Friday, August 28, 2015

Playlist - 8/23/2015

Hi Folks.

Jim did this show solo because Marti was out rescuing the possum in the photo.

The music tilted towards old-time string band.

We hope you enjoyed.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Saints Go Marching In / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1938-1939 / Document / 1938
  • The Georgia Yellow Hammers / I'm S-A-V-E-D / Volume 2: August 27-February 1928 / Document / 1927
  • Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters / Wandering boy / Complete Recorded Works / Document / 1927
  • The Cooke Duet / The Lord Will Make a Way / Early Cooke Duet / CRFRC / 1966
  • J. E. Mainer / Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls / The Legendary J.E. Mainer, Volume 4 / Rural Rhythm / 1968
  • The Stripling Brothers / Possum Hollow / The Stripling Brothers Vol. 2 1934 - 1936 / Document / 1934
  • Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen / Cripple Creek / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 1929-1930 / Document / 1929
  • Burnett & Rutherford / Curley-Headed Woman / Burnett & Rutherford (1926-1930) / Document Records / 1927
  • Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers / Buy a Half Pint and Stay In the Wagon Yard / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2, 1927-1931 / Document / 1930
  • Uncle Dave Macon / She's Got The Money Too / Classic Sides 1926-1927 / JSP / 1930
  • Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen / Hell's Broke Loose In Georgia / Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 1929-1930 / Document / 1929
  • Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright / Will, The Weaver / In The Pines - Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes / Old Hat / 1927
  • Roy Harvey / Railroad Blues / Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 1929-1930 / Document / 1930
  • Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Rattletrap / Rattletrap /  / 1986
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Short Life of Trouble / Short Time To Stay Here / Flaming Heart / 2013
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Step Back Cindy / An Evening At WPAQ, 1984 / 5-String / 1984
  • George Pegram / John Henry / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1961
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Life's Railway to Heaven; Are You Tired of Me; Sally Goodin'; I've Found A Friiend / On Radio - Volume Four / Copper Creek / 1946
  • Dock Boggs / New Prisoner's Song / Dock Boggs - His Twelve Original Recordings / Folkways Records / 1927
  • Esker Hutchins, Leak Caudle, Benton Flippen / Billy In The Lowground / WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder / 1948
  • Carolina Tar Heels / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / In The Pines - Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes / Old Hat / 1929
  • Furry Lewis / Billy Lyons / The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OF / Yazoo / 1927
  • Clarence Ashley / Little Sadie / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1962
  • Gaither Carlton / Look Down That Lonesome Road / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / c.1960
  • Stringbean / Hey Old Man (Can You Play a Banjo) / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Starday Records / 1965
  • Jimmy Murphy / Electricity / Electricity / Black & Partners LLC / 1978
  • Howard Vokes / Polka From Outer Space / Tears At The Grand Ole Opry - The Early Recordings / Rosedale Music / 1962
  • Hank Williams / Tennessee Border / Rockin' Chair Money / Bear Family / 1949-59
  • Cowboy Copas / Don't Shake Hands With the Devil / Settin' Flat On Ready / Bear Family / 1955
  • Ramblin' Tommy Scott / Just-a-Diggin' and a-Diggin' / King Hillbilly Vol 4 / Cactus / 1952
  • The Chuck Wagon Gang / Lord Lead Me On / Gospel Classics by The Chuck Wagon Gang Vol. 1 / Hall-of-Fame / c.1955
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Shouting On the Hills of Glory / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart / 2014

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Playlist - 8/16/2015

Hi Folks.

This week we had Marti back in the studio, but Jim picked most of the music.

We played a good bit of music from Surry County NC and Galax VA, including WPAQ recordings from The Green Valley Boys with Benton Flippen, the Smokey Valley Boys with Benton Flippen, Leake Caudill, John Will and Johnny Vipperman, and The South Carolina Broadcasters (who are from Surry County in spite of their name.)

We also heard music from the director of the American Banjo Museum, Johnny Baier, who is a virtuoso 4-string banjo picker, and Frank Blevins, an Ashe County NC native who had six sides released from recording sessions in 1927 and 1928 when he was 16-17 years old.

We played classic country in much of the last hour with a bit of attention on WWVA artists including Howard Vokes, Bob Gallion, and Patti Powell, as well as some of the Nashville and Bakersfield crowd.

We hope you enjoyed what you heard and tune in next Sunday 2-4 pm.

Jim & Marti




Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Shadrack / Complete Recorded Works / Document / 1946
  • Stringbean / I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Nashville / 1971
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Country Ham And Red Gravy / Classic Sides 1926-1927 / JSP / 1938
  • John Will Vipperman & Johnny Vipperman / Whoa Mule / WPAQ: The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder / 1947
  • The Green Valley Boys with Benton Flippen / Cripple Creek / WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains / Rounder / c.1949-50
  • The Smokey Valley Boys / Lost Indian / The Smokey Valley Boys / Rounder / 1973
  • The Smokey Valley Boys / Benton's Dream / The Smokey Valley Boys / Rounder / 1973
  • Leake Caudle / Leake Caudle's Tune / Recordings From Galax Old Fiddlers Convention 1967 & 2010 / Old Blue / 1967
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Bummin' an Old Freight Train / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records / 2011
  • The Lonely Train / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 78 RPM single / King / 1946
  • Cauley Family / New River Train / In The Pines / Old Hat / 1934
  • Bradley Kincaid / Footprints In The Snow / A Man And His Guitar / JSP / 1944
  • Roy Harvey / No Room For A Tramp / Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 1929-1930 / Document / 1930
  • Mississippi John Hurt / Frankie / 1928 Sessions / Yazoo / 1928
  • Wade Ward / Chilly Winds / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1958
  • David, Billie Ray, and Bill Johnson / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1985
  • Johnny Baier / Red Wing-Golden Slippers / The Best of Johnny Baier The Banjo Man / Self-released / 1981
  • Johnny Baier / Stephen Foster Medley / The Best of Johnny Baier The Banjo Man / Self-released / 1981
  • Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Old Aunt Betsy / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
  • Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers / Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat / 1927
  • The Chuck Wagon Gang / God's Gentle People / Gospel Classics / Gospel Music HoF / c.1950s
  • Yodeling Kenny Roberts / Red River Valley / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / Palamino / c.1973
  • Yodeling Kenny Roberts / I Miss My Swiss / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / Palamino / c.1973
  • Bill Anderson / Po' Folks / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel / c.1960s
  • Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas / Tennessee Flat Guitar / Settin' Flat On Ready / Bear Family / 1951
  • Luke McDaniel / Money Bag Woman / King Hillbilly Vol 4 / Cactus / 1954
  • Howard Vokes / It Takes Six Men To Carry A Man To His Grave / Heartbreak & Sorrow / Condor / 1985
  • Gene Autry / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Essential Recordings / Primo / 1933
  • Bob Gallion and Patti Powell / Pick A Little Happy Song / Together and Alone / Self-released / 1975
  • Helen Carter / What's To Become Of Me Now / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1958
  • Loretta Lynn / Fist City / Somebody Done Me Wrong Songs / Time Life / 1968
  • Johnny Cash / Tennessee Flat Top Box / Americana Volume 3 / Columbia / 1961
  • Carl Smith / Hey Joe! / Honky Tonk Heroes Volume 2 / Columbia / 1953
  • Buck Owens with Rose Maddox / Loose Talk / Great Duets / Time Life / 1961


Sunday, August 9, 2015

Playlist - 8/9/2015

Hi Folks.

Sunday's playlist is below.  Marti was on the board and picked the music.  Jim was nearby taking notes so we could post this playlist.

Jim & Marti


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year
  • The Cooke Duet / Ain't No Grave / Early Cooke Duet / CRFRC / 1964
  • Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Take Me Back to Tulsa / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1941
  • Roy Rogers / Yellow Rose Of Texas / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1947
  • Jimmie Rodgers / My Little Lady / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1928
  • Eddy Arnold / The Cattle Call / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1949
  • Merle Travis / Nine Pound Hammer / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1946
  • Delmore Brothers / Freight Train Boogie / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1946
  • Merle Haggard / Mama Tried / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1969
  • Johnny Cash / Blue Train / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1962
  • Tex Ritter / Have I Stayed Away Too Long / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1943
  • Ernest Tubb / Walking the Floor Over You / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1941
  • Hank Williams / Cold Cold Heart / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1950
  • Gene Autry / Red River Valley / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1947
  • George Jones / A Good Year For The Roses / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1970
  • Slim Whitman / Tennessee Waltz / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1965
  • The Weavers / The Wreck Of The John B / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1950
  • The Carter Family / Coal Miner's Blues / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1938
  • Aunt Molly Jackson / Hard Times In Coleman's Mine / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1937
  • Dock Boggs / Prayer of a Miner's Child / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1969
  • Jean Ritchie / The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1992
  • Merle Travis / Dark as a Dungeon / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1947
  • Hobo Jack Adkins / Thirty Inch Coal / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1969
  • Carter Stanley / Dream Of A Miner's Child / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / 1961&2005
  • Randall Hylton / Coal Town Saturday Night / Music Of Coal / Lonesome Records / unk
  • Roy Acuff and His Tennesseans / Jole Blon / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1947
  • Kitty Wells / Lonely Side Of Town / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1954
  • Faron Young / Hello Walls / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1961
  • Delmore Brothers / Take It To The Captain / Buddy... Can You Spare Me A Dime / Black Cat / 1946
  • Buell Kazee / The Orphan Girl / Kentucky Mountain Music / Yazoo / 1928
  • Doc Roberts Trio / Honeymoon Stomp / Kentucky Mountain Music / Yazoo / 1933
  • Crockett Family Mountaineers / Sugar Hill / Kentucky Mountain Music / Yazoo / 1929
  • Henry L. Bandy / Going Across the Sea / Kentucky Mountain Music / Yazoo / 1928

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Playlist - 8/2/2015

Hi Folks.

Jim did the show solo today, and had sets saluting the old time fiddler/banjoist Benton Flippen, the 88th anniversary of the Bristol Sessions continued from last week, all four Uncle Dave Macon "Travels" songs, a couple of Howard Vokes 45s, a whole bunch of 1950s country female singers, and some classic country from King Records from the 1950s.

Jim & Marti

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

  • Golden Gate Quartet / Way Down In Egypt Land (Go Down Moses) / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 / Document / 1929
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Pole Cat Blues / Beware Of Dog / Heritage / 2006
  • The Green Valley Boys / Train 45 / Old Time; New Times / Rounder / 1949-50
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Sweet Marie / Beware Of Dog / Heritage / 2006
  • The Smokey Valley Boys / Durham's Bull / Old Time; New Times / Rounder / 1984
  • The Smokey Valley Boys / Benton's Dream / Old Time; New Times / Rounder / 1993
  • Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys / Soldier's Joy / Beware Of Dog / Heritage / 2006
  • Georgia Pot Lickers / Up Jumped The Rabbit / The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of / Yazoo / 1930
  • Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull / The Down Home Boys - Original Stack O' Lee Blues / The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of / Yazoo / 1927
  • Grayson County Railsplitters / Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued) / The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of / Yazoo / 1929
  • Henry Whitter / It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued) / The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of / Yazoo / 1926
  • The Carter Family / Single Girl; Married Girl / The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 / Bear Family / 1927
  • Jimmie Rodgers / The Soldier's Sweetheart / The Bristol Sessions / Bear Family / 1927
  • Tenneva Ramblers / Miss Liza Poor Gal / The Bristol Sessions / Bear Family / 1927
  • J. P. Nestor / Train on the Island / The Bristol Sessions / Bear Family / 1927
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Uncle Dave's Travels Part 1 (Misery In Arkansas) / Classic Sides / JSP / 1929
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Uncle Dave's Travels Part 2 (Around Louisville; Kentucky) / Classic Sides / JSP / 1929
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Uncle Dave's Travels Part 3 (In And Around Nashville) / Classic Sides / JSP / 1929
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Uncle Dave's Travels Part 4 (Visit At The Old Maid's) / Classic Sides / JSP / 1929
  • Lynn Anderson / Rose Garden / Queens Of Country / Time Life / 1970
  • Louise Duncan / Wherever You Are / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1956
  • Alvadean Coker / There's A Tear In The Eye Of The Man In The Moon / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1956
  • Margie Bowes / Violets and Cheap Perfume / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1958
  • Harvie June Van / Mama Don't Chase My Love Away / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1955
  • Helen Carter / What's To Become Of Me Now / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1958
  • Carolyn Bradshaw / A Man On The Loose / Country Music Ladies of the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1953
  • Myrna Lorrie / Underway / Country Music Ladies or the 1950s / B.A.C.M / 1955
  • Yodeling Kenny Roberts / Birmingham Jail / Pays A Tribute To Wilf Carter / Palamino / c.1973
  • Howard Vokes / A Plastic Heart / 45 RPM Single / Vokes / 1970
  • Patti Powell / Long Haul Widow / The Wheeling Years / Self-released / 1971
  • Howard Vokes / Born Without A Name / 45 RPM Single / Vokes / 1969
  • Jimmie Osborne / Tissue Paper Heart / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1953
  • Don Gibson / Oh Lonesome Me / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel / c.1960s
  • Lattie Moore / 100;000 Women Can't Be Wrong / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1956
  • Wade Mainer / The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee / King Hillbilly Vol. 4 / Cactus / 1951
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Where the Soul Never Dies / Short Time To Stay Here / Flaming Heart / 2013