Skidompha Library's Owl Radio Podcasts

More songs about home and other favorites from the 60s and 70s playlist. Intro from Urge for Going 1:41 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 6:03 Misty roses Tim Hardin 8:00 Mother of Pearl Roxy Music 14:34 Urge for going Tom Rush 20:54 Darkness, Darkness Youngbloods 24:41 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin 31:50 California Joni Mitchell 36:10 Our House Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 39:08 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 45:14 Prodigal Son Rolling Stones 48:43 Shelter from the Storm Bob Dylan 53:40 Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones

Songs about the joys and sorrows of Home Coming On Home Show 1 Playlist Intro from Sugar Mountain 1:35 Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel 4:05 California Dreamin Mamas and Pappas 7:00 Up On Cripple Creek The Band 11:30 Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 14:30 Going Home Rolling Stones 25:37 California Girls Beach Boys 28:30 Looking out my back door Creedence Clearwater Revival 31:35 Going Mobile The Who 35:28 Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams 40:35 3rd Stone from the Sun Jimi Hendrix 47:50 Sugar Mountain Neil Young 53:35 She’s Leaving Home, The Beatles 58:05 Finale Summertime Blues The Who

Natalie and her goofy Grampa Bob Emmons get together again for another silly fast-paced session of Knock-knocks after Bob primed her with pizza and ice cream. Too bad he couldn't keep up. This kid has talent!

Our final session of Blues from the Summer Room created by Mark Addison focuses on some sweet Southern stylin.' Playlist: Intro. From Delta Raga 3:16 One Way Out The Allman Brothers Blues Band 8:12 Come See About Me Tedeschi Trucks Band 11:58 Just Won't Burn Susan Tedeschi 16:40 Delta Raga The Derek Trucks Band 20:50 Worried Down With the Blues Gov't Mule 29:30 Who Do You Love? George Thorogood & The Destroyers 34:41 Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues Bonnie Raitt 39:31 Rollin' And Tumblin' R.L. Burnside 43:21 All Night Long Junior Kimbrough 49:15 Po Black Maddie North Mississippi Allstars 53:45 Skinny Woman North Mississippi Allstars 1:01:16 Smoking Gun Robert Cray 1:08:22 Turn It Up Samantha Fish 1:05:16 Keep Your Hands off Her The Black Keys 1:13:07 The Blues Is Here To Stay Tab Benoit

Playlist Intro from A Whole Lotta Soul 2:14 -- Catfish Blues Gary Clark Jr. 10:14 -- Dirty Pool Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 15:13 -- Blue Jean Blues ZZ Top 20:20 -- You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill And The Blues Joe Bonamassa 24:25 -- Can't You See What You're Doing to Me Ana Popovic 28:16 -- Mean Town Blues Johnny Winter 32:44 -- A Whole Lotta Soul Tab Benoit 39:22 -- Three O'Clock Blues Gary Clark Jr. 45:46 -- Death Letter White Stripes 50:16 -- Darkness Tab Benoit 55:56 -- Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 1:1:15 --Blues Deluxe Joe Bonamassa

Jimi Hendrix was perhaps the best electric guitar player of his generation. As demonstrated in the CD Jimi Hendrix: Blues, he was well-versed in the traditional musical art form of the blues. Hendrix program playlist: Intro from Voodoo Chile 3:57 Hear My Train A Comin’ acoustic 7:05 Born Under a Bad Sign 14:40 Red House 18:22 Catfish Blues 26:52 Voodoo Chile Blues 35:37 Mannish Boy 40:55 Once I Had a Woman 48:44 Bleeding Heart 52:36 Jam 292 58:57 Electric Church Red House 1:05:55 Hear My A Comin' electric

You'll go for that - Part 2 of All That Jazz episode Ah Um. Eleven tunes featuring more lyrical excerpts from Charles Mingus' seminal album "Ah Um," released in 1959. 1 I Go For That Daryl Sherman and John Cocuzzi Celebrating Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo 2 Broken Nose Catharine Russell Sentimental Streak 3 Make Me One Pallett On Your Floor Evan Christopher This Side Of Evan 4 Open Letter To Duke Charles Mingus Ah Um 5 Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles Vol. 2 6 Boogie Stop Shuffle Charles Mingus Ah Um 7 Jelly Roll Charles Mingus Ah Um 8 Winin' Boy Blues Jelly Roll Morton Doctor Jazz 9 47th St. Jive Carl Sonny Leyland Ready To Boogie 10 Wolverine Blues Holland And Coots Swingin' For The Fences 11 Girl Of My Dreams Charles Mingus Ah Um OUTRO: Closing Time New Jazz Wizards Hoppin' Mad

You'll be in a happy frame of mind when listening to "Ah Um," this edition of All That Jazz. We're featuring excerpts from Charles Mingus landmark album "Ah Um," plus background information and associated sidemen. INTRO Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Better Git It In Your Soul Charles Mingus Ah Um 2 Yeh! Yeh! Karrin Allyson Sweet Home Cookin' 3 Rosalie Sackville All Stars Saturday Night Function 4 The Lady In Red Hot Club Of San Francisco The Lady In Red 5 Solid Old Man Django Reinhardt Django With His American Friends 6 Pedal Point Blues Charles Mingus Ah Um 7 The Book's Beat Horace Parlan Up And Down 8 Happy Frame Of Mind Horace Parlan Happy Frame Of Mind 9 Radio Song Esperanza Spaulding Radio Music Society All That Jazz 37 ? Ah Um Part 1

Maria and Robert Diaz were 8-year-old twins. They loved detective stories. Maria and Robert wanted to be detectives when they grew up. They daydreamed about solving big cases and becoming famous. But when they went searching for a mystery, they couldn't find one at first. But a visit to the local library led them right to a real puzzler. Story by Skidompha friend Bob Emmons, and read by Mal Gormley, with apologies.

Hugh Masekela was a fine musician and, most of all, a human rights campaigner in South Africa. You know Grazin' In The Grass. Today you'll hear another example of his artistry. You are, indeed, the kind who?ll like this program. 1 Grazing In The Grass Hugh Masekela 2 Marketplace Hugh Masekela Hope 3 Very Early Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Joey Alexander Handful Of Keys 4 You're Not The Kind Ella Fitzgerald with Clifford Brown You're Not The Kind 5 Delilah Clifford Brown and Max Roach Jazz Masters 6 Let's Face The Music And Dance Cecile McLorin Salvant Dreams And Daggers 7 Tagore On The Delta Charles Lloyd New Quartet Passin' Thru 8 Unit 7 Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley

Featured on this program is Lester Young, one of the greatest tenor sax players of the classic era in jazz. His cool, light tones and laid back style was much different than the full-tone sounds that Coleman Hawkins built in the 1930s. Put on your walkin' shoes, too, because there's a medley of shoes, too. INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Tea For Two Lester Young Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio 2 Soft Shoe Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan Quartet 3 Walkin' Shoes Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Best Of Gerry Mulligan 4 My Little Suede Shoes Charlie Parker Now's The Time 5 Tallahassee Junction Bela Fleck And Brad Mehldau Bela Fleck And Brad Mehldau 6 Teach Your Children Fareed Haque déja vu 7 Dark Eyes Stephene Wrembel Trio 8 Lester Leaps In Dave McKenna Live At The Regattabar 9 Lester Leaps Again Lester Young Ultimate Lester Young 10 Lester Left Town Jazz Messengers 11 Goodbye Porkpie Hat Claire Daley Movin' On

Mitchell Parish added lyrics to popular tunes by Hoagy Carmichael and Duke Ellington, among others. This was the heyday of American Popular Song. Part one begins with a birthday set by Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Stitt. INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Jersey Bounce Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker Reunion 2 I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker The Great American Songbook 3 Stardust Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker The Great American Songbook 4 My Little Suede Shoes Sonny Stitt Stitt Plays Bird 5 Salt And Pepper Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves 6 Dark Eyes Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Stitt 7 Sweet Lorraine Gregory Porter 8 Stardust Hoagy Carmichael 9 Mood Indigo Nina Simone 10 Sophisticated Lady Karrin Allyson 11 Passin' Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet Passin' Thru

Mitchell Parish added lyrics to popular tunes by Hoagy Carmichael and Duke Ellington, among others. This was the heyday of American Popular Song. Part one begins with a birthday set by Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Stitt. INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Jersey Bounce Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker Reunion 2 I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker The Great American Songbook 3 Stardust Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker The Great American Songbook 4 My Little Suede Shoes Sonny Stitt Stitt Plays Bird 5 Salt And Pepper Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves 6 Dark Eyes Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Stitt 7 Sweet Lorraine Gregory Porter 8 Stardust Hoagy Carmichael 9 Mood Indigo Nina Simone 10 Sophisticated Lady Karrin Allyson 11 Passin' Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet Passin' Thru

Randy Reinhart and a host of other musicians show that, from gypsy jazz to bop, swing is still the king. There's a song discovery. You'll like it, too. --Kernan Here's the playlist to whet your appetite: 1 Darkness On The Delta Dan Levinson 2 Blue And Sentimental Lurlean Hunter 3 Djangology Tommy Emmanuel w/ Frank Vignola Accomplice One 4 Blue Bossa Jimmy Rosenberg The Alternative 5 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Rosenberg Trio Free As The Wind 6 Blue Bossa McCoy Tyner & Kenny Dorham Afro Blue 7 Don't Be That Way John Sheridan Swing Is Still The King 8 Village Blues Bobby Gordon Lower Register 9 Hi-Fly Eddie Higgins Zoot's Hymns 10 It's Only A Paper Moon Count Basie Basie And Zoot 11 Grooveyard Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims OUTRO: Closing Time New Jazz Wizards Hoppin' Mad

Sax player Hilton Jefferson is featured on this edition. We make a connection between Bria Skonberg and Sidney Bechet, then finish with Melody Gardot. /Kernan Cross INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 You Don't Know What Love Is Chucho Valdes New Concepts 2 Trade Winds Rex Stewart, Hilton Jefferson Jazz In 1958 3 Just Like A Butterfly That's Caught In The Rain Hilton Jefferson, Jonah Jones Butterflies In The Rain 4 Stealin' Apples Fletcher Henderson Orchestra 5 Willow Weep For Me Cab Calloway Orchestra w/ Hilton Jefferson 6 I'm Going Down Jazzmeia Horn Social Call 7 A Kiss To Build A Dream On Manhattan Transfer The Spirit Of St. Louis 8 Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) Frank Sinatra 9 Egyptian Fantasy Bria Skonberg Bria 10 Hold Tight Sidney Bechet 11 Somewhere Over The Rainbow Melody Gardot Live In Europe OUTRO: Closing Time New Jazz Wizards Hoppin' Mad

Bob Emmons' interview of local resident Don Edwards reveals someone with a truly unique and fascinating background. Edwards is a retired Army major general, as well as a former Vermont state legislator. Later, he became an aide and military advisor to his long-time friend Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, whom Edwards ascribes the secret to Senator's popularity as "The Guy Next Door" personality. Edwards later became a military commentator for Fox News after the 9/11 attacks. Edwards also describes some of his remarkable experiences, including the time he and Bernie spotted (and eventually outed) a Medal of Honor imposter in a parade in Burlington. Edwards also relates his involvement in legislation to help veterans who were exposed to deadly toxins in combat. If you would like to be considered as a guest on Skidompha Sketches let us know!

We first interviewed our friend Betsy Noyce in 1972 when she recounted her childhood memories of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. This time she vividly describes her exotic--and often funny--life as a military diplomat's child growing up in China just before the Communists took over in 1949.

INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Harlem Air Shaft Duke Ellington Orchestra 2 Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool Novel Jazz Septet Ellington And Strayhorn Rediscovered 3 Echoes Of Harlem Steve Turre 4 The Mooche Dave Frishberg 5 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Plays Ellington 6 Don't Get Around Much Any More Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra 7 Blues In Orbit Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit 8 Blood Count Duke Ellington And His Mother Called Him Bill 9 UMMG Duke Ellington And His Mother Called Him Bill 10 So This Is Love Diane Reeves Lush Life 11 Chelsea Bridge Joe Lovano Lush Life 12 Country Gal Novel Jazz Septet Ellington And Strayhorn Rediscovered OUTRO: Closing Time New Jazz Wizards Hoppin' Mad *

Skidompha friend Bob Emmons and his granddaughter Natalie exchange The World's Best knock-knock jokes. Think you can do better? Let us know!

Bob's neighbor Norman Saucier describes some of the many cultural surprises, adventures, misadventures, and narrow escapes he experienced while traveling around the world as a corporate accountant.

Hank Mobley’s tenor is hot in this here week’s music selections. Other than dat dere, we add some pickles, three little words, an Ellington medley and then head down the lonesome road. You’ll see what I mean. INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 Funk In Deep Freeze Hank Mobley Hank Mobley Quintet 2 Just Coolin' Hank Mobley The Capital Years 3 Ceora Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley Cornbread 4 Pickles Allen Toussaint Sweet Touch Of Love 5 Dat Dere Bobby Timmons This Here Is Bobby Timmons 6 This Here Bobby Timmons This Here Is Bobby Timmons 7 Three Little Words/Sir Duke Bria Skonberg Into Your Own 8 C Jam Blues Larry Fuller Larry Fuller 9 Three J's Blues Novel Jazz Septet Novel Ellington And Strayhorn 10 Donna Lee The Marsalis Family Music Redeems 11 The Lonesome Road Herb Pomeroy & Donna Byrne Let's Face The Music And Dance

Gerry Beaudoin with The Kings Of Strings begin our program today. Included, at no extra cost, in this hour's episode of All That Jazz are Cassandra Wilson and a segment called In Blue. Here's the playlist: 1 Desert Sands Jay Geils Kings Of Strings 2 Lullaby Of Birdland Heather Masse & Dick Hyman Lock My Heart 3 Medley Dick Hyman & Ruby Braff Manhattan Jazz 4 Poinciana Jeff Hamilton Trio The Best Things Happen 5 Old Devil Moon Ahmad Jamal The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings 6 Moanin' Karrin Allyson In Blue 7 You Don't Know What Love Is Casandra Wilson Blue Light 'Til Dawn 8 Both Sides Now Tierney Sutton After Blue 9 Chan's Song Jacky Terrasson Rendezvous 10 Hankerin' Horace Silver Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

Long-time Skidompha Library friend and Owl Radio contributor Bob Emmons sent us this eight-and-a-half minute recording of wintertime recollections and hard-earned wisdom that will give anyone--except maybe Minnesotans--a chill. (Note: can be used for summertime heat relief)

Part 2 continues with some California sounds. Included are vintage players, like Wingy Manone, whose names might make a fine baseball team. Listen to Nancy Harrow, one of the women of cool. Here's the playlist: 9 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Chet Baker Chet 10 Satin Doll Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie Cleanhead Vinson 11 Body And Soul Red Allen 12 Walkin' The Streets Wingy Manone 13 Warmin' Up Roy Eldridge 14 I've Got The World On A String Nancy Harrow Wild Women Don't Have The Blues 15 Wild Women Don't Have The Blues Nancy Harrow Wild Women Don't Have The Blues 16 Ain't That A Peach Jeff Hamilton Trio Red Sparkle 17 Pent Up House Chet Baker The Italian Sessions 18 Blue Moon Ahmad Jamal Blue Moon 19 The Crickets Stacey Kent Ao Vivo 20 Tucker Avenue Stomp Monty Alexander Steamin' Hot 21 Hershey's Kisses Kathy Kosins To The Women Of Cool 22 My Buddy Chet Baker Chet Baker Sings And Swings OUTRO: Closing Time New Jazz Wizards Hoppin' Mad

The "California Sound" has been described as being light and airy. Chet Baker is an example of that sound. Part 1 features Chet, Dave Brubeck and lyrical sounds you may consider to be light and airy. We also introduce you to vocalist Stacey Kent. Here's the playlist: INTRO: Algiers Bounce Red Allen World On A String 1 The Route Chet Baker and Art Pepper The Route 2 Waiter, Oh Waiter Stacey Kent The Changing Light 3 Jivin' The Rhythm Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis Conversations In Swing Guitar 4 Little Girl Chet Baker and Art Pepper The Route 5 Deed I Do Diana Krall Live In Paris 6 Dark Eyes Ramsey Lewis Trio Down To Earth 7 Never Say Yes Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley 8 Love Is Just Around The Corner Dave Brubeck Quartet Trio Park Avenue South

Sketches co-producer Bob Emmons interviewed Schooner Cove resident Bob Hills about his experiences as an American who wound up as a pilot of a P-47 fighter-bomber over Europe. It's how he got there--via the Royal Canadian Air Force and combat action defending the UK in a Hurricane fighter plane, before switching over to the US Army Air Corps--that makes this worth listening to. Skidompha Sketches is a series of recordings of (mostly) local Maine residents or summer visitors with anecdotes, insights, recollections they wanted to share with us, similar to to StoryCorps recordings archived at the US Library of Congress. Like StoryCorps, our mission is to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. Let us know if you'd like to participate!

Skidompha Library friend and Blues historian Mark Addison put together yet another fine lineup of Blues artistry. Blues music influenced even the most innovative California musicians of the 1960s. San Francisco and Los Angeles drew blues aficionados who used some of the most expressive forms of the traditional music to create their own unique sound. Playlist: Grateful Dead Sittin’ on Top of the World 2:35 Good Morning Little School Girl 4:40 Janis Joplin Ball and Chain 10:25 Quicksilver Messenger Service Who Do You Love 19:22 Canned Heat Rollin’ and Tumblin’ 26:44 Spoonful 28:55 Henry Vestine Dust My Broom 31:24 The Doors Back Door Man 36:00 Ry Cooder Cherry Ball Blues 40:54 Dark is the Night 45:05

Bob Emmons sat down with his South Bristol friend Bob Buric, who recounted a truly remarkable event that took place when he was in Haiti, reluctantly, with a team there to rebuild a missionary school after a hurricane. Things didn't go as planned. Skidompha Sketches is a series of recordings of (mostly) local Maine residents or summer visitors with anecdotes, insights, recollections they wanted to share with us, similar to to StoryCorps recordings archived at the US Library of Congress. Like StoryCorps, our mission is to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. Let us know if you'd like to participate!

Skidompha Library's good friend tells of a couple unusual and unlikely Vietnam War incidents that happened to him.

Later British Blues, Part 2 Playlist, times and description Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, two of the most famous British rock bands, were influenced deeply by American blues and played versions of blues standards throughout their careers. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled by our good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. Intro from Love in Vain 2:17: Led Zeppelin I Can’t Quit You Baby 6:59: You Shook Me 13:26: Bring It on Home 17:47: When the Levee Breaks 24:49: Lemon Song The Rolling Stones 33:34: Little Red Rooster 36:38: You Gotta Move 39:10: Love in Vain 44:20: Blue and Lonesome 47:27: I Can’t Quit You, Baby 52:37: Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Them 58:22: Baby Please Don’t Go

Longtime Skidompha Library friend Betsy Noyes sat down with Skidompha Community Media Producer Mal Gormley in July 2017 to record her vivid experiences as a young child on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and later. Betsy's father was an officer on the USS Tennessee, adjacent to the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Oklahoma was sunk by Japanese bombers. She also tells of being evacuated to the California and subsequent fun with her family and friends. Skidompha Sketches is a series of recordings of (mostly) local Maine residents or summer visitors with anecdotes, insights, recollections they wanted to share with us, similar to to StoryCorps recordings archived at the US Library of Congress. Like StoryCorps, our mission is to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. Let us know if you'd like to participate!

Blueberries for Sal is a children's picture book by Robert McCloskey. It was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1949. This story features a little girl, Sal, and her mother as they go and pick blueberries for winter—and a bear cub and his mother as they go and eat berries for winter from the other side of the same hill. Set in a small town in Maine this picture book piece uses a single dark blue color and block printing for the illustrations. Sal and Sal's mother are modeled after McCloskey's daughter, Sally, and wife Peggy. This story was recorded by Senator Angus King, of Maine, for Skidompha Library on April 17, 2017. Image source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26509875

Later British Blues Part 1 - Playlist British rock bands in the later 1960s used American blues music to shape their own sound using innovative forms and techniques. These bands were instrumental in popularizing blues music for a younger generation. INTRO--When The Levee Breaks (sel.) The Yardbirds 3:47 Smokestack Lightnin’ 10:35 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 13:06 I'm A Man Cream 18:37 Outside Woman Blues 21:02 I'm So Glad 25:05 Spoonful 31:25 Crossroads Jeff Beck Group 37:08 You Shook Me 38:37 I Ain't Superstitious 44:28 Let Me Love You 49:12 Blues Deluxe Jack Bruce 58:05 Boston Ball Game 1967

This is the story of Fred, a female cat, why she was named Fred, and what she had to do to earn back the friendship of Susie, her best friend. It's an amazing story. Cats can be very talented, and Fred was no exception. This story was written by one of Skidompha's dearest friends, Bob Emmons, and read by Mal Gormley.

Room on the Broom is a British children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. In this lightweight tale, by the author of The Gruffalo, a witch on a broom-ride is soon accompanied by a cat, a dog, a parrot, and a frog who have helped the butter-fingered witch retrieve her hat, a ribbon, and her wand. After the broom breaks, they then meet up with a not-so-scary dragon who wants to have the witch for lunch. The loyal animals form a chimera who scares off the dragon. The witch repays her friends by conjuring a nicer broom for them all to ride. The story's rhyming and goofy suspense aren't groundbreaking, but readers will likely find it refreshing to see a clumsy witch. Ages 4-8. Published by Dial Books. Room on the Broom has been translated into 21 languages and has won 6 book awards, and since been made into an animated film. The animated film was nominated for an Academy Award for best short animated film in 2013. This version was read by Skidompha Library's Terry Hapach with her usual great enthusiasm.

American blues music began to be played in Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s by bands that inspired and included young musicians who would go on to form some of the most popular and influential blues rock bands of the 1960s and later years. This program showcases some of the better known early British blues bands. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled and edited by good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. PLAYLIST Blues Incorporated, Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies Hootchie Cootchie Man 3:05 I Got My Mojo Workin’ 8:46 Graham Bond Quartet/Organisation Untitled Abbey Road Blues Instrumental 13:00 John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers Double Crossing Time 19:15 Ramblin’ on My Mind 22:15 Maudie 25:20 Hootchie Coochie Man 28:03 The Supernatural 32:43 Some Day After Awhile 35:40 Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac Heart Beat Like a Hammer 39:40 I Loved Another Woman 42:38 Cold Black Night 45:34 Shake Your Moneymaker 48:52 Looking For Somebody 51:50 Ottilie Paterson Baby Please Don’t Go 55:35

Here's a fun short story about Petey Wagner's dog named Wigglywoo, written by Skidompha Library's good friend Bob Emmons. Wigglywoo was a VERY smart dog who learned how to ring doorbells and everyone in the neighborhood liked him (except Mr. Sweeney, of course). This story was recorded by Mal Gormley.

The eponymous Yertle, king of the pond, stands on his subjects in an attempt to reach higher than the moon—until the unhappy bottom turtle burps and Yertle falls into the mud, ending his rule. Though the book included "burp", a word then considered to be relatively rude, it was a success upon publication, and has since sold over a million copies. In 2001, it was listed at 125 on the Publishers Weekly list of the best-selling children's books of all time. This story is wonderfully read by Skidompha's good friend Anna Belknap in August 2016.

"The Sneetches and Other Stories" is a collection of stories by American author Dr. Seuss, published in 1953. It is composed of four separate stories with themes of tolerance, diversity, and compromise. In "Too Many Daves" is a very short story about a mother, Mrs. McCave, who named all 23 of her sons Dave. This causes minor problems in the family, and the majority of the story lists unusual and amusing names she wishes she had given them, such as "Bodkin Van Horn," "Hoos Foos," "Snimm," "Shadrach", "Stuffy," "Stinky," "Putt-Putt", "Buffalo Bill," "Oliver Boliver Butt," "Biffalo Buff," or "Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate". The story ends with the statement that "she didn't do it, and now it's too late." This story is wonderfully read by Skidompha's good friend Anna Belknap in August 2016.

"The Sneetches and Other Stories" is a collection of stories by American author Dr. Seuss, published in 1953. It is composed of four separate stories with themes of tolerance, diversity, and compromise. In The Sneetches, some odd yellow creatures have stars in the bellies and others don't, which causes jealousy by those who don't. Sylvester McMonkey McBean (the Fix-It-Up Chappie) appears and offers the Sneetches without stars the chance to get them with his Star-On machine. When the original starred Sneetches see this they are upset and.... In the end, the Sneetches learn from their experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends. "The Sneetches" was intended by Seuss as a satire of discrimination between races and cultures, and was inspired by his opposition to antisemitism. This story is wonderfully read by Skidompha's good friend Anna Belknap in August 2016.

Skidompha's expert on insects and gardening provides essential information on the deer tick, which is responsible for Lyme disease. This is Part 2 of this two-part podcast. This session covers how to avoid and prevent deer ticks, including an in-depth discussion on chemical components of Deet and other repellants, where to obtain them, their hazards to pets/wildlife, as well as many other useful resources. Part 1 is an introduction to the deer tick's life history, habits, and behavior. A YouTube video of a similar, more expansive presentation by Dr. Emmons is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmrrP62ItYM

Skidompha's expert on insects and gardening provides essential information on the deer tick, which is responsible for Lyme disease. This is Part 1, which is an introduction to the deer tick's life history, habits, and behavior. (Part 2 provides information on how to avoid deer ticks in the first place.) A YouTube video of a similar, more expansive presentation by Dr. Emmons is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmrrP62ItYM

Playing the guitar with a slide on one finger was a popular technique among country blues musicians and was later taken up electric guitar players in Chicago and by blues rock performers in the US and Britain. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled by our good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. Intro from Dark Was the Night 2:20 Fallin Down Blues - Furry Lewis 5:10 Sic Em Dogs On - Bukka White 7:37 Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern 10:45 Dark Was the Night - Blind Willie Johnson 14:34 St.Louis Blues - The Genial Hawaiians 17:25 The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold 20:38 Fred’s Worried Life Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell 23:25 Is You Ever Seen - Earl Hooker 27:07 Deep Feeling - Chuck Berry 29:25 Too Much Alcohol - J.B. Hutto 33:03 Statesboro Blues - Allman Bros. 37:25 Mean Old World - Clapton and Allman 41:17 Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV Of Spain - John Fahey 45:57 Around the Plynth - The Faces

Chicago electric blues featuring Muddy Waters and others. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled and edited by good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. Sweet Home Chicago (Opening Intro) Magic Sam Can’t Be Satisfied Muddy Waters 3:08 Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters 5:47 You Shook Me - Muddy Waters 8:41 Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters 11:20 Rollin’ Stone - Muddy Waters 15:11 (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters 18:17 Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters 21:05 Tell Mama - Etta James 23:51 Never Trust a Man - Koko Taylor 26:08 It Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann 29:28 Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington 33:11 Baby Please Don't Go - John Lee Hooker 38:01 Sweet Home Chicago - Magic Sam 41:14 The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll - Muddy Waters 46:19

This program of electric blues from Chicago features Howlin’ Wolf and other popular blues musicians. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled and edited by good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. Chicago Blues Howlin Wolf playlist Intro—from Smokestack Lightning This Is the End - Buddy Guy 1:13 Rollin’ and Tumblin’ - Little Walter 4:12 I Can’t Quit You Baby - Otis Rush 7:46 I Got Ramblin’ On My Mind - Otis Spann 10:50 Murdering Blues - Robert Nighthawk 14:55 Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf 20:13 Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf 22:43 Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf 26:47 Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf 29:14 Killing Floor - Howlin’ Wolf 32:18 I Ain’t Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf 35:06 Come On In This House - Junior Wells 38:42

From Russia comes this wonderful volume of folklore featuring quirky tales of craft and cunning and of heroes and heroines. This tale, "A Soldier's Fur Coat," is read by Skidompha Children's Librarian Mark Ferrero. (Albert Whitman & Company 1973)

Sharks and Stripers and Bluefish Oh My!!!! Our intrepid Gardener- Scientist- Entymologist- & Raconteur Extraordinaire from South Bristol, Bob Emmons shares some of his misadventures, preposterous lies, and bad jokes as...wait for it: a Fisherman! Just don't cut his fishing line or it'll cost you!

The final show from Chicago features music from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band as well as harmonica music from Charlie Musselwhite and others. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled and edited by good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. All songs performed by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band except where noted. Chicago Blues 3 Playlist Born in Chicago (Intro) 3:06: Got My Mojo Workin 6:40 Shake Your Money Maker 9:06 Walkin’ Blues 12:23 Born in Chicago 15:28 Get Out of My Life Woman 18:42 Baby Please Don’t Go 22:56 Three Harp Boogie (Misc. musicians) 26:24 Chicken Shack (Charlie Musselwhite) 30:38 If I Should Have Bad Luck (Charlie Musselwhite) 37:06 East West 51:11 Blues with a Feeling

This podcast, the second from Skidompha Owl's friend Mark Addison of Damariscotta Mills, is part of a series that explores Blues music from the Mississippi Delta in the 1920s to Chicago in the 1940s to England and the US in the 1960s and 1970s--to contemporary Blues musicians. This podcast covers blues songs from the 1920s and 1930s performed by a variety of blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta region and other parts of the rural south. It also introduces two Mississippi musicians that would make it big in Chicago, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled and edited by good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison. Playlist: Intro: Intro to When the Levee Breaks by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe 1:37: A Spoonful of Blues, Charley Patton 4:48: Cool Drink of Water Blues, Tommy Johnson 8:21: Fixin’ to Die Blues, Bukka White 12:21: House of the Rising Sun, Leadbelly 14:30: See See Rider, Big Bill Broonzy 17:33: I’m So Glad, Skip James 20:22: Sittin’ On Top of the World, The Mississippi Sheiks 23:25: Preachin’ the Blues, Son House 30:05: Eyesight to the Blind, Sonny Boy Williamson 33:05: When the Levee Breaks, Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe 39:17: Baby Please Don’t Go, Big Joe Williams 42:39: Baby Please Don’t Go, Lightnin’ Hopkins 46:15: I Feel Like Going Home, Muddy Waters 49:43: Sittin’ On Top of the World, Howlin’ Wolf 52:50: Come On in My Kitchen (Robert Johnson), performed by Eric Clapton

The monster under Ethan's bed has gone fishing for a week! How is Ethan ever going to get to sleep without a really scary monster? Will a stand-in monster do? Find out by listening to this amusing story read by Skidompha Library's own Terry Hapach.

This podcast, the first from Skidompha Owl's good friend, Mark Addison of Damariscotta Mills, is the first in a series that explores blues music from the Mississippi Delta in the 1920s to Chicago in the 1940s to England and the US in the 1960s and 1970s to contemporary blues musicians. This podcast introduces the series and the Mississippi Delta, the music of Robert Johnson and others. Many of Johnson's tunes have been covered by many contemporary musicians. Let us know what you think! Playlist: All songs by Robert Johnson. 2:57: Come on in My Kitchen 8:27: I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom 11:25: 32-20 Blues 14:25: Walkin’ Blues 17:41: Sweet Home Chicago 20:38: Kind Hearted Woman Blues 23:28: Terraplane Blues 26:28: Hellhound On My Trail 29:55: Cross Road Blues 32:28: Stop Breakin’ Down Blues 34:50: If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day 37:28: Love In Vain 40:10: Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) 43:00 Phonograph Blues 45:40 Me and the Devil Blues