Alan Lomax Tribute, Part 2

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010

PLAYLIST

Theme: "How Long Blues" (album: Chicago Piano, v.1) Performed by Jimmy Yancey.
"Prison Blues" (album: Prison Songs, v.1) Performed by Alex
"Dusty Old Dust" (album: Dust Bowl Ballads) Performed by Woody Guthrie
"Deportee" (album: Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Performed by Judy Collins
"Luce-O, Luce Mauvais" (album: The Caribbean Collection) Performer Unknown
"Sambo Caesar" (album: The Caribbean Collection) Performed by Cyprus Smith, et al.
"War" (album: The Caribbean Collection) Performed by Growling Tiger, Lord Airey & Group
"Turkle Dove" and "Before This Time Another Year" (album: Georgia Sea Islands) Performed by Bessie Jones & Group
"Tell The Boss" (Andy Lanset Collection) Performed by Alan Lomax and Michael Waring
"The Jovial Tradesman" (album: The English, Scottish & Irish Recordings) Performed by Bob & Ron Cooper
"Maggie's Farm" (album: Bringing It All Back Home) Performed by Bob Dylan
"This Land is Your Land" (album: Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Ensemble Performance
"Rambling Gambler" (album: Texas Folk Songs) Performed by Alan Lomax with Guy Carawan & John Cole Steve Post, the veteran broadcaster and resident WNYC Radio curmudgeon, gave listeners a taste of his newest enterprise last week in the debut episode of The No Show - an hour of music, satire, news commentary and comedy, all in his irascible, idiosyncratic style. This week he continues his tribute to Alan Lomax, the legendary musicologist, record producer, and folklorist who was the first to record towering figures like Leadbelly, Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie.

This program was first broadcast on Saturday, August 17, 2002.

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