Episode 139: The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
Barry Mazor tells the story of Jimmie Rodgers’ final days, his heroic final recording session and his last train ride.
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Breakfast in northern Georgia. The waitress keeps calling me Yankee and we're the youngest people in the place. You can have your overpriced, overhyped, artisan, lifestyle joints that the NY Times raves about, I'll take mom and pop restaurants like… Continue Reading
Episode 138: Billy Bragg Tells The Story Of Skiffle
Billy Bragg explains how Skiffle made the British Invasion possible.
Episode 137: The Innovations Of Ralph Peer
Barry Mazor is the author of Ralph Peer And The Making Of Popular Roots Music and he’s sharing stories about how Ralph Peer changed the music business.
Episode 136: Jimmy Martin Stories
Mike Bub shares stories about hanging with The King Of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin.
Episode 135: Working For Bill Monroe
Mike Bub shares a lot of great stories about playing gigs with The Father Of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.
Episode 134: Dylan Goes Electric
Elijah Wald talks about Bob Dylan’s infamous electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Picking Wildwood Flower on Wayne Kramer's stratocaster. Brother Wayne knows a thing or two about revolution, so I figured this would make a good 4th of July photo. Happy 4th to you and yours! A photo posted by Otis Gibbs… Continue Reading
Episode 133: Dave Van Ronk Stories
Elijah Wald shares a ton of great stories about Dave Van Ronk.
Episode 132: King Of Record Collectors
Joe Bussard’s collection of old 78s is believed to be the best in the world. Joe shares stories of how he found these records while going door to door in rural Appalachia in the1950s and beyond.
Episode 131: This Land Is Your Land
Otis talks about the events that lead to Woody Guthrie writing his iconic classic, This Land Is Your Land.
Episode 130: The Replacements In Nashville
Bob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements, shares stories about The Replacements’ ill fated and sometimes disastrous gigs in Nashville.
Episode 129: Doug Sahm Stories
Pete Finney talks about the wonderfully strange and disorganized time he spent playing pedal steel with the great Doug Sahm.