Jack explains the delay in the release of the Season 2 finale and opens up a call for collaborators.
Episode Twenty Six: The DeZurik Sisters (The Cackle Sisters)
Friday, April 8, 2022 • Duration 33:49
Jack marvels at the much-more-than-novelty sister duo, the DeZurik Sisters. Listen to hear what won the hearts of both the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry audiences.
Songs
The DeZurik Sisters - Arizona Yodeler
Bradley Kincaid - Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me
Elton Britt - Alpine Milkman
The DeZurik Sisters - Birmingham Jail
The DeZurik Sisters - Go to Sleep My Darling Baby
Ward Barton & Frank Carrol - Sleep Baby Sleep
Minna Reverelli - Cuckoo in the Wood
The DeZurik Sisters - I Left Her Standing Here
The DeZurik Sisters - Guitar Blues
The DeZurik Sisters - Sweet Hawaiian Chimes
The Cackle Sisters - Old Dan Tucker
The Cackle Sisters - Sing Hallelujah
The Cackle Sisters - Take Me Home
The Cackle Sisters - Shanghai Rooster
The DeZurik Sisters - Hillbilly Bill
Carolyn DeZurik - The Swiss Kiss Polka
Carolyn DeZurik - Busch Bavarian Beer
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Biguenet, John (2006). "The DeZurik Sisters: Two Farm Girls Who Modeled Their Way to the Grand Ole Opry" in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock , (p. 92).
Brown, Curt. (2015). Minnesota's DeZurik sisters yodeled their way to fame. Star Tribune. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-sisters-yodeled-their-way-to-fame/306381221/
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Cohen, R. D. (2014). Bill Malone, Alan Lomax, and the origins of country music. Journal of American Folklore, 127(504)
Daniel, Wayne W. SAME FACES, DIFFERENT NAMES; The DeZurik Sisters and The Cackle Sisters. hillbillymusic.com
Huber, Libby. (2014) VIBES: The Dezurik Sisters; MN Farm Girls Turned Opry Stars. http://www.western-daughter.com/blog/2014/12/10/the-dezurik-sisters-minnesota-farm-girls-turned-opry-stars
Kohman, L. (2005, Dec 29). Royalton duo sang nationally. St.Cloud Times
Larkin, C. (2006). DeZurik Sisters. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. : Oxford University Press.
Mazor, Barry. Meeting Jimmie Rodgers : How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009.
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Guitar Blues”/“Sweet Hawaiian Chimes”: The DeZurik Sisters (Caroline and Mary Jane) Vocalion 04704, Conqueror 9252. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By
Wise, T. (2016-10-28). Cowboys and Yodeling. In Yodeling and Meaning in American Music. : University Press of Mississippi.
Wise, T. (2012). From the Mountains to the Prairies and Beyond the Pale: American Yodeling on Early Recordings. Journal of American Folklore, 125(497)
WMFU - DeZurik Sisters mp3s https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/365-days-214---.html
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Episode Seventeen: Lulu Belle, Part 2
Friday, October 29, 2021 • Duration 30:49
We find Lulu Belle at her professional peak in 1936, discuss her musical highlights of her time with Scotty, and follow her post-country music career to the North Carolina General Assembly where she makes a lasting mark on American history.
Songs:
Jessica Dragonette - Vilia
Lulu Belle and Scotty - This Train
Lulu Belle and Scotty - When I Yoo-hoo in the Valley
Lulu Belle - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again
Maddox Brother and Rose - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Mountain Dew
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Remember Me
Willie Nelson - Remember Me
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Does Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the b=Bedpost over Night?
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Have I Told you Lately that I Love You?
Lulu Belle and Scotty - I’m no Communist
Lulu Belle - They Gotta Quit Kickin' my Dog Around
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.
Brown, Elgar (Dec. 1936) Lulu Belle's Story of the Feisty Cure. Radio Guide.
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Dawson, Nancy Drum (June 2018) A conversation with Nancy Drum Dawson and Meredith Drum, https://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/interview-nancy-drum-dawson/
Fox, P. (2009). Natural acts: Gender, race, and rusticity in country music. University of Michigan Press.
Jones, L. (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press.
Lightfoot, William C. (1987) “Belle of the Barn Dance: Reminiscing with Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey,” Journal of Country Music 12, no. 1: 2–15.
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/
Vander Wel, S. (2020). Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music, 1930-1960. University of Illinois Press.
WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)
WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf
WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/
Wiseman, Lulu Belle. (1989) Interview WWL Road Gang Air Check #3.
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Episode Sixteen: Lulu Belle, Part 1
Friday, October 22, 2021 • Duration 30:52
Lulu Belle, kicking against the pricks of National Barn Dance, sets the template for feisty country music women for years to come.
Songs:
West Wing Theme - Snuffy Walden
Elviry Weaver - Square dance call from The Grand Ole Opry
Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Hi Rinktum Inktum Doodle
Lulu Belle and Scotty - My Blue Ridge Mountain Home
Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Daffy Over Taffy
Lulu Belle and Burrhead - I’m Going Out West This Fall
Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Little Black Moustache
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Madam, I’ve Come to Marry You
Lulu Belle and Scotty - Cindy
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.
Brown, Elgar (Dec. 1936) Lulu Belle's Story of the Feisty Cure. Radio Guide.
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Fox, P. (2009). Natural acts: Gender, race, and rusticity in country music. University of Michigan Press.
Jones, L. (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press.
Lightfoot, William C. (1987) “Belle of the Barn Dance: Reminiscing with Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey,” Journal of Country Music 12, no. 1: 2–15.
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/
Vander Wel, S. (2020). Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music, 1930-1960. University of Illinois Press.
WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)
WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf
WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/
Wiseman, Lulu Belle. (1989) Interview WWL Road Gang Air Check #3.
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Episode Fifteen: Linda Parker
Friday, October 15, 2021 • Duration 49:32
Jack tries to separate the virtuous stage persona of Linda Parker, the Little Sunbonnet Girl, from the performer and alleged “juvenile delinquent” Jeanne Muenich, the Red-Headed Rascal.
Songs:
Linda Parker - I’ll Be all Smiles Tonight
Ruth Etting - Love me or Leave Me
Cumberland Ridge Runners - I’m Just Here to Get my Baby Out of Jail
Red Foley - Sing Me a Hillbilly Ballad
Bradley Kincaid - Barbara Allen
Gene Autry - No One to Call Me Darling
Maple City Four - Hold That Tiger
Linda Parker - Take Me Back to Renfro Valley
Bing Crosby - Learn to Croon
Lulu Belle and Scotty - My Mother’s Old Sun Bonnet
Linda Parker - Lonesome Valley Sally
Linda Parker - My Ozark Mountain Home
Ernest Tubb - The Passing of Jimmy Rodgers
Kitty Wells - We Buried Her Beneath the Willow
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Linda Parker. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12669
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/
WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf
WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/
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Episode Fourteen: Grace Wilson
Friday, October 8, 2021 • Duration 46:36
Jack tries to understand and relate to the longest-running member of the National Barn Dance, Grace Wilson. Lots of good history on the early days of the Barn Dance in this episode. Jack breaks his silence on Disney animated features.
Songs:
Theme to the National Barn Dance
Grace Wilson - Just a Little Street
Patsy Cline - Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
The Dinning Sisters - Shine On, Harvest Moon
Grace Wilson - Bringin’ Home the Bacon
Henry Burr - Are you Lonesome Tonight?
Tommy Dandurand & His Barn Dance Fiddlers - Larry O’Gaff
Tom Owens - Kings’ Head
Pie Plant Pete - Waiting for the Railroad Train
Chubby Parker - Nickety Nackaty Now Now Now
Ford and Glenn - Sleepy Head
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Bradley Kincaid - Pretty Little Pink
Grace Wilson - Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Ray Charles - Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Grace Wilson - I Wonder When
Grace Wilson - Forget Me Not Means Remember Me
Roger Miller - Not in Nottingham
Lulu Belle and Scotty - You Go To Your Church and I’ll Go to Mine
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press.
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/
WLS Family Album https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/
Introduction to Season 2: Women of the National Barn Dance
Friday, October 1, 2021 • Duration 19:29
Jack introduces Season 2 and spends a little too much time talking about Culver's.
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Songs:
Momma Molasses - Sing Girl, Married Girl
Theme to the 10th Anniversary Show of the National Barn Dance
Outkast - DF (Interlude)
Grace Wilson - Bringin' Home the Bacon
Linda Parker - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Lulu Belle - I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again
Overstake Sisters - Ti Yippi Ti Ee
Overstake Sisters - Pals of the Saddle
Jenny Lou Carson - I Married a Mouse of a Man
Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronco
Patsy Montana - I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Louise Massey - My Adobe Hacienda
DeZurick Sisters - Arizona Yodeler
The Coon Creek Girls - Banjo Pickin' Girl
References:
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance. University of Illinois Press.
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/
WLS Family Album https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/
Season 2 Trailer
Season 2
Monday, September 27, 2021 • Duration 01:29
Episode Thirteen: Lil Hardin
Friday, August 27, 2021 • Duration 52:50
In the season one finale, Jack finds his way through the life and career of jazz legend Lil Hardin Armstrong, who performed on exactly one country record: the groundbreaking Blue Yodel #9 with Jimmie Rodgers and her husband Louis Armstrong.
Songs:
Trisha Yearwood - Xs and Os (an American Girl)
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Fisk Jubilee Singers - Brethren Rise!
WC Handy - St. Louis Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - The Crave
Alberta Hunter - He’s Got a Punch Like Joe Lewis
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues
Alberta Hunter - Everybody Loves My Baby
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Yes, I’m in the Barrell
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Gut Bucket Blues
Louis Artmstrong - Dinah
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Struttin with some Barbeque
Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Just for a Thrill
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel #9
Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Brown Gal
Lil Hardin Armstrong - Clip joint
References:
Albertson, C. (1971/2009) Lil, Louis, Lil, and the little gangster. Stomp Off: A blog of memories and opinions. http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2009/09/louis-lil-and-little-gangster.html
Armstrong, L. (2001). Louis Armstrong, in his own words: selected writings. Oxford University Press, USA.
Armstrong, L. H. (2007). Satchmo and Me. American Music, 106-118.
Bergreen, L. (2012). Louis Armstrong: an extravagant life. Crown.
Dickerson, J. L. (2002). Just for a thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, first lady of jazz. Cooper Square Press.
Ewing, K. T. (2017). Lillian" Lil" Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971).
Gleason, H. (Ed.). (2017). Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives. University of Texas Press.
Glenn-Nelson, K. (February 28, 2019), An American Girl: Alice Randall's Journey as a Black Female Country Songwriter. https://www.ascap.com/news-events/articles/2019/02/bhm-alice-randall-country
Hardin, L. Interview clips retrieved from https://rwj-a.stanford.edu/bonus-content/lil-hardin-interview-clips
Porterfield, N. (2007). Jimmie Rodgers: the life and times of America's blue yodeler. Univ. Press of Mississippi.
Teachout, T. (2009). Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Episode Twelve: Billie Maxwell
Friday, August 20, 2021 • Duration 32:12
Jack learns about the first woman to record cowboy music, and the first Arizonan to make commercial music: Billie Maxwell.
Songs:
Dale Evans & Roy Rogers - Home on the Range
Bing Crosby - Home on the Range
Lisa Loeb - Home on the Range
Elmo - Home on the Range
Carl T. Sprague - When the Work's all Done in Fall
Bob Roberts - Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Gene Autry - Don’t Fence me in
Roy Rogers - The Man in the Moon is a Cowhand
Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy
Girls of the Golden West - I want to be a real cowboy girl.
Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl
Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronchos
Girls of the Golden West - Cowgirl's Dream
Girls of the Golden West - Ride Ride Ride
Girls of the Golden West - Two Cowgirls on the Lone Prairie
Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart
Patsy Montana - I want to be a Cowboy’s Dreamgirl
Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Western Cowgirl
Patsy Montana - I’m gonna have a Cowboy Wedding
Patsy Montana - She Buckaroo
Carolina Cotton - I'd Love to be a Cowgirl (but I’m A-Scared of Cows)
Billie Maxwell - Cowboy’s Wife
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Sybille Baier - The End
Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
White Mountain Orchestra - Escudilla Waltz
Billie Maxwell - Billy Venero
Billie Maxwell - Haunted Hunter
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References:
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Cowboy music. http://arizonaexperience.org/people/cowboy-music
The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2004) Oxford University Press USA
Lomax, J. A. (1916). Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads. Sturgis & Walton Company.
Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press.
Nodjimbadem, Katie (February 2017) "The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys" smithsonianmag.com
Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Haunted Hunter”: Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) Victor V-40241. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press.
Ventre, S. (April 2011) "Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One" Phoenix New Times
Wolfe, C. K. (2002). Classic Country: Legends of Country Music. Routledge.
Woodbury, J. T. (Feb. 14, 2012) Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 1. Phoenix New Times Blogs
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