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

August 04, 2012

9:00 PM
I’m Free From the Chain Gang Now
Artist : Ernest Tubb
Album : Time After Time
Label : Proper
3:10 PM
Mule Skinner Blues
Artist : Dolly Parton
Album :
Label :
3:14 PM
Will You Miss Me?
Artist : Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Album : Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973
Label : Rebel Records
3:19 PM
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Artist : Jimmie Rodgers
Album : Jimmie Rodgers:Recordings 1927-1928
Label : JSP
3:26 PM
Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : The Carter Family, 1927-1934
Label : JSP
3:39 PM
The Poor Orphan Child
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : The Carter Family, 1927-1934
Label : JSP
3:39 PM
O Molly Dear
Artist : BF Shelton
Album : The Bristol Sessions
Label : Country Music Foundation
3:42 PM
Henry Whitter’s Fox Chase
Artist : Henry Whitter
Album : The Bristol Sessions
Label : Country Music Foundation
3:48 PM
Black Eyed Susie
Artist : JP Nestor
Album : The Bristol Sessions
Label : Country Music Foundation
3:54 PM
Tell Mother I Will Meet Her
Artist : Ernest Stoneman
Album : The Bristol Sessions
Label : Country Music Foundation
3:56 PM
The Longest Train I Ever Saw
Artist : Tennava Ramblers
Album : The Bristol Sessions
Label : Country Music Foundation
3:59 PM
In The Jailhouse Now
Artist : Jimmie Rodgers
Album : Jimmie Rodgers:Recordings 1927-1928
Label : JSP
4:03 PM
Wildwood Flower
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : The Carter Family, 1927-1934
Label : JSP
4:06 PM
Flopareno
Artist : Kenny Baker
Album : Master Fiddler
Label : County Records
4:07 PM
Festival Waltz
Artist : Kenny Baker
Album : Master Fiddler
Label : County Records
4:08 PM
Smith’s Rag
Artist : Arthur Smith
Album : Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Label : County Records
4:22 PM
Little Darling
Artist : Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith
Album : Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Label : County Records
4:22 PM
Benton’s Dream
Artist : Benton Flippen
Album : Old Time, New Time
Label : Rounder Records
4:24 PM
Fortune
Artist : Ernest East and the Pine Ridge Boys
Album : Old Time Mountain Music
Label : County Records
4:24 PM
Cluck Old Hen
Artist : Tommy Jarrell
Album : Sail Away Ladies
Label : County Records
4:24 PM
Let Me Fall
Artist : Camp Creek Boys
Album : Old Time String Band
Label : County Records
4:25 PM
Marmaduke’s Reel
Artist : Cyril Stinnett
Album : Three Fiddlers From the Show Me State
Label : County Records
4:25 PM
Sleepy Eyed Joe
Artist : Lyman Enloe
Album : Three Fiddlers From the Show Me State
Label : County Records
4:26 PM
Clark’s Waltz
Artist : Pete McMahan
Album : 50 Old Time Fiddle Gems
Label : Voyager Records
4:27 PM
Sally Johnson
Artist : Charlie Walden & Pat Plunket
Album : The Young Fogies, Vol. 2
Label : Rounder Records
4:27 PM
Rosebud Hornpipe
Artist : Charlie Walden & Pat Plunket
Album : Traditional Fiddle Music of Missouri
Label :
4:28 PM
Sheik of Araby
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
Label : Bear Family Records
4:40 PM
Crafton Blues
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
Label : Bear Family Records
4:40 PM
Draggin’ The Bow
Artist : Cliff Bruner
Album : Texas Fiddle Collection
Label : CMH
4:44 PM
Black and White Rag
Artist : Johnny Gimble and Cliff Bruner
Album : Texas Fiddle Collection
Label : CMH
4:45 PM
Corrine Corrina
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World
Label : BGO Records
4:50 PM
Dreamy Eyes Waltz
Artist : Johnny Gimble
Album : Texas Fiddle Collection
Label : CMH
4:51 PM
Tit Galop Pour Mamou
Artist : The Balfa Brothers
Album : The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music
Label : Swallow
4:53 PM
Se Pas La Pan
Artist : Hackberry Ramblers
Album : Cajun String Bands
Label : Arhoolie
4:57 PM
La Blues de Port Arthur
Artist : Leo Soileau
Album : Cajun String Bands
Label : Arhoolie
5:00 PM
J’ai Ete Au Bal
Artist : Dewey Balfa
Album : En Bas Du Chene Vert
Label : Arhoolie
5:05 PM
The Iron Man/Riddrie/Mrs. Douglas of Edman
Artist : Scotty Fitzgerald
Album : Classic Cuts
Label :
5:08 PM
Jerry Holland
Artist : New Market Reel
Album : The Art of the Traditional Fiddle
Label : Rounder Records
5:14 PM
Moccasin Two Step
Artist : Joe Robichaud
Album : The Art of the Traditional Fiddle
Label : Rounder Records
5:15 PM
Buck Creek Gal
Artist : Johnny Warren
Album : A Tribute Fiddlin' Paul Warren
Label :
5:19 PM
Bill Cheatham
Artist : Paul Warren
Album : Strictly Instrumental
Label : County Records
5:24 PM
Three Thin Dimes
Artist : Greg Dearth
Album : The Hutchison Brothers
Label : Red Neck Enterprises
5:25 PM
Johnson City Rag
Artist : Roane County Ramblers
Album : Roane County Ramblers
Label : County Records
5:30 PM
Carroll County Blues
Artist : Narmour and Smith
Album : Mississippi String Bands, Vol 2
Label : County Records
5:31 PM
Wednesday Night Waltz
Artist : Leake County Revelers
Album : Mississippi String Bands, Vol 2
Label : County Records
5:32 PM
Brickyard Joe
Artist : Van Kidwell
Album : Fiddlin' Van Kidwell
Label : Field Recorders' Collective
5:34 PM
All That I’ve Gots Done Gone
Artist : Doc Roberts
Album : Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
Label : Document
5:36 PM
Yew Piney Mountain
Artist : Wilson Douglas
Album : Keepers
Label : Buffalo Skinner
5:38 PM
Going Down That Lee Highway
Artist : Grayson and Whitter
Album : Grayson & Whitter
Label : County Records
5:39 PM
Miller’s Reel
Artist : Texas Shorty & John Hartford
Album : Old Sport
Label : Small Dog A-Barkin'
5:40 PM
Ragtime Annie
Artist : Tommy Jackson
Album : The Legendary Session Fiddler
Label : BACM
5:40 PM
Whispering Hope
Artist : Chubby Wise
Album : An American Original
Label : Pine Castle 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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