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 29, 2012

9:01 PM
Time Changes Everything
Artist : Bob Wills
Album : Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Label : Columbia Legacy
9:04 PM
Happy Birthday
Artist : Loretta Lynn
Album : Honky Tonk Girl
Label : MCA
9:08 PM
Oh Death
Artist : The New Lost City Ramblers
Album : There Ain't No Way Out
Label : Smithsonian Folkways
9:13 PM
15 Years Ago
Artist : Molly O’Day
Album : Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Label : Bear Family Records
9:15 PM
I’m My Own Grandpa
Artist : Grandpa Jones
Album : 28 Greatest Hits
Label : King Records
9:21 PM
End of the World
Artist : Brother Oswald
Album : Brother Oswald
Label : Rounder Records
9:24 PM
A Hundred Years From Now
Artist : Flatt & Scruggs
Album : Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1959
Label : Bear Family Records
9:26 PM
Midnight
Artist : Red Foley
Album : Red Foley
Label : CMA
9:29 PM
Four Thousand Years Ago
Artist : Bradley Kincaid
Album : A Man And His Guitar
Label : JSP
4:25 PM
Midnight Train
Artist : Country All Stars
Album : Jazz From the Hills
Label : Bear Family Records
4:27 PM
Daisy A Day
Artist : Wilma Lee Cooper
Album : Classic Country Favorites
Label : Rebel Records
9:40 PM
5:01 Blues
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : 5:01 Blues
Label : Epic
9:45 PM
High Noon
Artist : Tex Ritter
Album : All Time Great Singing Cowboys
Label : Primo
9:51 PM
There’ll Come A Time
Artist : Charlie Poole
Album : You Ain't Talking To Me
Label : Columbia Legacy
10:04 PM
Midnight On The Water
Artist : Texas Shorty & John Hartford
Album : Old Sport
Label : Small Dog A'Barkin'
10:05 PM
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Artist : George Jones
Album : The Essential George Jones
Label : Sony Legacy
10:06 PM
Down By the Railroad Tracks
Artist : Wade and Julia Mainer
Album : In The Land of Melody
Label : June Appal
10:08 PM
The Three Bells
Artist : The Browns
Album : The Complete Hits
Label : Sony
10:11 PM
Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age
Artist : Ernest Tubb & Red Foley
Album : Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Label : Bear Family Records
10:16 PM
Goin’ Away Party
Artist : Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Album : Last of the Breed
Label : Lost Highway
10:22 PM
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Artist : Ocie Stockard
Album : Hot Mama Stomp
Label : Proper
10:23 PM
Always Late
Artist : Lefty Frizzell
Album : Look What Thoughts Will Do
Label : Columbia Legacy
10:26 PM
Midnight Angel
Artist : Rhonda Vincent
Album : Timeless and True Love
Label : Rebel Records
10:32 PM
Grandfather’s Clock
Artist : Doc Watson
Album : My Dear Old Southern Home
Label : Sugar Hill Records
10:44 PM
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
Artist : Johnny Bond
Album : Country Western
Label : Bloodshot Records
10:46 PM
Walking After Midnight
Artist : Patsy Cline
Album : The Definitive Collection
Label : MCA
10:49 PM
My Old Pal of Yesterday
Artist : Ann & Phil Case
Album : When Shadows Fall
Label : Dry Run Records
10:54 PM
Jumpin’ Time
Artist : The Time Jumpers
Album : Jumpin' Time
Label : Crosswind
10:57 PM
Time Will Tell
Artist : Bob Atcher
Album : Hunters of Kentucky
Label : BACM
11:02 PM
Once A Day
Artist : Connie Smith
Album : Early 60's
Label : Time Life
11:05 PM
When The Wagon Was New
Artist : Sam McGee
Album : Grand Daddy of the Country Guitar Pickers
Label : Arhoolie
11:08 PM
That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
Artist : Girls of the Golden West
Album : Roll Along Prairie Moon
Label : BACM
11:10 PM
Midnight Serenade
Artist : Spangler and Pearson
Album : Rural String Bands of Virginia
Label : County Records
11:13 PM
Funny How Time Slips Away
Artist : Willie Nelson
Album : The Essential Willie Nelson
Label : Sony
11:16 PM
Time Nor Tide
Artist : The Maddox Brothers and Rose
Album : America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band
Label : Arhoolie
11:23 PM
A Wound Time Can’t Erase
Artist : Stonewall Jackson
Album : The Best of Stonewall Jackson
Label : Sony
11:25 PM
Peach Picking Time In Georgia
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : Same Train, A Different Time
Label : Koch
11:27 PM
Eighth of January
Artist : Pete McMahan
Album : 50 Old Time Fiddle Gems
Label : Voyager
11:31 PM
Six Days On The Road
Artist : Dave Dudley
Album : The Best of Dave Dudley
Label : Mercury Records
11:32 PM
Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday
Artist : The Stanley Brothers
Album : The Stanley Brothers: Early Starday King Years, Vol. 2
Label : King Records
11:35 PM
Stay A Little Longer
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : A Tribute the the Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World
Label : BGO
11:37 PM
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Kris Kristofferson: Singer/Songwriter
Label : Sony
11:43 PM
Some of These Days
Artist : Milton Brown
Album : Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
Label : Bear Family Records
11:46 PM
Till The End of the World Rolls Round
Artist : Flatt & Scruggs
Album : Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1959
Label : Bear Family Records
11:48 PM
New Year’s Song
Artist : Mark Schatz
Album : Brand New Old Tyme Way
Label : Rounder Records
11:51 PM
Happy Trails
Artist : Roy Rogers
Album : A Musical Anthology
Label : A&E
11:54 PM
Auld Lang Syne
Artist : David Grisman
Album : David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas
Label : Rounder Records
9:47 PM
When The Work’s All Done This Fall
Artist : Norman Blake
Album : Just Gimme Something I'm Used To
Label : Shanachie 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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