STILL ON THE ROAD

2007 THEME TIME RADIO HOUR:
SEASON 1 – EPISODES 35-46

 

 

JANUARY

 

  3

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 35: Women’s Names

10

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 36: Hair

17

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 37: Musical Instruments

24

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 38: Luck

31

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 39: Tears

 

FEBRUARY

 

  7

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 40: Laughter

14

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 41: Heart

21

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 42: Shoes

28

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 43: Colors

 

MARCH

 

  7

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 44: Texas

14

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 45: Trains

21

Washington, D.C.

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 46: More trains

 

 

28946

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

3 January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 35: Women’s Names

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf.

A crying woman in a nightgown can't flag down a cab.”

 

 

1955

Charlie Parker

Laura

1962

Arthur Alexander

Anna (Go With Him)

1957

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Peggy Sue

1970

The Kinks

Lola

1965

Them

Gloria

1950

Calvin Boze

Safronia B

1964

Howlin’ Wolf

Louise

1963

The Jaynettes

Sally Go Round The Roses

1940

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Corrine Corrina

1942

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

Mandy Is Two

1946

The Stanley Brothers

Little Maggie

1967

Sandy Denny

Pretty Polly

1955

The Chimes

Zindy Lou

1957

Roy Orbison

Claudette (demo)

1945

Frank Sinatra

Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

1957

Bo Diddley

Mona

1950

Gene Ammons

Sweet Jennie Lou

 

Selected BobTalk

Tonight we're gonna talk about a subject close to my heart, women's names. That which we call are nearest and dearest, those who we love and want to love. Let me quote William Shakespeare to ya: 'What's in a name that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet' (intro).

If you're gonna crank something up, crank this up, (about Safronia B).

And with that we take our leave. We'll see ya next week on theme time radio hour, themes, dreams and schemes and things of that nature.

 

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: Christmas & New Year's

Next episode: Hair

 

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

 

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28947

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

10 January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 36: Hair

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

A fat man spits cherry pits into a cuspidor.

Freshly fallen snow turns gray in the gutter.”

 

 

193?

Bill Carlisle

Sally, Let Your Bangs Hang Down

2001

They Might Be Giants

Bangs

1949

Eddie Noack

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1962

Piano Red

Bald-headed Lena

1956

Sonny Burgess

Red Headed Woman

1956

J. B. Lenoir

Don't Touch My Head

1962

Ray Price

Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women

1950

Professor Longhair [1]

Bald Head

1968

Hank Ballard

How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)

1956

Joe Clay

Don't Mess With My Ducktail

1950

Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five

(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse

1986

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo

1946

Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson

Cleanhead Blues

1954

Johnny Cash

You're My Baby (demo version)

 

Selected BobTalk

We got quite a show for you tonight. it's about a subject that everyone's familiar with, and I can talk about it off the top of my head…Gonna be playin songs about hairdos and hair don'ts.

The Voltaire of Hillbilly music (about Bill Carlisle).

You hear a record like that and you wish more rockabilly bands had trumpets (about Red Headed Woman).

A political statement that you can dance to (about How You Gonna Get Respect).

He may not have made it big, but that doesn't mean his records weren't any good (about Joe Clay).

 

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: Women’s Names

Next episode: Musical Instruments

 

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

 

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28948

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

17 January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 37: Musical Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper.

A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper.”

 

 

1967

Bonzo Dog Band

The Intro And The Outro

1956

Roy Montrell

(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone

1950

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

Uncle Pen

1957

Bill Watkins

Big Guitar

1967

Nehemiah Reid

The Fiddler

1932

Henry 'Red' Allen

Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn

1938

Johnny Mercer

When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba

1991

The Young Fresh Fellows

Hillbilly Drummer Girl

1955

Davis Sisters

Fiddle Diddle Boogie

1954

Dinah Washington

Big Long Slidin' Thing

1964

Stevie Wonder

Hey Harmonica Man

1967

Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt

Different Drum

1967

Don Rich & The Buckaroos

Round Hole Guitar

1927

Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys

Trombone Cholly

1976

Tom Waits

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)

1954

Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra

Crazy 'Bout A Saxophone

 

Selected BobTalk

You know what she's talkin' about with "That Big Long Slidin' Thing.

Don't be sharp, don't be flat, be natural.

 

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: Hair

Next episode: Luck

 

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

 

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28949

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

24 January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 38: Luck

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf

Milk in the coffee only turns it gray.”

 

 

1960

Paul Evans

Happy-Go-Lucky-Me

1926

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Bad Luck Blues

1960

B.B. King

Bad Luck Soul

1956

Eddie Dugosh & The Ah-Ha Playboys

Bad Luck Come My Way

1965

The Skatalites

Lucky Seven

1955

Buddy & Ella Johnson

Alright, Okay, You Win!

1965

Lazy Lester

The Same Thing Could Happen To You

1959

Annie Ross & Zoot Sims

I’m Just A Lucky So And So

195?

Roosevelt Sykes

You Can’t Be Lucky All The Time

195?

Eddie Noack

Take It Away Lucky

1953

Guitar Slim

Bad Luck Blues

1952

Kay Starr

Wheel Of Fortune

1958

The Stanley Brothers

If I Lose

1957

The Orbits

Mr. Hard Luck

196?

Little Johnny Taylor

You Win, I Lose

1962

Wynn Stewart

Three Cheers For The Loser

1961

Frank Sinatra

Here’s To The Losers

 

Selected BobTalk

As Albert Einstein once said: I will never believe that God plays dice with the universe. Well, I'm not usually one to disagree with someone as smart as Albert Einstein, but today going to look at the idea of playing dice with the universe, as we examine the world of luck. Good luck and bad luck. Luck of the draw. Dumb luck. The luck of the lady and the luck of the Irish. Lucky ducky and pressin' your luck. We're talking about being lucky in love and tough luck. We're gonna be talking about hard luck and down on your luck. And as luck would have it we're gonna be talkin' about shit outta luck.

Lemon called it ‘Bad Luck Blues.' A few years later in 1961 B.B. recorded this.

Sometimes you just play a record because you like the name of the band. I love the name of this band, but I also love the record...They later switched to a more rock and roll sound (about Eddie Dugosh and The Ah-Ha Playboys).

We play Buddy Johnson a lot of Theme Time Radio Hour, and for good reason – he's a forgotten guy who made a whole lot of great records. What we haven't done is played his sister, who was the singer with the band. So here's brother and sister…

Talking about various things that could bring bad mojo upon ya (about The Same Thing Could Happen To You).

He wanted to be a journalist. We got enough journalists, but not enough people who can sing and write like Eddie Noack.

Here's another guy named Eddie, Eddie Jones. But he recorded under the name Guitar Slim. He's one of them wild blues guitar players. He wore brightly colored suits and he would dye his hair blue or green or orange to match the suit. He traveled with a 350 foot guitar chord, so he could wander way out of a club while he was playing…I think he plays pretty good.

She had so many pop hits, that people forget that she got her start as a solid jazz singer. No matter what you call it, it's just great singing (about Kay Starr)The Bakersfield sound is well represented by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, but there's one other guy who sometimes gets ignored…and we want to shine the Theme Time spotlight on him right now” (about Wynn Stewart) .

 

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: Musical Instruments

Next episode: Tears

 

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

 

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28950

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

31 January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 39: Tears

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Three homeless men share a bottle around a trash can inferno.
A rock goes through a window on 12th St.”

 

 

1968

Roland Kirk

The Inflated Tear

1965

? and the Mysterians [2]

96 Tears

1944

Anita O’Day

And The Tears Flowed Like Wine

1963

Bobby Charles

Big Boys Cry

1961

Solomon Burke

Cry To Me

1949

Hank Williams Sr

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

1955

Julie London

Cry Me A River

1961

Jimmy Nelson

I Sat And Cried

1970

The Marvelettes

No More Tear-Stained Makeup

1966

Charlie Rich

Tears A Go-Go

1971

J. Geils Band

Cry One More Time

1953

Roy Brown

Laughing But Crying

1953

Billy Ward & His Dominoes

The Bells

1966

Alton Ellis & The Flames

Cry Tough

1951

Lula Reed

I’ll Drown In My Own Tears

1968

Mose Allison

Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy

 

Selected BobTalk

Not all songs about crying are necessarily sad. This one at least sounds happy…Led by Rudy Martinez, who actually changed his name to ? …(he) never appears in public without his sunglasses; I gotta admit, they did make him look pretty cool (about ? and The Mysterians).

He was more successful as a songwriter than as a singer, and that’s a sin ‘cause he’s a hell of a singer. He’s got one of the most melodious voices ever transferred to a piece of vinyl... The boy could sing like a bird, he still does as a matter of fact (about Bobby Charles).

Cry To Me “Here’s a mighty, mighty man, a mammoth talent...He’s the father of 14 daughters and 7 sons...He has 64 grandchildren, and 8 great-grand children. No wonder he’s singing this song! (about Solomon Burke).

Here’s one of the sexiest, most sultry records ever recorded. A deserved smash. (about Cry Me A River).

Maybe the most pop-oriented of Motown’s major female acts (about The Marvelettes).

Part of the great tradition of rhythm and blues songs where the singer breaks down in tears. (about Laughing But Crying).

Alton was deservedly inducted into the international reggae and world music hall of fame. Congratulations to all concerned.

Here she is, a heavenly singer with a voice like Gabriel’s trumpet…Oh, if trumpet players could only play like she sings! (about Lula Reed).

Well, the old clock on the wall says it’s time to go, and it’s a good thing, ‘cause I’m out of Kleenex anyway. So I’m gonna hop in my car, and head down the Robinson Freeway, and get myself a beer I can cry into.

 

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: Musical Instruments

Next episode: Laughter

 

Session info updated 18 October 2010.

 

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28951

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

7 February 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 40: Laughter

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Freshly fallen slow turns grey in the gutter.

A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off.”

 

 

1938

Slim Gaillard

Laughing In Rhythm

1957

Ernie Chaffin

Laughin' And Jokin'

1955

Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters

Everyone's Laughing

1957

The Louvin Brothers

Don't Laugh

1951

Big Joe Turner

After My Laughter Came Tears

1937

Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys

Lose Your Blues And Laugh At Life

2000

Mark Knopfler & Van Morrison

The Last Laugh

1967

Gene Chandler

After The Laughter

1965

Sonny Bono

Laugh At Me

1957

The Gardenias

I'm Laughing At You

1965

Toots & The Maytals

When I Laugh

1951

Roy Brown

I've Got The Last Laugh Now

1957

Chris Connor

They All Laughed

1974

The Spinners

Living A Little, Laughing A Little

 

Selected BobTalk

For the next hour we are going to examine the involuntary, unconscious activity known as laughter. We can consciously inhibit it, but we can't consciously produce it. It's impossible to laugh on command. You can fake an orgasm, but you can't fake laughter.

The rockabilly artist performer with a mile wide country streak (about Ernie Caffin)

You know these guys! I don't need to tell you about 'em (about Mark Knopfler and Van Morrison).

One thing that's no laughing matter is pigeon-holing. Sometimes people just wanna think you can do one thing and they trap you there. They don't let you grow. Case in point Gene Chandler."

We're talking and laughter. Chortle, Guffaws, tee-hees, giggles, hoops, hollers, snickers, ha-has, and other explosive ejaculations of mirth (Bob laughs).

I'm not actually laughing at you, that's just the name of the song.

Vengence is a dish best served cold (about I Got the Last Laugh).

Well, it ain’t easy to say goodbye either, but I gotta do it. I don’t want to go, but I got to go. Time is up. Let me just leave you with the words of one of the wisest men I know; Uncle Miltie. Milton Berle. He said, and he knows what he’s talking about, ‘Laughter is an instant vacation.’ You got it uncle Miltie. I’m gonna go have myself a vacation.

 

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: Tears

Next episode: Heart

 

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

 

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28952

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

14 February 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 41: Heart

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station.
A man runs out of excuses.”

 

 

1963

Solomon Burke

Home In Your Heart

1976

The 101'ers

Keys To Your Heart

1946

Billie Holiday

Good Morning Heartache

1960

Jerry Butler

He Will Break Your Heart

1958

The Everly Brothers

Brand New Heartache

2006

Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins

Melt Your Heart

1956

The Million Dollar Quintet feat. Elvis Presley

That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

1952

Billy Bunn & His Buddies

That's When Your Heartaches Begin

1995

Ron Sexsmith

Secret Heart

195?

Little Richard

Directly From My Heart

1962

Irma Thomas

Ruler Of My Heart

1971

Van Morrison

(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball

1954

The Jewels

Hearts Of Stone

1967

Erma Franklin

Piece Of My Heart

1965

The Yardbirds

Heart Full Of Soul

1958

The Coasters

Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

 

Selected BobTalk

Here we are smack-dab in the middle of February, so we’re gonna talk about that fist sized muscle that lies in your chest, right behind and slightly to the left of the breast bone. Just sittin there between your lungs. It’s a remarkable organ; it works hard for you 24 hours a day.

Not just a nice man, but also a Chicago city alderman. Musically aware, politically aware (about Jerry Butler).

It’s difficult to carry a secret love, and the ramifications can affect your entire life. I prefer just to sing about love; Little Richard agrees with me. Here’s one of his greatest songs. The Quasar of Rock and Roll, Little Richard…

When Otis redid it he called it ‘Pain In My Heart,” and he took a writing credit. Toussaint successfully sued, and the song went back to being written by Naomi Neville (about Ruler of My Heart).

 

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: Laughter

Next episode: Shoes

 

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

 

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28953

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

21 February 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 42: Shoes

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Bananas ripen on the dock.

A number 5 bus breaks down.”

 

 

1948

Charlie Parker

My Little Suede Shoes

1956

Carl Perkins

Blue Suede Shoes

1964

Tommy Tucker

High Heel Sneakers

1965

The Bobby Fuller Four

Gallenkamp Shoe Commercial

1970

Joe South & The Believers

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

1962

Dinah Washington

Take Your Shoes Off Baby

1962

Billy Walker

Charlie's Shoes

1964

The Drifters

I've Got Sand In My Shoes

1931

Louis Armstrong

Shine

1950

Red Foley

Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy

1978

NRBQ

Get Rhythm

1954

Boozoo Chavis

Paper In My Shoes

1968

Juke Boy Bonner

Running Shoes

1986

Run-D.M.C.

My Adidas

1958

Chuck Willis

Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes

1966

Robert Parker

Barefootin'

 

Selected BobTalk

Get out your shoe horns, because today we’re going to trumpet those things at the end of your legs (intro).

Let’s start things off with one of the most famous pairs of shoes in rock and roll (about Blue Suede Shoes).

Her voice could make you cry or make you dance. One of the greatest singers in all of jazz, in all of music (about Dinah Washington).

You ever buy those used vintage shoes? You ever wondered who walked in em before? Maybe it was Charlie.

I don’t think you could do a show about music without playing Louis Armstrong every couple of weeks...Louis was such a personality, you forget what a great musician he was. His singing totally inspired Louis Prima, and on the trumpet he was completely aware that sometimes playing less is more.

He was an energetic performer, always wore a plastic butcher’s apron so his sweat would not ruin his accordion (about Boozoo Chavis).

He got his name because as a child he sang in local bars accompanied by the jukebox. He became a one man band, playing the blues hits of the day in neighborhood taverns, beatin the drum, strumming the guitar, playing the harmonica, and singing all at once. You’d think something like that would be really popular, but he still had trouble making ends meet (about Juke Boy Bonner).

I remember buying this next record when it came out, down at St. Mark’s Records in New York. Actually I bought the twelve inch single, and it blew my mind. It was a powerful, exciting piece of music. Now when people listen to it, they think it’s quaint and old fashioned. They’re already condescending to it and turning it into an ‘oldie’. That’s the problem – people don’t always realize how powerful the innovators are. Take someone like Chuck Berry. When his records came out they were dangerous. There was nothing like them on the radio, they were like a stampede. Now all these bands just play it louder and faster and don’t really add anything to it. And so Chuck Berry, the creator, sounds ‘quaint’ and ‘old fashioned.’ They’re doing the same thing to Run DMC. Rap records have gotten louder, more camouflaged, faster and dirtier, with a thousand samples. Those records are colorful but it doesn’t mean that Run DMC should just be considered ‘oldies.’ They’re important pieces of art, and art isn’t looked at as something old or new, it’s looked at as something that moves ya. And here’s a record that moves me.

As often as possible on Theme Time Radio Hour we try to feature artists who perform wearing turbans. Here’s one of my favorites (about Chuck Willis).

The man who wrote the national anthem of shoelessness.

See ya next week on Theme Time Radio Hour, your home for Dreams, Themes, and Size 9 Schemes.

 

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: Heart

Next episode: Colors

 

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

 

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28954

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

28 February 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 43: Colors

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

A truck driver runs a red light.

A ringing phone goes unanswered.”

 

 

1946

Ella Mae Morse

The House Of Blue Lights

1945

Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers

Pink Champagne

1959

Lefty Frizzell

Long Black Veil

1964

The Beatles

Baby's In Black

1957

Warren Smith

Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache

1949

The Ravens

Deep Purple

1957

Bob Luman

Blue Days, Black Nights

1954

Della Reese

Blue And Orange Birds And Silver Bells

1959

Charles Mingus

Self-Portrait In Three Colors

1951

Johnnie Ray

The Little White Cloud That Cried

1971

Joni Mitchell

Little Green

1950

Nat King Cole

Orange Colored Sky

1965

Clint West

Big Blue Diamonds

1946

Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing

Blue Skies

1956

Sammy Masters

Pink Cadillac

1961

Arthur Lyman

Yellow Bird

1958

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Yellow Coat

1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Purple Haze

 

Selected BobTalk

The first song ever to use the popular term ‘homey’ in it (about House of Blue Lights).

It’s time for four mop-tops from Liverpool, who changed the course of popular music and cut into the heavy sugar.

There used to be a lot of record labels, not like today, and each of those record companies had their own sound. When you dropped the needle on a Specialty Record, you knew it was a Specialty Record. Same with Imperial, Chess, King, and a million others. Perhaps the most distinctive were those that came out of the Sam Phillips Memphis Recording Studio and were put out on his Sun record label, like this one (about Red Cadillac and a Black Mustache).

One of the pioneering R & B vocal groups (about The Ravens).

His music is rare and valuable, and he’s one of the kings of the guitar… The activating, energizing, vitalizing, vigorous, forceful Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze.

 

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: Shoes

Next episode: Texas

 

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

 

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28955

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

7 March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 44: Texas

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

The people upstairs are making noise.

A coyote cowers in the bushes of Observatory Hill.”

 

 

 

Unidentified performer

The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You

1951

Webb Pierce

Drifting Texas Sand

1960

Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

1967

Jimmy Lewis

The Girls From Texas

1931

Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family

Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas

1937

Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.

Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio

 

Willie Nelson

I Got Texas In My Soul

1958

Larry Davis

Texas Flood

195?

Bob Downen

Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas)

1947

June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

Across The Alley From The Alamo

1930

King Nawahi Hawaiians

Under A Texas Moon

1953

Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers

All That Oil In Texas

1969

Doug Sahm

Texas Me

1965

Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours

Waltz Across Texas

1965

The Dixie Nightingales

The Assassination

1984

Ry Cooder

Paris, Texas

1982

Freddy Fender w/ Ry Cooder

Across The Borderline

 

Selected BobTalk

Here’s a song that mocks sentimental patriotism (about Deep in the Heart of Texas).

He sounds as bad off as a rubber-billed woodpecker in a petrified forest (about Jimmy Lewis).

One of the great things about Texas music is that it has so many influences. You hear country, blues, soul, and from right across the border, canjunto norteno music, and you hear some of the best (before Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio).

I think I’d get an angry phone call if I let this hour go by without playing the red-headed stranger (about Tex Williams).

It seems like we’re playing a lot of country music this week. What do you expect? We're down in Texas where they say a worm is the only animal that can't fall down.

The word yodel is derived from the German word eyoden, meaning to utter the syllable 'yo', as in Yo Bro.

There's one for all you head-bangers out there (about Texas Me).

I was talking to this one guy from Texas. He was braggin’ about his ranch. He said to me 'Bob, I get up in the morning, I get in my car, drive for eight hours and I reach the other end of my ranch.' I said to him, I used to have a car like that too.

The Original ET!

All of our shows are about truckers, if not for truckers. Well as the sun sets in the west, it's time to bid adieu to our largest state in the continental 48. We're gonna hop in the car, drive across the panhandle and see what we find out. We'll report back here cause you can bet your bottom dollar that whatever we find is gonna be another theme right here on the Theme Time Radio Hour. Adios.

 

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: Colors

Next episode: Trains

 

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

 

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28956

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

14 March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 45: Trains

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

A night watchman rinses out his thermos.

The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station.”

 

 

1957

John Coltrane

Blue Train

1927

Meade Lux Lewis

Honky Tonk Train Blues

1957

The Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio

Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)

1953

Little Junior Parker

Mystery Train

1954

Pat Hare

I'm Gonna Murder My Baby

1929

Jimmie Rodgers

Waitin' For A Train

1971

Scotty

Draw Your Brakes

1979

The Clash

Train In Vain

1951

Jimmy Forrest

Night Train

1946

The Delmore Brothers

Freight Train Boogie

1961

Freddie King

Lonesome Whistle Blues

1949

Frankie Lane

Mule Train

1970

Lord Buckley

The Train

1951

Tiny Bradshaw

The Train Kept A-Rollin'

1966

The Monkees

Last Train To Clarksville

1940

Leadbelly

Midnight Special

2002

Laura Cantrell

Yonder Comes A Freight Train

1944

The Jubilaires

Casey Jones

1970

The Grateful Dead

Casey Jones

1951

Muddy Waters

Still A Fool (Two Trains Running)

 

Selected BobTalk

Today we’re gonna hit the road, we’re gonna ride the blinds, and dodge the yard bulls. We’re gonna take a ride on the Redding, transfer over to the B & O, and if we have time, pick up our tickets for the Orient Express. So all you box car tourists, get yourselves out of the roundhouse and hop aboard, as we spend the next hour contemplating the iron horse. It’s not a crazy idea, but we got a ‘loco motive’ and it’s all about trains. In the background, Meade Anderson Lewis; perhaps you know him better as Mead Lux Lewis. He was one of the kings of the honky tonk piano and, like a lot of the great piano players, he used his rockin’ left hand to imitate the rhythm of the trains on the tracks.

Believe it or not, the Johnny Burnett Rock and Roll Trio were invited to appear on Ted Mack Amateur Hour, where they won the competition three times in a row. I want you to listen to this record, and just imagine anything this raw winning 3 weeks in a row on American Idol.

Well you can’t do a show about trains without playing something by the Singing Brakeman. We played him a bunch of times, and we’ve talked about him, and the most you’re gonna get here is a sample. There’s no substitute for going out and listening to all of his records or reading about his life. There’s a bunch of great books about him, or you can just look him up on Wikipedia!

An eccentric performer who got his start as the master of ceremonies at dance marathons. He had a unique vocal style, rhythmic in presentation, as you can hear for yourself on this little piece all about trains (about Lord Buckley).

I want you to listen to the beginning of this record. There’s a call and response section. Tiny goes ‘Boodow!’ and the whole band goes ‘Boodow!’ Then Tiny goes ‘Booday!’ and the whole band goes ‘Booday!’ Except for one guy who still goes ‘Boodow!’ Nowadays, you’d just take pro tools and take that guy out, or maybe you’d re-record the whole track. But back then, it was more important to be great than to be perfect.

I’ve always believed that the first rule of being subversive is not to let anybody know you’re being subversive (about The Monkees)

So we’re just gonna pick up our bags at the station, pull our arms outta the window when we go through a tunnel, get our ticket punched, and we’ll see ya back at the depot next week, on your home for interstate travel, Theme Time Radio Hour. Look out for the cow catcher.

 

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: Texas

Next episode: More Trains

 

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

 

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28957

Studio B

 

 

The Abernathy Building

 

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

 

21 March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 46: More trains

 

 

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Fog horns bellow in the gloom along the wharf.

A spinster finishes a jigsaw puzzle.”

 

 

1951

Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West

Railroading

1965

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

People Get Ready

1954

Papa Lightfoot

Mean Old Train

1972

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

Click Clack

1941

Jimmy Lunceford

Blues In The Night

1950

Lord Kitchener

The Underground Train

1947

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

This Train

1957

Johnny Cash

Train Of Love

1956

Muddy Waters

All Aboard

1992

Los Lobos

That Train Don't Stop Here

1962

Little Eva

The Loco-Motion

1940

Louis Armstrong

2:19 Blues

1976

Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys

Mr. Engineer

1970

Randy Newman

Gone Dead Train

1928

Furry Lewis

Kassie Jones

1973

The O' Jays

Love Train

 

Selected BobTalk

This is Theme Time Radio Hour and last week we played a bunch of train songs. We had so many that this week we’re gonna do it again this week. We’re gonna buckle the rubbers, grease the pig and hook her up and pull her tail because it’s railroad time.

We’re talking about trains. Tackle hairs, flagmen, teamster, herders, boomers, brass buttons, britch hogs brownies, broken knuckles.

 

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: Trains

Next episode: Fools

 

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

 

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[1] also known as Roy Bird and His Blues Jumpers

[2] Led by Rudy Martinez