May 27, 2007
Today's show features a visit with the Grand Ole Opry's legendary De Ford Bailey and a complete 1953 broadcast by Kentucky Holiness preacher and song leader Brother Claude Ely, including “There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down.”
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Lundy | I've Never Been So Lonesome | JSP 7731 |
| Jenks “Tex” Carman | Dixie Cannon Ball | Bear Family BCD 15574 |
| Fiddlin' John Carson | I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte | Columbia Legacy C4K 47911 |
| Dora Carr | Cow Cow Blues | Columbia Legacy C4K 47911 |
| De Ford Bailey | Cow Cow Blues | Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-122 |
| De Ford Bailey | Speech about harps | Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-122 |
| De Ford Bailey | Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy | Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-122 |
| De Ford Bailey | Lost John | Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-122 |
| John Lee Hooker | Rabbit On the Log | Flyright FLY CD 57 |
| Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle | The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea | BACM CD D 176 |
| The Browns | He'll Set Your Fields On Fire | Bear Family BCD 15665 |
| Barrelhouse Buck Mcfarland | Charlie's Stomp | Delmark DE 788 |
| Pine Top (Aaron Sparks) | Tell Her About Me | Yazoo YA 2065 |
| Barrelhouse Buck Mcfarland | Four O'Clock Blues | Delmark DE 788 |
| Brother Claude Ely | I'm Crying Holy Unto the Lord | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | There's a Leak In This Old Building | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | Send Down That Rain | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | Talk About Jesus | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| The Cumberland Five | I'm Just a Stranger Here | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | Thank You Jesus | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | I Want to Rest | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Brother Claude Ely | You've Got to Move | Ace CDCHD 456 |
| Blue Sky Boys | An Old Account Was Settled | Bear Family BCD 15951 |
| Bill Monroe & Doc Watson | Lonesome Moonlight Waltz | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40064 |
The remainder are from 78 and 45 rpm discs, all out of print:
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Casey | Willie's Ride | |
| Bluegrass Pioneers | I Don't Want to Be Alone | |
| Barrier Brothers | Will I Be That Lucky Man | |
| Barrier Brothers | On the Sunny Side of Life Again | |
| Blue Ridge Partners | Up in the High Country | |
| Barrier Bothers | Smoke Along the Track | |
| De Ford Bailey | Old Hen Cackle (1927 version) | |
| Pine Top (Aaron Sparks) | Every Day I Have the Blues |
