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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January 19, 2013

9:00 PM
My Last Date
Artist : Skeeter Davis
Album : Golden Age of Popular Music
Label : Ace Records
4:12 PM
Red Haired Boy
Artist : Robin Kessinger
Album : Roots and Branches
Label : JMP Records
4:13 PM
The Bing Brothers
Artist : Cruel Willie
Album : Roots and Branches
Label : JMP Records
4:14 PM
I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight
Artist : Josh Graves
Album : Josh Graves
Label : Rebel Records
4:18 PM
Making Plans
Artist : Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Album : All American Country
Label : BMG
4:19 PM
Little Joe the Wrangler
Artist : Don Edwards
Album : Songs of the Trail
Label : Warner Brothers
4:19 PM
Little Joe the Wrangler’s Sister Nell
Artist : Harry Jackson
Album : Cowboy Songs on Folkways
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
4:20 PM
Texas Ranger
Artist : Cartwright Brothers
Album : When I Was A Cowboy
Label : Yazoo Records
4:22 PM
I’d Like To Be In Texas When the Roundup in the Spring
Artist : Don Edwards
Album : Songs of the Trail
Label : Warner Brothers
4:24 PM
Goodbye Old Paint
Artist : Harry McKlintock
Album : When I Was A Cowboy
Label : Yazoo Records
4:26 PM
Yellow Rose of Texas
Artist : Roy Rogers
Album : Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Vol 2
Label :
4:29 PM
Tying A Knot In The Devil’s Tail
Artist : Powder River Jack
Album : When I Was A Cowboy
Label : Yazoo Records
4:30 PM
Riders In The Sky
Artist : Vaughn Monroe
Album : Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Vol 1
Label :
4:31 PM
Sons of the Pioneers
Artist : Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Album : Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Vol 2
Label :
4:32 PM
Bandit Cole Younger
Artist : Edward Crain
Album : When I Was A Cowboy
Label : Yazoo Records
4:34 PM
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Artist : Foy Willing
Album : Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Vol 2
Label :
4:34 PM
Take Me To World
Artist : Tammy Wynette
Album : Love Songs
Label : Epic
4:40 PM
Let’s Have A Party
Artist : Wanda Jackson
Album : Wanda Jackson
Label : Capitol
4:44 PM
Get Lost, You Wolf
Artist : Hylo Brown
Album : Hylo Brown and The Timberliners
Label : Bear Family Records
4:47 PM
Peggy Lou
Artist : Wilma Lee Cooper
Album : Classic Country Favorites
Label : Rebel Records
4:51 PM
I Love You Because You
Artist : Ernest Tubb
Album : Slippin' Around
Label : Proper
4:53 PM
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Artist : Wanda Jackson
Album : Wanda Jackson
Label : Capitol
4:54 PM
Marching Through Georgia
Artist : Ernest Stoneman
Album : Masters of Old Time Country Autoharp
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
4:56 PM
Fathers Have A Home Sweet Home
Artist : EC and Orna Ball
Album :
Label :
5:02 PM
Where the Old Red River Flows
Artist : The Whitstein Brothers
Album :
Label :
5:02 PM
Ella’s Grave
Artist : Neriah Benfield
Album : Masters of Old Time Country Autoharp
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
5:03 PM
Soppin’ The Gravy
Artist : Mark O’Conner
Album :
Label :
5:04 PM
Pretending
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Reno & Smiley Early Years 1951-1959
Label : Gusto Records
5:06 PM
Free Mexican Airforce
Artist : Peter Rowan
Album : Peter Rowan
Label : Flying Fish Records
5:10 PM
Only You
Artist : Buck Owens
Album : Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits
Label : Rhino Records
5:12 PM
The Moon Is Weeping Over You
Artist : Jimmie Osborne
Album : Jimmie Osborne
Label :
5:17 PM
Crocket’s Honeymoon
Artist : Adam Hurt
Album : Banjo In The Clawhammer Tradition
Label :
5:20 PM
Turkey In A Peapatch
Artist : Buddy Thomas
Album : Kitty Puss
Label : Rounder Records
5:21 PM
She Has Forgotten
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Reno & Smiley Early Years 1951-1959
Label : Gusto Records
5:22 PM
Casey Jones
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Mystery Train
Label : Rounder Records
5:24 PM
Freight Train Boogie
Artist : Whitstein Brothers
Album : Mystery Train
Label : Rounder Records
5:25 PM
Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways
Artist : Callahan Brothers
Album : American Yodeling
Label : Trikont
5:30 PM
The Arizona Yodeler
Artist : The DeZurik Sisters
Album : American Yodeling
Label : Trikont
5:31 PM
Bonaparte’s Retreat
Artist : Bill Stepp
Album : American Fiddle Tunes
Label : Rounder Records
5:37 PM
This Wanting You
Artist : Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent
Album : Your Money and My Good Looks
Label :
5:42 PM
Take the A Train
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Mystery Train
Label : Rounder Records
5:43 PM
Last Cannonball
Artist : Mary McCaslin
Album : Mystery Train
Label : Rounder Records
5:43 PM
New Patches
Artist : Mel Tillis
Album : Greatest Hits
Label : Curb Records
5:48 PM
Looking Back To See
Artist : The Browns
Album : The Browns: The Complete Hits
Label : Sony
5:49 PM
Honeysuckle Rose
Artist : The Plainsmen
Album :
Label :
5:51 PM
I’ve Heard That Story Before
Artist : T. Texas Tyler
Album :
Label :
5:51 PM
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Artist : Cliff Bruner
Album : Western Swing
Label : Living Era
5:55 PM
Twin Guitar Special
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Western Swing
Label : Living Era
5:56 PM
Brain Cloudy Blues
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Western Swing
Label : Living Era
5:56 PM
I’m Sorry
Artist : Brenda Lee
Album : Classic Country: 1960-1964
Label : Time Life
5:58 PM
Molly and Tenbrooks
Artist : Bill Monroe
Album : Columbia Country Classics
Label : Columbia Records
6:03 PM
Far Side Bank of Jordan
Artist : Allison Krause & The Cox Family
Album : I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
Label : Rounder Records

11:33am

Wed June 5, 2013
Music

Ramblin' with Sugargrove

On this episode of The Midnight Ramble, host Tom Duffee has Miami County band Sugargrove in the studio.

In the first segment, avid banjoist Duffee learns of the origins of Sugargrove's 1968 Gibson banjo, followed by a live performance of a pair of Bill Monroe tunes: an off-the-cuff rendition of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and a more rehearsed instrumental,  "Jerusalem Ridge."

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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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