Father’s Day and all I got was this crummy radio show.
Asked for a genuine, custom made something anything, but there you go.
You bitter?
Yeah. Bit him, too.
Let’s get this show on the road with “My Old Man Boogie” from The Reverend Peyton & His Big Damn Band. Merle Haggard singing about “Daddy Frank” is so absolutely devoid of irony and completely sincere that you might want to keep an eye on pops for fear he’ll turn that new tie around and cinch it up tight.
Slaid Cleaves‘ new “Still Fighting The War” project yielded a paternal gem and a half called “Welding Burns.” And when Amy Lashley sings about “Old Man Don” being too cheap to turn up the heat and yellin’ at the kids to remember to jiggle the handle…now, don’t that sound familiar?
A couple Shel Silverstein compositions. One from Johnny Cash. One from Bobby Bare Jr. and his daughter. Wayne Scott singing about spending “Sunday With My Son.” Waylon is the “Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line.” Riders In The Sky do real justice to that Gene Autry classic “That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine.”
John Hartford, James Brown, Elvis, Bob Wills, Loretta Lynn, The Deep Fried Pickle Project, Jerry Douglas, The Gibson Brothers, Whitley & Skaggs, and Norman Blake round it on out for us is style. Dad’ll dig it. Promise.
Redbud Radio airs at 1AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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Johnny Cash made a mark on the world that went well beyond his songs. Musically, spiritually, politically – he was a complex man with qualities that generations have held in high regard.
In this one hour radio special, you’ll hear from many of his old friends and new admirers – including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne, Rhett Miller, Brandi Carlisle, Amy Lee, Lucinda Williams, Shooter Jennings and Sam Beam.
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
-Charles Bukowski
Dale Watson
Of course there’s good crazy and bad crazy, we all know that.
This week on the ol’ Redbud Radio we’ll grab us a passing glance at where we’re at in our spirit and in our mind. A song can do that for a person. Whether it’s James Hand singing an authentic country song that speaks to abject loneliness or Forest Sun optimistically recognizing that new day before us for the opportunity it is.
And rather than drive you and myself even crazier (you know dang well we’re already there), I’m going to dispense with the blah blah blah and provide a quick overview of who you can expect to hear in this here program:
Charles Bukowki, Dale Watson, Hooray For The Riff Raff, Jimi Hendrix, James Hand, Peter Rowan, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Dubl Handi, Matt the Electrician, Forest Sun, Woody Pines, Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Rachel Brooke, STEViE One Bloke One Mandolin, Patterson Hood, Pokey LaFarge, and Indy’s own Jethro Easyfields.
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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One of the most prolific, and downright interesting, phases of Jerry Garcia‘s musical career was the period in which he took up the pedal steel guitar. He immersed himself in the instrument in 1969 and put it down, with the exception of a few live appearances during a Dylan and The Dead tour in the late 80s, completely in 1974.
In that relatively short period of time, he contributed some fine pedal steel work to Grateful Dead releases such as “Workingman’s Dead” and “American Beauty,” as well as his first solo project. And it was a certain session on said instrument backing Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young that garnered the most attention.
We’ll have a pretty fair sampling of his session work tonight, everyone from Link Wray, Paul Pena, Jefferson Airplace, to Brewer & Shipley of “One Toke Over The Line” fame. And you’d better know we plan to include the legendary band that Jerry teamed-up with John “Marmaduke” Dawson to form, in large part, as a vehicle for Jerry’s pedal steel playing, The New Riders of the Purple Sage.
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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THIS WEEK ON REDBUD RADIO:
Part two of the Willie Nelson 80th Birthday Celebration:
MY OWN PECULIAR WAY focuses mostly on Willie’s life story, his best known songs, and how the two are often intertwined.
Willie Nelson’s most iconic hits, fan favorites and personal favorites. Exclusive interviews with Willie Nelson and his extended musical family (Paul English, Mickey Raphael, Jody Payne, Bobbie Nelson, Poodie Locke) tell rich, colorful stories that take you deep inside Willie’s heart, soul and mind.
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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TRUE OUTLAW STORIES features many of the hilarious episodes from the “band of gypsies” going down the highway, on tour with Willie over the last 40 years.
Music/Interviews. Willie Nelson’s most iconic hits, fan favorites and personal pics. Exclusive interviews with Willie Nelson and his extended musical family (Paul English, Mickey Raphael, Jody Payne, Bobbie Nelson, Poodie Locke) tell rich, colorful stories that take you deep inside Willie’s heart, soul and mind.
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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Just one of those hours of radio inspired by a mood one rainy night in April, Redbuddies.
Have always marveled at how dark songs that plumb the depths of human emotion can make one feel better. Being no stranger to bluegrass songs in which two people rarely love one another at the same time might be a factor.
Imagine that knowing you ain’t alone when you hear someone else expressing their blues is another. That shared human condition deal.
Walking into the darkness with your arms wide open, as Rose Cousins suggests, seems to help more than hurt, as well.
Here’s the setlist:
1. Ane Brun “Lullaby For Grown-ups” (Live)
2. Ben Harper “I Ride At Dawn”
3. Tim Eriksen “Careless Love”
4. Gurf Morlix “Empty Cup”
5. Rose Cousins “The Darkness”
6. James McMurtry ” I Only Want To Talk To You”
7. Morphine “You Look Like Rain” (Live)
8. Los Lobos “Wicked Rain”
9. Peter Rowan “Doc Watson Morning”
10. Laura Cortese “For Catherine”
11. Curtis Mayfield “Move On Up”
12. Bruce Cockburn “The End of All Rivers”
13. John Reischman “Little Maggie”
14. John Gorka “A Fond Kiss”
15. Richard Shindell “Last Fare of the Day”
16. Nick Drake “Tow The Line”
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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THIS WEEK ON REDBUD RADIO:
James Brown
Sure, you got your not-so-witty banter (of cohosts T-Bone Mathley & Cary Allen Fields). GREAT musical guests regularly dropping by for a visit. And we all appreciate how community-focused, independent radio provides hope when it’s so tough to find good music on that FM dial nowadays. Truth is, it’s the SONGS that make Redbud Radio the eclectic, diverse, accessible program that it is. It’s fun to listen to, and that’s why so many people look forward to tuning in each week.
Jimmie Vaughan
Here are sixteen excellent reasons to join in the fun, Redbuddies:
James Brown, Merle Jagger, Ray Price, Cash Box Kings, The Louvin Brothers, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Roy Head & the Traits, Scott H. Biram, Sarah Jarosz, Jimmie Vaughan, Don Rigsby, Arc Angels, Dave Alvin, Darrel Scott, Tony Rice and John Doe.
Yes indeed, with Cary Allen Fields & T-Bone Mathley drivin’ the bus you’ll be hearing the very best in American roots music, so just sit back and enjoy the ride!
Sarah Jarosz
Redbud Radio airs at 1:00AM (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem! The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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THIS WEEK ON REDBUD RADIO:
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airman recorded their version of “Hot Rod Lincoln” in 1972 but the Charlie Ryan-penned original was actually an answer song written in response to Arkie Shibley and his Mountain Dew Boys 1951 hit “Hot Rod Race.”
And another downright iconic gear-headed glorification in the form of a hymn of praise to the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 will be coming up fast on the heels of that model A, I’d say. We all know that Jackie Brenton & His Delta Cats were really Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm, right? Sam Phillips was convinced that was the first rock and roll song (it was recorded at his Sun Studios in Memphis), though opinions differ.
From car culture to tall trees. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, The Louvin Brothers, and Mark Knopfler‘s “Redbud Tree” from his “Privateering” project will help us create some biomass to offset all that CO2 them cars cranked out.
Mark Knopfler
Sam Cooke, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and The Band all reside comfortably within a set that’ll make perfect sense when you hear it. Same goes for a certain song from Rosie Flores‘ new “Working Girl’s Guitar” being followed by a certain Byrds number. Explanations just ruin the surprise.
A sobriety set, seven songs strong, will take it out for us. You might not think cautionary tales about the trouble that follows in the wake of alcohol consumption would exactly spell fun, but you’d be wrong. Think Loretta Lynn and her admonition to not come home a-drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind, or Junior Brown telling us why he hung it up, that kinda thing. Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, Annie Lou, New American Farmers, The Seldom Scene, and a crowd-pleasing tome of some renown from Keller Williams & The Traveling McCourys.
Redbud Radio airs at Midnight (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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This week on the ol’ Redbud Radio it’s Peter Rowan & Tony Rice recorded live in concert at Fur Peace Ranch.
They’ll perform legendary numbers such as “Panama Red,” “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Wayfaring Stranger,” and “Walls of Time” in this March 8th, 2003 performance.
Rock and Roll Hall of famer Jorma Kaukonen and his wife Vanessa operate Fur Peace Ranch, a guitar camp that also includes a concert hall, in rural Meigs County, Ohio.
Redbud Radio airs at Midnight (Eastern) Saturday night/Sunday morning on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis and Sunday evening at 6PM (Central) on Dewberry Jam Community Radio in San Antonio, Texas.
Not in Indy? Not a problem!
The show will be posted here on the site later this week and remains on our player for 7 days.
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Father’s Day and all I got was this crummy radio show.
