STILL ON THE ROAD

2007 THEME TIME RADIO HOUR:
SEASON 1 – EPISODES 35-46

JANUARY

3	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 35: Women’s Names
10	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 36: Hair
17	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 37: Musical Instruments
24	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 38: Luck
31	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 39: Tears

FEBRUARY

7	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 40: Laughter
14	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 41: Heart
21	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 42: Shoes
28	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 43: Colors

MARCH

7	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 44: Texas
14	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 45: Trains
21	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 46: More trains

28946	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	3 January 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 35: Women’s Names
	“It's night time in the Big City. Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf. A crying woman in a nightgown can't flag down a cab.”

1955	Charlie Parker	Laura
1962	Arthur Alexander	Anna (Go With Him)
1957	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	Peggy Sue
1970	The Kinks	Lola
1965	Them	Gloria
1950	Calvin Boze	Safronia B
1964	Howlin’ Wolf	Louise
1963	The Jaynettes	Sally Go Round The Roses
1940	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Corrine Corrina
1942	Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	Mandy Is Two
1946	The Stanley Brothers	Little Maggie
1967	Sandy Denny	Pretty Polly
1955	The Chimes	Zindy Lou
1957	Roy Orbison	Claudette (demo)
1945	Frank Sinatra	Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
1957	Bo Diddley	Mona
1950	Gene Ammons	Sweet Jennie Lou

Selected BobTalk

Tonight we're gonna talk about a subject close to my heart, women's names. That which we call are nearest and dearest, those who we love and want to love. Let me quote William Shakespeare to ya: 'What's in a name that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet' (intro).

If you're gonna crank something up, crank this up, (about Safronia B).

And with that we take our leave. We'll see ya next week on theme time radio hour, themes, dreams and schemes and things of that nature.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Christmas & New Year's

Next episode: Hair

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

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28947	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	10 January 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 36: Hair
	“It's night time in the Big City. A fat man spits cherry pits into a cuspidor. Freshly fallen snow turns gray in the gutter.”

193?	Bill Carlisle	Sally, Let Your Bangs Hang Down
2001	They Might Be Giants	Bangs
1949	Eddie Noack	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1962	Piano Red	Bald-headed Lena
1956	Sonny Burgess	Red Headed Woman
1956	J. B. Lenoir	Don't Touch My Head
1962	Ray Price	Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women
1950	Professor Longhair [1]	Bald Head
1968	Hank Ballard	How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)
1956	Joe Clay	Don't Mess With My Ducktail
1950	Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five	(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
1986	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo
1946	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson	Cleanhead Blues
1954	Johnny Cash	You're My Baby (demo version)

Selected BobTalk

We got quite a show for you tonight. it's about a subject that everyone's familiar with, and I can talk about it off the top of my head…Gonna be playin songs about hairdos and hair don'ts.

The Voltaire of Hillbilly music (about Bill Carlisle).

You hear a record like that and you wish more rockabilly bands had trumpets (about Red Headed Woman).

A political statement that you can dance to (about How You Gonna Get Respect).

He may not have made it big, but that doesn't mean his records weren't any good (about Joe Clay).

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Women’s Names

Next episode: Musical Instruments

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

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28948	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	17 January 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 37: Musical Instruments
	“It's night time in the Big City. A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper. A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper.”

1967	Bonzo Dog Band	The Intro And The Outro
1956	Roy Montrell	(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
1950	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Uncle Pen
1957	Bill Watkins	Big Guitar
1967	Nehemiah Reid	The Fiddler
1932	Henry 'Red' Allen	Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
1938	Johnny Mercer	When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba
1991	The Young Fresh Fellows	Hillbilly Drummer Girl
1955	Davis Sisters	Fiddle Diddle Boogie
1954	Dinah Washington	Big Long Slidin' Thing
1964	Stevie Wonder	Hey Harmonica Man
1967	Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum
1967	Don Rich & The Buckaroos	Round Hole Guitar
1927	Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys	Trombone Cholly
1976	Tom Waits	The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
1954	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Crazy 'Bout A Saxophone

Selected BobTalk

You know what she's talkin' about with "That Big Long Slidin' Thing.

Don't be sharp, don't be flat, be natural.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Hair

Next episode: Luck

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

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28949	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	24 January 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 38: Luck
	“It's night time in the Big City. Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf Milk in the coffee only turns it gray.”

1960	Paul Evans	Happy-Go-Lucky-Me
1926	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues
1960	B.B. King	Bad Luck Soul
1956	Eddie Dugosh & The Ah-Ha Playboys	Bad Luck Come My Way
1965	The Skatalites	Lucky Seven
1955	Buddy & Ella Johnson	Alright, Okay, You Win!
1965	Lazy Lester	The Same Thing Could Happen To You
1959	Annie Ross & Zoot Sims	I’m Just A Lucky So And So
195?	Roosevelt Sykes	You Can’t Be Lucky All The Time
195?	Eddie Noack	Take It Away Lucky
1953	Guitar Slim	Bad Luck Blues
1952	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune
1958	The Stanley Brothers	If I Lose
1957	The Orbits	Mr. Hard Luck
196?	Little Johnny Taylor	You Win, I Lose
1962	Wynn Stewart	Three Cheers For The Loser
1961	Frank Sinatra	Here’s To The Losers

Selected BobTalk

As Albert Einstein once said: I will never believe that God plays dice with the universe. Well, I'm not usually one to disagree with someone as smart as Albert Einstein, but today going to look at the idea of playing dice with the universe, as we examine the world of luck. Good luck and bad luck. Luck of the draw. Dumb luck. The luck of the lady and the luck of the Irish. Lucky ducky and pressin' your luck. We're talking about being lucky in love and tough luck. We're gonna be talking about hard luck and down on your luck. And as luck would have it we're gonna be talkin' about shit outta luck.

Lemon called it ‘Bad Luck Blues.' A few years later in 1961 B.B. recorded this.

Sometimes you just play a record because you like the name of the band. I love the name of this band, but I also love the record...They later switched to a more rock and roll sound (about Eddie Dugosh and The Ah-Ha Playboys).

We play Buddy Johnson a lot of Theme Time Radio Hour, and for good reason – he's a forgotten guy who made a whole lot of great records. What we haven't done is played his sister, who was the singer with the band. So here's brother and sister…

Talking about various things that could bring bad mojo upon ya (about The Same Thing Could Happen To You).

He wanted to be a journalist. We got enough journalists, but not enough people who can sing and write like Eddie Noack.

Here's another guy named Eddie, Eddie Jones. But he recorded under the name Guitar Slim. He's one of them wild blues guitar players. He wore brightly colored suits and he would dye his hair blue or green or orange to match the suit. He traveled with a 350 foot guitar chord, so he could wander way out of a club while he was playing…I think he plays pretty good.

She had so many pop hits, that people forget that she got her start as a solid jazz singer. No matter what you call it, it's just great singing (about Kay Starr)The Bakersfield sound is well represented by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, but there's one other guy who sometimes gets ignored…and we want to shine the Theme Time spotlight on him right now” (about Wynn Stewart) .

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Musical Instruments

Next episode: Tears

Session info updated 15 October 2010.

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28950	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	31 January 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 39: Tears
	“It's night time in the Big City. Three homeless men share a bottle around a trash can inferno. A rock goes through a window on 12th St.”

1968	Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear
1965	? and the Mysterians [2]	96 Tears
1944	Anita O’Day	And The Tears Flowed Like Wine
1963	Bobby Charles	Big Boys Cry
1961	Solomon Burke	Cry To Me
1949	Hank Williams Sr	I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
1955	Julie London	Cry Me A River
1961	Jimmy Nelson	I Sat And Cried
1970	The Marvelettes	No More Tear-Stained Makeup
1966	Charlie Rich	Tears A Go-Go
1971	J. Geils Band	Cry One More Time
1953	Roy Brown	Laughing But Crying
1953	Billy Ward & His Dominoes	The Bells
1966	Alton Ellis & The Flames	Cry Tough
1951	Lula Reed	I’ll Drown In My Own Tears
1968	Mose Allison	Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy

Selected BobTalk

Not all songs about crying are necessarily sad. This one at least sounds happy…Led by Rudy Martinez, who actually changed his name to ? …(he) never appears in public without his sunglasses; I gotta admit, they did make him look pretty cool (about ? and The Mysterians).

He was more successful as a songwriter than as a singer, and that’s a sin ‘cause he’s a hell of a singer. He’s got one of the most melodious voices ever transferred to a piece of vinyl... The boy could sing like a bird, he still does as a matter of fact (about Bobby Charles).

Cry To Me “Here’s a mighty, mighty man, a mammoth talent...He’s the father of 14 daughters and 7 sons...He has 64 grandchildren, and 8 great-grand children. No wonder he’s singing this song! (about Solomon Burke).

Here’s one of the sexiest, most sultry records ever recorded. A deserved smash. (about Cry Me A River).

Maybe the most pop-oriented of Motown’s major female acts (about The Marvelettes).

Part of the great tradition of rhythm and blues songs where the singer breaks down in tears. (about Laughing But Crying).

Alton was deservedly inducted into the international reggae and world music hall of fame. Congratulations to all concerned.

Here she is, a heavenly singer with a voice like Gabriel’s trumpet…Oh, if trumpet players could only play like she sings! (about Lula Reed).

Well, the old clock on the wall says it’s time to go, and it’s a good thing, ‘cause I’m out of Kleenex anyway. So I’m gonna hop in my car, and head down the Robinson Freeway, and get myself a beer I can cry into.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Musical Instruments

Next episode: Laughter

Session info updated 18 October 2010.

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28951	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	7 February 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 40: Laughter
	“It's night time in the Big City. Freshly fallen slow turns grey in the gutter. A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off.”

1938	Slim Gaillard	Laughing In Rhythm
1957	Ernie Chaffin	Laughin' And Jokin'
1955	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Everyone's Laughing
1957	The Louvin Brothers	Don't Laugh
1951	Big Joe Turner	After My Laughter Came Tears
1937	Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues And Laugh At Life
2000	Mark Knopfler & Van Morrison	The Last Laugh
1967	Gene Chandler	After The Laughter
1965	Sonny Bono	Laugh At Me
1957	The Gardenias	I'm Laughing At You
1965	Toots & The Maytals	When I Laugh
1951	Roy Brown	I've Got The Last Laugh Now
1957	Chris Connor	They All Laughed
1974	The Spinners	Living A Little, Laughing A Little

Selected BobTalk

For the next hour we are going to examine the involuntary, unconscious activity known as laughter. We can consciously inhibit it, but we can't consciously produce it. It's impossible to laugh on command. You can fake an orgasm, but you can't fake laughter.

The rockabilly artist performer with a mile wide country streak (about Ernie Caffin)

You know these guys! I don't need to tell you about 'em (about Mark Knopfler and Van Morrison).

One thing that's no laughing matter is pigeon-holing. Sometimes people just wanna think you can do one thing and they trap you there. They don't let you grow. Case in point Gene Chandler."

We're talking and laughter. Chortle, Guffaws, tee-hees, giggles, hoops, hollers, snickers, ha-has, and other explosive ejaculations of mirth (Bob laughs).

I'm not actually laughing at you, that's just the name of the song.

Vengence is a dish best served cold (about I Got the Last Laugh).

Well, it ain’t easy to say goodbye either, but I gotta do it. I don’t want to go, but I got to go. Time is up. Let me just leave you with the words of one of the wisest men I know; Uncle Miltie. Milton Berle. He said, and he knows what he’s talking about, ‘Laughter is an instant vacation.’ You got it uncle Miltie. I’m gonna go have myself a vacation.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Tears

Next episode: Heart

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

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28952	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	14 February 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 41: Heart
	“It's night time in the Big City. The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station. A man runs out of excuses.”

1963	Solomon Burke	Home In Your Heart
1976	The 101'ers	Keys To Your Heart
1946	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache
1960	Jerry Butler	He Will Break Your Heart
1958	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache
2006	Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins	Melt Your Heart
1956	The Million Dollar Quintet feat. Elvis Presley	That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
1952	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin
1995	Ron Sexsmith	Secret Heart
195?	Little Richard	Directly From My Heart
1962	Irma Thomas	Ruler Of My Heart
1971	Van Morrison	(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball
1954	The Jewels	Hearts Of Stone
1967	Erma Franklin	Piece Of My Heart
1965	The Yardbirds	Heart Full Of Soul
1958	The Coasters	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Selected BobTalk

Here we are smack-dab in the middle of February, so we’re gonna talk about that fist sized muscle that lies in your chest, right behind and slightly to the left of the breast bone. Just sittin there between your lungs. It’s a remarkable organ; it works hard for you 24 hours a day.

Not just a nice man, but also a Chicago city alderman. Musically aware, politically aware (about Jerry Butler).

It’s difficult to carry a secret love, and the ramifications can affect your entire life. I prefer just to sing about love; Little Richard agrees with me. Here’s one of his greatest songs. The Quasar of Rock and Roll, Little Richard…

When Otis redid it he called it ‘Pain In My Heart,” and he took a writing credit. Toussaint successfully sued, and the song went back to being written by Naomi Neville (about Ruler of My Heart).

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Laughter

Next episode: Shoes

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

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28953	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	21 February 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 42: Shoes
	“It's night time in the Big City. Bananas ripen on the dock. A number 5 bus breaks down.”

1948	Charlie Parker	My Little Suede Shoes
1956	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes
1964	Tommy Tucker	High Heel Sneakers
1965	The Bobby Fuller Four	Gallenkamp Shoe Commercial
1970	Joe South & The Believers	Walk a Mile in My Shoes
1962	Dinah Washington	Take Your Shoes Off Baby
1962	Billy Walker	Charlie's Shoes
1964	The Drifters	I've Got Sand In My Shoes
1931	Louis Armstrong	Shine
1950	Red Foley	Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
1978	NRBQ	Get Rhythm
1954	Boozoo Chavis	Paper In My Shoes
1968	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes
1986	Run-D.M.C.	My Adidas
1958	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
1966	Robert Parker	Barefootin'

Selected BobTalk

Get out your shoe horns, because today we’re going to trumpet those things at the end of your legs (intro).

Let’s start things off with one of the most famous pairs of shoes in rock and roll (about Blue Suede Shoes).

Her voice could make you cry or make you dance. One of the greatest singers in all of jazz, in all of music (about Dinah Washington).

You ever buy those used vintage shoes? You ever wondered who walked in em before? Maybe it was Charlie.

I don’t think you could do a show about music without playing Louis Armstrong every couple of weeks...Louis was such a personality, you forget what a great musician he was. His singing totally inspired Louis Prima, and on the trumpet he was completely aware that sometimes playing less is more.

He was an energetic performer, always wore a plastic butcher’s apron so his sweat would not ruin his accordion (about Boozoo Chavis).

He got his name because as a child he sang in local bars accompanied by the jukebox. He became a one man band, playing the blues hits of the day in neighborhood taverns, beatin the drum, strumming the guitar, playing the harmonica, and singing all at once. You’d think something like that would be really popular, but he still had trouble making ends meet (about Juke Boy Bonner).

I remember buying this next record when it came out, down at St. Mark’s Records in New York. Actually I bought the twelve inch single, and it blew my mind. It was a powerful, exciting piece of music. Now when people listen to it, they think it’s quaint and old fashioned. They’re already condescending to it and turning it into an ‘oldie’. That’s the problem – people don’t always realize how powerful the innovators are. Take someone like Chuck Berry. When his records came out they were dangerous. There was nothing like them on the radio, they were like a stampede. Now all these bands just play it louder and faster and don’t really add anything to it. And so Chuck Berry, the creator, sounds ‘quaint’ and ‘old fashioned.’ They’re doing the same thing to Run DMC. Rap records have gotten louder, more camouflaged, faster and dirtier, with a thousand samples. Those records are colorful but it doesn’t mean that Run DMC should just be considered ‘oldies.’ They’re important pieces of art, and art isn’t looked at as something old or new, it’s looked at as something that moves ya. And here’s a record that moves me.

As often as possible on Theme Time Radio Hour we try to feature artists who perform wearing turbans. Here’s one of my favorites (about Chuck Willis).

The man who wrote the national anthem of shoelessness.

See ya next week on Theme Time Radio Hour, your home for Dreams, Themes, and Size 9 Schemes.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Heart

Next episode: Colors

Session info updated 19 October 2010.

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28954	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	28 February 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 43: Colors
	“It's night time in the Big City. A truck driver runs a red light. A ringing phone goes unanswered.”

1946	Ella Mae Morse	The House Of Blue Lights
1945	Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers	Pink Champagne
1959	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil
1964	The Beatles	Baby's In Black
1957	Warren Smith	Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache
1949	The Ravens	Deep Purple
1957	Bob Luman	Blue Days, Black Nights
1954	Della Reese	Blue And Orange Birds And Silver Bells
1959	Charles Mingus	Self-Portrait In Three Colors
1951	Johnnie Ray	The Little White Cloud That Cried
1971	Joni Mitchell	Little Green
1950	Nat King Cole	Orange Colored Sky
1965	Clint West	Big Blue Diamonds
1946	Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing	Blue Skies
1956	Sammy Masters	Pink Cadillac
1961	Arthur Lyman	Yellow Bird
1958	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Yellow Coat
1967	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Purple Haze

Selected BobTalk

The first song ever to use the popular term ‘homey’ in it (about House of Blue Lights).

It’s time for four mop-tops from Liverpool, who changed the course of popular music and cut into the heavy sugar.

There used to be a lot of record labels, not like today, and each of those record companies had their own sound. When you dropped the needle on a Specialty Record, you knew it was a Specialty Record. Same with Imperial, Chess, King, and a million others. Perhaps the most distinctive were those that came out of the Sam Phillips Memphis Recording Studio and were put out on his Sun record label, like this one (about Red Cadillac and a Black Mustache).

One of the pioneering R & B vocal groups (about The Ravens).

His music is rare and valuable, and he’s one of the kings of the guitar… The activating, energizing, vitalizing, vigorous, forceful Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Shoes

Next episode: Texas

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

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28955	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	7 March 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 44: Texas
	“It's night time in the Big City. The people upstairs are making noise. A coyote cowers in the bushes of Observatory Hill.”

	Unidentified performer	The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You
1951	Webb Pierce	Drifting Texas Sand
1960	Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers	Deep In The Heart Of Texas
1967	Jimmy Lewis	The Girls From Texas
1931	Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family	Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas
1937	Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.	Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio
	Willie Nelson	I Got Texas In My Soul
1958	Larry Davis	Texas Flood
195?	Bob Downen	Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas)
1947	June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra	Across The Alley From The Alamo
1930	King Nawahi Hawaiians	Under A Texas Moon
1953	Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers	All That Oil In Texas
1969	Doug Sahm	Texas Me
1965	Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours	Waltz Across Texas
1965	The Dixie Nightingales	The Assassination
1984	Ry Cooder	Paris, Texas
1982	Freddy Fender w/ Ry Cooder	Across The Borderline

Selected BobTalk

Here’s a song that mocks sentimental patriotism (about Deep in the Heart of Texas).

He sounds as bad off as a rubber-billed woodpecker in a petrified forest (about Jimmy Lewis).

One of the great things about Texas music is that it has so many influences. You hear country, blues, soul, and from right across the border, canjunto norteno music, and you hear some of the best (before Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio).

I think I’d get an angry phone call if I let this hour go by without playing the red-headed stranger (about Tex Williams).

It seems like we’re playing a lot of country music this week. What do you expect? We're down in Texas where they say a worm is the only animal that can't fall down.

The word yodel is derived from the German word eyoden, meaning to utter the syllable 'yo', as in Yo Bro.

There's one for all you head-bangers out there (about Texas Me).

I was talking to this one guy from Texas. He was braggin’ about his ranch. He said to me 'Bob, I get up in the morning, I get in my car, drive for eight hours and I reach the other end of my ranch.' I said to him, I used to have a car like that too.

The Original ET!

All of our shows are about truckers, if not for truckers. Well as the sun sets in the west, it's time to bid adieu to our largest state in the continental 48. We're gonna hop in the car, drive across the panhandle and see what we find out. We'll report back here cause you can bet your bottom dollar that whatever we find is gonna be another theme right here on the Theme Time Radio Hour. Adios.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Colors

Next episode: Trains

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

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28956	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	14 March 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 45: Trains
	“It's night time in the Big City. A night watchman rinses out his thermos. The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station.”

1957	John Coltrane	Blue Train
1927	Meade Lux Lewis	Honky Tonk Train Blues
1957	The Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio	Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)
1953	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train
1954	Pat Hare	I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
1929	Jimmie Rodgers	Waitin' For A Train
1971	Scotty	Draw Your Brakes
1979	The Clash	Train In Vain
1951	Jimmy Forrest	Night Train
1946	The Delmore Brothers	Freight Train Boogie
1961	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues
1949	Frankie Lane	Mule Train
1970	Lord Buckley	The Train
1951	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept A-Rollin'
1966	The Monkees	Last Train To Clarksville
1940	Leadbelly	Midnight Special
2002	Laura Cantrell	Yonder Comes A Freight Train
1944	The Jubilaires	Casey Jones
1970	The Grateful Dead	Casey Jones
1951	Muddy Waters	Still A Fool (Two Trains Running)

Selected BobTalk

Today we’re gonna hit the road, we’re gonna ride the blinds, and dodge the yard bulls. We’re gonna take a ride on the Redding, transfer over to the B & O, and if we have time, pick up our tickets for the Orient Express. So all you box car tourists, get yourselves out of the roundhouse and hop aboard, as we spend the next hour contemplating the iron horse. It’s not a crazy idea, but we got a ‘loco motive’ and it’s all about trains. In the background, Meade Anderson Lewis; perhaps you know him better as Mead Lux Lewis. He was one of the kings of the honky tonk piano and, like a lot of the great piano players, he used his rockin’ left hand to imitate the rhythm of the trains on the tracks.

Believe it or not, the Johnny Burnett Rock and Roll Trio were invited to appear on Ted Mack Amateur Hour, where they won the competition three times in a row. I want you to listen to this record, and just imagine anything this raw winning 3 weeks in a row on American Idol.

Well you can’t do a show about trains without playing something by the Singing Brakeman. We played him a bunch of times, and we’ve talked about him, and the most you’re gonna get here is a sample. There’s no substitute for going out and listening to all of his records or reading about his life. There’s a bunch of great books about him, or you can just look him up on Wikipedia!

An eccentric performer who got his start as the master of ceremonies at dance marathons. He had a unique vocal style, rhythmic in presentation, as you can hear for yourself on this little piece all about trains (about Lord Buckley).

I want you to listen to the beginning of this record. There’s a call and response section. Tiny goes ‘Boodow!’ and the whole band goes ‘Boodow!’ Then Tiny goes ‘Booday!’ and the whole band goes ‘Booday!’ Except for one guy who still goes ‘Boodow!’ Nowadays, you’d just take pro tools and take that guy out, or maybe you’d re-record the whole track. But back then, it was more important to be great than to be perfect.

I’ve always believed that the first rule of being subversive is not to let anybody know you’re being subversive (about The Monkees)

So we’re just gonna pick up our bags at the station, pull our arms outta the window when we go through a tunnel, get our ticket punched, and we’ll see ya back at the depot next week, on your home for interstate travel, Theme Time Radio Hour. Look out for the cow catcher.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Texas

Next episode: More Trains

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

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28957	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	21 March 2007
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 46: More trains
	“It's night time in the Big City. Fog horns bellow in the gloom along the wharf. A spinster finishes a jigsaw puzzle.”

1951	Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West	Railroading
1965	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready
1954	Papa Lightfoot	Mean Old Train
1972	Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band	Click Clack
1941	Jimmy Lunceford	Blues In The Night
1950	Lord Kitchener	The Underground Train
1947	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train
1957	Johnny Cash	Train Of Love
1956	Muddy Waters	All Aboard
1992	Los Lobos	That Train Don't Stop Here
1962	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion
1940	Louis Armstrong	2:19 Blues
1976	Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys	Mr. Engineer
1970	Randy Newman	Gone Dead Train
1928	Furry Lewis	Kassie Jones
1973	The O' Jays	Love Train

Selected BobTalk

This is Theme Time Radio Hour and last week we played a bunch of train songs. We had so many that this week we’re gonna do it again this week. We’re gonna buckle the rubbers, grease the pig and hook her up and pull her tail because it’s railroad time.

We’re talking about trains. Tackle hairs, flagmen, teamster, herders, boomers, brass buttons, britch hogs brownies, broken knuckles.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Trains

Next episode: Fools

Session info updated 20 October 2010.

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[1] also known as Roy Bird and His Blues Jumpers

[2] Led by Rudy Martinez