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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December 15, 2012

9:00 PM
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Kris Kristofferson: Singer/Songwriter
Label : Sony
5:41 PM
Je T’aime Pas Mieux
Artist : Red Stick Ramblers
Album : My Suitcase Is Always Packed
Label : Sugar Hill Records
5:43 PM
Grand Texas
Artist : Chuck Guillory
Album : Grand Texas
Label : Arhoolie
5:44 PM
Conscience, I’m Guilty
Artist : Rose Maddox
Album : Swing West, Vol. 1
Label : Razor & Tie
5:50 PM
Jimmie’s Last Blue Yodel
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Same Train, A Different Time
Label : Koch
6:02 PM
At The First Fall of Snow
Artist : Molly O’Day
Album : Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Label : Bear Family Records
6:03 PM
When My Time Comes To Go
Artist : Molly O’Day
Album : Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Label : Bear Family Records
6:04 PM
Daniel Prayed
Artist : Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley
Album : The Original Folkways Recordings
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:05 PM
I Ain’t Got Nobody
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Boot Heel Drag
Label : Mercury Records
6:07 PM
Do You Believe Me Now
Artist : Verne Gosdin
Album : Superhits
Label : Sony
6:08 PM
Soldier and the Lady
Artist : Coon Creek Girls
Album : Early Radio Favorites
Label : Old Homestead
6:09 PM
Letters Have No Arms
Artist : Harley Allen
Album : Across the Blueridge Mountains
Label : Folkways Records
6:09 PM
Yesterday’s Winner Is A Loser Today
Artist : Ernest Tubb
Album : Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Label : Bear Family Records
6:13 PM
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Stanley Brothers: Early Starday King Years
Label : King Records
6:15 PM
Sweeter Than the Flowers
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Stanley Brothers: Early Starday King Years, Vol. 2
Label : King Records
6:16 PM
Rabbit Chase
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : The Early Years
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:16 PM
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Back Again
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : The Early Years
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
6:17 PM
Only You
Artist : Buck Owens
Album : Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits
Label : Rhino Records
6:18 PM
What About You
Artist : Johnny & Jack
Album : For Old Time's Sake
Label : Bear Family Records
6:19 PM
Cherry Blossom Waltz
Artist : Tony Ellis
Album : Farewell My Home
Label : Flying Fish Records
6:21 PM
Born To Lose
Artist : Mac Wiseman
Album : The Mac Wiseman Story
Label : Wise 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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