Father's Day

On our Father's Day show we'll talk with musical fathers & sons:  polka kings Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr., and blues greats Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King.  Also music for daddy-o's by Horace Silver, Johnny Cash, Lightnin' Hopkins, Gene Austin, and Regina Carter.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 James Brown
Star Time, Polydor

My Heart Belongs to Daddy Anita O'Day w/Jimmy Giuffre & his Orchestra
Jazz 'Round Midnight - The George Gershwin and Cole Porter Songbook, Verve

My Daddy Was A Preacher Man Lightnin' Hopkins
The Jewel/Paula Records Story, Capricorn

Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Gene Autry & Jimmy Long
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection

Color Him Father Lynn Martell
From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers

Instrumental: Jug Eyes Gene Ammons
Jazz Dance Classics Vol. 2, Luv N' Haight

Song for My Father Horace Silver
Jazz Profile: Horace Silver, Blue Note

Daddy's Little Girl Mills Brothers
The Best of the Decca Years, Decca/MCA

A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy

Mannish Boy Muddy Waters
The Chess Box, Chess/MCA

Instrumental: Theme of the Drunken Sailor DJ Spooky
Riddim Warfare, Outpost

INTERVIEW: Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Regina Carter
Rhythms of the Heart, Verve

Ol' Man River Paul Robeson
Songs of Free Men, Sony Classical

Will the Circle be Unbroken Staples Singers
From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers

One for Daddy-O Miles Davis
Ballads & Blues, Blue Note

End Bed: Father poem by Dick Lourie
from film Smoke Signals

HOUR TWO

Theme from My Three Sons Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
Ultra-Lounge Volume 13: TV Town, Capitol

My Blue Heaven Gene Austin
This is Gene Austin, RCA

Dancin' On Daddy's Shoes Leon Redbone
Whistling In The Wind, Private Music

Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
Pure Gold, RCA

El Timbalero Travieso (The Mischievous Timbalero) Cachao
Master Sessions Volume 2, Crescent Moon/Epic

Paradise John Prine
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, Rhino

Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips Anthology, Motown

Instrumental: Theme to 'Make Room for Daddy'
Television's Greatest Hits - Black & White Classics, TVT

INTERVIEW: Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr.

Joe Pete Got Two Women John Delafose
Joe Pete Got Two Women, Arhoolie

Licking Stick Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Desmond Dekker, Trojan

Instrumental: Face To Face That I Shall Know Him Joseph Spence
The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958, Smithsonian Folkways

Daddy Frank Merle Haggard
Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Curb

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