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