Country Crossroads

Playlist for 5/3/07

2007-05-03T07:46:00.000-04:00

1. Porky Freeman - "Boogie Woogie on Strings" [from CD, The Boogie Woogie Boy on Cattle Compact]
2. Werly Fairburn - "Good Deal Lucille" [from CD box set on Proper Records, From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly]
3. Hawkshaw Hawkins - "I'll Get Even with You" [from RCA Victor 45rpm]
4. Jimmy Myers - "Ding Dong Mama from Tennessee" [from CD box set on Proper Records, From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly]
5. Lattie Moore - "100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong" [from WestSide CD, I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent]
6. Hank Locklin - "Let Me Be the One" [SSS 45]
7. Dolly Parton - "Living on Memories of You" [from Sony/Legacy CD, Jolene(?)]
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8. Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners - Man-O-Ree Radio Show from 1944 [from CD box set on JSP Records, Old Time Country Radio]
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9. Hank Locklin - "In the House of the Lord" [Sunday Morning at Our House LP on Design]
10. Wanda Jackson - "Making Believe"
11. ??? - "Making Friends with the Blues" [from LP, Steel Guitar Favorites]
12. Benny Thomasson, et al. - "Forty Years Ago Waltz" [from County Records CD, Texas Hoedown; 1965]
13. A.P. Carter - "I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart" [from CD box set on JSP Records, Old Time Country Radio]
14. The Carter Family - "Sitting on Top of the World" [from same set as the last one]
15. Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band - "When God Dips his Love in My Heart" [from Arhoolie CD, Beautiful Bouquet]

Playlist for 4/26/07

2007-04-26T08:20:00.000-04:00

1. Dolly Parton - "My Blue Tears (acoustic demo)" [from CD reissue of Coat of Many Colors on Sony/Legacy]
2. Dolly Parton - "Old Black Kettle" [from CD reissue of My Tennessee Mountain Home on Sony/Legacy]
3. Lynn Anderson - "The Auctioneer"
4. June Stearns - "It's Just Another Song Now" [Starday LP, Country Girl Hall of Fame]
5. Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band - "Turn Your Radio On" [from Arhoolie CD, Beautiful Bouquet]
6. Ola Belle Reed - "I've Endured" [from Smithsonian Folkways CD, Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2]
7. Patsy Cline - "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" [from Hilltop LP, In Care of the Blues]
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Next set is all Patsy Cline:
8. "Turn the Cards Slowly" [Hilltop LP, Miss Country Music]
9. "I Don't Wanta" [Decca 45]
10. "Walking Dream" [Decca 45]
11. "Walking After Midnight" [From MCA CD, ...Live at the Grand Ole Opry]

12. "Imagine That" [Decca 45]
13. "Never No More" [Hilltop LP, Miss Country Music]
14. "Hungry for Love" [Everest 45]
15. "She's Got You" [From MCA CD, ...Live at the Grand Ole Opry]
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16. "I Fall to Pieces" [from a Decca LP]
17. "Half as Much" [Decca 45]
18. "Sweet Dreams" [Decca LP]
19. "Ain't No Wheels on this Ship" [?, I forgot to make a note of where I sourced this one...]

I ran out of time before I got to "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" but it's a beauty and here's the video. Red Foley always looks a little off his nut...

And this one:

If you've got time on your hands, say you've been in a skiing accident and are in traction, spend some of it watching webcam videos of people singing Patsy Cline songs. Occasionally sweet but mostly wretched.

Playlist for 4/5/07

2007-04-05T15:45:00.000-04:00

1. Elton Britt - "Pinto Pal (opening)" [from Soundies CD, Ridin' with Elton]
2. Sons of the Pioneers - "Rise and Shine" [from British Archive of Country Music Sampler Vol. 4; available from Frontier Records, see sidebar]

3. Sons of the Pioneers - "Moonlight Melody" [from BACM CD, Classic Western Harmony and Hot Swing, Vol. 2]
4. Hank Williams - "Cool Water" [from MGM CD, Alone with his Guitar]
5. Rex Allen - "Out Where the West Winds Blow" [from Soundies/Bloodshot Revival CD, The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys]
6. Eddie Dean - "I Hung My Head and Cried" [from Soundies CD, On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan]
7. Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) - "Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" [from Smithsonian Folkways LP, Classic Country Music]
8. Dick Thomas - "Halfway to Montana" [from National Records Co. 78rpm]
9. Mike Johnson - "Yeah, I'm a Cowboy" [from The Roughguide to Yodel CD]
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10. Buell Kazee - " " [from Yazoo Records CD, Kentucky Mountain Music (CD6)]
11. Wanda Jackson - "Cowboy Yodel"
12. Jim Miller and Buffalo Country - "Bravest Cowboy" [from CD, Herd I'm Drinking]
13. Sain Family - "Texas Trail" [from Montgomery Wards 78rpm]
14. Jimmy Rodgers and the Carter Family - "Yodeling Cowboy Song"
15. Dick Duvall - "On the Lone Star Cow Trail" [from Yazoo Records CD, When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1]
16. Arthur Miles - "Lonely Cowboy" [from Yazoo Records CD, When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1]
17. Jenks "Tex" Carmen - "My Dog, My Everything" [from Bear Family CD, Cow Punk]
18. Kenny Roberts - " Just a Yodel for Me" [from The Roughguide to Yodel]
19. Carl C. Sprague - "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prarie" [from Montgomery Wards 78rpm]

Playlist for 3/29/07

2007-03-29T16:00:00.000-04:00

1. Hank Thompson - "Wild Side of Life" [from Capitol LP, The Best of Hank Thompson]
2. Kitty Wells - "It Wasn't God who Made Honky Tonk Angels" [Decca LP, The Kitty Wells Story]
3. Bobby Helms - "Fraulein"
4. Kitty Wells - "I'll Always be Your Fraulein" [Decca 45]
5. Loretta Lynn - "Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' (with lovin' on your mind)"

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6. Jack Webb - "I Come Home a-Drinkin' (to a worn-out wife like you)" [Decca 45]
7. Tennessee Ernie Ford - "16 Tons" [from Smithsonian Folkways LP box set, Classic Country Music]
8. Gloria Becker - "16 Pounds (Housewife's Lament)" [from REAL 45rpm]
9. Skeets MacDonald - "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" [Capitol LP, The Country's Best]
10. Goldie Hill - "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" [from Decca 45]
11. Johnny Cash - "Boy Named Sue" [from newly reissued double-CD on Sony/Legacy, Johnny Cash at San Quentin]
12. Lois Williams - "A Girl Named Sam" [from Starday LP, A Girl Named Sam]
13. Ray Price - "Release Me" [from Columbia CD, Greatest Hits]
14. George Jones - "Release Me (from my sins)" [from Razor & Tie reissue of In A Gospel Way]
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15. Hank Locklin - "Please Help Me I'm Falling"
16. Skeeter Davis - "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" [RCA Victor 45rpm]
17. Faron Young - "Hello Walls"
18. Ben Colder - "Hello Wall, No. 2" [MGM 45rpm]

Playlist for 3/15/07

2007-03-15T17:53:00.000-04:00

1. Jimmy Martin - "Night" (Decca 45)
2. Bill Grant & Delia Bell - "Oklahoma Bluegrass Blues" (Kia-Michi 45)
3. Don Reno & Red Smiley with the Tennessee Cutups - "I'm Gone, Long Gone" (King 45)

Here's the pilot for "The Reno & Smiley Show" from 1962 for the Kroger grocery store chain (where, incidentally, my father was once a produce manager):

4. Lonzo & Oscar - "Hills of East Tennessee" (Starday 45)
5. Jimmy Skinner - "Dark Hollow" [Decca 45]
6. Bob Corley - "Income Tax" [RCA Victor 45]
7. Smokey Green - "Taxes" [Mark IV Records]
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8. Lonnie Donegan - "There's A Big Wheel" [Hickory 45]
9. Nancy Hughes - "I Never Knew" [Ar-Tex 45]
10. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - "Cold Heart of Steel" [Okeh 45]
11. Wanda Jackson - "Cryin' Through The Night" [Capitol 45]
12. The Miller Sisters - "There's No Right Way (to treat me wrong)" [Proper Records UK box set, From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly]
13. Billie & Mark - "Just So You Love Me" [Demon 45]
14. Doug Warren & the Rays - "If the World Don't End Tomorrow (I'm Coming After You)" [Image Records 45]
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15. Hank Thompson - "I Was the First One" [Capitol 45]
16. Bob Wills - "Mean Mama Blues" [Proper Records UK box set, Stompin' Singers and Western Swingers]
17. Hoyle Nix - "Darling Why Are You So Mean To Me" [same as #16]
18. Jimmie Revard - "Crafton Blues" [same as #16]
19. Curly Williams - "Saturday Night Rag" [same as #16]

Playlist for 3/8/07

2007-03-08T18:20:00.000-05:00

All Gospel for this fund drive edition of Country Crossroads. Thanks go to Kevin Nutt, WFMU's stellar host of Sinner's Crossroads program for several of these tunes, taken from various fund drive premiums over the years. Thanks also to WJFF listeners for their support of community radio.

1. Florida Spiritualaires - "Bye & Bye"
2. Blind Willie Johnson - "Let Your Light Shine On Me" [Yazoo Records CD, Sweeter As the Years Go By]
3. Blind Willie Davis - "Trust In God and Do Right"
4. Sam Cooke & Soul Stirrers - "Jesus I'll Never Forget"
5. Bells of Joy - "Let Us Talk About Jesus"
6. Johnny Cash - "That's Enough"
7. Fern Jones - "I Do Believe" [Numero Group CD, The Glory Road]
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8. Rev. Gary Davis - "I Am the Light of the World"
9. Dr. C.J. Johnson & his Family - "Try Hard to Wait on the Lord" [Savoy LP]
10. Radio Four - "How Much I Owe"
11. Staple Singers - "Don't Knock"
12. Chosen Gospel Singers - "Don't You Know the Man"
13. Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Beulah Land"
14. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Daniel in the Den (He Locked the Lion's Jaw)"

Playlist for 3/1/07

2007-03-01T19:36:00.000-05:00

1. Jimmy Newman - "Blue Darlin'" [Dot 45]
2. Marvin Rainwater - "Baby Don't Go" [MGM 45]
3. Hank Thompson - "Cocoanut Grove" [Capitol 45]
4. Hank Thompson - "A Six Pack to Go" [Capitol 45]
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5. Tommy Collins - "You Belong In My Arms" [Capitol 45]
6. Wynn Stewart - "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" [Challenge 45]
7. Jimmy Skinner - "Just Rambling On" [Mercury 45]
8. Carl Smith - "That's the Way I Like You the Best" [Columbia 45]
9. Skeets McDonald - "Baby, I'm Lost Without You" [Capitol 45]
10. The Davis Sisters - "Takin' Time Out for Tears" [RCA Victor 45]
11. Tommy Collins - "That's the Way Love Is" [Capitol 45]
12. Ruby Wright - "A New Place to Hang Your Hat" [Epic 45]
13. Charlie Rich - "Big Boss Man" [Groove 45]
14. Velva Darnell - "Not Me" [Dot 45]
15. Mel Tillis - "Juke Box Man" [Columbia 45]
16. Johnnie Lee Wills & his Boys - "Blub Twist" [Sims Records 45]
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17. Johnnie Lee Wills & his Boys - "You're Love for Me is Losing Light" [Sims Records 45]
18. Johnnie Lee Wills - "I Wonder What I'm Going to Do" [Proper Records UK box set, Stompin' Singers and Western Swingers]
19. Ole Rasmussen & his Cornhuskers - "Straighten Out Your Troubles (with the Lord)" [Capitol 45]
20. Billy Briggs' XIT Boys - "Panhandle Shuffle" [Proper Records UK box set, Stompin' Singers and Western Swingers]
21. Al Dexter - "Hot Foot Shuffle" [Same as #20]
22. Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith - "All Night Blues" [MGM 45]

Playlist for 2/15/07

2007-02-17T19:06:00.000-05:00

1. Sam McGee - "Railroad Blues" [from County CD, Old Time Mountain Blues]

2. The Carter Family - "Gold Watch and Chain" [from Rounder CD, Gold Watch And Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1933-1934]
3. The Carter Family-"I Loved You Better Than You Knew" [from Rounder CD, Gold Watch And Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1933-1934]
4. B.F. Shelton - "Oh Molly Dear" [from Yazoo CD, The Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1]
5. Alex Railroad Boys = "L And N Rag" [from Yazoo CD, The Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1]
6. Henry Thomas - "Charming Betsy" [from Yazoo CD, Texas Worried Blues]
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7. Alfred Karnes - "We Shall Be Reunited" [from Yazoo CD, The Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1]
8. Billiken Johnson With Neal Roberts - "Frisco Blues" [from Yazoo CD, Dallas Alley Drag]
9. Blue Boys - "Easy Winner" [from Yazoo CD, Before The Blues, Vol. 3]
10. Frank Stokes - "Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon" [from Yazoo CD, Before The Blues, Vol. 3]
11. W.A. Lindsey & Alvin Conder - "Boll Weavil" [from Yazoo CD, Before The Blues, Vol. 3]
12. Gene Autry - "High Steppin' Moma Blues" [from Columbia / Legacy CD, Gene Autry Blues Singer 1929-1931]
13. Blue Sky Boys With Curly Parker - "Ida Red" [from CD, American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: (Disc 1)]
14. Kentucky String Tinglers - "Tipple Blues" [from Yazoo CD, Kentucky Mountain Music (Disc 7)]
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15. Jimmie Rodgers - "Waiting For A Train" [from JSP box set, Classic Sides 1928-1929 (Disc 2)]

16. The Carter Family - "Rambling Boy" [from Rounder CD, Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1934-1941]
17. Burnett And Rutherford - "All Night Long Blues" [from book/cd, R. Crumb's Heroes Of Blues, Jazz & Country]

Playlist for 2/8/07

2007-02-11T22:11:00.000-05:00

1. George Jones & Tammy Wynette - "Someone I Used to Know" [from Epic LP, We Go Together]
2. Jean Shepard - "Blues Stay Away From Me" [from Pickwick LP, Under Your Spell Again]
3. Loretta Lynn - "Fist City" [from Decca LP, Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em]

4. Connie Smith - "Love's Gonna Live Here" [from RCA Camden LP, Connie In The Country]
5. Merle Haggard - "The Bottle Let Me Down" [from a greatest hits lp]
6. Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - "The Pain of Loving You" [from The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton LP on RCA Victor]
7. Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm A Woman" [from The Best of Dolly Parton, LP on RCA Victor]
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8. Melba Montgomery - "The Mood I'm In" [from United Artist LP, The Mood I'm In]
9. Melba Montgomery and Gene Pitney - "Ain't That Fine" [from Musicor LP, Famous Country Duets]
10. Skeeter Davis - "Under Your Spell Again" [from RCA Victor LP, I'll Sing You a Song...And Harmonize Too!]
11. Wanda Jackson - "Wasted" [from Pickwick LP, Tears at the Grand Ole Opry]
12. Wynn Stewart - "I Keep Forgetting that I Forgot About You" [from Capitol LP, It's Such a Pretty World Today]
13. Connie Smith - "I'll Be There" [from RCA Victor LP, Cute 'n' Country]
14. Loretta Lynn - "Wings Upon Your Horns" [from Decca LP, Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em]
15. Lloyd Green - "Motel Time Again"
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16. Harlan Howard - "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home"
17. Jeannie C. Riley - "I Almost Called Your Name" [from Plantation LP, Country Girl]
18. Faron Young - "Wine Me Up"

19. The Louvin Brothers - "If I Could Only Win Your Love" [from CD, When I Stop Dreaming on Razor & Tie]

Playlist for 2/1/07

2007-02-02T19:45:00.000-05:00

1. Wynn Stewart - "Wishful Thinkin'"
2. Bonnie Owens - "The Longer You Wait" (from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me)
3. Faron Young - "Going Steady"
4. Faron Young - "I Heard the Jukebox Playing"
5. Norma Jean - "What Kind of Girl (Do You Think I Am?)" [from Capitol LP, Heaven Help the Working Girl]
6. Norma Jean - "It's About Time"
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Next set is all Del Reeves. RIP.
7. "A Dime at a Time" [United Artists 45]
8. "Gotta Leave Your Light On" [United Artists LP, Are You Getting Any Feed for Your Chickens?]
9. "Looking at the World through a Windshield" [United Artists 45]
10. "Little Highball" [United Artists LP, Doodle-Oo-Doo-Doo]
11. "Are You Getting Any Feed For Your Chickens" [United Artists 45]
12. "This Must Be the Bottom" [United Artists LP, Doodle-Oo-Doo-Doo]

13. "Plain As the Tears on My Face" [United Artists LP, Are You Getting Any Feed for Your Chickens?]
14. "So Much Got Lost" [United Artists 45]
15. "Talkin' to the Wall" [United Artists LP, Are You Getting Any Feed for Your Chickens?]
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16. Buck Owens - "Above and Beyond" [from Starday LP, The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens]
17. Buck Owens - "You're For Me" [Capitol LP]
18. Buck Owens - "Crying Time"
19. Lightcrust Doughboys - "Blue Guitars" [Proper Records UK box set, Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys]
20. Porky Freeman - "Spanish Chimes" [Cattle Compact CD, The Boogie Woogie Boy; available from Frontier Records, see sidebar]
21 Jenks Carmen - "Hillbilly Hula" [from Crown LP, Kings of the Steel Guitar]

22. W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys - "Dirty Hangover Blues" [from the forementioned Proper box set]

Playlist for 1/25/07

2007-01-01T20:17:00.000-05:00

1. Webb Pierce - "Walking the Dog" [from Decca LP, Webb Pierce]

2. Hank Locklin - "Blues in Advance" [from RCA Victor LP, Please Help Me, I'm Falling]
3. Carl Smith - "Wait 'til I Get You Alone" [from Columbia LP, Carl Smith's Best]
4. Hank Locklin - "Foreign Car" [from same as above]
5. Johnny Burnette and the Rock & Roll Trio - "Lonsome Train (on a Lonesome Track)" [from MCA Records LP, Listen to Johnny Burnette!]

6. Elvis Presley - "Mystery Train"
7. Old Crow Medicine Show - "New Virginia Creeper" [from Nettwerk CD, Big Iron World]
8. Hank Snow - "The Golden Rocket"
9. Uncle Tupelo - "New Madrid"
10. Neko Case - "High on Cruel" [from CD, The Virginian]
11. Johnny Allen - "You Got Me Whistlin'" [from CD, Swamp Gold Vol. 8 on JIN / Swallow Records]
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12. Red Foley & Kitty Wells - "No One But You" [from Decca LP, Golden Favorites]
13. Ernest Tubb - "This Troubled Mind of Mine" [from Decca LP, The Daddy of the All]
14. Patsy Cline - "For Rent" [from Cattle Compact CD, Boppin' Hillbillies on the Air; available from Frontier Records, see sidebar]
15. Webb Pierce - "You Just Can't Be True" [from Decca LP, Webb Pierce]
16. Eddie Noack - "Take It Away Lucky" [from Ace LP, Eddie Noack]
17. Mac & Jake - "Yakety Yak" [from Proper Records UK box set From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly]
18. Carl Perkins - "Gone, Gone, Gone" [from same as the last one]
19. Sid King & the Five Strings - "Purr Kitty Purr" [uhhh....ditto]
20. Moon Mullican - "Pipeliner's Blues [from Cattle Compact CD, Boppin' Hillbillies on the Air]
21. uncredited - "Woodsheddin'" [from LP, Steel Guitar Favorites]

Playlist for 10/12/06

2006-10-15T08:32:00.000-04:00

1. Conway Twitty - "What a Dream" [MGM 45]
2. Todd Snider - "Old Timer" [Oh Boy! CD, East Nashville Skyline]
3. Lefty Frizzell - "I'm an Old Old Man" [Columbia 45]
4. Claude King - "Beer and Pinballs" [from LP, 3 Country Gentlemen]
5. Joe Maphis & Rose Lee - "Henhouse Serenade" [Okeh 45]
6. Fairley Holden - "Papa's Getting Old" [ACE CD, King Hillbilly Bop & Boogie]
7. Sonny Burns - "I'm Not Long for this World" [Diplomat LP, All-Star Country & Western]
8. Vin Bruce - "It's My Birthday" [Swallow Records CD, The Essential Vin Bruce]
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9. Riley Puckett - "Ragged But Right" [Columbia 78]
10. Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers - "Downhome" [RCA Camden LP, The Country Stars! The Country Hits!]
11. The Carter Family - "Land Where We'll Never Grow Old" [Rounder CD, Sunshine in the Shadows]
12. Townes van Zandt - "To Live's To Fly" [from Tomato CD, High Low and In Between]
13. Robert Earl Keen - "Down that Dusty Trail" [from KGSR CD, Broadcasts, Vol. 8]
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14. Ray Price - "Much Too Young to Die" [New World Records LP, Modern Country Music]
15. Jimmy Work - "Digging My Own Grave" [Dot 45]
16. Buck Owens - "It Don't Show On Me" [Starday LP, The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens]
17. Emily Evans - "Old Enough to Cry" [Dot 45]
18. Cliffie Stone - "The Popcorn Song" [Capitol 45]
19. Sid King & the Five Strings - "Sag, Drag & Fall" [from Proper Records UK box set, From Bopping Hillbilly to Red Hot Rocabilly]

Playlist for 10/5/06

2006-10-05T21:14:00.000-04:00

First set in tribute to dobro hero 'Uncle' Josh Graves who died on September 30th, 2006.
1. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys - "Some Old Day"
2. Flatt & Scruggs et al - "Randy Lynn Rag" [from CD, The Essential Earl Scruggs on Columbia/Sony/Legacy]
3. Uncle Josh Grave & Hoss Linneman - "John Henry Breakdown" [from Starday LP, That Dobro Sound's Goin' 'Round]
4. Flatt & Scruggs - "Georgia Buck" [from CD, The Essential Earl Scruggs on Columbia/Sony/Legacy]
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5. Al Terry - "My Baby Knows" [from Hickory 45]
6. Johnny Cash - "Belshazzar" [Pazazz CD, Country Boy]
7. Skeeter Davis - "Just When I Needed You" [from RCA Victor LP, I'll Sing You A Song and Harmonize Too]
8. Liz Talley - "A Stranger in my Arms" [from CD, Road to You; visit Liz Talley's website: http://www.liztalleymusic.com/]
9. Goldie Hill - "Twice as Blue" [Decca 45]
10. Wanda Kemp - "Tribute to Betty Ford" [Tribute Records 45]
11. Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - "Country Capers" [from 10" EP, 2 Guitars Country Style]
12. Jimmy Bryant - "Blow Your Hat Into the Street" [from Bryant's Back in Town LP on Imperial]
13. Merle Travis & Joe Maphis - "Big Midnight Special" [from Capitol LP, Country Music's Two Guitar Greats]
14. Tom (Tomlinson) & Jerry (Kennedy) - "Guitar Boogie" [from Mercury LP, Guitar's Greatest Hits]
15. Jimmy Bryant - "Buggy Ride" [from Bryant's Back in Town LP on Imperial]
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16. The Louvin Brothers - "Pitfall" [from Razor & Tie CD, When I Stop Dreaming]
17. Hank Thompson - "New Green Light" [from Capitol LP, The Best of Hank Thompson]
18. Jimmy Newman - "You Didn't Have to Go" [from Wyncote LP, Sonny James]
19. Webb Pierce - "Your Good for Nothing Heart" [Decca LP, Webb Pierce]
20. Adam Hebert - "Tomorrow I'll Be Gone" [from Swallow Records CD, The Essential Adam Hebert]

Country Crossroads, 9/28/06

2006-09-28T21:46:00.000-04:00

Took the week off and aired Part Two of a special on The Byrds.

Playlist for 9/21/06

2006-09-21T21:49:00.000-04:00

1. Tommy Bradley - "Adam & Eve" [from Old Hat CD, Violin Sing the Blues for Me]
2. Larry Johnson - "Ragged & Dirty" [from Blue Goose LP, Fast & Funky]
3. Son House - "Rochester Blues" [from Blue Goose LP, The Real Delta Blues]
4. Bukka White - "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues" [from Takoma LP, Mississippi Blues]
4.5 Jimmie Rodgers - "Waiting for a Train"
5. Roy Acuff - "Steel Guitar Blues" [from Columbia CD, White Country Blues]
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The next set was an episode of Mother's Best Show with Hank Williams, Audrey & the gang. Read all about it at Hank's daughter's site: www.jettwilliams.com/newsite-html/news.htm. Just don't tell her you heard it here...
6. Intro
7. "On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain"
8. "Blue Love in my Heart" (Audrey Williams, vocals)
9. "Can't You Hear the Blessed Saviour Calling You"
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10. Cathy Fink - "Yodeling Lesson" [from The Rough Guide to Yodel, Rough Guides CD]
11. Don Walser - "Rolling Stone from Texas" [from some CD box set or other; Don Walser died on 9/20/06]
12. Elton Britt -"Cannonball Yodel" [from RCA Victor LP, Yodel Songs]
13. Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys - "Goodbye Old Pal" [from JSP box set, All The Classic Releases]
14. Ed Sanders - "Yodeling Robot" [from The Rough Guide to Yodel, Rough Guides CD]
15. Slim Whitman - "The Yodeler" ???

Playlist for 9/7/06

2006-09-07T18:16:00.000-04:00

1. Wanda Jackson - "I Gotta Know" [Capitol CD, Vintage Collection]
2. Lloyd McCullough and the Drifting Hillbillies - "Watch That Girl" [Proper box set, From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly]
3. Jim Flaherty's Caravan - "Real Gone Daddy" [Rhino Records CD, Rockin' Bones]
4. Johnny Horton - "First Train Heading South" [Columbia LP, The Fantastic Johnny Horton]
5. Johnny Cash - "Guess Things Happen That Way"
6. Webb Pierce - "I Ain't Never" [Decca LP, Greatest Hits]
7. Buck Owens - "Close Up The Honky-Tonks" [from Capitol LP, Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat]
8. Charlie Walker - "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" [Columbia CD, Honky Tonk Heroes]
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9. Norma Jean - "It's About Time" [from RCA Victor LP, Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town]
10. Melba Montgomery - "He Called Me Baby" [from Capitol LP, The Big Wonderful Country World of Melba Montgomery]
11. Diana Trask - "You've Got What It Takes" [from Dot LP, Miss Country Soul]
12. Tammy Wynette - "I Stayed Long Enough" [from CD, Stand By Your Man]
13. Dolly Parton - "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" [from LP, In the Beginning]
14. George Jones and Tammy Wynette - "We Go Together" [Epic LP, We Go Together]
15. Connie Smith - "Not 'Til You Come Back to Me" [from RCA Victor LP, Cute 'n' Country]
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16. Henry Thomas - "The Fox and Hounds" [from CD, Texas Worried Blues on Yazoo]
17. Old Crow Medicine Show - "New Virginia Creeper" [from Nettwerk CD, Big Iron World]
18. Riley Baugus - "Long Steel Rail" [from Sugar Hill CD, Long Steel Rail]
19. Old Crow Medicine Show - "My Good Gal" [from Nettwerk CD, Big Iron World]
20. Whitey McPherson - "Never No Mo' Blues" [from CD, White Country Blues]

Playlist for 8/24/06

2006-08-24T12:24:00.000-04:00

1. Loretta Lynn - "Blue Steel" [from MCA LP, Here's Loretta Lynn]
2. Loretta Lynn - "My Life Story" [from MCA LP, Here's Loretta Lynn]
3. Ernest Tubb - "Walkin' the Floor" [from Decca double-LP, The Ernest Tubb Story]
4. Ernest Tubb - "I Hung My Head and I Cried" [from Decca LP, ...Sings Country Hits Old & New]
5. Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce - "Oh So Many Years" [from Rounder LP, The Golden Years]
6. Webb Pierce - "You're Not Mine Anymore" [from Decca LP, Webb Pierce]
7. Johnny Horton with Country Johnny Mathis - "I'll Do It Everytime"
8. Hank Williams - "Weary Blues from Waiting" [MGM CD, Hank Williams Alone With His Guitar]
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9. Pine Leaf Boys - "Pine Leaf Two Step" [from Arhoolie CD, La Musique]
10. The Alley Boys of Abbeville - "Te a pas Raison" [from Columbia CD, Abbeville Breakdown]
11. Sady Courville & Dennis McGee - "Rosa, Tomorrow is not Sunday" [from Swallow Records CD, La Vieulle Musique Acadien]
12. Adam Hebert - "Don't Cry Pretty Blue Eyes" [from Swallow Records CD, The Essential Adam Hebert]
13. Leo Soileau & Moise Robin - "Easy Rider Blues" [from Old Hat Records CD, Down in the Basement]
14. Leo Soileau & Moise Robin - "Tomorrow is not Sunday" [from JSP box set, Cajun Early Recordings]
15. Hackberry Ramblers - "J'ai pas Bien Fey" [from Arhoolie CD, Early Recordings]
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16. Adam Hebert - "Le Moulin" [from Swallow Records CD, The Essential Adam Hebert]
17. Austin Pitre and the Evangeline Playboys - "Les Flammes d'Enfer" [from Rounder CD, Louisiana Cajun French Music]
18. Adam Hebert - "Pour le Derniere Fois" [from Swallow Records CD, The Essential Adam Hebert]

Playlist for 8/17/06

2006-08-17T15:44:00.000-04:00

1. Jerry Byrd w/ Rex Allen, voc. - "Steelin' the Blues" [from the CD, Early Country & Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics on the Cattle Compact label (avail. from Frontier Records--see side bar)]
2. Leon McAuliffe - "Redskin Rag" [from CD, A Musical Souvenir of the Late Leon McAuliffe on the Cattle Compact label (avail. from Frontier Records--see side bar)]
3. Porky Freeman w/ Hal Hart, voc. - "I Miss Your Lovin'"[from CD, The Boogie Woogie Boy on the Cattle Compact label (avail. from Frontier Records--see side bar)]
4. Leon McAuliffe w/ Jimmy Hall, voc. - "Bitter Tears" [same as #2]
5. Porky Freeman - "Slow Train Boogie" [same as #3]
6. The Delmore Brothers - "Midnight Special" [King 78rpm record]
7. Cecil Campbell - "Twisting the Steel" [Hollywood CD, Stars of the Steel Guitar]
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8. Charlie Poole & North Carolina Ramblers - "Goodbye Booze" [from CD box set, You Ain't Talkin' to Me on Sony / Legacy]
9. Riley Pucket & Clayton McMichen - "Cindy" [Columbia 78rpm record]
10. Red Headed Fiddler - "Steeley Rag" [from Yazoo CD, Times Ain't What They Used To Be, Vol. 8]
11. Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies - "Louise Louise Blues" [Decca 78rpm]
12. Gitfiddle Jim - "Paddlin' Blues" [from Yazoo CD, Times Ain't What They Used To Be, Vol. 8]
13. Big Joe & his Rhythm - "It Ain't No Lie" [Bluebird 78]
14. Blind Willie McTell - "Ticket Agent Blues" [Decca LP, Blues in the Dark]
15. Hoke Rice & his Hoky Poke Boys - "Georgia Jubilee" [Brunswick 78rpm]
16. Tennessee Chocolate Drops - "Knox City Stomp" [from Old Hat CD, Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!]

Playlist for 8/10/06

2006-08-10T13:59:00.000-04:00

1. Freddy Fender - "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
2. Riley Baugus - "Lonesome Road Blues" [from Sugar Hill CD, Long Steel Rail]
3. Red Molly - "Blue Night" [from CD, Never Been to Vegas; visit the Red Molly website: www.redmolly.com]
4. Sam & Kirk McGee - "House of David Blues" [from Spring Fed Records (Arts Center of Cannon County, Tennessee) CD, Outstanding in their Field]
5. Ralph Stanley - "Storms are on the Ocean" [from Sony/Legacy CD, Distant Land to Roam]
6. Westport Sunrise Sessions - "No Depression" [from Diablo Dulce CD, Westport Sunrise Sessions]
7. The Lonesome Sisters - "White Dove" [from Tin Halo Music CD, The Lonesome Sisters with Rayna Gellert]
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8. Chatham County Line - "Day I Die" [from Yep Roc CD, Speed of the Whipporwill]
9. The Hunger Mountain Boys - "Hiccup Remedy Blues" [from Old Fi Records CD, Three]
10. Just Cause - "The Return of the Boll Weevil" [from Water Street Music CD, Standards]
11. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - "Too Long" [from Ryko CD, The Swimming Hour]
12. White Ghost Shivers - "Shopping Mall" [from Chicken Ranch Records CD, Hokum If You Got 'Em]
13. Mello Joy Boys - "Louisiana Breakdown [Swallow Records CD, Une Tasse Café]
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A brief tribute to Arthur Lee who died on August 3rd.
14. Love - "Alone Again Or" [from Forever Changes]
15. Love - "My Little Red Book" [from Love Revisited]
16. Love - "Your Friend and Mine (Neil's Song)" [from Four Sail]

Playlist for 8/3/06

2006-08-03T22:04:00.000-04:00

1. Bill Wimberly - "Country Rhythm" [Mercury 45]
2. Jimmy Newman - "What Cha Gonna Do" [from Cattle Compact CD, Bopping Hillbillies on the Air (Available from Frontier Records, see sidebar)]
3. Kitty Wells - I'm in Love with You [Decca 45]
4. Jimmy & Duane - "I Want Some Lovin', Baby" [Proper Records box set, From Bopping Hillibilly to Redhot Rockabilly]
5. Skeets MacDonald - "Baby I'm Lost Without You" [Capitol 45]
6. Jimmy Work - "That Cold, Cold Look in Your Eye" [Dot 45]
7. Wanda Jackson - "Lookout Heart" [Capitol 45]
8. Bonnie Owens - "The Longer You Wait" [Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
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9. Adam Hebert - "Tomorrow I'll Be Gone" [from Jin Records CD, Swamp Gold Country; see also The Essential Adam Hebert
10. Jenks "Tex" Carman - "Lonesome Train" [from Bear Family CD, Cow Punk]
11. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - "Railroading" [from Razor & Tie CD, Stratosphere Boogie]
12. Alvino Rey - "Steel Guitar Rag" [Dot 45]
13. Herb & Kay - "We Did" [ACE Records, UK, King Hillbilly Bop and Boogie]
14. Eddie Bond - "Double Duty Lovin'" 4. Jimmy & Duane - "I Want Some Lovin', Baby" [Proper Records box set, From Bopping Hillibilly to Redhot Rockabilly]
15. Leon McAuliffe - "Blacksmith Blues" [1952; from Cattle Compact CD, A Musical Souvenir of the Late Leon MacAuliffe; also available from Frontier Records]
16. Autry Inman - "Uh Huh Honey" [Proper Records box set, From Bopping Hillibilly to Redhot Rockabilly]
17. Carl Smith - "That's the Way I Like Her the Best" [Columbia 45]
18. Arthur Smith and his Cracker Jacks - "Nobody, Somebody, Nobody" [MGM 45]
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19. Melba Montgomery - "I Can't Change Overnight" [from United Artists LP, The Mood I'm In]

Playlist for 7/27/06

2006-07-27T22:27:00.000-04:00

1. Hank Penny - "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" [Gusto LP set, 40 Country Hits of the 40's]
2. Harry Choates - "What's the Use?" [from Krazy Kat CD, 5 Time Loser]
3. Moon Mullican - "Jole Blon" [Gusto LP set, 40 Country Hits of the 40's]
4. Hackberry Ramblers - "Fais Pas Ça" [from Arhoolie Records CD, Early Recordings]
5. Balfa Freres - "Parlex Nous A Boire [from Rounder Records CD, Louisiana Cajun French Music]
6. Harry Choates - "La Veuve de la Coulee" [from Krazy Kat CD, 5 Time Loser]
7. Clifton Chenier - "You Promised Me Love" [Fuel CD, An Introduction to Clifton Chenier]
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8. Ernest Tubb - "I Need Attention Bad" [Decca 78rpm]
9. Little Jimmy Dickens - "Red Wing" [from Columbia Records LP, Raisin' the Dickens]
10. Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen - "Quicksilver" [RCA Victor 78rpm record]
11. Jack Guthrie - "You Laughed and I Cried" [Capitol LP, Jack Guthrie and his Greatest Songs]
12. Jack Guthrie - "Oklahoma's Calling" [Capitol 78]
13. Jack Guthrie - "Oakie Boogie" [Capitol LP, Jack Guthrie and his Greatest Songs]
14. Jack Guthrie - "When the Cactus are in Bloom" [Capitol 78]
15. Red Sovine - "You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree Now" [Cattle Compact CD]
16. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - "Brain Cloudy Blues" [Columbia 78]
17. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - "Will's Breakdown" [Decca LP, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys]
18. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys with Jimmy Widener, vocals - "I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You" [MGM 78rpm]
19. Hank Thompson - "Sweetheart for a Day" [from Soundies/Bloodshot CD, Hank World]
20. Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith - "Oakie Polka" [MGM 78rpm]

Playlist for 6/29/06

2006-07-04T17:22:00.000-04:00

All Southern Gospel!
1. The Pell Brothers - "This Wonderful Feeling" [from LP, This Wonderful Feeling]
2. King Wilkie - "Some Glad Day" [from Rebel CD, Broke]
3. Carl Story - "Hide Me" [from LP on the Nashville label]

...to be continued

Playlist for 5/11/06

2006-05-16T15:43:00.000-04:00

1. Townes Van Zandt - "Turnstyled, Junkpiled" [from Tomato LP, Delta Momma Blues]
2. The Broken Family Band - "We Already Said Goodbye" [from Track & Field CD, Welcome Home Loser]
3. Paul Burch & Ralph Stanley - "Little Glass of Wine" [from Bloodshot CD, For a Decade of Sin]
4. Neko Case - "Poor Ellen Smith" [from Bloodshot CD, The Executioner's Last Song]
5. Connie Smith - "I'll Be There" [from RCA Victor LP, Cute 'N' Country]
6. Faron Young - "Busted" [from Mercury LP, Songs for Country Folks]
7. Johnny Cash - "Thanks A Lot" [from Sun LP, The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash]
8. Charlie Feathers - "Mama Oh Mama" [from Norton CD, Uh Huh Honey]
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9. Robbie Fulks - "Tears at the Grand Ole Opry" [from yet another Bloodshot CD, Hard Headed Woman: A Tribute to Wanda Jackson]
10. Jack Guthrie - "You Laughed and I Cried" [from Capitol LP, Jack Guthrie & His Greatest Songs]
11. Red Rooster - "Carry Me" [from CD, Dose]
...to be continued...

Playlist for 5/4/06

2006-05-04T14:04:00.000-04:00

1. 16 Horsepower - "Single Girl" [from CD, Folklore]
2. Chatham County Line - "Make Some Pay" [from CD, Route 23 on Yep Roc!]
3. Melba Montgomery - "Never Gonna Be the Same Old Me Without You" [from LP, The Mood I'm In on United Artists]
4. Laura Cantrell - "Wasted" [from Bloodshot CD, Hard-Headed Woman: A Tribute to Wanda Jackson]
5. Kitty Wells - "Hello, Walls" [from LP, The Queen of Country Music on Decca]
6. George Jones - "She Thinks I Still Care"
7. Wanda Jackson - "If You Knew What I Know" [from LP, Tears at the Grand Ole Opry on Pickwick]
8. Loretta Lynn - "New Rainbow" [from MCA LP, Here's Loretta Lynn]
9. Dustin Evans - "The Auctioneer"
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10. Johnny Noble and his Hawaiians featuring M. Moke on steel guitar - "Moana Chimes" [Brunswick 78rpm]
11. Cliff Carlisle - "I'm Sorry Now" [JSP Box Set]
12. Cliff Carlisle - "Trouble Minded Blues" [from County CD, Old Time Mountain Blues]
13. Sol Hoopii - "Farewell Blues" [Decca 78]
14. Jerry Byrd - "Cocoanut Grove" [1957; from Cattle Compact CD, Country and Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics or something like that]
15. Jimmy Rodgers - "Everybody Does it in Hawaii"
16. Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies - "Hula Lou" [Montgomery Wards 78]
17. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - "This Ain't the Blues" [Razor & Tie CD, Stratosphere Boogie]
18. Bashful Brother Oswald - "Island March" [Starday LP, The Dobro Sound's Goin' 'Round]
19. Frank Hutchison - "Cannonball Blues" [1929; County CD, Old Time Mountain Blues]
20. Roy Smeck - "Laughing Rag" [1926; Yazoo LP, Bottleneck Guitar Masterpieces]
21. Johnny Noble and his Hawaiians featuring M. Moke on steel guitar - "Hilo March" [Brunswick 78rpm]

Playlist for 4/27/06

2006-05-02T14:29:00.000-04:00

1. Todd Snider - "Tillamook County Jail" [from OH BOY! CD, East Nashville Skyline]
2. Eleni Mandell - "You're All Bad (and that's why you've been invited)" [from Trocadero CD, Country for True Lovers]
3. Mark Brown & Uncle Buckle - "Bucket Truck" [from CD, Mark Brown & Uncle Buckle (independently released); check out Mark's website: www.unclebuckle.com]
4. Johnny Cash - "That's Enough" [from Columbia 45 (Thanks, Antoine!]
5. Jimmie Bowen and the Rhythm Orchids - "Warm Up To Me" [Roulette 45]
6. Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors (featuring Leon Rhodes and Bud Charlton) - "Rhodes Bud Boogie" (Decca 45)
7. Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors - "I'll Be There" [Decca LP, By Request]
8. Webb Pierce - "Love Love Love" [Decca 45]
9. Roger Miller - "Can't Stop Loving You" [Starday LP, Wild Child]
10. Skeets MacDonald - "I Got A New Field To Plow" [Capitol 45]
11. Frankie Miller - "Black Land Farmer" [Starday 45]
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The rest of the show is in memory of Bonnie Owens who passed away on May 24, 2006.
12. Bonnie Owens - "Don't Take Advantage of Me" [from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
13. Bonnie Owens - "My Hi-Fi to Cry By" [from LP, Country Cavalcade]
14. Bonnie Owens - "Number One Heel" [from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
15. Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard - "Slowly But Surely" [Tally 45]
16. Bonnie Owens - "The Longer You Wait" [from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
17. Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard - "Just Between the Two of Us" [from Capitol LP, Just Between the Two of Us]
18. Bonnie Owens - "Beggin' to You" [from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
19. Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard - "A House without Love is Not a Home" [from Capitol LP, Just Between the Two of Us]
20. Bonnie Owens - "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" [from Capitol LP, Don't Take Advantage of Me]
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21. Rufus Thomas - "Today I Started Loving You Again" [from CD on Seque, Just Because I'm Leaving...]