This week on American Pastimes we'll feature bluegrass & string music from California's own Vern Williams Band, Old & in the Way, David Grisman & Marc Silber and Todd Phillips. Well known singer-songwriters Merle Haggard and Steve Young and from Tennessee, lesser known Marilyn Duncan. Some Texas story-telling from Dave Insley's Careless Smokers and the old-time sound of The Blue Sky Boys. Towards the end we'll hear a new band from North Carolina called the Scatterlings, and we book-end the show with the Freight Hoppers!
PLAYLIST:
The Freight Hoppers “Hell Bound for Alabama” from Mile Marker on Bake Tone
Ken and Brad Kolodner “I've Endured” from The Swift House
Red Allen & Frank Wakefield “Green Apples” from The Folkways Years, 1964-1983 on Smithsonian/Folkways
Norman and Nancy Blake “50 Miles of Elbow Room” from Blind Dog on Rounder
John Hartford “John Henry” from Steampowered Aero-Takes
David Bromberg Quartet “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Medley (Live)” from Live In New York City 1982 on Appleseed
Glen Campbell “Bull Durham” from Anthology of the Twelve String Guitar on Everest
Geoff Muldaur “Tennessee Blues” from Is Having a Wonderful Time on Rhino/Warner Bros.
John Sebastian and the J Band with Geoff Muldaur “Stealin'” from Chasing Gus's Ghost
The New Roanoke Jug Band “She Shook It On the Corner” from Play It For A Long Time
David Grisman & Marc Silber “People Get Ready” from Out on the Rolling Sea, a Tribute to Joseph Spence
The Blue Sky Boys “Let Me Be Your Salty Dog” from The Blue Sky Boys on Rebel Records
The Blue Sky Boys “What Does the Deep Sea Say?” from The Blue Sky Boys on Rebel Records
Merle Haggard “Mama Tried” from American Collection
Merle Haggard “Hobo Bill” from American Collection
Todd Phillips & Tim O'Brien “Rye Straw” from In the Pines
Dave Insley “Arizona Territory, 1904” from Just the Way That I Am on DIR
Dave Insley “Dead and Gone” from Just the Way That I Am on DIR
Marilyn Duncan “What I'll Miss Most” from Little Blue Car on Soona Songs, Inc.
Marilyn Duncan “Hold On” from Little Blue Car on Soona Songs, Inc.
Peter Keane “Pack Up Your Sorrows” from Walkin' Around on Flying Fish
The Scatterlings “Desdemona” from The Scatterlings on The Scatterlings
The Scatterlings “Get Your Dog out of My Yard” from The Scatterlings on The Scatterlings
Vern Williams Band “I'm Walkin' the Dog” from Bluegrass from the Gold Country
Vern Williams Band “Oh, Susanna” from Bluegrass from the Gold Country
Vern Wiilliams Band “Old Black Joe” from Bluegrass from the Gold Country
Vern Williams Band “Old Folks At Home” from Bluegrass from the Gold Country
Old and in the Way “Midnight Moonlight” from Old and in the way
Steve Young “Days of '49” from Seven Bridges Road
The Freight Hoppers “Been to the East Been to the West” from Mile Marker on Bake Tone
