STILL ON THE ROAD

2008 SOUTH OF THE SOUTH TOUR

JANUARY

2	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 62: Number One
9	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 63: Walking
17	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 64: Around the World I
23	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 65: Around the World II
30	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 66: Lock & Key

FEBRUARY

6	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 67: Mail
13	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 68: Presidents' Day
20	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 69: Doctors
21	Dallas, Texas	House Of Blues
22	Dallas, Texas	House Of Blues
23	Dallas, Texas	House Of Blues
26	Mexico City, Mexico	Auditorio Nacional
27	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 70: Danger
27	Mexico City, Mexico	Auditorio Nacional
29	Monterrey, Mexico	Arena Monterrey

MARCH

2	Guadalajara, Mexico	Auditorio Telmex
5	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 71: Birds
5	São Paulo, Brazil	Via Funchal
6	São Paulo, Brazil	Via Funchal
8	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Rio Arena
11	Santiago, Chile	Arena Santiago
12	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 72: More Birds
13	Córdoba, Argentina	Orfeo Superdomo
15	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Estadio Velez Sarsfield
18	Rosario, Argentina	Hipodromo
19	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 73: Joe
20	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Conrad Resort and Casino
25	Zacatecas, Mexico	Plaza de Zacatecas
26	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 74: Heat

APRIL

2

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 75: Cold

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Song charts

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29927	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	2 January 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 62: Number One
	“It's night time in the Big City. Temptation is on every corner. A man rents a hotel room under an assumed name.”

1968	Harry Nilsson	One
1960	Buddy Guy	First Time I Met The Blues
1959	Jan Howard with Wynn Stewart's Band	The One You Slip Around With
1957	The "5" Royales	"Dedicated to the One I Love"
1956	Smiley Lewis	One Night
1958	Elvis Presley	One Night
1965	The Contours	First I Look At The Purse
1960	Anita O'Day	Johnny One Note
1944	Josh White	One Meat Ball
1963	The Impressions	I’m The One Who Loves You
1959	Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks	Make Us One
1987	Los Lobos	One Time One Night
1956	Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's The Kings Of Rhythm	Just One More Time
1979	Madness	One Step Beyond
1956	George Jones	Just One More
1964	Otis Spann	One More Mile To Go

Selected BobTalk

For the next sixty minutes, we’re gonna be talking about one horse towns, one track minds, one armed bandits, one false move, one in a million, one too many, one way or another, one brick shy of a load, and one and only. So stay here one and all, and listen to songs on a singular subject, that subject being… number one. (intro)

I don’t think anybody ever did it as good as the folks who did it first. (about The Five Royales).

Even though it’s a little cleaner (than S. Lewis’s version), you can’t fault Elvis. It was the taste of times and he’d already broken enough rules.”

The Impressions had Curtis Mayfield at the helm. Curtis was a triple treat: he wrote the songs, he played guitar on the songs, he sang on the songs.

It’s like a series of snapshots of a neighborhood in the bayou. (about One Time, One Night)

He was a tortured soul capable of great darkness, but you can’t always let someone’s bad qualities be the only thing that you remember them by. Ike Turner was capable of great art and the world of music is a poorer place for his loss.”

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: 2nd Countdown

Next episode: Walking

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29929	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	9 January 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 63: Walking
	“It's night time in the Big City. A local band packs their gear into a van- It’s easier to buy a gun than cold medicine.”

1959	Jack Scott & The Chantones	The Way I Walk
1957	Frankie Lee Sims	Walkin’ With Frankie
1930	Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers	Walk Right In
1966	Left Banke	Walk Away Renee
1945	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Walk Em’
1957	Fats Domino	I’m Walkin’
1956	Jimmy Rogers & Walter Horton	Walking By Myself
1972	Lou Reed	Walk On The Wild Side
1968	Waylon Jennings	Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line
1949	Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & his Orchestra	Walkin’ Slow Behind You
1958	Lee Allen	Walkin’ With Mr. Lee
1930	The Allen Brothers	Jake Walk Blues
1938	The Mills Brothers with Louis Armstrong	My Walking Stick
1958	Jimmy McCracklin	The Walk
1954	Johnny Smith	Walk, Don’t Run
1960	Stonewall Jackson	Why I’m Walking
1957	Nina Simone	You’ll Never Walk Alone

Selected BobTalk

You’ll have to forgive me if I sound a little out of breath. I just got back from my morning constitutional. A good walk is important for both body and soul. (intro).

This is Theme Time Radio Hour. Strolling themes, parading schemes and walking dreams.”

A man isn’t completely dressed without a hat and walking stick.”

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Number One

Next episode: Around the World I

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29931	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	17 January 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 64: Around the World I
	“It's night time in the Big City. A pawn shop owner shuts his iron gate. A man realizes he is in love.”

1959	Blossom Dearie	Rhode Island Is Famous For You
1956	The Coasters	Down In Mexico
1961	Freddy Fender	Acapulco Rock
1978	Warren Zevon	Werewolves Of London
1960	The Frantics	Werewolf
1984	The Pogues	Dark Streets Of London
1954	Edith Piaf	Sous Le Ciel De Paris
1953	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
1983	Shoba	A Sambe Siye E Guli (Let’s Go To Johannesburg)
1977	Joe Ely	She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
1969	Toots Thielemans & Elis Regina	"Aquarela do Brasil"
1968	The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies
1930	Hal Swain & His Band	Hunting Tigers Out In India
1972	Buck Owens	Made In Japan
1947	Sonny Rollins	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
1933	The Marx Brothers	Hail, Hail Freedonia
1968	The Beatles	Back In The U.S.S.R.
1956	Victor Young & His Orchestra	Theme from “Around The World In 80 Days”

Selected BobTalk

As we told you on our Hello show, there’s many ways to say hello. Well I hope you’re taking notes, cause this week we’re gonna use ‘em. (intro)

The last man to hit the top 10 with a crew cut. (about Buck Owens).

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Walking

Next episode: Around the World II

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29933	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	23 January 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 65: Around the World II
	“It's night time in the Big City. A woman realizes she’s no longer in love. The batteries in the remote control are dead.”

1956	Victor Young & His Orchestra	Theme from “Around The World In 80 Days”
1955	Little Willie John	All Around The World
1970	Sir Douglas Quintet	Nuevo Laredo
1964	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Ferry Cross The Mersey
1960	The Shadows	Apache
1945	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	Night In Tunisia
1997	Celia Cruz	Africa
1940	The Ink Spots	When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
1952	Chris Powell & His Blue Flames	I Come From Jamaica
1963	Lloyd Clark	Japanese Girl
1929	Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany
1956	Warren Smith	Ubangi Stomp
1957	Hank Thompson	Rockin’ In The Congo
1937	Maxine Sullivan	Loch Lomond
1962	The Clancy Brothers	The Irish Rover
1961	Ricky Nelson	Travelin’ Man
1933	Josh White	I Don’t Intend To Die In Egyptland
1962	Dean Martin	Arrivederci Roma
1978	Wreckless Eric	Whole Wide World

Selected BobTalk

Here at Theme Time Radio Hour, we circumnavigate the globe and bring back music for your edification. (intro=.

Everybody wanted to sing like Bill Kinney. You can hear him in Clyde McFadder, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, and a host of others who don’t even know they’re trying to sing like Bill Kinney, who try to sing like Clyde McPhatter, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, etc. etc., and so it goes, down the lines of history. (about The Ink Spots)

Chris Powell & The Blue Flames “This song’s from the early 50’s and it’s one of the first American records I know to be influenced by the rhythms coming out of Jamaica. (about I Come From Jamaica).

A lot of the rockabilly and country guys were fascinated with this part of the world. (about Rockin in the Congo).

Maxine Sullivan along with her husband John Kirby, swinging the traditional song.”

This song is an old song. There’s lots of variant versions of it, but these are the guys I first heard singing it. I heard it live; you’re gonna have to hear it on a record. (about The Irish Rover).

Italy is shaped like a boot, and one guy I get a boot out of is Dean Martin. He was the smoothest singer of the 50’s and 60’s; Elvis Presley wanted to be him, as did Frank Sinatra, for two very different reasons. Here’s Dino and I call him Dino.”

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Around the World I

Next episode: Lock & Key

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29935	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	30 January 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 66: Lock & Key
	“It's night time in the Big City. A school teacher drinks alone. They’re finally tearing down the old shoe factory.”

1927	Bessie Smith	Lock And Key
1956	Sonny Boy Williamson II	The Key (To Your Door)
1964	Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys	Ouvre Cette Porte (Open This Door)
1951	Jimmy Nelson	Unlock The Lock
1988	Lucinda Williams	Changed The Locks
1939	Bing Crosby	When Jimmy Valentine Gets Out
1945	Wynonie Harris	Somebody Changed The Lock On My Door
1945	Dusty Fletcher	"Open The Door, Richard"
1946	Jack McVea and His All Stars	"Open The Door, Richard"
1965	Clive And Naomi	Open The Door
1958	Little Walter	Key To The Highway
1958	Groovey Joe Poovey	Ten Long Fingers
1932	Henry "Red" Allen	Who Stole The Lock On The Henhouse Door
1935	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	You’re Bound To Look Like A Monkey
2004	The Detroit Cobras	You Don’t Knock

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna be locked up, locked out, keyed up, wound up, we’re gonna be talking about church keys and skate keys, we’ll listen to the key of C and learn about the key to good living. There’ll be lip locks, Loch Ness, time locks, and vapor locks. Before the end of it we might even get the key to the city. So I hope you’re all locked and loaded and sitting by your radio. (intro).

We’re gonna start it all off old school. (about Lock and Key)

Kind of a crazy march… sounds like they were all playing in different keys there for a minute. Personally, I don’t think it was actually the key to her door that he was looking for; maybe he was looking for the key to her chastity belt. (about The Key (To Your Door)).

Time Magazine called her America’s best songwriter in 2002… I guess I was out of town. (about Lucinda Williams).

See, that song can be done any kinda way…’bout time for it to come back again. Maybe I’ll even do it. (about Open the Door, Richard).

Kind of a rockabilly, piano based version of Johnny B. Goode. (about Ten Long Fingers).

One of the last great New Orleans trumpet players. He was overshadowed by Louis but he actually had a fresh approach. In the 60’s he was still playing, and Don Ellis called him the most creative and avant garde trumpet player in New York. (about Henry ‘Red’ Allen).

You don’t get any more western swing than this. (about You’re Bound to Look Like a Monkey).

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Around The World II

Next episode: Mail

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29936	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	6 February 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 67: Mail
	“It's night time in the Big City. A hotdog vendor drains water from his cart. There’s a low cloud cover.”

1958	John Worthan	I Wrote You A Letter
1961	The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman
1947	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter
1967	The Box Tops	The Letter
1952	Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra	Mailman’s Sack
1969	R.B. Greaves	Take A Letter Maria
1972	Earl Robinson	Mail Myself To You
1954	The Medallions	The Letter
1949	Memphis Slim	A Letter Home
1953	Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky	"A Dear John Letter"
1959	Eddy Arnold	That's All She Wrote
1935	Fats Waller	I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
1958	Gene Terry And The Downbeats	No Mail Today
1987	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear Stained Letter
1952	Jim & Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys	Air Mail Special On The Fly
1957	The Velvetones	The Glory Of Love
1949	Sister Wynona Carr	A Letter To Heaven

Selected BobTalk

We’ll be talking about love letters, pen pals, going postal, ransom notes, letters to dear John, and Dear Abbey, Miss Lonelyhearts… we’ll be returning things to sender, and we’ll be telling you that your check’s in the mail. (intro).

You know, when we come up with these themes, we try to stay away from the obvious choices. But occasionally there are some that you just have to play, like this one. (about Please Mr. Postman).

You got to wonder, why don’t piano players play like that any more?! (about Jimmy Ricks)

The 2nd shortest single to reach #1 (about The Box Tops’ The Letter).

Our next artist joined the high tone label, where he first recorded this song; but we’re gonna play the version of 1949 that he recorded for king. I’ve always been partial to the band he had around that time…I’m sure all you jazz fans recognized that after Slim sings ‘Things ain’t like they used to be’ the saxophone players play the riff from the Duke Ellington song of the same name. (about A Letter Home with Memphis Slim).

He took up the piano at age six and also played the Hammond organ and the pipe organ, which he called the God Box. He was a great singer as well as a piano player. (about Fats Waller).

He grew up listening to his father and grandfather performing Cajun songs, but when he formed his first band, the Cool Cats, in the mid 50’s he was doing straight ahead country and western songs. But the rock and roll bug bit him and he started playing louder and faster. (about Gene Terry).

The longest active professional brother duet in country music history… 55 years. (about Jim & Jesse McReynolds).

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Lock & Key

Next episode: Presidents' Day

Session info updated 13 January 2011.

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29937	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	13 February 2008
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 68: Presidents' Day
	“It's night time in the Big City. The serve is down. The parakeet is restless.”

1926	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	White House Blues
1967	Johnnie Taylor	Hello Sundown
1954	Ruth Brown with The Rhythmakers	Hello Little Boy
1996	They Might Be Giants	James K. Polk
1969	Tony Joe White	"Poke Salad Annie"
1927	Kelly Harrell & the Virginia String Band	"Charles Guiteau"
1974	Percy Mayfield	I Don’t Want To Be President
1949	Wynonie Harris	I Feel That Old Age Coming On
1960	Pete Seeger	Lincoln And Liberty Too
1953	J. B. Lenoir	Living In The White House
1958	Nina Simone	Don’t Smoke In Bed