(The sounds of rain falling) It’s night time in the big city Rain is falling, fog rolls in from the waterfront A night shift nurse smokes the last cigarette in a pack “Curious about what the weather looks like? Just look out your window, take a walk outside.” //  The Singers and Songs  Muddy Waters: Blow Wind Blow Jimmie Davis (James Houston Davis): You Are My Sunshine Joe Jones: California Sun  “Alright now, goin’ out west where I belong, get away from the G-Rind.”  Dean Martin: I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine The Prisonaires: Just Walking in the Rain The Consolers: After the Clouds Roll Away  “Brother Sullivan Pugh on guitar and his wife, Lola”  Jimi Hendrix: The Wind Cries Mary Judy Garland: Come Rain or Come Shine Irma Thomas: It’s Raining Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Didn’t it Rain Slim Harpo (“With his harp in a rack”): Raining in My Heart  “Slim wrote a bunch of his songs with his wife, Lavelle…boy, wish I had a wife like that t’ help me write songs.”  Lord Beginner: Jamaica Beginner Fats Domino: Let the Four Winds Blow The Spaniels: Stormy Weather  “The Spaniels were on that ill fated tour, which means probably I saw them. Winter Dance Party, 1959, the day that music supposedly died.”  Stevie Wonder: A Place in the Sun Frank Sinatra: Summer Wind  “West coast weather is the weather of catastrophe. The Santa Ana winds are like the winds of the apocalypse. But the summer wind that Frank’s singing about may be a little lighter. Come on in, Frank.”  The Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day The Carter Family: Keep on the Sunny Side  Read Fred Bal’s Annotations of this episode on the DreamTime Blog.  Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club

(The sounds of rain falling) It’s night time in the big city Rain is falling, fog rolls in from the waterfront A night shift nurse smokes the last cigarette in a pack “Curious about what the weather looks like? Just look out your window, take a walk outside.” // <a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/weather.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs <ul> <li><a href="http://www.muddywaters.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Muddy Waters</a>: Blow Wind Blow</li> <li><a href="http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/jimmie-davis" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmie Davis (James Houston Davis)</a>: You Are My Sunshine</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldies.com/artist-products/Joe-Jones.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Jones</a>: California Sun</li> </ul> “Alright now, goin’ out west where I belong, get away from the G-Rind.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/dean_martin" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dean Martin</a>: I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine</li> <li><a href="http://doo-wop.blogg.org/themes-_prisonaires-222423.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Prisonaires</a>: Just Walking in the Rain</li> <li><a href="http://goldeneragospel.blogspot.com/2011/01/rip-sullivan-pugh-of-consolers.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Consolers</a>: After the Clouds Roll Away</li> </ul> “Brother Sullivan Pugh on guitar and his wife, Lola” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimi Hendrix</a>: The Wind Cries Mary</li> <li><a href="http://www.jgdb.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Judy Garland</a>: Come Rain or Come Shine</li> <li><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/~ilva/irma.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Irma Thomas</a>: It’s Raining</li> <li><a href="http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1781" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a>: Didn’t it Rain</li> <li><a href="http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/sharpo.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Slim Harpo (“With his harp in a rack”)</a>: Raining in My Heart</li> </ul> “Slim wrote a bunch of his songs with his wife, Lavelle…boy, wish I had a wife like that t’ help me write songs.” <ul> <li>Lord Beginner: Jamaica Beginner</li> <li><a href="http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fats Domino</a>: Let the Four Winds Blow</li> <li>The Spaniels: Stormy Weather</li> </ul> “The Spaniels were on that ill fated tour, which means probably I saw them. Winter Dance Party, 1959, the day that music supposedly died.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.steviewonder.org.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stevie Wonder</a>: A Place in the Sun</li> <li><a href="http://www.sinatra.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a>: Summer Wind</li> </ul> “West coast weather is the weather of catastrophe. The Santa Ana winds are like the winds of the apocalypse. But the summer wind that Frank’s singing about may be a little lighter. Come on in, Frank.” <ul> <li><a href="http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-staple-singers/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Staple Singers</a>: Uncloudy Day</li> <li><a href="http://www.carterfamilyfold.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Carter Family</a>: Keep on the Sunny Side</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.dreamtimepodcast.com/2010/01/annotated-weather-theme-time-radio-hour.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FtbHJ+%28Dreamtime+the+blog%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.dreamtimepodcast.com/2010/01/annotated-weather-theme-time-radio-hour.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FtbHJ+%28Dreamtime+the+blog%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Read Fred Bal’s Annotations of this episode on the DreamTime Blog.</a> <h5></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Weather" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club</a></h5>

Episode 1: Weather

(Sounds of sirens in city) It’s night time in the big city The moon goes behind a cloud   A truck drops off tomorrow’s newspapers (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Julia Lee: Momma Don’t Allow It  “Full of iodine and iron…all hydrogen and sulfate.”  Tommy Duncan: Daddy Loves Mommyo Jan Bradley: Mama Didn’t Lie Buck Owens: I’ll Go To The Church Again With Momma  “A many-fabled tune by a honey-toned crooner”  Randy Newman: Mama Told Me Not to Come Bobby Peterson Quintet: Mama Get the Hammer J.B. Lenoir: Mama Talk to Your Daughter Earl King: A Mother’s Love Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Carl Smith: Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way Memphis Slim: Mother Earth Ernie K. Doe: Mother In Law Little Junior Parker: Mother In Law Blues Merle Haggard: Mama Tried  “First thing Merle remembers is a whistle blowin, like so many of us all.”  Rolling Stones: Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadows LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out  Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club

(Sounds of sirens in city) It’s night time in the big city The moon goes behind a cloud   A truck drops off tomorrow’s newspapers (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/mother.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Lee_(musician)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Julia Lee</a>: Momma Don’t Allow It</li> </ul> “Full of iodine and iron…all hydrogen and sulfate.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdu57" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tommy Duncan</a>: Daddy Loves Mommyo</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldies.com/artist-view/Jan-Bradley.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jan Bradley</a>: Mama Didn’t Lie</li> <li><a href="http://www.buckowens.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buck Owens</a>: I’ll Go To The Church Again With Momma</li> </ul> “A many-fabled tune by a honey-toned crooner” <ul> <li><a href="http://randynewman.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Newman</a>: Mama Told Me Not to Come</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/bobby_peterson.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Peterson Quintet</a>: Mama Get the Hammer</li> <li><a href="http://www.wirz.de/music/lenoifrm.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">J.B. Lenoir</a>: Mama Talk to Your Daughter</li> <li><a href="http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/king_earl.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Earl King</a>: A Mother’s Love</li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmbJruEkKw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth Brown</a>: Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Smith_%28country_musician%29" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Carl Smith</a>: Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way</li> <li><a href="http://musicbrainz.org/artist/e4cfb284-9ab1-47f0-a725-082f84275a16" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Memphis Slim</a>: Mother Earth</li> <li><a href="http://www.k-doe.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ernie K. Doe</a>: Mother In Law</li> <li><a href="http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/little-junior-parker" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Little Junior Parker</a>: Mother In Law Blues</li> <li><a href="http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/haggard_merle/bio.jhtml" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Merle Haggard</a>: Mama Tried</li> </ul> “First thing Merle remembers is a whistle blowin, like so many of us all.” <ul> <li>Rolling Stones: Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadows</li> <li><a href="http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/home.aspx?artistID=7309" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LL Cool J</a>: Mama Said Knock You Out</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Mama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club</a></h5>

Episode 2: Mothers

(restaurant noises) It’s night time in the big city A styrofoam coffee cup rolls across the street Two sailors get out of a cab “The world of liquid libation, booze, sauce, hooch, white lightning, fire water, hard stuff, pick me up ,gin and juice, moonshine, canned heat.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  George Zimmerman and the Thrills: Ain’t Got No Money to Pay for This Drink The Electric Flag: Wine, Wine, Wine Loretta Lynn: Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin Porter Wagoner: Daddy and the Wine Mary Gauthier: I Drink Charles Aznavour: I Drink  “Sings in six languages, French, English, Italian. He’s written over a thousand songs. I only know about half of them.”  Jimmy Rogers: Sloppy Drunk Lonnie The Cat: I Ain’t Drunk Johnny Tyler and his Riders of the Rio Grande: It Ain’t Far to the Bar  “Western swing music: a mixture of country, cowboy, polka, and folk music, blended together with a jazzy swing, little bit of New Orleans jazz and blues. Got everything from a pedal steel to a bunch a saxophones.”  Hank Williams, Jr. (Rockin Randall / Bosephus): What’s on the Bar The Clovers: One Mint Julep The Andrews Sisters: Rum and Coca Cola  “LaVerne, Maxene, and Patty”  John Lee Hooker: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer  “One of those guys that recorded under a thousand different names, John Booker being one, Johnnie Lee, The Boogie Boy, John Lee…one of those guys that always sounds better without a band…13 bars here, 11 bars there, 9 there, it doesn’t matter to him. Nobody can do more with less than John Lee Hooker. A band’s gotta hold on for dear life just to keep up.”  Charlie Walker: Who Will Buy the Wine Betty Hall Jones: Buddy Stay Off That Wine Clancy Brothers and Tommy Maken: Whiskey You’re the Devil  Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club

(restaurant noises) It’s night time in the big city A styrofoam coffee cup rolls across the street Two sailors get out of a cab “The world of liquid libation, booze, sauce, hooch, white lightning, fire water, hard stuff, pick me up ,gin and juice, moonshine, canned heat.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/drinking.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>George Zimmerman and the Thrills: Ain’t Got No Money to Pay for This Drink</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Flag" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Electric Flag</a>: Wine, Wine, Wine</li> <li><a href="http://www.lorettalynn.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Loretta Lynn</a>: Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin</li> <li><a href="http://www.porterwagoner.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Porter Wagoner</a>: Daddy and the Wine</li> <li><a href="http://www.marygauthier.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mary Gauthier</a>: I Drink</li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/charles_aznavour" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Aznavour</a>: I Drink</li> </ul> “Sings in six languages, French, English, Italian. He’s written over a thousand songs. I only know about half of them.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Rogers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Rogers</a>: Sloppy Drunk</li> <li>Lonnie The Cat: I Ain’t Drunk</li> <li><a href="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=13426" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Tyler and his Riders of the Rio Grande</a>: It Ain’t Far to the Bar</li> </ul> “Western swing music: a mixture of country, cowboy, polka, and folk music, blended together with a jazzy swing, little bit of New Orleans jazz and blues. Got everything from a pedal steel to a bunch a saxophones.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams,_Jr." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hank Williams, Jr. (Rockin Randall / Bosephus)</a>: What’s on the Bar</li> <li><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/contents_five.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Clovers</a>: One Mint Julep</li> <li><a href="http://www.cmgww.com/music/andrews/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Andrews Sisters</a>: Rum and Coca Cola</li> </ul> “LaVerne, Maxene, and Patty” <ul> <li>John Lee Hooker: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer</li> </ul> “One of those guys that recorded under a thousand different names, John Booker being one, Johnnie Lee, The Boogie Boy, John Lee…one of those guys that always sounds better without a band…13 bars here, 11 bars there, 9 there, it doesn’t matter to him. Nobody can do more with less than John Lee Hooker. A band’s gotta hold on for dear life just to keep up.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Walker_%28musician%29" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie Walker</a>: Who Will Buy the Wine</li> <li><a href="http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2010/01/those-great-blues-girls-from-40s.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Betty Hall Jones</a>: Buddy Stay Off That Wine</li> <li><a href="http://www.clancybrothersandtommymakem.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Clancy Brothers and Tommy Maken</a>: Whiskey You’re the Devil</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Drinking" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club</a></h5>

Episode 3: Drinking

(car noises)  It’s NIGHT in the big city  somewhere a car alarm goes off  a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag “Tonight we’re going to head out to the field of dreams, schemes and themes.” //  Take Me Out To The Ballgame: Nelly Kelly loved baseball games, Knew the players, knew all their names. You could see her there ev’ry day, Shout “Hurray” When they’d play. Her boyfriend by the name of Joe Said, “To Coney Isle, dear, let’s go”, Then Nelly started to fret and pout, And to him, I heard her shout:   Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, At the old ball game. Nelly Kelly was sure some fan, She would root just like any man, Told the umpire he was wrong, All along, Good and strong. When the score was just two to two, Nelly Kelly knew what to do, Just to cheer up the boys she knew, She made the gang sing this song: The Singers and Songs  The Skeletons: Take Me Out To The Ball Game Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie Chance Halladay: Home Run  “In the 50’s, every red blooded American boy either wanted to play baseball, or be Elvis Presley. Here’s a rockabilly song by Chance Halladay that combines the best of both worlds.”  Johnny Darling: Baseball Baby Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Baseball Canto  Watching baseball, sitting in the sun, eating popcorn, reading Ezra Pound, and wishing that Juan Marichal would hit a hole right through the Anglo-Saxon tradition in the first Canto and demolish the barbarian invaders. When the San Francisco Giants take the field and everybody stands up for the National Anthem, with some Irish tenor’s voice piped over the loudspeakers, with all the players struck dead in their places and the white umpires like Irish cops in their black suits and little black caps pressed over their hearts, Standing straight and still like at some funeral of a blarney bartender, and all facing east, as if expecting some Great White Hope or the Founding Fathers to appear on the horizon like 1066 or 1776. But Willie Mays appears instead, in the bottom of the first, and a roar goes up as he clouts the first one into the sun and takes off, like a footrunner from Thebes. The ball is lost in the sun and maidens wail after him as he keeps running through the Anglo-Saxon epic. And Tito Fuentes comes up looking like a bullfighter in his tight pants and small pointy shoes. And the right field bleechers go mad with Chicanos and blacks and Brooklyn beer-drinkers, “Tito! Sock it to him, sweet Tito!” And sweet Tito puts his foot in the bucket and smacks one that don’t come back at all, and flees around the bases like he’s escaping from the United Fruit Company. As the gringo dollar beats out the pound. And sweet Tito beats it out like he’s beating out usury, not to mention fascism and anti-semitism. And Juan Marichal comes up, and the Chicano bleachers go loco again, as Juan belts the first ball out of sight, and rounds first and keeps going and rounds second and rounds third, and keeps going and hits paydirt to the roars of the grungy populace. As some nut presses the backstage panic button for the tape-recorded National Anthem again, to save the situation. But it don’t stop nobody this time, in their revolution round the loaded white bases, in this last of the great Anglo-Saxon epics, in the territorio libre of Baseball.  Cowboy Copas: Three Strikes and You’re Out Sister Wynona Carr: The Ball Game Buddy Johnson: Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Les Brown and His Orchestra: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio Billy Bragg &amp; Wilco: Joe DiMaggio’s Done It Again Teddy Brannon Orchestra: Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball Sonny Rollins: Newk’s Fadeaway The Treniers: Say Hey Sam Bush: The Wizard Of Oz Ry Cooder: 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast): Heart   )))) Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club ((((

(car noises) It’s NIGHT in the big city somewhere a car alarm goes off a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag “Tonight we’re going to head out to the field of dreams, schemes and themes.” // <h4><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/baseball.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Take Me Out To The Ballgame:</h4> <blockquote>Nelly Kelly loved baseball games, Knew the players, knew all their names. You could see her there ev’ry day, Shout “Hurray” When they’d play. Her boyfriend by the name of Joe Said, “To Coney Isle, dear, let’s go”, Then Nelly started to fret and pout, And to him, I heard her shout: Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, At the old ball game. Nelly Kelly was sure some fan, She would root just like any man, Told the umpire he was wrong, All along, Good and strong. When the score was just two to two, Nelly Kelly knew what to do, Just to cheer up the boys she knew, She made the gang sing this song:</blockquote> <h3>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>The Skeletons: Take Me Out To The Ball Game</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/mabel_scott.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mabel Scott</a>: Baseball Boogie</li> <li>Chance Halladay: Home Run</li> </ul> “In the 50’s, every red blooded American boy either wanted to play baseball, or be Elvis Presley. Here’s a rockabilly song by Chance Halladay that combines the best of both worlds.” <ul> <li><a href="http://myfavoritedoowop.blogspot.com/2011/03/johnny-darling-group-baseball-baby.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Darling</a>: Baseball Baby</li> <li><a href="http://www.citylights.com/ferlinghetti/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lawrence Ferlinghetti</a>: Baseball Canto</li> </ul> <blockquote>Watching baseball, sitting in the sun, eating popcorn, reading Ezra Pound, and wishing that Juan Marichal would hit a hole right through the Anglo-Saxon tradition in the first Canto and demolish the barbarian invaders. When the San Francisco Giants take the field and everybody stands up for the National Anthem, with some Irish tenor’s voice piped over the loudspeakers, with all the players struck dead in their places and the white umpires like Irish cops in their black suits and little black caps pressed over their hearts, Standing straight and still like at some funeral of a blarney bartender, and all facing east, as if expecting some Great White Hope or the Founding Fathers to appear on the horizon like 1066 or 1776. But Willie Mays appears instead, in the bottom of the first, and a roar goes up as he clouts the first one into the sun and takes off, like a footrunner from Thebes. The ball is lost in the sun and maidens wail after him as he keeps running through the Anglo-Saxon epic. And Tito Fuentes comes up looking like a bullfighter in his tight pants and small pointy shoes. And the right field bleechers go mad with Chicanos and blacks and Brooklyn beer-drinkers, “Tito! Sock it to him, sweet Tito!” And sweet Tito puts his foot in the bucket and smacks one that don’t come back at all, and flees around the bases like he’s escaping from the United Fruit Company. As the gringo dollar beats out the pound. And sweet Tito beats it out like he’s beating out usury, not to mention fascism and anti-semitism. And Juan Marichal comes up, and the Chicano bleachers go loco again, as Juan belts the first ball out of sight, and rounds first and keeps going and rounds second and rounds third, and keeps going and hits paydirt to the roars of the grungy populace. As some nut presses the backstage panic button for the tape-recorded National Anthem again, to save the situation. But it don’t stop nobody this time, in their revolution round the loaded white bases, in this last of the great Anglo-Saxon epics, in the territorio libre of Baseball.</blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.patsyclinetribute.com/copas.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cowboy Copas</a>: Three Strikes and You’re Out</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/WynonaCarr1.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sister Wynona Carr</a>: The Ball Game</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buddy Johnson</a>: Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?</li> <li><a href="http://www.tuxjunction.net/lesbrown.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Les Brown and His Orchestra</a>: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio</li> <li><a href="http://woodyguthrie.org/merchandise/mermaidavenuevol1.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Bragg &amp; Wilco</a>: Joe DiMaggio’s Done It Again</li> <li><a href="http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/DonNewc.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teddy Brannon Orchestra</a>: Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball</li> <li><a href="http://www.sonnyrollins.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sonny Rollins</a>: Newk’s Fadeaway</li> <li><a href="http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/treniers.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Treniers</a>: Say Hey</li> <li><a href="http://www.sambush.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Bush</a>: The Wizard Of Oz</li> <li><a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ry Cooder</a>: 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium</li> <li><a href="http://www.broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/damnyankees.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast)</a>: Heart</li> </ul> <h5> )))) <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Baseball" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Complete notes on this episodes are available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club</a> ((((</h5>

Episode 4: Baseball

(diner noises) It’s night time in the Big City pizza parlor is locking up a drunken security guard drops his flashlight   “Full of caffeinated dreams, schemes, and themes” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  The Ink Spots: Java Jive Jerry Irby: One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette  “One of those guys who went from hillbilly to rockabilly.”  Frank Sinatra: The Coffee Song Squeeze: Black Coffee In Bed  “A lot of people compared songwriters Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook to Lennon and McCartney, but they were much younger.”  Otis Redding: Cigarettes and Coffee Curtis Gordon: Caffeine and Nicotine  “He had a sound that was kind of like a mix of honky tonk and western swing but with a freer, looser, more vibrant singin style.”  Lefty Frizzell: Cigarettes and Coffee Blues Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins: Coffee Blues  “Another name for manic depression is the blues.”  Scatman Crothers: Keep That Coffee Hot  “Another name for manic depression is the blues.”  The Larks: Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears Bobby Darin: Black Coffee Sexmith and Kerr (Ron Sexmith, Don Kerr): Raindrops In My Coffee Blur: Coffee and TV  “You know, at one time coffee was believed to be the drink of the devil. When Pope Vincent III heard about this, he decided to taste the drink before banning it. In fact, he enjoyed coffee so much he wound up baptizing it, stating, “Coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.” I also feel that way about coffee. And about TV. And about Blu.”r  Ella Mae Morse: Forty Cups of Coffee Glenn Miller Orchestra: Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee  (Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

(diner noises) It’s night time in the Big City pizza parlor is locking up a drunken security guard drops his flashlight “Full of caffeinated dreams, schemes, and themes” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/coffee.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://inkspots.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Ink Spots</a>: Java Jive</li> <li>Jerry Irby: One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette</li> </ul> “One of those guys who went from hillbilly to rockabilly.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coffee_Song" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a>: The Coffee Song</li> <li><a href="http://www.squeezeofficial.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Squeeze</a>: Black Coffee In Bed</li> </ul> “A lot of people compared songwriters Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook to Lennon and McCartney, but they were much younger.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.otisredding.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Otis Redding</a>: Cigarettes and Coffee</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/CurtisGordon.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Curtis Gordon</a>: Caffeine and Nicotine</li> </ul> “He had a sound that was kind of like a mix of honky tonk and western swing but with a freer, looser, more vibrant singin style.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/LeftyFrizzell.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lefty Frizzell</a>: Cigarettes and Coffee Blues</li> <li><a href="http://www.wherelightninstrikes.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins</a>: Coffee Blues</li> </ul> “Another name for manic depression is the blues.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_Crothers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Scatman Crothers</a>: Keep That Coffee Hot</li> </ul> “Another name for manic depression is the blues.” <ul> <li>The Larks: Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears</li> <li><a href="http://www.bobbydarin.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Darin</a>: Black Coffee</li> <li>Sexmith and Kerr (Ron Sexmith, Don Kerr): Raindrops In My Coffee</li> <li><a href="http://www.blur.co.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blur</a>: Coffee and TV</li> </ul> “You know, at one time coffee was believed to be the drink of the devil. When Pope Vincent III heard about this, he decided to taste the drink before banning it. In fact, he enjoyed coffee so much he wound up baptizing it, stating, “Coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.” I also feel that way about coffee. And about TV. And about Blu.”r <ul> <li><a href="http://www.prescottlink.com/morse/ella.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ella Mae Morse</a>: Forty Cups of Coffee</li> <li><a href="http://www.glennmillerorchestra.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Glenn Miller Orchestra</a>: Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Coffee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 5: Coffee

(prison noises) It’s night time in the big city A truck driver runs a red light A strange quiet man practices tae chi in a park “The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues Magic Sam: 21 Days in Jail Bessie Smith: Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Warren Storm: Prisoner’s Song  “A little bit of swamp pop from Louisiana, which fused R &amp; B, Country, Cajun, and Creole, a real Brasshopper mixture. And, just like Ringo, he’s a singing drummer.”  The Pretenders: Back on the Chain Gang Andre Williams: Jail Bait Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Prison Wall Blues  “Gus Cannon, one of the best-known of all jug band musicians, made himself a special harness, so he could wear his jug around his neck and play banjo at the same time.”  Kenny Lane and his Bull Dogs: Columbus Stockade Blues Joe Simon: Nine Pound Steel Jimmy Patton: Okie’s In The Pokie  “A thick slab of rockabilly madness…soundin’ funky drunk and full steam ahead.”  John Prine: Christmas in Prison Sir Douglas Quintet: In The Jailhouse Now The Mississippi Sheiks (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon): Jailbird Love Song Wanda Jackson: Riot in Cell Block #9 Merle Haggard: Sing Me Back Home Hurricane Harry: Last Meal  (Click here for complete notes on this episodes at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

(prison noises) It’s night time in the big city A truck driver runs a red light A strange quiet man practices tae chi in a park “The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/jail.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues</li> <li><a href="http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/MagicSam.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Magic Sam</a>: 21 Days in Jail</li> <li><a href="http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bessie Smith</a>: Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair</li> <li><a href="http://www.warrenstorm.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Warren Storm</a>: Prisoner’s Song</li> </ul> “A little bit of swamp pop from Louisiana, which fused R &amp; B, Country, Cajun, and Creole, a real Brasshopper mixture. And, just like Ringo, he’s a singing drummer.” <ul> <li>The Pretenders: Back on the Chain Gang</li> <li><a href="http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/andre-williams" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Andre Williams</a>: Jail Bait</li> <li><a href="http://www.taco.com/roots/cannon.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cannon’s Jug Stompers</a>: Prison Wall Blues</li> </ul> “Gus Cannon, one of the best-known of all jug band musicians, made himself a special harness, so he could wear his jug around his neck and play banjo at the same time.” <ul> <li>Kenny Lane and his Bull Dogs: Columbus Stockade Blues</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simon_(musician)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Simon</a>: Nine Pound Steel</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_patton.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Patton</a>: Okie’s In The Pokie</li> </ul> “A thick slab of rockabilly madness…soundin’ funky drunk and full steam ahead.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.johnprine.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John Prine</a>: Christmas in Prison</li> <li><a href="http://www.laventure.net/tourist/sdq_hist.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sir Douglas Quintet</a>: In The Jailhouse Now</li> <li><a href="http://jasobrecht.com/sam-chatmon-interview-last-of-the-mississippi-sheiks/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Mississippi Sheiks (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon)</a>: Jailbird Love Song</li> <li><a href="http://www.wandajackson.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Wanda Jackson</a>: Riot in Cell Block #9</li> <li>Merle Haggard: Sing Me Back Home</li> <li>Hurricane Harry: Last Meal</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Jail" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episodes at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 6: Jail

(subway noises) It’s night time in the Big City a nightshift nurse smokes the last cigarette in her pack a married couple has a late night snack (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  The Horace Silver Quintet: Song For My Father  Excerpt played at start of show  Jimmie Rodgers: Daddy and Home  “The Singing Brakeman, The Yodeling Cowboy, The Father of Country Music”  Shep and The Limelites: Daddy’s Home The Everly Brothers: That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine Bobby Blue Bland: Dust Got Into Daddy’s Eyes Julie London: Daddy  “Smoky and sultry”   John Hiatt: Your Dad Did The Sons of the Pioneers: My Daddy The Winstons: Color Him Father Leroy Carr &amp; Scrapper Blackwell: Papa’s on the Housetop Jack Rhodes and His Lone Star Buddies: Mama Loves Papa  “The Rabid Vampire”  The Temptations: Papa Was a Rolling Stone Lowell Folsom: Father Time The Swan Silvertones: Father Alone Ross McManus: Patsy Girl Hank Williams: My Son Calls Another Man Daddy  (Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

(subway noises) It’s night time in the Big City a nightshift nurse smokes the last cigarette in her pack a married couple has a late night snack (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/father.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>The Horace Silver Quintet: Song For My Father</li> </ul> Excerpt played at start of show <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jimmierodgers.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmie Rodgers</a>: Daddy and Home</li> </ul> “The Singing Brakeman, The Yodeling Cowboy, The Father of Country Music” <ul> <li>Shep and The Limelites: Daddy’s Home</li> <li>The Everly Brothers: That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine</li> <li><a href="http://www.bobbybluebland.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Blue Bland</a>: Dust Got Into Daddy’s Eyes</li> <li><a href="http://www.julielondon.org/J/Home.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Julie London</a>: Daddy</li> </ul> “Smoky and sultry” <ul> <li></li> <li>John Hiatt: Your Dad Did</li> <li><a href="http://www.sonsofthepioneers.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Sons of the Pioneers</a>: My Daddy</li> <li>The Winstons: Color Him Father</li> <li><a href="http://www.thebluestrail.com/artists/mus_fb.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leroy Carr &amp; Scrapper Blackwell</a>: Papa’s on the Housetop</li> <li>Jack Rhodes and His Lone Star Buddies: Mama Loves Papa</li> </ul> “The Rabid Vampire” <ul> <li>The Temptations: Papa Was a Rolling Stone</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Fulson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lowell Folsom</a>: Father Time</li> <li><a href="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Swan%20Silvertones.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Swan Silvertones</a>: Father Alone</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_MacManus" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ross McManus</a>: Patsy Girl</li> <li><a href="http://www.poetspath.com/exhibits/troubadours_hank.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hank Williams</a>: My Son Calls Another Man Daddy</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Fathers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 7: Fathers

(talking at a wedding) It’s night time in the Big City a man buys a pack of gum, steals a nail clipper 2 pairs of sneakers are strung over a phone line It’s the month of June and that means church bells are ringing all over this great land of ours. Strap yourself in and get me to the church on time! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Fred Rich and His Orchestra: Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) Prince La La: Getting Married Soon Darlene Love: (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry Ry Cooder: Married Man’s a Fool Laura Lee: Wedlock Is a Padlock Dave Edmunds: I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)  “Funky, Fusty, Noisome, Putrid, Rank and Reeking Reeky Sound. Stenchful and Stinking. Bad and Foul. Nauseating and Decomposed. Fuggy and Rotten.” (Bob means that all in a good way.)  Etta James: Stop the Wedding Ann Cole: Don’t Stop the Wedding Roy Brown: Fannie Brown Got Married  “A tornado of a singer.”  Rosemary Clooney: Get Me To The Church On Time Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande: I’m a Married Man Jimmy Cavallo: Leave Married Women Alone  “Consequential, meaningful, weighty, basic, essential and fundamental”  Big Joe Turner: Married Woman Frank Sinatra: Love and Marriage Charlie Parker &amp; Mack Woolbright: The Man Who Wrote ‘Home Sweet Home’ Never Was A Married Man Lloyd Price: Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)  (Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

(talking at a wedding) It’s night time in the Big City a man buys a pack of gum, steals a nail clipper 2 pairs of sneakers are strung over a phone line It’s the month of June and that means church bells are ringing all over this great land of ours. Strap yourself in and get me to the church on time! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/weddings.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Fred Rich and His Orchestra: Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)</li> <li>Prince La La: Getting Married Soon</li> <li>Darlene Love: (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ry Cooder</a>: Married Man’s a Fool</li> <li><a href="http://www.ladylauralee.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Lee</a>: Wedlock Is a Padlock</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Edmunds" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dave Edmunds</a>: I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)</li> </ul> “Funky, Fusty, Noisome, Putrid, Rank and Reeking Reeky Sound. Stenchful and Stinking. Bad and Foul. Nauseating and Decomposed. Fuggy and Rotten.” (Bob means that all in a good way.) <ul> <li>Etta James: Stop the Wedding</li> <li>Ann Cole: Don’t Stop the Wedding</li> <li>Roy Brown: Fannie Brown Got Married</li> </ul> “A tornado of a singer.” <ul> <li>Rosemary Clooney: Get Me To The Church On Time</li> <li><a href="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=13426" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande</a>: I’m a Married Man</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_cavallo.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Cavallo</a>: Leave Married Women Alone</li> </ul> “Consequential, meaningful, weighty, basic, essential and fundamental” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Big Joe Turner</a>: Married Woman</li> <li>Frank Sinatra: Love and Marriage</li> <li>Charlie Parker &amp; Mack Woolbright: The Man Who Wrote ‘Home Sweet Home’ Never Was A Married Man</li> <li>Lloyd Price: Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Marriage" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 8: Weddings

(shouting – boxing match) It’s night time in the Big City a woman watches her neighbor through binoculars a cat knocks over a lamp (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Tammy Wynette: D.I.V.O.R.C.E.  “This song is a rolling buzz”  George Jones: The Grand Tour  “A rip snorter of a song”  Tommy Tucker: Alimony is Killing Me Jerry “The Guitar Man” Reed: She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft T-Bone Walker: Alimony Blues Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose: (Pay Me Alimony) Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson: Alimony Blues Doris Duke: Divorce Decree Hank Snow “The Singing Ranger”: Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: Alimony Merle Travis: Divorce Me C.O.D. The Drifters: Mexican Divorce Kitty Wells: Will Your Lawyer Talk to God Ernest Tubb &amp; Loretta Lynn: Mr. &amp; Mrs. Used To Be Lefty Frizzell: Lefty Frizzell  You Can’t Divorce My Heart – Lefty Frizzell  June Christy With Pete Rugolo: Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore  (Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

(shouting – boxing match) It’s night time in the Big City a woman watches her neighbor through binoculars a cat knocks over a lamp (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/divorce.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Tammy Wynette: D.I.V.O.R.C.E.</li> </ul> “This song is a rolling buzz” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.georgejones.com/home/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">George Jones</a>: The Grand Tour</li> </ul> “A rip snorter of a song” <ul> <li>Tommy Tucker: Alimony is Killing Me</li> <li>Jerry “The Guitar Man” Reed: She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft</li> <li><a href="http://www.justinguitar.com/AA-OthersSites/T-BONEWALKER/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">T-Bone Walker</a>: Alimony Blues</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddox_Brothers_and_Rose" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose</a>: (Pay Me Alimony)</li> <li><a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fvi32" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson</a>: Alimony Blues</li> <li>Doris Duke: Divorce Decree</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Snow" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hank Snow “The Singing Ranger”</a>: Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law</li> <li><a href="http://www.tsimon.com/hsmith.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns</a>: Alimony</li> <li>Merle Travis: Divorce Me C.O.D.</li> <li>The Drifters: Mexican Divorce</li> <li><a href="http://www.kittywells.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kitty Wells</a>: Will Your Lawyer Talk to God</li> <li><a href="http://www.nndb.com/music/682/000104370/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ernest Tubb &amp; Loretta Lynn</a>: Mr. &amp; Mrs. Used To Be</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lefty Frizzell</a>: Lefty Frizzell</li> </ul> You Can’t Divorce My Heart – Lefty Frizzell <ul> <li>June Christy With Pete Rugolo: Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore</li> </ul> <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/theme/Divorce" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 9: Divorce

It’s night time in the Big City angry prostitutes fight over a street corner a man gets drunk and shaves off his moustache Time to open up the fire hydrants and have a party in the streets, because it’s summertime (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Billy Stewart: Summertime Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues  “A song recorded many times by many people, but I don’t think that any of them did it half as good as the man who wrote it.”  Martha &amp; The Vandellas: (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians: Heat Wave Bobby Hebb: Sunny Fatso Bentley: June-teenth Jamboree Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley: So Nice  “What would summertime be without a Samba?”  Van Morrison: Youth of 1000 Summers Mr. Sad Head: Hot Weather Blues  “One of my favorite names in all of music. He could have called himself Heavy-hearted Head, Melancholy Head, Mournful Head, or Sorrow Head, Unhappy Head, Blue Head, or Dejected Head, Down Head or Dispirited head, but instead, he called himself Mr. Sad Head. It fits better on the label.”  Lovin’ Spoonful: Summer in the City  “Let’s get it goin'”  Prince Buster: Too Hot  “He was a boxer when he was young, but gave it up to follow his musical dreams, he had great success and didn’t have to take a haymaker to the jaw. This song Too Hot is not referring to the weather but to the state of Kingston in 1967, as rude boy violence raged on and police cowered under the onslaught and the government threatened to bring in the army to restore order.”.  Mungo Jerry: In the Summertime John Brim: Ice Cream Man Dave Alvin: Fourth of July Sly &amp; the Family Stone: Hot Fun in the Summertime  “The band really was a family affair, with his brother Fred on guitar, his sister Rosie on piano, and other assorted family members helping out. Sly disappeared for a bunch of years, but he recently showed up on the Grammies. Welcome back, Sly.” (Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)

It’s night time in the Big City angry prostitutes fight over a street corner a man gets drunk and shaves off his moustache Time to open up the fire hydrants and have a party in the streets, because it’s summertime (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/summer.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=7219287" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Stewart</a>: Summertime</li> <li><a href="http://www.eddiecochran.info/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Eddie Cochran</a>: Summertime Blues</li> </ul> “A song recorded many times by many people, but I don’t think that any of them did it half as good as the man who wrote it.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Love_Is_Like_a)_Heat_Wave" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Martha &amp; The Vandellas</a>: (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave</li> <li>Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians: Heat Wave</li> <li>Bobby Hebb: Sunny</li> <li><a href="http://bluesnexus.com/bio.php?id=151" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fatso Bentley</a>: June-teenth Jamboree</li> <li>Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley: So Nice</li> </ul> “What would summertime be without a Samba?” <ul> <li>Van Morrison: Youth of 1000 Summers</li> <li>Mr. Sad Head: Hot Weather Blues</li> </ul> “One of my favorite names in all of music. He could have called himself Heavy-hearted Head, Melancholy Head, Mournful Head, or Sorrow Head, Unhappy Head, Blue Head, or Dejected Head, Down Head or Dispirited head, but instead, he called himself Mr. Sad Head. It fits better on the label.” <ul> <li>Lovin’ Spoonful: Summer in the City</li> </ul> “Let’s get it goin'” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Buster" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Prince Buster</a>: Too Hot</li> </ul> “He was a boxer when he was young, but gave it up to follow his musical dreams, he had great success and didn’t have to take a haymaker to the jaw. This song Too Hot is not referring to the weather but to the state of Kingston in 1967, as rude boy violence raged on and police cowered under the onslaught and the government threatened to bring in the army to restore order.”. <ul> <li>Mungo Jerry: In the Summertime</li> <li><a href="http://blueslim.m78.com/john_brim_e.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John Brim</a>: Ice Cream Man</li> <li><a href="http://www.davealvin.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dave Alvin</a>: Fourth of July</li> <li><a href="http://www.slystonemusic.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sly &amp; the Family Stone</a>: Hot Fun in the Summertime</li> </ul> “The band really was a family affair, with his brother Fred on guitar, his sister Rosie on piano, and other assorted family members helping out. Sly disappeared for a bunch of years, but he recently showed up on the Grammies. Welcome back, Sly.” <h5><a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a></h5>

Episode 10: Summer

An archive of Theme Time Radio Hour with your host, Bob Dylan.

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It’s like taking a class in twentieth century folk and popular music. Thank you I Tunes. This was a nice surprise. I was looking for Theme Time all over the place after its initial run! This is a resource to be studied over and over again. It provides a valuable insight into American culture. And thank you, Bob Dylan!

OUTSTANDING

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(Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – instrumental in background)  It’s nightime in the Big City A department store Santa sneaks a sip of gin Mistletoe makes an old man sad Eight reindeer land on the roof of the Abernathy building “Well it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And for the next couple of hours, it’s going to sound like Christmas too. This is the special yuletide extravaganza edition of TTRH, chock full of Christmas themes, holiday dreams, and jingle bell schemes. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Tom Archia and Gene Ammons: Swinging for Christmas (Boppin’ for Santa) Leadbelly: Christmas is A-Comin’  “One of the few ex-cons who recorded a popular children’s album”  Lord Nelson: A Party for Santa  “The uncrowned king of Soca ”  Bob Seger and The Last Heard: Sock it to Me Santa  “Some people call Bob the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen, but personally, I always thought Bruce was the rich man’s Bob Seger…love ‘em both though.”  The Staple Singers: Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas  “God’s greatest hit makers…Managed to mix a serious message with a soulful dancing beat”  Charles Brown: Please Come Home For Christmas  “I think it’s actually against the law to do a Christmas program and not play one of his songs…this is one of the best.”  Johnny Paycheck: Jingle Bells  “He made a few Christmas singles, and sings the heck out of them”  Gerry Mulligan &amp; Judy Holliday: It Must Be Christmas Titus Turner: Christmas Morning The Bellrays: Poor Old Rudolph  “You’re thinkin’ ‘How come I never heard that?’ That’s cause it’s a new record, but it sounds like an old record…this group is still recording, trying out different sounds. They kinda mix soul music with a punk rock sound…check ‘em out…Google ‘em!”  Bob Dorough and Miles Davis: Blue Xmas Little Esther &amp; Johnny Otis Orchestra: Far Away Christmas Patsy Raye and the Beatniks: Beatnik’s Wish  “Hey Patsy, that was great! I learned that in the coffee houses.”  The Sonics: Don’t Believe in Christmas  “But they do believe in the power of the B-3 organ. A lot of people think it’s a Farfisa but you listen to that solo, and that’s a B-3.”  King Stitt: Christmas Tree  “He was a toaster, and I don’t mean you could put bread in him…That was so good we might play it twice!”  Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: Silent Night  “Featuring Jessie Thomas on vocals, kind of an unorthodox Crescent City version.”  Brave Combo: Must Be Santa  “They say their mission is to expand the musical taste of their listeners. We have the same mission here on TTRH.”  The Enchanters: Mambo Santa Mambo Celia Cruz &amp; La Senora Matancera: Fiesta De Navidad Hop Wilson &amp; His Buddies: Merry Christmas Darling Alton Ellis and The Lipsticks: Merry Merry Christmas  “Here’s one of the prime movers and shakers in ‘ rocksteady ,’ the music that kinda came between ska and reggae.”  Alton Ellis and The Lipsticks: Merry Merry Christmas  “Here’s one of the prime movers and shakers in ‘ rocksteady ,’ the music that kinda came between ska and reggae.”  June Christy: The Merriest  “Here’s a song by one of the dreamiest about the merriest”  Red Simpson: Truckin’ Trees For Christmas  “One of the architects of the Bakersfield sound.”  The Youngsters: Christmas in Jail  “To all of our friends listening in behind bars, we know you made mistakes, we’re sorry you have to be there, but Merry Christmas to all of you, from all of us here, at Theme Time Radio Hour.”  Kay Martin and Her Body Guards: I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas  “One of the most popular features on Theme Time Radio Hour is the double entendre – the song that says one thing and maybe means another. This one skates dangerously close to being a single entendre…Kay Martin played in a lot of hotel lounges; our paths crossed more than once when I was on the road. She’s a fine performer, always put on a good show.”  Sonny Boy Williamson: Santa Claus  “I don’t need to tell you anything more about Sonny Boy Williamson, we’ve played him a lot on TTRH. Here’s Sonny Boy with his hands in his baby’s dresser drawer, and you wouldn’t believe what he’s trying to find!”  The Cool Breezers: Hello Mr. New Year Mabel Mafuya: Happy Christmas, Happy New Year  “She sings a style known as jive. Not the kind of jive like Slim Galliard, but more of a Morabi style, sort of like South African ragtime. It’s heavily influenced by American jazz, but originally Morabi was played on pianos with accompaniment from pebble filled cans. By the 30’s, it incorporated new instruments, like guitars, concertinas, and banjos. New kinds of Morabi sprang up, including a Morabi / swing fusion, called African Jazz and Jive. Here’s a great example of it.”  The Larks: Christmas to New Years Nancy Wilson: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve  “By the mid-60’s Nancy Wilson was the second biggest seller on Capital Records. You know who number one was? That’s right, Glen Campbell. Nah, I’m just kidding. It was the Beatles.” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

(Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – instrumental in background) It’s nightime in the Big City A department store Santa sneaks a sip of gin Mistletoe makes an old man sad Eight reindeer land on the roof of the Abernathy building “Well it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And for the next couple of hours, it’s going to sound like Christmas too. This is the special yuletide extravaganza edition of TTRH, chock full of Christmas themes, holiday dreams, and jingle bell schemes. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/christmas1.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Tom Archia and Gene Ammons: Swinging for Christmas (Boppin’ for Santa)</li> <li><a href="http://www.leadbelly.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leadbelly</a>: Christmas is A-Comin’</li> </ul> “One of the few ex-cons who recorded a popular children’s album” <ul> <li>Lord Nelson: A Party for Santa</li> </ul> “The uncrowned king of Soca ” <ul> <li>Bob Seger and The Last Heard: Sock it to Me Santa</li> </ul> “Some people call Bob the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen, but personally, I always thought Bruce was the rich man’s Bob Seger…love ‘em both though.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staple_Singers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Staple Singers</a>: Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas</li> </ul> “God’s greatest hit makers…Managed to mix a serious message with a soulful dancing beat” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brown_(musician)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Brown</a>: Please Come Home For Christmas</li> </ul> “I think it’s actually against the law to do a Christmas program and not play one of his songs…this is one of the best.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.johnnypaycheckmusic.com/site/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johnny Paycheck</a>: Jingle Bells</li> </ul> “He made a few Christmas singles, and sings the heck out of them” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wtv-zone.com/lumina/misc/judygerrysongs.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gerry Mulligan &amp; Judy Holliday</a>: It Must Be Christmas</li> <li>Titus Turner: Christmas Morning</li> <li><a href="http://www.thebellrays.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Bellrays</a>: Poor Old Rudolph</li> </ul> “You’re thinkin’ ‘How come I never heard that?’ That’s cause it’s a new record, but it sounds like an old record…this group is still recording, trying out different sounds. They kinda mix soul music with a punk rock sound…check ‘em out…Google ‘em!” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dorough" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bob Dorough and Miles Davis</a>: Blue Xmas</li> <li>Little Esther &amp; Johnny Otis Orchestra: Far Away Christmas</li> <li>Patsy Raye and the Beatniks: Beatnik’s Wish</li> </ul> “Hey Patsy, that was great! I learned that in the coffee houses.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.history-of-rock.com/sonics.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Sonics</a>: Don’t Believe in Christmas</li> </ul> “But they do believe in the power of the B-3 organ. A lot of people think it’s a Farfisa but you listen to that solo, and that’s a B-3.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/165" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">King Stitt</a>: Christmas Tree</li> </ul> “He was a toaster, and I don’t mean you could put bread in him…That was so good we might play it twice!” <ul> <li>Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: Silent Night</li> </ul> “Featuring Jessie Thomas on vocals, kind of an unorthodox Crescent City version.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.brave.com/bo/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Brave Combo</a>: Must Be Santa</li> </ul> “They say their mission is to expand the musical taste of their listeners. We have the same mission here on TTRH.” <ul> <li>The Enchanters: Mambo Santa Mambo</li> <li>Celia Cruz &amp; La Senora Matancera: Fiesta De Navidad</li> <li>Hop Wilson &amp; His Buddies: Merry Christmas Darling</li> <li>Alton Ellis and The Lipsticks: Merry Merry Christmas</li> </ul> “Here’s one of the prime movers and shakers in ‘ rocksteady ,’ the music that kinda came between ska and reggae.” <ul> <li>Alton Ellis and The Lipsticks: Merry Merry Christmas</li> </ul> “Here’s one of the prime movers and shakers in ‘ rocksteady ,’ the music that kinda came between ska and reggae.” <ul> <li>June Christy: The Merriest</li> </ul> “Here’s a song by one of the dreamiest about the merriest” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.virtualtruckroute.com/music_simpson.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Red Simpson</a>: Truckin’ Trees For Christmas</li> </ul> “One of the architects of the Bakersfield sound.” <ul> <li><a href="http://stigkrogstad.com/Work/pics/Juleskurken/12I_fengsel.jpg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Youngsters</a>: Christmas in Jail</li> </ul> “To all of our friends listening in behind bars, we know you made mistakes, we’re sorry you have to be there, but Merry Christmas to all of you, from all of us here, at Theme Time Radio Hour.” <ul> <li>Kay Martin and Her Body Guards: I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas</li> </ul> “One of the most popular features on Theme Time Radio Hour is the double entendre – the song that says one thing and maybe means another. This one skates dangerously close to being a single entendre…Kay Martin played in a lot of hotel lounges; our paths crossed more than once when I was on the road. She’s a fine performer, always put on a good show.” <ul> <li>Sonny Boy Williamson: Santa Claus</li> </ul> “I don’t need to tell you anything more about Sonny Boy Williamson, we’ve played him a lot on TTRH. Here’s Sonny Boy with his hands in his baby’s dresser drawer, and you wouldn’t believe what he’s trying to find!” <ul> <li>The Cool Breezers: Hello Mr. New Year</li> <li>Mabel Mafuya: Happy Christmas, Happy New Year</li> </ul> “She sings a style known as jive. Not the kind of jive like Slim Galliard, but more of a Morabi style, sort of like South African ragtime. It’s heavily influenced by American jazz, but originally Morabi was played on pianos with accompaniment from pebble filled cans. By the 30’s, it incorporated new instruments, like guitars, concertinas, and banjos. New kinds of Morabi sprang up, including a Morabi / swing fusion, called African Jazz and Jive. Here’s a great example of it.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Larks" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Larks</a>: Christmas to New Years</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nancy Wilson</a>: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve</li> </ul> “By the mid-60’s Nancy Wilson was the second biggest seller on Capital Records. You know who number one was? That’s right, Glen Campbell. Nah, I’m just kidding. It was the Beatles.” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 34: Christmas & New Year’s

It’s night time in the big city The worst has already happened A well dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis //   Singers and Songs  Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra: I’m Nuts About Screwy Music Eddie Cochran: Nervous Breakdown James Brown and his Famous Flames: I’ll Go Crazy (Charlie Parker): (Relaxing at Camarillo – clip played) Prince Buster: Madness (Jimi Hendrix): (Manic Depression – clip played in background)  “I can’t imagine Jimi Hendrix writing a song called ‘Bipolar Disorder.’  Peggy Lee: You’re Driving Me Crazy Bo Diddley: Crackin’ Up Johnny Paycheck: (Like Me) You’ll Recover in Time Annie Ross: Twisted  “A lot of people are unfamiliar with the way that Annie and other vocal lead singers would take jazz solos and put words to them; well this is one of the most famous ones.”  The Tibbs Brothers: I’m Going Crazy The Mighty Sparrow: The Mad Bomber Little Walter: Crazy Mixed-Up World  “Walter basically reinvented the harmonica. When he was growing up, he was obsessed with the Louis Jordan records, and would practice playing Louis’ saxophone solos on his harmonica.”  Dinah Washington: Blow Top Blues Porter Wagoner: The Rubber Room  “The Thin Man from West Plains”  Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra: Hooray, Hooray, I’m Going Away Redd Foxx: It’s Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House  “Here’s a wild record with a surprising person at the helm.”  Mose Allison: Lost Mind  “Here’s a man that some call the William Faulkner of jazz. Now I’ve got to tell you, I’ve heard this guy play since the 60s, and I’ve never heard anybody call him the William Faulkner of jazz. But there it is in a book. I mean, somebody just wrote that; I can’t imagine anyone calling him the William Faulkner of jazz! I mean that would be like calling Garnet Mimms the Gabriel Garcia Marquez of soul music. It’s just not done. I’m getting excited over nothin’, let me just play the record. By the way, I consider William Faulkner to be the Mose Allison of literature. Here they are, together again, Mose Allison and William Faulkner, singing the Percy Mayfield song ‘Lost Mind.’”  Jack Kittel: Psycho  “The third in our trilogy of demented country songs”  Nirvana: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city The worst has already happened A well dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis // <h3> <a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/episode-90-madness.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Lunceford" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra:</a> I’m Nuts About Screwy Music</li> <li>Eddie Cochran: Nervous Breakdown</li> <li>James Brown and his Famous Flames: I’ll Go Crazy</li> <li>(Charlie Parker): (Relaxing at Camarillo – clip played)</li> <li>Prince Buster: Madness</li> <li>(Jimi Hendrix): (Manic Depression – clip played in background)</li> </ul> “I can’t imagine Jimi Hendrix writing a song called ‘Bipolar Disorder.’ <ul> <li><a href="http://peggylee.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Peggy Lee:</a> You’re Driving Me Crazy</li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOqh-tFgh8M" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bo Diddley:</a> Crackin’ Up</li> <li>Johnny Paycheck: (Like Me) You’ll Recover in Time</li> <li>Annie Ross: Twisted</li> </ul> “A lot of people are unfamiliar with the way that Annie and other vocal lead singers would take jazz solos and put words to them; well this is one of the most famous ones.” <ul> <li>The Tibbs Brothers: I’m Going Crazy</li> <li>The Mighty Sparrow: The Mad Bomber</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Walter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Little Walter: </a>Crazy Mixed-Up World</li> </ul> “Walter basically reinvented the harmonica. When he was growing up, he was obsessed with the Louis Jordan records, and would practice playing Louis’ saxophone solos on his harmonica.” <ul> <li>Dinah Washington: Blow Top Blues</li> <li>Porter Wagoner: The Rubber Room</li> </ul> “The Thin Man from West Plains” <ul> <li>Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra: Hooray, Hooray, I’m Going Away</li> <li>Redd Foxx: It’s Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House</li> </ul> “Here’s a wild record with a surprising person at the helm.” <ul> <li>Mose Allison: Lost Mind</li> </ul> “Here’s a man that some call the William Faulkner of jazz. Now I’ve got to tell you, I’ve heard this guy play since the 60s, and I’ve never heard anybody call him the William Faulkner of jazz. But there it is in a book. I mean, somebody just wrote that; I can’t imagine anyone calling him the William Faulkner of jazz! I mean that would be like calling Garnet Mimms the Gabriel Garcia Marquez of soul music. It’s just not done. I’m getting excited over nothin’, let me just play the record. By the way, I consider William Faulkner to be the Mose Allison of literature. Here they are, together again, Mose Allison and William Faulkner, singing the Percy Mayfield song ‘Lost Mind.’” <ul> <li>Jack Kittel: Psycho</li> </ul> “The third in our trilogy of demented country songs” <ul> <li>Nirvana: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-three-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 90: Madness

It’s night time in the big city A man’s wife confronts his mistress There’s a low cloud cover Two runaways sleep in a doorway “This week we’ve got kind of a controversial subject…Something you’re not allowed to do inside a restaurant, or even a bowling alley. It didn’t used to be that way. It was something you used to be able to do right out in public. You didn’t have to hide in your own house doing it. Today’s show is all about smoking. We’re not here to encourage it or to glorify it. You’re smart enough to look up all the facts…So sit back, smoke em if you got em, and enjoy the next 60 minutes as we blow a few musical smoke rings your way.” (background intro music is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/Coleman Hawkins) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Tex Williams and His Western Caravan: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) The O’Jays: Lipstick Traces on a Cigarette  “…can get you in trouble or can remind you of the wonders of the night before”  Joe Maphis and Rose Lee: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music Baron Lee: Reefer Man  “You know some people don’t smoke tobacco. They’re smoking some other stuff. Perhaps you’re familiar with it. Some people call it pot, weed, grass, marijuana, loco weed, ganja, reefer, chiba, sensimilla, chronic, mary jane, or dope. Whatever you call it, you smoke it and you get high. Here’s a song all about it. It was written in 1927, though this version’s from a few years later…You gotta be smokin’ something to be calling watermelons pickles!”  Steve Purdy and the Studs: The Weed  “Here’s the crazy part of this record – it’s a band of 15 year olds! Imagine a group of 15 year olds singing about smoking now days…the mind boggles!”  The Replacements: More Cigarettes The Reverend J. M. Gates: Smoking Woman in the Street Sam Cooke: Smoke Rings Billy Briggs: Chew Tobacco Rag I &amp; II Paul Champlain and the Emeralds: Nicotine  “The thing I like about bands that put out only one record is that sometimes both sides of it are amazing. I turned over ‘Shortnin’ Bread’ and I found this!”  Brownsville Station: Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room Red Ingle and the Natural Seven: Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women The Visions: Cigarette  “It’s one of the great mysteries of life that I know more about Spud cigarettes than I do about our next artists, but that’s not gonna stop me from playing ‘em.”  John D. Loudermilk: Tobacco Road  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city A man’s wife confronts his mistress There’s a low cloud cover Two runaways sleep in a doorway “This week we’ve got kind of a controversial subject…Something you’re not allowed to do inside a restaurant, or even a bowling alley. It didn’t used to be that way. It was something you used to be able to do right out in public. You didn’t have to hide in your own house doing it. Today’s show is all about smoking. We’re not here to encourage it or to glorify it. You’re smart enough to look up all the facts…So sit back, smoke em if you got em, and enjoy the next 60 minutes as we blow a few musical smoke rings your way.” (background intro music is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/Coleman Hawkins) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/5353960900_db2176a4b1_o.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.b-westerns.com/texwill.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tex Williams and His Western Caravan</a>: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)</li> <li>The O’Jays: Lipstick Traces on a Cigarette</li> </ul> “…can get you in trouble or can remind you of the wonders of the night before” <ul> <li>Joe Maphis and Rose Lee: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music</li> <li><a href="http://cannabisculture.com/articles/3606.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Baron Lee</a>: Reefer Man</li> </ul> “You know some people don’t smoke tobacco. They’re smoking some other stuff. Perhaps you’re familiar with it. Some people call it pot, weed, grass, marijuana, loco weed, ganja, reefer, chiba, sensimilla, chronic, mary jane, or dope. Whatever you call it, you smoke it and you get high. Here’s a song all about it. It was written in 1927, though this version’s from a few years later…You gotta be smokin’ something to be calling watermelons pickles!” <ul> <li>Steve Purdy and the Studs: The Weed</li> </ul> “Here’s the crazy part of this record – it’s a band of 15 year olds! Imagine a group of 15 year olds singing about smoking now days…the mind boggles!” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Replacements</a>: More Cigarettes</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Gates" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Reverend J. M. Gates</a>: Smoking Woman in the Street</li> <li>Sam Cooke: Smoke Rings</li> <li><a href="http://westernswing78.blogspot.com/2007/08/billy-briggs-his-x-i-t-boys-panhandle.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Briggs</a>: Chew Tobacco Rag I &amp; II</li> <li>Paul Champlain and the Emeralds: Nicotine</li> </ul> “The thing I like about bands that put out only one record is that sometimes both sides of it are amazing. I turned over ‘Shortnin’ Bread’ and I found this!” <ul> <li>Brownsville Station: Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room</li> <li>Red Ingle and the Natural Seven: Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women</li> <li>The Visions: Cigarette</li> </ul> “It’s one of the great mysteries of life that I know more about Spud cigarettes than I do about our next artists, but that’s not gonna stop me from playing ‘em.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/l-o/john-d-loudermilk.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John D. Loudermilk</a>: Tobacco Road</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-two-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 58: Smoking

It’s night time in the big city The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag That car’s been parked there all night There’s no one left to call “This week we’re gonna indulge our sweet tooth, go into sugar shock, look at some eye candy, meet back at the sugar shack, take some candy from a baby, give some sweets to my sweet, get sweet and low-down, and maybe even revisit the sweet bird of youth.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Joe Liggins:The Honeydripper Elizabeth Cotton &amp; Brenda Evans: Shake Sugaree  “Listen to this and you think it’s a traditional song but it’s not – Elizabeth wrote it.”  Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop Lazy Lester: Sugar Coated Love Ray Batts: Stealin’ Sugar  “I don’t know anything about Ray Batts except for this song…another mystery man, another great record”  Lara and The Trailers: Sugar Town  “You play me a Nancy Sinatra record, and I’ll play you a cover of it by a band from Singapore”  Joe Tex: If Sugar Was As Sweet As You The Strangeloves: I Want Candy  “Listen to that Bo Diddley beat!”  Harry McClintock: Big Rock Candy Mountain The Astors: Candy Elvis Costello: So Like Candy  “Listen the drums on this record, they’re quite good. You owe me five bucks, Jim.” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag That car’s been parked there all night There’s no one left to call “This week we’re gonna indulge our sweet tooth, go into sugar shock, look at some eye candy, meet back at the sugar shack, take some candy from a baby, give some sweets to my sweet, get sweet and low-down, and maybe even revisit the sweet bird of youth.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/candy.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Joe Liggins:The Honeydripper</li> <li>Elizabeth Cotton &amp; Brenda Evans: Shake Sugaree</li> </ul> “Listen to this and you think it’s a traditional song but it’s not – Elizabeth wrote it.” <ul> <li>Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_(singer)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Millie Small: </a>My Boy Lollipop</li> <li><a href="http://www.lazylester.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lazy Lester:</a> Sugar Coated Love</li> <li>Ray Batts: Stealin’ Sugar</li> </ul> “I don’t know anything about Ray Batts except for this song…another mystery man, another great record” <ul> <li>Lara and The Trailers: Sugar Town</li> </ul> “You play me a Nancy Sinatra record, and I’ll play you a cover of it by a band from Singapore” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Tex" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Tex:</a> If Sugar Was As Sweet As You</li> <li>The Strangeloves: I Want Candy</li> </ul> “Listen to that Bo Diddley beat!” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rock_Candy_Mountain" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Harry McClintock: </a>Big Rock Candy Mountain</li> <li><a href="http://www.curtisj.com/Astors.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Astors:</a> Candy</li> <li>Elvis Costello: So Like Candy</li> </ul> “Listen the drums on this record, they’re quite good. You owe me five bucks, Jim.” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-three-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 93: Sugar & Candy

It’s night time in the big city A night watchman rinses out his thermos The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station. “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 &amp; 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.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Johnny Burnett Trio: Lonesome Train on a Lonesome Track  “Believe it or not, the Johnny Burnett Rock and Roll Trio were invited to appear on Ted Mack Amateur Hour (http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=originalamat), 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.”  Little Junior Parker: Mystery Train Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting For A Train  “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!”  Scotty: Draw Your Brakes The Clash: Train In Vain (Stand By Me) Jimmy Forrest: Night Train The Delmore Brothers: Freight Train Boogie Freddie King: Lonesome Whistle Blues Frankie Lane: Mule Train  “HeyAAHH!”  Lord Buckley: The Train  “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.”  Tiny Bradshaw: Train Kept Rollin’  “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.”  The Monkees: Last Train To Clarksville  “I’ve always believed that the first rule of being subversive is not to let anybody know you’re being subversive.”  Leadbelly: Midnight Special The Jubilaires: Casey Jones Grateful Dead: Casey Jones  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city A night watchman rinses out his thermos The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station. “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 <a href="http://www.borail.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">B &amp; O</a>, 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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meade_Lux_Lewis" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mead Lux Lewis</a>. 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.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/episode-45-trains.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Johnny Burnett Trio: Lonesome Train on a Lonesome Track</li> </ul> “Believe it or not, the Johnny Burnett Rock and Roll Trio were invited to appear on Ted Mack Amateur Hour (<a href="http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=originalamat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=originalamat</a>), 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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/little-junior-parker" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Little Junior Parker</a>: Mystery Train</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmie Rodgers</a>: Waiting For A Train</li> </ul> “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!” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_(musician)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Scotty</a>: Draw Your Brakes</li> <li>The Clash: Train In Vain (Stand By Me)</li> <li>Jimmy Forrest: Night Train</li> <li><a href="http://www.delmorebrothers.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Delmore Brothers</a>: Freight Train Boogie</li> <li><a href="http://www.freddiekingsite.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Freddie King</a>: Lonesome Whistle Blues</li> <li>Frankie Lane: Mule Train</li> </ul> “HeyAAHH!” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.lordbuckley.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lord Buckley</a>: The Train</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.history-of-rock.com/jump_artists.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tiny Bradshaw</a>: Train Kept Rollin’</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Train_to_Clarksville" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Monkees</a>: Last Train To Clarksville</li> </ul> “I’ve always believed that the first rule of being subversive is not to let anybody know you’re being subversive.” <ul> <li>Leadbelly: Midnight Special</li> <li>The Jubilaires: Casey Jones</li> <li>Grateful Dead: Casey Jones</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 45: Trains

It’s night time in the big city A school teacher drinks alone They’re finally tearing down the old shoe factory “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.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Bessie Smith: Lock and Key  “We’re gonna start it all off old school.”  Sonny Boy Williamson: The Key (To Your Door)  “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.”  Adam Hebert and The Country Playboys: Ouvre Cette Porte Jimmy Nelson: Unlock the Lock Lucinda Williams: Changed the Lock  “Time Magazine called her America’s best songwriter in 2002…I guess I was out of town.”  Wynonie Harris: Somebody’s Changed the Lock on My Door Dusty Fletcher: Open the Door, Richard Jack McVea and His All Stars: Open the Door, Richard  “See, that song can be done any kinda way…’bout time for it to come back again. Maybe I’ll even do it.”  Little Walter: Key to the Highway Groovey Joe Poovey: Ten Long Fingers  “Kind of a rockabilly, piano based version of Johnny B. Goode.”  Henry ‘Red’ Allen: Who Stole the Lock on the Henhouse Door  “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.”  Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies: You’re Bound to Look Like a Monkey  “You don’t get any more western swing than this.”  The Detroit Cobras: You Don’t Knock  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city A school teacher drinks alone They’re finally tearing down the old shoe factory “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.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/episode-66-lock-key.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Bessie Smith: Lock and Key</li> </ul> “We’re gonna start it all off old school.” <ul> <li>Sonny Boy Williamson: The Key (To Your Door)</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li>Adam Hebert and The Country Playboys: Ouvre Cette Porte</li> <li>Jimmy Nelson: Unlock the Lock</li> <li>Lucinda Williams: Changed the Lock</li> </ul> “Time Magazine called her America’s best songwriter in 2002…I guess I was out of town.” <ul> <li><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/wynonie.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Wynonie Harris</a>: Somebody’s Changed the Lock on My Door</li> <li>Dusty Fletcher: Open the Door, Richard</li> <li><a href="http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2010/04/jack-mcvea-his-all-stars-open-door.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jack McVea and His All Stars</a>: Open the Door, Richard</li> </ul> “See, that song can be done any kinda way…’bout time for it to come back again. Maybe I’ll even do it.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.littlewalterfoundation.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Little Walter</a>: Key to the Highway</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JoePoovey1.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Groovey Joe Poovey</a>: Ten Long Fingers</li> </ul> “Kind of a rockabilly, piano based version of Johnny B. Goode.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.libertyhall.com/red.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Henry ‘Red’ Allen</a>: Who Stole the Lock on the Henhouse Door</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li>Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies: You’re Bound to Look Like a Monkey</li> </ul> “You don’t get any more western swing than this.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.detroitcobras.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Detroit Cobras</a>: You Don’t Knock</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-two-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 66: Lock & Key

“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird. Most likely it’s a bird…you might want to gather up some twigs, some little bits of yarn, almost any kind of material that you might find, build yourself a little nest, settle in for the next hour…We’ll talk about bird brains, eagle eyes, the bluebird of happiness, we’ll play a little chicken, we’ll find something to crow about, and maybe even flip you the bird.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Fats Domino: The Rooster Song Merrill Moore: Cooing To The Wrong Pigeon  “It’s good to hear him step up to the microphone and poundin’ those 88’s.”  Buffalo Springfield: Bluebird Mississippi John Hurt: Chicken Clarence Ashley: The Coo Coo Bird Leonard Cohen: Bird On A Wire Al Jolson: When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along Rudy Green And His Orchestra: Buzzard Pie Mel Blanc: Daffy Duck’s Rhapsody Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow  “Here’s a song that goes as straight as the crow flies”  Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans: Great Speckled Bird  “…Four songs, one melody. What’s all the noise about – I’ll let you listen. Maybe you’ll write some new words to it and it’ll climb to the top of the charts. It worked before, maybe it’ll work again.”  Tony Allen and The Champs: Night Owl The Blues Busters: Wings of a Dove The Five Du-Tones: Shake A Tail Feather  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird. Most likely it’s a bird…you might want to gather up some twigs, some little bits of yarn, almost any kind of material that you might find, build yourself a little nest, settle in for the next hour…We’ll talk about bird brains, eagle eyes, the bluebird of happiness, we’ll play a little chicken, we’ll find something to crow about, and maybe even flip you the bird.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/birds1.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Fats Domino: The Rooster Song</li> <li>Merrill Moore: Cooing To The Wrong Pigeon</li> </ul> “It’s good to hear him step up to the microphone and poundin’ those 88’s.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Springfield" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Springfield</a>: Bluebird</li> <li>Mississippi John Hurt: Chicken</li> <li>Clarence Ashley: The Coo Coo Bird</li> <li><a href="http://www.leonardcohen.com/us/home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Cohen</a>: Bird On A Wire</li> <li>Al Jolson: When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along</li> <li>Rudy Green And His Orchestra: Buzzard Pie</li> <li>Mel Blanc: Daffy Duck’s Rhapsody</li> <li>Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow</li> </ul> “Here’s a song that goes as straight as the crow flies” <ul> <li>Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans: Great Speckled Bird</li> </ul> “…Four songs, one melody. What’s all the noise about – I’ll let you listen. Maybe you’ll write some new words to it and it’ll climb to the top of the charts. It worked before, maybe it’ll work again.” <ul> <li>Tony Allen and The Champs: Night Owl</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Busters" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Blues Busters</a>: Wings of a Dove</li> <li><a href="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Five%20Dutones.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Five Du-Tones</a>: Shake A Tail Feather</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-two-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 71: Birds

(Dragnet Theme in Background) “This is the city: Los Angeles, Ca…Sometimes you want to know about more than just the city, you want to know about the whole state. That’s where I step in, I host the radio show.” //  Singers and Songs  Al Jolson: California Here I Come  “Worlds Greatest Entertainer”  Joni Mitchell: California Woody Guthrie: Woody talks about California, the dust bowl and fruit picking Webb Pierce: California Blues Geraint Watkins: Go West  “That two-handed piano pounder”  Dionne Warwick: Do You Know the Way to San Jose Sir Douglas Quintet: Mendocino  “There’s a lot of earthquakes in California. If you feel a tremor there’s two things you should do: get in a doorway and makes sure that doorway’s in Cleveland.”  Thee Midniters: Whittier Boulevard Dave Alvin: Surfer Girl Jesse Fuller: San Francisco Bay Blues  “(The Fodella) never caught on enough to get it in your local music store. I wish it had, it’d sure cut down costs on the road”  Dorothy Shay: Been to Hollywood Bobby Womack: California Dreamin’ Jolie Holland: Goodbye California  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

(Dragnet Theme in Background) “This is the city: Los Angeles, Ca…Sometimes you want to know about more than just the city, you want to know about the whole state. That’s where I step in, I host the radio show.” // <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/california.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jolson.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Al Jolson</a>: California Here I Come</li> </ul> “Worlds Greatest Entertainer” <ul> <li>Joni Mitchell: California</li> <li>Woody Guthrie: Woody talks about California, the dust bowl and fruit picking</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb_Pierce" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Webb Pierce</a>: California Blues</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/geraint.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Geraint Watkins</a>: Go West</li> </ul> “That two-handed piano pounder” <ul> <li>Dionne Warwick: Do You Know the Way to San Jose</li> <li><a href="http://www.laventure.net/tourist/sdq_hist.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sir Douglas Quintet</a>: Mendocino</li> </ul> “There’s a lot of earthquakes in California. If you feel a tremor there’s two things you should do: get in a doorway and makes sure that doorway’s in Cleveland.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thee_Midniters" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Thee Midniters</a>: Whittier Boulevard</li> <li>Dave Alvin: Surfer Girl</li> <li><a href="http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_42/fuller.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jesse Fuller</a>: San Francisco Bay Blues</li> </ul> “(The Fodella) never caught on enough to get it in your local music store. I wish it had, it’d sure cut down costs on the road” <ul> <li><a href="http://dorothyshay.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dorothy Shay</a>: Been to Hollywood</li> <li>Bobby Womack: California Dreamin’</li> <li>Jolie Holland: Goodbye California</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-two-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 54: California

“This week we’re talking about work. We’re talkin’ about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We’re talking about workin’ like a dog, work around the clock, workin’ 9 to 5; talking about all the workin’ stiffs who’re workin’ for a livin’, who live to work, labor intensive, doin’ odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  The Bernadettes: First, You’ve Got to Recognize God T-Bone Walker: Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) Merle Haggard: Workin’ Man Blues  “You can’t say enough about Merle Haggard”  Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man Sarah Vaughan: Nice Work If You Can Get It  “I had a boss so mean once, his time clock punched me.”  Jesse Winchester: Payday Lee Dorsey: Gotta Find a Job Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser and His Orchestra with Tom Stacks): The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work (and The Vest Gets All The Gravy) Billy Butler and The Enchanters: I Can’t Work No Longer Ray Charles: I’ll Do Anything But Work Payday Blues: Dan Hicks &amp; His Hot Licks Honey Cone: Want Ads Adriana Caselotti: Whistle While You Work Detroit Junior: Call My Job Tom Waits: I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)  “A song with a very long title”  Marva Whitney and The J.B.’s: You Got to Have a Job (If You Don’t Work, You Can’t Eat)  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

“This week we’re talking about work. We’re talkin’ about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We’re talking about workin’ like a dog, work around the clock, workin’ 9 to 5; talking about all the workin’ stiffs who’re workin’ for a livin’, who live to work, labor intensive, doin’ odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/work.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>The Bernadettes: First, You’ve Got to Recognize God</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Walker" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">T-Bone Walker: </a>Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)</li> <li>Merle Haggard: Workin’ Man Blues</li> </ul> “You can’t say enough about Merle Haggard” <ul> <li>Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man</li> <li>Sarah Vaughan: Nice Work If You Can Get It</li> </ul> “I had a boss so mean once, his time clock punched me.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jesse Winchester: </a>Payday</li> <li>Lee Dorsey: Gotta Find a Job</li> <li>Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser and His Orchestra with Tom Stacks): The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work (and The Vest Gets All The Gravy)</li> <li>Billy Butler and The Enchanters: I Can’t Work No Longer</li> <li>Ray Charles: I’ll Do Anything But Work</li> <li><a href="http://www.danhicks.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Payday Blues:</a> Dan Hicks &amp; His Hot Licks</li> <li><a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/honeycone.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Honey Cone:</a> Want Ads</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana_Caselotti" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Adriana Caselotti:</a> Whistle While You Work</li> <li>Detroit Junior: Call My Job</li> <li>Tom Waits: I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)</li> </ul> “A song with a very long title” <ul> <li>Marva Whitney and The J.B.’s: You Got to Have a Job (If You Don’t Work, You Can’t Eat)</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-three-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 86: Work

It’s night time in the big city A Brinks truck pulls up in front of a bank A man makes a promise he’ll never keep “Why did it take us 78 shows to do one as obvious as the subject of night?” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Joe Houston and His Rockets: All Night Long  “…A saxophone player who joined the band at age 16. The band leader hired him because he had the right color suit, he could read the charts pretty good, and he said he could be at the train station at 7 AM. The same way I choose a band.”  Dr. John: Such a Night  “Whenever I listen to Dr. John I can almost smell the night blooming jasmine.”  The Drifters: Another Night With The Boys LeRoy Carr: When The Sun Goes Down  “Sounds just like Love In Vain by Robert Johnson. Robert recorded it 8-10 years later, but he must have heard that record. You play the two back to back and it’s remarkable. There’s nothing new under the sun – or in honor of tonight’s show, under the moon neither.”  Fred Astaire: The Way You Look Tonight Willie Nelson: Night Life Chick Carbo: In The Night  “What always kills me about this record is that every time I listen to it I’m totally convinced that the background singers are singing ‘Shoebox.’ Doesn’t make any sense, but that’s what I hear. Shoebox. You be the judge.”  Buddy Holly: Midnight Shift Zuzu Bollin: Why Don’t You Eat Where You Slept Last Night The Strangeloves: Night Time Professor Longhair: In The Night  “I got nothin’ to say about him, we told you about him before, and you know how to look him up in Wikipedia. That’s where he lives – Wikipedia, Louisiana.”  The Latin Playboys: Forever Night Shade Mary  “Most of these songs started out in the still of the night in David’s kitchen on a beaten up four track recorder, and it sure sounds like it. And I mean that in the best possible sense.”  Charles Brown: Black Night Kris Kristofferson: Help Me Make It Through The Night  “The only man I know who could write a song for Janis Joplin and then act with Barbara Streisand.” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city A Brinks truck pulls up in front of a bank A man makes a promise he’ll never keep “Why did it take us 78 shows to do one as obvious as the subject of night?” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/night.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://colorradio.com/Joe_Houston.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Houston and His Rockets</a>: All Night Long</li> </ul> “…A saxophone player who joined the band at age 16. The band leader hired him because he had the right color suit, he could read the charts pretty good, and he said he could be at the train station at 7 AM. The same way I choose a band.” <ul> <li>Dr. John: Such a Night</li> </ul> “Whenever I listen to Dr. John I can almost smell the night blooming jasmine.” <ul> <li>The Drifters: Another Night With The Boys</li> <li>LeRoy Carr: When The Sun Goes Down</li> </ul> “Sounds just like Love In Vain by Robert Johnson. Robert recorded it 8-10 years later, but he must have heard that record. You play the two back to back and it’s remarkable. There’s nothing new under the sun – or in honor of tonight’s show, under the moon neither.” <ul> <li>Fred Astaire: The Way You Look Tonight</li> <li>Willie Nelson: Night Life</li> <li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=14131581" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chick Carbo</a>: In The Night</li> </ul> “What always kills me about this record is that every time I listen to it I’m totally convinced that the background singers are singing ‘Shoebox.’ Doesn’t make any sense, but that’s what I hear. Shoebox. You be the judge.” <ul> <li>Buddy Holly: Midnight Shift</li> <li>Zuzu Bollin: Why Don’t You Eat Where You Slept Last Night</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangeloves" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Strangeloves</a>: Night Time</li> <li><a href="http://www.coldbacon.com/music/fess.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Longhair</a>: In The Night</li> </ul> “I got nothin’ to say about him, we told you about him before, and you know how to look him up in Wikipedia. That’s where he lives – Wikipedia, Louisiana.” <ul> <li>The Latin Playboys: Forever Night Shade Mary</li> </ul> “Most of these songs started out in the still of the night in David’s kitchen on a beaten up four track recorder, and it sure sounds like it. And I mean that in the best possible sense.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/randb/c-brown.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Brown</a>: Black Night</li> <li>Kris Kristofferson: Help Me Make It Through The Night</li> </ul> “The only man I know who could write a song for Janis Joplin and then act with Barbara Streisand.” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-three-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 78: Night

It’s night time in the big city Thunder echoes through the streets A man rents a hotel room under an assumed name “Every week we tell you that we specialize in dreams, schemes, and themes. Every week we play a theme. The show itself is kind of a scheme. Well that leaves one subject left.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  Dinah Washington: Darn That Dream  “We play a lot of jazz singers on this show…but sometimes the great soloists go unappreciated. In the background, there’s a long tenor saxophone solo from a live recording by Dinah Washington. The saxophone player’s name is Harold Land, and like many great horn players he came from Texas. He moved to Los Angeles and played with both of the Liggins brothers, starting off with Jimmy’s band and then going with the more famous Joe Liggins.”  The Everly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream  “I got to hear that intro again, can we hear that, Tex?”  Tony Bennett: Boulevard of Broken Dreams Otis Redding: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember Roy Orbison: In Dreams Charlie Mingus: Weird Nightmare The Chords: Sh-Boom  “I always make a point whenever possible to give the names of vocal groups, because all too often they’re just given as a collective noun. Like in this case, you talk about the Chords, you’ve heard them played on oldies shows, on roots of rock shows, but no one ever gives them a moment as individuals. So for James, Carl, Claude, the other James, and Floyd, here’s their big hit, in 1954 – and they wrote it, by the way! It wasn’t even supposed to be the hit. You know Jerry Wexler, who was their A &amp; R guy, had them record this Patty Page song, ‘Cross Over the Bridge,’ but the buying public wasn’t having it. They turned it over, and found this on the B side. Listen carefully to the saxophone solo. A lot of the guys that play horn on these records have deep jazz roots, and if you listen to the beginning of this solo, you can hear the sax player quote the standard, ‘Mean to Me.”  The Louvin Brothers: When I Stop Dreaming The Lovin’ Spoonful: Daydream  “…who by the way got their name from the same place as the English rock band, 10cc ”  The Cherry Pies: Do You Keep On Dreaming? Big Bill Broonzy: Just a Dream (On My Mind) Arnett Cobb: When I Grow Too Old To Dream Tom Waits: Innocent When You Dream  “Here Tom Waits captures that drunken sea-sick lurch that dreams sometimes have, while he bemoans the real world.” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city Thunder echoes through the streets A man rents a hotel room under an assumed name “Every week we tell you that we specialize in dreams, schemes, and themes. Every week we play a theme. The show itself is kind of a scheme. Well that leaves one subject left.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/episode-59-dreams.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Dinah Washington: Darn That Dream</li> </ul> “We play a lot of jazz singers on this show…but sometimes the great soloists go unappreciated. In the background, there’s a long tenor saxophone solo from a live recording by Dinah Washington. The saxophone player’s name is <a href="http://hardbop.tripod.com/land.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harold Land</a>, and like many great horn players he came from Texas. He moved to Los Angeles and played with both of the Liggins brothers, starting off with Jimmy’s band and then going with the more famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Liggins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Liggins</a>.” <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Have_to_Do_Is_Dream" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Everly Brothers</a>: All I Have To Do Is Dream</li> </ul> “I got to hear that intro again, can we hear that, Tex?” <ul> <li>Tony Bennett: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_of_Broken_Dreams" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a></li> <li>Otis Redding: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Dreams_%28song%29" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Roy Orbison</a>: In Dreams</li> <li>Charlie Mingus: Weird Nightmare</li> <li><a href="http://www.keysoundrecords.com/TheChords.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Chords</a>: Sh-Boom</li> </ul> “I always make a point whenever possible to give the names of vocal groups, because all too often they’re just given as a collective noun. Like in this case, you talk about the Chords, you’ve heard them played on oldies shows, on roots of rock shows, but no one ever gives them a moment as individuals. So for James, Carl, Claude, the other James, and Floyd, here’s their big hit, in 1954 – and they wrote it, by the way! It wasn’t even supposed to be the hit. You know Jerry Wexler, who was their A &amp; R guy, had them record this Patty Page song, ‘Cross Over the Bridge,’ but the buying public wasn’t having it. They turned it over, and found this on the B side. Listen carefully to the saxophone solo. A lot of the guys that play horn on these records have deep jazz roots, and if you listen to the beginning of this solo, you can hear the sax player quote the standard, ‘Mean to Me.” <ul> <li><a href="http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/the-louvin-brothers-" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Louvin Brothers</a>: When I Stop Dreaming</li> <li>The Lovin’ Spoonful: Daydream</li> </ul> “…who by the way got their name from the same place as the English rock band, <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/10cc.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10cc</a> ” <ul> <li>The Cherry Pies: Do You Keep On Dreaming?</li> <li><a href="http://www.broonzy.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Big Bill Broonzy</a>: Just a Dream (On My Mind)</li> <li>Arnett Cobb: When I Grow Too Old To Dream</li> <li>Tom Waits: Innocent When You Dream</li> </ul> “Here Tom Waits captures that drunken sea-sick lurch that dreams sometimes have, while he bemoans the real world.” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-two-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 59: Dreams

It’s night time in the big city A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress The dogs can smell rain “We’re gonna be talking about next to nothing, for nothing, nothing doing and all or nothing. We’re gonna be talking about nothing to write home about and nothing to shout about. Nothing to sneeze at, good-for-nothings, and nothing going for ya. Much ado about nothing, next to nothing, thinking nothing of it, and having nothing to do with ya.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Singers and Songs  (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg): (Ain’t Nuthin But A G Thang) The Fugs: Nothing The Cookies: Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) Sammy Davis, Jr.: There Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame Brenda Lee: Sweet Nothings Frank Sinatra: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ Harry Johnson: It’s Nothing To Me  “Always enjoy a song with a story attached. It’s like getting a two for one, and he makes a good point. Mind your own business! You don’t have to get involved; you don’t know that whole story. Before you go jumping in, take a moment. Look at the situation. Ask yourself: Will I really be making this better? I guarantee ya, 9 times outta 10, the answer is nooooo.”  Peter Wolf (with Mick Jagger): Nothing But The Wheel Marlene Dietrich: No Love, No Nothin’  “Boy, what can you say about that? Just fabulous.”  Toussaint McCall: Nothing Takes the Place of You  “With a song this good, you only need one”  Mose Allison: I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues Mac Curtis: That Ain’t Nothin’ But Right Rockin’ Sidney: You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine  “Huh-ha, that sounded like me playing harmonica. Short and sweet with a steady beat.”  Townes Van Zandt: Nothing  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress The dogs can smell rain “We’re gonna be talking about next to nothing, for nothing, nothing doing and all or nothing. We’re gonna be talking about nothing to write home about and nothing to shout about. Nothing to sneeze at, good-for-nothings, and nothing going for ya. Much ado about nothing, next to nothing, thinking nothing of it, and having nothing to do with ya.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nothing.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ_ILWwx9Rw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg): </a>(Ain’t Nuthin But A G Thang)</li> <li>The Fugs: Nothing</li> <li>The Cookies: Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)</li> <li>Sammy Davis, Jr.: There Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Brenda Lee:</a> Sweet Nothings</li> <li>Frank Sinatra: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’</li> <li>Harry Johnson: It’s Nothing To Me</li> </ul> “Always enjoy a song with a story attached. It’s like getting a two for one, and he makes a good point. Mind your own business! You don’t have to get involved; you don’t know that whole story. Before you go jumping in, take a moment. Look at the situation. Ask yourself: Will I really be making this better? I guarantee ya, 9 times outta 10, the answer is nooooo.” <ul> <li>Peter Wolf (with Mick Jagger): Nothing But The Wheel</li> <li><a href="http://www.marlene.com/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Marlene Dietrich: </a>No Love, No Nothin’</li> </ul> “Boy, what can you say about that? Just fabulous.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ponderosastomp.com/music_more.php/96/Toussaint+McCall" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Toussaint McCall: </a>Nothing Takes the Place of You</li> </ul> “With a song this good, you only need one” <ul> <li><a href="http://moseallison.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mose Allison:</a> I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues</li> <li>Mac Curtis: That Ain’t Nothin’ But Right</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Sidney" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rockin’ Sidney:</a> You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine</li> </ul> “Huh-ha, that sounded like me playing harmonica. Short and sweet with a steady beat.” <ul> <li><a href="https://townesvanzandt.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Townes Van Zandt:</a> Nothing</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-three-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 87: Nothing

It’s night time in the big city Bananas ripen on the dock A number 5 bus breaks down. “Get out your shoe horns, because today we’re going to trumpet those things at the end of your legs.”  //   The Singers and Songs  Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes  “Let’s start things off with one of the most famous pairs of shoes in rock and roll.”  Tommy Tucker: High Heel Sneakers The Bobby Fuller Four: Gallenkamp Shoes Commercial Joe South: Walk A Mile In My Shoes Dinah Washington: Take Your Shoes Off Baby  “Her voice could make you cry or make you dance. One of the greatest singers in all of jazz, in all of music.”  Billy Walker: Charlie’s Shoes  “You ever buy those used vintage shoes? You ever wondered who walked in em before? Maybe it was Charlie.”  The Drifters: I’ve Got Sand In My Shoes Louis Armstrong: Shine  “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.”  Red Foley: Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy NRBQ: Get Rhythm Boozoo Chavis: Paper In My Shoes  “He was an energetic performer, always wore a plastic butcher’s apron so his sweat would not ruin his accordion.”  Juke Boy Bonner: Running Shoes  “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.”  Run DMC: My Adidas  “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.”  Chuck Willis: Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes  “As often as possible on Theme Time Radio Hour we try to feature artists who perform wearing turbans. Here’s one of my favorites.”  Robert Parker: Barefootin’  “The man who wrote the national anthem of shoelessness” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city Bananas ripen on the dock A number 5 bus breaks down. “Get out your shoe horns, because today we’re going to trumpet those things at the end of your legs.” // <h3> <a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/episode-42-shoes.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes</li> </ul> “Let’s start things off with one of the most famous pairs of shoes in rock and roll.” <ul> <li>Tommy Tucker: High Heel Sneakers</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bobby_Fuller_Four" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bobby Fuller Four</a>: Gallenkamp Shoes Commercial</li> <li>Joe South: Walk A Mile In My Shoes</li> <li>Dinah Washington: Take Your Shoes Off Baby</li> </ul> “Her voice could make you cry or make you dance. One of the greatest singers in all of jazz, in all of music.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.billywalker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Walker</a>: Charlie’s Shoes</li> </ul> “You ever buy those used vintage shoes? You ever wondered who walked in em before? Maybe it was Charlie.” <ul> <li>The Drifters: I’ve Got Sand In My Shoes</li> <li>Louis Armstrong: Shine</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/red-foley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Foley</a>: Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy</li> <li>NRBQ: Get Rhythm</li> <li><a href="http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=835" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boozoo Chavis</a>: Paper In My Shoes</li> </ul> “He was an energetic performer, always wore a plastic butcher’s apron so his sweat would not ruin his accordion.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LhkSzah1A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juke Boy Bonner</a>: Running Shoes</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rundmc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Run DMC</a>: My Adidas</li> </ul> “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.” <ul> <li><a href="http://oldies.about.com/od/50srbartists/p/Profile-Chuck-Willis.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chuck Willis</a>: Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes</li> </ul> “As often as possible on Theme Time Radio Hour we try to feature artists who perform wearing turbans. Here’s one of my favorites.” <ul> <li><a href="http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/b/barefootin.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Parker</a>: Barefootin’</li> </ul> “The man who wrote the national anthem of shoelessness” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 42: Shoes

It’s night time in the Big City an elderly man looks at his wife’s empty pillow a nervous thief stands in a doorway Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Leave your iron at the door, ’cause tonight we’re gonna be playing music of the highest caliber. We’re gonna shoot from the hip and put another notch on our barrel. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Junior Walker and the All Stars: Shotgun  “We’re gonna start things off with a record that starts out like a gun shot… one of the funkiest records ever to come out on Motown.”  Tennessee Ernie Ford: Shotgun Boogie  “..known as ‘The Old Pea Picker’ because he always use to say ‘Bless your pea-pickin’ heart.'”  Albert King: The Hunter  “The least known of the three Kings of the blues: B.B., Freddie, and Albert.”  The Valentines: Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever) The Clash: Tommy Gun  “A song written by Mick Jones and Joe Strummer. Joe explained that he got the idea to write Tommy Gun when it occurred to him that terrorists, like rock stars and movie stars, probably enjoy reading in the press about their so-called triumphs.”  Wanda Jackson: This Gun Don’t Care Who it Shoots  “The Atomic Fireball”  Robert Jefferson: I Got My Equalizer  “Well usually I have a story about the people we play, but I know nothin’ about this fella, except that he’s a little bit dangerous.”  Johnny Cash: Don’t Take Your Guns To Town Los Lobos: La Pistola Y El Corazon Al Dexter And His Troopers: Pistol Packin’ Mama The Hurricanes: Pistol Packin’ Mama  “(Syd Nathan) was called Little Caesar because he was short, fat, and ruled his label like a dictator… but nonetheless he knew what people wanted to buy and he knew there wasn’t that much distance between the white audience and the black audience. He took Al Dexter’s song and handed it over to The Hurricanes and it came out something like this. Actually, it came out exactly like this!”  Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins: The Big Guns Jerry Irby And His Texas Rangers: Great Long Pistol  “Here’s an old friend of Theme Time Radio Hour. It’s that practical joker, Jerry Irby. Shoot ’em up!”  Vernon Green and the Medallions: Don’t Shoot, Baby  “Be careful, you don’t want to get hit in the Pompatus”  Richard and Linda Thompson: Shoot Out The Lights  “You ever heard Rumble, Richard?” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the Big City an elderly man looks at his wife’s empty pillow a nervous thief stands in a doorway Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Leave your iron at the door, ’cause tonight we’re gonna be playing music of the highest caliber. We’re gonna shoot from the hip and put another notch on our barrel. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/guns.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Junior Walker and the All Stars: Shotgun</li> </ul> “We’re gonna start things off with a record that starts out like a gun shot… one of the funkiest records ever to come out on Motown.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ernieford.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tennessee Ernie Ford</a>: Shotgun Boogie</li> </ul> “..known as ‘The Old Pea Picker’ because he always use to say ‘Bless your pea-pickin’ heart.'” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/AlbertKing.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Albert King</a>: The Hunter</li> </ul> “The least known of the three Kings of the blues: B.B., Freddie, and Albert.” <ul> <li>The Valentines: Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever)</li> <li>The Clash: Tommy Gun</li> </ul> “A song written by Mick Jones and Joe Strummer. Joe explained that he got the idea to write Tommy Gun when it occurred to him that terrorists, like rock stars and movie stars, probably enjoy reading in the press about their so-called triumphs.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wandajackson.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Wanda Jackson</a>: This Gun Don’t Care Who it Shoots</li> </ul> “The Atomic Fireball” <ul> <li>Robert Jefferson: I Got My Equalizer</li> </ul> “Well usually I have a story about the people we play, but I know nothin’ about this fella, except that he’s a little bit dangerous.” <ul> <li>Johnny Cash: Don’t Take Your Guns To Town</li> <li><a href="http://www.loslobos.org/site/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Los Lobos</a>: La Pistola Y El Corazon</li> <li>Al Dexter And His Troopers: Pistol Packin’ Mama</li> <li><a href="http://www.uncamarvy.com/Hurricanes/hurricanes.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Hurricanes</a>: Pistol Packin’ Mama</li> </ul> “(Syd Nathan) was called Little Caesar because he was short, fat, and ruled his label like a dictator… but nonetheless he knew what people wanted to buy and he knew there wasn’t that much distance between the white audience and the black audience. He took Al Dexter’s song and handed it over to The Hurricanes and it came out something like this. Actually, it came out exactly like this!” <ul> <li>Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins: The Big Guns</li> <li>Jerry Irby And His Texas Rangers: Great Long Pistol</li> </ul> “Here’s an old friend of Theme Time Radio Hour. It’s that practical joker, Jerry Irby. Shoot ’em up!” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.electricearl.com/dws/medallions.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vernon Green and the Medallions</a>: Don’t Shoot, Baby</li> </ul> “Be careful, you don’t want to get hit in the Pompatus” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/richard-and-linda-thompson-shoot-out-the-lights" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Richard and Linda Thompson</a>: Shoot Out The Lights</li> </ul> “You ever heard Rumble, Richard?” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 25: Guns

(As Time Goes By) It’s night time in the Big City a student faces down a deadline a man with gin on his breath is pulled over America’s favorite radio program (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Irma Thomas: Time is on My Side  “A snow leopard ready to pounce”  Dr. John: Right Place, Wrong Time Arthur “Dooley” Wilson: As Time Goes By Derrick Morgan: Time Marches On Sleepy LaBeef: All the Time Etta James: Only Time Will Tell Eddy Boyd: 24 hours Tyrone Davis: The Hands of Time Bobby Milano: Life Begins at 4 O’Clock Billy Ward and The Dominos: Sixty Minute Man Cab Calloway: 15 Minute Intermission  “That time of the evening when you just want to take a break, visit your old friends alcohol and nicotine.”  Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away Lou Reed: September Song Ray Charles: Two Years of Torture Patsy Cline: Walking after Midnight Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown: Midnight Hour Eugene Pitt and the Jive 5: What Time Is It? The Soul Vendors: Real Rock Willi Williams: Armagideon Times The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

(As Time Goes By) It’s night time in the Big City a student faces down a deadline a man with gin on his breath is pulled over America’s favorite radio program (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/time.jpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.irmathomas.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Irma Thomas</a>: Time is on My Side</li> </ul> “A snow leopard ready to pounce” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.drjohn.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. John</a>: Right Place, Wrong Time</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooley_Wilson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur “Dooley” Wilson</a>: As Time Goes By</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Morgan" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Derrick Morgan</a>: Time Marches On</li> <li><a href="http://www.sleepylabeef.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sleepy LaBeef</a>: All the Time</li> <li>Etta James: Only Time Will Tell</li> <li>Eddy Boyd: 24 hours</li> <li><a href="http://www.billyprice.com/Davis.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tyrone Davis</a>: The Hands of Time</li> <li><a href="http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1139276241" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Milano</a>: Life Begins at 4 O’Clock</li> <li>Billy Ward and The Dominos: Sixty Minute Man</li> <li><a href="http://www.cabcalloway.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cab Calloway</a>: 15 Minute Intermission</li> </ul> “That time of the evening when you just want to take a break, visit your old friends alcohol and nicotine.” <ul> <li>Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away</li> <li>Lou Reed: September Song</li> <li>Ray Charles: Two Years of Torture</li> <li>Patsy Cline: Walking after Midnight</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_%22Gatemouth%22_Brown" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown</a>: Midnight Hour</li> <li>Eugene Pitt and the Jive 5: What Time Is It?</li> <li>The Soul Vendors: Real Rock</li> <li><a href="http://www.williwilliams.com/main4.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Willi Williams</a>: Armagideon Times</li> <li>The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 24: Time

(Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata) It’s night time in the big city A pet poodle scratches at a window The last piece of pie is gone “This is your man in the moon welcoming you to 60 minutes of lunar melodies. In the background, Charlie Parker playing Ornithology. Based on the chord structure of How High The Moon, which tells ya that the moon is far away and love is far away too…Wow, that one sure knocked some heads together!” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Les Paul and Mary Ford: How High The Moon  “Based on the chord structure of Ornithology.”  Chuck Berry: Havana Moon  “Showing the influence of Calypso records…Chuck didn’t turn a deaf ear to anything.”  Los Lobos: Kiko and the Lavender Moon Fats Waller: By The Light of the Silvery Moon Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky Piano Red: Mister Moonlight Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald: Moonlight in Vermont Big Dee Irwin: It’s Only A Paper Moon  “The folk rock version”  Red Le Blanc and His Crescent Boys: Blue Moon on the Bayou Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon Cliffie Stone: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again  “He brought country music to Hollywood”  Dinah Washington: Destination Moon  “It’s a ¼ of a million miles from the earth to the moon, and there’s no one I’d rather go with than Dinah Washington.”  The Capris: There’s a Moon Out Tonight Bobby Womack: Fly Me To The Moon  “Here’s kind of an unorthodox version”  Slim Gaillard: How High The Moon?  “One of my favorite crazy people…he invented his own crazy jive language called ‘Vout’” —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

(Beethoven’s <a href="http://www.all-about-beethoven.com/moonsonata.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Moonlight Sonata</a>) It’s night time in the big city A pet poodle scratches at a window The last piece of pie is gone “This is your man in the moon welcoming you to 60 minutes of lunar melodies. In the background, Charlie Parker playing Ornithology. Based on the chord structure of How High The Moon, which tells ya that the moon is far away and love is far away too…Wow, that one sure knocked some heads together!” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/episode-32-moon.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li>Les Paul and Mary Ford: How High The Moon</li> </ul> “Based on the chord structure of Ornithology.” <ul> <li>Chuck Berry: Havana Moon</li> </ul> “Showing the influence of Calypso records…Chuck didn’t turn a deaf ear to anything.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.loslobos.org/site/band.shtml" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Los Lobos</a>: Kiko and the Lavender Moon</li> <li>Fats Waller: By The Light of the Silvery Moon</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_of_Kentucky" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Monroe</a>: Blue Moon of Kentucky</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Red" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Piano Red</a>: Mister Moonlight</li> <li>Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald: Moonlight in Vermont</li> <li><a href="http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/big_dee_irwin.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Big Dee Irwin</a>: It’s Only A Paper Moon</li> </ul> “The folk rock version” <ul> <li>Red Le Blanc and His Crescent Boys: Blue Moon on the Bayou</li> <li>Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon</li> <li><a href="http://www.cliffiestone.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cliffie Stone</a>: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again</li> </ul> “He brought country music to Hollywood” <ul> <li>Dinah Washington: Destination Moon</li> </ul> “It’s a ¼ of a million miles from the earth to the moon, and there’s no one I’d rather go with than Dinah Washington.” <ul> <li><a href="http://electricearl.com/dws/capris.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Capris</a>: There’s a Moon Out Tonight</li> <li><a href="http://bobbywomack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Womack</a>: Fly Me To The Moon</li> </ul> “Here’s kind of an unorthodox version” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.pocreations.com/slimbio1.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Slim Gaillard</a>: How High The Moon?</li> </ul> “One of my favorite crazy people…he invented his own crazy jive language called ‘Vout’” —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 32: Moon

“Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Are you havin’ a good time? Are you enjoying yourself? Are you comfortable? Does it seem like I’m asking a lot of questions? Well you better get used to it ‘cause that’s all you’re gonna be hearing for the next hour.” //   The Singers &amp; Songs:  Who Do You Love? – Bo Diddley (1959) Whadaya Want? – The Robins (1955) What Do You Want the Girl to Do? – Allen Toussaint (1975) When Will I Be Loved? – The Everly Brothers (1959) Where You At? – Lloyd Price (1953) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight – Bill Monroe &amp; his Bluegrass Boys (1967) $64,000 Question (Do You Love Me?) – Bobby Tuggle (1955) Who’s That Guy? – The Kolettes (1964) Who’s That Lady? – The Isley Brothers (1964) How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? – Dan Hicks &amp; his Hot Licks (1969) What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye (1971) The Old Philosopher – Eddie Lawrence (1956) What Is This Thing Called Love? – Billie Holiday (1945) (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? – Brinsley Schwarz (1974)  There’s no additional annotations of this episode yet.  If you want to listen and annotate it yourself, feel free to email me the results at info@themetimeradio.com

“Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Are you havin’ a good time? Are you enjoying yourself? Are you comfortable? Does it seem like I’m asking a lot of questions? Well you better get used to it ‘cause that’s all you’re gonna be hearing for the next hour.” // <h3> <a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/episode-94-questions.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers &amp; Songs:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(Bo_Diddley_song)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Do You Love?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bo Diddley</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whadaya_Want%3F&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whadaya Want?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Robins</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_Do_You_Want_the_Girl_to_Do%3F&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Do You Want the Girl to Do?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Toussaint" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Allen Toussaint</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Will_I_Be_Loved%3F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When Will I Be Loved?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Everly Brothers</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_You_At%3F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where You At?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Price" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lloyd Price</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Wonder_Where_You_Are_Tonight&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Wonder Where You Are Tonight</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Monroe</a> &amp; his Bluegrass Boys (1967)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$64,000_Question" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$64,000 Question</a> (Do You Love Me?) – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Tuggle&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Tuggle</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who%27s_That_Guy%3F&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who’s That Guy?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Kolettes&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Kolettes</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_That_Lady%3F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who’s That Lady?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Isley Brothers</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_Can_I_Miss_You_When_You_Won%27t_Go_Away%3F&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hicks_(singer)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Hicks</a> &amp; his Hot Licks (1969)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Going_On_(song)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What’s Going On</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marvin Gaye</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Philosopher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Old Philosopher</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Lawrence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eddie Lawrence</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Love%3F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Is This Thing Called Love?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billie Holiday</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What%27s_So_Funny_%27Bout)_Peace,_Love_and_Understanding%3F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinsley_Schwarz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brinsley Schwarz</a> (1974)</li> </ul> There’s no additional annotations of this episode yet.  If you want to listen and annotate it yourself, feel free to email me the results at <a href="mailto:info@themetimeradio.com">info@themetimeradio.com</a>

Episode 94: Questions

It’s night time in the big city Fog horns bellow in the gloom along the wharf A spinster finishes a jigsaw puzzle “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.” (background intro music is Blue Train/Coltrane) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Singers and Songs  Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West: Railroadin’  “Mind the gap now!”  Curtis Mayfield: People Get Ready  “Where’d I put my luggage?”  Papa George Lightfoot: That Mean Old Train Captain Beefheart: Click Clack Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra: Blues in the Night Part1 Lord Kitchener: The Underground Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe: This Train Johnny Cash: Train of Love Muddy Waters: All Aboard Los Lobos: That Train Don’t Stop Here No More Little Eva: The Loco-motion Louis Armstrong: 2:19 Blues  “We’re talking about trains. Tackle hairs, flagmen, teamster, herders, boomers, brass buttons, britch hogs brownies, broken knuckles.”  Jimmy Martin: Mr. Engineer Randy Newman: Gone Dead Train Furry Lewis: Kassie Jones Part 1 The O’Jays: Love Train  —- (Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club) —-

It’s night time in the big city Fog horns bellow in the gloom along the wharf A spinster finishes a jigsaw puzzle “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.” (background intro music is Blue Train/Coltrane) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <h3><a href="http://www.themetimeradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/episode-46-more-trains.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The Singers and Songs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jellyroll.com/02/west_bryant.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West</a>: Railroadin’</li> </ul> “Mind the gap now!” <ul> <li><a href="http://curtismayfield.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Curtis Mayfield</a>: People Get Ready</li> </ul> “Where’d I put my luggage?” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/papa-lightfoot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Papa George Lightfoot</a>: That Mean Old Train</li> <li><a href="http://www.beefheart.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Captain Beefheart</a>: Click Clack</li> <li><a href="http://www.swingmusic.net/Big_Band_Music_Biography_Jimmie_Lunceford.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra</a>: Blues in the Night Part1</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kitchener_(calypsonian)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lord Kitchener</a>: The Underground Train</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a>: This Train</li> <li>Johnny Cash: Train of Love</li> <li><a href="http://www.muddywaters.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Muddy Waters</a>: All Aboard</li> <li>Los Lobos: That Train Don’t Stop Here No More</li> <li><a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1168" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Little Eva</a>: The Loco-motion</li> <li><a href="http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Louis Armstrong</a>: 2:19 Blues</li> </ul> “We’re talking about trains. Tackle hairs, flagmen, teamster, herders, boomers, brass buttons, britch hogs brownies, broken knuckles.” <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/zbioJimmyMartin.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Martin</a>: Mr. Engineer</li> <li><a href="http://randynewman.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Newman</a>: Gone Dead Train</li> <li><a href="http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/furry_lewis.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Furry Lewis</a>: Kassie Jones Part 1</li> <li><a href="http://theojayshomepage.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The O’Jays</a>: Love Train</li> </ul> —- <a href="http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/theme-time-season-one-list" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">(Complete episode Notes available at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)</a> —-

Episode 46: More Trains

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