Fred Tales - 11/16/2008

If you have listened to RRP for a while, perhaps you have heard us talk about Fred.

Fred was a beagle -- or mostly beagle (Marti called him a "bagle") -- who adopted us right after we moved to Maryland when he was just a pup. He had moved into the woods outside our home just before the previous residents moved, and then cautiously watched us until he decided we were worthy.

That was over 16 years ago. Fred passed away 16 October 2008.

Fred turned out to be one of the best friends we ever had. He and Marti had a bond that went beyond the typical human-animal relationship. She literally knew what Fred was thinking at any time, and I believe he knew what Marti was thinking.

Fred was an outdoor farm dog until we moved to Connecticut. The proximity of the house to the road along with the cold winters influenced us to let him move inside with us. Not only that, but because he was not capable of staying in the house by himself throughout a whole workday, Marti took him to school daily. It is rare to be able to take a dog to work these days, but Watkinson School allowed that to happen, and in doing so provided Fred many new friends, provided therapy for students, and perhaps extended Fred's life.

In the times we couldn't have Fred with us, Baywood Kennels was his most excellent home-away-from-home. We couldn't have been luckier to have them nearby.

For this show we played songs and comedy bits about dogs or mentioning dogs, and we told "Fred Tales" -- stories we gathered about Fred over the years -- between sets.

We hope you enjoyed our tribute to Fred, and all dogs everywhere.

Song (Year) / Artist / Album / Label

• Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• Noah / Golden Gate Quartet / Radio Transcriptions 1941-1944 / Document
• Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun' (1927) / The Skillet-Lickers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 / Document
• Old Rattler (c.1975) / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
• How Much is That Hound Dog in the Window (c.1955) / Homer & Jethro / Lassoes 'N Spurs / BMG
• The Dog and the Bear (c.1980s) / Jerry Clower / More Good 'Uns / MCA
• Fred Tale: Fred rescues Marti from two big dogs
• Old Blue (1964) / The Dillards / There is a Time / Vanguard
• Dog House Boogie / Hawkshaw Hawkins / Best of the Best 1921-1963 / Gusto
• Choc'late Ice Cream Cone (1950) / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
• Fred Tale: Fred's barn surprise
• Tennessee Hound Dog (1977) / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• Dog (1989) / The Eddie Adcock Band / Dixie Fried / CMH
• Bull Dog in Sunny Tennessee (1962) / Dock Walsh with The Carolina Tar Heels / Doggone Country / CMH
• Crack, W.L., and Rover (1984) / Jerry Clower / Classic Clower Power / MCA
• Fred Tale: Fred and the grandma deer
• Oh Where is My Little Dog Gone (1927) / Al Hopkins and His Bucklebusters / The Hill Billies Volume 3 / Document
• The Poodle Dog Song (1950) / Jimmie Davis / Doggone Country / CMH
• Dad Gave My Dog Away (1948) / T. Texas Tyler / The Best Of T. Texas Tyler / Collector's Choice
• Fred Tale: Fred and the cat team to hunt voles

Mayberry Corner Trivia: In the "Dogs Dogs Dogs" episode, where does Barney take the dogs when the state inspector is coming?
Answer: Barney drove them to a field out in the country

• Salty Dog Blues (1945) / Morris Brothers / Salty Dog Blues / BACM
• Bird Dog Hunt Off (1998) / Jerry Clower / Peaches & Possums / MCA
• Dirty Old Egg-sucking Dog (1966) / Johnny Cash / The Essential 1955-1983 / Columbia
• Fred Tale: Fred and Bob's great adventure
• Hound Dog (1960s) / Hoosier Hot Shots / Doggone Country / CMH
• Beagle Hound (2000s) / Mac Wiseman / 1st Recorded Live Concert / Wise
• Echo Mountain (2004) / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• I Found My Best Friend In The Dog Pound (1963) / Burl Ives / A Little Bitty Tear / Bear Family
• Fox Chase (1959) / Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Fred Tales: Fred and road kill
• Did You See My Dog Mr. (1999) / Joe Leggo / Always Country / Self
• Old Shep (1941) / Red Foley / As Good as it Gets / Disky
• Dog And Gun (c.1975) / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
• Black Labs (1980s) / Lewis Grizzard / The Best Of Lewis Grizzard / Southern Tracks
• Old Rattler's Pup (1969) / Grandpa Jones / Everybody's Grandpa / Bear Family
• Old Blue (1960s) / Louisiana Honeydrippers / Doggone Country / CMH
• Chattanooga Dog (1971) / Jimmy Martin / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
• Newgene And The Lion (1980s) / Jerry Clower / Jerry Clower's Greatest Hits / MCA
• Recitation: Rainbow Bridge
• Let Your Light Shine On Me (2007) / Blue Around The Edges / Heaven's Front Door / Self-produced

Playlist 11/9/2008 - Veterans Day

Hi Folks.

We celebrated Veterans Day by playing songs from America's past related to veterans, either by, for, or about.

Jimmy Driftwood seemed to resonate with listeners, so we played quite a few songs from the former Arkansas schoolteacher-turned-folk-musician.

We also had enough of a show (thanks to only just a small sports preemption) to bring back the Mayberry Corner Trivia contest.

Thanks for listening, and we'll see you Sunday, 16 November.

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster" Intro (1994)
• I Will Be Home Again (1945) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works volume 5 / Document
• There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (1942) / Elton Britt / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
• Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep (1942) / Spike Jones and His City Slickers / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
• Sailor Man (1959) / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument
• One Letter Home (1941) / Jazz Gillum / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
• They're Gonna Kill Ya (c.mid 1940s) / Stuart Hamblen / Vol. 2 Prettiest Girl In Town / B.A.C.M.
• G.I. Joe and Lillie (2003) / Oak Ridge Boys / Colors / Spring Hill
• No One To Welcome Me Home (1950) / Uncle Dave Macon / Uncle Dave At Home / Spring Fed
• The Lonely Train (1949) / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
• At Mail Call Today (1945) / Gene Autry / The Country Hits of the 40s / Living Era
• I Told Them What You're Fighting For (1966) / Maybelle Carter / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family

Mayberry Corner Trivia: Who permanently replaced Barney on The Andy Griffith Show?
Answer: Warren Ferguson (played by Jack Burns)

• We All Miss You Joe (1966) / Maybelle Carter / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
• Old Rebel Soldier (c.1960s) / Jim Greer / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Soldier's Joy (1957) / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument
• The Soldier's Sweetheart (1927) / Jimmie Rodgers / The Bristol Sessions vol. 1 / RCA
• Washington Post March (1897) / Sousa's Band / Wipe Him Off the Land - The 1890s vol 1 / Archeophone
• The Battle Of New Orleans (1958) / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument
• The Two Soldiers (1927) / Carl T. Sprague / Cowtrails, Longhorns and Tight Saddles / Bear Family
• Cold Cold War (1949) / The Carter Sisters with Mother Maybelle & Chet Atkins / Country Routes
• Down Where The River Bends (1945) / The Bailes Brothers / Sing Their Hearts Out For You / Cattle
• The General Jumped At Dawn (1944) / Golden Gate Quartet / Complete Recorded Works volume 6 / Document
• That Crazy War (1940) / Lulu Belle & Scotty / Doom & Gloom / Trikont
• Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer (1943) / The Four Vagabonds / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian / RCA
• Off to War I'm Going (1928) / Carolina Twins / Doom & Gloom / Trikont
• The Forgotten Soldier Boy (1936) / The Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
• A Distant Land to Roam (1929) / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
• Cowboy Bugle Boy (c.1945) / Rose Maddox & the Maddox Brothers / When the Sun Goes Down / B.A.C.M.
• Tennessee Stud (1958) / Jimmy Driftwood / The Best of Jimmy Driftwood / Monument
• Precious Memories (2007) / Blue Around The Edges / Heaven's Front Door / Self

Playlist 11/2/2008 - Kenny & Bettyanne, Hank, Homer & Jethro, Eddy, Buell, Uncle Dave, Grandpa, Al, and J. E.

Another short show because of a UCONN sports preemption, but we packed in some interesting old music in our hour.

We played a song each from the husband/wife team of Kenny and Bettyanne Roberts. Kenny was the first to record "Blue" which was a hit much later for Lee Ann Rimes. Bettyanne is a fine songwriter and singer, and "Right In Front of Me" is a song she wrote and sang.

We played a couple of Hank Williams songs from a 1949 radio show and then a Hank Williams song parody from Homer & Jethro.

We found several 1945 radio broadcasts of Eddy Arnold and The Checkerboard Fun Fest, and put on one of those shows that included the DeZurik Sisters, known as the "Cackle Sisters" on the Fun Fest.

In an acknowledgment of current events, we played some early 20th century songs about elections and politics (we are strictly an apolitical show and only play historical political songs). From the early old time and hillbilly songs we picked, it seemed the primary issue of concern for Buell H. Kazee, the Carolina Night Hawks, and Uncle Dave Macon between 1927 and 1929 was the repeal of prohibition. On a slightly more serious note, Grandpa Jones took sides against communism in support of private property in 1952.

We finished with a couple of old string band tunes from and Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters and J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers. The latter did a song he heard a drunken fiddler perform just prior the man being hit and killed by a passing train. J. E. went back the next day to the scene of the mishap, collected the remains of the man's fiddle, and repaired it to be one of his first instruments.

You can hear the show again at this link.

Jim & Marti

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
• Religion Is A Fortune (1949) / The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 6 / Document
• Blue (1988) / Kenny Roberts / You're My Kind of People / Bluebonnet
• Right In Front of Me / Bettyanne Roberts / The Singer - The Songwriter / Self produced
• You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) (1949) / Hank Williams / The Final Sessions / Proper
• A Tramp On The Street (1949) / Hank Williams / The Final Sessions / Proper
• Your Clobbered Heart (1953) / Homer & Jethro / Volume 3 / B.A.C.M
• Eddy Arnold and The Checkerboard Fun Fest (1945) / Radio Program with The Cackle (DeZurik) Sisters, Louis Buck, Shelby Jean Davis, Speedy McNett, etc.
• Election Day In Kentucky - Part 1 (1929) / Buell H. Kazee / Mountain Frolic / JSP
• Election Day In Kentucky - Part 2 (1929) / Buell H. Kazee / Mountain Frolic / JSP
• Governor Al Smith For President (1927) / Carolina Night Hawks / Music From The Lost Provinces / Old Hat
• Governor Al Smith (1928) / Uncle Dave Macon / Classic Sides / JSP
• I'm No Communist (1952) / Grandpa Jones / You're Never Too Old For Love / B.A.C.M
• Black Eyed Susie (1927) / Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters / Mountain Frolic / JSP
• Drunkard's Hiccups (1939) / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / 1935-1939 / B.A.C.M