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DRIFTING COWBOY BLUES WITH TEXAN CHARLEY CROCKETT & HOMELAND BLUEGRASS WITH VIRGINIAN LINDA LAY
Charley Crockett from south Texas has risen to country stardom as a deep-voiced, drifting cowboy blues singer/guitarist with a well-traveled history of playing street corners, subway stops and honky-tonks. Charley talks about how music has sustained him in the rough life of a 21st Century rambler. Then, a family bluegrass band from Southwest Virginia, Springfield Exit-lead by wife and husband Linda and David Lay, who share their stories of growing up with music, starting their own band and farming tomatoes. Plus music from Johnny Cash, the Carter Family, Freddy Fender, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: After Hours Peter Drake & Little Roy Wiggins
The Fabulous Steel Guitar Slunds of Pete Drake , Gusto - Travelin Blues T Bone Walker
The Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954 , Capitol - T Bone Shuffle Charley Crockett
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza, Son of Davy - Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
A Taste of Country , Sun - Midnight Run James Hand
Shadow on the Ground , Rounder - Jamestown Ferry Charley Crockett
Lil' GL's Honky Tonk Jubilee, Son of Davy - Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury - Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles, Craft - Instrumental: Detour Duane Eddy
Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel, Jame Record Co. - Dirt Road Blues Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind, Columbia - I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
Before the Next Teardrop Falls , Geffen - SEGMENT: Charley Crockett
Listen - Instrumental: Pflugerville Boogie Bill Neely
Bill Neely-Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie - Deep Elm Blues Bill Neely
Bill Neely-Texas Law & Justice , Arhoolie - Dallas Blues Floyd Dixon
High Notes of the Fifties, Frank Goldy - I Walked from Dallas Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
Blues Come From Texas, Arhoolie - Ramblin' on My Mind James Booker
James Booker-Classified , Rounder - End Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Listen to Me Mother Springfield Exit
That Was Then, Patuxent Music - Sunny Side of the Mountain Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Martin
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol Records - Comin' Round the Mountain Uncle Dave Macon and Sam Mcgee
Country Music-A Film by Ken Burns, Soundtrack, Sony - Blue Ridge Mountain Hurray for the Riff Raff
Small Town Heroes, ATO Records - High on a Mountain Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals
High on a Mountain, Rounder - Mountain of Love Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits, Soul City - Instrumental: Wildwood Flower Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs
Second Generation, Revel Records - Run Mountain Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden , Nonesuch - My Clinch Mountain Home Carter Family
Can the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family, Sony - Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash, Sony - SEGMENT: Springfield Exit
Listen - Instrumental: Guitar and Harmonica Rag John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Living Country Blues, Vol. 1, L+R Records - The Hitchhiker Tom T. Hall
100 Children, Mercury - That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
Nashville, Shout1, Factory - Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong
The Barnyard Dance-Martin Bogan and Armstrong, Rounder - Homegrown Tomatoes Guy Clark
Better Days, Compass Records - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis Again, Verve - End Bed: Burgundy Street Blues George Lewis
Jazz at Preservation Hall, Atlantic
