TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, September 4, 2004
Labor Day Weekend songs… A big set of bluegrass in preview of a benefit concert for Eddie Adcock, fine bluegrass banjoist not currently working while he recuperates from bypass surgery. Charlie Waller was the original headliner of the concert; his son Randy will lead both his own band and the Country Gentlemen. Several blues festivals nearby and the upcoming Takoma Park Folk Festival.
TRADITIONS airs Saturday nights, 8 to 1, on 90.9, WETA in Washington, DC
and 89.1, WETH, Hagerstown, MD and streams on .
Folk music has been part of WETA’s programming since the station began in 1970;
Mary Cliff has been host/producer since 3/73.
Event calendar, playlists & "notes" page:
^ new release, new to library
~ artist based in greater D.C./Baltimore/Hagerstown/Annapolis, etc.
* artist performing nearby in near future
... (va): from a recording by various artists
Jay Ungar: Maiden’s Prayer
CATSKILL MT. GOOSECHASE / Rounder C-1040 [
Bill Staines: Hobo's Lullaby
^JOURNEY HOME / Red House 176 [
~*Sam Rizzetta: Playing in the Mud
SAVING TREES / self [
Enoch Kent: I'm a Working Chap
I'M A WORKING CHAP / Second Ave 2007 [
Rebel Voices: Cotton Mill Girls
WARNING: WOMEN AT WORK / Reveille Music [
~Joe Glazer: Operating Engineer
LABOR SONGS II / Collector 1944 [try
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch: Everbyody's Working for the Man Again
YOU CAN'T SAVE EVERYBODY / Compass 7 4385 [
No Strings Attached (w/*Randy Marchany): Clint Meets Topov
BLUE ROSES / Turquoise 5085 (availability unknown)
*Nick Curran & the Nitelifes: Leavin'
^PLAYER! / Blind Pig 5091 [
~*Chris English: Ride with Me Tonight
^LOWDOWN IN THE HOUSE / self [
~*Ray Kaminsky: Malted Milk
BARKER HILL BLUES / self [
*Pat Donohue: (The Other End of) The Mississippi
BACKROADS / Bluesky 926 [
*Derek Trucks: Sierra Leone
SOUL SERENADE /Columbia 89013 [
*Garnet Rogers: Corrine Corrine
NIGHT DRIVE / Snow Goose 1125 [
*Asylum Street Spankers: Hesitation Blues
SPANKS FOR THE MEMORIES / Watermelon 1060 [
~Tom Dews: This Long Road
EPIPHANIES & EPITAPHS / self 1001[
~*Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts: Belgian Jig Set
CELTIC CAFÉ / Maggie's Music 224 [
9:05 pm
~Lunar Stew Trio: Company Name
LUNAR STEW TRIO / self [
Stan Rogers: Working Joe
NORTHWEST PASSAGE / Fogarty's Cove 004 [stevebriggs.superb.net/stanrogers/]
Carla Sciaky: The Weaver's Glee
SPIN THE WEAVER'S SONG / Green Linnet 2106 [
~Mary Sue Twohy: Luray Women
THE RISK INVOLVED / Azalea City 0102 [
Lis Harvey: White Lines Evening
*PORCUPINE / Erlendahle 090104-5 [
~Ironweed (w/*Jody Marshall, ham'd dulc): Jimmy Lyons/Dbl Rise/Kings Fav
THE KING'S FAVORITE / self (availability unknown)
David Rovics: Minimum Wage Strike
BEHIND THE BARRACADES / AK Press 038 - Daemon 1 9041
Nancy Moran: Welcome to My Human Race
MY GALLERY / Azalea 624 [
~*Rachel Cross: Preacher Hey Preacher
^DREAMLAND / Azalea City 0403 [
*The Kennedys: Pilgrim
STAND / Koch 8675 [
~*Barbara Martin & Mac Walter: Big Bad Wolf Blues
^TOUCH THE SKY / self [
~*John Cephas & Phil Wiggins: The Pimp in the Pink Suit
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH / Alligator 4888 [
*Tom Rush: Moles Moan
BLUES SONGS & BALLADS / Fantasy 24709 [
10:04 pm
~*Country Gentlemen (Eddie Adcock featured): Turkey Knob
COUNTRY SONGS OLD & NEW / Smiths. Folkways 40004 [www.folkways.si.edu]
Charlie Waller & the *Country Gentlemen: Crying in the Chapel
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL / Freeland 665 (search web)
~*Seldom Scene: Old Train
CREATORS OF URBAN B'GRASS / Cracker Barrel 104 [
*Rickie Simpkins: Maiden's Prayer
DANCING ON THE FINGERBOARD / Pinecastle 1063 [
~*Cliff Waldron & New Shades of Grass: Home
A LITTLE WAYS DOWN THE ROAD / Rebel 1791 [
~*Randy Waller: Give It Up or Let Me Go
^RANDY WALLER / Lendel 5401 [
Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen: Let Me Fly Low
^SONGS OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT / Pinecastle 1138
~*Nicholas Blanton: Winder/Domino
WAYS UPON BELLS / Gourd 109 (search web)
*Jonathan Edwards: Sunshine
CRUISING AMERICA'S WATERWAYS / [ or [
*Small Potatoes: Talk a Little Texan to Me
TIME FLIES / Folk Era 1427 [
*Jonathan Edwards: Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
CRUISING AMERICA'S WATERWAYS / Cruising America's Waterways
*Lou & Peter Berryman: Alphabet Polka
THE PINK ONE / Corn Belt 14 [
*Carla Ulbrich: I Got Tremors
^SICK HUMOR / Official Seal 004 [
~*Maggie Sansone et al: Farewell to Nigg + Skye Aire
CELTIC MEDITATIONS / Maggie's Music 302
11:00 pm
*Bernz/Durst/Sandefer/Murphy: intro + When the Saints…+ Tzena
^WORK O' THE WEAVERS / WorldWind 04 [
*Nashville Bluegrass Band: That's All Right
^20 YEAR BLUES / Sugar Hill 3959 [
~*Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition: Trains Are the Only Way to Fly
STILL HAVING FUN / self [
~*Darren Beachley & Maryland Line: You Go to Your Church
REMEMBRANCES / Darbe [
*J.D. Crowe & New South: I'm Goin That Way
COME ON DOWN TO MY WORLD / Rounder 0422
~*Dead Men's Hollow: Keep on the Sunny Side
DEMO CD / [
~*Orange Line Special: When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
NEXT STOP: BLUEGRASS CITY / Bluegrass City 1 [
Kris Kristofferson & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (va): Gold Watch & Chain
^THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE / Dualtone 80302 01162 [
*Randall Bays: Ambrose Moloney's medley
OUT OF THE WOODS / Foxglove [//home.earthlink.net/~randalbays/rbpage.html]
11:48 pm
*Robbie O'Connell: The Winning Side
NEVER LEARNED TO DANCE / Green Linnet 1124 [
~*Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra: The Gladdest Breeze
^SONGS FOR THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY / Sunsign [
*Fairport Convention: Over the Falls
^OVER THE NEXT HILL / Compass 7 4391 [
Beausoleil: Me & Dennis McGee
^GITANE CAJUN / Vanguard 79759 [
*Oscar Brand: Everybody Talkin 'bout Heaven
AMERICAN DREAMER / self [
*David Roth: Rise We Will
^THINK TWICE / Wind River 4029 [
*Rob Guttenberg: Find Your Own Path
WHEN LOVE COMES RUSHING IN / RobJob 1001[w-mail:
*Lisa Moscatiello: Biloxi
2nd Avenue / Machine Head 2002 [
Fred Smith: Bougainville Sky
^BAGARAP EMPIRES / self [ (new to library)
*Shango Band: Old Pires
^POSITIVE / self [ (new to library)
*The Wayfarers: Rolling Thunder
THE WAYFARERS / self [
*Squeeze Bayou: Grand Texas
^BACK ROADS & BAYOUS / Azalea City 0401 [
Riders in the Sky: Old Betsy
^DAVY CROCKETT / Rounder 8123 [
*Garnet Rogers: All There Is
SPARROWS WING / Snow Goose 1127 [
*Dan Bern (va): Gambling with My Love
DIAMOND CUTS: 7th Inning Stretch / Hungry for Music 020 [
Anne Feeney: War on the Workers
JAIL FOR JUSTICE / self [
*Gearoid OhAllmhurain: The 5 Mile Chase medley
TRAD.MUSIC FM CLARE & BEYOND / Celtic Crossings 0046 [
Many recordings by local artists are available at the
House of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park, Md. [