The Road with Don Walser

Midsummer night dreams, songs of the open road, and the "Pavarotti of the Plains" -- Texas honky-tonker Don Walser.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Louis Jordan
The Greatest Hits - No Moe!, Mercury

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Judy Garland
Too Marvelous for Words - Songs of Johnny Mercer, ASV

Life On the Road Wayne Hancock
That's What Daddy Wants, Ark 21

When I Take My Vacation in Harlem Tampa Red
The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936, RCA

Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra 1935-1936, Classics

Instrumental: Smokie Part 2 Bill Black Combo
Hi Times - The R & B Years, Hi/The Right Stuff

Le chemin gravaille Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins
From Porch Cajun Music, Lanor

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury

Everybody Does it in Hawaii Jimmie Rodgers
On the Way Up, 1929, Rounder

The Hula Hula Boys Warren Zevon
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - An Anthology, Rhino

Lovely Hula Hands Junior Brown
Junior High, MCG/Curb

Na Ka Pueo Ledward Kaapana
Led Live, Solo, Dancing Cat

Instrumental: Diamond Head The Ventures
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 5: Surf, Rhino

INTERVIEW: Don Walser

Texas Top Hand Don Walser
Texas Top Hand, Watermelon

Hot Rod Mercury Don Walser
Down At The Sky-Vue Drive-In, Watermelon/Sire

The Devil's Great Grandson Don Walser
Down At The Sky-Vue Drive-In, Watermelon/Sire

Rose Marie Don Walser
Down At The Sky-Vue Drive-In, Watermelon/Sire

Hearts Made of Stone Don Walser
Down At The Sky-Vue Drive-In, Watermelon/Sire

Rolling Stone from Texas Don Walser
Rolling Stone from Texas, Watermelon

When I Was a Cowboy Lead Belly
Goodnight Irene, Smithsonian Folkways

HOUR TWO

Indiana Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet, Epic/Legacy

Big Road Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers

Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down Bessie Smith
The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia/Legacy

Chicago Bound Jimmy Rogers
The Complete Chess Recordings, MCA/Chess

Goin' to Chicago Joe Williams
The Best of Joe Williams, Blue Note

Instrumental: Rich Woman Yockamo All-Stars
Dew Drop Out, Hannibal

Gonna Take You Downtown Beau Jocque
Gonna Take You Downtown, Rounder

Downtown Neil Young & Pearl Jam
Mirror Ball, Reprise

Janitor Drives a Cadillac Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach, Grunt

Swing Low Sweet Cadillac Dizzy Gillespie
The Champ, Savoy Jazz

Maybelline Chuck Berry
His Best, Volume 1, MCA/Chess

Diesel On my Tail Jim & Jesse
Truckers' Jukebox - Top Radio Requests, Epic

Instrumental: Dented Fender Roy Clark
Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country Vol. 2, Rhino

Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue Taj Mahal
The Real Thing, Columbia

Miss the Mississippi and You Doc Watson
Memories, Sugar Hill

Muddy Water Madeline Peyroux
Dreamland, Atlantic

5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days Louis Prima
Capitol Collection Series, Capitol

The End of Our Road Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Sound of Young America - 1968, Motown

End Bed: Buster Browne Willie Mitchell
Hi Times, Hi/The Right Stuff

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