October 20, 2020 - American Pastimes looks forward to the Election

7:30pm, 10-20-2020

On American Pastimes, with the election around the corner there's lots of politics: Roy Acuff sings about one of the benefits of socialism, Scotty & Lulu Wiseman opine that commies won't have to win a war to take over our country, the Almanac Singers distrust all politicians, and Chuck Brodsky looks at campaigns. There's songs about Boston politician George O'Brien and the MTA debacle, Democratic donkeys, and Donald Trump. Also, Flatt & Scruggs visit American cities, pre-professional Joni Mitchell is caught on tape in 1965, and we'll experience the Carter Brothers & Son, a Mississippi string band recorded in the late 1920's.

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7:56pm Old Age Pension Check by Roy Acuff on Folk Music in America vol. 10 Songs of War & History (unknown)
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8:05pm The Democratic Donkey (Is In His Stall Again) by Norman And Nancy Blake on The Hobo's Last Ride (Shanachie)
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8:55pm Jackson by Flatt & Scruggs on Best of Flatt & Scruggs (Columbia)
8:56pm Detroit City by Flatt & Scruggs on Best of Flatt & Scruggs (Columbia)
8:58pm Kansas City by Flatt & Scruggs on Best of Flatt & Scruggs (Columbia)
9:00pm Memphis by Flatt & Scruggs on Best of Flatt & Scruggs (Columbia)
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9:35pm Glorybound Train by Tennessee Mafia Jug Band on Poor Leroy's Almanack (Spring Fed Records)
9:39pm Fall On My Knees by Bad Dog on Old Time Blah, Blah, Blah... (Carryon Records)
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