I'll start the show with a good chunk of Act 1 of The Rose of Roscrae, a folk opera written by Tom Russell and featuring so many great singers, including Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Tex Ritter, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and more... Let's see how far we get in an hour.
At 8am (or when the sleep has left his eyes) Shawn Tavenier will join me for another great version of the Shawn and Pat morning show. :) Shawn will bring in some tunes, and I'll have some on hand too, including that new to me David Wiffen CD. Cheers!
| The Rose of Roscrae (A Ballad of the West) "I left my home in Templemore, County Tipperary, in the 1880's, Age 16. Torn away from my first love, the Rose of Roscrae. Sailed to America. A cowboy for to be! Like Sam Bass! I'd heard the songs and read the dime novels. Looking back now, from ninety years, at odd fragments. It started with a hangin' - in the middle of the story, so to speak. Always toward redemption or oblivion...and a cowboy song! Out where love is the last frontier." |
| Overture Tom Russell with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Rose of Roscrae - Frontier Records |
| This is The Last Frontier Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| Guilty / Johnny Behind the Deuce Tom Russell with David Olney - Rose of Roscrae |
| Sam Hall Tom Russell with Johnny Cash - Rose of Roscrae |
| Rose of Roscrae Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| Hair Trigger Heart Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| He'll Be Dead Before He Hits the Ground Tom Russell with Joe Ely & Augie Meyers - Rose of Roscrae |
| You Gotta Have a Dance / St. James Hospital Tom Russell, Johnny Cash, with Fats Kaplin & Moses Clear Rock Platt - Rose of Roscrae |
| Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos Tom Russell with Johnny Lefebvre & Gretchen Peters - Rose of Roscrae |
| The Last Running Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| Home on the Range / America Tom Russell with Walt Whitman - Rose of Roscrae |
| Just a Closer Walk Tom Russell with Augie Blood - Rose of Roscrae |
| Cowboy Voices Beyond the Fire Tom Russell with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jack Hardy, David Massengill, Tex Ritter - Rose of Roscrae |
| He Wasn't a Bad Kid, When He was Sober Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| The Sidekick's Last Testament Tom Russell with David Olney - Rose of Roscrae |
| Johnny's Campfire Soliloquy #1 Tom Russell with - Rose of Roscrae |
| The Unfortunate Rake/The Streets of Laredo Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| The Hands of Damien Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| This is the Last Frontier/ Campfire Soliloquy #2 Tom Russell - Rose of Roscrae |
| And thus ends our journey TODAY of the Rose of Roscrae...but it's not over, and you can tune in in 4 weeks to catch more. We're almost through act 1. |
| Let Your Love LIght Shine David Wiffen - Songs from the Lost & Found 
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| Sweet Angel Take Me Home David Wiffen - Songs from the Lost & Found
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| Crazy Me David Wiffen - Songs frm the Lost & Found
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| Fool In Love Kevin Fox - youtube (shadetree)
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| The Devil's Day Off Tom Lips - The Devil's Day off
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| Ohoopee River Bottomland Larry John Wilson - Country Funk |
| September Fields Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean
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| Saint Dominic's Preview Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview |
| Old Fires Die Daniel Romano - IF I've Only One Time Askin' |
| What A Fool I Was Amos Garrett - Third Man In
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| Time Slips Away Elvis Presley - Elvis Country |
| Pony Boy The Allman Brothers. - Brothers and Sisters |
| On a Dime Joel PLaskett - Park Ave Sobriety Test
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| How Could You Babe Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
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| Shelter from the Storm Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks |
| Howling at Nothing Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| Then Came the Morning The Lone Bellow - Then Came the Morning |
| Safe Home, Sweet Light Laura Smith - Everything is Moving
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When was this recorded? It's good to hear Johnny Cash's voice again.
7:32 AM, January 16th, 2016