December 16, 2007
This week’s first hour offers samples of a mammoth Reno & Smiley session held in 1954 before turning to a jazz fiddle medley. Christmas songs start Hour 2, which concludes with a wonderfully scratched copy of a 1936 gospel disc by a memorable slide guitar
team.
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | Banjo Signal | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | It’s Grand to Have Someone to Love You | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | Get Behind Me Satan | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | Let’s Live For Tonight | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | Her Scratchin’ Stomp | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers | Blue Guitar Stomp | Frog DGF 10 |
| Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers | Dance Hall Shuffle | Frog DGF 10 |
| Bob Wills | Takin’ It Home | Bear Family BCD 15933 |
| Mississippi Sheiks | The Jazz Fiddler | Columbia Legacy CK 65709 |
| Milton Brown | Brownies’ Stomp | OJL TXR CD 1 |
| Eddie South | Nagasaki | Frog DGF 36 |
| Billy Jack Wills | Blue Guitar Stomp | Joaquin JR2503 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | I’m So Happy | King KBSCD-7001 |
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | I’ll Never Be Lonesome Again | Bear Family BCD 15559 |
| Hank Snow | Wabash Blues | Bear Family BCD 15426 |
| Hank Snow | Christmas Roses | Bear Family BCD 15426 |
| Hank Snow | The Reindeer Boogie | Bear Family BCD 15426 |
| Lord Executor | Christmas Is a Joyful Day | Matchbox MBCD 301-2 |
| Cousin Emmy | Chilly Scenes of Winter | Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Lewis Mcdaniel & Walter Smith | I Went to See My Sweetheart | Yazoo 2030 |
| Monroe Brothers | Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms | Bear Family BCD 16399 |
| Louvin Brothers | Katie Dear | Bear Family BCD 15561 |
| Tommy Johnson | Cool Drink of Water Blues | JSP CD 603 |
| Bill Monroe & Doc Watson | Memories of You | Smithsonian Folkways CD 40064 |
| Charlie Monroe | Red Rocking Chair | Bear Family BCD 16808 |
| Everly Brothers | Put My Little Shoes Away | Rhino R2 70212 |
| Fairfield Four | Children Go Where I Send Thee | Warner Bros. 9 26945-2 |
The rest are from out-of-print sources:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Mound City Blue Blowers | Hello Lola |
| Emilio Caceres’ Club Aguila Orchestra | Jig in G |
| Stuff Smith | I’ve Got a Heavy Date |
| Frankie Lee Sims | Lucy Mae Blues |
| Peetie Wheatstraw | Long Lonesome Dive |
| Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers | Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime |
| Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers | Go I’ll Send Thee |
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