The Dick Spottswood Show
June 10, 2012
Rebroadcast On: 06/10/2012, 06/12/2012, 06/14/2012
Every spring Obsolete Music assembles a towering stack of train songs and play them all, one after another, another, favorites and obscurities, disasters and safe arrivals too. There's a first class cabin reserved just for you, so climb aboard for a two hour ride with fellow passengers Hylo Brown, Hank Snow, Furry Lewis, Rose Maddox, the Stanley Brothers, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Wade Mainer, Elvis Presley and lots of others.Description
| Artist | Title | Recording |
| WADE MAINER | Ridin’ On That Train 45 | Rounder CD 1143 |
| HANK SNOW | Wreck of the Old 97 | Bear Family BCD 15426 |
| HYLO BROWN | One Way Train | Bear Family BCD 15572 |
| BLIND WILLIE McTELL | Travelin’ Blues | Yazoo 2071 |
| MOLLY O’DAY | A Hero’s Death | Bear Family BCD 15565 |
| THE BROWNS | Streamlined Cannonball | Bear Family BCD 15665 |
| LOS REYES DE LA PLENA | La maquina | Harlequin CD 22 |
| CAPTAIN APPLEBLOSSOM | Time Table Blues | Rounder CD 1143 |
| JIMMIE RODGERS | Train Whistle Blues | Bear Family BCD 15540 |
| STANLEY BROTHERS | Train 45 | Gusto GT7 2207-2 |
| BOB WILLS | Away Out There | Bear Family BCD 15933 |
| DAN SULLIVAN’S SHAMROCK BAND | From Galway to Dublin | Rounder CD 1087 |
| JERRY & SKY | Orange Blossom Special | Rounder CD 1143 |
| LITTLE BROTHER | Ever Been Down the Mobile and KC Line? | Rounder CD 1513 |
| ELVIS PRESLEY | Mystery Train | RCA 82876 61205-2 |
| WAYNE RANEY | Fast Train Through Arkansas | Ace CDCHD 857 |
| WADE MAINER | Little Book | Gusto GT2-0957-2 |
| HENRY THOMAS (“RAGTIME TEXAS”) | Little Red Caboose Behind the Train | Yazoo 1080/1 |
| DELMORE BROTHERS | Don’t You See That Train? | County CCD-CD-116 |
| ROY ACUFF | Wabash Cannonball | Bear Family BCD 15652 |
| GROWLING TIGER | The Train Blow | Rounder CD 5006 |
| BLUE SKY BOYS | The Longest Train I Ever Saw | Copper Creek CCCD-0120 |
| ANDREW & JIM BAXTER | K.C. Railroad Blues | Rounder CD 1143 |
| JOHNNY CASH | Folsom Prison Blues | Rhino R2 70950 |
| FURRY LEWIS | Kassie Jones | Frog DGF 22 |
| SAM McGEE | Railroad Blues | County CD-3528 |
| MERLE HAGGARD | Waiting For a Train | Bear Family BCD 15740 |
| MARTY ROBBINS | There’s a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29 | Bear Family BCD 15570 |
| CARTER FAMILY | The Cannon Ball | Bear Family BCD 15865 |
| JOHNNIE & JACK | Humming Bird | Bear Family BCD 15553 |
| GOLDEN GATE QUARTET | Golden Gate Gospel Train | RCA Bluebird 66063-2 |
| UNCLE DAVE MACON | When the Train Comes Along | MCA MCAD-10546 |
The following are out-of-print:
| Artist | Title |
| JIMMY YANCEY | Midnight Stomp |
| CHUCK WAGON GANG | The Engineer’s Child |
| MAC ODELL | Red Ball Rocket Train |
