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 15, 2012

9:00 PM
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 3
Label : Rhino Records
3:59 PM
Sentimental Journey
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 9
Label : Rhino Records
4:01 PM
Old Fashioned Love
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World
Label : BGO Records
4:02 PM
How The West Was Swung
Artist : Asleep At The Wheel
Album : The Wheel Keeps On Rolling
Label : Capitol
4:10 PM
Flamin’ Mamie
Artist : Hank Penny
Album : Kings of Western Swing, Vol 2
Label : Pazzazz
4:11 PM
I’m Confessin’
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Playboy Stomp
Label : Proper
4:12 PM
Bring It On Down To My House
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 2
Label : Rhino Records
4:13 PM
Milk Cow Blues
Artist : Johnnie Lee Wills
Album : Tulsa Twist
Label : Proper
4:14 PM
Better Quit It Now
Artist : Adolph Hofner & His texans
Album : Tobacco State Swing
Label : Proper
4:15 PM
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Artist : Willie Nelson
Album : Milk Cow Blues
Label : Island Records
4:18 PM
You Always Keep Me In Hot Water
Artist : Carolina Cotton
Album : Yodeling Blond Bombshell
Label : Kit Fox Records
4:23 PM
Panhandle Rag
Artist : Bobby Hicks
Album : Texas Crapshooter
Label : County Records
4:24 PM
Steel Guitar Rag
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 2
Label : Rhino Records
4:24 PM
Woodchip Blue
Artist : Smokey Wood & The Woodchips
Album : Hot Mama Stomp
Label : Proper
4:27 PM
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Artist : Ocie Stockard
Album : Hot Mama Stomp
Label : Proper
4:28 PM
Sweet Jennie Lee
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Vol 2
Label : Bear Family Records
4:29 PM
Texas Plains
Artist : McKinny Sisters
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 4
Label : Rhino Records
4:30 PM
In The Mood
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 9
Label : Rhino Records
4:31 PM
Sugar Mooh
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : Jumpin' Time
Label : Crosswind
4:33 PM
Talkin’ About You
Artist : Hank Penny
Album : Kings of Western Swing, Vol 2
Label : Pazzazz
4:34 PM
Cotton Patch Blues
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : It's All In The Movies
Label : BGO Records
4:35 PM
Route 66
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : Jumpin' Time
Label : Crosswind
4:36 PM
Sitting On Top Of The World
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Vol 1
Label : Bear Family Records
4:38 PM
Talking About You
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Vol 1
Label : Bear Family Records
4:38 PM
Sadie Green
Artist : Roy Newman and The Boys
Album : The Eyes of Texas
Label : Proper
4:42 PM
Red’s Tight Like That
Artist : Tune Wranglers
Album : The Eyes of Texas
Label : Proper
4:43 PM
St. Louis Blues
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 9
Label : Rhino Records
4:43 PM
It’s Your Red Wagon
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 3
Label : Rhino Records
4:45 PM
Jessie
Artist : Cliff Bruner
Album : Kings of Western Swing, Vol 1
Label : Pazzazz
4:45 PM
Try It Once Again
Artist : Shelly Ally & The Alleycats
Album : Kings of Western Swing, Vol 1
Label : Pazzazz
4:47 PM
Corrine Corrina
Artist : Cliff Bruner
Album : Western Swing
Label : Primo
4:49 PM
Hot Potato
Artist : The Lucky Stars
Album : Hollywood Fool
Label : Ipecac Recordings
4:52 PM
George’s Bad Day
Artist : Biller & Wakefield
Album : The Hot Guitars of Biller & Wakefield
Label : High Tone Records
4:56 PM
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
Artist : Tex Williams
Album : Western Swing
Label : Primo
4:57 PM
Steel Guitar Stomp
Artist : Hank Penny
Album : Western Swing
Label : Primo
4:58 PM
Back Home In Indiana
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 9
Label : Rhino Records
4:59 PM
Martian Guts
Artist : Biller & Wakefield
Album : The Hot Guitars of Biller & Wakefield
Label : High Tone Records
4:59 PM
Going Away Party
Artist : Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Album : Last of the Breed
Label : UMG Recordings
5:02 PM
I Can’t The Help The Way You Feel
Artist : Smoky Rogers
Album : It Ain't Far To the Bar
Label : Proper
5:04 PM
Oklahoma Stomp
Artist : Al Clauser
Album : Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
Label : Krazy Kat
5:40 PM
Some Sweet Day
Artist : Al Clauser
Album : Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
Label : Krazy Kat
5:41 PM
Get Along Home Cindy
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 8
Label : Rhino Records
5:42 PM
I’m A Ding Dong Daddy
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 3
Label : Rhino Records
5:43 PM
Bob’s Breakdown
Artist : Asleep At The Wheel
Album : Ride With Bob
Label : Dreamworks
5:44 PM
Rolling Stone From Texas
Artist : Don Walser
Album : Rolling Stone From Texas
Label : Watermelon Records
5:45 PM
Back In The Swing of Things
Artist : Vern Gosdin
Album : The Voice
Label : BTM Records
5:46 PM
Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Vol 5
Label :
5:49 PM
Fan It
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Vol 4
Label : Bear Family Records
5:51 PM
Time Changes Everything
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World
Label : BGD
5:53 PM
Four or Five Times
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 3
Label : Rhino Records

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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