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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October 20, 2012

9:00 PM
The Yodel Blues
Artist : Elton Britt & Roaslie Allen
Album : Side by Side
Label : Jasmine
4:04 PM
The Lightning Express
Artist : The Blue Sky Boys
Album : The Blue Sky Boys, 1938-1940
Label :
4:05 PM
Mother, the Queen of My Heart
Artist : Ernest Tubb
Album : Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Label : Bear Family Records
4:05 PM
Smith’s Reel/Oyster Girl
Artist : The Corndrinkers
Album : The Corndrinkers Still
Label : Bee Balm Music
4:14 PM
Hobo Bill’s Last Ride
Artist : Bill Harrell
Album : The Cat Came Back
Label : Rebel Records
4:15 PM
Great Speckled Bird
Artist : Josh Graves
Album : World Famous Dobro
Label :
4:18 PM
Texarkana Baby
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 4
Label : Kaleidoscope Records
4:19 PM
Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me
Artist : Eddy Arnold
Album : Bouquet of Roses
Label : Proper
4:20 PM
Lost John
Artist : Cousin Emmy
Album : Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolks
Label : Bear Family Records
4:21 PM
Wide Open
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Johnny Cash Collection
Label : Sun Records
4:25 PM
Making Plans
Artist : Porter Waggoner & Dolly Parton
Album : All American Country
Label : BMG
4:26 PM
The Old Man From the North Country
Artist : Hazel Rhymer
Album : On The Threshold of A Dream
Label : Ballad Records
4:27 PM
Texas On A Saturday Night
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : The Time Jumpers
Label : Rounder Records
4:30 PM
Three Sides to Every Story
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : The Time Jumpers
Label : Rounder Records
4:31 PM
Bear Creek Blues
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : The Carter Family: 1940-1941
Label : JSP Records
4:34 PM
I’m Lost and I’ll Never Find the Way
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-1958, 1959
Label : Bear Family Records
4:35 PM
I Found Her Among the Roses
Artist : The Carter Family
Album : The Carter Family: 1940-1941
Label : JSP
4:36 PM
I Just Got Wise
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-1958, 1959
Label : Bear Family Records
4:37 PM
Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds
Artist : The Sons of the Pioneers
Album : Don't Fence Me In
Label : Rounder Records
4:38 PM
At Mail Call Today
Artist : Johnny Bond
Album : Standard Transcriptions
Label : Bloodshot Records
4:42 PM
Cimarron
Artist : Jimmy Wakely Trio
Album : Don't Fence Me In
Label : Rounder Records
4:57 PM
Copper Run
Artist : Lynn Marshall & Chris Coole
Album : Meet Me In The Music
Label : Hickoryjack Records
5:27 PM
Your Long Journey
Artist : Doc & Rosa Lee Watson
Album : The Watson Family
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
5:29 PM
Feed Your Horse Corn & Hay
Artist : Erynn Marshall & Chris Coole
Album : Meet Me In The Music
Label : Hickoryjack Records
5:32 PM
Darling Corey
Artist : Doc Watson
Album : The Doc Watson Family
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
5:33 PM
My Last Date
Artist : Skeeter Davis
Album : Golden Age of Popular Music
Label :
5:36 PM
I’ve Been Deceived
Artist : Charlie Feathers
Album : Steeling the Mood
Label : Proper
5:37 PM
Listen To The Mockingbird
Artist : Curly Fox
Album : We May Meet Again Someday
Label : BACM
5:41 PM
The Letter Edged In Black
Artist : Texas Ruby
Album : We May Meet Again Someday
Label : BACM
5:41 PM
`Where Do We Go From Here?
Artist : Marvin Rainwater
Album : Steeling the Mood
Label : Proper
5:42 PM
Uncertain Love
Artist : Slim Rhodes
Album : Steeling the Mood
Label : Proper
5:42 PM
Bully of the Town
Artist : The Skillet Lickers
Album : Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, 1929, 1930
Label : JSP Records
5:44 PM
Rattlesnake Daddy
Artist : The Callahan Brothers
Album : The Callahan Brothers
Label : Old Homestead
5:45 PM
Look At Miss Ohio
Artist : Gillian Welch
Album : Soul Journey
Label : Acony 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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