November 25, 2007
Look at all those Bear Family tracks in the 1st hour. No, I’m not shilling for them, but the Bears have reproduced more than their share of great Obsolete Music. This week’s second hour is split between railroad songs and hard times anthems, with the latter dedicated to everyone holding adjustable rate mortgages.
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown | Bear Family BCD 15472 |
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Dear Old Dixie | Bear Family BCD 15472 |
| Jimmie Davis | Red Nightgown Blues | Bear Family BCD 15943 |
| Charlie Monroe | Rubber Neck Blues | Bear Family BCD 16808 |
| Estil Ball | Pretty Polly | Rounder CD 1705 |
| Carl Butler | No Guarantee On My Heart | Bear Family BCD 16118 |
| Jimmy Martin | Night | Bear Family BCD 15705 |
| Jimmy Martin | Hi-De-Diddle | Bear Family BCD 15705 |
| Jimmy Martin | Foggy Old London | Bear Family BCD 15705 |
| Jimmy Martin | Guitar Pickin’ President | Bear Family BCD 15705 |
| Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation |
He’s Got His Eyes On You | Dust to Digital 04 |
| Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation |
I’m In the Battlefield For My Lord |
Dust to Digital 04 |
| Jimmie Strothers | We Are Almost Down To the Shore |
Rounder CD 1514 |
| Alfred G. Karnes | Called To the Foreign Field | Yazoo 2013 |
| Uncle Dave Macon | Unle Dave’s Beloved Solo | Old Hat CD-1004 |
| Jenks Carman | The Caissons Go Rolling ALong | Bear Family BCD 15574 |
| Lilly Brothers & Don Stover |
The Fox and Hounds | Smithsonian Folkways CD 40158 |
| Louvin Brothers | Listen To the Mickingbird | Copper Creek CCCD-0105 |
| Palmer Mcabee | McAbee’s Railroad Piece | Rounder CD 1143 |
| Elvis Presley | Mystery Train | RCA/BMG 82876 62105-2 |
| Arthur Crudup | Mean Ol’ Frisco Blues | RCA/BMG 82876 55155-2 |
| I.C. Glee Quartet | I’m Going Home On the Chickasaw Train |
Rounder CD 1137 |
| Hank Williams | I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow |
Mercury 314 536 081-2 |
| Bob Wills | Away Out There | Bear Family BCD 15933 |
| Blind Alfred Reed | How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? |
RCA/BMG 82876 50958-2 |
| John Brim | Tough Times | Chess CHLD-19034 |
| Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett | Down On Tanner’s Farm | RCA/BMG 8416-2-R |
| Jim & Jesse | Better Times A-Coming | Bear Family BCD 15716 |
| Henry Thomas (Ragtime Texas) | When the Train Comes Along | Yazoo 1080/1 |
| Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | He Will Save Your Soul (From the Burning Bush) |
Bear Family BCD 16751 |
| Bill Monroe | Wayfaring Stranger | Bear Family BCD 15423 |
The following are out of print:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Luke Jordan | Traveling Coon (i.e. Traveling Man) |
| Golden Gate Quartet | The Preacher and the Bear |
| Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams |
The Monkey and the Baboon |
| Don Owens | Last Chance |
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