On this week’s show, we turn our attention to songs highlighting the exploits of bandits and outlaws … a subject mined by folk music since the beginning of singing. We'll hear songs from Norman Blake, Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves, Addie Graham, Ry Cooder, Tim Hardin, Tom Russell and many more. A focus on anti-heroes and legends … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-25:Bandits and Outlaws

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways

Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “A Minor Fantasy” / Vicksburg Blues / Red House

Norman Blake / “Billy Gray” / Blind Dog / Rounder

Greg Hooven String Band / “Darling Corey” / The Harry Smith Connection / Smithsonian-Folkways

Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves / “Red Haired Becky” / I Have Known Women / Strictly Country

The Byrds / “Pretty Boy Floyd” / Sweetheart of the Rodeo / Columbia

Guy Clark / “The Last Gunfighter Ballad” / Texas Cookin' / Sugar Hill

The MacAbre Brothers / “Otto Wood” / Traditional Murder Ballads / Roane

Addie Graham / “Omie Wise” / Been a Long Time Traveling / June Appal

Tim Hardin / “Lady Came from Baltimore” / Live in Concert / Polydor

Paul Siebel / “Jack-Knife Gypsy” / Jack-Knife Gypsy / Elektra

Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “Yancey Blues” / Vicksburg Blues / Red House

Ry Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner Brothers

Ry Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner Brothers

Tom Russell / “Tonight We Ride” / Old Songs Yet to Sing / Frontera

Susan Pepper / “Tom Dooley” / Hollerin' Girl / Ballad

Hamper McBee / “John Hardy” / Cumberland Moonshiner / Spring Fed

The Red Clay Ramblers / “Run Sister Run” / A Lie of the Mind / Sugar Hill

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways