RED SHOWS DENOTE SPECIAL
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #001
This week's playlist includes Merle Haggard, Sonny Landreth, Lefty Frizzell & much more!
1. Have Mercy Baby / Jelly Roll Kings
2. Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well? / Lucky Millinder
3. True Fine Mama / Little Richard
4. Geisha Girl / Hank Locklin
5. Rooster Blues / Lightnin’ Slim
6. Saturday Night Fish Fry / Louis Jordon
7. Running Gun / Marty Robbins
8. I’m A Bad Luck Woman / Memphis Minnie
9. Will You Visit Me On Sundays? / Merle Haggard
10. The School House Fire / The Dixon Brothers
11. Buzzard Pie / Rudy Green & His Orchestra
12. Pretty Peggy-O / Bob Dylan
13. Crosscut Saw / Albert King
14. Black Coffee / Peggy Lee
15. Rattlesnake Daddy / Joe D. Johnson
16. Long John / Dave Van Ronk
17. Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) / Hank Snow
18. Messin’ With The Kid / Junior Wells
19. Go To Work On Monday / The Blinky Moon Boys
20. Shake ‘Em On Down / Furry Lewis
21. That Crazy War / Lulu Belle & Scotty
22. I’m A Hog For You Baby / Clifton Chenier
23. I’m Sticking With You Baby / Little Willie John
24. AC/DC Current / The Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian
25. Cocaine Bill / Kenny Brown
26. Uranium Rock / Warren Smith
27. He’s Gonna Take His Children Out / Billie & Gordon Hamrick
28. La Muerte De Fermin Arevalos / Los Jilgueros Del Arroyo
29. White House Blues / Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
30. Groove Me / King Floyd
31. South Of I – 10 / Sonny Landreth
32. Got Butter On It / Ikey Robinson & His Band
33. Shine, Shave, Shower (It’s Saturday) / Lefty Frizzell
34. Rock Around The Clock / Sunny Dae & The Knights
35. I’ve Endured / Ola Belle Reed
36. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? / Gene Autry
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #002
Week two of American Roots Radio includes Porter Wagoner, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sara & Maybelle Carter, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys & much more.
1. Darlin’ Boys / The Dillards
2. Ring Dang Dilly / Big Maybelle
3. Nothin’ Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees) / Eddie Fontaine
4. Adios Mexico (Live) / Texas Tornados
5. Give Me Back My Wig / Hound Dog Taylor
6. The Kid From Red Bank / Count Basie
7. Old Smokey / Roscoe Holcomb
8. Rawhide / Frankie Laine
9. Blue Yodel No 10 / Jimmie Rodgers
10. Ride & Roll / Sonny Terry
11. High School Confidential (Live) / Jerry Lee Lewis
12. Me & My Shadow (Live) / Frank, Dean & Sammy
13. Mis’ry & The Blues / Jack Teagarden
14. Railroad Drag / The Jaguars
15. 20% Alcohol / J B. Hutto & His Hawkes with Sunnyland Slim
16. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy / Loretta Lynn
17. Diddle-Da-Diddle / Georgia Cotton Pickers
18. Red Balloon (Live) / Tim Hardin
19. Rose Conley / G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
20. Highway Headin’ South / Porter Wagoner
21. I Don’t Want No Woman / Magic Sam
22. While The Band Is Playing Dixie / Sara & Maybelle Carter
23. Fujiyama Mama / Wanda Jackson
24. I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water / The Cats & The Fiddle
25. Forty Acres & A Mule (Live) / Oscar Brown Jr.
26. How I Got Over / Marion Williams
27. My Bones Gonna Rise Again / Dave Howard
28. Red Top (Live) / Erroll Garner
29. My Darlin’ New Orleans / Lil’ Queenie & The Percolators
30. Hoochie Coochie / Joe K K & Zydeco Force
31. Matchbox Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson
32. Cadillac In Model “A” / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
33. Hard Times Come Again No More / Mavis Staples
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #003
(POOL PARTY SPECIAL)
It’s a poolside party up at the Ranch this week with summer-themed music from Billy Stewart, Jan & Dean, The Shangri-Las, Charley Patton, Coleman Hawkins & more.
1. Summertime / Billy Stewart
2. Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard / Diane Ray
3. Coconut Island / Junior Brown
4. The Sun Is Shining / Jimmy Reed
5. Surf City / Jan & Dean
6. Too Darn Hot / Ella Fitzgerald
7. Remember (Walking In The Sand) / The Shangri-Las
8. Pretty Girls Everywhere / Eugene Church & The Fellows
9. Sunshine / Al Dexter
10. Ferris Wheel/ The Everly Brothers
11. Wade In The Water / Judy Henske (Live)
12. King Of The Beach / Bobby Fuller
13. Barbecue Bess / Josh White & Lucille Bogan
14. Rockaway Beach / The Ramones
15. Cool Water / The Sons Of The Pioneers
16. Red Sails In The Sunset / Big Joe Turner
17. Hawaiian War Chant / Spike Jones
18. High Water Everywhere / Charley Patton
19. I’ve Got Sand In My Shoes / The Drifters
20. Pop A Top / Jim Ed Brown
21. Port Wine / Bill Samuels
22. Una Mas Cerveza / Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs
23. Pink Champagne / Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
24. The Beer Party / Charlie Wilson, Roy Hobbs & Asa Martin
25. Rum & Coca Cola / The Andrew Sisters
26. One Mint Julep / The Clovers
27. Fishin’ Blues / Taj Mahal
28. Everybody’s Fishing / Bumble Bee Slim
29. Beyond The Sea / Bobby Darin
30. Keep On The Sunny Side / The Carter Family
31. I Live For The Sun / The Sunrays
32. Indian Summer / Coleman Hawkins
33. Lifeguard Man / Dale Hawkins
34. Uncloudy Day/ The Stoneman Family
35. Sea Cruise / Frankie Ford
36. Old Cape Cod / Patti Page
37. Deep Blue Sea Blues / Lonnie Johnson
38. California Sun / Joe Jones
35. Sinking Sun Blues / Peetie Wheatstraw
36. That Lucky Old Sun / Ray Charles
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #004
This week's show includes Lightnin’ Hopkins, Louis Armstrong, George Jones, The Electric Prunes, Roy Orbison & more!
1. Swing It On Home / Big Mama Thornton
2. Nervous Breakdown / Eddie Cochran
3. You Got To Give Me Some Of It / Buddy Moss
4. Chicken Every Sunday / Dolly Parton
5. Red Light / Merrill Moore
6. God Don’t Like It / Bishop Perry Tillis
7. Mr. Highway Man / Howlin’ Wolf
8. Time Lock / George Jones
9. Poor Naomi Wise / A’nt Idy Harper & The Coon Creek Girls
10. A Sinner Kissed An Angel / Louis Armstrong
11. Operator / Grateful Dead
12. Money Honey / Elvis Presley
13. The Ghost Of Vicksburg / The Stone Coyotes
14. Dead Cats On The Line / Tampa Red
15. Everybody Eats When They Come To My Place / Cab Calloway
16. Lucky Lips / Ruth Brown
17. Canned Heat Blues / Tommy Johnson
18. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody / James Ray
19. I Love Paris / Sam Butera & The Witnesses
20. The Other Woman (Live) / Nina Simone
21. Lizzie Borden (Live) / Chad Mitchell Trio
22. Man Loves Two / Little Milton
23. Never, Never / Washboard Sam & Big Bill Broonzy
24. St. Louis Blues / Marion Harris
25. Jake Head Boogie / Lightnin’ Hopkins
26. Dans La Louisianne / Marc & Ann Savoy
27. Get Behind Me Satan & Push / Billy Jo Spears
28. Rock My Soul / Mitchell’s Christian Singers
29. I’ve Been To The Mountain / Martin Luther King
30. The Alabama Bus / Brother Will Hairston
31. Bopper 486609 / Donna Dameron
32. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night / The Electric Prunes
33. Nee Nee Mai E Pili / George Pokini’s Hawaiians
34. You Tell Me / Roy Orbison
35. Clarinet Marmalade / Bix Beiderbecke
36. Haley’s Comet / Dave Alvin
37. Take Your Burden To The Lord & Leave It There / Washington Philips
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #005
After a few remote shows ‘round the Ranch, Bernie’s back at the ARR Nerve Center with an armful of music from artists like Tom Russell, The Monks, Blind Willie McTell & a special set of songs recalling the drama & tragedy that was the American Civil War.
1. Down The Road Apiece / Amos Milburn
2. Convicts Angel / Penny Jay
3. I Have To Paint My Face / Sam Chatmon
4. Leave It In The Hands Of Love / Fontella Bass
5. Molly & Tenbrooks /Bill Monroe
6. The Free Mexican Air Force / Flaco Jimenez with Peter Rowan
7. That’s No Way To Get Along (Prodigal Son) / Reverend Robert Wilkins
8. We Do Wie Du / The Monks
9. Me & The Jukebox / Buzz Busby & The Bayou Boys
10. My Souls In Louisiana / Otis Taylor
11. Signifying Monkey / Big Three Trio
12. Three Women Blues / Blind Willie McTell
13. Oliver Wendell Holmes / Paul Roebling
14. The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / The Country Gentlemen
15. No More Auction Block / Paul Robeson
16. The Battle Of Bull Run / Johnny Horton
17. I’m A Good Old Rebel / Mitch Greenhill
18. Ben McCulloch / Steve Earle
19. The Battle Hymn Of The Republic / The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir
20. Embraceable You (Live) / Sarah Vaughn
21. ‘Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do / Lou Rawls
22. You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care) / Buddy Holly
23. Standing At The Crossroads / Elmore James & The Broom Dusters
24. Sweet Cocaine / Fred Neil
25. In My Body’s House / Gene Chandler
26. Canal Street Blues / King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
27. Junco Partner / Professor Longhair
28. High Compression / James Cotton
29. A Mosquito Ate Up My Sweetheart / Segura Brothers
30. Don’t Rock The Boat / Big Cynthia
31. Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall / Tom Russell
32. Ol’ Man River / The Ravens
33. Turn The Cards Slowly / Patsy Cline
34. Coming In On A Wing & A Prayer / The Four Vagabonds
35. Storm Thru Mississippi / Henry Green
36. Cherry, Cherry Coup / Beach Boys
37. Mama Didn’t Lie / Jan Bradley
38. A Public Execution / Mouse
39. When I Grow Too Old To Dream / Nat King Cole & His Trio
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #006
Great stories about Stagger Lee, Dylan & Lintheads, along with music from artists like Mance Lipscomb, Mahalia Jackson, Howard Tate & Rhonda Vincent.
1. Midnight In The Barrel House / Johnny Otis with Pete Lewis & his guitar
2. Evangeline / The Band & Emmylou Harris
3. Honey Chile / Fats Domino
4. Knock Down Windows (Live) / Mance Lipscomb
5. Your Molecular Structure / Mose Allison
6. Wreck On The Highway / Dorsey Dixon
7. Stagger Lee / John R.
8. Stackalee / Frank Hutchinson
9. Bonanza / Lorne Greene
10. Farewell Angelina / Joan Baez
11. Sent For You Yesterday & Here You Come Today / Jimmy Rushing
12. God May Forgive You (But I Won’t) / Rose Flores
13. Fables Aren’t Nothing But Doggone Lies / Jesse Fuller
14. Shoot ‘Em All Down / Howard Tate
15. Hot Nuts (Get ‘Em From The Peanut Man) / Lil Johnson
16. The Girls From Texas / Ry Cooder
17. It Ain’t The Meat / The Swallows
18. Say Boss Man / Ronnie Hawkins
19. The Vodka Ad / Woody Allen
20. It Never Entered My Mind / Frank Sinatra
21. Daddy / Julie London
22. Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight / Jim Kweskin
23. Dance Of Warriors / Kyle Littlefeather
24. Tell Everybody I Know / Keb Mo’
25. Keyhole Blues / Eddie Mack
26. Don’t Neglect The Rose / Ginny Hawker
27. Co Fa / Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band
28. A Rusty Old Halo / Mahalia Jackson
29. Psychotic Reaction / Count Five
30. When The Levee Breaks / Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie
31. My Handy Man Ain’t Handy No More / Alberta Hunter
32. Bad Times / Scotty McKay
33. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) / Tex Williams
34. Pills / Bo Diddly
35. Many Happy Hangovers To You / Jean Shepard
36. The Last Best Place / Rhonda Vincent
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #007
The Brown Dirt Cowboy has outdone himself this time with a playlist that's as smooth as a gravy sandwich! It's a tasty All-American stew with prime morsels from Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, The Knitters & so much more.
1. Psycho Serenade / Big J. McNeely & His Band
2. Uncle Joe / Buffy Sainte-Marie
3. Sins Of The Family / P. F. Sloan
4. Driving Wheel / Little Junior Parker
5. Thibodeaux & His Cajun Band / Jimmy C. Newman
6. Ramblin’ Jack & Mayhan / Guy Clark
7. Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters
8. Woman Hungry / Norma Jean
9. The Bluefield Murder / Roy Harvey & The North Carolina Ramblers
10. Breakup / Ray Smith
11. Above Jacob’s Ladder / Billy Ward & The Dominos
12. Potato Head Blues / Louis Armstrong
13. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues / Bukka White
14. Hard Lovin’ Loser / Judy Collins
15. New Orleans / Gary U. S. Bonds
16. Chicken Stuff / Hop Wilson & His Chickens
17. Daniel Boone / The Smothers Brothers
18. I Walk The Line (Revisited) / Rodney Crowell
19. Tin Roof Blues / Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
20. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive / Johnny Mercer
21. Sweet Little Angel (Live) / B. B. King
22. Streets Of Bakersfield / Buck Owens
23. Roosevelt Daddy’s Blues / Memphis Slim & Roosevelt Sykes
24. I Ain’t Marching Anymore / Phil Ochs
25.Nothin’ Man / Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early
26.Old Salty Dog Blues / Flatt & Scruggs
27.The New World / The Knitters
28.Dopey Joe / Slim & Slam
29.Everlasting Love / Barbara Pitman
30.Death Don’t Have No Mercy / Blind Gary Davis
31.Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel (Live) / New Lost City Ramblers
32.Walk Don’t Run / The Ventures
33.Weddin’ Day Blues / Cousin Joe
34.Put Your Cat Clothes On / Carl Perkins
35.Bulldoze Blues / Henry Thomas
36.Lonesome Lovin’ Diesel Drivin’ Man / Penny Jay
37.Peace In The Valley / George Jones
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #008
The show rocks, twists, twangs and swings this week with signifyin’ selections from Johnny Winter, Hank Ballard, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Mel Torme & tons more. And Bernie uncovers the first Rap song!
1. Cornbread & Butterbeans / Carolina Chocolate Drops
2. I Ain’t Drunk / Albert Collins
3. Eternity / Jack Rhodes & His Lone Star Buddies
4. Recuerdos De Ipacairi / Freddy Fender
5. Creole Song / Kid Ory
6. Chicago Bound (Live) / Jimmy Rogers
7. Here Comes The Judge / Pigmeat Markham
8. How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mtn. Boys
9. I Like My Baby’s Pudding / Wynonie Harris
10. The Ballad Of Paladin (1958) / Johnny Western
11. Caleb Myer / Gillian Welch
12. The Twist / Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
13. Jesus Is On The Mainline / Mississippi Fred McDowell
14. Voodoo Woman Blues / Jay McShan
15. Sarah Jane / Bill “Jazz” Gillum
16. Fire / Koko Taylor
17. You’ve Never Been This Far Before / Conway Twitty
18. Katie Went A-Fishin’ With A Hook & Line / Hobart Smith
19. Rag Mop / Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads
20. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town / Dale Hawkins
21. Not Enough To Live On But A Little Too Much To Die / Mike Millius
22. Good Good Lovin’ / James Brown
23. Gangster Blues / Peetie Wheatstraw
24. Take Your Hands Off It (The Birthday Cake Song) / Billy Hughs
25. Mojo Boogie / Johnny Winter
26. Midnight Swinger / Mel Torme
27. Funny / Jesse Belvin
28. Greasy Greens / Bumble Bee Slim
29. Diddy Boppin’ & Motor Mouthin’ / Clara Dean
30. Honey Love / Clyde McPhatter
31. Jole Fille /Gene Rodrigue & The Bayou Boys
32. Indian Cars / Keith Secola
33. Ragged But Right / Riley Puckett
34. Edge Of Nowhere / The Sunday Group
35. Alone & Forsaken / Hank Williams
36. Mustang Sally / Sir Mack Rice
37. Get Away Jordon / Hovie Lister & The Statesmen
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #009
A fresh dose of American musical treasure, legend and lore from Bernie and his Ranch Archives, including Mingo Saldivar, Fats Waller, Peter Case, Willie Eason and the amazing, tragic Chet Baker.
1. Mon Chapeau / Doug Kershaw
2. You Rock Me Out Of This World / Eddie McCall & The Three Shades
3. Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) / Billy “The Kid” Emerson
4. Ring Of Fire (Live) / Mingo Saldivar
5. Santy Anno / Odetta
6. Why I Like Roosevelt (Live) / Willie Eason
7. Time To Bum Again / Waylon Jennings
8. Big Legged Woman / Charles Brown
9. A Pain A Pill Won’t Reach / Jim Cunningham
10. Little Red Dress (Drawers) / Jimmie Gordon
11. Tough Mary / Etta James
12. Manzanar / Laurie Lewis
13. Wilderness / Peter Case
14. The Black Ace / Black Ace
15. My Mary’s Gone / Johnny MacRae
16. No Shrimp Today / Al Terry
17. Going Down / Freddie King
18. My Funny Valentine / Chet Baker
19. Blues For Ellis / Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins
20. Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue (Live)/ Bob Newhart
21. God’s Got A Crown / Arizona Dranes
22. Jesse With The Long Hair / Robert Earl Keen
23. Bringin’ In The Georgia Mail / Curly Seckler & The Nashville Grass
24. The Joint Is Jumpin’ / Fats Waller & His Rhythm
25. Lovesick Blues / Emmett Miller
26. I Don’t Know / Willie Mabon & His Combo
27. The Money That You Spent Was Mine / Al Dexter
28. Hongry / The Coasters
29. Song From A Cotton Field / Bessie Brown
30. I Don’t Know / Hank Williams III
31. Casey Jones / Skillet Lickers
32. Lucy Mae Blues / Frankie Lee Simmons
33. Flying Home / Charlie Parker
34. I Am A Pilgrim / Johnny Cash
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #010
It’s our 10th show and we’re celebrating with Georgia White, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Sam Cooke and great stories about Marty Robbins, Jimmy Martin, Loudon Wainwright III and the really weird and creepy Spade Cooley.
1. Blues Ain’t Nothing But A Woman Cryin’ For Her Man / Georgia White
2. You Gotta Pay / Benny Barnes
3. Ballad Of Forty Dollars / Tom T. Hall
4. Juke / Little Walter
5. You’re No Good / Betty Everett
6. I Like To Hear ‘Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin
7. The Death Of Jimmy Martin / Tom Russell
8. Big Ten-Inch Records / Moose Jackson With Tiny Bradshaw’s Orchestra
9. Sophie / BeauSoleil
10. Handsome Johnny / Richie Havens
11. Rambler Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson
12. Black Bottom Stomp / Jelly Roll Morton
13. Swinging The Devils Dream / Spade Cooley & The Western Swing Dance Gang
14. Jacqueline / Flip Johnson & The Choppers
15. Pretty Boy Floyd / The Byrds
16. Vida’s Place / Roy Rogers
17. Waikiki Chickadee / George “Tautu” Archer & His Pagans
18. Black Uncle Remus / Loudon Wainwright III
19. When Did You Leave Heaven / Nancy Wilson
20. I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) / Thelonious Monk
21. Airplane Glue / Lenny Bruce
22. That’ll Be The Day (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show) / Buddy Holly & The Crickets
23. Banks Of The Guadalupe / Jimmie Dale Gilmore
24. Warehouse Man Blues / Champion Jack Dupree
25. Smoke On The Water / Red Foley
26. El Paso / Marty Robbins
27. The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Douglas Jimerson
28. Mr. Garfield / Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
29. Rebel-‘Rouser / Duane Eddy
30. Let’s Get Drunk Again / Sam Chatmon
31. Johnny B. Goode / Jim & Jesse
32. Court Room Blues / Darby Hicks
33. Redneck War /Ron Short
34. Bring It On Home To Me (Live) / Sam Cooke
35. He Hides Me Behind The Cross / Jake Hess & The Jordanaires
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #011
(GUITAR GREATS SPECIAL)
It’s our Guitar Greats Special, two unforgettable hours of the greatest guitar legends at the very roots of American Music. These artists laid the road or keep it well maintained.
1. Seven Come Eleven / Charlie Christian
2. King Of The Surf Guitar / Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
3. Baby, Please Don’t Go (Live) / Mississippi Fred McDowell
4. Blue Railroad Train (Live) / Doc Watson
5. Race With The Devil / Gene Vincent featuring Cliff Gallup
6. Haunted House / Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden
7. Willie & The Hand Jive / Johnny Otis Show featuring Jimmy Nolen
8. I Got A Feelin’ / James Brown featuring Jimmy Nolan
9. K Twist / Kenny Burrell
10. Killer Diller Blues / Memphis Minnie
11. My Way / Eddie Cochran
12. Walking The Dog / Rufus Thomas featuring Steve Cropper
13. (Grady Martin Montage)
14. The Train Kept A-Rollin’ / Johnny Burnett Trio featuring Grady Martin
15. My Grandfather’s Clock / John Fahey
16. Mojo Hand / Lightnin’ Hopkins
17. The House Of The Rising Sun / Sharon Isbin
18. All Shook Up / Ry Cooder
19. Rock Me / Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20. My Dixie Darlin’ / Carlene Carter featuring James Burton
21. Jack The Ripper (Live) / Link Wray & The Wraymen
22. Tore Up / Otis Rush
23. Road Song / Wes Montgomery
24. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six (Live) Tom Waits featuring Marc Ribot
25. Nine Pound Hammer / Chet Atkins & Merle Travis
26. I Love Lucy / Albert King
27. Southern Rag / Blind Blake
28. Mumblin’ Guitar / Bo Diddly
29. Cuckoo Bird / The Everly Brothers featuring Clarence White
30. Shake For Me / Howlin’ Wolf featuring Hubert Sumlin
31. Love My Baby (Live) / Robert Gordon featuring Danny Gatton
32. Crazy Rhythm / Les Paul & His Trio
33. Rock, Salt & Nails / J.D. Crowe & The New South featuring Tony Rice
34. Blues Is A Woman / T-Bone Walker
35. Star Spangled Banner (Live) / Jimi Hendrix
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #012
It's a Post-Turkey party with tales and music of the Louvin Brothers, Charlie Poole, Bobby Gentry & the amazingly goofy Bongo Joe!
1. The Great Atomic Power / The Louvin Brothers
2. Waitin’ In School / Ricky Nelson
3. Johnnie Can’t Dance / Wayne Toups & Zydecajun
4. Let Me Explain / Sonny Boy Williamson
5. I’m A Woman / Christine Kittrell
6. Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down / Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
7. I’m A Sports Nut / Freda Burell
8. Suffocate / Johnny Wright
9. Tying A Knot In The Devil’s Tail / Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee
10. Walkin’ The Chalk Line / Tiny Bradshaw
11. The Civil Defense Sign / Mark Spoelstra
12. I Wish I Could Sing / Bongo Joe
13. Crescent City Blues (From “The Second Dream-The Conductor “ Suite) / Gordon Jenkins
14. Big Blue Diamonds / Little Johnny Taylor
15. Sioux City Sue / The Hoosier Hot Shots
16. Cotton Fields / Creedence Clearwater Revival
17. Shake A Leg / Margaret Lewis
18. Ballin’ The Jack / Eddie Condon & His Town Hall Jazz Band
19. East Of The Sun (& West Of The Moon) / Diana Krall
20. Some Good Friends / Don Rickles
21. Mean To Me / Dean Martin
22. Pancho & Lefty / Townes Van Zandt
23. He Will Break Your Heart / Jerry Butler
24. Queen Anne’s Lace / Del McCoury
25. Maggie Cambell / Robert Nighthawk
26. I’m Little, But I’m Loud / “Little” Jimmy Dickens
27. Backwater Blues / Bessie Smith
28. Baila Que Baila / Mando Lopez
29. The Wreck Of The Number Nine / Rosalie Sorrels
30. These Ironic Days / The Barracudas
31. Groovin’ High / Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
32. Green Light Girl / Doyle Bramhall 11
33. Casket Vignette / Bobbie Gentry
34. Frankie & Albert / Joe Callicot
35. Oh It Hurts / The Karols
36. You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him / The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #013
It’s a torrent of titular talent with music from the Baron Of Bakersfield (Buck Owens), The King of Zydeco (Boozoo Chavis), The Father of Rock & Roll (“Big Boy” Crudup), the Mother of Folk (Jean Ritchie) and, uh, The Mothers of Invention (The Mothers of Invention). And BT talks about his times with Blues great, Willie Dixon.
1. Shake ‘em On Down / R.L.Burnside
2. A Tombstone Every Mile / Dick Curless
3. Whoa Babe / Lionel Hampton
4. Only A Hobo / Bob Dylan
5. Lula, Lula Don’t You Go To Bingo / Boozoo Chavis
6. Dead Presidents / Willie Dixon
7. John The Revelator / Son House
8. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town / Johnny Cash
9. Columbus Stockade / J.E.Mainer & Band
10. Come On / Chuck Berry
11. Too Bad / John Koerner, Tony Glover & Dave Ray
12. Mama, Mama-Talk To Your Daughter / Magic Sam
13. Hangman / Jean Ritchie
14. Tall Dark Stranger / Buck Owens
15. I’m A King Bee / Slim Harpo
16. Jumpin’ At Mesner’s / Lester Young & His Band
17. If I Had My Way I’d Tear The Building Down / Blind Willie Johnson
18. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia / James Carr
19. The Night We Called It A Day / Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra feat. Frank Sinatra
20. Papa Wants A Cookie / Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
21. That’s All Right / Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
22. My Clinch Mountain Home / The Carter Family
23. Don’t Stay Out All Night / Billy Boy Arnold
24. Could This Be Magic / The Dubs
25. Zydeco Introduction / Zydeco Announcer
26. J’ai Laisse De La Maison / Cheese Read
27. She’s Single Again / Janie Fricke
28. Satan’s Burning Hell / Bill Neely
29. Dirty Dishes / Jeani Mack
30. Fourteen-Carat Mind / Half & Half
31. I Got The Bull By The Horns / Johnny Horton
32. Black-Eyed Man / The Cowboy Junkies
33. Theme From “Our Man Flint” / Elliott Fisher
34. Mona Lisa / Carl Mann
35. Hungry Freaks, Daddy / The Mothers Of Invention
36. It’s A Man Down There / G.L.Crockett
37. Oh Let Me Fly / Harry Belafonte
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #014
(CHRISTMAS PARTY SPECIAL)
It’s a Christmas Party up at the Ranch with a promise of no old chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Happy Holidays!
1. Christmas Day / Detroit Junior
2. Papa St Nick / BeauSoleil
3. Have You Heard The News? / Koko Taylor
4. Christmas Time At Home / Rhonda Vincent
5. What Will Santa Claus Say? / Louis Prima
6. Santa’s Messin’ With The Kid / Eddie C. Cambell
7. Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus (& Mama Ain’t No Christmas Tree) / Butterbeans & Susie
8. Christmas Must Be Tonight / The Band
9. Santa Claus / Sonny Boy Williamson
10. Jehovah Hallelujah / Bobby Darin
11. Christmas Is A-Coming / Leadbelly
12. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto / James Brown
13. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Live) / Joseph Spence
14. Sleigh Ride / The Ventures
15. Baby, It’s Cold Outside / Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr
16. The Merriest / June Christie
17. Christmas Blues / Big Joe Williams
18. Christmas Boogie / The Davis Sisters
19. Monsters’ Holiday / Bobby “Boris” Pickett
20. The Day It Snows On Christmas / Allen Toussaint
21. Zydeco Christmas / C. J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
22. Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain / Leroy Carr
23. Santa Claus / The Sonics
24. Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend) / Little Charlie & The Nightcats
25. Christmas Morning Blues / Kansas City Kitty
26. I’ll Be Home For Christmas / The Pilgrim Travelers
27. Please Come Home For Christmas / Charles Brown
28. Twistin’ Bells / Santo & Johnny
29. Santa Claus Baby / The Voices
30. At The Christmas Ball / Bessie Smith
31. Nothing But A Child / Steve Earle
32. Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / Fiddlin’ John Carson & His Virginia Ramblers
33. Christmas Without The Creole / Irma Thomas
34. The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas / Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (The Guitar Evangelist)
35. A Five Pound Box Of Money / Pearl Bailey
36. No Playing In The Snow Today / John D. Loudermilk
37. The Last Month Of The Year / Vera Ward Hall
38. Happy New Year / Lightnin’ Hopkins
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #015
Happy New Year from the Ranch! We’re welcoming in 2011 with choice cuts from Blind Willie McTell, Harry James, Hardrock Gunter and a tale about BT’s “supporting” role in a young John Prine’s career.
1. On The Prowl / Walter “Wolfman” Washington
2. Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers
3. See You Later, Alligator / Bill Haley & The Comets
4. Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me / Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
5. Birmingham Bounce / Hardrock Gunter
6. Colorado Kool-Aid / Red Sovine
7. The Wandering Boy / Annie Bird
8. Drinkin’ Wine / Gene Simmons
9. The Randall Knife / Guy Clark
10. Pack Fair & Square / Big Walter Price
11. The Home You’re Tearin’ Down / Loretta Lynn
12. Sinking Of The Titanic / Richard Rabbit Brown
13. The Razor Ball / Blind Willie McTell
14. High Noon / Tex Ritter
15. The Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole / Bob & Earl
16. Countin’ / Harry James
17. Poche-Town / Joe Falcon with Cleoma & Ophy Breaux
18. Grandpa Was A Carpenter / John Prine
19. Teach Me Tiger / April Stevens
20. Hello Mama / George Jessel
21. Angelina_Zooma Zooma / Louis Prima
22. St. Louis Blues / Jimmy Smith
23. Anna / Arthur Alexander
24. Casey Jones / Grateful Dead
25. To Be A Killer / Wes Houston
26. Granny, Do Your Dog Bite / Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
27. Who Said I Said That? / Shorty Long
28. Meet The Boys On The Battlefront / Wild Tchoupitoulas
29. Hot Rod Race / Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith & His Cracker-Jacks
30. Floating Bridge / Sleepy John Estes
31. Burning The Midnight Oil / Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
32. Bend Me, Shape Me / The Outsiders
33. Wounded Knee / Floyd Westerman
34. They’re Holding Up The Ladder / The Easter Brothers
35. Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave / Orville Jenks
36. School Days / Willie Dunn
37. Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down / E. C. Ball With Orna Ball
38. I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) / Bobby “Blue” Bland
39. This Land Is Your Land / Woody Guthrie
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #016
This week, BT shines a light into some of the deeper corners of the archives & illuminates treasures from Cedell Davis, Ollis Martin, & Lorraine Ellison blowin’ the roof off the dump at the close of the show!
1. I Don’t Know Why / Cedell Davis
2. Sugar Bee / Cleveland Crochet
3. Lavender Coffin / Joe Thomas
4. Mary Of The Wild Moor / Charlie Louvin
5. Grudge Run / Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
6. Dust On The Bible / Kitty Wells
7. Ten Pound Hammer / S.C. Ditchdiggers
8. Country Playboy / Louisiana Red
9. Get Away From Me / The Angels
10. Police & High Sheriff Come Ridin’ Down / Ollis Martin
11. American Music / The Blasters
12. Baby He’s A Wolf / Werly Fairburn
13. Mr. Kicks / Oscar Brown Jr.
14. Fate Of Chris Lively & Wife / Blind Alfred Reed
15. Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing / Bobby McClure & Fontella Bass
16. Blue Eyes / Gram Parsons & The International Submarine Band
17. Please Don’t Think I’m Nosey / Baby Boy Warren
18. Custer / Peter Lafarge
19. Osteraker (San Quentin) Live / Johnny Cash
20. Gotta Get me Somebody To Love / Bing Crosby
21. Baby, Baby All The Time / Julie London
22. That Old Bourbon Street Church / Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Borrow Your Love / Carey Bell
24. Too Many Cooks / Jesse Fortune
25. He’s A Real Gone Guy / Nellie Lutcher
26. Billy In The Low Ground / The Kentucky Colonels
27. Hoot Your Belly / Jimmy Lee Williams
28. Black Cadillac / Joyce Green
29. She Won’t Turn Over For Me / Floyd Compton & His Western Troubadours
30. ’29 Blues / Alfred Fields
31. Paul & Peter Walked / Claire Lynch
32. Prove It On Me Blues / Ma Rainey
33. Jinny Mule / Big Maybelle
34. Boll Weevil / Eddie Cochran
35. Bound To Look Like A Monkey / Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
36. The Chicken & The Hawk / Big Joe Turner
37. Paper Tiger / Sue Thompson
38. Stay With Me Baby / Lorraine Ellison
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #017
(THE LOVE FEST SPECIAL)
We’re havin’ us a Love Fest up here at the Ranch this week! None of our shows fall anywhere near Valentine’s Day, but that didn’t stop BT from whipping up a heady confection of love-themed music.
1. Give Your Woman What She Wants / Taj Mahal
2. Cupid’s Boogie / Little Esther & Mel Walker
3. She’s A Hum Ding Dinger / Jimmie Davis
4. I’ll Always Be In Love With You / T-Bone Walker
5. I’ve Loved You Forever It Seems / Webb Pierce
6. I’m Hungry For Your Lovin’ / Danny Dill
7. I Just Want To Make Love To You / Muddy Waters
8. Fair & Tender Ladies / Grandpa Jones Family
9. Back In My Baby’s Arms / Terrance Simien & The Mallet Playboys
10. If You & I Could Be Sweethearts / The Varieteers
11. Somebody, Somewhere / Larry Birdsong
12. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) / Hawkshaw Hawkins
13. Wild About You Baby / Hound Dog Taylor
14. Hot Lips / Bill Brown & His Brownies
15. Send Me Some Loving / Solomon Burke
16. Sure Fire Kisses / Goldie Hill & Justin Tubb
17. A Big Hunk O’ Love / Elvis Presley
18. Je vous t’aime lessair pleurer / The Alley Boys Of Abbeville
19. Save The Last Dance For Me / The Drifters
20. Cabin Of Love / Bill Monroe
21. I Love You Baby / Big Joe & His Washboard Band
22. Lovin’ What Your Lovin’ Does To Me / Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
23. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You / Jimmy Scott
24. My Romance / Bill Evans
25. L-O-V-E / Nat King Cole
26. Who Winds Your Clock / Bucky Bates
27. Love Is Strange / Mickey & Sylvia
28. I’m In The Mood / John Lee Hooker
29. Little Girl / John & Jackie
30. I Love You, Honey / Patsy Cline
31. Pledging My Love / Johnny Ace
32. Sugar Baby / Doc Boggs
33. She’s Got It / Little Richard
34. Single Girl, Married Girl / The Carter Family
35. I Believe In You / Don Williams
36. Pretty Thing / Bo Diddly
37. We’re Gonna Make It / Little Milton
38. Goodnight , Sweetheart, Goodnight / The Spaniels
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #018
Great tales to tell this week about Johnny Paycheck, The Palomino Club, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cole Younger, Edward L. Crain and Johnny Ray.
1. I’m The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) / Johnny Paycheck
2. Screamin’ And Shoutin’ / The Fabulettes
3. Well, I’ve Been Down To Memphis / Daddy Hotcakes
4. Eight More Miles To Louisville / Reno & Smiley
5. Amor En Duda / Lydia Mendoza
6. House & 90 Acres / Chris Knight
7. Feast Of The Mau Mau / Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
8. What Did The Deep Sea Say? / Dave Alvin
9. Carve Dat Possum / Harry C. Brown & The Peerless Quartet
10. Me & Ole CB / Dave Dudley
11. Crack Whore Blues / The Neckbones
12. Bandit Cole Younger / Edward L. Crain (The Texas Cowboy)
13. Russia, Let God’s Moon Alone / Sister Dora Alexander
14. Why Don’t You Eat Where You Slept Last Night / Zu Zu Bollin
15. Farmer’s Lament / Cisco Houston
16. Next Go ‘Round / Old Crow Medicine Show
17. Short Fat Fannie / Larry Williams
18. Keala Ka’U I Honi / Linda Dela Cruz
19. Cry / Johnny Ray
20. Smut (Live) / Tom Lehrer
21. I Can’t Stop Loving You / Boots Randolph
22. She’s My Flapper & My Baby / Joe Werner & The Ramblers
23. Take Them For A Ride / Dave McCarn
24. We Need More Rattlesnakes / Milo Way
25. Evil Evie / Joe Gibson
26. Hardworking Woman / Mississippi Matilda Powell
27. Bloodshot Eyes / Wynonie Harris
28. Sixteen Tons / George Davis
29. Two Trains Running / Paul Butterfield Blues Band
30. Hannah Open The Door / Georgia Jokers
31. Sawmill / Mel Tillis
32. Lovin’ A Beggar / Walter Brown with Jay McShan
33. Goodbye / J.J. Johnson
34. Round & Round Hitler’s Grave / The Almanac Singers
35. Oh Shenandoah / Charlie Haden Family & Friends
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #019
Maybe it's the gloomy, threatening weather that brought them out this week; some of the Ranch Archives' darker denizens usher forth in what BT labels "The Jailhouse Show". Meet Eddie Fontaine, Ike Turner, Calvin Leavy and the prophetic Pat Hare.
1. Ooh Poo Pah Do (Live) / Etta James
2. Goin’ To Hell On A Sled / John D. Loudermilk
3. Turn Me Loose / The Stoneman Family
4. Rocket 69 / Todd Rhodes
5. Wild Thing / The Wild Ones
6. Long Black Limousine / Vern Stovall
7. Hey Marie Rock With Me / Eddie Fontaine
8. Revenue Man Blues / Charley Patton
9. Rock Me Baby / Ike & Tina Turner
10. Shoot The Curl / The Honeys
11. Lift Your Eyes To Jesus / Jimmy Martin
12. Tried So Hard / Gene Clark & The Gosdin Brothers
13. I’m Gonna Murder My Baby / Pat Hare
14. Hot Fingers / Lonnie Johnson
15. 45’s & 8X10 / Mac Wiseman
16. Sneaky Sue / Patty Lace & The Petticoats
17. Mardi Gras Mumbo / The Hawketts
18. Cummins Prison Farm / Calvin Leavy
19. Monologue/The Continental / Renzo Cesana
20. Jet Propelled Papa / Helen Humes
21. Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love / Betty Carter
22. Rocking Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu / Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns
23. The Ballad Of Martin Luther King / Mike Millius
24. Keep The Change / Tammy Wynette & George Jones
25. I-Yi / H.A.W.K.
26. My Girl Josephine / Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band
27. Monkey Man Blues / Big Bill Broonzy with Cripple Clarence Lofton
28. Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird / Cab Calloway
29. Ridge Running Roan / Glen Rice & His Beverly Hill Billies
30. New Hound Dog / Frank Motley & His Motley Crew
31. Coffee Blues (Live) / Mississippi John Hurt
32. Old Dog Blue / Jim Jackson
33. Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition / Southern Sons Quartette
34. Jaguar & Thunderbird / Chuck Berry
35. Country Ham & Red Gravy / Uncle Dave Macon
36. That Just About Does It / Vern Gosden
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #020
It’s a beautiful day here at the Ranch and Bernie’s picked a sunny sampling of what the ol’ ARR is all about, with Jimmy Witherspoon, The Little Willies, Gloria Wood and Del Shannon.
1. Louisville Radio Show / Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolk
2. Money’s Getting Cheaper / Jimmy Witherspoon
3. Vastopol / Elizabeth Cotton
4. Let’s Give It Up Or Get It On / Gene Watson
5. Whistle Bait / Lorrie & Larry Collins
6. Humphrey The Camel / Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
7. Boll Weevil / Pink Anderson
8. I’m Grievin’ & A Worryin’ / Floyd “Dipper Boy” Council
9. Drunk / Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy
10. (My Mammy’s Miss America) My Daddy’s Uncle Sam / Jimmy Driftwood
11. Switchblade Sam / Jeff Daniels
12. The Girls Around Cape Horn / Tom Goux & Jacek Sulanowski
13. Tennessee Stud / The Little Willies
14. I Just Need Your Love / Hubert Sumlin
15. Get Your Head In Here / Three ‘Baccer Tags
16. You Gotta Move / Rev Robert Wilkins
17. The Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Jesse Winchester
18. What’s The Use Of Getting Sober / Louis Jordon
19. One Night Of Sin / Elvis Presley
20. Days Of Wine & Roses / Tony Bennett with Bill Evans
21. Marilyn Monroe Marries Charlie McCarthy / Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
22. Birds Of A Feather / Gene Krupa
23. Hey! Bellboy! / Gloria Wood
24. Black Snake Blues / John Hogg
25. It Takes A Good Man Like Me / King Perry
26. When The Fire Comes Down / Hank Williams
27. Love’s Ring Of Fire / Anita Carter
28. Jock-A-Mo / James “Sugar Boy” Crawford
29. Knoxville Girl / The Louvin Brothers
30. Adam & Eve In The Garden / Bogus Ben Covington
31. Love Is Alright (The Horse) / Cliff Nobles
32. The Streets Of Old Dodge City / Johnny Western
33. Father Put The Cow Away / Happy Johnny & Family
34. Little Angel Child / Jimmy Dawkins
35. Flowers Blooming in the Wildwood / Coon Creek Girls
36. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves / Burl Ives w Grady Martin & His Slew Foot 5
37. Hats Of To Larry / Del Shannon
38. Help Me Jesus / The Staple Singers
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #021
Bernie and Paca bid farewell to Pinetop Perkins and Ralph Mooney, and net a bounty of Nina Simone, Swamp Dog, Roy Orbison, Barbara Dane and other treats aplenty from the Genre Pool.
1. Forbidden Fruit - Nina Simone
2. Blues Before Sunrise - Elmore James & The Broom Dusters
3. Paw’s In The Kitchen - The James Quintet
4. Dig Them Squeaky Shoes - Frank ‘Andy” Starr
5. Divorce Me C.O.D. - The Coolie Williams Orchestra
6. Synthetic World - Swamp Dog
7. These Are Not My People - Joe South
8. Eloise, Don’t Play Me For A Fool - Big Maceo
9. Grey Eagle - David Johnson & Billie Ray
10. Junker’s Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
11. The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
12. Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
13. Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) - Barbara Dane
14. I Hear You Knockin’ - Lazy Lester
15. My Little Grass Shack - Joe Keawe
16. Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues (Morning Again) - Tom Paxton
17. I Never Go Around Mirrors - Lefty Frizzell
18. (Go! Go! Go! ) Down The Line - Roy Orbison
19. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To - George Shearing & Mel Torme
20. Jazz Baby - Marion Harris
21. A Cock-Eyed Optimist - Lena Horne
22. Chevrolet - Ed Young & Emma Ramsey
23. Dixieland - Steve Earl & The Del McCoury Band
24. I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday - Fats Domino
25. Under Your Spell Again – Buck Owens (with Ralph Mooney)
26. I Need Me A Car - Junior Wells
27. Do-Wah Diddy - The Exciters
28. Wine, Women, Whisky - Papa Lightfoot
29. The Record - Billy Walker
30. Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? - The Leaves
31. Bourbon Street Parade - Frank Assunto & The Dukes Of Dixieland
32. Six Feet Under - Bob Fryfogle
33. ‘Fore Day Creep (Live) - Ida Cox
34. “Shane Come Back” - Brandon De Wilde
35. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Roy Rogers
36. Mary Don’t You Weep - The Swan Silvertones
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #022
Many tales hang thereby on this week’s ARR offering! Kick back and listen to great music from, and fascinating stories about, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Gene Pitney, Bobby Bare, Son House, Leon Russell and BT’s friendship with the great Groucho Marx.
1. White Lightnin’ (Live) / Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent
2. Texas Plains / Stuart Hamblin & His Covered Wagon Jubilee
3. Miss Lollipop’s Confession / Alma “The Lollipop Mama” Mondy
4. Who Shot Sam? / Wanda Jackson
5. Red Cross Store / Forest City Joe
6. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You / George Jones & Gene Pitney
7. Show Me Missouri Blues / Julia Lee
8. Ice Water / Glen Barber
9. When They Dropped The Atomic Bomb / Jackie Doll & His Pickled Peppers
10. Rain And Snow / Dillard Chandler
11. Church Bell Blues / Luke Jordon
12. Detroit City / Bobby Bare
13. Jim Jones / Bob Dylan
14. Wholly Cats / Charlie Christian
15. God & Man / Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
16. Poison Love / Johnnie & Jack
17. I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes For You / Mississippi Sheiks
18. Death Letter / Son House
19. Come To Me / Marv Johnson
20. Number Nine Train / Tarheel Slim
21. ‘Neath The Weeping Willow Tree / Hackberry Ramblers
22. Fishing In My Pond / Lee Jackson
23. Am I That Easy To Forget / Leon Russell
24. I Wished On The Moon / Billie Holiday
25. Hello I Must Be Going / Hooray For Captain Spaulding / Groucho Marx
26. Blues Blasé / Buck Clayton
27. Night At The Wheel / Wayne Toups & Zydecajun
28. Big Rock Candy Mountain / Harry McClintock
29. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I / Red Foley
30. Blackmail (“The Hot Spot” Soundtrack) / Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker & Taj Mahal
31. Didn’t It Rain / Charles White
32. Violent Love / Otis Rush
33. Yellow Dog Blues / Louis Armstrong
34. Red River Valley / Marty Robbins
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #023
Fresh off the plane from New York and the Tribeca Film Festival, Bernie isn’t too jet lagged to bring you the best cuts from the Ranch Archives, this week including T-Model Ford, Johnny Ace. Blossom Dearie, and Tommy Johnson.
1. Cut You Loose - T-Model Ford
2. Honkytonk Hardwood Floor - Sleepy LaBeef
3. Jubudy - Johnny Ingram & His Rhythm Czars
4. Shrimp & Gumbo - Dave Bartholomew
5. Tear It Up - Johnny Burnett Trio
6. De Colores - Baldemar Velasquez & Aguila Negra
7. Let Him Roll - Johnny Cash
8. Soul Shake - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson
9. The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
10. Jonah - Wright Brothers Jubilee Singers
11. I’ll Never Trust You Again - Jenny Lou Carson
12. Automation - Joe Glazer
13. The Clock - Johnny Ace
14. I’ll Take The Dog - Jean Shepard & Ray Pillow
15. Mama You’re A Mess - Kid Smith & Family
16. Don’t Mention My Name - The Sheperd Sisters
17. Charlie’s Got A Good Thing Going - Frankie Miller
18. Love Don’t Love Nobody - Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
19. Oh! Look At Me Now - Lee Wiley
20. The Honeydripper - Oscar Peterson Trio
21. Give Him The Ooh-La-La - Blossom Dearie
22. Good Gravy - Sonny Boy Williamson
23. Blue Ridge Cabin Home - The Bluegrass Album Band
24. Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton
25. Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
26. Bull Dog Sal - Ashley & Foster
27. Left A Good Deal In Mobile - Herb Jefferies
28. La Creve De Faim (Starvation 2-Step) - Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys
29. Haul On The Bowline - Bob Neuwirth
30. She Came She Saw She Conquered - Ernie Baptiste
31. When I Stand Before The King - Blind Joe Taggart
32. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - The Andrew Sisters
33. Who Will The Next Fool Be - Charlie Rich
34. The Road I Have To Travel - Lonnie “The Cat”
35. Looking For A Fox - Clarence Carter
36. The Faded Coat Of Blue - Buell Kazee
37. America The Beautiful - Gretchen Peters
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #024
We're back this week with an all new, um, joint including "The Reefer Man", Don Redman, "Rock The Joint" with Bill Haley, "Gram" Parsons and the ever-so- spacey Hasil Adkins.
1. Reefer Man / Don Redman
2. Move, Baby, Move / Dick Penner
3. School Girl Blues / Rosie Mae Moore
4. They Don’t Have To Operate (They Just Pull The Zipper) / Otis Parker
5. Which Side Are You On / Florence Reece & The Almanac Singers
6. Rock The Joint / Bill Haley & The Comets
7. I Found My Girl In The U.S.A. / Jimmie Skinner
8. Camp Meeting / Pinocchio James
9. Return Of The Grievous Angel / Gram Parsons
10. Alons A Lafayette / Jimmy C. Newman
11. Silver Dagger / Dave Van Ronk
12. Roberta / Furry Lewis
13. When Sinatra Played Juarez / Tom Russell
14. Put Something In The Pot, Boys / Five Strings
15. Three Ball Sam (The Pawn Shop Man) / Pearl Taylor w Chuck Thomas & His All Stars
16. Baptizing Down By The Creek /The Mountain Ramblers
17. The Telephone Is Ringing /Pee Wee Clayton
18. Davy Crockett / Chubby Parker
19. The Science Fiction Film / Woody Allan
20. Too Close For Comfort / Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Williams w Count Basie
21. Stole My Man Blues / Martha Copeland
22. Chicken Walk / Hasil Adkins
23. Little Bitty Pretty One / Thurston Harris
24. Tiger Rag / Jan Garber
25. Barbara Allen / Moore & Napier
26. The Hunter / Albert King
27. Safronia B. / Calvin Boze & His All Stars
28. Somebody’s Gonna Plough Your Field / Norma Jean
29. Square Record / Bruce Culver
30. The Sheik Of Araby / Eddie Condon
31. Honey In The Rock / A. C. & Blind Mamie Forehand
32. Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) / Cinderella
33. Going Home / Pura Fe
34. Crossfire / Johnny & The Hurricanes
35. Motel Lover / Marvin Sease
36. The Rebel Girl – Hazel Dickens
AMERICAN ROOTS RADIO SHOW #025
We’re goin’ straight to Hell on the Black Diamond Express with Rev A.W. Nix, spendin’ time on Skid Row with Merle Haggard, getting’ all Misty w/ Johnny Mathis & Whippin’ That Old T.B. with Jimmie Rodgers; in other words, just your typical day at the ARR Ranch.
1. Black Diamond Express Train To Hell-Part 1 / Rev. A. W. Nix
2. She’s Got Everything / Sugar Pie DeSanto
3. Get High / La Melle Prince
4. Cross The Brazos At Waco / Billy Walker
5. I Fought The Law / The Crickets
6. Bowling Green / Cousin Emmy with The New Lost City Ramblers
7. Catfish Blues (Live) / Honeyboy Edwards
8. Skid Row / Merle Haggard
9. She Ain’t Built That Way / Asa Martin
10. Je M ‘En Suis / Bartmon Montet & Joswell Dupuis
11. Whippin’ That Old T.B. / Jimmie Rodgers
12. Stand By Me / Unknown
13. Hydramatic Woman / Joe Hill Louis
14. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Roscoe Holcomb
15. Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out The Back (Live) Billy Edd Wheeler
16. Got Butter On It / Ikey Robinson & His Band
17. Fine Brown Frame / Nellie Lutcher
18. Corn Bread / Hal Singer Sextette
19. The Gal From Joe’s / Etta Jones
20. Officer Krupke / Stan Kenton
21. Misty / Johnny Mathis
22. Mule Get Up In The Alley / Cannon’s Jug Stompers
23. Go Home Girl / Arthur Alexander
24. The Slide / Ray Pate & The Rhythm Rockets
25. Nothing But The Blood / Randy Travis
26. Must Have Been The Devil / Otis Spann
27. I Heard A Heart Break Last Night / Jim Reeves
28. Slow Down / Larry Williams
29. I’ll Overcome Someday / Mississippi Bracey
30. I’ve Quit Running The Streets / Garland Green
31. Our Songs / The Desert Rose Band
32. Freight Train / Elizabeth Cotton
33. Kickin’ Motor Scooter / Roosevelt Sykes
34. Trial Of Richard Bruno Hauptmann-Part 1 / Bill Cox
35. O Death / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
36. He Was Nailed To The Cross For Me / Ernest V. Stoneman