The Midnight Ramble

Saturday, 9pm-midnight

On the Midnight Ramble, you get an opportunity to take a leisurely stroll through the highways and byways in the history of country music, finding old gems that no one plays anymore and giving them new life.  You may discover that these old songs and tunes have an intrinsic value that belies their age and their obscurity.  For instance, you may be pleased to find a still vital fiddling tradition that has maintained links to generations of fiddlers past – a part of American culture that should not be forgotten or abandoned.  Or, perhaps you may unearth a bit of old popular culture that, through the poetry of its lyrics or the cry of its steel guitar, can still articulate a world-view that has not lost its impact in this age of high-tech cultural consolidation.  Or, by listening to these old tunes, you may simply gain some insight to why we are the way we are today (positive and negative).  For, as always in the human condition, when you take time to observe the past, you become more informed about the present, and may even gain some insight into the path of the future.

Whether it is only for the occasional few minutes at home; during an extended car ride down the road; or you just like to leave your radio on when you go to bed on a Saturday night:  take a listen to the Midnight Ramble.  You may be surprised at how addicting these old country sounds can be! 

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April 13, 2013

9:00 PM
What I Hate
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Working In Tennessee
Label : Vanguard
4:08 PM
Sometimes I Dream
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Working In Tennessee
Label : Vanguard
4:09 PM
Swinging Doors
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : The Lonesome Fugitive
Label : Razor & Tie
4:15 PM
Just Between the Two of Us
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : The Lonesome Fugitive
Label : Razor & Tie
4:15 PM
I Can’t Make My Dreams Understand
Artist : Wanda Jackson
Album : Wanda Jackson
Label : Capitol
4:17 PM
Ain’t You Sorry That You Lied
Artist : Texas Ruby
Album : Teardrops In My Heart
Label : Righteous
4:22 PM
Alone Together Tonight
Artist : Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent
Album : Your Money and My Good Looks
Label : Upper Management
4:24 PM
Half As Good A Girl
Artist : Wanda Jackson
Album : Wanda Jackson
Label : Capitol
4:25 PM
It’s Raining Teardrops In My Heart
Artist : Texas Ruby
Album : Teardrops In My Heart
Label : Righteous
4:26 PM
Your Money and My Good Looks
Artist : Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent
Album : Your Money and My Good Looks
Label : Upper Management
4:35 PM
Nothing In Rambling
Artist : Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers
Album : Wayward Daughter
Label :
4:26 PM
If I Could Only Fly
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : If I Could Only Fly
Label : Anti
4:27 PM
Give My Love To Rose
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
4:29 PM
Apartment #9
Artist : Tammy Wynette
Album : The Very Best of Tammy Wynette
Label : Epic
4:29 PM
In The Baggage Coach Ahead
Artist : Chickie Williams
Album : The Original Historical Early Recordings
Label : Wheeling Records
4:33 PM
Weary, Tired, and Blue
Artist : Doc Williams
Album : The Original Historical Early Recordings
Label : Wheeling Records
4:37 PM
No Hiding Place Down Here
Artist : Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers
Album : Wayward Daughter
Label :
4:40 PM
Sidewalks of Chicago
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : The Lonesome Fugitive
Label : Razor & Tie
4:41 PM
Under The Bridge
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Working In Tennessee
Label : Vanguard
4:42 PM
Your The Girl of My Dreams
Artist : Mac Wiseman
Album : This Is Mac Wiseman
Label : Dot
4:43 PM
The Storms Are On The Ocean
Artist : Flatt & Scruggs with Maybelle Carter
Album : Songs of the Famous Carter Family
Label : Columbia
4:45 PM
Little Rosewood Casket
Artist : Mac Wiseman
Album : The Mac Wiseman Story
Label : Wise Records
4:45 PM
Polka On The Old Banjo
Artist : Flatt & Scruggs
Album : The Essential Flatt & Scruggs
Label : Columbia
4:46 PM
Honky Tonk Man
Artist : Johnny Horton
Album : The Johnny Horton Legend
Label : Sony Music
4:47 PM
No One But You
Artist : Kitty Wells
Album : Kitty Wells: The Essential Recordings
Label : Primo
4:48 PM
Coca Cola Cowboy
Artist : Mel Tillis
Album : Mel Tillis: Greatest Hits
Label : Curb Records
4:49 PM
Sweet Dreams
Artist : Faron Young
Album : The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young
Label : Collector's Choice
4:50 PM
Set ’Em Up Joe
Artist : Vern Gosdin
Album : Super Hits
Label : Sony Music
4:50 PM
Every Time I’m Kissing You
Artist : Faron Young
Album : The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young
Label : Collector's Choice
4:51 PM
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
Artist : Hank Locklin
Album : Hank Locklin: 48 Golden Memories
Label : Golden Stars
4:53 PM
Everybody’s Fool
Artist : The Lucky Stars
Album : Hollywood & Western
Label : Ipacac
4:55 PM
Last of the Breed
Artist : Willie, Merle, and Ray
Album : That Silvered Haired Daddy of Mine
Label : Lost Highway
4:56 PM
Live at the Cimarron Ballroom
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Live at the Cimarron Ballroom
Label : MCA
4:58 PM
Denver Belle
Artist : Kenny Baker
Album : Master Fiddler
Label : County Records
4:59 PM
The Story That the Crow Told Me
Artist : John Cohen
Album : The Story That the Crow Told Me
Label : Acoustic Disc
5:00 PM
Shelvin Rock
Artist : Erynn Marshall
Album : Tune Tramp
Label :
5:01 PM
Emotions
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Reno & Smiley: Early Years 1951-1959
Label : Gusto Records
5:02 PM
Whickety Whack, Into My Sack
Artist : Ray Hicks
Album : Tells Four Traditional Jack Tales
Label : Folk Legacy
5:03 PM
Just Because
Artist : Pineridge Partners
Album : Back To Jericho
Label :
5:04 PM
All I Have Is Just A Memory
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Reno & Smiley: Early Years 1951-1959
Label :
5:04 PM
15 Cents
Artist : Sutton, Holt, and Coleman
Album : Ready For the Times
Label : High Windy
5:07 PM
Pretty When It’s New
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : I Am What I Am
Label : Hag Records
5:08 PM
Anniversary Blue Yodel
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : The Peer Sessions
Label : Audium Records
5:09 PM
Forky Deer
Artist : Sutton, Holt, and Coleman
Album : Ready For the Times
Label : High Windy
5:10 PM
West Virginia, My Home
Artist : Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers
Album : Smoky Junction
Label :
5:14 PM
A Place to Fall Apart
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : For the Record
Label : BNA
5:15 PM
Taps
Artist : Jim & Bob
Album :
Label :

4:39pm

Tue March 29, 2011
WYSO Programming Notes

Host Highlights: Tom Duffee

Host highlights features conversations between WYSO Music Director, Niki Dakota and WYSO's volunteer hosts about their programs, how they came to WYSO, etc. This week, fill-in host Juliet Fromholt chats with Tom Duffee of the Midnight Ramble. They discuss the Duffee's love of old-time music and how hosting a program on WYSO was a family affair.

The Midnight Ramble airs Saturday nights, 9pm - midnight.

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3:35pm

Sat September 4, 2010
Music

Red Spurlock Live on the Midnight Ramble

Red Spurlock

Legendary bluegrass banjo player Red Spurlock joins Tom Duffee in the WYSO studios to share songs and stories from his career including first coming to Dayton in the 1950s and meeting fellow musician Red Allen. 

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