Playlist: The Moonshine Show - 23 November 2008

I thought that it was a pretty fun and exciting Moonshine Show yesterday!

We started off with a seasonally appropriate tune, and then we played some music from Tony Trischka, who be appearing on Tuesday night at Joe's Pub in support of his excellent CD Territory on the Smithsonian Folkways label, and then we also played music from Laurie Lewis, who appears at the Emelin Theatre on December 5th, and the Seldom Scene, who will be at B.B. King's on December 7th. (We gave away a pair of tickets to the Seldom Scene show and will have two more pair for giveaways next Sunday!)

Then we turned things over to our intern Logan, who gave us a lesson on the mandolin technique of Bill Monroe. I played some music featuring Charlie Sizemore, who was celebrating his 48th birthday. Our other intern -- and now licensed WKCR programmer -- Jeff programmed two sets of ballads. And then we wrapped up the show with a couple of bluegrass classics: "Viva Las Vegas" and "Superfreak."

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The Moonshine Show - 89.9 WKCR-FM, NYC
Sunday 28 November 2008 - 10 a.m. to Noon
Host: Matt Winters (with Logan Ledger and Jeff Kandel)

David Grier; "Turkey in the Straw"; _I've Got the House to Myself_ (Dreadnought)

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Tony Trischka; "Molly and Tenbrooks"; _Territory_ (Smithsonian Folkways)

Dan Crary; "Salt Creek"; _Bluegrass Guitar_ (Sugar Hill)

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience; "Rock Hearts"; _DGBX_ (Acoustic Disc)

Blue Highway; "Some Day"; _Lonesome Pine_ (Rebel)

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Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands; "Live Forever"; _The Golden West_ (Hightone)

Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"; _Guest House_ (Hightone)

Seldom Scene; "Mama Tried"; _Scenechronized_ (Sugar Hill)

Seldom Scene; "Walking the Dog"; _Scene It All_ (Sugar Hill)

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[Logan's Mandolin Set I]

Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys; "Letter from My Darling"; _1950-1958_ (Bear Family)

Nashville Bluegrass Band; "Baby Blue Eyes"; _My Native Home_ (Rounder LP)

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[Logan's Mandolin Set II]

Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys; "Monroe's Hornpipe"; _1950-1958_

Mike Compton; "Old Mountaineer"; _Stomp_ (Acoustic Disc)

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[Charlie Sizemore - b. 23 November 1960]

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys; "Somebody Loves You, Darling"; _Lonesome and Blue_ (Rebel LP)

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys; "The Family Who Prays"; _Child of the King_ (Rebel LP)

The Charlie Sizemore Band; "Devil on a Plow," "Alison's Band"; _Good News_ (Rounder)

Charlie Sizemore; "Me and Jesus"; _The Story Is... The Songs of Tom T. Hall_ (Rebel)

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[Jeff's Old-Time Death Ballads Set I]

Paul Joines; "Hanging of Georgie," "Green Willow Tree"; _Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change_ (Asch LP)

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[Jeff's Old-Time Death Ballads Set II]

Bob Baker and the Pine County Boys; "Snow Dove"; _Mountain Music Bluegrass Style_ (Folkways LP)

Buell Kazee; "Wagoner's Lad"; _Anthology of American Folk Music_ (Smithsonian Folkways)

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Dailey & Vincent; "Sweet Carrie"; _Dailey & Vincent_ (Rounder)

James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass; "Wild Card"; _Wild Card_ (Mountain Redbird)

The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show; "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"; _In Full Color_ (Rebel)

Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice; "You Let the Dog Off the Leash"; _Blue Side of the Blue Ridge_ (Rebel)

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Bill Christophersen; "East Tennessee Blues," "The Flood of '57"; _Hell & High Water_ (self-released)

Silk City; "Think It Over One Time"; _Time_ (Sliced Bread)

The Grascals; "Viva Las Vegas"; _The Grascals_ (Rounder)

Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby; "Superfreak"; _Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby_ (Legacy)

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Dry Branch Fire Squad; "A Distant Land to Roam"; _Thirtieth Anniversary Special_ (Rounder)


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Next Week: We'll talk with Laurie Lewis about her December 5th appearance at the Emelin Theatre in Mammaroneck.