Mother Dearest
Tonight we tip our hats to the all the moms far and wide for Mother’s Day. From sweet memories to wise advice, it seems there is truly no limit to a mother’s role in it all. Our aim was to capture just a little bit of that lovin’ recognition on this week’s show, hope you and your Mamma enjoy this one together!
Playlist
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Dock Boggs, “Mother's Advice”
from Dock Boggs
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1964
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The Nashville Grass, “I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer”
from Classic Bluegrass (From Smithsonian Folkways)
Smithsonian Folkways - 2002
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Charlie Mitchell & His Kentucky Ridge Runners, “What a Friend We Have in Mother”
from What a Friend We Have in Mother
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The Girls Of The Golden West, “The Tramp's Mother”
from Girls of the Golden West (Doxy Collection)
Doxy Records - 2014
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Blind Joe Taggart, “I Wish My Mother Was On That Train (-53)”
from Blind Joe Taggart Vol. 1 (1926-1928)
Document Records - 1994
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Posey Rorrer & The North Carolina Ramblers, “I Know I'll Meet My Mother After All”
from I Know I'll Meet My Mother After All
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Robert Hill, “I'm Going to Write and Tell My Mother”
from Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice - Blues, Ballads, Rags & Gospel In the Songster Tradition
2005
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Ed Young, Hobart Smith & Nat Rahmings, “I Got a Home”
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 8 - Velvet Voices
1997
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Wright Brothers Quartet, “Mother Is With the Angels”
2005
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Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland, “Mother's Waltz”
from Roy Harvey Vol. 3 (1929-1930)
Document Records - 2005
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Woody Guthrie, “Put My Little Shoes Away”
from The Asch Recordings, Vols. 1-4
Smithsonian Folkways - 2009
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Walter Morris, “Mother's Face I Long to See”
from Georgia Songsters (1926-1930)
Document Records - 2005
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Elvie Thomas, “Motherless Child Blues”
from American Primitive, Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants
Revenant - 2005
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John Hammond, Sr., “My Mama Always Talked To Me”
from American Primitive, Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants
Revenant - 2005
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Rev. J.M. Gates and His Congregation, “Dying Mother and Her Child”
2006