Drifting Cowboy Blues with Texan Charley Crockett & Homeland Bluegrass with Virginian Linda Lay

Charley Crockett from south Texas has risen to country stardom as a deep-voiced, drifting cowboy blues singer/guitarist with a well-traveled history of playing street corners, subway stops and honky-tonks. Charley talks about how music has sustained him in the rough life of a 21st Century rambler. Then, a family bluegrass band from Southwest Virginia, Springfield Exit-lead by wife and husband Linda and David Lay, who share their stories of growing up with music, starting their own band and farming tomatoes. Plus music from Johnny Cash, the Carter Family, Freddy Fender, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: After Hours Peter Drake & Little Roy Wiggins
The Fabulous Steel Guitar Slunds of Pete Drake, Gusto

Travelin Blues T Bone Walker
The Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954, Capitol

T Bone Shuffle Charley Crockett
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza, Son of Davy

Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
A Taste of Country, Sun

Midnight Run James Hand
Shadow on the Ground, Rounder

Jamestown Ferry Charley Crockett
Lil' GL's Honky Tonk Jubilee, Son of Davy

Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury

Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles, Craft

Instrumental: Detour Duane Eddy
Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel, Jame Record Co.

Dirt Road Blues Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind, Columbia

I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
Before the Next Teardrop Falls, Geffen

SEGMENT: Charley Crockett

Instrumental: Pflugerville Boogie Bill Neely
Bill Neely-Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie

Deep Elm Blues Bill Neely
Bill Neely-Texas Law & Justice, Arhoolie

Dallas Blues Floyd Dixon
High Notes of the Fifties, Frank Goldy

I Walked from Dallas Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
Blues Come From Texas, Arhoolie

Ramblin' on My Mind James Booker
James Booker-Classified, Rounder

End Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Listen to Me Mother Springfield Exit
That Was Then, Patuxent Music

Sunny Side of the Mountain Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Martin
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol Records

Comin' Round the Mountain Uncle Dave Macon and Sam Mcgee
Country Music-A Film by Ken Burns, Soundtrack, Sony

Blue Ridge Mountain Hurray for the Riff Raff
Small Town Heroes, ATO Records

High on a Mountain Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals
High on a Mountain, Rounder

Mountain of Love Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits, Soul City

Instrumental: Wildwood Flower Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs
Second Generation, Revel Records

Run Mountain Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden , Nonesuch

My Clinch Mountain Home Carter Family
Can the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family, Sony

Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash, Sony

SEGMENT: Springfield Exit

Instrumental: Guitar and Harmonica Rag John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Living Country Blues, Vol. 1, L+R Records

The Hitchhiker Tom T. Hall
100 Children, Mercury

That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
Nashville, Shout1, Factory

Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong
The Barnyard Dance-Martin Bogan and Armstrong, Rounder

Homegrown Tomatoes Guy Clark
Better Days, Compass Records

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis Again, Verve

End Bed: Burgundy Street Blues George Lewis
Jazz at Preservation Hall, Atlantic

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