Radio Days
Music from as many great radio formats as we can find. Plus a visit with gospel host Sister Pearlie Tolliver, Monroe, Louisiana’s “Queen of the Dial.” Followed by New Orleans’ DJ Billy Delle, the man who loves scratchy 45s to death on his show called “Records from the Crypt.”
HOUR ONE
Turn Your Radio On John Hartford
Aero-Plain, Rounder
You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
Hits, Reprise
Ain't Misbehavin Leon Redbone
On The Track, Warner Bros
Ain't Misbehavin Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi, Columbia
INTERVIEW: Dewey Phillips
Strange Things Happening Every Day Sister Rosetta Tharp
The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis, Stash
Instrumental: Go Tell it On The Mountain Marcus Roberts
The Collected Marcus Roberts, RCA Victor
INTERVIEW: Sister Pearlee Tolliver
Rough & Rocky Road The Mello-Tones
There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Sony
Panama All-Star Stompers
This is Jazz, Jazzology
SEGMENT: Tom Waits as DJ from the film "Down by Law"
Trick Bag Earl King
The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI
Sugar Craft Yuka Honda & Sean Lennon
Combustication Remix, Blue Note
Radio Radio Elvis Costello
This Year's Model
Instrumental: Hackensack Jimmy Smith
Softly As A Summer Breeze, Blue Note
INTERVIEW: Paul Burlison
Bluebird Blues Howlin Wolf
Memphis Days Vol.2, Bear Family
Lost Highway Hank Williams
Health & Happiness Shows, Mercury
Java Allen Toussaint
The Complete "Tousan" Sessions, Bear Family
Roberta Frankie Ford
Sea Cruise-The Very Best Of, Music Club
Lou-easy-an-i-a George Lewis
Jazz Funeral In New Orleans, Tradition
Indiana Art Tatum
The Complete Capitol Recordings, Capitol Jazz
HOUR TWO
San Antonio Rose Les Paul
Swing West, vol. 2, Razor & Tie
Long Walk Back to San Antone Junior Brown
Long Walk Back, Curb
Memo from Turner Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder
Performance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner
I'm Going to Detroit John Wrencher
Testament Records Sampler, Testament
Detroit City Arthur Alexander
From Where I Stand, Warner Bros.
Grain Belt Blues Peggy Lee w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra
Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz
Rock Island Line Linda Tillery & The
Cultural Heritage Choir Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, vol. 3, Rounder
Kentucky Everly Brothers
Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family
Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
The Genius Hits The Road, Rhino
Instrumental: Slow Train Through Arkansas Elmon "Driftin Slim" Mickle
Down Home Harp, Testament
Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Nevada) Rose Maddox
The One Rose, Bear Family box
Big Hat No Cattle Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks
I'm a Happy Cowboy Herb Jeffries
The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), Warner Western
Instrumental: Doin' It Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Billie Delle
Tipitina Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge, Rhino