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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September 08, 2012

9:00 PM
If Teardrops Were Pennies
Artist : Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Album : All American Country
Label : BMG
5:46 PM
Jesse Polka
Artist : The Corndrinkers
Album : The Corndrinkers Still
Label : Bee Balm
5:47 PM
Coat of Many Colors
Artist : Dolly Parton
Album : Coat of Many Colors
Label : RCA
5:48 PM
You Are My Flower
Artist : Tim O’Brien & Bryan Sutton
Album : Tone Poets
Label : Acoustic Disc
5:55 PM
Julianna Flanigan
Artist : James Bryan
Album : The First of May
Label : Roundeer
5:56 PM
Losing You
Artist : Ann & Phil Case
Album : When Shadows Fall
Label : Dry Run Redordings
5:57 PM
The Cross Eyed Child
Artist : John Hartford
Album : Good Old Boys
Label : Rounder
5:58 PM
Uncle Pen
Artist : Bill Monroe
Album : Anthology
Label : Decca
5:58 PM
Shine Shower Shave
Artist : Lefty Frizzell
Album : Look What Thoughts Will Do
Label : Columbia
5:59 PM
Walkin’ After Midnight
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Live at the Grand Ole Opry
Label : MCA
6:00 PM
Soppin’ Up the Gravy
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : Thirty-Year Retrospective
Label : OMAC
6:01 PM
Old Fashioned Love
Artist : Asleep at the Wheel with Suzy Bogguss
Album : Trubute to Bob Wills
Label : Liberty
6:03 PM
Write Myself a Letter
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : Jumpin' Time
Label : Crosswind
6:04 PM
Rocky Fork
Artist : Rick Good
Album : The Human Banjo Player
Label : leahygood
6:05 PM
I Have No One to Love
Artist : Mike Seeger & Paul Brown
Album : Way Down in North Carolina
Label : Rounder
9:01 PM
Durang’s Hornpipe
Artist : Don Stiernberg
Album : Night Skies
Label : Shy Town Records
9:58 PM
Cajun Waltz
Artist : Byron Berline & John Hickman
Album : Double Trouble
Label : Sugar Hill
10:07 PM
Dreaming of You Darling
Artist : Jody Stecher & Kate Breslin
Album : Songs of the Carter Family
Label : Appleseed Records
10:09 PM
Little Joe
Artist : Norman Blake
Album : Back Home in Sulphur Springs
Label : Rounder
10:15 PM
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Artist : Merle Travis
Album : In Boston 1959
Label : Rounder
10:25 PM
16 Tons
Artist : Merle Travis
Album : In Boston 1959
Label : Rounder
10:26 PM
I Don’t Claim to be an Angel
Artist : Kitty Wells
Album : Queen of Country Music
Label : Delta
10:27 PM
Infamous Angel
Artist : Iris DeMent
Album : Infamous Angle
Label : Warner Bros
10:27 PM
Dry and Dusty
Artist : Brittany Haas
Album : Brittany Haas
Label : Ook Records
10:32 PM
Sweet Sunny South
Artist : Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein
Album : 2:10 Train
Label : Rounder
10:33 PM
Ashokan Farewell
Artist : Mike Snider
Album : Live at the Station Inn
Label : Mike Snider
10:40 PM
Far Side of Jordan
Artist : Patty Loveless & Kris Kristofferson
Album : Anchored in Love
Label : Dualtone
10:46 PM
Wild Rose of the Mountain
Artist : J.P. and Annadeene Fraley
Album : Wild Rose of the Mountain
Label : Rounder
10:52 PM
Old Time Medley
Artist : Berline, Crary, and Hickman
Album : Chambergrass
Label : Sugar Hill
10:58 PM
Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
Artist : Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
Album : Yonder
Label : Rounder
10:59 PM
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Artist : Martina McBride
Album : Timeless
Label : Sony
11:04 PM
I Believe in You
Artist : Don Williams
Album : The Best of Don Williams
Label : MCA
11:08 PM
A Picture of Me without You
Artist : Vern Gosdin
Album : The Voice
Label : BTM
11:12 PM
Little Satchel
Artist : Dirk Powell
Album : If I Go Ten Thousand Miles
Label : Rounder
11:13 PM
I Found You Among the Roses
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : Clinch Mountain Treasures
Label : County Records
11:27 PM
Maggie Meade / The Darker the Night
Artist : Erynn Marshall
Album : Meet Me in the Music
Label : Hickory Jack Records
11:28 PM
Tramp on the Street
Artist : Molly O’Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Album : Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Label : Bear Family Records
11:30 PM
Belshazar
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Roads Less Traveled
Label : Varese
11:33 PM
Dark and Stormy Weather
Artist : Jody Stecher & Kate Breslin
Album : Songs of the Carter Family
Label : Appleseed Recordings
11:35 PM
Could You Love Me One More Time
Artist : The Lonesome Sisters
Album : The Lonesome Sisters
Label : Tin Halo Music
11:42 PM
The First of May
Artist : James Bryan
Album : The First of May
Label : Rounder
11:49 PM
Where Does an Old Time River Man Go
Artist : John Hartford
Album : Live from Mountain Stage
Label : Blue Plate Music
11:50 PM
When You and I Were Young Maggie
Artist : Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
Album : Yonder
Label : Rounder

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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