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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Playlist

January 12, 2013

9:00 PM
Folsom Prison
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
3:23 PM
Busted
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
3:27 PM
Dark As A Dungeon
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
3:27 PM
McMichen’s Reel
Artist : Clayton McMichen
Album : Legendary Fiddler
Label : BACM
3:31 PM
Old Joe Clark
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : The New Lost City Ramblers 20th Anniversary Concert
Label : Flying Fish Records
3:33 PM
The C&NW Railroad Blues
Artist : The Highwoods Stringband
Album : The New Lost City Ramblers 20th Anniversary Concert
Label : Flying Fish Records
3:34 PM
You’ve Been A Friend of Mine
Artist : Bill Lowe
Album : Kentucky Farewell
Label :
3:35 PM
The White House Blues
Artist : Charlie Poole
Album : You Ain't Talking To Me
Label : Columbia Legacy
3:35 PM
Limehouse Blues
Artist : Norman Blake & Red Rector
Album : Norman Blake & Red Rector
Label : Rounder Records
3:38 PM
Heartaches By the Number
Artist : Ray Price
Album : The Essential Ray Price
Label : Columbia Records
3:40 PM
The Green, Green Grass of Home
Artist : Porter Wagoner
Album : The Essential Porter Wagoner
Label : RCA
3:41 PM
I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could
Artist : Carl Butler
Album : I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
Label : Bear Family Records
3:44 PM
Where Will This End?
Artist : Tom Mindte
Album : Tom Mindte
Label : Patunxet Music
3:46 PM
No Need To Be So Lonely
Artist : Jim Eanes
Album : Your Old Standby
Label : Starday
3:48 PM
High On A Mountain
Artist : Kentucky Wild Horse
Album : Spirits of the Lonesome Hills
Label : Wild Horse Productions
3:50 PM
Stupid Cupid
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Patsy Cline: Live At The Cimarron Ballroom
Label : MCA
3:52 PM
I Fall To Pieces
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Patsy Cline: Live At The Cimarron Ballroom
Label : MCA
3:53 PM
If I Could See The World Through The Eyes Of A Child
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Patsy Cline: Live At The Cimarron Ballroom
Label : MCA
3:53 PM
Walking After Midnight
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Patsy Cline: Live At The Cimarron Ballroom
Label : MCA
3:55 PM
A Year Ago Today
Artist : Shoefly
Album : Six-Fifty
Label :
3:58 PM
All Night Long
Artist : Shoefly
Album : Six-Fifty
Label :
3:59 PM
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Artist : John Hartford
Album : Live From Mountain Stage
Label : Blue Plate Music
4:01 PM
The Madison County Crew
Artist : Hazel Rhymer
Album : On The Threshold of a Dream
Label : Ballad Records
4:03 PM
Trouble In Mind
Artist : Bill Harrell
Album : The Cat Came Back
Label : Rebel Records
4:06 PM
I Like Mountain Music
Artist : Mary Jo and Charlie Leet
Album : Duet
Label : Go-Go Records
4:07 PM
Triangle Blues
Artist : Roanoke Jug Band
Album : Rural String Bands of Virginia
Label : County Records
4:07 PM
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Artist : Mary Jo and Charlie Leet
Album : Duet
Label : Go-Go Records
4:10 PM
Jackson
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
4:11 PM
Give My Love To Rose
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label : Columbia Legacy
4:11 PM
You Broke Your Promise
Artist : Tex Williams
Album :
Label :
4:14 PM
I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
Artist : The Browns
Album : The Browns: The Complete Hits
Label : Sony
4:15 PM
Smile When You Speak of Texas
Artist : T. Texas Tyler
Album :
Label :
4:15 PM
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Artist : Willie Nelson
Album : The Essential Willie Nelson
Label : Sony
4:16 PM
By the River
Artist : The Foghorn Stringband
Album : Outshine the Sun
Label :
4:18 PM
I’m Too Young to Marry
Artist : Jimmie Driftwood
Album : Americana
Label : Bear Family Records
4:23 PM
Cold, Cold Heart
Artist : Hank Williams
Album : 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
Label : Polydor
4:25 PM
Evalina
Artist : Josh Graves
Album : Strictly Instrumental
Label : County Records
4:25 PM
Lost To A Stranger
Artist : Hylo Brown
Album : Hylo Brown and The Timberliners
Label : Bear Family Records
4:27 PM
Life To Go
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label :
4:34 PM
Two Soldiers
Artist : Hazel and Alice
Album : Hazel and Alice
Label : Rounder Records
4:35 PM
Old Jerry Davis
Artist : Snake Chapman
Album : Walnut Gap
Label : Rounder Records
4:37 PM
Pretty Bird
Artist : Hazel Dickens
Album : Hazel and Alice
Label : Rounder Records
4:38 PM
Down South Blues
Artist : Dock Boggs
Album : Country Blues
Label : Revenant
4:40 PM
Everybody’s Got A Girl But Me
Artist : Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album : Absolutely the Best
Label : Fuel Records
4:42 PM
Train On The Island
Artist : Rayna Gellart & Susie Goehring
Album :
Label :
4:45 PM
Half Past Four
Artist : Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring
Album :
Label :
4:46 PM
A Fool Such As I
Artist : Hank Snow
Album : The Essential Hank Snow
Label : RCA
4:48 PM
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat
Artist : Lilly Mae Ledford
Album : Gems
Label : June Appal
4:49 PM
After The Ball
Artist : Bradley Kincaid
Album : Mountain Ballads and Old-Time Songs
Label : Old Homestead
4:52 PM
Banjo Picking Girl
Artist : Lilly Mae Ledford
Album : Gems
Label : June Appal
4:52 PM
My Last Date
Artist : Skeeter Davis
Album : The Golden Age of Country Music
Label : Ace Records

12:48pm

Sat June 11, 2011
Music

Corndaddies live on the Midnight Ramble

Host Tom Duffee talks with local bluegrass band the Corndaddies about the formation of their band, the fun of being street performers, and the importance of live music. The band sings about steel drivin' with their rendition of "John Henry" and answers the burning question, "What occupation will never lose their job to a machine?" Listen to find out!

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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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