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 11, 2012

9:00 PM
Sally Good’n
Artist : Dan Crary
Album : Lady's Fancy
Label : Rounder
6:03 PM
Church Street Blues
Artist : Bryan Sutton
Album : Almost Live
Label : Sugar Hill
6:04 PM
It’s Raining Here This Morning
Artist : Norman Blake & Tony Rice
Album : Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2
Label : Rounder
6:21 PM
Feed Your Horse Corn and Hay
Artist : Erynn Marshall & Chris Coole
Album : Meet Me in the Music
Label : Hickoryjack Rocords
6:22 PM
Blue Mountain
Artist : Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Album : Stay Awhile
Label : Rounder
6:22 PM
Bob Wills Is Still the King
Artist : Waylon Jennings
Album : Waylong Jennings RCA Country Legends
Label : BMG
6:25 PM
Right or Wrong
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Essential Bob Wills
Label : Columbia
6:26 PM
Route 66
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : Jumpin' Time
Label : Crosswind
6:27 PM
Big Sciota
Artist : Douglas, Barenberg, & Meyer
Album : Skip, Hop, & Wobble
Label : Sugar Hill
6:35 PM
Little Sadie
Artist : Doc Watson
Album : Trouble in Mind
Label : Sugar Hill
9:14 PM
Jackaroo
Artist : Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Album : Shady Grove
Label : Acoustic Disc
9:57 PM
Lost Indian
Artist : Norman Blake & Tony Rice
Album : Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2
Label : Rounder
9:57 PM
Sweet Pickle Rag
Artist : Byron Berline
Album : Jammin' with Byron
Label : Double Stop
9:58 PM
Sally Ann
Artist : J.P. and Annadeene Fraley
Album : Maysville
Label : Rounder
10:08 PM
Release Me
Artist : Kitty Wells
Album : Queen of Country Music
Label : Delta
10:09 PM
There Stands the Glass
Artist : Webb Pierce
Album : Country Drinking Songs
Label : Delta
10:11 PM
I Fall to Pieces
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Patsy Cline The Definitive Collection
Label : MCA
10:13 PM
Mama Tried
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Merle Haggard Ultimate Collection
Label : Universal
10:14 PM
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Artist : Tim O’Brien
Album : Red on Blonde
Label : Sugar Hill
10:21 PM
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Artist : Bryan Sutton
Album : Not Too Far from the Tree
Label : Sugar Hill
10:21 PM
Me and My Guitar
Artist : Tony Rice
Album : Me and My Guitar
Label : Rounder
10:22 PM
D18 Song
Artist : Norman Blake & Tony Rice
Album : Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2
Label : Rounder
10:28 PM
Crow Molly / Ship among the Clouds
Artist : Scott Nygaard
Album : Dreamer's Waltz
Label : Rounder
10:41 PM
Glad Eye / The Journeyman / The Wayward Son
Artist : John Doyle
Album : Wayward Son
Label : Rounder
10:42 PM
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Artist : The Kentucky Colonels
Album : Appalachian Swing!
Label : Rounder
10:43 PM
End of the Line
Artist : Asleep at the Wheel
Album : Ride with Bob
Label : Dreamworks
10:44 PM
San Antonio Rose
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Bob Wills Country Music Hall of Fame Series
Label : MCA
10:47 PM
Country Blues
Artist : Doc Watson
Album : The Essential Doc Watson
Label : Vanguard Records
10:48 PM
Come On Up to the House
Artist : Sarah Jarosz
Album : Song Up in My Head
Label : Sugar Hill
10:49 PM
Down in the Willow Garden
Artist : Tim O’Brien
Album : The Crossing
Label : Alula
11:23 PM
Nine Pound Hammer
Artist : David Grisman
Album : Home Is Where the Heart Is
Label : Rounder
11:24 PM
Sleepless Nights
Artist : Patty Loveless
Album : Crazy Arms
Label : Direct Holdings
11:25 PM
I Still Miss Someone
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : The Essential Cash
Label : Sony
11:30 PM
Forked Deer
Artist : David Grier
Album : Panorama
Label : Rounder
11:30 PM
More Good Women Gone Wrong
Artist : Norman and Nancy Blake
Album : Back Home in Sulphur Springs
Label : Rounder
11:31 PM
Fisher’s Hornpipe
Artist : Berline, Crary, and Hickman
Album : Chambergrass
Label : Sugar Hill
11:33 PM
Jerusalem Ridge
Artist : Mike Scott
Album : Blue Moon of Kentucky
Label : Rural Rhythm
11:34 PM
Full Moon
Artist : Mark Schatz
Album : Brand New Old Tyme Way
Label : Rounder
11:35 PM
Apple Blossom
Artist : Sam Bush
Album : Circles Around Me
Label : Sugar Hill
11:36 PM
Waltz Me to Heaven
Artist : Waylon Jennings
Album : Country Legends
Label : RCA
11:52 PM
Waltzing on Top of the World
Artist : The Corndrinkers
Album : The Corndrinkers Still
Label : Bee Balm
11:53 PM
Margaret’s Waltz
Artist : Bryan Sutton
Album : Bluegrass Guitar
Label : Sugar Hill

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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