The Dick Spottswood Show
September 2, 2012
Rebroadcast On: 09/02/2012, 09/04/2012, 09/06/2012
Obsolete Music celebrates Labor Day with songs about (and for) working folks everywhere. Fellow workers include Lead Belly, Rose Maddox, Wade Mainer, Bill Monroe, Bert Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Wade Mainer, Bob Wills, Larry Sparks, among many others. Being Obsolete takes a lot of work.Description
| Artist | Title | Recording |
| CHARLIE MONROE | Bringin’ In the Georgia Mail | Bear Family BCD 16808 |
| LARRY SPARKS | John Deere Tractor | Rebel CD-7522 |
| HYLO BROWN | John Henry | Shanachie SH 611 (DVD) |
| BUSTER CARTER & PRESTON YOUNG | A Lazy Farmer Boy | Smithsonian Folkways CD 40090 |
| TOMMY JOHNSON | Cool Drink of Water Blues | JSP 603 |
| JIMMIE RODGERS | Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) | Bear Family BCD 15540 |
| MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE | I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again | Arhoolie CDÂ 391 |
| BOB WILLS | Cotton Patch Blues | Kaleidoscope K-16 |
| BERT WILLIAMS | Samuel | Archeophone ARCH 5003 |
| ALFRED G. KARNES | To the Work | Bear Family BCD 16094 |
| BILL MONROE | Working On a Building | Bear Family BCD 15423 |
| WADE MAINER | Home in the Rock | Gusrto GT2-0957-2 |
| FRANK BLEVINS’ TAR HEEL RATTLERS | Nine Pound Hammer | Old Hat CD-1001 |
| MERLE TRAVIS | Nine Pound Hammer | Country Routes CDS 12 |
| MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT | Spike Driver Blues | Smithsonian Folkways CD 40090 |
| JIMMY MURPHY | Sixteen Tons Rock and Roll | Bear Family BCD 15451 |
| WILMER WATTS | Cotton Mill Blues | Old Hat CD-1007 |
| JIM & JESSE | Cotton Mill Man | Bear Family BCD 15716 |
| DAVID McCARN | Poor Man, Reich Man (Cotton Mill Colic No. 2) | Old Hat CD-1007 |
| FRANKIE MILLER | Black Land Farmer | Bear Family BCD 16566 |
| CHAMPION JACK DUPREE | Me and My Mule | Collectables CD-2874 |
| GABRIEL BROWN | I’m Gonna Take It Easy | Flyright CD 59 |
| DON RICH (with Buck Owens) | Louisiana Man | Bear Family BCD 16850 |
| STAPLE SINGERS | Swing Down, Chariot | Shout Factory 26663-10641 |
| THE COASTERS | Wake Me, Shake Me | Rhino RHME 7740 |
| MERLE TRAVIS | Walkin’ the Strings | Capitol 7243-8-35809-2-7 |
The rest are from out of print sources:
| Artist | Title |
| BILL EMERSON & BUZZ BUSBY | Rainbow Blues |
| LONNIE DONEGAN | Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie |
| TEXAS ALEXANDER | Section Gang Blues |
| HOBO JACK ADKINS | Country Boy Went to Town |
| LEAD BELLY | Rock Island Line |
| MATTIE, MINNIE & MARTHIE (Amburgey Sisters) | You Can’t Live With ‘Em |
| KELLY HARRELL | I Want a Nice Little Fellow |
| LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS | Nine Pound Hammer |
| BLUE SKY BOYS | Cotton Mill Colic |
| LEE DORSEY | Working In a Coal Mine |
| CARL TRENT | Caterpillar Man |
| COWBOY COPAS | The Talking Mule |
| HOBO JACK ADKINS | Union Man |
| THE TIGER | Workers’ Appeal |
