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

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