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

Kenny Roberts Remembered

May 2, 2012

Kenny Roberts,  October 14,1926 - April 29, 2012: R.I.P.

The King of the Yodelers is gone.

George S. Kingsbury Jr., 85, known as "Kenny Roberts, King of the Yodelers," died Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Athol (MA) Memorial Hospital.

Starting in 2005, my spouse Marti and I began hosting a country roots show at WHUS called Red Rooster Party.  The show was great fun to do and provided a great education for folks interested in early American recorded music, though it was really Marti and me getting the education.  The show ended in 2009 because we ran out of the free time necessary to do the research required by the show.

One of the great things to come from Red Rooster Party was learning about Kenny Roberts.  A listener (thank you, Frank Jenkins) brought me a 1946 Vogue 78 picture disc of The Down Homers, a group that spent some time on radio in Hartford in the 1940s, and one side of the disc was an amazing yodeler named Kenny Roberts doing a yodeling song called "Out Where The West Winds Blow."  The song floored me because of the sheer power and perfection of the yodeling, the likes of which I had never heard before.   That sent me on a mission to learn more about Kenny Roberts.

I was surprised and delighted to discover that Kenny Roberts was still around, and living in Athol, Massachusetts.  I came across an e-mail address and sent him a note which he answered almost immediately.  Kenny was a great source for his own recordings, and I ordered everything he had which he dutifully sent me.  From that point on Kenny preferred to correspond via telephone or snail mail, and for that I am grateful because I now have all those letters as souvenirs.

I soon asked Kenny if he would join us on the air for one of our broadcasts, and he accepted.  The day was October 29, 2006, just a couple of weeks after Kenny's 80th birthday.  Kenny gave us one of the best interviews we have ever had, either before or since.  He was very upbeat and eager to discuss his long career in music and television, his wife Bettyanne adding commentary in the background from time-to-time.  He even did a little live yodeling for us.

We re-played the interview on the show a couple of years later, and Kenny joined us live once more on that show at the end of the original interview.  Kenny was still very generous with his time, but it was evident that he was sounding a bit frail compared to the original interview two years earlier.  We hoped his health was okay.

Kenny called me not long afterwards.  The Connecticut Country Music Association had informed Kenny they were inducting him into their Hall of Fame that winter and Kenny had a conflict that prevented his attendance.  Kenny asked if I would attend and accept the honor on his behalf.  I immediately accepted.

I recall taking that original Kenny Roberts Vogue 78 picture disc with me and showing it to the attendees when I accepted Kenny's award.  I ended up mailing his award to him, wishing I had the time to take it to him personally.

I found out this afternoon that Kenny had died in his hometown of Athol on April 29, 2012, the same day I had been on the air hosting "Bluegrass Cafe."  This news affected me far more than I expected.  Kenny had become a friend, and I had come to respect him far beyond the amazement I had initially experienced when I had heard his recordings.  Kenny was a classic entertainer who gave every consideration possible to his fans.  He encouraged friends and fans to contact him until the point he was no longer with us.

A service with military honors was held Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Winchendon.

My heart goes out to Bettyanne Roberts and all their children.  Godspeed, Kenny.

Jim Beaver

Hard Times - 1/11/2009

A few weeks ago a listener, probably digesting the daily news, requested we do a show about "hard times." We didn't want to make such a show the last of the year or the first of the year, so this second show of the year seemed to be a good time to do it. Of course hard times tend to bring out many songwriting talents, and the many economic trials of the early-to-mid 20th century -- in particular the great depression of the 1930s -- coincided with the blossoming of recording technology to leave quite a musical legacy.

We had many songs to choose from, but picked the following tracks to illustrate hard times as depicted by early recorded songsters.

Thanks for listening.

Jim & Marti

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• Job (1937) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 / Document
• Blue Harvest (1928) / Mississippi John Hurt / 1928 Sessions / Yazoo
• How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (1929) / Blind Alfred Reed / Complete Recorded Works / Document
• How Can A Broke Man Be Happy (1937) / Dixon Brothers / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 / Document
• All I Got's Gone (1934) / Ernest Stoneman / The Unsung Father Of Country Music / 5-String
• The Tramp (1927) / Sam & Kirk McGee / Uncle Dave Macon - 1928 - 1936 / JSP
• The Railroad Tramp (1926) / Walter Morris / Complete Recorded Works / Document
• The Georgia Hobo (1927) / Cofer Brothers / Georgia String Bands / Document
• Waiting For A Train (1928) / Jimmie Rodgers / The Early Years, 1928-1929 / Rounder
• Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister (1925) / Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers / Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers / JSP
• Remember The Poor Tramp Has To Live (1928) / Ernest V. Stoneman / Edison Recordings - 1928 / County
• What Will I Do When My Money Is All Gone (1927) / Uncle Eck Dunford / Serenade In The Mountains / JSP
• The Farm Relief Song (1929) / Vernon Dalhart / Volume II On The Lighter Side / Old Homestead
• One Old Shirt (1938) / Roy Acuff / His Earliest Recordings / Recall Records
• Work In 1930 (1933) / Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs / Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs / B.A.C.M
• Bread And Gravy (1953) / Grandpa Jones / You're Never Too Old For Love / B.A.C.M

Mayberry Corner Trivia: How was Barney related to Andy in the early episodes of The Andy Griffith Show? Answer: Barney was Andy’s cousin

• Prosperity And Politics - Part 1 & Part 2 (1934) / Gid Tanner and The Skillet-Lickers / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document
• Bread Line Blues (1931) / Slim Smith / Mountain Blues / JSP
• N. R. A. Blues (1933) / Bill Cox / Mountain Blues / JSP
• Bad Time Blues (1928) / Barbecue Bob / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.2 / Yazoo
• One Dime Blues (1927) / Blind Lemon Jefferson / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.1 / Yazoo
• Times Is Tight Like That (c.1928-31) / Bo Carter & Walter Vinson / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.2 / Yazoo
• No Dough Blues (c.1928) / Blind Blake / Complete Recorded Works / Document
• Eleven Cent Cotton (1928 or 29) / Vernon Dalhart / Volume II On The Lighter Side / Old Homestead
• Price Of Cotton Blues (1930) / Allen Brothers / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.2 / Yazoo
• Cotton Mill Colic (1930) / Dave McCarn / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.2 / Yazoo
• Serves 'Em Fine (1931) / Dave McCarn / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.1 / Yazoo
• The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (1975) / June Carter Cash / Keep On The Sunny Side: Her Life In Music / Columbia
• Things Are Getting Rough All Over (1952) / Hank Penny & His California Cowhands / The Penny Opus #1 / Jasmine
• Poor Boy Blues (1974) / Doc & Merle Watson / Then And Now/Two Days In November / Sugar Hill
• Hard Times Come Again No More (c.1932) / Graham Brothers / Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.1 / Yazoo
• Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go (1993) / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times / Sugar Hill

Fiddlers - 1/4/2009

For the first show of the new year we focused on the great fiddlers of early recorded music. I learned recently that old-time fiddling was quite the fad in the 1920s primarily because Henry Ford promoted the style as preserving something uniquely American. The early bands were very fiddle-centric as a result, and many of these early fiddlers were recorded in the 1920s into the 1930s. We also heard a few recent fiddle tunes from local group Notorious, and Texas fiddlers The Quebe Sisters.

The only songs not using fiddle were the opening Golden Gate Quartet number, and the ending number by local duet Blue Around the Edges (Dianna Tetreau & Carol Campbell).

Thanks for listening!

Jim & Marti

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• Bedside Of A Neighbor (1937) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 / Document
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1926) / Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1` / Document
• Turkey In The Straw (1922) / Eck Robertson / Vintage Recordings 1922-1929 / County
• Brilliancy Medley (1929) / Eck Robertson / Vintage Recordings 1922-1929 / County
• Little More Sugar In The Coffee (1930) / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 6 / Document
• Black Eyed Susie (1927) / Fiddlin' Doc Roberts / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 / Document
• Lonesome Road Blues (1927) / Williamson Brothers & Curry / Old Time Music From West Virginia / Document
• Earl Johnson's Arkansaw Traveler (1927) / Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers / Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 / Document
• Henry Ford's Model A (1929) / Oscar Ford / Georgia Songsers / Document
• Up Jumped The Rabbit (1930) / Georgia Pot Lickers / The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of / Yazoo
• Rocking My Sugar Lump (1930) / Lowe Stokes & His Pot Lickers / In Chronological Order Volume 1 / Document
• Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents (1928) / Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers / Nashville, 1928 / Document
• The Georgia Hobo (1927) / Cofer Brothers / Georgia String Bands Volume 1 / Document
• Jolly Blacksmith (1928) / Theron Hale & Daughters / Nashville, 1928 / Document
• Stone Rag (1928) / Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers / Nashville, 1928 / Document

Maryberry Corner Trivia: What part did Barney sing in the Mayberry Choir? Answer: Tenor

• Old Joe Clark (1927) / Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters / Complete Recorded Works / Document
• Podunk Toddle (1935) / The Freeny Harmonizers / Mississippi String Bands Vol. 1 / Document
• Ride That Mule (1927) / The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters / Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 / Document
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues (1925) / The North Carolina Ramblers / Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers / JSP
• Lye Soap (1930) / Dilly & His Dill Pickles / Old Mountain Stringband Songs & Tunes / Living Era
• Never Be As Fast As I Have Been (1929) / Grayson & Whitter / Old Mountain Stringband Songs & Tunes / Living Era
• Ragtime Annie (1931) / The Corn Cob Crushers / Old Mountain Stringband Songs & Tunes / Living Era
• Johnny Grey (1938) / Uncle Dave Macon w. Sid Harkreader / Uncle Dave Macon 1928-1936 / JSP
• Johnson’s Old Grey Mule (1936) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / The Golden Age of J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Cattle
• Cumberland Gap (c.1968) / Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham / Tommy & Fred: Best Fiddle-Banjo Duets / County
• Nobody Cares (Not Even You) (1952) / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP
• Orange Blossom Special (1939) / The Rouse Brothers / Bluegrass - Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP
• Up Jumped The Devil (1940) / Byron Parker and his Mountaineers / Byron Parker and his Mountaineers / Old Homestead
• Sarah Jane (2008) / Notorious / Elkins / Black Socks [local music!]
• So Long To The Red River Valley (2007) / The Quebe Sisters Band / Timeless / FiddleTone
• Let Your Light Shine On Me (2007) / Blue Around The Edges (Dianna Tetreau & Carol Campbell) / Heaven’s Front Door / Self-released [local music!]