Season 1, Episode 5 // I'm Just Going Over Home

Featured in this Episode:

Burl Ives - “Streets of Laredo” (11:45)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - “Up Above My Head” (28:50)

John Prine - “In Spite of Ourselves” (44:27)

Charley Crockett- “That’s How I Got To Memphis” (1:06:40)

Did it come from a hymn? An old ballad? Was it born in Scotland, or America? Navigate these questions with me for one of the most enduring and well known traditional songs in Bluegrass, Folk, and Old Country music. Entrenched in the old ballads passed on to him before the age seven, a man becomes one of the most beloved preservationist folk singers. A queer evangelist and powerhouse vocalist and guitarist is named the “Godmother of Rock and Roll” influencing Chuck Berry, Elvis, and Eric Clapton. A Chicago mailman finds himself at the right place at the right time to share his timeless and instantly relatable songs, staying out of the mainstream, yet dubbed an American icon. From Texas, by way of New Orleans, a young man defines hard, transient living and grows into one of the finest true country musicians performing today.⁠

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Source Credits:

#1: Jopie Bopie Blog | Manhattan Beach Music | Library of Congress

#2: Cultural Equity | Independent | Info Please | Cowboy’s Lament

#3: NPR | Richmond Mag | Girlboss | Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe

#4: Billboard.com | Rolling Stone | JP Shrine.org | NY Times | Blue Railroad

#5: Long Reads | Rolling Stone | The Guardian | Chron.com | The Boot