Country Crossover
Blues, rock, soul, and jazz… all with a little twang of country. This show features artists who take elements of the great country tradition, mix them up and make them their own. Nick talks with a living legend of old time country, Ralph Stanley. Also hear an interview and a short live set from young House of God steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Plus a talk with Cajun country elders the Hackberry Ramblers, and the down-home rock sound of the Sadies out of Canada.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Daybreak In Dixie The Stanley Brothers
Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings, Mercury
When The Saints Go Marchin' In Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic, Bear Family
You Win Again Fats Domino
From Where I Stand, Warner
Big Beaver Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family
At A Dixie Roadside Diner Duke Ellington
Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA/Victor, RCA
My Blue Eyed Jane Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
Instrumental: Kentucky Mandolin Bill Monroe
The Country Music Hall of Fame Series, MCA
INTERVIEW: Ralph Stanley
Cash on the Barrelhead Dolly Parton
The Grass is Blue, Sugar Hill
Little Cabin on the Hill Elvis Presley
Walk a Mile in My Shoes, RCA
Tennessee Jed Grateful Dead
Europe '72, Rhino
Instrumental: Pass the Chutney The Sadies
Tremendous Efforts, Bloodshot
INTERVIEW: The Sadies
Boppin' the Blues Carl Perkins
Memphis Rocks, Smithsonian
Country Boy Freddy King
Hideaway, Rhino
Black Mountain Rag Chet Atkins
Galloping Guitar, Bear Family
Nashville Cats Lovin' Spoonful
Anthology, Rhino
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Pan American Blues Deford Bailey
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience In Country Music, Warner
SEGMENT: country from on and off-center
The Ballad of Jed Clampett Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Beverly Hillbillies, Columbia
A Little Bit Country Donnie & Marie Osmond
Featuring Songs From Their Television Show, Polydor
Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Peter Grudzien
Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 1: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music, Key of Z Records
Thank God I'm a Country Boy John Denver
Back Home Again, RCA
I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool Barbara Mandrell
Standing Room Only, Pair
Down Yonder We Go Ballin' Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
It Makes No Difference Now Ray Charles
The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
Instrumental: At The Cross Sonny Treadway
Sacred Steel, Arhoolie
INTERVIEW: Robert Randolph
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Al Green
Country Meets Soul, Hi
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Charlie Rich
Country Meets Soul, Hi
One More Night Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline, Sony
Screen Door Uncle Tupelo
89/93: An Anthology, Sony
Acadian Two-Step Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
INTERVIEW: Luderin Darbonne and Edwin Duhom of Hackberry Ramblers
Crawfish Jambalaya Clifton Chenier
Out West, Arhoolie
He'll Have to Go David Isaacs
The Complete UK Upsetter Singles, Trojan
Wagon Wheels Sonny Rollins
Way Out West, AP
End Bed: Progressive Country Music For A Hollywood Flapper Hank Penny
Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot