightenment / 1956
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / We Shall Meet Someday / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
Joe Bussard's Country Classics on WHUS #12
  • Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Lewis Brothers / Sally Johnson / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1929
  • Fisher Hendley and his Carolina Tar Heels / Answer To Big Rock Candy Mountain / 78 RPM Single / Regal Zonophone / 1933
  • The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Don't Forget Me / 45 RPM Single / Cozy / 1950
  • Bobby Atkins / Old 50's / 45 RPM Single / Stokes / 1975
  • Scotty Stoneman / Talking Fiddle Blues (Lee Highway Blues) / 45 RPM Single / Starday / 1962
  • Bobby Atkins / D. J. Time / 45 RPM Single / Stokes / 1975
  • Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper / This World Can't Stand Long / 78 RPM Single / Rich-R-Tone / 1947
  • The Country Gentlemen / Auld Lang Syne / SD 3510  / Starday / 1965

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Playlist - 12/20/2015 - Christmas Program

Hi Folks.

We presented our one Christmas program today consisting of the late 1990s NPR special "The Breaking Up Christmas Story" assembled by old-time musician and former NPR host Paul Brown. Then a half-hour of our own Christmas choices followed by Joe Bussard's 11th program -- an all Christmas show.


We played a few other Christmas and other songs between the main events, including a 78 recording of Munroe "Moe" Jackson from my visit with Joe the day before.  

You'll have to wait a whole year to hear us play Christmas music again, but you can hear Joe Bussard's program here.

Join us each Sunday 2-4 pm on WHUS for more great legacy music.

Jim Beaver



Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / God Told Nicodemus / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 4 (1939-1943) / Document / 1941
  • Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers / Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 1929
  • Mahalia Jackson / Come To Jesus / Silent Night: Gospel Christmas With Mahalia Jackson / LaserLight. / 1949
  • Leroy Carr / Christmas In Jail, Ain't That a Pain / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 1929
  • Kansas City Kitty / Christmas Morning Blues / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 1934
  • Buckboard Bill Dougal / Sittiin' On Top Of My Horse / Songs of the West / Self-released / 2015
  • Paul Brown et al / The Breaking Up Christmas Story / Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday / County / 1997
  • Jim Eanes / It Won't Seem Like Christmas / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood / 1958
  • Munroe "Moe" Jackson / Go 'Way From My Door / 78 RPM Single / Mercury / 1949
Joe Bussard's Country Classics on WHUS #11 (listen here)
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Fiddlin' John Carson / Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / 78 RPM Single / Okeh / 1928
  • Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A-Coming / 78 RPM Single / Decca / 1951
  • The Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / 45 RPM Single / Rebel / 1962
  • Jimmie Williams and Red Ellis / The True Meaning of Christmas / 45 RPM EP / Starday / 1960
  • Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys / A Country Christmas / A Country Christmas / Decca / 1960
  • Tim & Molly O'Brien / Christ Was Born in Bethlehem / Take Me Back / Sugar Hill / 1988
  • Robin & Linda Williams / Nothing But A Child / The First Christmas Gift / Red House / 1995
  • Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Guitar Jingle Bells / 78 RPM Single / SuperDisc / 1947




Sunday, December 13, 2015

Playlist - 12/13/2015

Hi Folks.

We've received requests for more classic country -- that is, the country music performed from post-WW2 through the 1960s -- so we used this show to showcase a little from that period.  Of course the last half-hour was Joe Bussard's 10th Country Classics program for Red Rooster Party.  You can hear Joe's segment here.

We hope you enjoyed the show.  If you would like to provide feedback or requests, use the following contact information:

Mailing address:  WHUS Red Rooster Party c/o Jim Beaver, 2110 Hillside Road, Storrs CT 06269   [note, there is about a two week lag on responses at this address]

E-mail Joe Bussard:   joesvintage78@aol.com
E-mail Jim Beaver:  jbeaverjr@gmail.com

Check us out every Sunday 2-4pm ET.

Jim Beaver  


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Notes

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / I Heard Zion Moan / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 2 (1938-1939) / Document / 1938
  • Johnny Cash / Hey Porter / Walking The Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings / Union Square / 
  • Arthur Smith / Don't Look For Trouble / The Golden Age of Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Cattle / 1948
  • Red Simpson / Roll Truck Roll / Hello, I'm A Truck / Gusto / 
  • Eddy Arnold / There's Been A Change In Me / RCA Country Legends: Eddy Arnold / Buddha / 1951
  • Roy Acuff / Charming Betsy / Night Train To Memphis / Roots of Country / 
  • Dick Curless / King of the Blues / Traveling Through / Rounder / 1995
  • Jimmy Dean / What This Old World Needs / Find 'em Fool 'em Leave 'em Alone / B.A.C.M / 1958
  • Hank Snow / Southern Cannonball / RCA Country Legends: Hank Snow / Buddha / 1953
  • Buck Owens / Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy / Christmas With Buck Owens / Curb-Capitol / 
  • Connie Smith / Ain't You Even Gonna Cry / Long Line of Heartaches / Sugar Hill Records / 2011
  • Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers / Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological order Volume 5, 1927-1929 / Document / 1927
  • Jenks Tex Carman / I'm A Poor Lonesome Fellow / Hillbilly Hula / Bear Family / 1953
  • George Jones and Tammy Wynette / A Pair Of Old Sneakers / The Best of George Jones & Tammy Wynette / MCA / 
  • Bobbie Gentry / Ode to Billie Joe / Queens Of Country / Time Life / 1967
  • Johnny Horton / I'm a One Woman Man / The Essential Johnny Horton / Columbia / 1956
  • Bob Gallion / Hey, Mr. Bartender / Out of a Honky Tonk / Bear Family / 1956
  • Patti Powell / All The World Is Lonely Now / One Step Away / Self-released / 
  • Howard Vokes / It's Alright Now / Tears At The Grand Ole Opry / Self-released / 
  • Ernest Tubb / Blue Christmas / The Definitive Collection / MCA / 1949
  • Marty Robbins / A Hundred and Sixty Acres / Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs / Columbia / 1959
  • The Louvin Brothers / Mary of the Wild Moor / Complete Recorded Works 1952-62 / Playtime / 1957
  • George Jones / The Race Is On / Timeless Hits Live / Opry Music / 
  • Kitty Wells / Making Believe / Timeless Hits Live / Opry Music / 
  • Faron Young / Your Old Used to Be / Somebody Done Me Wrong Songs / Time Life / 1960
  • Kenny Roberts / Ding Dong Bells (Are Ringing Again) / Somebody Done Me Wrong / Bear Family / 1952
  • Ray Price / Jealous Lies / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia / 1950
  • Kenny Roberts / Christmas Cannon Ball / 78 RPM Single / Coral / 1955
  • Lefty Frizzell / Saginaw, Michigan / Great Story Songs / Time Life / 1964
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #10  (click here to listen)
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Carter Brothers & Son / Jenny On the Railroad / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion / 1928
  • Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers / All Go Hungry Hash House / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1928
  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Italy / 78 RPM Single / Brunswick / 1928
  • Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers / Shootin' Creek / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1928
  • Lulu Belle & Scotty / Tildy Johnson / 78 RPM Single / ARC / 1936
  • The Monroe Brothers / Have a Feast Here Tonight / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1938
  • Uncle Dave Macon & McGee Brothers / When the Train Comes Along / 78 RPM Single / Gennett / 1934

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Playlist - 12/6/2015 - Joe Bussard #9

Hi Folks.

We hardly knew what to do with a full show for the second week in a row, but we didn't puzzle for long.  

We played a cross-section of early country and some cowboy and western music before Joe Bussard presented his 9th show for Red Rooster Party.

Joseph Spence  1910-1984
Notable items on the playlist include two live performances of The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover from Hillbilly Ranch in Boston -- one from a rare recording released only in Japan in 1960, and another from 1967.  Also, a 45 rpm single of a Christmas song recorded in 1974 by Charlie Moore, and a 1972 live recording of another Christmas classic from Joseph Spence -- an amazing Bahamian folk singer.

Carroll Best
We also heard one of the earliest recordings of pioneering melodic banjo picker Carroll Best, and J.E. Mainer's 1963 remake of his song "Run Mountain" recorded in my hometown by Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz.

Marti hasn't been with us for a while, but in her tradition we presented a set of cowboy music from the likes of Yodelin' Slim Clark, Cliff Carlisle, Skip Gorman, Ray Whitley, Jules Verne Allen, Elton Britt, and Fred Kirby.

"New Old" music from Bear Minimum (Dave "Tex" Orlomoski and Dave Shaw) and The South Carolina Broadcasters topped the program.

Joe Bussard's 9th show for RRP showcased some excellent early gems.  You can hear his segment again at this link.

Join us next week for more great real music the early 20th century.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disc / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / My Lord Is Writing / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1938-1939 / Document / 1938
  • Joseph Spence / Santa Claus is Comin to Town / Living On the Hallelujah Side / New Rounder / 1972
  • The Lilly Brothers / Ramshackle Shack In Caroline / The Lilly Brothers At Hillbilly Ranch / Globe / 1960
  • The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Hide Ye In The Blood / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler / 1967
  • Asa Martin & James Roberts / Darling Nellie Gray / The Year Of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1931
  • Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters / Richmond Cotillion / The Year Of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1927
  • Dr. Elmo Shropshire / Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer [instrumental] / Dr. Elmo Bluegrass Christmas / Time Life / 2010 [request]
  • Early Upchurch / It's Alright / 45 RPM Single / ARC / 1960s
  • The Stripling Brothers / Lost John / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1, 1928-1934 / Document / 1929
  • Charlie Moore / My Christmas Dream / 45 RPM Single / Old Homestead / 1975
  • Doc & Chickie Williams / Crepe on the Little Cabin Door / One Heart One Life / Wheeling / unk
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
  • Carroll Best and the White Oak String Band / Home Sweet Home / Old-Time Bluegrass from the Great Smoky Mountains (1956 & 1959) / Great Smoky Mountains Association / 1956
  • J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Run Mountain / Arhoolie / 1963
  • Carson Brothers & Sprinkle / The Old Miller's Will / Times Ain't Like They Used To Be - Early American Rural Music / Yazoo / 1929
  • Cliff Carlisle / The Cowboy Song / Classic Country Sides 1930-1931 / JSP / 1931
  • Yodelin' Slim Clark / I Should Have Known / Self-titled / Old Homestead / 1953
  • Skip Gorman / A Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd / A Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd / Rounder / 1999
  • Ray Whitley / Wah Hoo / Back In The Saddle Again / B.A.C.M / 1936
  • Jules Allen / The Cowboy's Lament / Complete Recordings / B.A.C.M / 1929
  • Elton Britt / I Hung My Head and Cried / Country's Music's Yodelling Cowboy Crooner / Jasmine Records / 1942
  • Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Old Time Sally Ann / Down Home / Self-released / 1980
  • Fred Kirby / Where The Longhorn Cattle Roam / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle / 1936
  • Fred Kirby / Home (Answer To "Home On The Range") / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle / 1937
  • The Blue Sky Boys / The Lightning Express / The Blue Sky Boys / JSP / 1939
  • The Chuck Wagon Gang / Echoes from the Burning Bush / Gospel Classics By The Chuck Wagon Gang / GMHoF / c.1950s
  • Bear Minimum / You'll Meet Him In the Clouds / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road / 2015
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #9 
  • Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Dilly & His Dill Pickles (John Dilleshaw) / Lye Soap / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion / 1927
  • Blind Alfred Reed / The Wreck Of The Virginian / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1927
  • Marion Underwood / Coal Creek March / 78 RPM Single / Gennett / 1927
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Let's Not Sleep Again / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1947
  • The Coon Creek Girls / Banjo Pickin' Girl / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion / 1938
  • Carolina Tar Heels / Back To Mexico / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1930
  • The Carter Family / Where Shall I Be / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1930

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Playlist - 11/29/2015 - Joe Bussard's 8th Show

Hi Folks.

What a delightful day for the Red Rooster Party.  We had no preemptions, and as a result were able to bring an hour and a half of our own music before Joe Bussard took over with his 8th half-hour show for us.

Link to Joe's show is here.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / This World Is In A Bad Condition / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1938-1939 / Document / 1939
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Lost John / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
  • Sara & Maybelle Carter / The Hand That Rocked the Cradle / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family / 1966
  • The Blue Sky Boys / I've Found A Friend / The Blue Sky Boys / JSP / 1938
  • Red Mountain Trio / Dixie / The Year Of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1928
  • Buell Kazee / The Dying Soldier / Times Ain't Like They Used To Be  / Yazoo / 1928
  • Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers / Granny's Old Arm Chair / Classic Old-Time String Band Music / B.A.C.M / 1931
  • Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock / In The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Great American Bum / B.A.C.M / 1928
  • Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands / Last Gold Dollar / Music From The lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1929
  • The Robson Quartet / Bend Way Down Low / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / c.1950
  • Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band / Ground Hog / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1928
  • J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Hop Along Peter / Run Mountain / Arhoolie / 1963
  • Bear Minimum / Will You Wait for Me / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road / 2015
  • BR Boys / Babies In The Mill / Good Things / Self-Produced / 1998
  • Marvin Montgomery / Raggin' The Banjo / Another Taste Of King / B.A.C.M / 1947
  • Claude Stewart & The Tennessee Ramblers / New River Train / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / c.1950
  • Bonnie Baldwin / I'll Just Yodel & Forget About You / Cozy Label Vol. 2: Classic Country Music / B.A.C.M / c.1950
  • Shorty Long / No Wars In Heaven / Another Taste Of King / B.A.C.M / 1950
  • The Phipps Family / In the Sweet Bye and Bye / The Phipps Family Sings In The Sweet Bye And Bye / Pine Mountain / c.1967
  • Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / Tramp On The Street / Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Gusto / 1947
  • The Bailes Brothers / Something Got Hold of Me / The Bailes Brothers Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle / 1946
  • The Cooke Duet / I'm Gonna Wake Up In Glory Someday / The Best Of The Cooke Duet / CRFRC / c.1965
  • Brother Claude Ely / There's a Higher Power / Satan Get Back / King / 1954
  • Kenny Roberts / That Old Time Religion / Hymns / Palomino / 1994
  • Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers / A Little Talk with Jesus / Kentucky Gospel (1927-1928) / Document Records / 1928
  • Hank Williams / Wealth Won't Save Your Soul / Country Gospel 1929-1946 / Frémeaux & associés / 1946
  • Kitty Wells / Matthew 24 / Dust On the Bible / Gusto Records / 1958
  • Molly O'Day / The Drunken Driver / Country Gospel 1929-1946 / Frémeaux & associés / 1946
  • The Delmore Brothers / Heavenly Light Is Shining On Me / Country Gospel 1929-1946 / Frémeaux & associés / 1937
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #8
  • Stripling Brothers / Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Carve That Possum / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion / 1927
  • Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseans / That's My Baby / 78 RPM Single / Conqueror / 1936
  • The McCormick Brothers / Red Hen Boogie / 78 RPM Single / Hickory / 1954
  • Don Reno & Red Smiley / Richmond Ruckus / 78 RPM Single / King / 1957
  • The Blue Sky Boys / I Take My Savior By The Hand / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1947
  • The Monroe Brothers / My Savior's Train / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1936



Sunday, November 22, 2015

Playlist - 11/22/2015

Johnnie Wright and Jack Anglin
Hi Folks.

This was a one-hour show because of a sports preemption.  Joe Bussard's 7th show for WHUS Red Rooster Party aired on this show during the last half-hour.

Prior to Joe, we played some great 1950s country with Johnny Horton, Johnnie and Jack, and The Louvin Brothers.  Jimmy Murphy did a song from his later 1978 album.  We played four songs recorded on the questionable quality Paramount label including an early 1929 version of Been On The Job Too Long by Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles which was later covered in bluegrass very successfully by The Johnson Mountain Boys.
Wilmer Watts

For his 7th show on WHUS, Joe Bussard broke once again from his regular early country format to present an all-bluegrass show.  He hit on some relatively rare bluegrass recordings from the 1950s and ventured just a little beyond that with tracks from The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene.  Outstanding tracks included Benny and Vallie Cain's first recording, a Jack Youngblood fiddle tune, and a very obscure gospel number from The Blue Ridge Buddies.  If you missed it, or want to hear it again, it is here for a while.
Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock

Tune in next Sunday for another great afternoon of early country classics from both me and Joe Bussard.

Jim Beaver







Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • The Golden Gate Quartet / Do Unto Others / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 1945-1949 / Document / 1947
  • Johnnie & Jack and the Tennessee Mountain Boys / Eastern Gate / Johnnie & Jack and the Tennessee Mountain Boys / B.A.C.M / 1952
  • Johnny Horton / Out in New Mexico / The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 / Columbia-Legacy / 1958
  • Jimmy Murphy / Big Mama Blues / Electricity / Sugar Hill / 1978
  • Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock / Tom Cat Blues / Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock Vol. 2 / B.A.C.M / 1938
  • The Louvin Brothers / I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / 20 Greatest Hits / King / 1956
  • Red Brush Rowdies / Hatfield McCoy Feud / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1928
  • Emry Arthur / The Married Man / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1931
  • Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles / Been on the Job Too Long / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1929
  • Arthur Tanner / Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane / Parmount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1925
Joe Bussard's Country Classics on WHUS Red Rooster Party #7 
  • Stripling Brothers (opening theme) / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Jack Youngblood / Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1954
  • The Stanley Brothers / Molly and Tenbrooks / 78 RPM Single / Rich-R-Tone / 1947
  • Buzz Busby and the Bayou Boys / Don't Come Running Back To Me / 45 RPM Single / Starday / 1959
  • Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Eating Out Of Your Hand / 45 RPM Single / Starday / 1959
  • Benny & Vallie Cain / Roving Gambler / 78 RPM Single / Adelphi / 1950
  • The Country Gentlemen / Copper Kettle / 45 RPM Single / Rebel / 1963
  • The Seldom Scene / Last Train To Poor Valley / Act Two / Rebel / 1973
  • The Osborne Brothers / Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man / 78 RPM Single / MGM / 1956
  • The Blue Ridge Buddies / When Jesus Calls His Children / single / unk / unk
  • The Country Gentlemen / Sunrise / 45 RPM Single / Rebel / 1963 

Playlist - 11/15/2015

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Playlist - 11/8/2015

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Playlist - 11/1/2015 - Joe Bussard's 4th Show

Hi Folks.

We were delighted to have a full two hour show on this Sunday, augmented by some extra time before the start because the previous DJ departed early.


It was also the occasion of Joe Bussard's 4th Country Classics program for Red Rooster Party and WHUS.  You can hear the archived show here.

The bulk of the show after Joe was programmed by the absent Marti who gave us field recordings on the Bluebird label from 1937 to 1940.  By field recordings, we mean recordings made in temporary recording studios, usually set up in hotels or warehouses in Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, Rock Hill SC, Chicago IL, and several other locations.  Some of the greatest old country and hillbilly music was made in those locations.


We hope you heard something you liked.  


Tune in next Sunday for a very special Joe Bussard's Country Classics when he will give us an education on early jazz prior to 1933 -- what Joe calls "real jazz."


See you then.


Jim Beaver



Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Bradley Kincaid / Pretty Little Pink / A Man And His Guitar / JSP / 1930
  • Bradley Kincaid / Cindy / A Man And His Guitar / JSP / 1930
  • Stringbean / Here, Rattler, Here / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Starday  / 1961
  • Stringbean / Stringbean And His Banjo / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Starday / 1960
  • Golden Gate Quartet / Way Down In Egypt Land / Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 3 / Document / 1939

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #4 
  • Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
  • Dad Massey and His Family / Durang's Hornpipe / 78 RPM Single / Conquerer / 1936
  • Charlie Bowman / Moonshiner And His Money / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1929
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Over The Road I'm Bound To Go / 78 RPM Single / Brunswick / 1928
  • Charlie Monroe and His Kentucky Pardners / The Wild Black Engine / 78 RPM Single / RCA / 1951
  • Two Poor Boys / Old Hen Cackle / 78 RPM Single / Perfect / 1931
  • Buddy Starcher / I Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Prayer / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1949
  • unidentified bluegrass tune 
  • Johnnie Barfield / Long Tongue Women / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1940
  • McClendon Brothers (with Georgia Dell) / Heaven Bound Blues / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1936
  • Dewey & Gassie Bassett / Back Water Blues / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Roy Shaffer / Coupon Song / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1939
  • Roy Shaffer / Disappointed In Love (I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine) / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1939
  • Four Pickled Peppers / When I Was A Baby / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1939
  • Tennessee Ramblers / Don't Put a Tax On the Beautiful Girls / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1939
  • Pine Ridge Boys / You Are My Sunshine / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1939
  • Happy Valley Boys / Homecoming Time In Happy Valley / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1940
  • Pete Pyle / It's So Hard To Be Just A Pal To You / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1940
  • J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies / Lonesome Life Of Worry / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Walter Hurdt / Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • George Wade & The Caro-Ginians / He Turned Around And Went The Other Way / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Smith's Carolina Crackerjacks / Your Soul Never Dies / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Hinson, Pitts & Coley / Whoa, Mule, Whoa / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Julian Johnson & Leon Hyatt / T.B. Killed My Daddy / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1938
  • Grady and Hazel Cole / What A Change One Day Can Make / Classic Field Recordings / JSP / 1940
  • J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Kiss Me Cindy / Classic Sides 1937-1938 / JSP / 1937
  • The Callahan Brothers / She's Killing Me / The Callahan Brothers / Old Homestead / 1934
  • Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
  • Ray Whitley / Ramshackled Shack On The Hill / Back In The Saddle Again / B.A.C.M / 1935
  • Eddie Noack / Psycho / Psycho - The K-Ark and Allstar Recordings, 1962-1969 /  Bear Family / 1968
  • Patti Powell / One Teardrop and One Step Away / One Step Away / Self-released / 2009
  • Molly O'Day / Too Late To Worry / Radio Favorites / Old Homestead / c.1947
  • Spencer Branch / Ash County Outlaws / Ashe County Outlaws / Self-released / 2015
  • The Carter Family / Redemption Song / The Acme Sessions 1952 / 56 / JSP / 1956
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Silence or Tears / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Bluegrass Today Recognizes Joe Bussard on Red Rooster Party

Dick Bowden
We were delighted to see an article written by long time WHUS listener, Dick Bowden, in the premier web-based bluegrass music news site, Bluegrass Today.  Dick captured how Joe came to be on Red Rooster Party very well.  Take a look at the article here.


Tune in to WHUS every Sunday between 2 and 4pm ET for Red Rooster Party.  Joe Bussard's Country Classics will appear on the show, usually at the first half-hour mark following the show start or the end of a sports preemption.  It's at 91.7 FM in eastern Connecticut and surrounding areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and it streams at fm.whus.org everywhere else.

Joe Bussard in his basement studio



Sunday, October 25, 2015

Playlist - 10/25/2015 - Joe Bussard #3 and Much More

Hi Folks.

We almost had a full two hours today because the sports preemption was not as destructive as usual.


Some of Joe Bussard's Collection of 78s
We began with a regular Red Rooster Party program and at the first half-hour mark turned the airwaves over to Joe Bussard for his third program on WHUS Red Rooster Party. Joe included a couple of songs appropriate for upcoming Halloween.  You can hear Joe's third show at this link. You can also hear Joe's first show here, and his second show here.

We also introduced some tracks from a new collection titled The Year Of Jubilo that was produced by Joe Bussard from 78s from his collection of songs and tunes of the War Between The States.

We also heard from the late Bill Keith (who just passed Friday 10/23), Benton Flippen, Jimmy Driftwood, Patti Powell, Johnny Horton, Connie SmithGeorge & Melba, Ernest Tubb, The Louvin Brothers, The Browns Ferry Four, The Blue Sky Boys, The Cooke Duet, and The Carter Family (post-Maybelle).



It is unusual to have anything newer than the 1960s on Red Rooster Party, but this show introduced great new music with an old aesthetic in the form of David Peterson's new gospel album, Spencer Branch old-time and bluegrass band from E. Tennessee, and The South Carolina Broadcasters' new album.


We hope you enjoyed our old music, even the newer variety.  We love feedback which you can provide in the comments below.  If you would like to contact Joe Bussard directly, you can do so at e-mail address joesvintage78@aol.com   
Joe loves to hear from you!

See you next week at 2pm ET.


Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year
  • Golden Gate Quartet / Ride On Moses / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document / 1950
  • Doc & Chickie Williams / Listen To The Mockingbird / One Heart One Life / Wheeling / unk
  • George Jones / The Race Is On / She Thinks I Still Care / Bear Family / 1965
  • Bradley Kincaid / Some Little Bug Is Goin' To Get You Some Day / A Man and His Guitar (Vol. 2) / JSP Records / 1933
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
  • Bill Keith & Jim Rooney / Devil's Dream / Livin' On The Mountain / PrestigeFolklore / 1963
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #3 
  • Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen / Molly Put The Kettle On / 78 RPM Single / Columbia / 1931
  • The Tennessee Ramblers / Tennessee Traveler / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1929
  • Buddy Starcher / In Memory of Halloween / 78 RPM Single / 4-Star / 1946
  • The Prairie Ramblers / The Ghost And The Graveyard / 78 RPM Single (unissued) / ARC / 1935
  • The Prairie Ramblers / The Music Goes 'Round And Around / 78 RPM Single / Perfect / 1936
  • Jimmie Rodgers / Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1930
  • Wade Mainer & Sons of the Mountaineers / Lonely Tomb / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1938


  • Ernest Stoneman / Pass Around the Bottle / The Year Of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1927
  • Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters / John Brown's Dream / The Year Of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1927
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Polly Put The Kettle On / Beware Of Dog / Heritage / 2006
  • Jimmy Driftwood / Tennessee Stud / Voice of the People / Monument / 1966
  • Patti Powell / Long Haul Widow / The Wheeling Years / Self-released / 1971
  • Johnny Horton / Honky Tonk Man / Columbia Country Classics - Honky Tonk Heros Vol. 2 / Columbia / 1956
  • Connie Smith / If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / The Lost Tapes / Country Rewind / 1970s
  • Connie Smith / Long Black Limousine / The Lost Tapes / Country Rewind / 1970s
  • George Jones & Melba Montgomery / I Let You Go / She Thinks I Still Care / Bear Family / 1963
  • Ira & Charlie Louvin / The Last Old Shovel / A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers / Gusto / 1960
  • The Brown's Ferry Four / Rockin' On The Waves / Rockin' On The Waves / JSP / 1946
  • Ernest Tubb / You Nearly Lose Your Mind / The Definitive Collection / MCA / 1942
  • The Blue Sky Boys / When Heaven Comes Down / Classic Country Remastered: Atlanta,GA-New York City 1940-1947 / JSP Records / 1949
  • Spencer Branch / Rest For The Wicked / Ashe County Outlaws / Self-released / 2015
  • David Peterson / Old Time Power / Old Time Power / Self-Produced / 2015
  • The Cooke Duet / Jesus Is A Way Maker / The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow / Self-released / c.1966
  • The Carter Family / I'll Be Satisfied / The Acme Sessions 1952,56, Disc A / JSP Records / 1952
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / We Shall Meet Someday / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015

Playlist - 10/18/2015 - Joe Bussard's Country Classics #2 for WHUS

Hi Folks.

Red Rooster Party was completely preempted on this day, but we had Joe Bussard's second show to air in spite of the preemption.  We chose to air Joe Bussard's program on the following show, Bluegrass Cafe.

Because the time was different than the usual, we are making the show available to you at this link.

The playlist is below.

Jim Beaver

All recordings from original 78 RPM singles in Joe Bussard's collection.

Artist / Title / Label / Year
  • Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / Melotone / 1928  (opening/closing theme)
  • The Happy-Go-Lucky Boys (Clyde, Steve & Hugh) / What-Cha Gonna Do With The Baby / Bluebird / 1940
  • Jimmie Rodgers / Blue Yodel No. II (My Lovin' Gal, Lucille) / Victor / 1928
  • Furry Lewis / Big Chief Blues - Vocalion, 1927
  • Memphis Jug Band / The Memphis Shakedown / Okeh / 1934
  • Roy Acuff and the Crazy Tennesseans / Gonna Have A Big Time Tonight / ARC / 1936
  • Smilin' Jim Eanes and his Shennandoah Valley Boys / Long Journey Home / Blue Ridge / 1953
  • The Carter Family / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / Okeh / 1940

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Playlist - 10/11/2015 - Introducing Joe Bussard

Hi Folks.

Though UCONN sports continues to whittle our show by an hour most Sundays, we are pressing forward with some of the most interesting music you can find anywhere.
Joe Bussard in his Basement Studio
Today we introduced a new program to WHUS.  As part of Red Rooster Party, we now have a half-hour program of Joe Bussard's Country Classics.  Joe is one of the worlds's best known collectors of 78 RPM shellac records of early country, hillbilly, gospel, blues, and jazz -- especially covering the 1920s and 1930s.  Joe at age 79 has spent most of his life, since he was nine years old, collecting 78 records, for years going door-to-door seeking them out from folks who had them squirreled away in closets and basements, and at old country stores with original store stock.  As a result, Joe's collection is unmatched in quality and content.  We are greatly gifted to have Joe present selections from his collection on our show, all directly from his 78s.
Joe Bussard with part of his collection
To get ready for Joe's debut show, we played a track from the new South Carolina Broadcasters album to be released Tuesday, Bradley Kincaid, Roscoe Holcomb, a 45 single from Patti Powell, Little Jimmy Dickens, and a haunting gospel number from the Cooke Duet.

Joe Bussard's segment included a number from Eck Robertson, one of the earliest country records ever made, and Uncle Dave Macon, Earl Johnson, Sam McGee, The Prairie Ramblers, the raucous Mississippi Jook Band, and the inimitable Blue Sky Boys.

You can hear Joe's first WHUS show here.

Tune in next week for more of this classic greatness on Red Rooster Party with Joe Bussard's Country Classics.  Let us know if you like what you heard.  Joe and I both love the feedback.

Joe's email is:  joesvintage78 (at) aol.com
Jim's email is:  jbeaverjr (at) gmail.com

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Travelin' Shoes / Complete Recorded Works / Document / 1938
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Backstep Cindy / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
  • Bradley Kincaid / Liza Up In The 'Simmon Tree / A Man And His Guitar / JSP / 1929
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Ramblers / Cricket On the Hearth / Galax, Virginia Old Fiddler's Convention / Old Blue / 2010
  • Roscoe Holcomb / Trouble in Mind / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1961
  • Patti Powell / Your Boots Are By The Door / 45 RPM Single / Hickory / 1971
  • Skeets Martin and Friends / Wheels / Turning Back The Years (Instrumentally) / Self-released / 2001
  • "Little" Jimmy Dickens / Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait) / Columbia Country Classics - Honky Tonk Heroes / Columbia / 1949
  • The Cooke Duet / Where Will I Shelter My Sheep / 45 RPM Single / Self-released / c.1966

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #1 

  • Eck Robertson / Sally Gooden / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1922
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Whoop 'Em Up, Cindy / 78 RPM Single / Vocalion / 1926
  • Earl Johnson & His Dixie Clodhoppers / I've Got a Woman on Sourwood Mountain / 78 RPM Single / Okeh / 1927
  • The Prairie Ramblers / The Music Goes 'Round And Around / 78 RPM Single / Perfect / 1936
  • Sam McGee / Railroad Blues / 78 RPM single / Champion / 1934
  • Mississippi Jook Band / Skippy Whippy / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1936
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Turn Your Radio On / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1940
The intro and outro for Joe's segment is "Lost Child" by The Stripling Brothers, 1928.