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Saturday Morning
Saturday April 8th, 2023 with Stephen Neale
Little Nassau/Peas and Rice (C.A. & Sonny Show on CKCU)

Automatic Version
Penthouse Allstars - Digital Single (Automatic Riddim) - Penthouse Records (2009)
Nu Sha Ni Sha Nu Oss Ra
London Brew - London Brew - Concord Jazz (2023) New
Billie-Doo
Thad Jones - The Magnificent Thad Jones - Blue Note (1957; remastered 2007)
A Pray
Rafael Zaldivar - Rhumba - Effendi Records (2022) Canadian
Freedom March
Grant Green - Sunday Mornin' - Blue Note (1962; remastered 2005)
Exodus
Jimmy Scott - The Source - Atlantic Records (1970)
Another Man Done Gone
Vera Ward Hall - Deep River Of Song: Alabama, From Lullabies To Blues (The Alan Lomax Collection) - Rounder Records (2001)
Another Man Done Gone
Odetta - Sings Ballads and Blues - Tradition (1957)
John Henry
Bessie Jones with the with the Georgia Sea Island Singers - - Get in Union - Tompkins Square Records (2014; rec. by Alan Lomax circa 1959 - 1962)
Early in the Mornin'
22 (with Little Red, Tangled Eye, and Hard Hair, accompanied by double cutting axes) - Prison Songs: Historical Recordings from Parchman Farm 1947-48, Volume 1: Murderous Home - Rounder (1997)
The Moan
Marion Williams (featuring Bobby Chesnutt) - - Shanachie (1994; - My Soul Looks Back: The Genius of Marion Williams 1962-1992 - Shanachie (1994)
By and By, Pt. 1 and 2
The Davis Sisters - Originally 7" and 10" (78 RPM) - Gotham (1952; back to back version from Jesus Gave Me Water on Savoy 1960
He Arose
Rosie Wallace and the First Church of Love, Faith and Deliverance Choir - - S - Consecrate Me - Savoy (1969
Wee Wee Hours
Chuck Berry - After School Session - Chess. Records (1957)
Mean Old Lonesome Song
Lowell Fulson - Classic Cuts: Los Angeles, California 1951-1953 - JSP Records (2004; orig. 1950 10" Shellac on Swing Time, B-side to Guitar Shuffle)
Dealin' from the Bottom of the Deck
Lonesome Sundown - Been Gone Too Long - Joliet Records (1977)
Old Black Mattie
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum Records (1994)
Done Got Over You
Arthur Adams - Kick Up Some Dust - Cleopatra Records (2023)
Goodie Goodie Good Times
Syl Johnson - 7" single - Shama Records (1974; reissued Numero Group 2023)
I Got Carried Away
Tyrone Davis - Let's Be Closer Together - Columbia (1977)
Someday We'll All Be Free
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man - ATCO (1973)
Do You Know What It's Like to Be Lonesome?
Joe Simon - Simon Country - Spring Records (1973)
Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
Sons of the Pioneer - 25 Favorite Cowboy Songs - RCA Victor (1956)
Oh Lonesome Me
Don Gibson - 7" Single - RCA Victor (1957; B-side is I Can't Stop Loving You)
The C.A. & Sonny Show on CKCU

An Ottawa-based duo focused on preserving the tradition of Folk music.

Today: Blind Blake Alphonso Higgs

You can catch C.A. & Sonny every week at Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St, on Saturday afternoons from 1-3pm, or on Sunday evenings as part of the Sunday Night Revue.

Intro music is Southern Aristocracy - traditional fiddle tune performed by C.A. & Sonny. Followed by a clip of 'My Pigeon Gone Wild', performed by Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos from the album A Group of Bahamian Songs, 1951 Art Records.
Little Nassau/Peas and Rice
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1952)
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-One
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1952)
Gin and Coconut Water
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1952)
Consumptive Sara Jane
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1952)
Love Alone
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos - A Group of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1951)
John B. Sail
Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs - Art Records (1952)
Lord Got Tomatoes
C.A. & Sonny - The C.A. & Sonny Show Vol. I, 2022 - Independent (2022) Canadian
Cigar Song
C.A. & Sonny - The C.A. & Sonny Show Vol. II, 2023 - Independent (2023; album release on May 20 @ Irene's) Canadian New
Sonny Aiken: guitar, banjo, fiddle, voice
C.A. Jackson: banjo, guitar, voice
Down In The Willow Garden
Slim Cessna & Lord Dwight Pentacost - Didn't We Ramble (EP) - SCAC (2023) New
Time in Bars
Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound - Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound - Oh Boy Records (2021)
Oh Sweet Where Am I
Kyle McNeill - Happy at Last - Electrosound Records (2014)
Kristen Raymonde (There's Still Time)
Highwood Atlas - Digital Single - Independent (2023) Canadian New
Blossoming
Mimi O'Bonsawin - Williow - Independent (2023) Canadian New
Interactive CKCU
Stephen Neale (host)
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7:01 AM, April 8th, 2023
TimA
Fantastic selections on this cool sunny Saturday morning in the hills. Thank you!

8:19 AM, April 8th, 2023
Lester B
Great tunes this a.m. Mr. Neale!

8:25 AM, April 8th, 2023
Stephen Neale (host)
Thank, Tim. A.... Spring soon come!

8:27 AM, April 8th, 2023
Stephen Neale (host)
Thank you, Lester B!!

8:27 AM, April 8th, 2023
Elorious Cain
Great show!

9:05 AM, April 8th, 2023
Stephen Neale (host)
Thank you, Elorious.

9:08 AM, April 8th, 2023
Dom Simmer
Mr. Neale - I loved that Don Gibson song....

9:10 AM, April 8th, 2023
Stephen Neale (host)
Well, Mr. Simmer, Don Gibson is one of the best!

9:12 AM, April 8th, 2023
hillbilly
FANTASTICO!!! merci!

10:00 AM, April 8th, 2023