Playlist - 4/24/206

Hi Folks.

Marti returned to do this show with Jim, and Joe Bussard presented his 29th Country Classics.  You can here Joe's portion of the show again here.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

• Golden Gate Quartet / Didn't It Rain / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1941
• Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Molly and Tenbrooks / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family / 1947
• Cliff Carlisle / Goodbye Old Pal / A Country Legacy 1930-1939 / JSP / 1934
• Fred Kirby, Don White, Cliff Carlisle / My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing / Classic Country Sides 1930-1936 / JSP / 1936
• Jimmie Driftwood / Tennessee Stud / Americana / Bear Family / 1957
• Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Six White Horses / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family / 1940
• Earl Johnson / Old Grey Mare Kicking Out Of The Wilderness / Complete Recorded Works V.1 / Document / 1927
• Georgia Yellow Hammers / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M / 1927
• Pappy "Gube" Beaver / Automobile Of Life / The Golden Age Of Country Music / Cattle / 1944
• Texas Ruby (Ruby Owens Fox) / Have I Waited Too Long To Regret / The Golden Age of Country Music / Cattle / 1947
• Phil Pavey / Bronco Bustin' Blues / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine / 1929
• Roy Rogers / A Four Legged Friend / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine / 1952
• Slim Clark / Trail Rider's Moon / A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine / 1949
• Elton Britt / Over The Trail / A Cowboy's Life is Good Enough For Me / Jasmine / 1940
• Gene Autry / Back In The Saddle Again / Boots, Buckles, & Spurs / Sony BMG / 1939
• Marty Robbins / Strawberry Roan / Boots, Buckles, & Spurs / Sony BMG / 1959
• Marty Robbins / Big Iron / Songs Of The West / Rhino / 1960
• Fred Kirby / Get Along Old Paint / The Original "Atomic Power" / Cattle / 1936
• Sons Of The Pioneers / Skyball Paint / Classic Cowboy Songs / Varèse Sarabande / 1935
• Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch / I'll Fly Away / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury / 2000
• Georgia Yellow Hammers / Song Of The Doodle Bug / Johnson's Old Grey Mule / B.A.C.M / 1928
• Homer Briarhopper (Homer Lee Drye) / I Am Just What I Am / The Story That The Crow Told Me / Yazoo / 1938
• Bradley Kincaid / Liza Up In The Simmon Tree / The Story That The Crow Told Me / Yazoo / 1929
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / I've Endured / Live / na / 2016

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #29        Listen again here

• Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
• Shelor Family / Suzanna Gal / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1927
• Bascomb Lamar Lunsford / Little Turtle Dove / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1928
• Monroe Brothers / Just A Song Of Old Kentucky / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1936
• Blue Sky Boys / Speak To Me Little Darling / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1946
• Buzz Busby / Talking Banjo / 45 RPM single / Starday  / 1957
• Don Reno, Red Smiley  / Drifting With The Tide / 78 RPM single / King / 1952
• Charlie Moore, Bill Napier & the Dixie Partners / Banjo Bugle / 45 RPM single / King  / 1967
• Murphy Trio / Shut-in's Prayer / 45 RPM single / Salem / 1964

Playlist - 4/17/2016

Hi Folks.

Bob Bovee in Connecticut 4/15/16

Today's show was a potpourri of song choices that struck me as needing an airing.

The playlist included music from Johnny Paycheck going on about the I.R.S. (a favorite subject), Hank Thompson, Johnny Barfield, Jan Howard, Wynn Stewart, and Glenn Ohrlin.  

Also, on the heels of his first Connecticut appearance last Friday, we heard a great old cowboy song from Bob Bovee, and a recent version of an old song from old-time group The Ill-Mo Boys whom you may have discerned are from Illinois and Missouri.

Joe Bussard's portion of the show included several artists making first appearances on the show, including Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers, Ridgel's Fountain Citians, William McCoy, Roma Jackson, and Ted Mullins.

Join Marti and me next Sunday for more great sounds from America's country past.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• Golden Gate Quartet / Handwriting On The Wall / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1941
• Johnny Paycheck / Me and The I.R.S. / The Soul & the Edge - The Best of Johnny Paycheck / Epic Legacy / 1980s
• Porter Wagoner / Legend of the Big Steeple / RCA Country Legends / RCA BMG Heritage / 1960
• Johnny Barfield / Boogie Woogie / Soulful Country Ballads / Bronco Buster / 1939
• Jimmie Tarlton / Never Get Drunk Anymore / Steel Guitar Rag / HMG / 1965
• Ernest Tubb / Mean Mama Blues / The Definitive Collection / MCA / 1946
• Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys / How Cold Hearted Can You Get / Vintage Collections / Capitol / 1952
• Tex Ritter / I'm Wasting My Tears On You / High Noon / Living Era / 1943
• Tex Ritter / Deck Of Cards / High Noon / Living Era / 1948 [request]
• Little Jimmy Dickens / Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait) / The Legendary "Little" Jimmy Dickens / Cracker Barrel / 1949
• Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock / Ain't We Crazy / Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock Vol. 2 / B.A.C.M / 1928
• Ill-Mo Boys / Handsome Molly / Laugh and Grow Fat / Vigortone Records / 2001
• Pappy "Gube" Beaver / Automobile Of Life / The Golden Age Of Country Music / Cattle / 1946
• Pappy "Gube" Beaver / The Great Judgment Day / The Golden Age Of Country Music / Cattle / 1947
• Jan Howard / The Life Of A Country Girl Singer / Country Legend / Goldenlane / 1981
• Patti Powell / Old Old House / One Step Away / Self-released / 2009
• Hank Williams / My Son Calls Another Man Daddy / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1950 [request]
• Merle Travis / I Am A Pilgrim / In Boston 1959 / Rounder / 1959
• Wynn Stewart / Another Day, Another Dollar / The Very Best of Wynn Stewart 1958-1962 / Varèse Sarabande / 1962
• Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard / Wrong Company / The Very Best of Wynn Stewart 1958-1962 / Varèse Sarabande / 1960
• Bob Bovee / The Zebra Dun / Old Time Cowboy Songs / Jawbone Records / 2010s
• Skip Gorman / Where the Old Red River Flows / Greener Prairie / Rounder / 1994
• Glenn Ohrlin / A Cowboy's Life / A Cowboy's Life / Rounder / 1996
• Doc & Chickie Williams / Little Joe / Early Recordings Volume Four (1952 to 1972) / Wheeling / 1950s
• Cowboy Copas / Tragic Romance / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - 1946 / Bear Family / 1949
• J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Forks Of The Road / Run Mountain - 30 Old-Time Favorites / Gusto / 1946
• Chestnut Grove Quartet / I've Gotta Lot of Heaven In My Soul / The Legendary Chestnut Grove Quartet / Rebel Records / 1960s

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #28 

• The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers / Tupelo Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
• Uncle Dave Macon, Sam McGee / Come On Buddie, Don't You Want To Go / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1930
• Ridgel's Fountain Citians / Baby Call Your Dog Off / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1930
• William McCoy / Train Imitations-The Fox Chase / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1928
• Roma Jackson & His Tennessee Pals / When The Roses Bloom In The Springtime / 45 RPM single / Kingston / 1970s
• Ted Mullins / Beyond The Blue Skies / 45 RPM EP / Jewel / 1967
• Ted Mullins / I'm Homeward Bound / 45 RPM EP / Jewel / 1967

Playlist - 4/10/2016 - Merle Haggard & The Bakersfield Sound

Hi Folks.

The whole show was devoted to the Bakersfield Sound in country music and the influences that created Merle Haggard's musical career. 

Roy Nichols, long time Merle Haggard guitarist,
and Lewis Tally, Merle Haggard's first record producer,
played on this 1955 recording

This included lots of songs from folks like Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Wynn Stewart, Lefty Frizell, Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, and more!  We played the earliest recordings of Merle Haggard and several more up to the mid-1960s.  Some of these recordings probably were unknown by even great Merle Haggard fans.

We hope you enjoyed this tribute to a great sub-genre of country music and an unforgettable original singer and songwriter, Merle Haggard.

Joe Bussard presented his 27th show for us.  His playlist is at the bottom of the main playlist, and a link to a soundfile of his show will be posted soon.

Join me next week for more great old music.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• Golden Gate Quartet / Run On / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1942
• Jimmie Rodgers / My Rough and Rowdy Ways / On The Way Up - 1929 / Rounder / 1929
• Johnny Cash / Folsom Prison Blues / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia / 1968
• Lefty Frizell / (Honey Babe Hurry) Bring Your Sweet Self Back To Me / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
• Lefty Frizell / Blue Yodel No. 6 / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
• Buck Owens / Down on the Corner of Love / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
• Buck Owens / House Down The Block / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Stay a Little Longer / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1945
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Time Changes Everything / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1940
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Take Me Back to Tulsa / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1941
• The Farmer Boys / I'm Just Too Lazy / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1955
• Bonnie Owens / Excuse Me for living / Excuse Me for Living /  / 
• Wynn Stewart / Open Up My Heart / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
• Wynn Stewart / If You See My Baby / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
• Tommy Collins / You Gotta Have a License / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
• Merle Haggard / Singing My Heart Out / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
• Tommy Collins / Roots of My Raising / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
• Merle Haggard / Skid Row / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
• Liz Anderson / Be Gone / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
• Liz Anderson / The Bottle Turned Into A Blonde / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
• Merle Haggard / (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
• Merle Haggard / Sing A Sad Song / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1963
• Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Slowly But Surely / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
• Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1965
• Merle Haggard / The Bottle Let Me Down / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966
• Merle Haggard / Life In Prison / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #27 

• The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• Byron Parker & his Mountaineers / Up Jumped The Devil / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
• Carolina Tar Heels / Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1927
• Shortbuckle Roark & Family / I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
• The Alabama Sheiks / Travelin' Railroad Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1931
• Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / Poor Ellen Smith / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1949
• Carl Sauceman / Handy Man / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1952
• Blue Sky Boys / Drop Your Net / 78 RPM single / RCA / 1950
• Roy Acuff / Thank God / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1947

Playlist - 4/3/2016

Hi Folks.

Marti is back!  After being away from radio for most of the last year, my spouse rejoined the Red Rooster Party for today's show. It was touch and go because you know she hates snow, and we woke up to some heavy white wet snow on everything, but she persevered and made it.  Unfortunately I have no air check (recording) of the event because of a power outage related to the snow.  That's the way it goes.

Marti and her brother
 at Tweetsie Railroad with Fred Kirby

One of the most unusual records on the show today was a 45 RPM single from Fred Kirby, a well-known singing cowboy and television host of kids programs on WBTV in Charlotte in the 1960s and 1970s.  Fred's career began in Charlotte in the 1930s with the WBT Briarhoppers, and after WW2 he was known primarily for his hit single "Atomic Power" - the first song written and released about the atomic bombs used on Japan and the implications of such power for civilization.  In the 1960s, Fred was a featured attraction at another attraction -- Tweetsie Railroad -- in Blowing Rock NC.  Fred's job was to greet folks, especially kids, and perform on the train cars (Tweetsie was and is a real steam locomotive with a track that runs around the mountain.) Fred's job was to chase hostile Indians from the train cars while underway.  The 45 we played was about Tweetsie.

The playlist is below.  Joe Bussard's 26th show for WHUS Red Rooster Party can be heard again at the link next to his part of the playlist.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday morning for another edition of RRP with Jim & Marti!

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• The Golden Gate Quartet / There's A Man Going 'Round Taking Names / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 1949-1952 / Document / 1950
• The Carter Family / Little Log Cabin by the Sea / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family / 1927
• The Bailes Brothers / Got My One Way Ticket / Walter & Homer / Old Homestead / 2008
• Grayson & Whitter / I Saw a Man at the Close of Day / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter / County / 1929
• H. M. Barnes & His Blue Ridge Ramblers / Golden Slippers / Old Time Tunes & Songs Vol. 2 1924-1952 / B.A.C.M / 1929
• Red Squirrel Chasers / Shady Grove, My Darling / Shakin' Down the Acorns / Vigortone Records / 2015
• Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers / Lorena / The Year of Jubilo / Dust-to-Digital / 1930
• The Dixon Brothers / Weave Room Blues / Dixon Brothers Vol. 1 (1936) / Document Records / 1936
• Hank Williams / I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time / Rockin' Chair Money / Bear Family / 1952
• Hank Snow / I'm Moving On / RCA Country Legends / Buddha / 1950
• The York Brothers / Traveling Man (take 6) / Long Time Gone / Ace / c1949
• Howard Vokes / Don’t Make Me Go to Bed and I’ll Be Good / Songs Of Tragedy And Disaster: Complete Starday Anthology / Starday Records / 1963
• Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / Travelling The Highway Home / Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks / Bear Family / 1952
• Eddy Arnold / Tennessee Stud / RCA Country Legends: Eddy Arnold / Buddha / 1959
• Fred Kirby / Pretty Little Tweetsie / 45 RPM single / Dixie / c1960s
• Arthur Miles / Lonesome Cowboy pt 1 / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 1 / Yazoo / 1928
• Arthur Miles / Lonesome Cowboy pt 2 / When I Was A Cowboy Vol. 2 / Yazoo / 1928
• Fred Kirby / Indian Fightin' Man / 45 RPM single / Dixie / c1960s
• Rose Maddox & The Maddox Brothers / Cowboy Bugle Boy / When The Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M / 1950
• Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Prayer of Salvation / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M / 1960

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #26     [listen here]

• The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928 (opening theme)
• Aiken County String Band / Harrisburg Itch / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1927
• North Carolina Cooper Boys / Daniel In The Den Of Lions / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1927
• Bruce Hutton / Payday / Roll Back The Carpet / Marimac Recordings / 1995
• Carolina Peanut Boys / Got A Letter From My Darlin' / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
• Doc Williams / Broken Memories / 78 RPM single / Pioneer / 1947
• The Carter Family / When The Springtime Comes Again / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1930
• Carlisle Brothers / Will You Meet Me Just Inside / 78 RPM single / Banner / 1934
• The Cooke Duet / Heaven Means To Me / Heaven Means To Me / Self-Produced / 1967
• Byron Parker & his Mountaineers / Carroll County Blues / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940 (closing theme)

Playlist - 3/27/2016 - Easter

Hi Folks.

It has been several years since I did an Easter program because of sports preemptions, but we had an opportunity today, and used it.

With the exception of a handful of requests and Joe Bussard's program, the songs I played had some connection to the Easter story.

Perhaps the rarest recording on the show was from a 45 rpm EP of "The Stone Was Rolled Away" from the Sullivan Family, credited to Margie Sullivan.

We hope the show was an inspirational start to your Easter morning.

You can hear Joe Bussard's show by clicking on the link next to his portion of the playlist below.

I'll be back next Sunday at 7am, so be sure to tune in for more early and classic country music.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• The Golden Gate Quartet / The Sun Didn't Shine / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1939-1943) / Document / 1941
• J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / I'm Not Turning Backward / Run Mountain - 30 Old Time Favorites / Gusto / 1946
• Brother Claude Ely / My Crucified One / Satan Get Back! / Ace King / 1962
• The Cooke Duet / Six Hours On The Cross / The Best Of The Cooke Duet / CRFRC / 1960s
• Kitty Wells / The Third Man / Dust On the Bible / King / 1997
• Clyde Moody / Didn't They Crucify My Lord / Little Old Country Church House / Wango / 1962
• Molly O'Day / When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away / Radio Favorites - Sacred & Secular Songs / Old Homestead / c1951
• Hank Snow / The Texas Silver Zephyr / Hank Snow Sings Grand Ole Opry Favorites / RCA / 1973
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Shouting on the Hills of Glory / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart / 2014
• Hot Rize / The Man in the Middle / Heaven Bound - The Best Of Bluegrass Gospel 2 / Time Life / 1981
• Gene Autry with Dinah Shore / The Old Rugged Cross / Cowboy Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration / Varèse Sarabande / 1950
• Wade Mainer / He's Passing This Way / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto / 1951
• Hank Williams / I'll Have A New Body / Goodbye Babylon / Dust-to-Digital / 1949
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / I Am the Man, Thomas / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys: 1971-1973 / Rebel Records Llc / 1971
• Wilma Lee Cooper / Walking My Lord (Up Calvary's Hill) / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits - Keep On the Sunny Side / K-tel / 1974
• Carl Smith with the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle / The Blood that Stained the Old Rugged Cross / Goodbye, Babylon, Vol. 2 / Dust-to-Digital / 1952
• Byron Parker And His Mountaineers / Gethsemene / Byron Parker And His Mountaineers / Old Homestead / 1940
• Rose Maddox and The Maddox Brothers / Tramp On The Street / When The Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M / 1948
• The Dixon Brothers / Easter Day / Dixon Brothers Vol. 1 (1936) / Document Records / 1936
• Don Reno & Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups / The Lord's Last Supper / 1951-1959 / King / 1958
• The Stanley Brothers / A Crown He Wore / The King Years 1961-1965 / King / 1962
• Don Reno & Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups / The Old Rugged Cross / 1959-1963 / Gusto / 1962
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Purple Robe / The Early Starday / King Years 1958-1961 / King / 1959
• Patti Powell / Gathering Flowers / 12 Songs of Inspiration / Self-released / unk
• The Golden Gate Quartet / Swing Down, Sweet Chariot / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 / Document / 1946
• Margie Sullivan / The Stone Was Rolled Away / 45 rpm EP / Loyal / c1962
• Doc Watson / Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep / On Praying Ground / Sugar Hill / 1990

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #25    [listen here]

• Jack Youngblood / Hitch Hiker's Blues / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1954
• Uncle Dave Macon / Travelin' Down The Road / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1937
• The Coon Creek Girls / Old Uncle Dudy (Keep Fiddling On) / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1938
• Don Reno & Red Smiley / Remington Ride / 78 RPM single / King / 1956
• Jim & Jesse / Air Mail Special / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1953
• The Stanley Brothers / The White Dove / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1949
• Bill Clifton / The Burglar Man / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1954
• The Carter Family / Heaven's Radio / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1940
• Ned Luberecki/Ron Pennington / Minor Swing / New Strings / Borderline Productions / 1991

Playlist - 3/20/2016

Hi Folks.

Playlist below.  Mostly a classic country show.  You can listen to Joe Bussard's show #24 by clicking on the link next to his portion of the playlist.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• The Golden Gate Quartet / Gabriel Blows His Horn / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 1937-1938 / Document / 1937
• Chestnut Grove Quartet / Little Old Church By the Road / The Legendary Chestnut Grove Quartet / Rebel Records / 1960s
• Kelly Brothers (Abner & Newt) / Flying Saucers / Custom Made Gospel / B.A.C.M / unk
• The Cooke Duet / Lighthouse / The Best Of The Cooke Duet / CRFRC / C1960s
• Don Gibson / I Love No One But You / No Shoulder To Cry On / Country Stars / 1950
• Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys / How Cold Hearted Can You Get / Vintage Collections / Capitol / 1952
• Lefty Frizell / If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time / Look What Thoughts Will Do / Columbia Legacy / 1950
• Ernest Tubb / Driving Nails in my Coffin / The Definitive Collection / MCA / 1946
• Johnny Bond / The Pass / That Wild, Wicked but Wonderful West / Starday / 1960
• Tex Ritter / The Old Chisholm Trail / High Noon / Living Era / 1945
• Eddie Zack & His Dude Ranchers with Cousin Ritchie / Shenandoah Waltz / Eddie Zack & His Dude Ranchers / B.A.C.M / 1951
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Get With It / The Best Of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1935
• Merle Travis / Re-enlistment Blues / In Boston 1959 / Rounder / 1959
• The Armstrong Twins / It's Never Too Late / Mandolin Boogie / Arhoolie Records / c1950
• Jenks "Tex" Carman / Dixie Cannon Ball / Hillbilly Hula / Bear Family / 1953
• The Maddox Brothers & Rose / Dig A Hole / Ugly And Slouchy / Bear Family / 1957
• Skeets Martin / Let's Turn Back the Years / Turning Back the Years (Instrumentally) / Self-released / unk
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
• Yodeling Slim Clark / My Lulu Gal / Cowboy & Yodel Songs / Jasmine Records / 1946
• Bear Minimum / The Automobile of Life / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road / 2015
• Jimmie Driftwood / The Battle Of New Orleans / Sings Newly Discovered Folk Songs / Real Tone / 1958
• Dick Todd and Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five / Columbus Stockade Blues / Cornstalk Hop / B.A.C.M / 1954
• Kenny Roberts / Cannonball Yodel (with Elton Britt) / Then And Now / Longhorn / 1962
• Carl Story / He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / The Mercury Label / B.A.C.M / 1951
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Haystack Blues / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #24    [listen here]

• Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• Walter Couch & Wilks Ramblers / Fourteen Days In Georgia / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1937
• Wesley Long / They Are Wild Over Me / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1937
• Blaine & Cal Smith / Golden River / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1939
• Gene Autry / Wildcat Mama Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1933
• W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys / In An Old Log Cabin (By An Old Log Fire) / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1935
• The Louvin Brothers / Seven Year Blues / 78 RPM single / Decca / 1949
• The Blue Sky Boys / Whispering Hope / 78 RPM Single / Capitol / 1940
• Ned Luberecki/Ron Pennington / [instrumental] / New Strings / Borderline Productions / 1991

Playlist - 3/13/2016 - Classic Country 40s-60s

Hi Folks.

Patti Powell
(photo by Chuck Miller)

At the urging of some great listeners in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other places, I made most of this show classic country from the 1940s through the 1960s.  Many WWVA Jamboree artists were included such as Skeets Martin, Kenny Roberts, Patti Powell, Doc & Chickie Williams, Elton Britt, Bob Gallion, Howard Vokes, and others.

Joe Bussard presented his 23rd program for Red Rooster Party that included rare New England duo Jerry & Sky and another rare Rich R Tone recording of Smilin'  Jim Eanes. You can hear Joe's show again at the link next to his part of the playlist below.

Tune in next Sunday morning from 7am to 9am for another great listen to America's musical past.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• The Golden Gate Quartet / Bye and Bye Little Children / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1938-1939 / Document / 1938
• Brother Claude Ely / Stop That Train / Satan Get Back! / Ace King / 1962
• The Lewis Family / A Beautiful City / Custom Made Gospel / B.A.C.M / 1958
• Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas / Below The Mason Dixon Line / Settin' Flat On Ready / Bear Family / 1963
• Mac O'Dell / Wild Rose Of The Mountain / The Mercury Label / B.A.C.M / 1949
• Skeets Martin / No One Will Ever Know / Turning Back The Years / Self-released / 2001
• Dick Curless / A Tombstone Every Mile / Tombstone Every Mile / Capitol Nashville / 1965
• Kenny Roberts / I'm Looking For The Bully Of The Town / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family / 1956
• Eddy Arnold / The Tip of My Fingers / Ultimate Eddy Arnold / RCA-BMG Heritage / 1966
• Patti Powell / The Next Time / The Wheeling Years / Self-released / unk
• Doc Williams and the Border Riders (with Chickie Williams) / Weary, Tired, And Blue / The Original Historical Early Recordings 1947 to 1960 Volume One / Wheeling / 1955
• Bob Gallion / Hey Joe / Out of a Honky Tonk / Bear Family / 1958
• Howard Vokes / Down In The Hollow / Tears At The Grand Ole Opry - The Early Recordings / Rosedale Music / 1962
• Elton Britt with Rosalie Allen / Acres of Diamonds (Mountains of Gold) / Country's Music's Yodelling Cowboy Crooner / Jasmine Records / 1949
• Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Rain Drops And Tear Drops / The Golden Age of Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Cattle / 1948
• Merle Travis / Lost John / Folksongs Of The Hills / Bear Family / 1946
• Carolina Cotton / Three Miles South of Cash (In Arkansas) / Yodeling Blonde Bombshell Volume 1 / Kit Fox Records / 1946
• Hank Penny & His California Cowhands / Peroxide Blond / The Penny Opus #1 / Jasmine Records / 1951
• The Browns / I Heard the Bluebirds Sing / The Complete Hits / Collectors Choice / 1957
• Johnny Horton / I'll Do It Every Time / The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 / Columbia Legacy / 1957
• Carl Smith / You Are The One / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia / 1956
• Molly O'Day / Six More Miles / Radio Favorites - Sacred & Secular Songs / Old Homestead / 1946
• Lulu Belle and Scotty / Remember Me / Early and Great Volume 1 / Old Homestead / 1940s
• Buck Owens / I've Got a Tiger by the Tail / Classic #1 Hits / Cracker Barrel / 1964
• Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner / Holding on to Nothing / The Right Combination / Cracker Barrel / 1968
• The Louvin Brothers / A Tiny Broken Heart / Complete Recorded Works 1952-62 / Playtime / 1956
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / J'ai Passe Devant ta Porte / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy / 2015
• The Cooke Duet / A Place I've Never Been / The Best Of The Cooke Duet / CRFRC / 1960s
• Kitty Wells / Dust On The Bible / Dust On the Bible / King / 1993
• George Jones / Will the Circle be Unbroken / "God, Family, Country" / Time Life / 1959

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #23   [listen here]

• Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• J. P. Nester / Train On The Island / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1927
• Lewis McDaniel and Gid Smith / I Went To See My Sweetheart / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
• Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen / Ride Old Buck To Water / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1931
• The Louisiana Rounders / Me And My Pal Of New Orleans / 78 RPM single / Decca / 1937
• Jerry and Sky / Sparkling Dark Eyes / 78 RPM Single / Decca / 1949
• Smilin' Jim Eanes / Blue Yodel No. 1 / 78 RPM single / Rich-R-Tone / 1951
• The Blue Sky Boys / You Give Me Your Love / 78 RPM Single / Capitol / 1936
• The Carter Family / Let The Church Roll On / 78 RPM Single / Decca / 1931