Podcast appearances and mentions of Jimmy Driftwood

Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and the Drifters - "Precious Peace of Mind" [0:00:00] Neal Jones - "I'm Playing It Cool" [0:07:29] Bill Floyd - "Heartbreak" [0:09:40] Terry Fell - "That's What I Like" [0:12:29] Webb Foley with the Jordanaires - "Marlene" [0:16:57] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:17:20] The Jackson Brothers - "Troubles" [0:21:19] Hoyt Johnson & The Four Recorders - "I Bet You Don't Know" [0:24:26] Felton Jarvis - "Little Wheel" [0:25:09] Billy "Crash" Craddock - "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)" [0:27:59] Paul Evans - "Hushaby Little Guitar" [0:31:41] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:32:17] Wanda Jackson - "Hot Dog! That Made Me Mad" [0:36:04] Johnnie Forrer - "I Just Think Of You" [0:38:07] Rusty Diamond with Maryanne Mail - "The Lonely Sentry" [0:40:56] George Jones - "My Tears Are Overdue" [0:43:26] Bobby Edwards - "Walker Town" [0:46:10] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:48:26] Larry Kingston - "I'm A Flop" [0:50:47] (Mr.) Connie Dycus - "I'll Be Untrue" [0:52:36] Jerry Daniels - "Morals Of A Man" [0:57:07] George Kent - "It Takes A Drinking Man (To Sing A Drinking Song)" [0:57:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143470

Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and the Drifters - "Precious Peace of Mind" [0:00:00] Neal Jones - "I'm Playing It Cool" [0:07:29] Bill Floyd - "Heartbreak" [0:09:40] Terry Fell - "That's What I Like" [0:12:29] Webb Foley with the Jordanaires - "Marlene" [0:16:57] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:17:20] The Jackson Brothers - "Troubles" [0:21:19] Hoyt Johnson & The Four Recorders - "I Bet You Don't Know" [0:24:26] Felton Jarvis - "Little Wheel" [0:25:09] Billy "Crash" Craddock - "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)" [0:27:59] Paul Evans - "Hushaby Little Guitar" [0:31:41] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:32:17] Wanda Jackson - "Hot Dog! That Made Me Mad" [0:36:04] Johnnie Forrer - "I Just Think Of You" [0:38:07] Rusty Diamond with Maryanne Mail - "The Lonely Sentry" [0:40:56] George Jones - "My Tears Are Overdue" [0:43:26] Bobby Edwards - "Walker Town" [0:46:10] Music behind DJ: The Nashville Five - "Batman Theme" [0:48:26] Larry Kingston - "I'm A Flop" [0:50:47] (Mr.) Connie Dycus - "I'll Be Untrue" [0:52:36] Jerry Daniels - "Morals Of A Man" [0:57:07] George Kent - "It Takes A Drinking Man (To Sing A Drinking Song)" [0:57:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143470

Steven Rinella talks with Evan Felker, Janis Putelis, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Knowing how to conduct a vault toilet rescue from having listened to The MeatEater Podcast, Ep. 377: The Great Outhouse Rescue; Phil kissing; the dead-alive fish dish; ménage-à-frog; pig leases in timber country; First Lite's new Stormy Kromer cap; how Evan's dad is a fanatical hunter; cowboy-ing; Johnny Horton playing Jimmy Driftwood; how Cal thinks that “The Bird Hunters” song is the best hunting song ever written; an anapodoton; bean sayings from our audience; quitting drinking; NA beer; going to rehab and rewiring your entire being; trustworthiness and how no one would actually show up to ice fish at 7am the next morning; watching the lake give birth; writing prompts; buy Turnpike's new album, “A Cat in the Rain,” and go see them in concert; a live performance of “The Bird Hunters”; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  |  | Tony Joe White  | Baby Please Don't Go  | Tony Joe White  |   |  | Memphis Minnie  | Nothing In Ramblin'  | Blues: The Essential Album  |  | Bukka White  | Shake Em On Down  | The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 | Lettoman  | Dancing, Singing, and Hot Gazes  | Singles July 2023  |   |  | Lightnin' Hopkins  | Play With Your Poodle  | Morning Blues (1965)  |  | Jimmy Driftwood  | Battle of New Orleans  | The Collection  |   |  | Jaybird Coleman  | Man Trouble Blues  | Country Southern Blues  |  | Mary Flower  | Hard Day Blues  | Misery Loves Company  |  | Steve Howell & The Mighty Men  | Bad Boy  | Been Here And Gone  |  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Water Coast  | Four Classic Albums Plus - CD Two | Thom Bresh  | Mi Amigo - Instrumental  | @Home  |   |   |  | Duster Bennett  | Let Your Light Shine On Me  | Comin' Home- Unreleased & Rare Recordings, Vol. 2 1971-1975 | Andy Cohen  | Moppers Blues  | Built Right On The Ground  |  | Alison Solo  | Old English  | Plutonian  |   |   |  | Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band  | Chapel In The Pines  | Party Seven  |   |  | Colin James  | See That My Grave is Kept Clean  | Miles to Go  | W.C. Handy Preservation Band- Dir. Carl Wolfe  | Harlem Blues  | W.C. Handy's Beale Street: Where The Blues Began

Alex Battles - "Honky Tonk Radio Girl" [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: The Mile-Tones - "Trial Of Love" [0:01:33] Slim Willet - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" [0:04:05] Sheb Wooley - "I Listened For Your Footsteps" [0:06:49] Sheb Wooley - "I Flipped" [0:09:21] Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and The Drifters - "Grapevine News" [0:11:54] Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - "All Night Long" [0:14:01] Goldie Hill - "Sample My Kissin'" [0:16:34] Music behind DJ: The Mile-Tones - "Trial Of Love" [0:19:32] Bonnie Guitar - "Dark Moon" [0:21:23] Ferlin Huskey - "I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else)" [0:23:53] The York Brothers - "Highland Park Girl" [0:26:46] Charlie Rich - "Philadelphia Baby" [0:29:17] Lois Williams - "Bright Lights A-Burning" [0:31:17] Music behind DJ: The Frank Virtue Combo - "Midnight Hassle" [0:33:42] Porter Wagoner - "Sorrow On The Rocks" [0:36:29] Jack Webb - "Since You Made A Wreck Out Of Me" [0:38:29] Pete Harris - "This Twisted Heart Of Mine" [0:41:22] Bob Gallion - "World By The Tail" [0:42:57] The Homesteaders - "It's A Woman" [0:45:02] Music behind DJ: The Frank Virtue Combo - "Midnight Hassle" [0:48:12] Larry Heaberlin - "I Won't Be At Your Wedding" [0:49:51] Miss Hilton Hammond - "Don't Make A Strong Man Cry" [0:52:21] Chery White and the Down Home Folks - "It Sure Rains Hard In Tennessee" [0:54:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129402

Alex Battles - "Honky Tonk Radio Girl" [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: The Mile-Tones - "Trial Of Love" [0:01:33] Slim Willet - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" [0:04:05] Sheb Wooley - "I Listened For Your Footsteps" [0:06:49] Sheb Wooley - "I Flipped" [0:09:21] Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and The Drifters - "Grapevine News" [0:11:54] Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - "All Night Long" [0:14:01] Goldie Hill - "Sample My Kissin'" [0:16:34] Music behind DJ: The Mile-Tones - "Trial Of Love" [0:19:32] Bonnie Guitar - "Dark Moon" [0:21:23] Ferlin Huskey - "I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else)" [0:23:53] The York Brothers - "Highland Park Girl" [0:26:46] Charlie Rich - "Philadelphia Baby" [0:29:17] Lois Williams - "Bright Lights A-Burning" [0:31:17] Music behind DJ: The Frank Virtue Combo - "Midnight Hassle" [0:33:42] Porter Wagoner - "Sorrow On The Rocks" [0:36:29] Jack Webb - "Since You Made A Wreck Out Of Me" [0:38:29] Pete Harris - "This Twisted Heart Of Mine" [0:41:22] Bob Gallion - "World By The Tail" [0:42:57] The Homesteaders - "It's A Woman" [0:45:02] Music behind DJ: The Frank Virtue Combo - "Midnight Hassle" [0:48:12] Larry Heaberlin - "I Won't Be At Your Wedding" [0:49:51] Miss Hilton Hammond - "Don't Make A Strong Man Cry" [0:52:21] Chery White and the Down Home Folks - "It Sure Rains Hard In Tennessee" [0:54:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129402

Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:00:00] Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and The Drifters - "Precious Peace of Mind" [0:04:03] Red Sovine - "Kiss and the Keys" [0:06:07] Ernest Tubb - "Counterfeit Kisses" [0:09:39] Werly Fairburn - "Telephone Baby" [0:10:55] Al Shade - "I'm A Star On WLBR" [0:13:06] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:16:18] Chip Fisher - "Poor Me" [0:19:24] Doyle Templet with the Del Royals Orchestra - "Waiting All Alone" [0:21:57] The Jackson Brothers - "Troubles" [0:23:58] Jimmy Dee and the Offbeats With The Montclairs - "Don't Cry No More" [0:26:09] Johnnie Forrer - "Long Gone" [0:28:17] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:30:23] Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard - "How The Other Half Lives" [0:32:52] Vern Stovall - "Funny Sense of Humor" [0:35:16] Haydon Thompson - "Girl From Arkansas" [0:37:54] Steve Tyrell - "A Boy Without A Girl" [0:40:34] Billy 'Crash' Craddock - "You Better Move On" [0:42:34] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:44:56] Stan Jr. - "A City Boy's Dream" [0:47:37] Dr. Jim Matthews - "You Win Again" [0:51:04] Carl Dean - "Wait Tilll The Sun Goes Down" [0:53:04] Roland Eaton - "Don't Call Me I'll Call You" [0:55:06] Jim Davis - "I Haven't Crossed Over the Line" [0:57:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129159

Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:00:00] Jimmy Driftwood with Vi Keys and The Drifters - "Precious Peace of Mind" [0:04:03] Red Sovine - "Kiss and the Keys" [0:06:07] Ernest Tubb - "Counterfeit Kisses" [0:09:39] Werly Fairburn - "Telephone Baby" [0:10:55] Al Shade - "I'm A Star On WLBR" [0:13:06] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:16:18] Chip Fisher - "Poor Me" [0:19:24] Doyle Templet with the Del Royals Orchestra - "Waiting All Alone" [0:21:57] The Jackson Brothers - "Troubles" [0:23:58] Jimmy Dee and the Offbeats With The Montclairs - "Don't Cry No More" [0:26:09] Johnnie Forrer - "Long Gone" [0:28:17] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:30:23] Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard - "How The Other Half Lives" [0:32:52] Vern Stovall - "Funny Sense of Humor" [0:35:16] Haydon Thompson - "Girl From Arkansas" [0:37:54] Steve Tyrell - "A Boy Without A Girl" [0:40:34] Billy 'Crash' Craddock - "You Better Move On" [0:42:34] Music behind DJ: Chuck Harding - "Sidewinder" [0:44:56] Stan Jr. - "A City Boy's Dream" [0:47:37] Dr. Jim Matthews - "You Win Again" [0:51:04] Carl Dean - "Wait Tilll The Sun Goes Down" [0:53:04] Roland Eaton - "Don't Call Me I'll Call You" [0:55:06] Jim Davis - "I Haven't Crossed Over the Line" [0:57:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129159

This week, a celebration of 50 years of the Ozark Folk Center State Park presented through archival audio from its 1973 grand opening as well as interviews of key park figures and commentary by historian and writer Charley Sandage. The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, in an early attempt to preserve the vanishing heritage of the Ozark Mountains, assisted local craftsmen and musicians to form the Ozark Foothills Crafts Guild in 1962. The guild started with 30 members and grew to a membership of over 300 master craftsmen and musicians. In 1963 the guild, in cooperation with local civic organizations, education advocate Bessie Moore, and renowned Ozark singer-songwriter Jimmy Driftwood organized the first Arkansas Folk Festival which attracted approximately 15,000 people. The festival became an annual event and within a few years was attracting almost 100,000 people to Mountain View. Because of the success of the annual festival the guild realized that they needed a permanent home. The guild, in cooperation with local government, obtained a grant from the United States Economic Development Administration to establish a private commercial craft center at Mountain View. Prior to its opening in the Spring of 1973, the state of Arkansas recognized the potential of the project and folded the Ozark Folk Center into the state park system and provided additional funding. Ozark Folk Center State Park is dedicated to perpetuating the music, crafts, and culture of the Ozarks. Located in Mountain View, Arkansas, and open mid-April to late-October, the park offers visitors an opportunity to watch artisans work, to stroll through the Heritage Herb Garden, and to hear live Southern mountain music. In the Craft Village at the Ozark Folk Center, more than 20 working artisans demonstrate, create, and sell handmade items. Handcrafted items like leather purses and goods, baskets, brooms, stained glass, ironwork, pottery, knives, weavings, quilts, wood carvings, spun yarn, soap, candles, and more are made onsite. Artisans also host workshops throughout the year for a more immersive crafting experience with personal attention and hands-on instruction. The Heritage Herb Garden is where old-time pass-along plants, medicinal herbs, native plants, and edible herbs are grown. The Garden functions as a living classroom for workshops and programs. Events celebrating both culinary and medicinal herbs are held in May and October. Music is at the heart of this park. Fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and autoharp are just some of the instruments that combine to produce that enduring Ozark Mountain sound. The Ozark Highlands Theater hosts live concerts and special events, bringing legendary artists from all facets of Americana music to the stage. Workshops are also available at scheduled times for musicians and dancers of all skill levels. In this week's “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1973 archival recording of Ozark original Jimmy Driftwood singing is famous song “The Battle of New Orleans,” at the park's grand opening from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

This week, legendary songwriter, performer, folklorist, historian and Ozark original Jimmy Driftwood recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park. Dave Smith gives an historical portrait of the life of this remarkable Ozarker. There was never a more popular, outspoken or controversial musician or personality to come out of Stone County, Arkansas than James Corbitt Morris (better known as Jimmy Driftwood.)  Driftwood was a driving force behind the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and a successful singer songwriter who penned “The Battle of New Orleans” and “Tennessee Stud” among other notable songs. Jimmy helped put Stone County on the musical map and left a legacy that is still talked about to this day. Our program this week features special and seldom heard songs from some of Jimmy's archival Ozark Folk Center performances. Mark Jones' “From the Vault” segment offers an archival recording from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives of Jimmy Driftwood demonstrating playing a tune on a hickory leaf. Author and historian Brooks Blevins provides a native's view of the people, music, and colorful events that shape the Ozark region. This week, Brooks presents a brief history of the very first Arkansas Folk Festival and folk singer Jimmy Driftwood's efforts in starting the event that has been held annually in Mountain View, Arkansas since 1963.

This week, Ozark original multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, audio engineer and OHR host, our very own Mark Jones recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with Mark as well as with his long time friend, country music superstar Marty Stewart. Anyone who listens to Ozark Highlands Radio will be familiar with the fun loving and friendly voice of Mark Jones, the keeper of our “Vault.” In August of 2021, we lost Mark to Covid-19. His passing was a profound loss to all of us, both professionally and personally. Please join us as we pay tribute to the life and legacy of our dear friend, Mark Jones. Mark Alan Jones was born in 1955 to Country Music Hall of Fame & Grand Ole Opry performers Louis "Grandpa" Jones and Ramona Jones in Nashville, Tennessee. As a young man, he toured across the country with his famous parents making appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and the television show "Hee Haw.” He performed with numerous other artists including the Willis Brothers, the Wright Brothers, and Jimmy Driftwood's Rackensack Folklore Society. He also worked as a sound engineer for the Statler Brothers. Mark toured with renowned guitarist, Doyle Dykes, playing in churches throughout America. He was a regular performer at the Grandpa Jones Dinner Theatre in Mountain View, Arkansas, and was a founding member of the Arkansas Beanfest. Mark spent several years playing banjo and running sound and lights at Silver Dollar City and Shepherd of The Hills Outdoor Drama in Branson, Missouri. He also worked as a performer and sound engineer at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. Throughout his life, Mark taught private music lessons helping to preserve traditional folk music. Even though his life was deeply engrained in music, he enjoyed working with the intellectually disabled and often used his musical talent as a therapeutic tool. Mark is a 2021 inductee of the George D. Hay Society Hall of Honor. In this week's “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers archival recordings of himself and a few of his friends demonstrating his true passion, the clawhammer banjo. Hear Mark playing the tunes Mountain Whippoorwill, Cripple Creek and John Hardy, from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. This week, Charley celebrates 50 years of the Buffalo National River. This episode continues our tour of places “you shouldn't miss” and other remarkable spots along the 135 miles of America's first national river, as well as where to find information about park events, facilities and services. Featured are interviews with park ranger & interpreter and Buffalo National River Partners Board member Kevin Middleton and Buffalo National River Partners Board Chairperson Terrie Martindale.

On today's Ozarks at Large, we revisit recent segments with some of our friends. Randy Dixon from the Pryor Center of Arkansas Oral and Visual History helps us explore Jimmy Driftwood's legacy, our Militant Grammarian helps us explore autological words, Charlie Allison explores the history of the Razorback mascot for the U of A, and Lia Uribe explores the music of Bach.

This week, a collection of exceptional Ozark original singer-songwriters recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with these canorous poets. Folk songs don’t just materialize out of thin air and they don’t grow on trees. They’re conceived and written by regular people to express their feelings, their experiences and their culture. Although we tend to think of folk songs as records of a distant past, contemporary songwriters carry on this rich tradition. Nowhere is the tradition more alive than in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri. Join us, as we present a small sampling of true contemporary Ozark original singer-songwriters creating brand new folk music for these modern times. Featured on this episode of Ozark Highlands Radio are: Buffalo Gals band member Melissa Carper of Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Mountain View, Arkansas’ own Carolyn Carter; Batesville, Arkansas native and Creek Rocks band member Cindy Woolf; Mountain View resident and Ozark Folk Center regular, Grace Stormont; Taller Than You band member and hammered dulcimer champion, Mineral Point, Missouri’s Ben Haguewood; Buffalo Gals band member and award winning fiddler, Eureka Springs, Arkansas’ Rebecca Patek; Traveling minstrel and multi-instrumentalist Willi Carlisle of Fayetteville, Arkansas. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1973 archival recording of Ozark original singer-songwriter Jimmy Driftwood performing his well known song “The Battle of New Orleans,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. In this episode, Charley speaks with Ozark Folk Center master printer Troy Odom about the techniques of early printing presses.

Multi-instrumentalist troubadour Rik Palieri has lots to talk about, from his new book Banjo Man, to his time on the road and on stage with Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips and Jimmy Driftwood. Join us in this interview full of anecdotes, music and stories from Rik’s overflowing vault of memories The post “Banjo Man” – Rik Palieri appeared first on Home Routes / Chemin Chez Nous - Canada's Premier House Concert Network.

In this week's episode we're featuring an album from Porter Wagoner put out at the peak of his powers: "The Carroll County Accident" (1969). His syndicated TV show was in it's eighth year of production, Dolly Parton was building up a real head of steam as a solo and a duet act and Wagoner was an established hitmaker. Our feature album has typically solid instrumental support from The Wagonmasters: Buck Trent on his iconic electric banjo, Don Warden on steel guitar and Mack Magaha on fiddle - but in this reviewer's opinion, this album is the sum of it's songwriters. Mel Tillis leant his lyrical talent in "Your Mother's Eyes"; Wagoner's penchant and admiration for bluegrass shone through on Don Reno's "Barefoot Nellie"; Arkansas' Jimmy Driftwood scored a cut with "Black Jack's Bar" and two tracks were credited to some fellow by the name of Louis M. Jones. Dolly Parton, Hank Cochran, Merle Haggard and Joyce McCord (the sister to Wagoner favourite Damon Black) are all in the mix - but one cannot forget the title track. Written by the RCA producer on this album Bob Ferguson ("Wings Of A Dove"), "The Carroll County Accident" supposedly came about between the Carroll counties in both Tennessee and Mississippi (of the thirteen nationwide) and remained one of Porter Wagoner's greatest hits, fitting snugly into his wheelhouse for slightly creepy story songs. An excellent album all around.

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, it’s “Banjo Time!” Join host Dave Smith and banjo royalty Mark Jones as they explore music of the banjo. From its ancient African roots, we’ll follow the banjo’s transition from a slave instrument into the mainstream of American popular and folk musics. Mark and Dave will guide us through performances by various banjo masters covering a myriad of styles into which the banjo has evolved, all recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Artists featured on this week’s show include Country Music Hall of Fame member & “Hee Haw" star Grandpa Jones, master of traditional African American banjo Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, Carolina Chocolate Drops member Hubby Jenkins, Ozark original Uncle Floyd Holland, connoisseurs of classic sheet music and banjo duo Clark Bueling & Carl Anderton, songwriter and banjo frailing ninja Jimmy Connors, fresh-faced banjo slinging madman Samuel Blake, preeminent bluegrass virtuoso Adam Fudge, our very own Mark Jones, Berklee School of Music banjo pioneer Lukas Pool, up and coming clawhammer champion Lillyanne McCool, classic country music and banjo superstar Buck Trent, and the inimitable Paul Brock Band featuring banjo shredders Dave Curley & Shane Farrell. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of ubiquitous Ozark banjo legend Bookmiller Shannon performing the tune “Shortnin’ Bread,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Bookmiller traveled America with famed Ozark songwriter and folklorist Jimmy Driftwood in the 1960’s and 70’s, bringing the Ozark style of clawhammer banjo into greater awareness. In this week’s guest host segment, renowned traditional folk musician, writer, and step dancer Aubrey Atwater explores “The African American Banjo,” illuminating the African roots of this enduring musical instrument. Aubrey takes us back to the source of the banjo with musical examples and enlightening commentary.

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, songs not so serious, both modern and traditional, performed by various artists recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Folk music is often thought of as being either dark and serious or naive and childish. Not so with this collection of artists and songs. In this episode, explore with us a lighter side of folk. Featured on this episode are a variety of artists including Antsy McClain, the Buffalo Gals, Bill & the Belles, Muriel Anderson, David Holt & Josh Goforth, Mike Snider, Jimmy Driftwood, the Hogslop Stringband, and Jerron Paxton. We’ll hear their most humorous songs, both traditional and modern, many of them written by the artists themselves. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1979 archival recording of Ozark original Kenneth Rorie performing the traditional song “In the Pines,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. In this week’s guest host segment, renowned traditional folk musician, writer, and step dancer Aubrey Atwater discusses traditional songs that are unmetered & crooked and do not fit into our common ideas about rhythm. Hear Aubrey as she dares us to try and dance to these crooked tunes.

Hear what is going on with Caleb Ryan Martin these days. We also talk about Jimmy Driftwood, Wayne the train Hancock, Eminem, Robert Johnson, Sawyer Brown, Shooter Jennings, & Chelsea Nolan. So, its quite a mix! Caleb also tells about playing with Sam Williams recently and getting to ride in Hank Jr.'s Tahoe. Caleb also plays some great music on this episode as well. Check him out at https://calebmusic38.wixsite.com/caleb https://www.facebook.com/CalebRyanMartin/ Purchase latest album at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/freight-trains-murders-lost-loves/1329811070 https://play.google.com/music/m/Bs2k3bzvuzx3y6e3twdt6nkdyl4?t=Freight_Trains_Murders__Lost_Loves_-_Caleb_Ryan_Martin All Music Played with Permission. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/todaysplea/support

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, new fashioned folk duo Bobby Glendy & Ruthie Haynie perform live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. A performance from the traditional family folk trio “Love Holler.” Also, interviews with Bobby & Ruthie, and also with “Love Holler.” Mark Jones offers an archival recording of famed songwriter & Ozark folklorist Jimmy Driftwood, playing a traditional instrument called the “picking bow.” Writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the last in a series of three Ozark song catchers, Max Hunter. Bobby Glendy is a second generation guitarist who learned his love of music from his father. A long-time collaborator with many musicians in the Ozark region, Bobby is one of the finest flat pickers in the area and has a rich, resonate singing voice. Paired up with Ruthie Haynie, (vocals) the duo performs classic and traditional material with attention to detail and authenticity. Emma and Caroline Russell are among the next generation of outstanding young Ozark musicians. The sisters have crafted a truly unique and heartfelt vocal harmony style that is unrivaled. Raised on the music of the Carter Family and other traditional sounds, Emma and Caroline (guitar/banjo) are joined by their father, Tracy on bass to form the group Love Hollar. The name, Love Hollar, references a geographical location near their home in Batesville, Arkansas. Their sound is real and without pretension. They sing and they do it VERY well. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of the famed songwriter & Ozark folklorist Jimmy Driftwood, playing a traditional instrument called the “picking bow,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. From his series entitled “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins presents the last of three episodes on Ozark song catchers, the Springfield, Missouri collectors. This episode features a recording of Gordon McCann, Glenn Rickman, and Missy Pearce in a traditional Ozark jam session at Crane, Missouri, on December 16, 1978. The recording was made by song collector Gordon McCann, and is preserved by Missouri State University’s Meyer Library in its online collections. http://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/McCann&CISOPTR=0&CISOBOX=1&REC=2

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, traditional folk troubadours and Ozark originals Cathy Barton & Dave Para perform live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with Cathy & Dave. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of his famous parents, Grandpa & Ramona Jones, singing the song “Kentucky.” Writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the last in a series of three Ozark Civil War Ballads, “The Battle of Prairie Grove.” Long time purveyors of traditional old time music, Dave and Cathy are outstanding performers with a rich history tied to many well-known old time musicians in the Ozark region. Cathy Barton is well versed in both clawhammer banjo and hammered dulcimer. She’s performed and toured with Ramona Jones and Jimmy Driftwood among others, and was a featured hammered dulcimer player at one of the first Walnut Valley festivals in Kansas. Dave Para is a guitarist and a longtime resident of Booneville, Missouri. He has a great fondness for Civil War era songs and folklore. Along with Bob Dyer, Dave was a stalwart in the central Missouri folk music scene in the mid 70’s. It was during that time he met and teamed up with Cathy. The two currently live in Booneville, MO, and perform regularly at festivals and workshops around the United States. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of his famous parents, Grandpa & Ramona Jones, singing a song about Grandpa’s birthplace called “Kentucky,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. From his series entitled “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the last of three Ozark Civil War ballads. This episode features a recording of Sara Jo Fendley, accompanying herself on the banjo, performing “the Battle of Prairie Grove” at the Leslie Homecoming on June 13, 1963. The recording was made by collector John Quincy Wolf Jr., and is preserved by Lyon College on its John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection website. http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/fendleybattle1302.html

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, original Ozark Alternative Folk music ingenue Grace Stormont performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with this fast rising new folk artist. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of the Junior Rackensack Society, singing the Jimmy Driftwood song “Down in the Arkansas.” Writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the Brockwell School, and its tradition of education in the uniquely American art form of shape note singing. One of the most exciting and talented young musicians in Arkansas, Grace Stormont is just getting started. After moving to Mountain View, Arkansas a few years ago to immerse herself in the local music scene, Grace has made a name for herself among a long list of outstanding musicians. A multi-instrumentalist (bass, guitar, banjo and dulcimer,) sixteen year old Grace also excels as a vocalist and interpreter of traditional Ozark ballads. Her musical phrasing and insight are well beyond her age. Aside from her solo performances, which are featured on this program, Grace also performs with the incredible all female group “Pretty Lil Miss.” In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of the Junior Rackensack Society, singing the Jimmy Driftwood song “Down in the Arkansas,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. From his series entitled “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the Brockwell School, located in Brockwell, Arkansas, and its tradition of education in the uniquely American art form of shape note singing. This episode features an archival recording of Orgel Mason and a gospel quartet singing the traditional song “It’s a Mighty Hard Road to Travel.”

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, legendary songwriter, performer, folklorist, and historian Jimmy Driftwood performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Dave Smith gives an historical portrait of the life of this remarkable Ozarker. Also, Ozark Highlands Radio host Dave Smith and producer Jeff Glover discuss the fine points of what makes “folk music,” and Mark Jones offers an archival recording of another Ozark original, Jean Simmons, performing the song “Unclouded Day,” in her pioneering mountain dulcimer style. There was never a more popular, outspoken or controversial musician or personality to come out of Stone County, Arkansas than James Corbitt Morris (better known as Jimmy Driftwood).  Driftwood was a driving force behind the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and a successful singer songwriter who penned “The Battle of New Orleans” and “Tennessee Stud” among other notable songs. Jimmy helped put Stone County on the musical map and left a legacy that is still talked about to this day. Our program this week features special and seldom heard songs from some of Jimmy’s archival OFCSP performances. Ozark Highlands Radio host Dave Smith and producer Jeff Glover discuss the fine points of what makes “folk music,” drawing from interviews & perspectives of various folk musicians. Mark Jones' “From the Vault” segment offers an archival recording of Ozark original Jean Simmons, performing in her pioneering mountain dulcimer style the song “Unclouded Day,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, award winning Missouri Ozark traditionalist Van Colbert performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. A performance from Old Time musicians Dave Para & Cathy Barton. Also, interviews with Van Colbert, Dave Para & Cathy Barton. Ozark Highlands Radio host Dave Smith and producer Jeff Glover discuss the fine points of what makes “folk music,” and Mark Jones offers an archival recording of famed songwriter and Ozark original Jimmy Driftwood. Like an old pair of jeans, Van Colbert and his family band are familiar and very comfortable in almost any setting. Van leads the group on banjo and vocals, with a laid back and easy style. Van and his family have been playing music all of their lives, in and around the Springfield, MO area. Van also performs with the “Blackberry Winter Band,” whose music was the soundtrack for the 2010 Oscar nominated film Winter’s Bone. Performing together for over 30 years, the husband and wife team of Dave Para and Cathy Barton have long been tuned into the sounds, traditions, and ways of old time musicians. Cathy Barton was an early adopter of Grandpa Jones’ “claw-hammer” style of banjo playing. She worked with both Grandpa and Ramona in Mountain View, AR and Nashville, TN among other musical hot spots over the years.  Dave Para (guitar/vocals) moved to rural Missouri in the late 70’s and began what has been a long and fruitful career as a musician. The duo was recorded as part of the annual “Tribute to Grandpa Jones” event at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Ozark Highlands Radio host Dave Smith and producer Jeff Glover discuss the fine points of what makes “folk music,” drawing from interviews & perspectives of various folk musicians. Mark Jones' “From the Vault” segment offers an archival recording of famed songwriter and Ozark original Jimmy Driftwood performing a song, using a hickory leaf as a musical instrument, from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason perform live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with Jay & Molly, a performance from the Lazy Goat String Band, Brooks Blevins: Ghost of the Ozarks tale, and Mark Jones "Vault" segment featuring Jimmy Driftwood. Jay and Molly are veterans of the acoustic music scene on the east coast and have been performing together for well over 20 years and it really shows. Jay and Molly’s performance at the Ozark Folk Center State Park highlights all aspects of their musical style and ability. The Lazy Goat Stringband is comprised of Scott and Samuel Blake (father & son) on guitar and claw-hammer banjo and Emily Phillips on fiddle. They have regular performers at the Ozark Folk Center State Park for the past several years and one of the more popular, in demand groups in the region. Their attention to the authenticity of their sound is just as keen as their eye on making music a fun endeavor. Had he known, Ken Burns might have used some of their recordings in The Civil War, they would be right at home. Brooks Blevins gives a native’s view of the people, music, and colorful events that shape the Ozark region. The author and historian presents the first of his three part series "Ghost of the Ozarks," on the infamous Connie Franklin murder trial. Mark Jones' “From the Vault” segment features a rare recording of Jimmy Driftwood singing his hit song "The Battle of New Orleans," from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

On this, the 201st anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, hear a new version of the classic "Battle of New Orleans", written by Stone County native Jimmy Driftwood; selections from the October 2015 Legacies & Lunch concert featuring Stephanie Smittle and Kit and Kaboodle; we remember the life of the late Senator Dale Bumpers with a reading from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and an excerpt from a 2004 interview by Jack Hill; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Marvin Schwartz discusses his book "We Wanna Boogie: The Rockabilly Roots of Sonny Burgess and the Pacers", a history of both the legendary Arkansas band and the Newport community in which they grew up and were influenced; a portion of an oral history interview with Bob Boyd, noted local musician and former owner of Boyd's Music.

This episode is inspired by the film "Never on Sunday""Up where the smoke is all billowed & curledTween pavement and stars is the chimney sweep worldWhen there's hardly no day nor hardly no nightThere's things half in shadow and halfway in light" ....Tracks:Track,Name,Artist,Album1,Condition,Giosue Etranger,Never On Sunday2,XXX YYYYY ZZZ,Musician Q,Release-Title3,Never on Sunday,Μάνος Χατζιδάκις,Never on Sunday4,Pavement Artist (Chim Chim Cher-ee),Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman,Mary Poppins5,Walking My Gargoyle (original song from The Carnivorous Carnival),The Gothic Archies(The Tragic Treasury: Songs From A Series of Unfortunate Events)6,The Only One,The Black Keys,Brothers7,Sailing to Nowhere,Broken Bells,Broken Bells8,My Descent Into Madness,Eels,Electro-Shock Blues9,Tragedies,Giosue Etranger,Never On Sunday10,I Ni Sogoma,Dinosaur Feathers,Fantasy Memorial11,Έφυγε Έφυγε,Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης,15 Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες12,Playing His Famous Homemade Guitar,Jimmy Driftwood,Onze13,Soul Mining,The The,Soul Mining14,Let's Get Strong,Clues,Clues15,I Don't Really Mind,Tame Impala,Innerspeaker16,Leave It at the Door,White Rabbits,It's Frightening17,Ahhh You Are Very Crazy,Giosue Etranger,Never On Sunday18,Monsieur Armand,Procol Harum,A Whiter Shade of Pale19,Live Good,Burning Spear,Marcus Garvey20,Το Ψωμί Της Ξενητειάς,Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης,15 Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες21,Chim Cheree,Joe Pernice,It Feels So Good When I Stop22,Head Is a Flame (Cool with It),Portugal-The Man,In the Mountain In the Cloud23,Catholic Pagans,Surfer Blood,Astro Coast24,The Charms of Ilya,Μάνος Χατζιδάκις,Never on Sunday25,Watermelon Man,Herbie Hancock,Head Hunters26,Gibraltar,Giosue Etranger,Never On SundayIn celebration of Z.G., D.S., & I.T.; Cypriots & Greeks***Identify the first track (who produced it, where it was featured, what it is called & I'll bestow you with a prize.***Tracklist and Lyrics in Lyrics ID3 tag for m4a file.

“Soldier’s Joy,” is a classic American folk tune/song.Seth’s pick is made by the man who created the words “Jimmy Driftwood.” Katie’s pick is an instrumental version by “The Nashville Washboard Band.” Please subscribe, new episodes come out on Thursdays.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.

Dr. Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College, discusses the life and times of folk singer Jimmy Driftwood at the 14th annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007.