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 29, 2012

9:00 PM
Your Heart
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label : Starday
4:59 PM
Liza Up In The Simmon Tree
Artist : Bradley Kincaid
Album : A Man And His Guitar
Label : JSP Records
5:07 PM
Yearning
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label : Starday
5:07 PM
The Blind Girl
Artist : Bradley Kincaid
Album : A Man And His Guitar
Label : JSP Records
5:08 PM
Durham’s Bull
Artist : Buddy Durham
Album : Fiddle Tunes
Label : BACM
4:49 PM
Another Man’s Name
Artist : Jimmy Fautheree & Johnny Mathis
Album : If You Don't Somebody Else Will
Label :
5:09 PM
Goodnight Waltz
Artist : Buddy Durham
Album : Fiddle Tunes
Label : BACM
5:10 PM
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The King Years, 1961-1965
Label : King
5:11 PM
Durham’s Ninth
Artist : Rick Good
Album : The Human Banjo Player
Label :
5:13 PM
Milwaukee Blues
Artist : Loafer’s Glory
Album : Loafer's Glory
Label : Arhoolie
5:20 PM
Crow, Little Rooster
Artist : Loafer’s Glory
Album : Loafer's Glory
Label : Arhoolie
5:21 PM
A Church, A Courtroom, Then Goodbye
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : Live At the Opry
Label : MCA
5:22 PM
Little Blue-Eyed Blonde Goodbye
Artist : Pete Pyle
Album : Pete Pyle and the Mississippi Valley Boys
Label : Cattle
5:27 PM
The End of the Rainbow
Artist : Moon Mullican
Album : The End of the Rainbow
Label : BACM
5:29 PM
Moon’s Blues
Artist : Moon Mullican
Album : The End of the Rainbow
Label : BACM
5:30 PM
I’m Crying ’Cause I Know I’m Losing You
Artist : Ann & Phil Case
Album : When Shadows Fall
Label :
5:34 PM
Nine Miles Out of Louisville
Artist : Roger Cooper
Album : Flew Da Coop
Label :
5:37 PM
Whippin’ That Old TB
Artist : Jimmie Rodgers
Album : Jimmie Rodgers:Recordings 1931-1932
Label : JSP Records
5:42 PM
Bring It On Down To My House
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 2
Label : Rhino Records
5:44 PM
The Night Guard
Artist : Roy Rogers
Album : A Musical Anthology
Label : Biography
5:46 PM
Limerock
Artist : Benny Thomason
Album : Legendary Texas Fiddler
Label : County Records
5:48 PM
The Darkest Day
Artist : Loretta Lynn
Album : Honky Tonk Girl
Label : MCA
5:50 PM
No Use To Cry
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label : Mercury
5:54 PM
Banging Breakdown
Artist : Stephen Wade
Album : Dancing In The Parlor
Label : County Records
5:57 PM
Coal Creek March
Artist : Pete Steele
Album : Banjo Songs and Tunes
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:00 PM
Shut Up In The Mines At Coal Creek
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : Out Standing In Their Field
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:02 PM
Little Betty Ann
Artist : Stephen Wade
Album : Lessons From Tradition
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:14 PM
Song of Hard Times
Artist : Pete Steele
Album : Banjo Songs and Tunes
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:13 PM
Western Union
Artist : The Foghorn Stringband
Album : Outshine the Sun
Label :
6:15 PM
Hearts In My Dream
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label :
6:16 PM
Wipe Out
Artist : Blue Rock
Album : Blue Rock
Label :
6:18 PM
Honky Tonk Hard Times
Artist : Liam Fitzgerald
Album : Last Call!
Label :
6:20 PM
Wind Over Texas
Artist : David Cousino
Album : Wind Over Texas
Label : Dadsboots Records
6:27 PM
I Gave My Love A Cherry
Artist : Bradley Kincaid
Album : A Man And His Guitar
Label : JSP Records
6:29 PM
Taps
Artist : Jim & Bob
Album :
Label :

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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