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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November 17, 2012

9:00 PM
Yellow Roses
Artist : Bobby Ingano
Album : Steel Reflections
Label : Hana Ola Records
4:37 PM
Medway Bounce
Artist : Bobby Ingano
Album : Stranger Here
Label : Get Your Own Band Records
4:36 PM
Sleepwalk
Artist : Bobby Ingano
Album : Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Label : Daniel Ho
4:39 PM
My Main Trial
Artist : The Blue Sky Boys
Album : The Blue Sky Boys
Label : Rounder Records
4:42 PM
5:01 Blues
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : 5:01 Blues
Label : Epic
4:43 PM
Satellite TV Blues
Artist : Mike Snider
Album : Comedy Songs
Label :
4:44 PM
Katy Hill
Artist : Tommy Jackson
Album : The Legendary Session Fiddler
Label : BACM
4:47 PM
Losing You
Artist : Ann & Phil Case
Album : When Shadows Fall
Label : Dry Run Records
4:50 PM
Liberty
Artist : Tommy Jackson
Album : The Legendary Session Fiddler
Label : BACM
4:50 PM
Home
Artist : Ann & Phil Case
Album : When Shadows Fall
Label : Dry Run Records
4:51 PM
Shotgun Boogie
Artist : Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album : Absolutely the Best
Label : EMI
4:53 PM
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
Artist : The Davis Sisters
Album : Memories
Label : Bear Family Records
4:54 PM
Before My Time
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Solitary Man
Label : The American Recording Company
4:57 PM
No Longer A Sweetheart of Mine
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Early Years 1951-1959
Label : Gusto Records
5:01 PM
Never Get To Hold You In My Arms Anymore
Artist : Reno & Smiley
Album : Early Years 1951-1959
Label : Gusto Records
5:02 PM
Trapped In An Old Country Song
Artist : Cowboy Jack Clement
Album : Guess Things Happen That Way
Label : Dualtone
5:12 PM
Don’t Stop the Music
Artist : George Jones
Album :
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5:06 PM
Guess Things Happen That Way
Artist : Cowboy Jack Clement
Album : Guess Things Happen That Way
Label : Dualtone
5:10 PM
Flame In My Heart
Artist : George Jones
Album :
Label :
5:15 PM
’Tits Yeux Noirs
Artist : Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Album : Home Music With Spirits
Label : Arhoolie
5:18 PM
Adieu False Heart
Artist : Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
Album : Adieu False Heart
Label : Vanguard Records
5:21 PM
It’s Just the Angels That Are Crying
Artist : DL Menard
Album : Cajun Memories
Label : Swallow
5:22 PM
Railroad Blues
Artist : Sam McGee
Album : Sam McGee
Label : Document
5:32 PM
Leaving Home
Artist : Norman & Nancy Blake
Album : The Hobo's Last Ride
Label : Shanachie
5:39 PM
Easy Rider
Artist : Sam McGee
Album : Sam McGee
Label : Document
5:40 PM
Tennessee Border No. 2
Artist : Homer & Jethro
Album : America's Song Butchers
Label : BMG
5:44 PM
Tennessee Border No 1
Artist : Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album : Absolutely the Best
Label : EMI
5:48 PM
Tennessee Tennessee
Artist : Homer & Jethro
Album : America's Song Butchers
Label : BMG
5:49 PM
Miss Molly
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 8
Label : Rhino Records
6:12 PM
You Said You Could Do Without Me
Artist : Kitty Wells
Album : The Essential Recordings
Label : Primo
6:15 PM
Milk Cow Blues
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol 9
Label : Rhino Records
6:16 PM
Blackland Farmer
Artist : Frankie Miller
Album : Live at the Louisiana Hayride
Label : Heart of Texas Records
6:17 PM
Shenandoah Waltz
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Early Starday King Years
Label : King 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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