Route 78 West Sunday 6/22/2003 back
Show #121 Jug Band Bender audio unavailable
 track  artist, song-label, format
  01     Al Dexter and His Troopers, New Broom Boogie-Sony, CD
- break 5:06 pm
02     Hank Penny, Things Are Getting Rough All Over
03     Foy Willing & The Riders of The Purple Sage, Those Texas Blues
- break 5:12 pm
04     Woodie Guthrie, I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
05     Woodie Guthrie, Mean Talking Blues
06     Dock Boggs, Hard Luck Blues
- break 5:22 pm
07     Bill Yohey, Banjo Boogie
08     The Nogoodniks, Walking Stick
09     Dixieland Jug Blowers, Banjoreno
- break 5:35 pm
10     Ezra Buzzington's Rustic Revellers, Brown Jug Blues
11     Hoosier Hot Shots, San
- break 5:43 pm
12     32-20 Jug Band, Step It Up And Go
13     Leon Redbone, Step It Up And Go
- break 5:51 pm
14     Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Never No More Hard Times Blues
15     Hank Penny, Progressive Country Music For A Hollywood Film
16     Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, Billings Bop
- break 6:03 pm
17     Jimmie Widener, I Hear You Knocking
18     Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Swing Blues
19     Rodger Miller, England Swings
- break 6:12 pm
20     Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Boot Heel Drag
21     Django Reinhardt, Swing 42
22     Nogoodniks, Limehouse Blues
23     Louis Armstrong, St. Louis Blues 1952
- break 6:24 pm
24     Ennio Morricone, Main Theme from Wanted Johnny Texas
25     Calexico, Service And Repair
26     Marty Jones & The Pork Boilin' Poor Boys, Falling Back To Pieces-Big Bender Records, CD
- break 6:36 pm
27     Buddy Knox, Devil Woman
28     Josh White, Mean Mistreatin' Woman
29     Foy Willing & The Riders of The Purple Sage, Hang Your Head In Shame
30     Hank Williams, Everything's OK
- break 6:49 pm
31     Steve Earle, Taneytown-Warner, CD
- break 6:55 pm
32     Bob Dylan, Shelter From The Storm
- break 7:01 pm
33     Billy Bragg & Wilco, California Stars
Notes: Loki is flying solo for this show while Uncle Jeff vacations. The release of the newest Harry Potter book prompted the show’s lead song New Broom Boogie. Each trak had my foot tapping and I enjoyed the up beat tempo of Loki’s hard times set. It was easy for Loki to throw in a few Woodie Guthrie tunes without Jeff around to raise a fuss. Smithsonian Folkways’ Hard Travelin’ Collection was recommended to listeners interested in old Americana, particularly of the folk vein.

A few traks explored banjo styles, followed by four tunes in the jug band genre. I especially enjoyed Banjoreno by the Dixieland Jug Blowers. The combo of banjo and a deep bass beat reminded me of the circus. Until working with Route 78 West I had not paid much attention to old music, but my horizons are expanding. It’s easy to understand the old time music influences which conceived the modern music of today. Jug bands such as the Dixieland Jug Blowers were a hybrid of 1920s jazz band sound and country string band sound. Traditional jazz instruments were combined with kazoos, jug, Jew’s harp, whistles and even saws to produce a magical feel good sound, which still does the trick today. A Morricone fix didn’t arrived till about 6:30 p.m. and the final 30 minutes of the show allowed for a more modern musical trip. Everything’s OK reflected a different side of Hank Williams and reminded me of Life Gets Teejus by Tex Williams. Bob Dylan’s Shelter From The Storm went out to our own Uncle Jeff… tanning somewhere on an east coast beach and keeping in touch via the internet.
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