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

July 14, 2012

9:00 PM
Take A Whiff On Me
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Ramblin' Round
Label : Proper
9:59 PM
Buffalo Skinners
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Struggle
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
10:00 PM
1913 Massacre
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Struggle
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
10:03 PM
Dust Can’t Kill Me
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Dust Bowl Ballads
Label : BMG
10:04 PM
Talking Dust Bowl Blues
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Dust Bowl Ballads
Label : BMG
10:05 PM
Oklahoma Hills
Artist : Jack Guthrie
Album : All Time Great Singing Cowboys
Label : Primo
10:06 PM
Pretty Boy Floyd
Artist : The Byrds
Album : Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Label : Columbia Legacy
10:07 PM
Philadelphia Lawyer
Artist : Maddox Brothers and Rose
Album : Maddox Brothers and Rose
Label : Arhoolie
10:11 PM
Cowboy Waltz
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : Out Standing In Their Field
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
10:12 PM
Pastures of Plenty
Artist : Bill Lowe
Album : Kentucky Farewell
Label :
10:12 PM
Ida Red
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Grand Coulee Dam
Label : Proper
10:14 PM
Library Of Congress Recordings
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Library of Congress Recordings
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
10:15 PM
Bed On The Floor
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Ramblin' Round
Label : Proper
10:53 PM
Howdjadoo
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Hard Travelin
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
10:54 PM
Needle Sing
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Songs To Grow On For Mother and Child
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
11:05 PM
I Ain’t Got No Home
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Dust Bowl Ballads
Label : BMG
11:11 PM
Talking Fishing Blues
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Ramblin' Round
Label : Proper
11:12 PM
Whoopie Ti Yi To
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : Buffalo Skinners
Label : Smithsonian Folkways Records
11:14 PM
Hobo’s Lullaby
Artist : Woody Guthrie
Album : This Land Is Your Land
Label : Smithsonian Folkways 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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