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January 20, 2015 Favoriting
Power balladry
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 James Brown  		Cold Sweat (pt. 1)   Favoriting b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967)

Fess Parker  The Ballad of Davy Crockett   Favoriting b/w Farewell
(Buena Vista 1963)
Dick Damron  The Ballad of Louis Riel   Favoriting More Than Countryfied
(Bear Family )
Ernie Barton  Ballad of Earl K. Long   Favoriting b/w The Man With a Heart of Gold
(Honesty )
Jack Cardwell  Ballad of Big Jim Folsom   Favoriting
(Cinema 1955)
Ronnie Hawkins  The Ballad of Caryl Chessman (Let Him Live, Let Him Live, Let Him Live)   Favoriting
Kris Kristofferson  The Ballad of Ira Hayes   Favoriting Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisted
(Sony 2014)
Autry Inman  Ballad of John F. Kennedy   Favoriting b/w World's Worst Lover
(Sims 1964)
Mort (Doc) Downey, Jr.  The Ballad of Billy Brown   Favoriting b/w Flattery
(Magic Lamp 1961)

Talkover Music:
 Jeff Clyne, Ian Carr, Trevor Watts, John Stevens  		Ballad   Favoriting Springboard
(Polydor 1966)

Hamish Imlach  The Ballad of Timothy Evans   Favoriting Cod Liver Oil & Orange Juice:
The Transatlantic Anthology
(Transatlantic 1967)
Mike Cooper  The Ballad of Fulton Allen   Favoriting b/w Too Late Now & Goodtimes
(Dawn 1971)
Laura Veirs  The Ballad of John Vogelin   Favoriting Troubled By the Fire
(Bella Union 2003)
Miriam Makeba  The Ballad of Sad Young Men   Favoriting Tracks Less Travelled (1958 - 1998)
United Front  Ballad of the Landlord   Favoriting Live in Berlin
(FMP 1982)

Talkover Music:
 Jimmy Lyons Quartet  		Ballad One   Favoriting The Box Set
(Ayler 1972)

Voices of Cape Cod  The Ballad of Mary Jo   Favoriting b/w The Ballad of Mary Jo (Instrumental Version)
(New England Novelty 1980)
Lenny Anderson  The Ballad of Dan White   Favoriting b/w Art Peterson: Twinkie Insanity
(Bay 1979)
Walt Conley  Ballad of the Walking Postman (The Freedom Walk of William L. Moore)   Favoriting
(All American )
Robert Chatman  Ballad of Martin Luther King, Jr.   Favoriting Martin Luther King’s Blues
(Agram Blues )

Closing Theme:
 Specks Williams  		We Gave the Drummer Some   Favoriting b/w Specks' Blues
(Jax 196?)

Listener comments!

Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:51pm Gary:

First frog in the pond!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:51pm Artie Haywire:

G Chords, Deploy!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:52pm Doug Schulkind:

Hey hey, you you get offa my lily pad.
Avatar 5:53pm ndbob:

evening Doug. Gary. Artie. everyone!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:53pm Gary:

This isn't one of those deals where you're going to slowly turn up the heat on us, is it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:54pm Doug Schulkind:

@Gary
I will be providing a soupçon of music this evening. I didn't say "soup's on!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:55pm Doug Schulkind:

My you look tasty, Artie Haywire and ndbob! I mean, it's so tasty to see you. I mean, your presence is delicious. Oh never mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:58pm Artie Haywire:

Uh-oh, here comes that sticky tongue again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:59pm listener james from westwood:

I look forward to ribbeting radio as always.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:06pm Doug Schulkind:

I shoulda just done a show about frogs. Ah, that's what next Tuesday's for.
Avatar 6:06pm glenn:

oh boy. how to explain louis riel.
Avatar 6:07pm northguineahills:

I had that Fess Parker 45 as a little kid to play on my mickey mouse phonograph.
Avatar 6:08pm glenn:

if only there was a fess parker phonograph.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:08pm Doug Schulkind:

@glenn
Is Louie a hero to you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:09pm Doug Schulkind:

@NGH
I just received an email from another listener who had that 45, too!
Avatar 6:10pm Flash Strap:

This is entirely too enjoyable so far
Avatar 6:12pm glenn:

i have a louis riel tee shirt.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:12pm Gary:

There's a great comic book about Louis Riel that Chester Brown wrote & drew ... here's an excerpt: law2.umkc.edu...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:13pm listener james from westwood:

I always confuse Caryl Chessman with Bruno Hauptmann. This song will help dispel that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:13pm Doug Schulkind:

Take it slow, Flash Strap. You don't want pull something!
Avatar 6:13pm glenn:

www.keepinitriel.ca
Avatar 6:15pm Flash Strap:

YOWCH Charlie horse!!! This is your fault, Doug!

Show's too good
  6:16pm Dean:

Kristofferson has never sounded so like Townes Van Zandt. Which introduces a question: does a ballad have to have the word "ballad" in its title? "Pancho and Lefty"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:18pm Jeff Golick:

This show's not about JG Ballard?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:18pm Doug Schulkind:

@Jeff Golick
No, it's about Kay Ballard.

@Dean
Pancho but not Lefty.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:19pm listener james from westwood:

Oh, man, this Inman song's not gonna go well.
@Jeff, you're thinking of the 1/27 show, all "Warm Leatherette" covers. Join the car-crash set!
Avatar 6:19pm glenn:

i like that the b side is world's worst lover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:20pm Doug Schulkind:

Yes, this is Morton Downey Jr, the idiot from 1980s TV.
Avatar 6:23pm duke:

Wow I almost never get to listen at this time. Hello gtds folks
Avatar 6:24pm annie:

ok, fine, i have to log in and ask if anyone has a hankie... i loved the jfk song.
Avatar 6:25pm ndbob:

Morton Downey Jr made several good records
Avatar 6:27pm ndbob:

Thing is - Chessman was executed for kidnapping - transporting a woman from one car to another - always wondered if he had admitted his guilt whether or not he would have been spared the death penalty
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm Doug Schulkind:

Chuffed to the knickers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm Doug Schulkind:

Howdy annie and duke! (And howdy, Bonnie and Clyde, if yer listenin'.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm listener james from westwood:

How do, duke!
Annie, will Kleenex do?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm davex:

Hey everyone, is this where the ballads are at tonight?
Avatar 6:29pm ndbob:

Hi Annie and Duke!
  6:29pm Dean:

I knew Riel's was a familiar name. The Victoriaville Festival de Musique Actuelle 1998 opened with a production by Normand Guilbeault of "Riel: Plaidoyer Musical," for 15 musicians. Check out the full festival line-up that year: http://fimav.qc.ca/en/archives/fimav-1998/
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:29pm Doug Schulkind:

I love how you capped Kleenex, Listener James. You never take a break!

Welcome aboard, davex!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:31pm Gary:

I believe it's spelled Kleenex®
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:32pm Doug Schulkind:

®ight you are, Gary.
Avatar 6:32pm Carmichael:

Heya Doug. I hope you didn't invite Sgt. Barry Sadler to the soiree.
Avatar 6:32pm glenn:

scottish sled dog races. who knew? www.theglobeandmail.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:33pm davex:

Thanks, Doug! I'll have to go back later and hear Morton Downey Jr. use his voice for something other than bullying guests...
Avatar 6:35pm ndbob:

nice Morton Downey doowop record - The Tarrytones I think?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm Doug Schulkind:

@Carmichael
Sgt. Saddler is sitting this one out. He's got a sore ego.

@ndbob
Yes, Tarrytones.
Avatar 6:37pm Holly in NC:

Hi Doug and everyone! Sorry I'm late and am still working, but will be listening.
This Laura Veirs is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

Heyo, Holly in NC!
  6:38pm Dean:

Okay, then, John or Yoko?
Avatar 6:38pm ndbob:

Heya Holly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:39pm Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
I should play "The Ballad of Pancho and Yoko." Would that make you happy?!
  6:41pm Dean:

Well, yes, but "John, Pancho, Yoko & Lefty" or "Bob, Carol, Ted & Alice" would make me positively giddy.
Avatar 6:42pm annie:

hey ndbob!... et al!
Avatar 6:43pm glenn:

the ballad of easy rider?
Avatar 6:47pm Carmichael:

The ballad of Irving? The 142nd fastest gun in the west.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:47pm Doug Schulkind:

@glenn
I left that Fairport tune on the cutting room floor. Sorries!
Avatar 6:48pm glenn:

tears.
Avatar 6:51pm Carmichael:

Oh for the love of suffering Jaysis, there's a ballad about Dan White?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:55pm Doug Schulkind:

@Carmichael
There are two. The flipside of that 45 is "Twinkie Insanity."Another ode of questionable sanity.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm listener james from westwood:

I am stuffed to the gunwales with roasted garlic/thyme potatoes with shallots. That Kleenex point will be my last edit unadulterated by bliss tonight.
Speaking of bliss, this show indeed qualifies. Many thanks, balladeer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm Doug Schulkind:

My pleasure, Listener James!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm listener james from westwood:

@Carmichael: And Charles Whitman, if we're including Kinky Friedman.
Avatar 6:58pm ndbob:

excellent show Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm listener james from westwood:

I'll call your Twinkie defense and raise you a Chewbacca defense.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Kaminsky Kamoutsky, here: wfmu.org...
Avatar 7:01pm northguineahills:

Thanks Doug!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm Gary:

Thanks, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm Doug Schulkind:

The Ballad of the Best Audience Ever. It's a long song.
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