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PLAYLIST FOR THE LOSTCHILD, EPISODE 102: COFFEE & CIGARETTES (3.22.14)
1. Glen Glenn: One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette
2. Otis Redding: Cigarettes and Coffee //
3. The Sons of the Pioneers: Cigareets, Whusky, and Wild,Wild Woman
4. Tex Williams: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
5. Jaybird Coleman: Coffee Grinder Blues
6. Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland: Coffee Grindin’ Blues
7. Jerry Reed: Another Puff //
8. Curtis Gordon: Caffeine and Nicotine
9. Carl Sandburg: Cigarettes will spoil yer life
10. Mississippi John Hurt: Coffee Blues
11. Rev. J.M. Gates: Smoking Woman in the Street
12. Annie Cordy: Cigarettes Et Whiskey //
13. The Ink Spots: Java Jive
14. Lightnin’ Hopkins: Coffee House Blues
15. The Statler Brothers: Flowers On the Wall
16. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Cup of Coffee
17. Bill Royal: Caffeine-Nicotine-and-Gasoline
18. Bud Brewer: Caffeine, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish MeLuck) //
19. Lefty Frizell: Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
1. Glen Glenn: One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette
2. Otis Redding: Cigarettes and Coffee //
3. The Sons of the Pioneers: Cigareets, Whusky, and Wild,Wild Woman
4. Tex Williams: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
5. Jaybird Coleman: Coffee Grinder Blues
6. Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland: Coffee Grindin’ Blues
7. Jerry Reed: Another Puff //
8. Curtis Gordon: Caffeine and Nicotine
9. Carl Sandburg: Cigarettes will spoil yer life
10. Mississippi John Hurt: Coffee Blues
11. Rev. J.M. Gates: Smoking Woman in the Street
12. Annie Cordy: Cigarettes Et Whiskey //
13. The Ink Spots: Java Jive
14. Lightnin’ Hopkins: Coffee House Blues
15. The Statler Brothers: Flowers On the Wall
16. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Cup of Coffee
17. Bill Royal: Caffeine-Nicotine-and-Gasoline
18. Bud Brewer: Caffeine, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish MeLuck) //
19. Lefty Frizell: Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOSTCHILD, EPISODE 101: FROM THE OLD SCHOOL (3.15.14)
1. Falstaff’s Liberty Jamboree Show (Big “D” Jamboree), Fall1950 – Billy Jack Saucier and the BDJ Band / Jimmy Lee Fautheree / Ramona Reed//
2. Dorothy Love Coates and her Singers: From the Old School
3. Roosevelt Sykes: Honeysuckle Blues
4. Muddy Waters: Long Distance
5. Jeffery Frederick and the Clamtones: What Made My HamburgerDisappear? //
6. Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/JethroBurns: McKinley’s Blues
7. E.C. andOrna Ball: Trials, Troubles, Tribulations
8. Byrd Moore and his Hot Shots: 3 Men Went a Huntin’
9. Lead Belly: Moanin’
10. Dillard and Clark: Don’t Let Me Down
11. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: The Letter That Never Came
12. BobbyRush: I’m Tired //
13. The DelMcCoury Band: The Cold Hard Facts
1. Falstaff’s Liberty Jamboree Show (Big “D” Jamboree), Fall1950 – Billy Jack Saucier and the BDJ Band / Jimmy Lee Fautheree / Ramona Reed//
2. Dorothy Love Coates and her Singers: From the Old School
3. Roosevelt Sykes: Honeysuckle Blues
4. Muddy Waters: Long Distance
5. Jeffery Frederick and the Clamtones: What Made My HamburgerDisappear? //
6. Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/JethroBurns: McKinley’s Blues
7. E.C. andOrna Ball: Trials, Troubles, Tribulations
8. Byrd Moore and his Hot Shots: 3 Men Went a Huntin’
9. Lead Belly: Moanin’
10. Dillard and Clark: Don’t Let Me Down
11. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: The Letter That Never Came
12. BobbyRush: I’m Tired //
13. The DelMcCoury Band: The Cold Hard Facts
NINETY-NINE & A HALF WON’T DO: PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 100 (3.8.14)
1. Carlton Reese and The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir: Ninety-Nine and a HalfWon’t Do
2. Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes:Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do
3. Wilson Picket: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do //
4. Link Wray: Take Me Home Jesus
5. Snooks Eaglin: Country Boy Down in New Orleans
6. John Lee Hooker: You Know, I Know
7. Jimmy Martin: Rock Hearts
8. Jerry Lee Lewis: Wild One //
9. Slim Harpo: Tip On In, Part One
10. Leon Russell: Love Minus Zero / No Limit
11. Stonewall Jackson: Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
12. John Hartford: Back Up and Push
13. Big Joe and His Washboard Band: If You Take Me Back
14. Rev. Pearly Brown: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do //
15. The Carter Family: No Telephone in Heaven
16. Lonnie Young, Ed Young, & Lonnie Young, Jr.: Chevrolet
17. The Iron Mountain String Band (Peggy Haine, EricDavidson, and Caleb Finch): The Johnson Boys
18. Cousin Emmy, with the New Lost City Ramblers: Old TomBrook
19. Peetie Wheatstraw: Throw Me In the Alley //
20. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Ninety-Nine and a HalfWon’t Do
“I’m just out ofschool, I’m-a real, real cool; I gotta jump, I gotta jive, I got the messageI’m alive---“ // “Jump up, pretty girls, don’t be afraid---” // “ Let your hairdown, baby; we ain’t going to heaven nohow---”
1. Carlton Reese and The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir: Ninety-Nine and a HalfWon’t Do
2. Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes:Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do
3. Wilson Picket: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do //
4. Link Wray: Take Me Home Jesus
5. Snooks Eaglin: Country Boy Down in New Orleans
6. John Lee Hooker: You Know, I Know
7. Jimmy Martin: Rock Hearts
8. Jerry Lee Lewis: Wild One //
9. Slim Harpo: Tip On In, Part One
10. Leon Russell: Love Minus Zero / No Limit
11. Stonewall Jackson: Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
12. John Hartford: Back Up and Push
13. Big Joe and His Washboard Band: If You Take Me Back
14. Rev. Pearly Brown: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do //
15. The Carter Family: No Telephone in Heaven
16. Lonnie Young, Ed Young, & Lonnie Young, Jr.: Chevrolet
17. The Iron Mountain String Band (Peggy Haine, EricDavidson, and Caleb Finch): The Johnson Boys
18. Cousin Emmy, with the New Lost City Ramblers: Old TomBrook
19. Peetie Wheatstraw: Throw Me In the Alley //
20. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Ninety-Nine and a HalfWon’t Do
“I’m just out ofschool, I’m-a real, real cool; I gotta jump, I gotta jive, I got the messageI’m alive---“ // “Jump up, pretty girls, don’t be afraid---” // “ Let your hairdown, baby; we ain’t going to heaven nohow---”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 99: CAPITAINE! CAPITAINE! -- A LOST CHILD MARDI GRAS (3.1.14)
1. Professor Longhair: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
2. The Dixie Cups: Iko Iko
3. The Wild Tchoupitoulas: Brother John
4. The Wild Tchoupitoulas: Hey Pocky A-Way (A Way) //
5. The Balfa Brothers: La Danse De Mardi Gras
6. The Hawkettes: Mardi Gras Mambo
7. Maurice Berzas and the Mamou Playboys: Eunice Two Step
8. Clifton Chenier: Zodico Stomp
9. John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys: Poor Man Two Step
10. Joe Turner: Mardi Gras Boogie
11. Jo-El Sonnier: Les flames d’enfer //
12. Excelsior Band of Mobile: Medley
13. Wallace Derouen and the Cajun Ramblers, with Joe Bonsall: Cajun Ramblers Special
14. Hobo Bertrand: Tite Villian Manniere
15. Badeaux and the Louisiana Aces: Louisiana Aces Special
16. Robert Bertrand: Tee Mammou Blues
17. Leeman Prejean: Triangle Club Special
18. Dr. John: Big Chief //
19. Treme Brass Band: Sing On
1. Professor Longhair: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
2. The Dixie Cups: Iko Iko
3. The Wild Tchoupitoulas: Brother John
4. The Wild Tchoupitoulas: Hey Pocky A-Way (A Way) //
5. The Balfa Brothers: La Danse De Mardi Gras
6. The Hawkettes: Mardi Gras Mambo
7. Maurice Berzas and the Mamou Playboys: Eunice Two Step
8. Clifton Chenier: Zodico Stomp
9. John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys: Poor Man Two Step
10. Joe Turner: Mardi Gras Boogie
11. Jo-El Sonnier: Les flames d’enfer //
12. Excelsior Band of Mobile: Medley
13. Wallace Derouen and the Cajun Ramblers, with Joe Bonsall: Cajun Ramblers Special
14. Hobo Bertrand: Tite Villian Manniere
15. Badeaux and the Louisiana Aces: Louisiana Aces Special
16. Robert Bertrand: Tee Mammou Blues
17. Leeman Prejean: Triangle Club Special
18. Dr. John: Big Chief //
19. Treme Brass Band: Sing On
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOSTCHILD, EPISODE 98: GARFIELD IS DEAD! (2.22.14)
1. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Mr. Garfield
2. Kelley Harrell and the Virginia String Band: Charles Guiteau //
3. Skip James: Cyprus Grove
4. Left Hand Charlie: Whole Lotta Drinkin’ On the Block
5. Odetta: Meetin’ at the Building
6. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: Jive Man Blues
7. Roger Miller: Do-Wacka-Do
8. J.C. “Jake” Staggers: Garfield
9. Dink Roberts: Garfield //
10. The Cooke Duet: It’s Me Again Lord
11. Clarence “Frogman” Henry: I’m a Country Boy
12. Scotty Moore Trio: Have Guitar, Will Travel
13. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Introduction to the band by Fred Maddox
14. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Hangover Blues
15. The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose: Treat Her Like a Lady //
16. Esther Phillips: Mojo Hannah
17. Johnny Cash: Mister Garfield
18. The Hackensaw Boys: Gospel Plow //
10. Ernest Kador (Ernie K-Doe): Do Baby Do
1. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Mr. Garfield
2. Kelley Harrell and the Virginia String Band: Charles Guiteau //
3. Skip James: Cyprus Grove
4. Left Hand Charlie: Whole Lotta Drinkin’ On the Block
5. Odetta: Meetin’ at the Building
6. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: Jive Man Blues
7. Roger Miller: Do-Wacka-Do
8. J.C. “Jake” Staggers: Garfield
9. Dink Roberts: Garfield //
10. The Cooke Duet: It’s Me Again Lord
11. Clarence “Frogman” Henry: I’m a Country Boy
12. Scotty Moore Trio: Have Guitar, Will Travel
13. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Introduction to the band by Fred Maddox
14. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Hangover Blues
15. The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose: Treat Her Like a Lady //
16. Esther Phillips: Mojo Hannah
17. Johnny Cash: Mister Garfield
18. The Hackensaw Boys: Gospel Plow //
10. Ernest Kador (Ernie K-Doe): Do Baby Do
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 96: TEARIN’ UP THE COUNTRY WITH A SONG (2.15.14)
1. Delegates & belles dance intro, Birmingham, 1960s
2. The Bright Leaf Quartet: Sweet Roseanne
3. Joe Brown, Harrison Ross, and Willie John Strong: I Moaned and I Moaned
4. The Louvin Brothers: Mary of the Wild Moor
5. Loretta Lynn: You Ain’t Woman Enough
6. Uncle Dave Macon: Rabbit in the Pea Patch
7. The Dillards: Walkin’ Down the Line
8. Old & In the Way: Home is Where the Heart Is
9. Johnny Cash: Mean Eyed Cat
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Tearin’ Up the Country //
11. Donny Hathaway: Sugar Lee
12. George Washington and the Cherry Bombs: Crisco Party
13. Eddie Cochran: Twenty Flight Rock
14. Stoney Edwards: She’s My Rock
15. Lightnin’ Hopkins: I’m Gonna Meet My Baby Somewhere //
16. Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and Michael Doucet: Baby Please Don’t Go
17. Reggie “Footie” Covington: Footie’s Medley (Pink Panther)
18. The Caravans: I Won’t Be Back //
19. Big Maybelle: Do Lord
1. Delegates & belles dance intro, Birmingham, 1960s
2. The Bright Leaf Quartet: Sweet Roseanne
3. Joe Brown, Harrison Ross, and Willie John Strong: I Moaned and I Moaned
4. The Louvin Brothers: Mary of the Wild Moor
5. Loretta Lynn: You Ain’t Woman Enough
6. Uncle Dave Macon: Rabbit in the Pea Patch
7. The Dillards: Walkin’ Down the Line
8. Old & In the Way: Home is Where the Heart Is
9. Johnny Cash: Mean Eyed Cat
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Tearin’ Up the Country //
11. Donny Hathaway: Sugar Lee
12. George Washington and the Cherry Bombs: Crisco Party
13. Eddie Cochran: Twenty Flight Rock
14. Stoney Edwards: She’s My Rock
15. Lightnin’ Hopkins: I’m Gonna Meet My Baby Somewhere //
16. Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and Michael Doucet: Baby Please Don’t Go
17. Reggie “Footie” Covington: Footie’s Medley (Pink Panther)
18. The Caravans: I Won’t Be Back //
19. Big Maybelle: Do Lord
FIFTY CENTS OF GAS, & A COUNTRY ROAD: PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD VALENTINES’ SPECIAL (EPISODE 95, 2.8.14)
1. Otis Redding: The Glory of Love
2. Dr. John: The Nearness of You //
3. Roosevelt Sykes: I’m In Love With A Lover
4. James Barnett: You’re So Fine
5. Las Hermanas Cantu: Especialmente Para Ti
6. Jimmy Reed: Found Love
7. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust //
8. Juanita Rogers: Love Letters Full of Promises (Unissued studio rehearsal)
9. The Louvin Brothers: I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
10. Jimmy Hughes: Why Not Tonight
11. The Ink Spots: It’s Been A Long, Long Time
12. The Red Fox Chasers: Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine //
13. The Blue Ridge Mountain Singers: I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers
14. Drive-By Truckers: Love Like This
15. The Carter Family: I Loved You Better Than You Knew
16. Reverend J.M. Gates: Scat to the Cat and Suie to the Hog
17. The Penguins: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) //
18. Karen Dalton: Take Me
19. Joe Tex: S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
20. Solomon Burke: Can’t Nobody Love You
21. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston: Kissin’ On
22. June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash: The Far Side Banks of Jordan //
23. Barbara Lewis: But You Know I Love You
24. Elmore James: It Hurts Me, Too
25. Enrico Caruso: O Sole Mio
26. The New Lost City Ramblers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
27. Leonard Emmanuel: Hollerin’ on the Way to See a Girl
28. Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton: Birmingham Jail //
29. Darlene Love: A Fine, Fine Boy
30. Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings: Teenager’s Letter Full of Promises
31. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Lulu Wall
32. Aretha Franklin: Dark End of the Street
33. Clarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)
34. Dan Reeder: Clean Elvis //
35. Big Bill Broonzy: Glory of Love
I battle aliens from outer space; they got one eye right in the middle of their face. / I grab my laser gun, I know my place: Somebody has to save the human race. / And I-I-I will always love you.
1. Otis Redding: The Glory of Love
2. Dr. John: The Nearness of You //
3. Roosevelt Sykes: I’m In Love With A Lover
4. James Barnett: You’re So Fine
5. Las Hermanas Cantu: Especialmente Para Ti
6. Jimmy Reed: Found Love
7. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust //
8. Juanita Rogers: Love Letters Full of Promises (Unissued studio rehearsal)
9. The Louvin Brothers: I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
10. Jimmy Hughes: Why Not Tonight
11. The Ink Spots: It’s Been A Long, Long Time
12. The Red Fox Chasers: Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine //
13. The Blue Ridge Mountain Singers: I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers
14. Drive-By Truckers: Love Like This
15. The Carter Family: I Loved You Better Than You Knew
16. Reverend J.M. Gates: Scat to the Cat and Suie to the Hog
17. The Penguins: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) //
18. Karen Dalton: Take Me
19. Joe Tex: S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
20. Solomon Burke: Can’t Nobody Love You
21. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston: Kissin’ On
22. June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash: The Far Side Banks of Jordan //
23. Barbara Lewis: But You Know I Love You
24. Elmore James: It Hurts Me, Too
25. Enrico Caruso: O Sole Mio
26. The New Lost City Ramblers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
27. Leonard Emmanuel: Hollerin’ on the Way to See a Girl
28. Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton: Birmingham Jail //
29. Darlene Love: A Fine, Fine Boy
30. Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings: Teenager’s Letter Full of Promises
31. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Lulu Wall
32. Aretha Franklin: Dark End of the Street
33. Clarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)
34. Dan Reeder: Clean Elvis //
35. Big Bill Broonzy: Glory of Love
I battle aliens from outer space; they got one eye right in the middle of their face. / I grab my laser gun, I know my place: Somebody has to save the human race. / And I-I-I will always love you.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 94: THE WEEK THAT WAS: WINTER WEATHER, & PETE SEEGER (2.1.13)
1. Pete Seeger: Ode to Joy / Goliath, Goliath
2. Pete Seeger: Nameless Banjo Riff
3. Blind Willie McTell: Cold Winter Day //
4. Paul Bascomb: Got Cool Too Soon
5. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Heavy Traffic Ahead
6. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Out in the Cold World
7. Memphis Minnie: Out in the Cold
8. T-Bone Walker: Cold, Cold Feeling //
9. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Way Out There
10. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Lonesome Valley
11. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Quite Early Morning
12. Pete Seeger: Wimoweh (Mbube)
13. Pete Seeger: Mary, Don’t You Weep //
14. Pete Seeger: Didn’t He Ramble
15. Pete Seeger: If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus
16. Pete Seeger: I Ain’t Scared of Your Jail
17. Pete Seeger: Oh, Freedom //
18. Pete Seeger: Russian Song / Ode to Joy
“…and when these fingers can strum no longe,r hand your guitar to young ones, stronger…” – Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
1. Pete Seeger: Ode to Joy / Goliath, Goliath
2. Pete Seeger: Nameless Banjo Riff
3. Blind Willie McTell: Cold Winter Day //
4. Paul Bascomb: Got Cool Too Soon
5. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Heavy Traffic Ahead
6. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Out in the Cold World
7. Memphis Minnie: Out in the Cold
8. T-Bone Walker: Cold, Cold Feeling //
9. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Way Out There
10. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Lonesome Valley
11. Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie: Quite Early Morning
12. Pete Seeger: Wimoweh (Mbube)
13. Pete Seeger: Mary, Don’t You Weep //
14. Pete Seeger: Didn’t He Ramble
15. Pete Seeger: If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus
16. Pete Seeger: I Ain’t Scared of Your Jail
17. Pete Seeger: Oh, Freedom //
18. Pete Seeger: Russian Song / Ode to Joy
“…and when these fingers can strum no longe,r hand your guitar to young ones, stronger…” – Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 93: “WIDE OPEN SPACES: THE LOST CHILD GOES WEST” (A RADIO MUSICAL WESTERN) (1.25.13)
1. Willie Neslon: Red Headed Stranger
2. Jack Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills
3. Bo Diddley: Gun Slinger //
4. Mergen Mongush: Sigit “Alash” (Tuvan throat-singing)
5. Arthur Myles: The Lonesome Cowboy, Part Two
6. Moses “Clear Rock: Platt: The Old Chisholm Trail
7.Tex Ritter: Theme from High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling)
8. The Coasters: Along Came Jones
9. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Buffalo Skinners //
10.Marty Robbins: Big Iron
11. Cousin Emmy: Jesse James
12. The Sons of the Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
13. Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Walter Brennan: My Rifle, My Pony, and Me / Cindy (Rio Bravo)
14. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: Cowboy Jim //
15. Hank Penny: I Like the Wide Open Spaces
16. James Brown: Don’t Fence Me In
17. Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short (words and lyrics by Randy Newman): Blue Shadows (from the movie Three Amigos)
18. Ennio Morricone: For a Few Dollars More
19. The Village People: Go West
1. Willie Neslon: Red Headed Stranger
2. Jack Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills
3. Bo Diddley: Gun Slinger //
4. Mergen Mongush: Sigit “Alash” (Tuvan throat-singing)
5. Arthur Myles: The Lonesome Cowboy, Part Two
6. Moses “Clear Rock: Platt: The Old Chisholm Trail
7.Tex Ritter: Theme from High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling)
8. The Coasters: Along Came Jones
9. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Buffalo Skinners //
10.Marty Robbins: Big Iron
11. Cousin Emmy: Jesse James
12. The Sons of the Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
13. Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Walter Brennan: My Rifle, My Pony, and Me / Cindy (Rio Bravo)
14. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: Cowboy Jim //
15. Hank Penny: I Like the Wide Open Spaces
16. James Brown: Don’t Fence Me In
17. Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short (words and lyrics by Randy Newman): Blue Shadows (from the movie Three Amigos)
18. Ennio Morricone: For a Few Dollars More
19. The Village People: Go West
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 92: BOODLE-AM SHAKE (1.18.14)
1. Bessie Jones: So Glad I’m Here
2. Roy Acuff: Night Train to Memphis //
3. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Lyla Lou
4. The Sons of the Pioneers: Cool Water
5. The Golden Gate Quartet: Ol’ Man Mose
6. Gene Vincent: Race with the Devil
7. Bobbie Gentry: Okolona River Bottom Band //
8. Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats: I’m Tore Up
9. Wanda Jackson: Torn Down
10. Dan Penn: It Tears Me Up
11. Memphis Jug Band: Tear it Down //
12. Dixieland Jug Blowers: Boodle-Am Shake
13. Aretha Franklin: Niki Hokey
14. James Booker: Put Out the Light
15. John Wayne: Texas is a Woman
16. The Dillards: She Sang Hymns Out of Tune
17. Jimmy Martin, with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: My Walkin’ Shoes //
18. The Bessemer Sunset Four: Are You Ready?
19. Big Joe Williams: Bessemer Baby //
20. Bobby Hebb: Night Train to Memphis
Boodle-am, boodle-am, boodle-am, boodle-am, boom. Toodle-am, toodle-am, toodle-am, toodle-am, toom.
1. Bessie Jones: So Glad I’m Here
2. Roy Acuff: Night Train to Memphis //
3. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Lyla Lou
4. The Sons of the Pioneers: Cool Water
5. The Golden Gate Quartet: Ol’ Man Mose
6. Gene Vincent: Race with the Devil
7. Bobbie Gentry: Okolona River Bottom Band //
8. Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats: I’m Tore Up
9. Wanda Jackson: Torn Down
10. Dan Penn: It Tears Me Up
11. Memphis Jug Band: Tear it Down //
12. Dixieland Jug Blowers: Boodle-Am Shake
13. Aretha Franklin: Niki Hokey
14. James Booker: Put Out the Light
15. John Wayne: Texas is a Woman
16. The Dillards: She Sang Hymns Out of Tune
17. Jimmy Martin, with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: My Walkin’ Shoes //
18. The Bessemer Sunset Four: Are You Ready?
19. Big Joe Williams: Bessemer Baby //
20. Bobby Hebb: Night Train to Memphis
Boodle-am, boodle-am, boodle-am, boodle-am, boom. Toodle-am, toodle-am, toodle-am, toodle-am, toom.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 91: FATS WALLER, LIVE & ON THE AIR: LIVE BROADCASTS & RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM THOMAS “FATS” WALLER (1.11.13)
1. Fats Waller: The Sheik of Araby
2. Fats Waller: and his Rhythm: The B Flat Blues
3. Fats Waller: I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (Baby’s Crazy ‘Bout Me) //
4. Fats Waller and his Rhythm: Live broadcast from the Yacht Club, October 1938 (Yacht Club Swing; You Can’t Be Mine and Somebody Else’s Too; Monday Mornin’; What Do You Know About Love?; I Had to Do it) //
5. Fats Waller: Personally, It’s Off the Record radio show, 1943 (excerpt) (Ain’t Misbehavin’; Honeysuckle Rose)
5. Fats Waller: St. Louis Blues //
6. Fats Waller and his Rhythm: NBC Studios broadcast, July 1938 (Ain’t Misbehavin’; Hold My Hand; Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush; What’s a Matter with You?; Hallelujah!; What’s Your Name?)
7. Fats Waller: Command Performance armed services radio show, 1943 (Your Feet’s Too Big; Handful of Keys)
One never knows, do one?
1. Fats Waller: The Sheik of Araby
2. Fats Waller: and his Rhythm: The B Flat Blues
3. Fats Waller: I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (Baby’s Crazy ‘Bout Me) //
4. Fats Waller and his Rhythm: Live broadcast from the Yacht Club, October 1938 (Yacht Club Swing; You Can’t Be Mine and Somebody Else’s Too; Monday Mornin’; What Do You Know About Love?; I Had to Do it) //
5. Fats Waller: Personally, It’s Off the Record radio show, 1943 (excerpt) (Ain’t Misbehavin’; Honeysuckle Rose)
5. Fats Waller: St. Louis Blues //
6. Fats Waller and his Rhythm: NBC Studios broadcast, July 1938 (Ain’t Misbehavin’; Hold My Hand; Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush; What’s a Matter with You?; Hallelujah!; What’s Your Name?)
7. Fats Waller: Command Performance armed services radio show, 1943 (Your Feet’s Too Big; Handful of Keys)
One never knows, do one?
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 90: SEARCHING THE DESERT FOR THE BLUES (1.4.13)
1. Don Gibson: Sea of Heartbreak
2. Clifton Chenier: Squeeze Box Boogie
3. Mississippi Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, and Fannie Davis (sister): Shake ‘Em On Down
4. Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: Well I’ll Be John Brown
5. Karen Dalton: Katie Cruel
6. Evans and McClain: So Sorry Dear //
7. The Coasters: Searchin’
8. Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces: Searching for My Love
9. Fats Waller: Somebody Stole My Gal //
10. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: A Tiny Broken Heart
11. Jessie Pratcher, Mattie Garner, and Mary Gardner: Green Sally, Up Como, Miss
12. Rufus Thomas: Jump Back
13. Tom T. Hall: Ballad of Forty Dollars
14. The Stanley Brothers: Little Glass of Wine //
15. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Ugly and Slouchy
16. Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb: Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out
17. Loretta Lynn: Crisco TV ad
18. Blind Willie McTell with Kate McTell (aka Ruby Glaze): Searchin’ the Desert for the Blues
19. David Grisman: I Ain’t Broke But I’m Badly Bent
20. Buffy Sainte-Marie: Helpless //
21. Johnny Cash: Sea of Heartbreak
“Let’s flat get it, now.”
1. Don Gibson: Sea of Heartbreak
2. Clifton Chenier: Squeeze Box Boogie
3. Mississippi Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, and Fannie Davis (sister): Shake ‘Em On Down
4. Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: Well I’ll Be John Brown
5. Karen Dalton: Katie Cruel
6. Evans and McClain: So Sorry Dear //
7. The Coasters: Searchin’
8. Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces: Searching for My Love
9. Fats Waller: Somebody Stole My Gal //
10. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: A Tiny Broken Heart
11. Jessie Pratcher, Mattie Garner, and Mary Gardner: Green Sally, Up Como, Miss
12. Rufus Thomas: Jump Back
13. Tom T. Hall: Ballad of Forty Dollars
14. The Stanley Brothers: Little Glass of Wine //
15. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Ugly and Slouchy
16. Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb: Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out
17. Loretta Lynn: Crisco TV ad
18. Blind Willie McTell with Kate McTell (aka Ruby Glaze): Searchin’ the Desert for the Blues
19. David Grisman: I Ain’t Broke But I’m Badly Bent
20. Buffy Sainte-Marie: Helpless //
21. Johnny Cash: Sea of Heartbreak
“Let’s flat get it, now.”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 89: RUGALATOR WORKING (12.28.13)
1. Bill Monroe: My Little Georgia Rose
2. Rosita y Aurelia (Rosita Fernández & Aurelia Segovia): La Pajarera
3. Dave “Baby” Cortez: Swinging with Dave
4. Bumble Bee Slim: Lemon Squeezing Blues //
5. Earl Johnson and his Dixie Entertainers: I’m Satisfied
6. Burl Hammons: The Sandy Boys
7. The Lilly Brothers with Don Stover: Where is My Sailor Boy?
8. Slim Harpo: Don’t Start Crying Now //
9. Ray Price: Wasted Words
10. Willie Nelson: Yesterday’s Wine
11. Cliff Bruner and his Texas Wanderers: Draggin’ the Bow
12. The Memphis Jug Band: He’s in the Jailhouse Now
13. Billy Gayles with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm: Do Right Baby
14. Lil Johnson: That Bonus Done Gone Through
15. The Chad Fisher Group: Ramblin’ Man //
16. Jimmy Smith: Got My Mojo Workin’ //
17. Lightnin’ Hopkins: Happy New Year
"Get it, boy. Don't stop for nothing now. Wear it out; tear it up. It don't make no difference."
1. Bill Monroe: My Little Georgia Rose
2. Rosita y Aurelia (Rosita Fernández & Aurelia Segovia): La Pajarera
3. Dave “Baby” Cortez: Swinging with Dave
4. Bumble Bee Slim: Lemon Squeezing Blues //
5. Earl Johnson and his Dixie Entertainers: I’m Satisfied
6. Burl Hammons: The Sandy Boys
7. The Lilly Brothers with Don Stover: Where is My Sailor Boy?
8. Slim Harpo: Don’t Start Crying Now //
9. Ray Price: Wasted Words
10. Willie Nelson: Yesterday’s Wine
11. Cliff Bruner and his Texas Wanderers: Draggin’ the Bow
12. The Memphis Jug Band: He’s in the Jailhouse Now
13. Billy Gayles with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm: Do Right Baby
14. Lil Johnson: That Bonus Done Gone Through
15. The Chad Fisher Group: Ramblin’ Man //
16. Jimmy Smith: Got My Mojo Workin’ //
17. Lightnin’ Hopkins: Happy New Year
"Get it, boy. Don't stop for nothing now. Wear it out; tear it up. It don't make no difference."
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 88: WHERE DEAD VOICES GATHER: 2013 MUSICAL OBITUARIES, PART TWO (12.21.13)
1. Jean Stapleton and Carroll O’Connor (as Edith and Archie Bunker): Theme from All in the Family (“Those Were The Days”)
2. Lou Reed: Sick of You //
3. Marvin Rainwater: Boo Hoo
4. Marvin Rainwater: The Pale Faced Indian (Lament of the Cherokee Nation)
5. The “5” Royales: Dedicated to the one I Love (Written for Ellise Pauling)
6. John Prine: Dear Abby (written for Pauline Phillips, aka Abigail Van Buren, aka “Dear Abby”) //
7. Mac Curtis: That Ain’t Nothin’ But Right
8. Eddie Bond: Slip, Slip, Slippin’ In
9. Tommy Cassel: Go Ahead On
10. Clyde Stacey: Hoy Hoy
11. Harper Van Hoy: Soldier’s Joy
12. George Jackson: I Cant Do Without You //
13. Cosmo and the Counts (featuring Tommy “Cosmo” Count): A little Mixed Up
14. Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers: Introduction to a Mouse Cartoon
15. The Standells (featuring Dick Dodd): Dirty Water
13. Precious Bryant: That’s The Way The Good Thing Goes
14. T Model Ford: Let The Church Roll On
15. Ray Price: You Done Me Wrong
16. George Jones: The Grand Tour //
17. Precious Bryant: I Got a New Home Over in Zion
1. Jean Stapleton and Carroll O’Connor (as Edith and Archie Bunker): Theme from All in the Family (“Those Were The Days”)
2. Lou Reed: Sick of You //
3. Marvin Rainwater: Boo Hoo
4. Marvin Rainwater: The Pale Faced Indian (Lament of the Cherokee Nation)
5. The “5” Royales: Dedicated to the one I Love (Written for Ellise Pauling)
6. John Prine: Dear Abby (written for Pauline Phillips, aka Abigail Van Buren, aka “Dear Abby”) //
7. Mac Curtis: That Ain’t Nothin’ But Right
8. Eddie Bond: Slip, Slip, Slippin’ In
9. Tommy Cassel: Go Ahead On
10. Clyde Stacey: Hoy Hoy
11. Harper Van Hoy: Soldier’s Joy
12. George Jackson: I Cant Do Without You //
13. Cosmo and the Counts (featuring Tommy “Cosmo” Count): A little Mixed Up
14. Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers: Introduction to a Mouse Cartoon
15. The Standells (featuring Dick Dodd): Dirty Water
13. Precious Bryant: That’s The Way The Good Thing Goes
14. T Model Ford: Let The Church Roll On
15. Ray Price: You Done Me Wrong
16. George Jones: The Grand Tour //
17. Precious Bryant: I Got a New Home Over in Zion
THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 87: "WHERE DEAD VOICES GATHER: 2013 MUSICAL OBITUARIES, PART ONE" (12.14.13)
1. Hardrock Gunter: (Gonna Rock n Roll) Gonna Dance All Night
2. Richie Havens: Tombstone Blues //
3. The Valentinos: It’s All Over Now (with Cecil Womack)
4. The Troggs: Wild Thing (with Reg Presley)
5. Bobby “Blue” Bland: St. James Infirmary //
6. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountian Boys (with fiddler Jim Shumate): My Little Girl in Tennessee
7. Interview with Jim Shumate
8. The Mountain Ramblers: Baptizing Down By the Creek //
9. The Caravans (featuring Inez Andrews): He Won’t Deny Me
10. Fontella Bass: I’m a Woman
11. Fontella Bass: Baby What You Want Me To Do //
12. Dr. G.B. Burt: Ain’t That Loving You Baby
13. Johnny Smith: Walk, Don’t Run!
14. Hardrock Gunter: Birmingham Bounce //
15. O.V. Wright: That’s How Strong My Love Is (written and produced by Roosevelt Jamison)
16. Claude King: Beer and Pinballs
17. Cal Smith: The Lord Knows I’m Drinking //
18. Tony Sheridan and the Beatles: My Bonnie
1. Hardrock Gunter: (Gonna Rock n Roll) Gonna Dance All Night
2. Richie Havens: Tombstone Blues //
3. The Valentinos: It’s All Over Now (with Cecil Womack)
4. The Troggs: Wild Thing (with Reg Presley)
5. Bobby “Blue” Bland: St. James Infirmary //
6. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountian Boys (with fiddler Jim Shumate): My Little Girl in Tennessee
7. Interview with Jim Shumate
8. The Mountain Ramblers: Baptizing Down By the Creek //
9. The Caravans (featuring Inez Andrews): He Won’t Deny Me
10. Fontella Bass: I’m a Woman
11. Fontella Bass: Baby What You Want Me To Do //
12. Dr. G.B. Burt: Ain’t That Loving You Baby
13. Johnny Smith: Walk, Don’t Run!
14. Hardrock Gunter: Birmingham Bounce //
15. O.V. Wright: That’s How Strong My Love Is (written and produced by Roosevelt Jamison)
16. Claude King: Beer and Pinballs
17. Cal Smith: The Lord Knows I’m Drinking //
18. Tony Sheridan and the Beatles: My Bonnie
THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 85: DAVID RAWLINGS APPROXIMATELY (11.30.13)
The night before Thanksgiving, the David Rawlings Machine ended their tour with an outstanding show at Workplay. On The Lost Child today, we recreated as much as the night’s setlist as our hour would allow. A fuller setlist is below; unfortunately, we didn’t have time to include songs with a *.
1. Bob Dylan: I Am A Lonesome Hobo
2. J.J. Cale: Call Me the Breeze //
3. Don Reno & Bill Harrell with the Tennessee Cut-ups: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
4. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Dry Bones
* Gillian Welch: Wayside / Back in Time
5. Ernest Williams and James (Iron Head) Baker: Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
6. Ryan Adams: Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey
7. Ryan Adams: To Be Young
8. Charley Jordan: Keep it Clean
9. Jesse Fuller: Monkey and the Engineer
10. David Rawlings Machine: It’s Too Easy
* David Rawlings Machine: Bells of Harlem //
11. Bob Dylan: Billy 4
12. Rebe and Rabe: He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
13. David Rawlings Machine: Sweet Tooth
14. Old Crow Medicine Show: I Hear Them All
15. Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land
16. Leadbelly, with the Golden Gate Quartet: Stewball
* Bright Eyes: Method Acting
* Neil Young: Cortez the Killer
17. Bob Dylan: Queen Jane Approximately //
* Led Zeppelin: Going to California
* Gillian Welch: Look at Miss Ohio
18. Credence Clearwater Revival: The Midnight Special
19. The Staple Singers: The Weight
Ride him over, give him a Co-cola, lemon soda, saucer of ice cream; takes soap and water, boy, to keep it clean.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 84: “PASTA FAZULA, TALULAH” (11.23.13)
1. Mickey Newbury: How I Love Them Old Songs
2. Hamper McBee: Talk on Old-Time Songs
3. Hamper McBee: Wreck of the Number 9 //
4. John Hartford: Knockin’ at Your Door
5. Frank Hutchinson: The Chevrolet Six
6. TCI Section Crew: Track Linin’
7. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: Leaving Home
8. The Hambone Kids, with The Red Saunders Orchestra: Piece of Pudding //
9. Joyce Green: Black Cadillac
10. Leroy Broussard: Lemonade Song
11. Lead Belly: Cotton Fields
12. The Louvin Brothers: Pitfall
13. Buck Owens: Above and Beyond
14. “Lost John” Ray and Walt Koken: Red Wing
15. Jesse Fuller: Fables Ain’t Nothing But Lies //
16. Gordon Tanner, Smoky Joe Miller, and Uncle John Patterson: Prettiest Little Girl in the Country-o
17. J.C. “Jake” Staggers: Sally Ann
18. Johnny Horton: Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
19. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cotton Fields
20. “Butterboy”: Old Aunt Dinah
21. Joe Thompson: Pumpkin Pie //
22. Cab Calloway: Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
“Evelina / and her daughter / ran a boarding house / on the water / selling pork chops for a quarter / Ain’t it good, boys / from the slaughter----”
The night before Thanksgiving, the David Rawlings Machine ended their tour with an outstanding show at Workplay. On The Lost Child today, we recreated as much as the night’s setlist as our hour would allow. A fuller setlist is below; unfortunately, we didn’t have time to include songs with a *.
1. Bob Dylan: I Am A Lonesome Hobo
2. J.J. Cale: Call Me the Breeze //
3. Don Reno & Bill Harrell with the Tennessee Cut-ups: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
4. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Dry Bones
* Gillian Welch: Wayside / Back in Time
5. Ernest Williams and James (Iron Head) Baker: Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
6. Ryan Adams: Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey
7. Ryan Adams: To Be Young
8. Charley Jordan: Keep it Clean
9. Jesse Fuller: Monkey and the Engineer
10. David Rawlings Machine: It’s Too Easy
* David Rawlings Machine: Bells of Harlem //
11. Bob Dylan: Billy 4
12. Rebe and Rabe: He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
13. David Rawlings Machine: Sweet Tooth
14. Old Crow Medicine Show: I Hear Them All
15. Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land
16. Leadbelly, with the Golden Gate Quartet: Stewball
* Bright Eyes: Method Acting
* Neil Young: Cortez the Killer
17. Bob Dylan: Queen Jane Approximately //
* Led Zeppelin: Going to California
* Gillian Welch: Look at Miss Ohio
18. Credence Clearwater Revival: The Midnight Special
19. The Staple Singers: The Weight
Ride him over, give him a Co-cola, lemon soda, saucer of ice cream; takes soap and water, boy, to keep it clean.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 84: “PASTA FAZULA, TALULAH” (11.23.13)
1. Mickey Newbury: How I Love Them Old Songs
2. Hamper McBee: Talk on Old-Time Songs
3. Hamper McBee: Wreck of the Number 9 //
4. John Hartford: Knockin’ at Your Door
5. Frank Hutchinson: The Chevrolet Six
6. TCI Section Crew: Track Linin’
7. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: Leaving Home
8. The Hambone Kids, with The Red Saunders Orchestra: Piece of Pudding //
9. Joyce Green: Black Cadillac
10. Leroy Broussard: Lemonade Song
11. Lead Belly: Cotton Fields
12. The Louvin Brothers: Pitfall
13. Buck Owens: Above and Beyond
14. “Lost John” Ray and Walt Koken: Red Wing
15. Jesse Fuller: Fables Ain’t Nothing But Lies //
16. Gordon Tanner, Smoky Joe Miller, and Uncle John Patterson: Prettiest Little Girl in the Country-o
17. J.C. “Jake” Staggers: Sally Ann
18. Johnny Horton: Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
19. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cotton Fields
20. “Butterboy”: Old Aunt Dinah
21. Joe Thompson: Pumpkin Pie //
22. Cab Calloway: Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
“Evelina / and her daughter / ran a boarding house / on the water / selling pork chops for a quarter / Ain’t it good, boys / from the slaughter----”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 83: “AWFUL DAY IN DALLAS: SONGS FOR JFK” (11.16.13)
(Two-hour special commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy.)
1. Radio Assassination Report (Nov. 22, 1963)
2. The Dixie Nightingales: Assassination
3. James and Fanny Brewer: I Want to Know Why
4. The Birds of Harmony: Tribute to a Great President //
5. The Southern Bell Singers: The Tragedy of Kennedy
6. Ronda Mitchell and Mrs. Lovell: J.F. Kennedy’s Reservation
7. Otis Spann: Sad Day in Texas
8. The Jewel Gospel Singers: The Modern Joshua
9. Jimmy Brown: He Was Loved By The People
10. Mary Ross: President Kennedy Gave His Life
11. Don Drummond and the Skatalites: JFK’s Memory //
12. Los Conquistadores: Homenaje a JF Kennedy
13. Gilberto Lopez: Lamento a Kennedy
14. Los Canarios del Valle: Recordando Al Presidente
15. Frank Sinatra: High Hopes with Jack Kennedy
16 Jimmy Dean: PT-109
17. Lulu Reed and Freddy King: Do the President Twist
18. Marilyn Monroe: Happy Birthday to JFK
19. John Lee Hooker: Birmingham Blues
20. Mighty Sparrow: Kennedy and Khrushchev
21. Mighty Sparrow: A Death of Kennedy
22. Tommy Cash: Six White Horses
23. The Sensational Six of Birmingham, AL: The Day the World Stood Still
24. Bishop Perry Ellis: Kennedy moan
25.Fannie Brewer: When We Got the Message
26.Brother Thurman Ruth: That Awful Day in Dallas
27. Little Walker: Jackie Don’t You Weep
28. Big Joe Williams: A Man Amongst Men //
29. Bobby Hebb: Sunny
30. The Byrds: He Was a Friend of Mine //
31. Tom Clay: What the World Needs Now / Abraham, Martin, and John
Only one man I ever loved in my life / was my President Kennedy, and I also loved his wife.
Recommended listening:
Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK (book and CD by Guido van Rijn)
Can't Keep From Crying: Topical Blues on the Death of Kennedy (album)
"The Kennedy Corridos" (radio program, Onda Latina)
(Two-hour special commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy.)
1. Radio Assassination Report (Nov. 22, 1963)
2. The Dixie Nightingales: Assassination
3. James and Fanny Brewer: I Want to Know Why
4. The Birds of Harmony: Tribute to a Great President //
5. The Southern Bell Singers: The Tragedy of Kennedy
6. Ronda Mitchell and Mrs. Lovell: J.F. Kennedy’s Reservation
7. Otis Spann: Sad Day in Texas
8. The Jewel Gospel Singers: The Modern Joshua
9. Jimmy Brown: He Was Loved By The People
10. Mary Ross: President Kennedy Gave His Life
11. Don Drummond and the Skatalites: JFK’s Memory //
12. Los Conquistadores: Homenaje a JF Kennedy
13. Gilberto Lopez: Lamento a Kennedy
14. Los Canarios del Valle: Recordando Al Presidente
15. Frank Sinatra: High Hopes with Jack Kennedy
16 Jimmy Dean: PT-109
17. Lulu Reed and Freddy King: Do the President Twist
18. Marilyn Monroe: Happy Birthday to JFK
19. John Lee Hooker: Birmingham Blues
20. Mighty Sparrow: Kennedy and Khrushchev
21. Mighty Sparrow: A Death of Kennedy
22. Tommy Cash: Six White Horses
23. The Sensational Six of Birmingham, AL: The Day the World Stood Still
24. Bishop Perry Ellis: Kennedy moan
25.Fannie Brewer: When We Got the Message
26.Brother Thurman Ruth: That Awful Day in Dallas
27. Little Walker: Jackie Don’t You Weep
28. Big Joe Williams: A Man Amongst Men //
29. Bobby Hebb: Sunny
30. The Byrds: He Was a Friend of Mine //
31. Tom Clay: What the World Needs Now / Abraham, Martin, and John
Only one man I ever loved in my life / was my President Kennedy, and I also loved his wife.
Recommended listening:
Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK (book and CD by Guido van Rijn)
Can't Keep From Crying: Topical Blues on the Death of Kennedy (album)
"The Kennedy Corridos" (radio program, Onda Latina)
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 82: SOLDIER BOY SWING (11.9.13)
1. Joe Tex: I Believe I’m Gonna Make It
2. Cliff Bruner and his Boys: Draftboard Blues
3. Brownie McGhee (as Blind Boy Fuller #2): Swing, Soldier, Swing //
4. Fats Waller: Ain’t Misbehaving / Two Sleepy People (V-Disc, 1943)
5. Richie Havens: Handsome Johnny
6. Woody Guthrie: Sally, Don’t You Grieve
7. Nashville Washboard Band: Soldier’s Joy
8. Stan Kenton: Sound ’62: The Blues
9. Cake: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town //
10. The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover: Forgotten Soldier Boy
11. Dellie Norton: Pretty Fair Miss Out in the Garden
12. The Stanley Brothers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
13. Johnny Cash: Drive On
14. Little Maxie Bailey: Drive Soldiers Drive
15. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Tour of Duty
16. Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakum: Down Where The River Bends
Something’s tickling me. I don’t know what it is, but it is.
1. Joe Tex: I Believe I’m Gonna Make It
2. Cliff Bruner and his Boys: Draftboard Blues
3. Brownie McGhee (as Blind Boy Fuller #2): Swing, Soldier, Swing //
4. Fats Waller: Ain’t Misbehaving / Two Sleepy People (V-Disc, 1943)
5. Richie Havens: Handsome Johnny
6. Woody Guthrie: Sally, Don’t You Grieve
7. Nashville Washboard Band: Soldier’s Joy
8. Stan Kenton: Sound ’62: The Blues
9. Cake: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town //
10. The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover: Forgotten Soldier Boy
11. Dellie Norton: Pretty Fair Miss Out in the Garden
12. The Stanley Brothers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
13. Johnny Cash: Drive On
14. Little Maxie Bailey: Drive Soldiers Drive
15. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Tour of Duty
16. Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakum: Down Where The River Bends
Something’s tickling me. I don’t know what it is, but it is.
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 81: THE GATEMOUTH MOORE CENTENNIAL SHOW (11.3.13)
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dwight Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore.
1. Gatemouth Moore: Beale Street Ain’t Beale Street No More
2. Gatemouth Moore: Hey Mr. Gatemouth
3. Gatemouth Moore: Jesus on the Main Line //
4. Gatemouth Moore: Bum Dee Dah Ray Dee
5. Gatemouth Moore: I Ain’t Mad At You Pretty Baby
6. Gatemouth Moore: Gotta Walk
7. Gatemouth Moore: The Bible is Being Fulfilled Every Day //
8. Gatemouth Moore and the Bessemer Big Four: The Night They Buried Sin, Parts 1 and 2
9. Gatemouth Moore: Interview with Gary Richardson, “Morning Talk,” WJLD Birmingham, 1992
10. Gatemouth Moore: Take the Lord Along with You
11. Gatemouth Moore: Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
1. Gatemouth Moore: My Mother Thinks I’m Something
12. Gatemouth Moore: The Conversion of Gatemouth Moore //
13. Gatemouth Moore: Higher Ground (Lord, Lift Me Up)
“I’m grateful, Lord, I’m grateful!” // “Bless your brains!”
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dwight Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore.
1. Gatemouth Moore: Beale Street Ain’t Beale Street No More
2. Gatemouth Moore: Hey Mr. Gatemouth
3. Gatemouth Moore: Jesus on the Main Line //
4. Gatemouth Moore: Bum Dee Dah Ray Dee
5. Gatemouth Moore: I Ain’t Mad At You Pretty Baby
6. Gatemouth Moore: Gotta Walk
7. Gatemouth Moore: The Bible is Being Fulfilled Every Day //
8. Gatemouth Moore and the Bessemer Big Four: The Night They Buried Sin, Parts 1 and 2
9. Gatemouth Moore: Interview with Gary Richardson, “Morning Talk,” WJLD Birmingham, 1992
10. Gatemouth Moore: Take the Lord Along with You
11. Gatemouth Moore: Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
1. Gatemouth Moore: My Mother Thinks I’m Something
12. Gatemouth Moore: The Conversion of Gatemouth Moore //
13. Gatemouth Moore: Higher Ground (Lord, Lift Me Up)
“I’m grateful, Lord, I’m grateful!” // “Bless your brains!”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 80: SHAKE A MEAN HIP! (10.19.13)
"Let's all of us pull off our shoes and having a stinking good time."
1. Desmond Dekker: (Poor Mi) Israelites
2. The Shelor Family: Billy Grimes the Rover
3. King Curtis: Memphis Soul Stew //
4. The Cooke Duet: The Lord Will Make a Way
5. Lazy Lester: The Same Thing Could Happen To You
6. Lee Dorsey: Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On)
7. Doc & Merle Watson: Twin Sisters //
8. Ernest Tubb & Red Foley: Hillbilly Fever
9. T. Texas Tyler: I Want to Learn to Do It
10. Ralph Stanley: I Got a Mule to Ride / Rocky Island / Shout Little Lula //
11. Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers: Big Foots
12. Fats Waller & His Rhythm: Your Feet’s Too Big
13. Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys: Big-Footed Sam
14. Stoney Edwards: Head Bootlegger Man //
15. The Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas: Hip Shakin’ Strut
16. The Fabulous Playboys: Honkey Tonk Woman
17. The Soul Clan: That’s How It Feels //
18. Jimmy Martin: Milwaukee Here I Come
“When you cut your toenails off, don’t ever put them in a crack—before you leave the jailhouse, man, you’re gonna meet yourself coming back.”
"Let's all of us pull off our shoes and having a stinking good time."
1. Desmond Dekker: (Poor Mi) Israelites
2. The Shelor Family: Billy Grimes the Rover
3. King Curtis: Memphis Soul Stew //
4. The Cooke Duet: The Lord Will Make a Way
5. Lazy Lester: The Same Thing Could Happen To You
6. Lee Dorsey: Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On)
7. Doc & Merle Watson: Twin Sisters //
8. Ernest Tubb & Red Foley: Hillbilly Fever
9. T. Texas Tyler: I Want to Learn to Do It
10. Ralph Stanley: I Got a Mule to Ride / Rocky Island / Shout Little Lula //
11. Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers: Big Foots
12. Fats Waller & His Rhythm: Your Feet’s Too Big
13. Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys: Big-Footed Sam
14. Stoney Edwards: Head Bootlegger Man //
15. The Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas: Hip Shakin’ Strut
16. The Fabulous Playboys: Honkey Tonk Woman
17. The Soul Clan: That’s How It Feels //
18. Jimmy Martin: Milwaukee Here I Come
“When you cut your toenails off, don’t ever put them in a crack—before you leave the jailhouse, man, you’re gonna meet yourself coming back.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 79: GLORY, GLORY (10.12.13)
1. Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band:When I Lay My Burden Down
2. Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys: When I Lay MyBurden Down
3. The Traveling Alstars: I’ll Fly Away //
4. The Golden Eagle Gospel Singers: Do Lord, Remember Me
5. Blind James Campbell & his Nashville Street Band: This Little Light of Mine
6. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee: Just a Closer Walk withThee
7. Pauline Jackson Griggs: In a Time Like This
8. James Shorty, Viola James, & Congregation: Jesus on the Main Line
9. Odetta: He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands
10. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Were You There When TheyCrucified My Lord //
11. Bobby Bare: Drop Kick Me Jesus
12. Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers: Amazing Grace
13. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. andRichard Williams: Do Lord, Remember Me
14. Laura Davis Jackson & Rev. Charlie Jackson: May theWork I’ve Done Speak For Me
15. Hank Williams: I Saw the Light
16. Monty Morris: Oil In My Lamp
17. Edith Pinder and the Pinder Family with Joseph Spence: I Bid You Goodnight //
18. Bill Withers: Lean On Me
1. Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band:When I Lay My Burden Down
2. Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys: When I Lay MyBurden Down
3. The Traveling Alstars: I’ll Fly Away //
4. The Golden Eagle Gospel Singers: Do Lord, Remember Me
5. Blind James Campbell & his Nashville Street Band: This Little Light of Mine
6. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee: Just a Closer Walk withThee
7. Pauline Jackson Griggs: In a Time Like This
8. James Shorty, Viola James, & Congregation: Jesus on the Main Line
9. Odetta: He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands
10. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Were You There When TheyCrucified My Lord //
11. Bobby Bare: Drop Kick Me Jesus
12. Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers: Amazing Grace
13. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. andRichard Williams: Do Lord, Remember Me
14. Laura Davis Jackson & Rev. Charlie Jackson: May theWork I’ve Done Speak For Me
15. Hank Williams: I Saw the Light
16. Monty Morris: Oil In My Lamp
17. Edith Pinder and the Pinder Family with Joseph Spence: I Bid You Goodnight //
18. Bill Withers: Lean On Me
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 78: THE HONKY TONK KIND (10.5.13)
1. Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Heroes
2. Webb Pierce: Honky Tonk Song
3. Buck Owens: Close Up the Honky Tonks //
4. Loretta Lynn: I’m a Honky Tonk Girl
5. Harry Choates: Honky Tonk Boogie
6. The James Brown Soul Train: Honky Tonk, Part 1
7. Cast King: Honky Tonk Man //
8. Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
9. Dinah Washington: Honky Tonk
10. The Rolling Stones: Country Honk
11. Charlie Feathers: The Wild Side of Life
12. Kitty Wells: It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
13. Sidney Bechet: Down in Honky Tonk Town //
14. The Nu Sounds (Sun Ra): Honky Tonk
15. D.L. Menard: The Back Door
16. Carl Butler and Pearl: Honkytonkitis
17. Charles Feathers: Honky Tonk Kind
18. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Honky Tonk
19. Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Woman //
20. Stoney Edwards: Honky Tonk Heaven
“We’re gonna play the high-class joints / We’re gonna play the low-class joints / We’re even gonna play / the honky-tonks.” // “If you don’t change your way of living, you’ll get honkytonkitis in your soul.”
1. Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Heroes
2. Webb Pierce: Honky Tonk Song
3. Buck Owens: Close Up the Honky Tonks //
4. Loretta Lynn: I’m a Honky Tonk Girl
5. Harry Choates: Honky Tonk Boogie
6. The James Brown Soul Train: Honky Tonk, Part 1
7. Cast King: Honky Tonk Man //
8. Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
9. Dinah Washington: Honky Tonk
10. The Rolling Stones: Country Honk
11. Charlie Feathers: The Wild Side of Life
12. Kitty Wells: It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
13. Sidney Bechet: Down in Honky Tonk Town //
14. The Nu Sounds (Sun Ra): Honky Tonk
15. D.L. Menard: The Back Door
16. Carl Butler and Pearl: Honkytonkitis
17. Charles Feathers: Honky Tonk Kind
18. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Honky Tonk
19. Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Woman //
20. Stoney Edwards: Honky Tonk Heaven
“We’re gonna play the high-class joints / We’re gonna play the low-class joints / We’re even gonna play / the honky-tonks.” // “If you don’t change your way of living, you’ll get honkytonkitis in your soul.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 77: MAMA, YOU’VE BEEN ON MY MIND
“My new recruit is mighty sweet and cute; I’m crazy ‘bout my substitute.”
1. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
2. Bob Dylan & George Harrison: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind //
3. Jelly Roll Morton: Sweet Substitute
4. Woody Guthrie: When the Curfew Blows
5. Lil Green: Why Don’t You Do Right?
6. Joan Baez: Daddy You’ve Been On My Mind
7. Ted Hawkins: He Will Break Your Heart
8. Johnny Cash: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind //
9. The Hackensaw Boys: Baltimore
10. The Delmore Brothers: Brown’s Ferry Blues
11. George Jackson: Let Me Comfort You
12. George Harrison: Ramblin’ Woman / I Threw It All Away / Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind (Let It Be session outtake)
13. Hattie Hart: Won’t You Be Kind?
14. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
15. Jeter-Pillars “Club Plantation” Orchestra: I Like Pie, I Like Cake //
16. Jeff Buckley: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
“I don’t smoke, and I don’t chew, and I don’t go with the girls that do.”
“My new recruit is mighty sweet and cute; I’m crazy ‘bout my substitute.”
1. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
2. Bob Dylan & George Harrison: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind //
3. Jelly Roll Morton: Sweet Substitute
4. Woody Guthrie: When the Curfew Blows
5. Lil Green: Why Don’t You Do Right?
6. Joan Baez: Daddy You’ve Been On My Mind
7. Ted Hawkins: He Will Break Your Heart
8. Johnny Cash: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind //
9. The Hackensaw Boys: Baltimore
10. The Delmore Brothers: Brown’s Ferry Blues
11. George Jackson: Let Me Comfort You
12. George Harrison: Ramblin’ Woman / I Threw It All Away / Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind (Let It Be session outtake)
13. Hattie Hart: Won’t You Be Kind?
14. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
15. Jeter-Pillars “Club Plantation” Orchestra: I Like Pie, I Like Cake //
16. Jeff Buckley: Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind
“I don’t smoke, and I don’t chew, and I don’t go with the girls that do.”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 76: SUGAR FOR SUGAR & SALT FOR SALT
1. The Golden Gate Quartet: Swing Down, Chariot
2. Parliament: Swing Down, Sweet Chariot //
3. The Memphis Jug Band: Jug Band Quartette
4. Richard “Rabbit” Brown: James Alley Blues
5. Bob Dylan: Dink’s Song
6. Gary Stewart: Single Again
7. Mississippi John Hurt: Goodnight Irene
8. Dave Dudley: Six Days on the Road
9. Uncle Dave Macon: Rabbit in the Pea Patch
10. Joe Tex: Papa Was Too //
11. The Hipp Cats: It Must Be Jelly (‘Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That)
12. Joe Simon: The Chokin’ Kind
13. The Rolling Stones: Prodigal Son
14. Eugene Church: Sixteen Tons
15. Charles Sheffield: It’s Your Voodoo Working
16. Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Red Hot
17. The Nat King Cole Trio: Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You? //
18. The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
“Sometimes I think that you’re too sweet to die; sometimes I think that you’re too sweet to die; and another time I think that you ought to be buried alive.”
1. The Golden Gate Quartet: Swing Down, Chariot
2. Parliament: Swing Down, Sweet Chariot //
3. The Memphis Jug Band: Jug Band Quartette
4. Richard “Rabbit” Brown: James Alley Blues
5. Bob Dylan: Dink’s Song
6. Gary Stewart: Single Again
7. Mississippi John Hurt: Goodnight Irene
8. Dave Dudley: Six Days on the Road
9. Uncle Dave Macon: Rabbit in the Pea Patch
10. Joe Tex: Papa Was Too //
11. The Hipp Cats: It Must Be Jelly (‘Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That)
12. Joe Simon: The Chokin’ Kind
13. The Rolling Stones: Prodigal Son
14. Eugene Church: Sixteen Tons
15. Charles Sheffield: It’s Your Voodoo Working
16. Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Red Hot
17. The Nat King Cole Trio: Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You? //
18. The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
“Sometimes I think that you’re too sweet to die; sometimes I think that you’re too sweet to die; and another time I think that you ought to be buried alive.”
EPISODE 75: “WON’T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?” HANKFEST 2013 (THE ULTIMATE LOST CHILD TRIBUTE). Originally aired 9.14.13.
Our epic, three-hour celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams.
1. Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1952)
2. Dean Martin: Wedding Bells
3. Johnny “Guitar” Watson: Cold, Cold Heart
4. Conjunto Atardecer: Jambalaya //
5. Hank Williams: Settin’ the Woods on Fire
6. Johnny Cash: I Heard that Lonesome Whistle
7. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Honky Tonkin
8. Minnie Pearl and Hank Williams: Live on the Grand Ole Opry, 1950
9. Hank Williams: Next Sunday Darlin’ is My Birthday (Live, Mother’s Best radio show, WSM, 1951)
10. Piano Red: Hey Good Lookin’
11. Billy Lee Riley: Kaw-Liga //
12. Papa Cairo: Grand Texas
13. Chuck Guillory: Grand Texas
14. Hank Williams: Jambalaya (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1952)
15. Louis Keppard: Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
16. Washboard Sam: Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
17. Hank Williams: My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It (demo) //
18. Esther Phillips: I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)
19. Hank Williams radio interview with Mack Sanders, WFBI, Wichita, KS, 1951
20. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Ramblin’ Man
21. Louis Armstrong: Your Cheatin’ Heart
22. Isidro Lopez: Kaw-Liga
23. The Five Crowns: You Win Again
24. Kenneth “Jethro” Burns: You Win Again //
25. Bill Monroe: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome
26. Braxton Shooford (Braxton Schuffert): Rockin’ Chair Daddy
27. Big Bill Lister: Countrified
28. Big Bill Lister: There’s a Tear in My Beer
29. Big Bill Lister: Story Behind “There’s a Tear in My Beer”
30. Hank Williams, Sr. & Hank Williams, Jr.: There’s a Tear in My Beer
31. Bob Log III: Settin’ the Woods on Fire //
32. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: A Picture from Life’s Other Side
33. Elvis Presley: Men with Broken Hearts (Las Vegas, 1970)
34. Dinah Washington: Cold, Cold Heart
35. Hank Williams: You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m Gonna Leave) (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1949)
36. Audrey Williams: Tornado of Love
37. Lloyd Clarke: Half as Much
38. Lum York: Memories of Hank Williams (My Life and Times with Hank Williams, Sr.)
39: Hank Williams: Mother’s Best radio show excerpt, featuring “I Saw the Light” (1951) //
40. Emmett Miller: The Lovesick Blues
41. Rex Griffin: Lovesick Blues
42. Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues
42. Porter Wagoner: Porter and Marty (Men With Broken Hearts / I Heard That Lonesome Whistle)
43. Link Wray: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry //
44. Silver Sand: Kaw-Liga
45. Hank Williams: How To Write Folk and Western Music To Sell
46. Zelenáči (Greenhorns) & Miroslav Hoffman: Posledni hrana (Long Gone Lonesome Blues)
47. Hank Williams: Weary Blues from Waitin’ (demo)
48. The Golden Crusaders: Hey Good Lookin’
49. Hank Williams: On Top Of Old Smoky (Live, Mother’s Best radio show, 1951)
50. Preston Fulp: Wedding Bells
51. James Brown: Your Cheatin’ Heart
52. Hank Williams: radio interview with Bob McKinnon, Alexander City, AL, 1950 //
53. Jack Cardwell: The Death of Hank Williams
54: Dr. Henry L. Lyon: Hank Williams eulogy (excerpt), Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL, 1953
55. Johnnie and Jack: Hank Williams Will Live Forever
56. The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: I Saw the Light //
57. Hank Williams: I’m Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing
Our epic, three-hour celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams.
1. Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1952)
2. Dean Martin: Wedding Bells
3. Johnny “Guitar” Watson: Cold, Cold Heart
4. Conjunto Atardecer: Jambalaya //
5. Hank Williams: Settin’ the Woods on Fire
6. Johnny Cash: I Heard that Lonesome Whistle
7. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Honky Tonkin
8. Minnie Pearl and Hank Williams: Live on the Grand Ole Opry, 1950
9. Hank Williams: Next Sunday Darlin’ is My Birthday (Live, Mother’s Best radio show, WSM, 1951)
10. Piano Red: Hey Good Lookin’
11. Billy Lee Riley: Kaw-Liga //
12. Papa Cairo: Grand Texas
13. Chuck Guillory: Grand Texas
14. Hank Williams: Jambalaya (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1952)
15. Louis Keppard: Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
16. Washboard Sam: Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
17. Hank Williams: My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It (demo) //
18. Esther Phillips: I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)
19. Hank Williams radio interview with Mack Sanders, WFBI, Wichita, KS, 1951
20. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Ramblin’ Man
21. Louis Armstrong: Your Cheatin’ Heart
22. Isidro Lopez: Kaw-Liga
23. The Five Crowns: You Win Again
24. Kenneth “Jethro” Burns: You Win Again //
25. Bill Monroe: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome
26. Braxton Shooford (Braxton Schuffert): Rockin’ Chair Daddy
27. Big Bill Lister: Countrified
28. Big Bill Lister: There’s a Tear in My Beer
29. Big Bill Lister: Story Behind “There’s a Tear in My Beer”
30. Hank Williams, Sr. & Hank Williams, Jr.: There’s a Tear in My Beer
31. Bob Log III: Settin’ the Woods on Fire //
32. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: A Picture from Life’s Other Side
33. Elvis Presley: Men with Broken Hearts (Las Vegas, 1970)
34. Dinah Washington: Cold, Cold Heart
35. Hank Williams: You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m Gonna Leave) (Live, Grand Ole Opry, 1949)
36. Audrey Williams: Tornado of Love
37. Lloyd Clarke: Half as Much
38. Lum York: Memories of Hank Williams (My Life and Times with Hank Williams, Sr.)
39: Hank Williams: Mother’s Best radio show excerpt, featuring “I Saw the Light” (1951) //
40. Emmett Miller: The Lovesick Blues
41. Rex Griffin: Lovesick Blues
42. Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues
42. Porter Wagoner: Porter and Marty (Men With Broken Hearts / I Heard That Lonesome Whistle)
43. Link Wray: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry //
44. Silver Sand: Kaw-Liga
45. Hank Williams: How To Write Folk and Western Music To Sell
46. Zelenáči (Greenhorns) & Miroslav Hoffman: Posledni hrana (Long Gone Lonesome Blues)
47. Hank Williams: Weary Blues from Waitin’ (demo)
48. The Golden Crusaders: Hey Good Lookin’
49. Hank Williams: On Top Of Old Smoky (Live, Mother’s Best radio show, 1951)
50. Preston Fulp: Wedding Bells
51. James Brown: Your Cheatin’ Heart
52. Hank Williams: radio interview with Bob McKinnon, Alexander City, AL, 1950 //
53. Jack Cardwell: The Death of Hank Williams
54: Dr. Henry L. Lyon: Hank Williams eulogy (excerpt), Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL, 1953
55. Johnnie and Jack: Hank Williams Will Live Forever
56. The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: I Saw the Light //
57. Hank Williams: I’m Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 74: WALKIN' BACK TO BIRMINGHAM (9.7.13)
1. Sonny Treadway: Don’t Let The Devil Ride
2. Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Band: I Found a New Baby //
3. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Who Walks in When I Walk Out
4. Ric Cartey: Born to Love One Woman
5. Rayburn Anthony: Big Dream
6. Rose Maddox: Wild Wild Young Men
7. Tommy Jarrell and Oscar Jenkins: Suzanna Gal
8. The Stripling Brothers: Railroad Bum //
9. Sticks McGee: Wine Spo-dee-o-dee
10. Ace Johnson & L.W. Gooden: Mama Don’t ‘Low No Swingin’ Out in Here
11. Chris Kenner: Don’t Make No Noise
12. The Dexateens: Spark
13. Ray Price and his Cherokee Cowboys: I Can’t Go Home Like This
14. Richard Berry: Louie, Louie //
15. Linda Lyndell: What a Man
16. John Fred and his Playboy Band: When the Lights Go Out
17. Charlie Gonzales with the Red Holloway Band: Hi Yo Silver
18. Leon Ashley: Walkin’ Back to Birmingham
19. Charlie Feathers: Nobody’s Darlin’
20. Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson: Soul Shake //
21. Clarence Carter: I Can’t See Myself (Crying About You)
1. Sonny Treadway: Don’t Let The Devil Ride
2. Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Band: I Found a New Baby //
3. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Who Walks in When I Walk Out
4. Ric Cartey: Born to Love One Woman
5. Rayburn Anthony: Big Dream
6. Rose Maddox: Wild Wild Young Men
7. Tommy Jarrell and Oscar Jenkins: Suzanna Gal
8. The Stripling Brothers: Railroad Bum //
9. Sticks McGee: Wine Spo-dee-o-dee
10. Ace Johnson & L.W. Gooden: Mama Don’t ‘Low No Swingin’ Out in Here
11. Chris Kenner: Don’t Make No Noise
12. The Dexateens: Spark
13. Ray Price and his Cherokee Cowboys: I Can’t Go Home Like This
14. Richard Berry: Louie, Louie //
15. Linda Lyndell: What a Man
16. John Fred and his Playboy Band: When the Lights Go Out
17. Charlie Gonzales with the Red Holloway Band: Hi Yo Silver
18. Leon Ashley: Walkin’ Back to Birmingham
19. Charlie Feathers: Nobody’s Darlin’
20. Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson: Soul Shake //
21. Clarence Carter: I Can’t See Myself (Crying About You)
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 73: DROP ON DOWN IN FLORIDA, & PSYCHO
Exploring two recent releases: Drop on Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music, 1977-1980 (Dust-to-Digital); and Eddie Noack, Psycho: The K-Ark and Allstar Recordings, 1962-1969 (Bear Family).
1. Robert Dennis: Mean Mistreater Blues
2. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: He’s a Battle-Axe
3. Emmett Murray: She’s a Fool, She Ain’t Got No Sense //
4. Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention: Inside the Pearly Gates
5. Emmett Murray: Mobile Blues
6. Johnny Brown: That’s All Right
7. Johnny Brown: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
8. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: When the Saints Go Marchign In //
9. Moses Williams: Sitting On Top of the World
10. Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention: God’s Gonna Set This World On Fire
11. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: Do, Lord, Remember Me
12. Ella Mae Wilson and Richard Williams: Careless Love
13. Testerina Primitive Baptist Church: I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without the Lord
14. Miccosukee Church of God of Prophesy: He Set Me Free //
15. Eddie Noack: Psycho
16. Eddie Noack: Sleeping Like a Baby (With a Bottle in My Mouth)
17. Eddie Noack: Invisible Stripes
18. Eddie Noack:Barbara Joy //
19. Eddie Noack: Dolores
Exploring two recent releases: Drop on Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music, 1977-1980 (Dust-to-Digital); and Eddie Noack, Psycho: The K-Ark and Allstar Recordings, 1962-1969 (Bear Family).
1. Robert Dennis: Mean Mistreater Blues
2. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: He’s a Battle-Axe
3. Emmett Murray: She’s a Fool, She Ain’t Got No Sense //
4. Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention: Inside the Pearly Gates
5. Emmett Murray: Mobile Blues
6. Johnny Brown: That’s All Right
7. Johnny Brown: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
8. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: When the Saints Go Marchign In //
9. Moses Williams: Sitting On Top of the World
10. Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention: God’s Gonna Set This World On Fire
11. Ella Mae Wilson, Liilie B. Williams, and Richard Williams: Do, Lord, Remember Me
12. Ella Mae Wilson and Richard Williams: Careless Love
13. Testerina Primitive Baptist Church: I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without the Lord
14. Miccosukee Church of God of Prophesy: He Set Me Free //
15. Eddie Noack: Psycho
16. Eddie Noack: Sleeping Like a Baby (With a Bottle in My Mouth)
17. Eddie Noack: Invisible Stripes
18. Eddie Noack:Barbara Joy //
19. Eddie Noack: Dolores
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 72: FREEDOM SONGS: THE MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (PART ONE) (8.24.13)
1. Odetta/Martin Luther King, Jr./Marion Anderson: Come and Go With Me / Speech excerpt / He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (from the March on Washington, August 28, 1963)
2. The SNCC Freedom Singers: Oh, Wallace //
3. Betty Mae Fykes: If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus
4. Betty Mae Fykes: Up Above My Head
5. Hollis Watkins: I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
6. The Nashville Quartet (from American Baptist Theological Seminary): Your Dog Loves My Dog (Dog, Dog)
7. The Montgomery Gospel Trio: We Are Soldiers In the Army //
8. Marchers, Selma to Montgomery, 1963: Everybody Wants Freedom
9. Rev. Ben Gay, Mass meeting, Albany, GA: I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
10. Doc Reese and congregation: Guide My Feet
11. SNCC Freedom Singers: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round
12. Two little girls at march, Selma: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round //
13. SNCC Freedom Singers: In the Mississippi River
14. Nashville Quartet: You Better Leave Segregation Alone
15. Selma, Alabama, 1965: Freedom Medley/Freedom Chant
16. The Montgomery Gospel Trio: There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
17. Fannie Lou Hamer: Go Tell It On the Mountain //
18. Marchers, Selma to Montgomery: I Love Everybody
19. Len Chandler and crowd, Montgomery: Do What the Spirits Say Do
20. Selma, Alabama, 1965: Come By Here / Berlin Wall / Oh, Wallace / Which Side Are You On, Boy? / Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
21. Willie Peacock: Calypso Freedom //
22. Alabama Christian Movement Choir (soloists: Louise (Candy) Davis and Carlton Reese): Freedom Is Just Ahead
DISCOGRAPHY:
+ The Alabama Christian Movement Choir, We’ve Got a Job (1963)
+ Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama (Folkways, 1965)
+ Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through its Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways, 1990)
+ Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966 (Smithsonian-Folkways, 1997)
+ We Shall Overcome: Documentary of the March on Washington (Folkways, 1963)
+ We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins (Folkways, 1961)
+ WNEW’s Story of Selma (Folkways, 1963)
1. Odetta/Martin Luther King, Jr./Marion Anderson: Come and Go With Me / Speech excerpt / He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (from the March on Washington, August 28, 1963)
2. The SNCC Freedom Singers: Oh, Wallace //
3. Betty Mae Fykes: If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus
4. Betty Mae Fykes: Up Above My Head
5. Hollis Watkins: I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
6. The Nashville Quartet (from American Baptist Theological Seminary): Your Dog Loves My Dog (Dog, Dog)
7. The Montgomery Gospel Trio: We Are Soldiers In the Army //
8. Marchers, Selma to Montgomery, 1963: Everybody Wants Freedom
9. Rev. Ben Gay, Mass meeting, Albany, GA: I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
10. Doc Reese and congregation: Guide My Feet
11. SNCC Freedom Singers: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round
12. Two little girls at march, Selma: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round //
13. SNCC Freedom Singers: In the Mississippi River
14. Nashville Quartet: You Better Leave Segregation Alone
15. Selma, Alabama, 1965: Freedom Medley/Freedom Chant
16. The Montgomery Gospel Trio: There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
17. Fannie Lou Hamer: Go Tell It On the Mountain //
18. Marchers, Selma to Montgomery: I Love Everybody
19. Len Chandler and crowd, Montgomery: Do What the Spirits Say Do
20. Selma, Alabama, 1965: Come By Here / Berlin Wall / Oh, Wallace / Which Side Are You On, Boy? / Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
21. Willie Peacock: Calypso Freedom //
22. Alabama Christian Movement Choir (soloists: Louise (Candy) Davis and Carlton Reese): Freedom Is Just Ahead
DISCOGRAPHY:
+ The Alabama Christian Movement Choir, We’ve Got a Job (1963)
+ Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama (Folkways, 1965)
+ Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through its Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways, 1990)
+ Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966 (Smithsonian-Folkways, 1997)
+ We Shall Overcome: Documentary of the March on Washington (Folkways, 1963)
+ We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins (Folkways, 1961)
+ WNEW’s Story of Selma (Folkways, 1963)
THE LOST CHILD EPISODE 71: HEALTH & HAPPINESS (8.17.13)
1. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show (Happy Roving Cowboy/Wedding Bells)
2. Buddy Holly: Rockin’ with Ollie Vee
3. Jimmy Martin: Losing You
3. Joshie Jo Armstead / Melvin van Peebles: You Cut Up the Clothes in the Closet of My Dreams
4. Brother Bones and his Shadows: Sweet Georgia Brown //
5. Wanda Jackson: Tongue Tied
6. Charlie Feathers: Tongue Tied Jill
7. The Holy Modal Rounders: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
8. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show, cont’d (Lovesick Blues) //
9. Jerry Woodard: Live from Big Hearted Eddie’s
10. Candi Staton: Spread Your Love on Me
11. Roy Harvey and the North Carolina Ramblers: George Collins
12. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show, cont’d (Old Joe Clark, Where the Soul of Man Never Dies, Sally Goodin) //
13. Mavis Staples: Turn Me Around
1. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show (Happy Roving Cowboy/Wedding Bells)
2. Buddy Holly: Rockin’ with Ollie Vee
3. Jimmy Martin: Losing You
3. Joshie Jo Armstead / Melvin van Peebles: You Cut Up the Clothes in the Closet of My Dreams
4. Brother Bones and his Shadows: Sweet Georgia Brown //
5. Wanda Jackson: Tongue Tied
6. Charlie Feathers: Tongue Tied Jill
7. The Holy Modal Rounders: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
8. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show, cont’d (Lovesick Blues) //
9. Jerry Woodard: Live from Big Hearted Eddie’s
10. Candi Staton: Spread Your Love on Me
11. Roy Harvey and the North Carolina Ramblers: George Collins
12. Hank Williams: Health and Happiness Show, cont’d (Old Joe Clark, Where the Soul of Man Never Dies, Sally Goodin) //
13. Mavis Staples: Turn Me Around
THE LOST CHILD EPISODE 70: HOY, HOY! (8.10.13)
1. The Spirtualaires of Hurstboro, Alabama: Radio Program Intro / I’ve Got Somewhere to Lay My Head //
2. The Collins Kids: Hoy Hoy
3. Arthur Alexander: Pretty Girls Everywhere
4. Lee Mitchell: Rootie Tootie Baby
5. Dorothy Love Coates: Every Day Will Be Sunday By and By
6. The Bar-Kays: Soul Finger
7. Big Mama Thornton: Let Your Tears Fall Baby
8. Coleman Hawkins: Bouncing with Bean //
9. George Jones and Melba Montgomery: Let’s Invite Them Over Again
10. Lafayette’s Bayou Boys: Nuttin’ But a Couiilon
11. Joseph Spence, Edith Pinder, and the Pinder Family: Troublesome Water
12. Bill Monroe: Walls of Time
13. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Liza Pull Down the Shades
14. Henry Thomas: Run, Mollie, Run
15. The Sauceman Brothers: Alcatraz Island Blues
16. Georgia White: Was I Drunk
17. The “5” Royales: Thirty Second Lover
18. The Dominos: Sixty Minute Man //
19. John Prine: The Bottomless Lake
1. The Spirtualaires of Hurstboro, Alabama: Radio Program Intro / I’ve Got Somewhere to Lay My Head //
2. The Collins Kids: Hoy Hoy
3. Arthur Alexander: Pretty Girls Everywhere
4. Lee Mitchell: Rootie Tootie Baby
5. Dorothy Love Coates: Every Day Will Be Sunday By and By
6. The Bar-Kays: Soul Finger
7. Big Mama Thornton: Let Your Tears Fall Baby
8. Coleman Hawkins: Bouncing with Bean //
9. George Jones and Melba Montgomery: Let’s Invite Them Over Again
10. Lafayette’s Bayou Boys: Nuttin’ But a Couiilon
11. Joseph Spence, Edith Pinder, and the Pinder Family: Troublesome Water
12. Bill Monroe: Walls of Time
13. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Liza Pull Down the Shades
14. Henry Thomas: Run, Mollie, Run
15. The Sauceman Brothers: Alcatraz Island Blues
16. Georgia White: Was I Drunk
17. The “5” Royales: Thirty Second Lover
18. The Dominos: Sixty Minute Man //
19. John Prine: The Bottomless Lake
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD EPISODE 69: GOODBYE TO CHAIN STORES! (8.2.13)
1. Junior and the Classics: Birmingham //
2. Joe Thompson: Georgia Buck
3. Clarence Ashley, Garley Foster, Dock Walsh, and Doc Watson: My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
4. The Golden Gate Quartet: My Walking Stick
5. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee: I Shall Not Be Moved
6. Jimmy Reed: Baby, What You Want Me to Do
7. Waylon Jennings: You Can Have Her //
8. Rev. J.M. Gates: Goodbye to Chain Stores, Part One
9. The Allen Brothers: Chain Store Blues
10. Ted Taylor: Miss You So
11. Elvis Presley: I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine
12. Joe Burke: J’ai Mis Mon Coeur Dans Ces Roses
13. Nina Simone: Compassion
14. Robert Mitchum: Little Old Wine Drinker Me //
15. Dolly Parton: Puppy Love
16. Dock Boggs: Brother Jim Got Shot
17. Balfa Brothers: Madeleine
18. Turner Junior Johnson: When I Lay My Burden Down
19. Dock Reed, Henry Reed, and Vera Hall: What is the Soul of Man?
20. Rev. J.M. Gates: Goodbye to Chain Stores, Part Two //
21. Junior and the Classics: The Dog
1. Junior and the Classics: Birmingham //
2. Joe Thompson: Georgia Buck
3. Clarence Ashley, Garley Foster, Dock Walsh, and Doc Watson: My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
4. The Golden Gate Quartet: My Walking Stick
5. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee: I Shall Not Be Moved
6. Jimmy Reed: Baby, What You Want Me to Do
7. Waylon Jennings: You Can Have Her //
8. Rev. J.M. Gates: Goodbye to Chain Stores, Part One
9. The Allen Brothers: Chain Store Blues
10. Ted Taylor: Miss You So
11. Elvis Presley: I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine
12. Joe Burke: J’ai Mis Mon Coeur Dans Ces Roses
13. Nina Simone: Compassion
14. Robert Mitchum: Little Old Wine Drinker Me //
15. Dolly Parton: Puppy Love
16. Dock Boggs: Brother Jim Got Shot
17. Balfa Brothers: Madeleine
18. Turner Junior Johnson: When I Lay My Burden Down
19. Dock Reed, Henry Reed, and Vera Hall: What is the Soul of Man?
20. Rev. J.M. Gates: Goodbye to Chain Stores, Part Two //
21. Junior and the Classics: The Dog
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 68: SOUL COUNTRY COVERS, PART TWO (6.28.13)
1. Jeannie C. Riley: Harper Valley P.T.A.
2. Clarence Carter: Harper Valley P.T.A. //
3. Red Hays: A Satisfied Mind
4. Bobby Hebb: A Satisfied Mind
5. George Jones: She Thinks I Still Care
6. Solomon Burke: She Thinks I Still Care
7. Tammy Wynette: Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad
8. Cookie Jackson: Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad //
9. Faron Young: Hello Walls
10. Esther Phillips: Hello Walls
11. Johnny Cash: Busted
12. Ray Charles: Busted
13. Hank Williams: Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
14. The Staple Singers: Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
14. Pee Wee King and Red Stewart: Tennessee Waltz
15. Sam Cooke: Tennessee Waltz //
16. Kris Kristofferson: For the Good Times
17. Al Green: For the Good Times
1. Jeannie C. Riley: Harper Valley P.T.A.
2. Clarence Carter: Harper Valley P.T.A. //
3. Red Hays: A Satisfied Mind
4. Bobby Hebb: A Satisfied Mind
5. George Jones: She Thinks I Still Care
6. Solomon Burke: She Thinks I Still Care
7. Tammy Wynette: Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad
8. Cookie Jackson: Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad //
9. Faron Young: Hello Walls
10. Esther Phillips: Hello Walls
11. Johnny Cash: Busted
12. Ray Charles: Busted
13. Hank Williams: Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
14. The Staple Singers: Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
14. Pee Wee King and Red Stewart: Tennessee Waltz
15. Sam Cooke: Tennessee Waltz //
16. Kris Kristofferson: For the Good Times
17. Al Green: For the Good Times
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 67: SUMMERTIME ON THE BEENO LINE (7.20.13)
1. Jack Barlow: Birmingham Blues //
2. Lazy Lester: I’m a Lover Not a Fighter
3. Jim Earls and the Jimbos (Jack Earls): Slow Down
4. Del McCoury: Prisoner’s Song
5. Big Bill Lister: Blowing the Suds Off My Beer
6. Wynonie Harris: Keep On Churnin’
7. Jesse Fuller: Brother Lowdown //
8. Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers: I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham
9. Lottie Kimbrough (with Winston Holmes and Miles Pruitt): Lost Lover Blues
10. Bob Dylan: Pretty Peggy-O
11. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: He Rambled
12. Chuck Berry: Almost Grown
13. Elder Charles Beck: What Do You Think About Jesus //
14. Cleveland Crochet and the Sugar Bees: Long Long Note On My Door
15. Daddy Cleanhead: Something’s Going On In My Room
16. Hamper McBee: Cabbage Head
17. The Delmore Brothers: Used Car Blues
18: John Davis, Willis Proctor, and the Georgia Sea Island Singers: Join the Band
19. Wynona Carr: Down By the Riverside //
20. Uncle Dave Macon with Smoky Mountain Glenn: Summertime on the Beeno Line
You can rock it like a rowboat, shake it like a ship on the sea; but when I get home, you’d better have something for me.
1. Jack Barlow: Birmingham Blues //
2. Lazy Lester: I’m a Lover Not a Fighter
3. Jim Earls and the Jimbos (Jack Earls): Slow Down
4. Del McCoury: Prisoner’s Song
5. Big Bill Lister: Blowing the Suds Off My Beer
6. Wynonie Harris: Keep On Churnin’
7. Jesse Fuller: Brother Lowdown //
8. Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers: I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham
9. Lottie Kimbrough (with Winston Holmes and Miles Pruitt): Lost Lover Blues
10. Bob Dylan: Pretty Peggy-O
11. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: He Rambled
12. Chuck Berry: Almost Grown
13. Elder Charles Beck: What Do You Think About Jesus //
14. Cleveland Crochet and the Sugar Bees: Long Long Note On My Door
15. Daddy Cleanhead: Something’s Going On In My Room
16. Hamper McBee: Cabbage Head
17. The Delmore Brothers: Used Car Blues
18: John Davis, Willis Proctor, and the Georgia Sea Island Singers: Join the Band
19. Wynona Carr: Down By the Riverside //
20. Uncle Dave Macon with Smoky Mountain Glenn: Summertime on the Beeno Line
You can rock it like a rowboat, shake it like a ship on the sea; but when I get home, you’d better have something for me.
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 66: SOUL COUNTRY COVERS, PART ONE (7.13.13)
1. Hank Williams: Jambalaya (demo)
2. Ralph “Soul” Jackson: Jambalaya
3. Hank Snow: I’m Movin’ On
4. Ray Charles: I’m Movin’ On
5. Jim Ed Brown: I Feel A Sin Coming On
6. Solomon Burke: I Feel A Sin Coming On
7. John Hartford: Gentle On My Mind
8. Tony Borders: Gentle On My Mind //
9. Waylon Jennings: Willie and Laura Mae Jones
10. Bettye Swann: Willie and Laura Mae Jones
11. Bobby Bare: Detroit City
12. Arthur Alexander: Detroit City
13. Willie Nelson: Nite Life
14. Aretha Franklin: Night Life
15. Jerry Lee Lewis: She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
16. Swamp Dogg: She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye //
17. Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man
18. Candi Staton: Stand By Your Man
It’s not her heart, it’s her mind; she didn’t mean to be unkind. You know, she even woke me up to say goodbye.
1. Hank Williams: Jambalaya (demo)
2. Ralph “Soul” Jackson: Jambalaya
3. Hank Snow: I’m Movin’ On
4. Ray Charles: I’m Movin’ On
5. Jim Ed Brown: I Feel A Sin Coming On
6. Solomon Burke: I Feel A Sin Coming On
7. John Hartford: Gentle On My Mind
8. Tony Borders: Gentle On My Mind //
9. Waylon Jennings: Willie and Laura Mae Jones
10. Bettye Swann: Willie and Laura Mae Jones
11. Bobby Bare: Detroit City
12. Arthur Alexander: Detroit City
13. Willie Nelson: Nite Life
14. Aretha Franklin: Night Life
15. Jerry Lee Lewis: She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
16. Swamp Dogg: She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye //
17. Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man
18. Candi Staton: Stand By Your Man
It’s not her heart, it’s her mind; she didn’t mean to be unkind. You know, she even woke me up to say goodbye.
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 65: ON THE RADIO (7.6.13)
(Our first show on the terrestrial waves--with special segment to the late Bobby "Blue" Bland.)
1. Gay Crosse and his Good Humor Six: Fat Sam from Birmingham
2. John Hartford: On the Radio //
3. Fisher Hendley, Henry Whitter, and Marshall Small: A Pretty Gal’s Love
4. Jimmy Martin: Hold Whatcha Got
5. Huey “Piano” Smith: Well I’ll Be John Brown
6. Roger Miller: Chug a Lug
7. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: God’s Almighty Hand
8. Rev. D.C. Rice: Lord Keep Me With A Mind //
9. Bobby “Blue” Bland: St. James Infirmary
10. Bobby “Blue” Bland/ Michael D. Anderson: Interview segment
11. Bobby “Blue” Bland: I’ll Take Care of You
12. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Yield Not to Temptation //
13. Hattie Hart: I Let My Daddy Do That
14. Red Allen and Frank Wakefield: Deep Elem Blues
15. James Lloyd: If I Had My Way
16. Las Hermanas Degollado: No Sé Porque Te Quiero
17. Bob Froggy Landers, with Willie Joe Duncan and his Unitar: Cherokee Dance
18. James Govan: Wanted: Lover (No Experience Necessary)
19. Hank Penny: Red Hot Papa //
20. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Turn On Your Love Light
“First time for everything (mm, my ears still ring---).”
(Our first show on the terrestrial waves--with special segment to the late Bobby "Blue" Bland.)
1. Gay Crosse and his Good Humor Six: Fat Sam from Birmingham
2. John Hartford: On the Radio //
3. Fisher Hendley, Henry Whitter, and Marshall Small: A Pretty Gal’s Love
4. Jimmy Martin: Hold Whatcha Got
5. Huey “Piano” Smith: Well I’ll Be John Brown
6. Roger Miller: Chug a Lug
7. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: God’s Almighty Hand
8. Rev. D.C. Rice: Lord Keep Me With A Mind //
9. Bobby “Blue” Bland: St. James Infirmary
10. Bobby “Blue” Bland/ Michael D. Anderson: Interview segment
11. Bobby “Blue” Bland: I’ll Take Care of You
12. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Yield Not to Temptation //
13. Hattie Hart: I Let My Daddy Do That
14. Red Allen and Frank Wakefield: Deep Elem Blues
15. James Lloyd: If I Had My Way
16. Las Hermanas Degollado: No Sé Porque Te Quiero
17. Bob Froggy Landers, with Willie Joe Duncan and his Unitar: Cherokee Dance
18. James Govan: Wanted: Lover (No Experience Necessary)
19. Hank Penny: Red Hot Papa //
20. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Turn On Your Love Light
“First time for everything (mm, my ears still ring---).”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 64: ALABAMA BARBECUE (6.29.13)
1. Brownie McGhee: Barbecue Any Old Time
2. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: Down at Jasper’s Bar-B-Que //
3. Mississippi Jook Band: Barbecue Bust
4. Wendy Rene: Bar-B-Q
5. Seven Foot Dilly, Pink Lindsey, Shorty Lindsey, Fiddler Gray, Bill Brown: A Georgia Barbecue at Stone Mountain, Part One
6. Antonio Machín: A Barbacoa Me Voy
7. André Williams: Rib Tips, Part One
8. Lucille Bogan: Barbecue Bess
9. Seven Foot Dilly, et al: A Georgia Barbecue at Stone Mountain, Part Two //
10. “Lucky” Leon Davis: Minor’s Barbecue
11. Count Basie: Blues for the Barbecue
12. Natural Bridge Bunch / André Williams: Pig Snoots
13. Jack Teagarden: Struttin’ with Some Barbecue
14. Washboard Sam: Barbecue //
15. Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo: Alabama Barbecue
“There’ll be no room for Satan, when we start that celebratin’—at that Alabama barbecue!”
1. Brownie McGhee: Barbecue Any Old Time
2. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: Down at Jasper’s Bar-B-Que //
3. Mississippi Jook Band: Barbecue Bust
4. Wendy Rene: Bar-B-Q
5. Seven Foot Dilly, Pink Lindsey, Shorty Lindsey, Fiddler Gray, Bill Brown: A Georgia Barbecue at Stone Mountain, Part One
6. Antonio Machín: A Barbacoa Me Voy
7. André Williams: Rib Tips, Part One
8. Lucille Bogan: Barbecue Bess
9. Seven Foot Dilly, et al: A Georgia Barbecue at Stone Mountain, Part Two //
10. “Lucky” Leon Davis: Minor’s Barbecue
11. Count Basie: Blues for the Barbecue
12. Natural Bridge Bunch / André Williams: Pig Snoots
13. Jack Teagarden: Struttin’ with Some Barbecue
14. Washboard Sam: Barbecue //
15. Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo: Alabama Barbecue
“There’ll be no room for Satan, when we start that celebratin’—at that Alabama barbecue!”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 63: JOHNNY CASH SELLS YOU STUFF (6.22.13)
1. Johnny Cash Southern Maid Doughnuts commercial (Lousiana Hayride, 1959)
2. Johnny Cash: Lionel Trains commercial
3. Little Junior’s Blue Flames: Mystery Train
4. James Brown: Night Train //
5. Delmore Brothers: Fifty Miles to Travel
6. Johnny Cash: Amoco commercial
7. Merle Haggard: Harold’s Super Service
8. Johnny Cash: Standard Gas commercial
9. Phil Ochs: Gas Station Woman
10. The Dixie Hummingbirds: Christian’s Automobile
11. Johnny Cash: STP commercial
12. The Sonics: Maintaining My Cool
13. Johnny Cash: Home Equipment Company commercial (KWEM, 1955)
14. Terry and the Chain Reaction: Keep Your Cool //
15. Kaiser Clifton: Cash Money Blues
16. Johnny Cash: Canada Trust commercial (Johnny Cash Money Machines)
17. Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Money Never Runs Out
18. John Lee Hooker: I Need Some Money
19. Johnny Cash: Canada Trust commercial (Johnny Cash Money Machines)
20. The Louvin Brothers: Cash On the Barrelhead
21. Johnny Cash: Nashville Baptist Hospital commercial
22. The Rolling Stones: Pain in My Heart
23. Bill Keith: Pain in My Heart (vocals by Al Jones)
24. Johnny Cash: Taco Bell commercial
25. Blind Lemon Jefferson: Broke and Hungry
26. Hank Williams: Dust on the Bible
27. Johnny Cash: “Johnny Cash Reads the Complete New Testament” commercial
28. Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around
“---Because life’s too short to walk the line.”
1. Johnny Cash Southern Maid Doughnuts commercial (Lousiana Hayride, 1959)
2. Johnny Cash: Lionel Trains commercial
3. Little Junior’s Blue Flames: Mystery Train
4. James Brown: Night Train //
5. Delmore Brothers: Fifty Miles to Travel
6. Johnny Cash: Amoco commercial
7. Merle Haggard: Harold’s Super Service
8. Johnny Cash: Standard Gas commercial
9. Phil Ochs: Gas Station Woman
10. The Dixie Hummingbirds: Christian’s Automobile
11. Johnny Cash: STP commercial
12. The Sonics: Maintaining My Cool
13. Johnny Cash: Home Equipment Company commercial (KWEM, 1955)
14. Terry and the Chain Reaction: Keep Your Cool //
15. Kaiser Clifton: Cash Money Blues
16. Johnny Cash: Canada Trust commercial (Johnny Cash Money Machines)
17. Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Money Never Runs Out
18. John Lee Hooker: I Need Some Money
19. Johnny Cash: Canada Trust commercial (Johnny Cash Money Machines)
20. The Louvin Brothers: Cash On the Barrelhead
21. Johnny Cash: Nashville Baptist Hospital commercial
22. The Rolling Stones: Pain in My Heart
23. Bill Keith: Pain in My Heart (vocals by Al Jones)
24. Johnny Cash: Taco Bell commercial
25. Blind Lemon Jefferson: Broke and Hungry
26. Hank Williams: Dust on the Bible
27. Johnny Cash: “Johnny Cash Reads the Complete New Testament” commercial
28. Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around
“---Because life’s too short to walk the line.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 62: BIRMINGHAM DADDIES (7.15.13)
1. United Sacred Harp Musical Association, 56th Annual Convention, Fyffe, AL, 1959: The Last Words of Copernicus
2. Gene Autry: Birmingham Daddy
3. Shirley and Lee: Let the Good Times Roll
4. Norman Blake: Sweet Heaven
5. Jesse Fuller: You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down
6. Red Nichols: Avalon
7. The Rising Sons: 11th Street Overcrossing //
8. The Red Fox Chasers: Something Wrong with My Gal
9. David Lee: Meet Me in the Bottoms
10. Texas Bill Strength: Overton Park Shell Country Music Jamboree advertisement, 1955
11. Willie Nelson: I Never Cared For You
12. The International Submarine Band: Strong Boy //
13. Ike and Tina Turner: A Fool in Love
14. Ike and Tina Turner: Country Girl, City Man
15. Ike and Tina Turner: Shake a Hand //
16. Woody Guthrie: Ship in the Sky
17. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Shimmy Shakin’ Daddy
18. Jerry McCain: I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from a Rock and Roll City
19. The Cosmic Rays: Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lies
20. Woody Guthrie: Goodnight Little Arlo (Goodnight Little Darlin’) //
21. Desmond Dekker: Honour Your Mother and Your Father
“Your bath was warm, and your jammers are nice; good night, little darlin’, good night.” // “She’s my darling, my daisy, she’s hump-backed, she’s crazy … She’s my freckle-faced consumptive, Saro Jane.”
1. United Sacred Harp Musical Association, 56th Annual Convention, Fyffe, AL, 1959: The Last Words of Copernicus
2. Gene Autry: Birmingham Daddy
3. Shirley and Lee: Let the Good Times Roll
4. Norman Blake: Sweet Heaven
5. Jesse Fuller: You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down
6. Red Nichols: Avalon
7. The Rising Sons: 11th Street Overcrossing //
8. The Red Fox Chasers: Something Wrong with My Gal
9. David Lee: Meet Me in the Bottoms
10. Texas Bill Strength: Overton Park Shell Country Music Jamboree advertisement, 1955
11. Willie Nelson: I Never Cared For You
12. The International Submarine Band: Strong Boy //
13. Ike and Tina Turner: A Fool in Love
14. Ike and Tina Turner: Country Girl, City Man
15. Ike and Tina Turner: Shake a Hand //
16. Woody Guthrie: Ship in the Sky
17. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Shimmy Shakin’ Daddy
18. Jerry McCain: I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from a Rock and Roll City
19. The Cosmic Rays: Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lies
20. Woody Guthrie: Goodnight Little Arlo (Goodnight Little Darlin’) //
21. Desmond Dekker: Honour Your Mother and Your Father
“Your bath was warm, and your jammers are nice; good night, little darlin’, good night.” // “She’s my darling, my daisy, she’s hump-backed, she’s crazy … She’s my freckle-faced consumptive, Saro Jane.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 61: BIRMINGHAM MISTAKE(S) (7.8.13)
1. Bessie Jones & group: Sometimes
2. Buddy Holly: Ting-a-Ling
3. Waylon Jennings: Yellow Haired Woman //
4. Rusty & Doug Kershaw: Louisiana Man
5. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: The One I Love Is Gone
6. Robert Bertrand: Tee Mammou Blues
7. The Red Fox Chasers: Virginia Bootleggers
8. Django Reinhardt: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
9. Roscoe Holcomb: Married Life Blues
10. Hank Penny: Low Down Woman Blues
11. Rev. J.M. Gates: So Glad I’m Here In Jesus’ Name //
12. Sammi Smith: Birmingham Mistake
13. Tammy Wynette: I Don’t Wanna Play House
14. Elvis Presley: Baby, Let’s Play House
15. Billy Eckstine: Air Mail Special (intro by Ernie Whitman) 1944
16. Link Wray: Fire and Brimstone
17. Jerry Reed: You Took All the Ramblin’ Out of Me //
18. Dawes: That Western Skyline
“I’m just a poor, young boy, & these girls ‘bout to drive me wild; the way they rock & roll & call me angel child.” // “Oh, Lou, no, my dreams did not come true; no, they only came apart.” // “I’m gonna ball the jack (sometimes) until my honey comes back (sometimes).” // “I’m gonna get a barrel of whiskey, some of these days, haleljuah.”
1. Bessie Jones & group: Sometimes
2. Buddy Holly: Ting-a-Ling
3. Waylon Jennings: Yellow Haired Woman //
4. Rusty & Doug Kershaw: Louisiana Man
5. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: The One I Love Is Gone
6. Robert Bertrand: Tee Mammou Blues
7. The Red Fox Chasers: Virginia Bootleggers
8. Django Reinhardt: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
9. Roscoe Holcomb: Married Life Blues
10. Hank Penny: Low Down Woman Blues
11. Rev. J.M. Gates: So Glad I’m Here In Jesus’ Name //
12. Sammi Smith: Birmingham Mistake
13. Tammy Wynette: I Don’t Wanna Play House
14. Elvis Presley: Baby, Let’s Play House
15. Billy Eckstine: Air Mail Special (intro by Ernie Whitman) 1944
16. Link Wray: Fire and Brimstone
17. Jerry Reed: You Took All the Ramblin’ Out of Me //
18. Dawes: That Western Skyline
“I’m just a poor, young boy, & these girls ‘bout to drive me wild; the way they rock & roll & call me angel child.” // “Oh, Lou, no, my dreams did not come true; no, they only came apart.” // “I’m gonna ball the jack (sometimes) until my honey comes back (sometimes).” // “I’m gonna get a barrel of whiskey, some of these days, haleljuah.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 60: A JOYFUL NOISE -- REMEMBERING SUN RA, WITH FILMMAKER ROBERT MUGGE (7.1.13)
On the show today, we got ready for The Lost Child's SUN RA CELEBRATION at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (7.7.13) with a preview of the documentary film, SUN RA: A JOYFUL NOISE. I spoke with filmmaker Robert Mugge about the making of the film and about working with Sun Ra, and we heard a few clips, too, from Sun Ra's August 23, 1988, show at Birmingham's own The Nick. Hear the full episode on our "INTERVIEWS" page.
On the show today, we got ready for The Lost Child's SUN RA CELEBRATION at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (7.7.13) with a preview of the documentary film, SUN RA: A JOYFUL NOISE. I spoke with filmmaker Robert Mugge about the making of the film and about working with Sun Ra, and we heard a few clips, too, from Sun Ra's August 23, 1988, show at Birmingham's own The Nick. Hear the full episode on our "INTERVIEWS" page.
THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 59: FROM A EUTAW JUKE -- BLUES WITH FRANK "DOC" ADAMS (5.25.13)
On today’s show Frank Adams visited the station with a tape of some music recorded in the 1970s in an unnamed Eutaw, Alabama, juke joint. The band is Dee Clarke (keyboard, vocals), Zeke Toyar (guitar), Frank Adams (sax), --- Peavy (drums), and an unknown bass player. Selections include: “Danny Boy”/”He Looked Beyond My Faults,” “Cleo’s Mood,” “Part Time Love,” “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do,” “Skin Tight,” “Further On Up the Road,” “Three O’Clock in the Morning,” “Sweet Little Angel,” and more.
“She doesn’t have to be Lena Horne—she can be from Eutaw, Alabama, and even country born.” // “What was it called? The Eutaw Club, I guess. It didn’t have a name—it was a place you went when everything had failed.”
On today’s show Frank Adams visited the station with a tape of some music recorded in the 1970s in an unnamed Eutaw, Alabama, juke joint. The band is Dee Clarke (keyboard, vocals), Zeke Toyar (guitar), Frank Adams (sax), --- Peavy (drums), and an unknown bass player. Selections include: “Danny Boy”/”He Looked Beyond My Faults,” “Cleo’s Mood,” “Part Time Love,” “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do,” “Skin Tight,” “Further On Up the Road,” “Three O’Clock in the Morning,” “Sweet Little Angel,” and more.
“She doesn’t have to be Lena Horne—she can be from Eutaw, Alabama, and even country born.” // “What was it called? The Eutaw Club, I guess. It didn’t have a name—it was a place you went when everything had failed.”
THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 58: HEART ON A STRING (A GEORGE JACKSON TRIBUTE) (5.18.13)
1. George Jackson: 3-F Blues
2. George Jackson: Find ‘em, Fool ‘em, and Forget ‘em //
3. Candi Station: I’m Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin’)
4. Clarence Carter: Snatching it Back
5. George Jackson: Evidence
6. George Jackson: Getting the Bills (But No Merchandise)
7. Candi Staton: Heart On a String
8. George Jackson: Double Lovin’
9. Wilson Pickett: Search Your Heart //
10. George Jackson: Greasy Two By Four
11. Candi Staton: Evidence
12. George Jackson: You’re at the Right Table
13. George Jackson: Pollution
14. Wilson Pickett: A Man and a Half
15. George Jackson: I Can’t Do Without You
16. Unknown singer: Another Man’s Woman, Another Woman’s Man (FAME Studios demo)
17. Candi Staton: How Can I Put Out the Flame (When You Keep the Fire Burning) //
18. George Jackson: She’s Rated G
1. George Jackson: 3-F Blues
2. George Jackson: Find ‘em, Fool ‘em, and Forget ‘em //
3. Candi Station: I’m Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin’)
4. Clarence Carter: Snatching it Back
5. George Jackson: Evidence
6. George Jackson: Getting the Bills (But No Merchandise)
7. Candi Staton: Heart On a String
8. George Jackson: Double Lovin’
9. Wilson Pickett: Search Your Heart //
10. George Jackson: Greasy Two By Four
11. Candi Staton: Evidence
12. George Jackson: You’re at the Right Table
13. George Jackson: Pollution
14. Wilson Pickett: A Man and a Half
15. George Jackson: I Can’t Do Without You
16. Unknown singer: Another Man’s Woman, Another Woman’s Man (FAME Studios demo)
17. Candi Staton: How Can I Put Out the Flame (When You Keep the Fire Burning) //
18. George Jackson: She’s Rated G
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST EPISODE 57: IF TEARS WOULD BRING YOU BACK (REMEMBERING GEORGE JONES, RICHIE HAVENS, & BRAXTON SCHUFFERT) (5.11.13)
1. Richie Havens: High Flyin’ Bird
2. George Jones & Keith Richards: Burn Your Playhouse Down) //
3. George Jones: Country Style U.S.A. (1955-ish)
4. Richie Havens: Handsome Johnny
5. Richie Havens & Pete Seeger: Jackhammer John
6. Richie Havens: Tombstone Blues //
7. Braxton Schuffert: Rockin’ Chair Daddy
8. Braxton Schuffert: A Teardrop on a Rose
9. Braxton Schuffert: If Tears Would Bring You Back //
10. George Jones: Navy Hoedown (1974) //
11. Richie Havens: Freedom
“I’ve got an aching in my heart, and arson on my mind; I’m gonna burn your playhouse down.”
1. Richie Havens: High Flyin’ Bird
2. George Jones & Keith Richards: Burn Your Playhouse Down) //
3. George Jones: Country Style U.S.A. (1955-ish)
4. Richie Havens: Handsome Johnny
5. Richie Havens & Pete Seeger: Jackhammer John
6. Richie Havens: Tombstone Blues //
7. Braxton Schuffert: Rockin’ Chair Daddy
8. Braxton Schuffert: A Teardrop on a Rose
9. Braxton Schuffert: If Tears Would Bring You Back //
10. George Jones: Navy Hoedown (1974) //
11. Richie Havens: Freedom
“I’ve got an aching in my heart, and arson on my mind; I’m gonna burn your playhouse down.”
THE LOST CHILD PLAYLIST, EPISODE 56: GOIN TO THE RACES -- JOCKEYS & JULEPS (5.4.13)
1. The Greater New York Quartette: My Old Kentucky Home (1901)
2. George Jones: The Race is On
3. Old & in the Way: Goin’ to the Races //
4. The Carver Boys: Tim Brooke
5. Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks (live)
6. Big Louisiana, Jose Smith, and Rev. Rogers: Stewball
7. Lonnie Johnson: The Best Jockey in Town
8. Bill “Jazz” Gillum: Jockey Blues //
9. The Dixieland Jug Blowers: Louisville Stomp
10. Memphis Minnie: Frankie Jean
11. John Lee Hooker: My Father Was a Jockey
12. John Lee Hooker: Race Track
13. The Keller Sisters and Lynch: Just a Bird’s-Eye View ofMy Old Kentucky Home //
14. Ford Hanford (musical saw & orchestra): My OldKentucky Home
15. Randy Newman: Old Kentucky Home
16. Count Basie: Racehorse
17. The Clovers: One Mint Julep
18. Jelly Roll Morton: Mint Julep //
19. Big Joe Turner: My Gal’s a Jockey
I don’t want no girl with hair like drops of rain; don’t want no baby with hair like drops of rain; I want a real fine baby with hair like a horse’s mane.
1. The Greater New York Quartette: My Old Kentucky Home (1901)
2. George Jones: The Race is On
3. Old & in the Way: Goin’ to the Races //
4. The Carver Boys: Tim Brooke
5. Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks (live)
6. Big Louisiana, Jose Smith, and Rev. Rogers: Stewball
7. Lonnie Johnson: The Best Jockey in Town
8. Bill “Jazz” Gillum: Jockey Blues //
9. The Dixieland Jug Blowers: Louisville Stomp
10. Memphis Minnie: Frankie Jean
11. John Lee Hooker: My Father Was a Jockey
12. John Lee Hooker: Race Track
13. The Keller Sisters and Lynch: Just a Bird’s-Eye View ofMy Old Kentucky Home //
14. Ford Hanford (musical saw & orchestra): My OldKentucky Home
15. Randy Newman: Old Kentucky Home
16. Count Basie: Racehorse
17. The Clovers: One Mint Julep
18. Jelly Roll Morton: Mint Julep //
19. Big Joe Turner: My Gal’s a Jockey
I don’t want no girl with hair like drops of rain; don’t want no baby with hair like drops of rain; I want a real fine baby with hair like a horse’s mane.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 55: SHOUT BAMALAMA! Featuring special guest dee-jay, DJ Jezebelle. All tracks selected (and notes, below, compiled) by DJ Jezebelle. (4.27.13)
1. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Shout Bamalama (Live, 1970)
2. The Omen and Their Luv - Maybe Later (Daisy Records, 1967. Recorded at Boutwell's Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, mixed by Eddie Hinton from Muscle Shoals )
3. The Bassmen - I Need You (Vaughn-Ltd Records, 1965. Recorded at Boutwell's Studio in Birmingham, Alabama. They eventually became "The Candystore Prophets". The Bassmen still occasionally play gigs.)
4. The So... But So What? - I Will Cry (Prestige Productions Records, 1965. Became the Beatniks, a Beatles cover band. Still active in Birmingham, Al. Record label was on Crestwood Blvd.)
5. The K-Otics - Double Shot (Bang Records, 1966. Formed as a band in Troy University in Troy, Alabama. Swinging Medallions recorded this song first, but the K-Otics version was released first. After the band broke up, the drummer [Kim Venable from Tuskegee Al] joined the band Classics IV, which is well-known for their song "Spooky".)
6. The Mixed Emotions - Can't You Stop It Now (Kustom Kut Records, 1968. From Coden, Al.)
7. The Distortions - Smokestack Lightning (Sea records, 1966. All from Birmingham, Al. Inducted into the Birmingham Record Collector's Hall of Fame)
8. Big Mama Thorton - Hound Dog (Peacock Records, 1952. Born in Ariton, Alabama.)
9. The Movers - Birmingham (123 Records/Twi-Low recordings, 1968. Co-written by Tommy Roe with Freddy Weller from Paul Revere and the Raiders.)
10. The Tikis - Big Feet (Minaret Records, 1963. Len Wade was also in this band. From Birmingham, Al. Inducted into the Birmingham Record Collecter's Hall of Fame.)
11. Len Wade - Boss Beat (United Artists Records Promo. 1966. Born in Birmingham, Al.)
12. Barbara Perry - A Man is a Mean, Mean Thing (Goldwax, 1967. Recorded at Fame Studios.)
13. Sam Dees - Soul Sister (LoLo Records, 1969. Born in Birmingham, Al. LoLo records was a Birmingham, Al based subsidiary of Calla Records.)
14. Martha & The Vandellas - Motoring (Motown's Gordy Records, 1965. Martha was born in Eufaula, Al. It's also possible that the drummer on this track is "William “Benny” Benjamin" from Birmingham, Al. He was one of the session musicians in the "Funk Brothers" which was the backing band for Motown at the time.)
15. Shorty Long - Function at the Junction (Motown's Soul Records, 1966. Born in Birmingham, Al. Member of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.)
16. Ralph "Soul" Jackson - Don't Tear Yourself Down (Amy Records, 1967. Recorded at Fame. Born in Phenix City, Alabama.)
17. Clarence Carter - Take It All Off (ABC, 1975)
18. Terry Woodfard - Gonna Make You Say Yeah (Fame, 1966)
19. Mickey Murray - Shout Bamalama (SSS International, 1967)
1. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Shout Bamalama (Live, 1970)
2. The Omen and Their Luv - Maybe Later (Daisy Records, 1967. Recorded at Boutwell's Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, mixed by Eddie Hinton from Muscle Shoals )
3. The Bassmen - I Need You (Vaughn-Ltd Records, 1965. Recorded at Boutwell's Studio in Birmingham, Alabama. They eventually became "The Candystore Prophets". The Bassmen still occasionally play gigs.)
4. The So... But So What? - I Will Cry (Prestige Productions Records, 1965. Became the Beatniks, a Beatles cover band. Still active in Birmingham, Al. Record label was on Crestwood Blvd.)
5. The K-Otics - Double Shot (Bang Records, 1966. Formed as a band in Troy University in Troy, Alabama. Swinging Medallions recorded this song first, but the K-Otics version was released first. After the band broke up, the drummer [Kim Venable from Tuskegee Al] joined the band Classics IV, which is well-known for their song "Spooky".)
6. The Mixed Emotions - Can't You Stop It Now (Kustom Kut Records, 1968. From Coden, Al.)
7. The Distortions - Smokestack Lightning (Sea records, 1966. All from Birmingham, Al. Inducted into the Birmingham Record Collector's Hall of Fame)
8. Big Mama Thorton - Hound Dog (Peacock Records, 1952. Born in Ariton, Alabama.)
9. The Movers - Birmingham (123 Records/Twi-Low recordings, 1968. Co-written by Tommy Roe with Freddy Weller from Paul Revere and the Raiders.)
10. The Tikis - Big Feet (Minaret Records, 1963. Len Wade was also in this band. From Birmingham, Al. Inducted into the Birmingham Record Collecter's Hall of Fame.)
11. Len Wade - Boss Beat (United Artists Records Promo. 1966. Born in Birmingham, Al.)
12. Barbara Perry - A Man is a Mean, Mean Thing (Goldwax, 1967. Recorded at Fame Studios.)
13. Sam Dees - Soul Sister (LoLo Records, 1969. Born in Birmingham, Al. LoLo records was a Birmingham, Al based subsidiary of Calla Records.)
14. Martha & The Vandellas - Motoring (Motown's Gordy Records, 1965. Martha was born in Eufaula, Al. It's also possible that the drummer on this track is "William “Benny” Benjamin" from Birmingham, Al. He was one of the session musicians in the "Funk Brothers" which was the backing band for Motown at the time.)
15. Shorty Long - Function at the Junction (Motown's Soul Records, 1966. Born in Birmingham, Al. Member of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.)
16. Ralph "Soul" Jackson - Don't Tear Yourself Down (Amy Records, 1967. Recorded at Fame. Born in Phenix City, Alabama.)
17. Clarence Carter - Take It All Off (ABC, 1975)
18. Terry Woodfard - Gonna Make You Say Yeah (Fame, 1966)
19. Mickey Murray - Shout Bamalama (SSS International, 1967)
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 53: ALWAYS FOR A PLEASURE: REMEMBERING LES BLANK, & ROOTING ON THE BARONS (4.13.13)
1. Sister Wynona Carr: The Ball Game
2. Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie
3. Andrews Sisters with Dan Dailey: Take Me Out to the Ball Game //
4. Bobby Rush: Boney Maroney
5. Sammi Smith: Long Black Veil
6. Eddie Guitar Burns: Hello Miss Jessie Lee
7. Jody Reynolds: Endless Sleep //
Special LOST CHILD tribute to filmmaker Les Blank (1935-2013), with clips from:
8. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983): featuring Tommy Jarrell
9. Chulas Fronteras (1976): featuring Lydia Mendoza and Los Penguinos del Norte
10. J’ai Ete Au Bal / I Went to the Dance (1989): featuring Micheal Ducet, D.L. Menard, Boozoo Chavis, and Nathan Abshire
11. Yum, Yum, Yum (1990)
12. The Blues According to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1969/70): featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins
13. Always for a Pleasure (1978): featuring New Orleans brass bands //
14. King Curtis: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1. Sister Wynona Carr: The Ball Game
2. Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie
3. Andrews Sisters with Dan Dailey: Take Me Out to the Ball Game //
4. Bobby Rush: Boney Maroney
5. Sammi Smith: Long Black Veil
6. Eddie Guitar Burns: Hello Miss Jessie Lee
7. Jody Reynolds: Endless Sleep //
Special LOST CHILD tribute to filmmaker Les Blank (1935-2013), with clips from:
8. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983): featuring Tommy Jarrell
9. Chulas Fronteras (1976): featuring Lydia Mendoza and Los Penguinos del Norte
10. J’ai Ete Au Bal / I Went to the Dance (1989): featuring Micheal Ducet, D.L. Menard, Boozoo Chavis, and Nathan Abshire
11. Yum, Yum, Yum (1990)
12. The Blues According to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1969/70): featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins
13. Always for a Pleasure (1978): featuring New Orleans brass bands //
14. King Curtis: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 51: GUNS & DRUMS & DRUMS & GUNS (3.16.13)
1. Dan Barnes & Parchman Farm prisoners: Old Alabama //
2. Dave Bartholomew: Good Jax Boogie
3. Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin: I Only Exist
4. Jeannie C. Riley: Words, Names, Faces
5. Candi Staton: Never in Public //
6. Esteban “Steve” Jordan: Maldita tu Suerte
7. J.H. Howell & his Carolina Hillbillies: Lonesome Life of Worry
8. Tom T. Hall: Homecoming
9. Big Mama Thornton: I Smell a Rat //
10. Willie Nelson: Mr. Record Man
11. John Prine: Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You
12. Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting for a Train
13. J.W. Warren: Hoboing into Hollywood
14. Hobart Smith: Buck Creek Girls
15. U.S. Navy Seals: Hey, Hey Whiskey Jack
16. Stevie Wonder: A Place in the Sun //
17. The Dubliners: The Kerry Recruit
18. Seamus Ennis: Johnny, I Hardly Knew You
19. The Pogues: Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races
“You haven’t an arm, you haven’t a leg, you’re an eyeless, formless, chickenless egg; you’ll have to be put with a bowl to beg—Johnny, I hardly knew you.”
1. Dan Barnes & Parchman Farm prisoners: Old Alabama //
2. Dave Bartholomew: Good Jax Boogie
3. Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin: I Only Exist
4. Jeannie C. Riley: Words, Names, Faces
5. Candi Staton: Never in Public //
6. Esteban “Steve” Jordan: Maldita tu Suerte
7. J.H. Howell & his Carolina Hillbillies: Lonesome Life of Worry
8. Tom T. Hall: Homecoming
9. Big Mama Thornton: I Smell a Rat //
10. Willie Nelson: Mr. Record Man
11. John Prine: Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You
12. Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting for a Train
13. J.W. Warren: Hoboing into Hollywood
14. Hobart Smith: Buck Creek Girls
15. U.S. Navy Seals: Hey, Hey Whiskey Jack
16. Stevie Wonder: A Place in the Sun //
17. The Dubliners: The Kerry Recruit
18. Seamus Ennis: Johnny, I Hardly Knew You
19. The Pogues: Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races
“You haven’t an arm, you haven’t a leg, you’re an eyeless, formless, chickenless egg; you’ll have to be put with a bowl to beg—Johnny, I hardly knew you.”
EPISODE 50: LET THE MERMAIDS FLIRT WITH ME (3.9.13)
1. Slim Smith: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
2. Mississippi John Hurt: Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me //
3. Baron Lee & the Mills Blue Rhythm Band: Rhythm Spasm
4. Jerry Lee Lewis: Crazy Arms
5. The Skillet Lickers: Rock That Cradle Lucy
6. Shelley Lee Alley & his Alley Cats: Women Women Women
7. The Memphis Jug Band: You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
8. Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys: Brain Cloudy Blues //
9. Wallace Derouen & the Cajun Ramblers, with Joe Bonsall: Cajun Ramblers Special
10. The Youngbloods: Willie and the Hand Jive
11. Left Frizell: I Love You a Thousand Ways
12. Bob Dylan: Quit Your Low Down Ways
13. Big Boy Myles and the Sha-weez: That Girl I Married
14. Li’l Millet & his Creoles: Rich Woman
15. Julia Lee & her Boyfriends: My Man Stands Out //
16. Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra: St. Louis Blues
17. Ernest Mostella: St. Louis Blues / Blues from Muscle Shoals / Nearer My God to Thee
18. Mississippi John Hurt: Nearer My God To Thee
19. Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys: Away Out There //
10. Esther Phillips: Brand New Day
“When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea; save all the undertaker’s bills, let the mermaid’s flirt with me.”
1. Slim Smith: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
2. Mississippi John Hurt: Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me //
3. Baron Lee & the Mills Blue Rhythm Band: Rhythm Spasm
4. Jerry Lee Lewis: Crazy Arms
5. The Skillet Lickers: Rock That Cradle Lucy
6. Shelley Lee Alley & his Alley Cats: Women Women Women
7. The Memphis Jug Band: You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
8. Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys: Brain Cloudy Blues //
9. Wallace Derouen & the Cajun Ramblers, with Joe Bonsall: Cajun Ramblers Special
10. The Youngbloods: Willie and the Hand Jive
11. Left Frizell: I Love You a Thousand Ways
12. Bob Dylan: Quit Your Low Down Ways
13. Big Boy Myles and the Sha-weez: That Girl I Married
14. Li’l Millet & his Creoles: Rich Woman
15. Julia Lee & her Boyfriends: My Man Stands Out //
16. Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra: St. Louis Blues
17. Ernest Mostella: St. Louis Blues / Blues from Muscle Shoals / Nearer My God to Thee
18. Mississippi John Hurt: Nearer My God To Thee
19. Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys: Away Out There //
10. Esther Phillips: Brand New Day
“When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea; save all the undertaker’s bills, let the mermaid’s flirt with me.”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 49: THE COUNTRY MUSIC PLANE CRASH SPECIAL (3.2.13)
1. Patsy Cline: Take Five (U.S. Marine Corps recruitment radio show) //
2. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Lonesome 7-7203
3. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Sunny Side of the Mountain
4. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Darkness on the Face of the Earth
5. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Twenty Miles from the Shore
6. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Doghouse Boogie //
7. Randy Hughes: Birthday Cake
8. Randy Hughes: If I Loved a Liar, I’d Hug Your Neck
9. Randy Hughes: Roll On, Freight Train
10. Randy Hughes: Tappin’ That Thing //
11. Patsy Cline: Walkin’ After Midnight
12. Patsy Cline: National Country Music Week Radio Spot, 1962
13. Patsy Cline: She’s Got You
14. Patsy Cline: Seven Lonely Days (radio transcription)
15. Patsy Cline: There He Goes
16. Patsy Cline: Come On In (And Make Yourself at Home) (Live at the Cimarron Ballroom)
17. Patsy Cline: Outro, Live at the Cimarron Ballroom //
18. Cowboy Copas: Alabam
19. Cowboy Copas: Tragic Romance (Live on the Big “D" Jamboree)
20. Cowboy Copas: Hangman Boogie
21. Cowboy Copas: Feelin’ Low (Live) //
22. Cowboy Copas: I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
1. Patsy Cline: Take Five (U.S. Marine Corps recruitment radio show) //
2. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Lonesome 7-7203
3. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Sunny Side of the Mountain
4. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Darkness on the Face of the Earth
5. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Twenty Miles from the Shore
6. Hawkshaw Hawkins: Doghouse Boogie //
7. Randy Hughes: Birthday Cake
8. Randy Hughes: If I Loved a Liar, I’d Hug Your Neck
9. Randy Hughes: Roll On, Freight Train
10. Randy Hughes: Tappin’ That Thing //
11. Patsy Cline: Walkin’ After Midnight
12. Patsy Cline: National Country Music Week Radio Spot, 1962
13. Patsy Cline: She’s Got You
14. Patsy Cline: Seven Lonely Days (radio transcription)
15. Patsy Cline: There He Goes
16. Patsy Cline: Come On In (And Make Yourself at Home) (Live at the Cimarron Ballroom)
17. Patsy Cline: Outro, Live at the Cimarron Ballroom //
18. Cowboy Copas: Alabam
19. Cowboy Copas: Tragic Romance (Live on the Big “D" Jamboree)
20. Cowboy Copas: Hangman Boogie
21. Cowboy Copas: Feelin’ Low (Live) //
22. Cowboy Copas: I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 48: MY BABY, OOO (2.23.13)
1. Joe Dean: I’m So Glad I’m 21 Years Old Today
2. Billy Riley and his Little Green Men: Flying Saucers Rock and Roll //
3. Mitty Collier: My Babe
4. One String Sam: My Baby Ooo
5. Hank Thompson: A Six Pack to Go (Live at Town Hall Party)
6. Charlie Johnson & his Paradise Band: The Boy in the Boat
7. Jo Jones: Georgia Mae
8. Jimmy Hughes: High Heeled Sneakers
9. Slim Duckett & Pig Norwood: I Want to Go Where Jesus Is
10. The Staple Singers: This Train //
11. Moon Mullican: What Have I Done That Made You Go Away
12. Reverend Lonnie Farris: Peace in the Valley
13. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Yield Not to Temptation
14. The Blue Sky Boys: I’m S-A-V-E-D
15. Shovels and Rope: Magdelina
16. Bessie Smith: Trombone Cholly
17. Mississippi John Hurt: Richland Woman Blues //
18. Bob Marley: Acoustic Medley (Guava Jelly/This Train/Corner Stone)
“Give me red lipstick, and a bright purple rouge; a shingle bob haircut, and a shot of good booze. Hurry down, sweet daddy, come blowing your horn; if you come too long, sweet mama will be gone.”
1. Joe Dean: I’m So Glad I’m 21 Years Old Today
2. Billy Riley and his Little Green Men: Flying Saucers Rock and Roll //
3. Mitty Collier: My Babe
4. One String Sam: My Baby Ooo
5. Hank Thompson: A Six Pack to Go (Live at Town Hall Party)
6. Charlie Johnson & his Paradise Band: The Boy in the Boat
7. Jo Jones: Georgia Mae
8. Jimmy Hughes: High Heeled Sneakers
9. Slim Duckett & Pig Norwood: I Want to Go Where Jesus Is
10. The Staple Singers: This Train //
11. Moon Mullican: What Have I Done That Made You Go Away
12. Reverend Lonnie Farris: Peace in the Valley
13. Bobby “Blue” Bland: Yield Not to Temptation
14. The Blue Sky Boys: I’m S-A-V-E-D
15. Shovels and Rope: Magdelina
16. Bessie Smith: Trombone Cholly
17. Mississippi John Hurt: Richland Woman Blues //
18. Bob Marley: Acoustic Medley (Guava Jelly/This Train/Corner Stone)
“Give me red lipstick, and a bright purple rouge; a shingle bob haircut, and a shot of good booze. Hurry down, sweet daddy, come blowing your horn; if you come too long, sweet mama will be gone.”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 47: BROWN-EYED HANDSOME MAN (2.16.13)
1. Tampa Red: Bessemer Blues //
2. Buddy Holly: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
3. Vance Morris and His Alabama Playboys: Slap Happy Pappy
4. Vance Morris and His Alabama Playboys: Crazy About the Boogie
5. The Percussions: Your Love
6. Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother: I’ll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called)
7. Seven Foot Dilly and his Dill Pickles: Georgia Bust Down //
8. Waylon Jennings: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
9. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: Leaving Home
10. Freddy Fender: Bailando el Rock and Roll
11. Fontella Bass: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
12. Lead Belly and Martha Ledbetter: Outshine the Sun
13. Billy Joe Shaver: Live Forever //
14. Reverend Gary Davis: Please Baby
15. Reverend Gary Davis: You Got to Move
10. The Cotton Top Singers, feat. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: I Want Two Wings to Veil My Face)
16. The Million Dollar Quartet: Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Don’t Forbid Me / You Belong to My Heart / Brown Eyed Handsome Man
16. Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
“It’s B for Bessemer, B for dear old Birmingham. You’d better wake up, mama, and see me as I am.”
1. Tampa Red: Bessemer Blues //
2. Buddy Holly: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
3. Vance Morris and His Alabama Playboys: Slap Happy Pappy
4. Vance Morris and His Alabama Playboys: Crazy About the Boogie
5. The Percussions: Your Love
6. Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother: I’ll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called)
7. Seven Foot Dilly and his Dill Pickles: Georgia Bust Down //
8. Waylon Jennings: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
9. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers: Leaving Home
10. Freddy Fender: Bailando el Rock and Roll
11. Fontella Bass: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
12. Lead Belly and Martha Ledbetter: Outshine the Sun
13. Billy Joe Shaver: Live Forever //
14. Reverend Gary Davis: Please Baby
15. Reverend Gary Davis: You Got to Move
10. The Cotton Top Singers, feat. Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon: I Want Two Wings to Veil My Face)
16. The Million Dollar Quartet: Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Don’t Forbid Me / You Belong to My Heart / Brown Eyed Handsome Man
16. Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
“It’s B for Bessemer, B for dear old Birmingham. You’d better wake up, mama, and see me as I am.”
FIFTY CENTS OF GAS, & A COUNTRY ROAD: PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD VALENTINES’ SPECIAL (EPISODE 46, 2.9.14)
1. Otis Redding: The Glory of Love
2. Dr. John: The Nearness of You //
3. Roosevelt Sykes: I’m In Love With A Lover
4. James Barnett: You’re So Fine
5. Las Hermanas Cantu: Especialmente Para Ti
6. Jimmy Reed: Found Love
7. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust
8. Juanita Rogers: Love Letters Full of Promises (Unissued studio rehearsal)
9. The Louvin Brothers: I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
10. Jimmy Hughes: Why Not Tonight
11. The Ink Spots: It’s Been A Long, Long Time
12. The Red Fox Chasers: Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine //
13. The Blue Ridge Mountain Singers: I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers
14. Drive-By Truckers: Love Like This
15. The Carter Family: I Loved You Better Than You Knew
16. Reverend J.M. Gates: Scat to the Cat and Suie to the Hog
17. The Penguins: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
18. Joe Tex: S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
19. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston: Kissin’ On
20. Bob Dylan: It Hurts Me Too
21. June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash: The Far Side Banks of Jordan //
22. George Jones: The Love Bug
23. Enrico Caruso: O Sole Mio
24. The New Lost City Ramblers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
25. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five: Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)
26. Solomon Burke: Can’t Nobody Love You
27. Leonard Emmanuel: Hollerin’ on the Way to See a Girl
28. Darby and Tarlton: Birmingham Jail
29. Wilson Pickett / The Falcons: I Found a Love //
30. Darlene Love: A Fine, Fine Boy
31. Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings: Teenager’s Letter Full of Promises
32. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Lulu Wall
33. Aretha Franklin: Dark End of the Street
34. Clarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)
35. Dan Reeder: Clean Elvis //
36. Big Bill Broonzy: Glory of Love
I battle aliens from outer space; they got one eye right in the middle of their face. / I grab my laser gun, I know my place: Somebody has to save the human race. / And I-I-I will always love you.
1. Otis Redding: The Glory of Love
2. Dr. John: The Nearness of You //
3. Roosevelt Sykes: I’m In Love With A Lover
4. James Barnett: You’re So Fine
5. Las Hermanas Cantu: Especialmente Para Ti
6. Jimmy Reed: Found Love
7. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust
8. Juanita Rogers: Love Letters Full of Promises (Unissued studio rehearsal)
9. The Louvin Brothers: I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
10. Jimmy Hughes: Why Not Tonight
11. The Ink Spots: It’s Been A Long, Long Time
12. The Red Fox Chasers: Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine //
13. The Blue Ridge Mountain Singers: I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers
14. Drive-By Truckers: Love Like This
15. The Carter Family: I Loved You Better Than You Knew
16. Reverend J.M. Gates: Scat to the Cat and Suie to the Hog
17. The Penguins: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
18. Joe Tex: S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
19. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston: Kissin’ On
20. Bob Dylan: It Hurts Me Too
21. June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash: The Far Side Banks of Jordan //
22. George Jones: The Love Bug
23. Enrico Caruso: O Sole Mio
24. The New Lost City Ramblers: Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden
25. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five: Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)
26. Solomon Burke: Can’t Nobody Love You
27. Leonard Emmanuel: Hollerin’ on the Way to See a Girl
28. Darby and Tarlton: Birmingham Jail
29. Wilson Pickett / The Falcons: I Found a Love //
30. Darlene Love: A Fine, Fine Boy
31. Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings: Teenager’s Letter Full of Promises
32. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Lulu Wall
33. Aretha Franklin: Dark End of the Street
34. Clarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)
35. Dan Reeder: Clean Elvis //
36. Big Bill Broonzy: Glory of Love
I battle aliens from outer space; they got one eye right in the middle of their face. / I grab my laser gun, I know my place: Somebody has to save the human race. / And I-I-I will always love you.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 45: DIRTY GROUNDHOG BLUES (2.2.13)
He roots in the morning, he roots every night; the way my gal treats me, he must be rooting all right. He roots in the morning, and I’m going tell you what I’m going to do: If I catch him rooting around my house, I’m going to cut his rooter half in two.
1. Lil’ Son Jackson: Ground Hog Blues
2. Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, and Oscar Jenkins: Groundhog //
3. The Dixie Cups: I’m Gonna Get You Yet
4. Lonnie Young, Ed Young, and Lonnie Young, Jr.: Chevrolet
5. Warren Smith: Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
6. Jimmie Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 10 (Groundhog Rootin’ in My Backyard)
7. Grigsby and Young: No Letter in the Mail
8. The Mighty Clouds of Joy: None But the Righteous
9. Sonny Boy Williamson: Ground Hog Blues //
10. Ray Price: You Done Me Wrong
11. Count Basie: Swinging at the Daisy Chain
12. Arthur Alexander: Pretty Girls Everywhere
13. Joe Brown, Harrison Ross, and Willie John Strong: When the Roll is Called in Heaven
14. Cow Cow Davenport: Dirty Ground Hog Blues
15. John Lee Hooker: Dirty Ground Hog Blues
16. Ted Daffan’s Texans: Born to Lose //
17. Frank “Doc” Adams: interview excerpt
18. Frank “Doc” Adams: Born to Lose
Yonder come Granddad popping his cane; swearin’ he’d eat that groundhog brain // Young’uns all kicked, they squealed and they cried; they do love groundhog stewed and fried.
He roots in the morning, he roots every night; the way my gal treats me, he must be rooting all right. He roots in the morning, and I’m going tell you what I’m going to do: If I catch him rooting around my house, I’m going to cut his rooter half in two.
1. Lil’ Son Jackson: Ground Hog Blues
2. Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, and Oscar Jenkins: Groundhog //
3. The Dixie Cups: I’m Gonna Get You Yet
4. Lonnie Young, Ed Young, and Lonnie Young, Jr.: Chevrolet
5. Warren Smith: Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
6. Jimmie Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 10 (Groundhog Rootin’ in My Backyard)
7. Grigsby and Young: No Letter in the Mail
8. The Mighty Clouds of Joy: None But the Righteous
9. Sonny Boy Williamson: Ground Hog Blues //
10. Ray Price: You Done Me Wrong
11. Count Basie: Swinging at the Daisy Chain
12. Arthur Alexander: Pretty Girls Everywhere
13. Joe Brown, Harrison Ross, and Willie John Strong: When the Roll is Called in Heaven
14. Cow Cow Davenport: Dirty Ground Hog Blues
15. John Lee Hooker: Dirty Ground Hog Blues
16. Ted Daffan’s Texans: Born to Lose //
17. Frank “Doc” Adams: interview excerpt
18. Frank “Doc” Adams: Born to Lose
Yonder come Granddad popping his cane; swearin’ he’d eat that groundhog brain // Young’uns all kicked, they squealed and they cried; they do love groundhog stewed and fried.
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 44: THE WORLD IS GOING WRONG (1.26.13)
1. The Mississippi Sheiks: The World is Going Wrong //
2. Dick Justice: Henry Lee
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson: Broke and Hungry
4. The Mississippi Sheiks: I’ve Got Blood in My Eyes For You
5. Blind Willie McTell: Broke Down Engine
6. Blind Willie McTell: Delia
7. Frank Hutchinson: Stackalee
8. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard: Two Soldiers
9. Doug Wallin: Jackaro
10. Doc Watson: The Lone Pilgrim //
11. Lonnie Johnson: Tomorrow Night
12. Blind Boy Fuller: Step it Up and Go
13. Blind Blake: You Gonna Quit Me Blues
14. Grayson and Whitter: Little Maggie with a Dram Glass in Her Hand
15. Cliff Carlisle: Black Jack David //
16. Bob Dylan: Arthur McBride
What makes me love my woman, she can really do the Georgia Crawl. (Lordy, Lord; Lordy, Lordy, Lord.)
1. The Mississippi Sheiks: The World is Going Wrong //
2. Dick Justice: Henry Lee
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson: Broke and Hungry
4. The Mississippi Sheiks: I’ve Got Blood in My Eyes For You
5. Blind Willie McTell: Broke Down Engine
6. Blind Willie McTell: Delia
7. Frank Hutchinson: Stackalee
8. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard: Two Soldiers
9. Doug Wallin: Jackaro
10. Doc Watson: The Lone Pilgrim //
11. Lonnie Johnson: Tomorrow Night
12. Blind Boy Fuller: Step it Up and Go
13. Blind Blake: You Gonna Quit Me Blues
14. Grayson and Whitter: Little Maggie with a Dram Glass in Her Hand
15. Cliff Carlisle: Black Jack David //
16. Bob Dylan: Arthur McBride
What makes me love my woman, she can really do the Georgia Crawl. (Lordy, Lord; Lordy, Lordy, Lord.)
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 43: KEEP MOVING: MUSIC FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING (1.19.13)
1. James Chapman: In Memory of Martin Luther King
2. Big Joe Williams: The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King //
3. Brother Will Hairston: Alabama Bus
4. Otis Spann: Blues for Martin Luther King
5. Reverend Charlie Jackson: Something to Think About
6. Shirley Wahls: We’ve Got to Keep Movin’ On
7. Big Maybelle: Heaven Will Welcome You, Dr. King
8. Johnny Cash: Six White Horses (demo) //
9. Moms Mabley: Abraham, Martin, and John
10. Johnie Lewis: I Got to Climb a Higher Mountain (About Martin Luther King)
11. Otis Spann: Hotel Lorraine
12. Mighty Sparrow: Death of Martin Luther King
13. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Mass meeting, Birmingham, 1963 (speech excerpts)
14. Odetta: Keep On Movin’ It On //
15. Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over
1. James Chapman: In Memory of Martin Luther King
2. Big Joe Williams: The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King //
3. Brother Will Hairston: Alabama Bus
4. Otis Spann: Blues for Martin Luther King
5. Reverend Charlie Jackson: Something to Think About
6. Shirley Wahls: We’ve Got to Keep Movin’ On
7. Big Maybelle: Heaven Will Welcome You, Dr. King
8. Johnny Cash: Six White Horses (demo) //
9. Moms Mabley: Abraham, Martin, and John
10. Johnie Lewis: I Got to Climb a Higher Mountain (About Martin Luther King)
11. Otis Spann: Hotel Lorraine
12. Mighty Sparrow: Death of Martin Luther King
13. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Mass meeting, Birmingham, 1963 (speech excerpts)
14. Odetta: Keep On Movin’ It On //
15. Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 42: FLOWER POWER DIED (1.12.13)
1. John Hartford: Flower Power Died
2. Howard Finster: Howard Walking, Talking, Singing //
3. Norrdige Mayhams and the Blue Chips: Crying Holy Unto the Lord (take 1)
4. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord
5. George Jones: You’re Still On My Mind
6. Harry “The Hipster” Gibson: Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine?
7. Robert Mitchum: The Ballad of Thunder Road
8. Uncle John Patterson: Stagolee Was a Bully //
9. Smiley Lewis: Shame, Shame, Shame
10. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down
11. Louis Lasky: Teasin Brown Blues
12. BeauSoleil: Acadian Two Step
13. James Davis: Instrumental #1
14. Ray Charles: That’s Enough
15. Dorothy Love Coates: That’s Enough //
16. John Hartford: Airport Floor
“She’s got hair like Gloria Swanson, and she walks just like Priscilla Dean.” // “I saw Sally changing clothes— She was in a perfect pose—Sally, let your bangs hang down.” // “I spilled my Pepsi on the airport floor; when the crowd walked by, it wasn’t there no more.”
1. John Hartford: Flower Power Died
2. Howard Finster: Howard Walking, Talking, Singing //
3. Norrdige Mayhams and the Blue Chips: Crying Holy Unto the Lord (take 1)
4. Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys: Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord
5. George Jones: You’re Still On My Mind
6. Harry “The Hipster” Gibson: Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine?
7. Robert Mitchum: The Ballad of Thunder Road
8. Uncle John Patterson: Stagolee Was a Bully //
9. Smiley Lewis: Shame, Shame, Shame
10. The Maddox Brothers and Rose: Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down
11. Louis Lasky: Teasin Brown Blues
12. BeauSoleil: Acadian Two Step
13. James Davis: Instrumental #1
14. Ray Charles: That’s Enough
15. Dorothy Love Coates: That’s Enough //
16. John Hartford: Airport Floor
“She’s got hair like Gloria Swanson, and she walks just like Priscilla Dean.” // “I saw Sally changing clothes— She was in a perfect pose—Sally, let your bangs hang down.” // “I spilled my Pepsi on the airport floor; when the crowd walked by, it wasn’t there no more.”
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 41: HAVE COURAGE TO ONLY SAY NO (1.5.13)
1. Cuje Bertram: There’s No One Like the Old Folks
2. The Whirlwinds: Jesus is on the Mainline //
3. Nathan Abshire: Popcorn Blues
4. Clarence Carter: (The Few) Troubles I’ve Had
5. The Red Saunders Orchestra, feat. Joe Williams: Hey Bartender
6. Roscoe Holcomb: Moonshiner
7. Uncle Tupelo: Moonshiner
8. Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Playboys: Dirty Dog
9. Jesse Fuller: Brownskin Gal (I’ve Got My Eyes on You)
10. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Swannanoa Tunnel //
11. The Dixon Brothers: Have Courage to Only Say No
12. The Dixon Brothers: The Old Home Brew
13. The Dixon Brothers: Weaver’s Life
14. Coleman Hawkins: Hello Lola
15. Sammi Smith: Billy Jack
16. Lee Dorsey: Get Out of My Life Woman //
17. Frederick Knight: I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
1. Cuje Bertram: There’s No One Like the Old Folks
2. The Whirlwinds: Jesus is on the Mainline //
3. Nathan Abshire: Popcorn Blues
4. Clarence Carter: (The Few) Troubles I’ve Had
5. The Red Saunders Orchestra, feat. Joe Williams: Hey Bartender
6. Roscoe Holcomb: Moonshiner
7. Uncle Tupelo: Moonshiner
8. Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Playboys: Dirty Dog
9. Jesse Fuller: Brownskin Gal (I’ve Got My Eyes on You)
10. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Swannanoa Tunnel //
11. The Dixon Brothers: Have Courage to Only Say No
12. The Dixon Brothers: The Old Home Brew
13. The Dixon Brothers: Weaver’s Life
14. Coleman Hawkins: Hello Lola
15. Sammi Smith: Billy Jack
16. Lee Dorsey: Get Out of My Life Woman //
17. Frederick Knight: I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
PLAYLIST FOR THE LOST CHILD, EPISODE 40: CHAD FISHER + HANK WILLIAMS (12.29.12)
Special guest Chad Fisher joined us to talk about Hank Williams and about Hank Night IV, this year’s annual Hank tribute show. Here’s what we listened to:
1. Radio Announcement: Hank Williams’ death
2. The Chad Fisher Group: Honky-Tonk Blues //
3. The Chad Fisher Group: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
4. The Chad Fisher Group: Kaw-Liga //
5. Hank Williams: I Just Don’t Like This Way of Living
6. Hank Williams: Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul
7. Hank Williams: I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) //
8. The Chad Fisher Group: Lovesick Blues
9. Hank Williams: (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle //
10. The Chad Fisher Group: Ramblin’ Man (Live at the Lyric Theatre, September 28, 2012)
Special guest Chad Fisher joined us to talk about Hank Williams and about Hank Night IV, this year’s annual Hank tribute show. Here’s what we listened to:
1. Radio Announcement: Hank Williams’ death
2. The Chad Fisher Group: Honky-Tonk Blues //
3. The Chad Fisher Group: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
4. The Chad Fisher Group: Kaw-Liga //
5. Hank Williams: I Just Don’t Like This Way of Living
6. Hank Williams: Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul
7. Hank Williams: I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) //
8. The Chad Fisher Group: Lovesick Blues
9. Hank Williams: (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle //
10. The Chad Fisher Group: Ramblin’ Man (Live at the Lyric Theatre, September 28, 2012)