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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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