Spring
New season, new music in the air! In addition to a lively spring mix of music, we’ll bring you the sounds of the birds in Belize, the bees in urban New Orleans… and the man who sings like a frog. New Orleans R&B star Clarence “Frogman” Henry tells us about his amphibious voice, his collection of frogs, and hanging out with the Beatles on tour in ’64.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Ain't Got No Home The Band
Moondog Matinee, Capitol
Froggie Went a Courtin' Doc Watson
Home Again!, Vanguard
Miss Froggie Warren Smith
Complete Sun Singles Vol. 2, Bear Family
Ain't Got No Home Sleepy LaBeef
Larger Than Life, Bear Family
Frog Sounds
Sounds of North American Frogs, Folkways
INTERVIEW: Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
Froggy Bottom Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann And His Band
Goin' to Kansas City Blues, RCA
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Lou Rawls
Anthology, Capitol
Instrumental: A Sleepin' Bee Bill Evans
Verve Jazz Masters 5, Verve
Honey Bee Blues Silas Hogan
Swamp Blues, Excello
Honey Bee Muddy Waters
His Best 1947-1955, MCA/Chess
SEGMENT: Beekeeper Jay Martin
Honey, Honey Gary Tollett
West Texas Bop, Ace
Wolverton Mountain Clyde King
Columbia Country Classics Vol.3: Americana, Columbia
Old Man From The Mountain Merle Haggard
The Lonesome Fugitive: Anthology 1963-1977, Razor & Tie
Instrumental: Foggy Mountain Special Lester Flatt
Foggy Mountain Breakdown, CMH
Away Out On The Mountain Jimmie Rodgers
Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
You're A Flower Bloomin' In The Wildwood Harry & Jeanie West
Country Bluegrass, Prestige
Way Behind The Sun Pentangle
Light Flight: The Anthology, Castle
Stormy Weather Billie Holiday
The Collection, Verve
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Sounds from 'Peterson Field Guides: Bird Songs Houghton Mifflin and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Tree Top Serenade Carson Robison & His Pioneers
Home, Sweet Home on the Prairie, ASV
Starting a New Life Van Morrison
Tupelo Honey, Warner
Hey! Baby Buckwheat Zydeco
Five Card Stud, Island
Possum up a Simmon Tree Snooks Eaglin
Country Boy Down in New Orleans, Arhoolie
Slide (sic - Sly) Mongoose Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet
Boogu Yagga Gal, Heritage
SEGMENT: Birds of Belize
Instrumental: Rain Forest John Fahey
Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino
Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddie Fender
45 rpm, ABC
The Rains Came Doug Sahm
The Roots of Doug Sahm, Music Club
Rain Charlie Feathers
Uh Huh Honey, Norton
Little Rain Jimmy Reed
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood soundtrack, Sony
I Can't Stand The Rain Cassandra Wilson
The Blue Note Years 1939-1999, Blue Note
Rain Down Rain Big Maybelle
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-55, Epic/Legacy
Didn't it Rain The Ward Singers
Great Gospel Groups: Over in Glory, MCA
Instrumental: Over the Rainbow Art Pepper
Jazz Profile: Art Pepper, Blue Note
Come Rain or Come Shine John Coltrane
The Prestige Recordings, Prestige
When the Sun Comes Out Ella Fitzgerald
The Harold Arlen Songbook Vol. 2, Verve
End Bed: Over the Rainbow Claude Williams
Swingin' The Blues, Rounder