April 30: MARK HUMPHREY was the guest hosts today; here is his playlist as he emailed it to me:

Hour 1, set 1

1. The Pickard Family: “Rabbit in the Pea Patch” 1929 [Obed `Dad’ Pickard, lead vocal, harmonica & Jew’s harp] Source: CD BACM CD D 084 The Pickard Family: Walking in the Parlour
2. Nimrod Workman: “Good Morning” 1982 [Workman was 87] Source: CD 2s&Fews DC379CD Nimrod Workman: I Want to Go Where Things Are Beautiful
3. The Carlisles [Chet Atkins, gtr.]: “Pickin’ Peas Down A Long Pea Row” 1956

Source: CD BACM CD D 167 The Carlisles: Tennessee Memories

1. Vera Ward Hall: “Boll Weevil Blues” 1940 Source: CD Rounder 11661-1829-2 Various: Deep River of Song: Alabama (from Lullabies to Blues)
2. Tapan Varis: “Fanitullen” [artist is from Finland, tune is Norwegian dance tune] 1996 Source: CD North Side Tapani Varis: Jews Harp
3. Dolly Parton: “Down from Dover” 1968 Source: CD Omni 138 Dolly Parton: The Fairest of Them All/My Favorite Songwriter

Hour 1, set 2 [Jimmie Rodgers theme]

1. Ernest Tubb: “The Passing of Jimmie Rodgers” Oct. 27, 1936 [ET’s 1^st recording] Source: Lp ACM-7 Various: Sounds Like Jimmie Rodgers
2. Jimmie Rodgers: “Those Gambler’s Blues” July 5, 1930 [recorded Hollywood; Lani McIntire, guitar] Source: CD Rounder CD 1059 Jimmie Rodgers: Riding High: 1929-1930
3. Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys: “Blue Yodel #7” 1941 Source: CD JSP7712 {boxed set] Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys: All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949
4. Jerry Lee Lewis: “My Carolina Sunshine Girl” 1956 Source: Lp Sun 6467 029 Jerry Lee Lewis: Rockin’ & Free: Previously Unissued Sun Sessions
5. The Johnson Mountain Boys: “Blue Yodel #3” 1983 Source: Lp Rounder 0191 Johnson Mountain Boys: Live at the Birchmere
6. Doc Watson: “I Was a Stranger” 1963 [Newport Folk Festival] Source: Lp Vanguard [Japan} LAX 6036 The Essential Doc Watson
7. Tony Rice [w/Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Bela Fleck]: “Muleskinner Blues” 1984 Source: Lp Rounder 0183 Tony Rice: Cold on the Shoulder

Hour 1, set 3

1. Wanda Jackson: “I’d Rather Have a Broken Heart” 1955 [WJ was 18 when she recorded this] Source: Lp Bear Family BFX 15109 Early Wanda Jackson
2. Little Jimmy Dickens: “Slow Suicide” 1954 Source: Lp Columbia FC 38905 Columbia Historic Edition Little Jimmy Dickens
3. Louis Innes: “Suicide” 1953 Source: CD BACM CD 148 Various: Another Taste of King Recorded 1946-1954
4. Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers [Jesse Ashlock, vocal & fiddle]: “River Blues” 1936 Source: CD Acrobat ACRCD 132 Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers: Saturday Night Rag, 1934-1936, vol. 1
5. Roscoe Holcomb: “Boat’s Up the River” circa 1961 Source: CD Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40079 Roscoe Holcomb: The High Lonesome Sound
6. Rose Maddox: “Down to the River” circa early `60s [Ralph Mooney, steel, probably James Burton or Roy Nichols, gtr.] Source: Lp Pickwick Js-6163 Rose Maddox

Calendar Music:[Time: 5:30]

Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys: “Billy in the Low Ground” 1949

2. Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys: “Fisher’s Hornpipe” 1949

from Bear family BCD 15727 FI Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys

Hour 2, set 1

1. Tom Anderson: “Our Love Goes On Just Like a Ballgame” circa 1954 Source: CD Cactus CACD-063 Various: MGM Records: Hillbilly Vol. 6
2. Cowboy Copas: “Three Strikes and You’re Out” 1947 Source: CD Ace CDCHD 854 Various: Hillbilly Bop `n Boogie: King/Federal’s Roots of Rockabilly 1944-56
3. Loretta Lynn: “A Hundred Proof Heartache” 1963 [written by LL for her 1^st Decca album] Source: Lp Stetson HAT 3023 Loretta Lynn Sings
4. Jimmy Murphy [vocal, guitar w/Onie Wheeler, harmonica]: “I’m Looking for a Mustard Parch” 1955 Source: CD Bear Family BCD 15451 Jimmy Murphy: Sixteen Tons Rock & Roll
5. Melba Montgomery: “The Blues Are Closing In” [written by MM] 1963 Source: Lp United Artists UAS 6341 Melba Montgomery: America’s No. One Country and Western Girl Singer
6. Red Foley: “Sugar Foot Rag Square Dance” 1952 Source: CD BACM CD D 064 Red Foley: Tater Pie

Hour 2, set 2

1. Vernon Dalhart: “The Wreck of the Shenandoah” 09-18-25 Source: CD Document DOCD-1105 Vernon Dalhart: Puttin’ on the Style

Further info on the topic of this song: http://mike.whybark.com/archives/000093.html

1. Slim Pickens: “The Fireman Cowboy” 1977 Source: Lp Blue Canyon BCS 506 Slim Pickens
2. Ray Price [w/the Driftiing Cowboys]: “Who Stole That Train” 1953 Source: Lp Rounder Special Series 88-82 Ray Price: The Honly-Tonk Years, 1951-1953
3. Reno & Smiley: “I’m Blue and Lonesome” [written by Hank Williams for Bill Monroe] 1959 Source: CD [boxed set] King KBSCD-7001 Reno & Smiley & the Tennessee Cutups, 1951-1959, Collector’s Box Set
4. Scotty Stoneman: “Orange Blossom Breakdown” 1963 Source: CD Righteous Psalm 23:23 Various: Jukebox at the Last Chance Saloon

Hour 2, set 3

1. Jim Gatlin [vocal & saxophone w/Les Smithart & His Super X Cowboys]: “Would It Matter at All” circa 1950 Source: CD Rykodisc RCD 20126 Various: Get with the Beat: The Mar-Vel Masters
2. Joan Baez: “Wildwood Flower” 1960 Source: CD Vanguard VMD-2077 Joan Baez Vol. 1
3. Roy Clark: “Wildwood Twist” 1962 Source: Lp Capitol St 1780 The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark
4. Charles B. Smith [AKA Bernard Smith w/Benny Goodman, clarinet, & King Benny Nawahi, Hawaiian guitar, gtr., mandolin & harmonica!]: “My Little A-1 Brownie” 1931 Source: CD BACM CD D 057 Various: The Columbia Label: Classic Old Time Music
5. George Jones: “Developing My Pictures” circa 1970 Source: Lp Rounder Special Series 15 George Jones: Burn the Honky-Tonk Down
6. Bob Newman: “A-Round the Corner” 1952 Source: Lp Bear Family BFX 15168 Bob Newman: Hangover Boogie
7. Roy Acuff’s Smoky Mountain Boys featuring Jimmy Riddle, harmonica: “Sailor’s Hornpipe” 1954 Opry broadcast Source: CD RME Music, Inc. Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys: The RC Cola Shows Vol. 1