The Dick Spottswood Show
September 5, 2010
Rebroadcast On: 09/05/2010, 09/08/2010, 09/10/2010
September's here. As we wait for the leaves to turn color we'll enjoy Obsolete songs of working men and women who have built and tended America over the years. Country music, the blues and other song styles have produced some working class classics. We have two hours to enjoy a few of them.Description
| Artist | Title | Recording |
| LESTER FLATT | Cuttin’ the Grass | Bear Family BCD 15975 |
| JIM & JESSE | Better Times A-Comin’ | Bear Family BCD 15716 |
| CLARENCE ASHLEY | Walking Boss | Smithsonian Folkways CD 40029 |
| WILMA LEE & STONEY COOPER | I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow | Bear Family BCD 16751 |
| ROSE MADDOX | Tonight I’m On Stage | Arhoolie CD 428 |
| PINE TOP SMITH | Jump Steady Blues | Yazoo 2035 |
| BILL MONROE | Heavy Traffic Ahead | Bear Family BCD 16399 |
| BLIND ALFRED REED | How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? | RCA Bluebird 82876-50958-2 |
| CLARENCE ASHLEY | My Sweet Farm Girl | County CD-3520 |
| FRANKIE MILLER | Black Land Farmer | Bear Family BCD 16566 |
| CHAMPION JACK DUPREE | Me and My Mule | Collectables COL-CD-2873 |
| BILL MONROE | I’m Working On a Building | Bear Family BCD 15975 |
| BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON | If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down | Columbia Legacy C2K 52835 |
| LILLY BROTHERS & DON STOVER | John Henry | Rebel CD-1688 |
| MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT | Spike Driver Blues | Yazoo 1065 |
| MONROE BROTHERS | Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy | Bear Family BCD 16399 |
| MERLE TRAVIS | Sixteen Tons | Bear Family BCD 15636 |
| JIMMY MURPHY | Sixteen Tons Rock and Roll | Bear Family BCD 15451 |
| MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE | Dark As a Dungeon | Arhoolie CD 391 |
| MERLE TRAVIS | Nine Pound Hammer | Country Routes RFD CD 12 |
| STAPLE SINGERS | Swing Down Chariot | Shout Factory 826663-10641 |
| THE COASTERS | Wake Me, Shake Me | Rhino RHMZ 7740 |
| GABRIEL BROWN | I’m Gonna Take It Easy | Flyright CD 59 |
| LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS | I’m Working On a Road | Bear Family BCD 15472 |
A few others come from out of print pre-CD sources:
| Artist | Title |
| DETROIT JR. | Call My Job |
| COUSIN JAKE (Tullock) | Big Flop Of the Year |
| ERNEST STONEMAN | All I’ve Got’s Gone |
| THE TIGER | Workers’ Appeal |
| COWBOY COPAS | The Talking Mule |
| SMOKY HOGG | Penitentiary Blues |
| PINE TOP SMITH | Big Boy, They Can’t Do That |
