Tonight's show features musicians native to Virginia.
| We open with country musicians native to Virginia.Tommy Boyce was part of the Boyce and Hart writing team that wrote a number of hits for The Monkees. |
| Walkin' After Midnight Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits(1988) |
| Worried Man Blues The Carter Family - The Famous Carter Family(1963) |
| If I Were A Carpenter June Carter w/Johnny Cash - The Best of Johnny Cash(1976) |
| Flowers On The Wall The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall(1966) |
| Riders In The Sky Roy Clark - Greatest Hits(1975) |
| Ooh Las Vegas Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel(1975) |
| Right or Wrong Ronnie Dove - The Best of Ronnie Dove(1966) |
| I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - The Anthology(1995) |
| Next up:some Virginian r'n'b musicians.Clarence Clemons was a member of the E Street Band and led his own band in the early to mid 80's.Pearl Bailey,Ruth Brown and Keely Smith were very successful in the 50's,playing major night clubs all over the U.S. |
| Jump Start My Heart Clarence Clemons and The red Bank Rockers - Rescue(1983) |
| You Can Be Replaced Pearl Bailey - Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only(1959) |
| Lucky Lips Ruth Brown - VA:Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Vol 3(1985) |
| The Lip Keely Smith w/ Louis Prima - Louis Prima Collector's Series(1991) |
| Resurrection Shuffle Clarence Clemons And The Red Bank Rockers - Rescue(1983) |
| Gene Vincent was an important early rock pioneer.After a serious accident(in which Eddie Cochran lost his life) while travelling in the U.K. Vincent would have problems with pain killers and alcohol which eventually cut his life short.That did not stop him from making some great music in the late 60's/early 70's that very few people heard. |
| Be-bop-a-lula Gene Vincent - The Very Best of Gene Vincent(1995) |
| Cruisin' Gene Vincent - same |
| Crazy Legs Gene Vincent - same |
| Ain't That Too Much Gene Vincent - Born To Be A Rollin' Stone:The Challenge Sessions 1966-1968(2008) |
| Lonely Street Gene Vincent - same |
| Poor Man's Prison Gene Vincent - same |
| The Day The World Turned Blue Gene Vincent - The Day The World Turned Blue(1971) |
| Boppin' The Blues Gene Vincent - same |
| There Is Something On Your Mind Gene Vincent - same |
| Virginia native General Norman Johnson was a great songwriter and had major success on the Invictus label, co-writing and singing lead vocals on several hits in the early 70's with Chairmen of The Board. |
| It Will Stand The Showmen - VA:Rock Lives(1969) |
| Give Me Just a Little More Time Chairmen of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time(1970) |
| Patches Chairmen of The Board - same |
| Pay To The Piper Chairmen of The Board - In Session(1971) |
| Everything's Tuesday Chairmen of The Board - same |
| Elmo James Chairmen of The Board - Bittersweet(1972) |
| After releasing singles in the 50's and 60's to marginal sales and a short stint at Atlantic records as a producer Jerry Williams Jr. invented his Swamp Dogg persona and released a series of excellent soul albums with a message in the 70's.He eventually formed his own label to market his music. |
| If You Ask Me Jerry Williams Jr. - A.K.A. Swamp Dogg:Swamp's Things(2000) |
| The World Beyond Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction To Your Mind(1970) |
| Remember I Said Tomorrow Swamp Dogg - Rat On!(1971) |
| Synthetic World Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction To Your Mind(1970) |
| Do You Believe Swamp Dogg - Rat On!(1971) |
| Total Destruction To Your Mind Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction To Your Mind(1970) |
| Thank you for listening.Next show broadcasts Oct 29. |
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12:05 AM, October 15th, 2015