The music world lost a wonderful player on June 23rd, as Ellen McIlwaine passed at the age of 75. The cause of death was reported to be from esophageal cancer. Ellen came to prominence in the 1970s with her firey slide guitar style. For this week and next, we’ll feature a collection of great slide players, including Bonnie Raitt, Del Rey, Geoff Bartley, Jerry Douglas and of course Ellen McIlwaine. For Ellen, this week we slide … on the The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-28:It's A Slippery Slope, Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Ellen McIlwaine / “Losing You” / Up from the Skies / Polydor

Donna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self Produced

Ry Cooder / “At the Dark End of the Street” / Boomers Story / Reprise

The Jerry Douglas Band / “2:19” / What If / Rounder

Will Kimbrough / “Cape Henry” / Spring Break / Daphne

Roger Williams / “Slipped Disc” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain Home

Sally Van Meter & Orville Johnson / “Tex Mex Shindig” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain Home

Santo & Johnny / “Sleepwalk” / Sleepwalk / Jasmin

Bonnie Raitt / “Write Me a Few of Your Lines-Kokomo Blues” / Takin' My Time / Warner Brothers

Ellen McIlwaine / “Sliding” / Up from the Skies / Polydor

LeRoy Parnell / “On the Road” / On the Road / Arista

Del Rey / “Tennessee Local” / At the Uke Shack #2 / Hobemian

Leo Kottke / “Pamela Brown” / Ice Water / Capitol

Geoff Bartley / “Grinnin' in Your Face” / Hear That Wind Howl / Waterbug

The David Bromberg Band / “Walkin' Blues” / The Blues the Whole Blues and Nothing but the Blues / Red House

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