Thinking of the Weather. The Good, the Bad & the Unbridled.
Given the recent reprieve from the cold, there’s weather on the brain this week. Tonight’s show is chock full of tunes that knock down trees, pour down hard & let the land have it. Tune in for selections of blues, jazz & old time that reflect on the world around us as it rumbles above & below.
Playlist
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Sam Chatmon, “I Get the Blues When It Rains (2013 Remastered Version)”
from I Get the Blues When It Rains (2013 Remastered Version)
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Roscoe Holcomb, “Mississippi Heavy Water Blues”
from Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2010
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Dave Van Ronk, “Backwater Blues”
from Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
1988
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Sammy Price Trio, “Didn't It Rain”
from The Gospel of the Blues (Remastered)
2003
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Charlie "Specks" McFadden, “Harvest Moon Blues”
from Charlie "Specks" McFadden (1927-1937)
Document Records - 2005
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Memphis Jug Band, “I'll See You In the Spring, When the Birds Begin to Sing”
from Memphis Jug Band Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928)
1990
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The New Lost City Ramblers, “The Cyclone of Rye Cove”
from Rural Delivery Number One
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1964
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The Carter Family, “The Storms Are On the Ocean (Remastered)”
from The Storms Are On the Ocean (Remastered)
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Ola Belle Reed, “Springtime of Life”
from Rising Sun Melodies
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2010
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Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers, “Bright Tomorrow”
from Kentucky Gospel (1927-1928)
Document Records - 2005
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"Cowboy" Jack Ramsey & Hattie Ellis, “Desert Blues”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
2005