October 12, 2008
Lester & Earl are highlighted this week, as are their stellar comic sidemen Uncle Josh and Cousin Jake. Molly and Polly both put the kettle on, Sonny Boy Wiliamson gives us his unique take on a genuine Child ballad, and the other Sonny Boy makes a cameo appearance too. Songs of childhood by Hank Thompson, Rose Maddox and Homer Brierhopper are followed by gospel harmonies by the Stanleys, Country Gentlemen and Hank Williams. Obsolete Music—it gets older every week!
| Artist | Title | Label |
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Ground Speed |
Bear Family BCD15472 |
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Crying My Heart Out Over You |
Bear Family BCD15472 |
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Carl Butler |
The Heartbreak Express |
Bear Family BCD 16118 |
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Blue Sky Boys |
There’ll Be No Broken Hearts For Me |
Bear Family BCD 15951 |
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The Skillet Lickers |
Molly Put the Kettle On |
County CD-3509 |
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Sonny Boy Williamson |
Polly Put the Kettle On |
RCA/BMG 82876-55156-2 |
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Georgia Slim & Howdy Forrester |
Polly Put the Kettle On |
Tri-Agle-Far TR 710 |
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Hank Thompson |
Rub-a-Dub-Dub |
Capitol CDP 7921242 |
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Homer Brierhopper |
I Am Just What I Am |
Yazoo 2051 |
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Maddox Brothers & Rose |
Mama Says It’s Naughty |
Arhoolie CD 437 |
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Bob Wills |
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star |
Bear Family BCD15933 |
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Coley Jones |
The Drunkard’s Special |
Smithsonian Folkways CD 40090 |
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Sonny Boy Williamson |
Wake Up, Baby |
MCA CHD-31272 |
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The Southern Sons |
Rock In a Weary Land |
Alligator ALCD 2802 |
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Stanley Brothers |
Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side |
Bear Family BCD 15681 |
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Sonny Boy Williamson |
She Was a Dreamer |
RCA/BMG 82876-55156-2 |
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Sonny Boy Williamson |
Mighty Long Time |
Arhoolie CD 310 |
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Elmore James |
Dust My Broom |
Ace ABOXCD 4 |
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Nine Pound Hammer |
Shanachie SH 614 (DVD) |
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Cousin Jake & Uncle Josh |
Down, Down Down |
Shanachie SH 614 (DVD) |
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Lord, I’m Coming Home |
Shanachie SH 614 (DVD) |
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Cousin Jake |
Old MacDonald Had a Farm |
Bear Family BCD 15559 |
|
Blind Boy Fuller |
Cat Man Blues |
Columbia Legacy CK 46777 |
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Cliff Carlisle |
Tom Cat Blues |
Columbia Legacy C2K 47466 |
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Jimmy Murphy |
Here Kitty Kitty |
Bear Family BCD 15451 |
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Onie Wheeler |
Onie’s Bop |
Bear Family BCD 15542 |
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Carter Family |
Lonesome For You |
Bear Family BCD 15865 |
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Uncle Dave Macon |
Backwater Blues |
County CD-3505 |
|
East Texas Serenaders |
Three-in-One Two Step |
County CD-3524 |
|
Country Gentlemen |
The Church Back Home |
Starday 3510-2 |
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Charlie Monroe |
They Didn’t Believe It Was True |
Bear Family BCD 16808 |
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Country Gentlemen |
Dixie Look Away |
Starday 3510-2 |
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A few others are taken from pre-cd sources: |
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The Lion |
Sally Sally Water |
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Wade Mainer |
Three Nights’ Experience |
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Pullman Porters Quartette |
Jog-A-Long Boys |
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Hank Williams |
I’ll Have a New Body |
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Jimmy Reed |
Rockin’ With Reed |
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Cousin Jake & Uncle Josh |
Big Flop Of the Year |
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