Playlist 7/7/2013 - Charlie Louvin, Delmore Brothers, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Slim Whitman

Hi Folks,

We laughed a lot on this show, mostly  because Marti is just naturally funny, but we were having a great time.  We hope you enjoyed it as well.

Being Independence Day weekend, we followed our Golden Gate Quartet opener with the Georgia Tech Glee Club singing a verse of "To Anacreon In Heaven," the old English drinking song that became the melody of "The Star Spangled Banner."  Marti followed up in Marti's Bunkhouse with more patriotic-themed Western music which we will get to below.

Charlie Louvin died in 2011, but he would have had a birthday on this day, so we celebrated the man and his music, including that of the Louvin Brothers, with a big set covering the span of his entire career.

Alton & Rabon Delmore

Because the Louvins did an album of music in tribute to the Delmore Brothers from which we played, we also did a set of Delmore Brothers music.  That led to a Doc Watson tune that he got from the Delmore Brothers, and that led to the first meeting of Doc Watson and Merle Travis, and that led to the Merle Travis song that Doc praised during their first meeting.  Whew!  Everything seems to be connected, as Red Rooster Party often demonstrates.

We played a short daily radio program from Eddy Arnold and The Checkerboard Fun Fest that included the incomparable DeZurik Sisters who were known on the Fun Fest as "The Cackle Sisters."

Marti's Bunkhouse included some Gene Autry music including a couple of patriotic pieces from the 1940s, plus a recording from Gene's radio show of his actual enlistment into the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942.  Marti followed that with a couple of early female-led Western numbers by Girls of the Golden West and Patsy Montana, a couple of songs from early cowboy singer Jules Verne Allen and Jimmy Wakely, and then on the day after the 15th anniversary of his passing, a set of great songs from Roy Rogers.

Slim Whitman

We finished with a couple of tunes from the late Slim Whitman who just died June 19, 2013, and closed with a hilarious tune, "Jim's Windy Mule," from the Prairie Ramblers that was originally issued under the band name Sweet Violet Boys so as not to sully their good name.  You can imagine why the mule was "windy."

Join the fun again next Sunday with Marti and Jim on Red Rooster Party!

Marti & Jim

Marti's Bunkhouse in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Introduction (1994) / Aunt Hattie Dalton
• Swing Down, Chariot (1946) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works V.5 / Document
• Anacreontic Song (To Anacreon In Heaven) (2011) / Georgia Tech Glee Club / Engineers Are People, Too! / Self-produced
• Hoping That You're Hoping (1956) / Louvin Brothers / 20 All-Time Greatest Hits / King
• The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea (1958) / Louvin Brothers / 20 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Cash On The Barrelhead (2009) / Charlie Louvin / Hickory Wind: Live at the Gram Parsons Guitar Pull Waycross GA / Tompkins Square
• Worried Man Blues (2007) / Charlie Louvin / Self-titled / Tompkins Square
• Weary Lonesome Blues (1960) / Louvin Brothers / A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Gusto
• Brown's Ferry Blues (1933) / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts 1933-41 / JSP
• Blue Railroad Train (1933) / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts 1933-41 / JSP
• Put Me On The Trail To Carolina (1936) / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts 1933-41 / JSP
• The Last Old Shovel (1945) / Delmore Brothers / The Later Years 1933-1952 / JSP
• Nashville Blues (1964) / Doc Watson / Self-titled / Vanguard
• First Meeting (Dialog) (1971) / Doc Watson & Merle Travis / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / EMI
• The Courtship Of Second Cousin Claude (1963) / Merle Travis / Back Home-Songs Of The Coalmines / Bear Family
• Eddy Arnold & The Checkerboard Fun Fest (1945) / Eddy Arnold, Dezurik Sisters, Louis Buck, Shelby Jean Davis, Speedy McNett / Radio Transcription / na

• America The Beautiful (1949) / Gene Autry / The Cowboy is a Patriot / Varese Sarabande
• Ridin’ Down the Canyon (1935) / Gene Autry / The Last Round Up / Synergy
• Gene Autry Is Sworn Into The USAAF by Col. Edward F. Shaffer (1942) / Gene Autry / The Cowboy Is A Patriot / Varese Sarabande
• Private Buckaroo (1942) / Sgt. Gene Autry / The Cowboy Is A Patriot / Varese Sarabande
• Round-up Time in Texas (1933) / Girls of the Golden West / Flowers In The Wildwood / Trikont
• My Poncho Pony (1939) / Patsy Montana / Flowers In The Wildwood / Trikont
• Little Joe The Wrangler (1928) / Jules Vern Allen / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder
• Lonely is the Hunter (1958) / Jimmy Wakely / The Singing Cowboy / Varese Sarabande
• (There’ll Never Be Another) Pecos Bill (1948) / Roy Rogers, Foy Willing & Riders of the Purple Sage / The Roy Rogers Collection / Rhino
• Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1953) / Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers / The Roy Rogers Collection / Rhino
• Hoppy, Gene and Me (1974) / Roy Rogers / The Roy Rogers Collection / Rhino
• Happy Trails (1952) / Roy Rogers, Dale Evans / The Roy Rogers Collection / Rhino

• Indian Love Call (1951) / Slim Whitman / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• There's A Rainbow In Every Teardrop (1953) / Slim Whitman / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• Jim's Windy Mule (1935) / Sweet Violet Boys aka Prairie Ramblers / Jim's Windy Mule / B.A.C.M
  

Playlist 6/30/2013 - Marti's Back, Let's Have Fun!

Hi Folks.

Marti was back on the air today after being away two weeks with students in Costa Rica, so we put her to work with a big Marti's Bunkhouse western set.

Additionally, we heard some early fiddle rags from Georgia and North Carolina, a Georgia songster's songs about Fords and Chevrolets, and John Dilleshaw (Seven Foot Dilly) conduct a rough and rowdy square dance on Ball Top Mountain.

We had a good number of requests which included Roscoe Holcomb, Charlie Poole, Lee Moore, and a version of I'll Fly Away with Don Reno and Benny Martin.

Join us next Sunday 2-4pm ET for Red Rooster Party!

Jim & Marti

Marti's Bunkhouse in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Introduction (1994) / Aunt Hattie Dalton
• Jonah In The Whale (1939) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works V.3 / Document
• G Rag (1927) / Georgia Yellow Hammers / String Bands 1926-1929 / Document
• Concord Rag (c.1961) / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Classic Old-Time Music / Smithsonian Folkways
• John Henry (c.1961) / George Pegram / Classic Old-Time Music / Smithsonian Folkways
• Henry Ford's Model A (1929) / Oscar Ford / Georgia Songsters / Document
• Riding In A Chevrolet 6 (1930) / Oscar Ford / Georgia Songsters / Document
• Race Between A Ford And Chevrolet (1930) / Oscar Ford / Georgia Songsters / Document
• I'll Fly Away (1967) / Don Reno & Benny Martin / True Bluegrass Gospel / Rebel
• Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink (1926) / Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett / Complete Recorded Works V.1 / Document
• The Square Dance Fight On Ball Top Mountain - Part 1 (1930) / Seven Foot Dilly, Pink Lindsey, Shorty Lindsey, Bill Kiker / John Dilleshaw Complete Recorded Works / Document
• The Square Dance Fight On Ball Top Mountain - Part 2 (1930) / Seven Foot Dilly, Pink Lindsey, Shorty Lindsey, Bill Kiker / John Dilleshaw Complete Recorded Works / Document
• Sales Tax On The Women (1936) / Dixon Brothers / Complete Recorded Works V.1 / Document
• I Got A Red Hot Mama (1936) / Fred Kirby / That Good Old Utah Trail / B.A.C.M
• Tom Cat's Kitten (1956) / Johnnie & Jack and The Tennessee Mountain Boys / Self-titled / B.A.C.M
• There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea (1948) / Lonzo & Oscar / There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea / B.A.C.M
• You Make My Heart Go Boom (1938) / Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs / Self-titled / B.A.C.M
• Blue Yodel No. 8 (1930) / Jimmie Rodgers / 1930-1931 / Rounder
• A Cowboy Has To Sing (2006) / Riders In The Sky / Live From The Golden Age of Riders Radio Theater / RRR
• Happy Cowboy (1987) / Sons Of The San Joaquin / 15 Years - A Retrospective / Dualtone
• On The Owl Hoot Trail (1939) / The Shelton Brothers / Country Western / Documents
• The Dying Cowboy (1939) / Jules Verne Allen / Country Western / Documents
• I'll Go Ridin' Down (1936) / Gene Autry / Country Western / Documents
• Cowboy Night Herd Song (1937) / Roy Rogers / Country Western / Documents
• Jingle Jangle Jingle (1943) / Tex Ritter / Country Western / Documents
• Oklahoma Hills (1945) / Jack Guthrie / Country Western / Documents
• South Of The Border (1951) / Gene Autry / Country Western / Documents
• My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco) (1934) / The Girls Of The Golden West / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder
• Way Out There (1934) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Singing In The Saddle / Rounder
• The Cat Came Back / Lee Moore / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Trouble In Mind (1961) / Roscoe Holcomb / Classic Old Time Music / Smithsonian Folkways
• How Many Biscuits Can You Eat (c.1939) / Coon Creek Girls / Early Radio Favorites / Old Homestead
• Rabbit In The Pea Patch (1927) / Uncle Dave Macon / Go Long Mule / County
• I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World (1925) / Charlie Poole / The Essential Charlie Poole / Proper
• Johnny Don't Get Drunk (2013) / Adam Steffey / New Primitive / Organic

Playlist 6/23/2013 - Gordon Pike & Darlene Champagne and Early New England Bluegrass and Country Music

The first hour of the show was mostly classic country music from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

We learned much about early New England bluegrass and country music from Gordon Pike and Darlene Champagne during the second half of the show.

Gordon Pike and Darlene Champagne today

Gordon is the son of Earl Pike -- one of the Pike Brothers, Earl and Fred, whose band the Pine Hill Ranchers included many of the Pike family members including Gordon on drums, and Gordon's sister Earlene on vocals.  Earlene died in 1971 at 19 from cancer bringing the end of the family band.  Fred went on to Maine to create the Kennebec Valley Boys with Sam Tidwell.

Earl, Earlene, and Fred Pike on the front row.
Sam Tidwell, Gordon Pike, Dave Papuga back row.

Darlene was a family friend of the Pikes and grew up with the Pikes.  She was a friend of Earlene and performed and recorded with the Pikes.  She now lives in South Carolina and has a band called Darlene and Reflections of Bluegrass with great SC banjo picker Johnny Fenlayson.

Earl Pike, Darlene Champagne, Connie Smith, Fred Pike.
Gordon and Darlene described the circumstances of this photo on the show.

L-R:  Bill Thibodeau, Gail Pike, Darlene Champagne, Gordon Pike
performance at Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival, May 31, 2013

We will probably replay this interview in the fall on Bluegrass Cafe.

Thanks for listening.  Marti will be back next Sunday.

Jim

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Rock My Soul / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 / Document
• You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey (When You Grow Old) / Hank Penny & His California Cowhands / The Penny Opus #1 / Jasmine
• I'm My Own Grandpa (1948) / Lonzo and Oscar with the Winston County Pea Pickers / Crazy Country Hits / Time Life
• Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (1947) / Tex Williams and his Western Caravan / Crazy Country Hits / Time Life
• Jealous Lies (1950) / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / The Davis Sisters / Hard To Find Hits / Time Life
• Hangman's Boogie (1949) / Cowboy Copas / Tragic Tales of Love & Life / Gusto
• Drivin' Nails In My Coffin (1957) / Hank Thompson / Vintage Collection / Capitol
• So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (1946) / Merle Travis / The Best of Merle Travis / Rhino
• Lonesome 7-7203 (1962) / Hawkshaw Hawkins / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Once A Day (1964) / Connie Smith / Queens Of Country / Time Life
• Catfish, Take A Look At That Worm / Smiley Burnette / ...is Frog Millhouse / King
• I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) / Roy Rogers / Country Music Hall Of Fame Series / MCA
• Cross The Brazos At Waco (1964) / Billy Walker / Great Story Songs / Time Life
• Rainbow At Midnight (1946) / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA

• Pickin' On Asheville Pike (1970) / The Pike Brothers and the Pine Hill Ranchers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)

Interview with Gordon Pike and Darlene Champagne, including the following songs:

• Dream Dream Dream (1969) / The Bluegrass Travelers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)
• To Warm And Comfort You (1970) / The Pike Family and The Pine Hill Ranchers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)
• Washington and Lee Fling (1970) / The Pike Brothers and the Pine Hill Ranchers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)
• Image Of A Living Doll (1970) / The Pike Brothers and Earlene / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)
• You Left Your Mark On Me / Darlene Marie / 45 RPM Single / Zap (45)
• Wild Side Of Life / Darlene Marie / 45 RPM Single / Zap (45)
• Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends (2013) / Gorden Pike and the Dixie Darlins / Self-titled / Self-produced

Playlist 6/16/2013 - Fathers on Father's Day

Hi Folks,

Since Marti is out of the country with students, we decided to replay a show that first aired on Father's Day on June 17, 2007.  The show included interviews with Marti's father where he described life as a kid in rural North Carolina in the 1920s and 1930s, and the music they had.

Marti's father, Robert Lee Harmon - Grand Canyon North Rim, 1981
(photo by Marti)

We recorded interviews with Marti's father in 1994, and the first airing of this show was the first time Marti had heard those interviews since we recorded them.  Marti's father passed away in 1998

We also had a recording of Jim’s dad from the same year, but because of technical difficulties with the recording, we were not able to air that interview segment.  We will play Jim's dad on a future show.

Jim and his Dad - 2010
(photo by Marti)

When we produced Red Rooster Party on its first three-year run, we incorporated at various times a Mayberry Corner Trivia question, and sometimes a Mayberry recipe.  This 2007 show had both of those features.

We appreciate all the calls from listeners.  You all are great!

Interview segments in blue.  Songs not aired on the original 2007 show in red.

Marti & Jim 

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• One of These Mornings / The Oak Ridge Boys / 22 Country Gospel Greats / Country Stars
• Early Radio / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• John Henry (1928) / DeFord Bailey / Harp Blowers  1925-1936 / Document
• Uncle Dave's Travels p.1 (1929) / Uncle Dave Macon / The Country Music Hall of Fame / MCA
• My Dixie Darling / The Carter Family / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Maple on the Hill (1935) / J.E. Mainer / The Golden Age of JE Mountaineers / Cattle
• The WBT Briarhoppers / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• Theme - Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / The Briarhoppers / Hit's Briarhopper Time / Lamon (LP)
• The Old Grey Mare Is Back Where She Used To Be / The Briarhoppers / Whitey and Hogan with the Briarhoppers / Old Homestead (LP)
• Cool Water / Sons of the Pioneers / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / MCA
• Back in the Saddle Again / Gene Autry / The Essential / Columbia
• There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder (1943) / Tex Ritter / High Noon / Living Era
• Possum Huntin' / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• Peaches and Possums / Jerry Clower / Peaches and Possums / MCA
• Idiotic Lawsuits / Jerry Clower / Peaches and Possums / MCA
• Dill Pickle Rag / Chet Atkins & Doc Watson / Reflections / Sugar Hill
• Divorce Me C.O.D. / Merle Travis / Country Roots / K-TEL
• What'll I Do With The Baby-O / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 78 RPM record / King

Mayberry Corner Trivia question:  Who was Ernest T's "Mother Figure"  Answer:  Helen Crump

• A Good Man is Hard to Find / Andy Griffith / What It Is, Is Andy Griffith / EMI

Mayberry Recipe:  Rodney's Gooey Butter (from "Aunt Bee’s Delightful Desserts" by Ken Beck and Jim Clark, contributed by Beverly & Rodney Dillard)

• Wabash Cannonball (1936) / Roy Acuff / Country Roots / K-TEL
• The Cattle Call / Eddy Arnold / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Walking the Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Playing in the Woods / Robert Lee Harmon Sr / 1994 Interview
• In the Jailhouse Now / Jimmie Rodgers / Country Roots / K-TEL
• I Want to Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart / Patsy Montana / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Jealous Heart / Tex Ritter / Country Roots / K-TEL
• Ridin' Down the Canyon / Gene Autry / Songs of the West / Rhino
• That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine / Gene Autry & Jimmy Long / Songs of the West / Rhino
• Jingle, Jangle, Jingle / Tex Ritter & His Texans / Songs of the West / Rhino
• Don't Fence Me In / Roy Rogers / Famous Country Music Makers / Pulse
• Watermelon Hangin' On A Vine / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Step It Up And Go / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Possum Up A Gum Stump / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)
• Long Journey Home / Snuffy Jenkins & The Hired Hands / Carolina Bluegrass / Folk Lyric (LP)

Playlist 6/9/2013 - Horses, Radio Transcriptions, and Marti's Bunkhouse

Hi Folks!

Marti and I were back after suffering sports preemptions for the past two weeks.  It appears we will have about two months before that possibility returns.

Today's show featured several topics, the first being horses.  We put together about a half-hour of songs about horses, horse racing, horses as scenery for other events, and even finished with a mule.  Later on Marti continued the horse theme for most of her western segment, "Marti's Bunkhouse."

We played a 1944 radio transcription of Charlie Monroe & The Kentucky Pardners from Winston Salem, North Carolina.  They packed a lot of music into those 15-20 minute shows along with the requisite advertisements.  In Charlie's case, the sponser was Man-O-Ree, a type of patent laxative.  "Man-O-Ree is compounded of only the best roots, herbs, and other ingredients by a registered pharmacist."

We also played a set of children's songs from way back, inspired by my acquisition of most of the recorded works of the Georgia Yellow Hammers -- string band contemporaries of The Skillet Lickers.  Not only did they record one of the first versions of Johnson's Old Grey Mule which appears to have been the source for the definitive version by J.E. Mainer, but they also recorded a great children's song about doodle bugs (ant lion larvae) that inspired the set.

We played a set of country hits from the year 1951 from a volume of a series of year-by-year hits from the folks at Bear Family.

Other notable artists on this show included:

Texas Ruby

• Cliff Carlisle - a contemporary of Jimmie Rodgers who had a very prolific song writing and recording career.  Cliff wrote "Goodbye Old Pal" which was purchased by Bill Monroe who made it even more famous
• Jimmie Driftwood (James Morris) - an Arkansas schoolteacher-turned-folk-musician who wrote "Tennessee Stud" and many other story songs like "Battle of New Orleans" 
• Earl Johnson - wild man of the Georgia string band musicians and a fiery fiddler
• Pappy "Gube" Beaver - no relation to Jim, but a Knoxville musician who recorded eight sides for Capitol in the 1940s.  Pappy is in his 90s and still preaches in Ohio.  Check out his website here
• Texas Ruby (Ruby Owens Fox) - pioneering female country artist, sister to Tex Owens (writer of "Cattle Call"), and wife of Curly Fox.  She died in a house fire in Nashville in 1963 while her husband was performing on the Opry
• Homer Briarhopper - character from the cast of The Briarhoppers - the house band of early WBT radio in Charlotte NC.  The Briarhoppers still exist today.  Check out their blog here
• Jimmy Murphy - talented guitarist (played in open E) and strong vocalist who never hit big, but made some great music if you can find it.  His hit song was "Electricity" which we played here

We hope you are enjoying the return of Red Rooster Party.  If there is some old music you would like to hear, please let us know.  You can either respond in the comments of this blog, or send an e-mail to redroosterparty (at) gmail.com

You can also "friend" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/redroosterparty

We hope you can join us next Sunday 2-4pm ET.

Jim & Marti

* requests
Marti's Bunkhouse in blue

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Introduction (1994) / Hattie Dalton              
• Didn't It Rain (1941) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works V.4/Document
• Molly And Tenbrooks (1947) / Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Goodbye Old Pal (1934) / Cliff Carlisle / A Country Legacy 1930-1939 / JSP
• My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing (1936) / Fred Kirby, Don White, Cliff Carlisle / Classic Country Sides 19330-1936 / JSP
• Tennessee Stud (1957) / Jimmie Driftwood / Americana / Bear Family
• Six White Horses (1940) / Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Old Grey Mare Kicking Out Of The Wilderness (1927) / Earl Johnson / Complete Recorded Works V.1 / Document
• Johnson's Old Grey Mule (1927) / Georgia Yellow Hammers  /Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M
• Charlie Monroe & The Kentucky Pardners Radio Transcription, 1944, Winston Salem, NC/Early Country Radio/JSP

Opening Theme and Introduction 

Watermelon On The Vine

Daisy Mae

Happy Day

Man-O-Ree Commercial                    

Going Around The World

White House Blues

Gone And Left Me Blues

Chicken Reel

Valley Of Peace

Heading For Gloryland

Closing Theme

• Automobile Of Life (1946) / Pappy "Gube" Beaver / The Golden Age of Country Music / Cattle
• Have I Waited Too Long To Regret (1947) / Texas Ruby (Ruby Owens Fox) / The Golden Age of Country Music / Cattle
• Bronco Bustin' Blues (1929) / Phil Pavey / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
• A Four Legged Friend (1952) / Roy Rogers / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
• Trail Rider's Moon (1949) / Slim Clark / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
• Over The Trail (1940) / Elton Britt / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine
• Back In The Saddle Again (1939) / Gene Autry / Boots, Buckles, & Spurs / Sony BMG
• Strawberry Roan (1960) / Marty Robbins / Boots, Buckles, & Spurs / Sony BMG
• Tennessee Walking Horse (c.1950) / Cass County Boys / Cowboy Country / Jasmine
• *Big Iron (1960) / Marty Robbins / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• Get Along Old Paint (1936) / Fred Kirby / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle
• Skyball Paint (1935) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Classic Cowboy Songs (radio transcription) / Varese Sarabande
• *I'll Fly Away (2000) / Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• Song Of The Doodle Bug (1928) / Georgia Yellow Hammers / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M
• I Am Just What I Am (1938) / Homer Briarhopper (Homer Lee Drye) / The Story That The Crow Told Me / Yazoo
• Liza Up In The Simmon Tree (1929) / Bradley Kincaid / The Story That The Crow Told Me / Yazoo
• The Shot Gun Boogie (1951) / Tennessee Ernie / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke / Bear Family
• The Golden Rocket (1951) / Hank Snow / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke / Bear Family
• Electricity (1951) / Jimmy Murphy / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke / Bear Family
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder (1946) / Blue Sky Boys / On Radio - Volume One / Copper Creek

Playlist 5/19/2013 - Red Rooster Party Is Back!

Hi Folks!

It has been brewing a long time, but after being off the WHUS schedule since February 2009, Red Rooster Party returned today for the first show in the Summer 2013 WHUS schedule.

Marti and I intend to produce the show for the summer only, and perhaps make it an annual summer thing.  It is too much for us to do it year-round, but with this plan we should be able to keep the program going for a while.

As part of the adjustment necessary for Red Rooster Party's return, I am retreating from the regular rotation on Bluegrass Cafe.  Amy Orlomoski will continue to bring great bluegrass to Southern New England, and I will make occasional fill-in appearances when Amy is away.  Today was the first such fill-in, which made a five-hour radio day for me.

We began the show today with our classic introduction which was taken from a 1994 interview with Marti's Aunt Hattie Dalton who was in her 90s at the time.  Hattie died in 2004 at the age of 100.  Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell provided the background for the introduction with "Breaking Up Christmas."  And of course we followed with our traditional song from the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, just as before.

Today's show did not have a theme as many of our previous shows did, but we instead played a cross-section of music typical for the show which included some of the earliest recordings that could be called "country."  Marti introduced a regular feature called "Marti's Bunkhouse" which is about a half-hour of cowboy and western music which happens to be Marti's favorite.

We also played some post WW2 music from the period when country music was catching on in a commercially-successful way.

We hope you enjoyed the return of Red Rooster Party, and will join us again next Sunday at 2pm ET for another journey in our musical time machine.

Jim Beaver

"Marti's Bunkhouse" in blue

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Introduction (1994) / Aunt Hattie Dalton
• Golden Gate Gospel Train (1937) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 1937-1938 / Document
• John Hardy (1928) / Ernest V. Stoneman / The Unsung Father of Country Music / 5-String Productions
• Johnny Grey (1938) / Uncle Dave Macon / Travelin' Down The Road / County
• Arkansas Traveler (1922) / Eck Robertson / Old Time Texas Fiddler / County
• I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (1929) / The Carter Family / Their Complete Victor Recordings 1928-1929 / Rounder
• Going Across The Sea (1928) / Crook Brothers String Band / Nashville, 1928 / Document
• Casey Jones (1925) / Vernon Dalhart / Volume II - On The Lighter Side / Old Homestead
• Shackles And Chains (1937) / Jimmie Davis / I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now / Allegro
• Wish I Had Stayed In The Wagon Yard (1929) / Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians / Volume 1 1927-1930 / Document
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1926) / Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers w. Riley Puckett / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 1926-1927 / Document
• A Message From Home Sweet Home (1929) / Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers / Complete Recorded Works / Document
• Blue Yodel (1927) / Jimmie Rodgers / 1927-1928 First Sessions / Rounder
• Weave Room Blues (1936) / Dixon Brothers / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 (1936) / Document
• Ain't No Bugs On Me (1934) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 7 / Document
• When The Work's All Done This Fall  (1925) / Carl T. Sprague / Cowtrails, Longhorns and Tight Saddles / Bear Family
• Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1946) / Sons Of The Pioneers / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart (1935) / Patsy Montana / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• Leaving Cheyenne (1983) Ian Tyson / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1964) / Walter Brennen / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• Big Iron (1960) / Marty Robbins / Songs of The West / Rhino
• Mule Train (1949) / Frankie Laine & The Muleskinners / Songs Of The West / Rhino
• Patent Leather Boots (1956) / Elton Britt / Boots Buckles & Spurs / Sony / BMG
• Stampede (1950) / Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers / Boots Buckles & Spurs / Sony / BMG
• Powder River, Let 'er Buck (2004) / Skip Gorman & the Waddie Pals / Elko! A Cowboy's Gathering / Western Folklife Center
• Evening Chat (2004) / Waddie Mitchell / Elko! A Cowboy's Gathering / Western Folklife Center
• I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby (1956) / The Louvin Brothers / 20 Greatest Hits / King
• Lovesick Blues (1949) / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor
• Whoa Sailor (1949) / Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• Jim's Mother tells of hearing Bill & Charlie Monroe in Midland NC in the late 1930s (c.2000)
• What Would You Give In Exchange? (1936) / Monroe Brothers / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family

Red Rooster Party is Back!

Red Rooster Party is returning to the WHUS airwaves beginning Sunday, May 19, and every Sunday through the summer schedule (barring sports preemptions) from 2 pm to 4 pm ET.  

It is at 91.7 FM in Eastern Connecticut and surrounding areas, and at http://whus.org/listen-now everywhere else.

If you like or want to learn more about American roots of country, folk, string band, and bluegrass music from the 1920s through the 1950s, this will be the place to be.

Check us out, and feel free to join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/redroosterparty

Jim & Marti