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  • Episode Twenty Six: The DeZurik Sisters (The Cackle Sisters)

    Jack marvels at the much-more-than-novelty sister duo, the DeZurik Sisters. Listen to hear what won the hearts of both the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry audiences.


    Songs

    The DeZurik Sisters - Arizona Yodeler

    Bradley Kincaid - Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me

    Elton Britt - Alpine Milkman

    The DeZurik Sisters - Birmingham Jail

    The DeZurik Sisters - Go to Sleep My Darling Baby

    Ward Barton & Frank Carrol - Sleep Baby Sleep

    Minna Reverelli - Cuckoo in the Wood

    The DeZurik Sisters - I Left Her Standing Here

    The DeZurik Sisters - Guitar Blues

    The DeZurik Sisters - Sweet Hawaiian Chimes

    The Cackle Sisters - Old Dan Tucker

    The Cackle Sisters - Sing Hallelujah

    The Cackle Sisters - Take Me Home

    The Cackle Sisters - Shanghai Rooster

    The DeZurik Sisters - Hillbilly Bill

    Carolyn DeZurik - The Swiss Kiss Polka

    Carolyn DeZurik - Busch Bavarian Beer


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Biguenet, John (2006). "The DeZurik Sisters: Two Farm Girls Who Modeled Their Way to the Grand Ole Opry" in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock , (p. 92).

    Brown, Curt. (2015). Minnesota's DeZurik sisters yodeled their way to fame. Star Tribune. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-sisters-yodeled-their-way-to-fame/306381221/

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    Cohen, R. D. (2014). Bill Malone, Alan Lomax, and the origins of country music. Journal of American Folklore, 127(504)

    Daniel, Wayne W. SAME FACES, DIFFERENT NAMES; The DeZurik Sisters and The Cackle Sisters. hillbillymusic.com

    Huber, Libby. (2014) VIBES: The Dezurik Sisters; MN Farm Girls Turned Opry Stars. http://www.western-daughter.com/blog/2014/12/10/the-dezurik-sisters-minnesota-farm-girls-turned-opry-stars

    Kohman, L. (2005, Dec 29). Royalton duo sang nationally. St.Cloud Times

    Larkin, C. (2006). DeZurik Sisters. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. : Oxford University Press.

    Mazor, Barry. Meeting Jimmie Rodgers : How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Guitar Blues”/“Sweet Hawaiian Chimes”: The DeZurik Sisters (Caroline and Mary Jane) Vocalion 04704, Conqueror 9252. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    Wise, T. (2016-10-28). Cowboys and Yodeling. In Yodeling and Meaning in American Music. : University Press of Mississippi.

    Wise, T. (2012). From the Mountains to the Prairies and Beyond the Pale: American Yodeling on Early Recordings. Journal of American Folklore, 125(497)

    WMFU - DeZurik Sisters mp3s https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/365-days-214---.html



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    34 min
  • Episode Twenty Five: Louise Massey

    She wrote one of the greatest odes to one's house in "My Adobe Hacienda." This week we look at the songs, the career, and the family of one of country music's most influential artists: Louise Massey.


    Songs

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - My Adobe Hacienda

    The Massey Family - New RIver Train

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - When the White Azaleas are Blooming

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - Ridin’ Down that Old Texas Trail

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - Heart of the West

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - South of the Border

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - I only want a buddy, not a sweetheart

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - Bunkhouse Jamboree

    Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Adobe Hacienda

    The Dinning Sisters - My Adobe Hacienda

    Burl Ives - My Adobe Hacienda

    Hank Snow & Anita Carter - My Adobe Hacienda

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - Las Gaviotas

    Louise Massey and the Westerners - You’ll Be Sorry

    Jerry Scroggins - The Ballad of Jed Clampett

    Curt Massey - Petticoat Junction


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Cusic, D. (2011). The cowboy in country music: an historical survey with artist profiles. McFarland.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    Stock, C. (July 5, 2021), Historically Speaking: Famous Neighbors in the Hondo Valley. Roswell Daily Record. https://www.rdrnews.com/2021/07/05/historically-speaking-famous-neighbors-in-the-hondo-valley/


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    33 min
  • Episode Twenty Four: Patsy Montana, Part 3

    We look at Patsy's "paying her dues" years of the 40s and early 50s, including her interactions with some of country's biggest legends.


    Songs:

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart 2 (I’ve Found My Cowboy’s Sweetheart)

    Patsy Montana and Her Pardners - I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Dreamgirl

    Patsy Montana and Her Pardners - Blanket Me With Western Skies 

    Patsy Montana and Her Pardners - Deep in the Heart of Texas

    Cowboy Slim Rinehart - Happy Roaming Cowboy 

    Patsy Montana - Sing Me a Cowboy Song

    The Carter Family - Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone

    Patsy Montana - Good Night Soldier

    Judy Canova - Good Night Soldier

    Elton Britt - There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

    Patsy Montana - When I Gets to Where I’m Goin’

    Cousin Emmy - Take Me Home Little Bird

    Hank Williams - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

    Patsy Montana and Her Buckaroos - Mama Never Said a Word About Love

    Dorothy Shay - Feudin’ and Fussin’

    Patti Page - I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Millie Good McClusky & Bill McClusky, November 4, 1988, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Montana, P., & Frost, J. (2002). Patsy Montana: the cowboy's sweetheart. McFarland.

    Patsy Montana, October 22, 1967, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, October 16, 1974, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, June 9, 1984, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, August 30, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, September 2, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    39 min
  • Episode Twenty Three: Patsy Montana, Part 2

    Part 2 of 3 Patsy Montana episodes this season. We take a look at Patsy's time with the Prairie Ramblers and WLS in the 30s. We also get to hear her talk about the writing of the song that put her on the map: I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.

    Songs

    Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl

    Sweet Violet Boys - Let’s all Get Good and Drunk

    Prairie Ramblers - Shady Grove

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers. - Homesick for My Old Cabin

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Waltz of the Hills

    Stuart Hamblen - Texas Plains

    Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers - Montana Plains

    Mac and Bob - That Silver-haired Daddy of Mine

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart 

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Ridin' Old Paint

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Old Black Mountain Trail 

    Billie Maxwell - Cowboy's Wife 

    Kitty Wells - It wasn't God who Made Honky-Tonk Angels

    Wilf Carter - The Strawberry Roan

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - She Buckaroo

    Jimmie Davis - Nobody's Darling 

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Woman's Answer to Nobody's Darling 

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Sweetheart of the Saddle

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Lone star

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Montana

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Your own Sweet Darling Wife 

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Echoes from the Hills

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - Leaning on the Old Top Rail


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Millie Good McClusky & Bill McClusky, November 4, 1988, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Montana, P., & Frost, J. (2002). Patsy Montana: the cowboy's sweetheart. McFarland.

    Patsy Montana, October 22, 1967, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, October 16, 1974, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, June 9, 1984, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, August 30, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, September 2, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    48 min
  • Episode Twenty Two: Patsy Montana, Part I

    Patsy Montana: the first female country musician to have a million-selling record. Patsy's not great with facts, so Jack does what he can to get a reasonably accurate account of the early life and career of this icon.


    Songs:

    Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile

    Fritz Kreisler - Chansons sans Paroles

    Jimmie Rodgers - Mother was a Lady

    Jimmie Rodgers - Yodeling Cowboy

    Stuart Hamblen - This Ole House

    Fort Worth Doughboys - Sunbonnet Sue

    Jimmie Davis - Home in Caroline

    Rubye Blevins - I Love my Daddy, Too

    Rubye Blevins - When the Flowers of Montana Were Blooming


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Millie Good McClusky & Bill McClusky, November 4, 1988, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Montana, P., & Frost, J. (2002). Patsy Montana: the cowboy's sweetheart. McFarland.

    Patsy Montana, October 22, 1967, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, October 16, 1974, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, June 9, 1984, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, August 30, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Patsy Montana, September 2, 1985, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    37 min
  • Episode Twenty One: The Girls of the Golden West

    Jack is back from a two-month hiatus to tell you all he can about the pioneering close-harmony sister duo The Girls of the Golden West.


    Songs:

    Girls of the Golden West - Started out from Texas

    Gene Autry - Cowboy Yodel

    Girls of the Golden West - Home Sweet Home in Texas

    Girls of the Golden West - Colorado Blues 

    Girls of the Golden West - Hi O, Hi O (Night Herding Song)

    Girls of the Golden West - Sleepy Hollow Bill

    Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl 

    Girls of the Golden West - The Cowgirl's Dream 

    Girls of the Golden West - Will there be any Yodelers in Heaven?

    Girls of the Golden West - Texas Moon 

    Girls of the Golden West - I Wanna be a Real Cowboy Girl

    Bing Crosby & the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)

    Louise Massey - Nobody to Love

    Girls of the Golden West - The Round-Up in Cheyenne 

    Girls of the Golden West - Beautiful Texas

    Arkie the Arkansas Woodchopper - Sweet Evalina

    Hoosier Hot Shots - Meet me by the Ice House, Lizzie 

    Red Foley - Old Shep 

    Coon Creek Girls - Flower Blooming in the Wildwood 

    Lulu Belle and Scotty - Nobody's Business

    Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - I Wanna be a Cowboy's Sweetheart

    Henry Burr - I'll Take you Home again, Kathleen 

    Girls of the Golden West - Roamin' in the Gloamin'

    Girls of the Golden West - I Love Her Just the Same

    Girls of the Golden West - Ragtime Cowboy Joe

    Lois Johnson and Hank Williams Jr. - We Must Have Been Out of Our Mind

    Girls of the Golden West - Santa Fe Trail

    The Davis sisters - I've Forgotten More than You'll Ever Know (About Him)

    Shirley Thoms - Where the Golden Wattle Blooms

    June Holms - Daddy was a Yodelin' Cowboy

    Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys - Slowpoke


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Millie Good McClusky & Bill McClusky, November 4, 1988, Frist Library and Archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.

    Russell, T. (2007). Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost. Oxford University Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By



    53 min
  • Episode Twenty: The Three Little Maids, Part Three - Eva Overstake

    Jack closes out The Three Little Maids trilogy by looking at the brief, tragic, yet influential life of Eva Overstake.


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7, 1984) "Three Little Maids made music history" Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    Cox, J. (2014). Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962. McFarland.

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Red Foley. http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/red-foley-1933.aspx

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By

    Williams, M. A. (2006). Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)



    Songs:

    Chloe Moriondo - Dizzy

    Kid Sistr - Simple Math

    Andrews Sisters - Six Jerks in a Jeep

    The Roches - Hammond Song

    The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World

    The Pointer Sisters - I’m So Excited

    SheDaisy - Little Goodbyes

    The Staves - In the Long Run

    Haim - Now I’m In It

    Sally Sweet - What Would You Be Without Me?

    Three Little Maids - I'm heading for the Rockies

    Lulu Belle and Butthead - Hi Rinktum Inktum Doodle

    Red Foley and Judy Martin - The Ozark Trail

    Red Foley - Old Shep

    Townes Van Zandt - Old Shep

    Judy Martin - Straight Shootin’ Cowgirl

    Red Foley and Judy Martin - Our Christmas Waltz

    Red Foley and Judy Martin - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

    Red Foley and Judy Martin - Let’s Go to Church

    Red Foley and Judy Martin - Remember Me

    Jonny Bond - Let Me Go, Devil

    Betty Foley - Magic Love

    Pat and Shirley Boone - Vaya Con Dios

    Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life

    Debby Boone - Blessing

    Judy Martin - Hand In Hand We’ll Walk Together Again


    Contact Jack: 

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    40 min
  • Episode Nineteen: The Three Little Maids, Part 2: Lucille Overstake (Jenny Lou Carson)

    The legendary Jenny Lou Carson (Lucille Overstake) is the first woman to write a #1 country song. We hear her story, plus things get blue as we get into the dirty thirties with a strain of hillbilly music you wouldn't hear on the National Barn Dance. We also hear the story behind the first gay country song.


    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7, 1984) "Three Little Maids made music history" Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    Ginell, C., & Coffey, K. (2001). Discography of western swing and hot string bands, 1928-1942. Greenwood Publishing Group.

    Jenny Lou Carson. http://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=723

    Langley, J.  &  Rogers, A. Many Tears Ago: The Life and Times of Jenny Lou Carson [Introduction]. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=3964 

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Queer Blues. https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2007s.html

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By


    Songs:

    Hartman’s Tennessee Ramblers - When I Take my Vacation in Heaven

    Hartman’s Heartbreakers - Let Me Play With It

    Patsy Montana -My Poncho Pony

    Sweet Violet Boys - Let’s All Get Good and Drunk

    Sweet Violet Boys - On the Farm

    Sweet Violet Boys - The Man Who Comes Around

    Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Chiselin’ Daddy

    Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - I Married a Mouse of a Man

    Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Boy Take Your Time

    Ma Rainey - Prove it on Me Blues

    Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues

    Sweet Violet Boys - I Love My Fruit

    Girls of the Golden West - Will There Be Any Yodeling in Heaven?

    Girls fo the Golden West - Texas Moon

    Tex Ritter - Jealous Heart

    Hugo Winterhalter - Jealous Heart

    Ivory Joe Hunter -Jealous Heart

    Connie Francis - Jealous Heart

    Loretta Lynn - Jealous Heart

    Kitty Wells - Jealous Heart

    Jerry Lee Lewis - Jealous Heart

    Trio Los Panchos - Jealous Heart

    Johnny Rodriguez - Jealous Heart

    Spade Cooley - A Pair of Broken Hearts

    Tex Ritter- You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often

    Jenny Lou Carson - Troubled Heart

    Jenny Lou Carson - Many Tears Ago

    Jenny Lou Carson - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows

    Tiny Hill - Ain'tcha Tired of Makin’ Me Blue

    Judy Martin - God Be With You Sailor Boy

    Tex Ritter - Let Me Go Devil

    Hank Snow -Let Me Go Lover

    Ella Fitzgerald - Foolish Tears

    Willie Nelson - A Penny For Your Thoughts

    Wanda Jackson - Blues Over You

    Skeeter Davis - Chained to a Memory

    Black Francis - Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle

    Perry Como - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

    Rosemary Clooney - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

    Merle Haggard - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows for One More Yesterday

    Dean Martin - Let Me Go, Lover

    Johnny Cash - Shepherd of my Heart

    Doc Watson - You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often

    Jenny Lou Carson - A Penny For Your Thoughts


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    39 min
  • Episode Eighteen: The Three Little Maids, Part 1: Evelyn Overstake

    An introduction to the Three Little Maids and a focused look on Evelyn Overstake, the oldest of the three sisters.


    Songs: 

    Irene Harvey, Vivain Hart, and Carita Crawford - Three Little Maids from School

    Madge Chrichton - Something Sweet About Me

    The Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band - Rock of Ages

    The Brox Sisters - Hang On to Me

    The Three Little Maids - Since the Angels Took Mother Away

    The Three Little Maids - It’s Just a Tumble Down Shack (But I’d Like to Go Back to my Kentucky Home).

    The Three Little Maids - Pals of the Saddle

    The Three Little Maids - Ti Yippi Ti Ee

    The Three Little Maids - Ridin’ on a Rainbow

    Jeanette MacDonald - Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

    The Three Little Maids - I’m Headin’ For the Rockies



    References:

    Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

    Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7, 1984) "Three Little Maids made music history" Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

    Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

    "Evelyn Overstake" http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12201

    McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

    Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/



    Contact Jack: 

    Email: [email protected]

    Instagram: @wildwoodflowerpod


    Help Jack buy country music books: www.venmo.com/u/Jack-Peterson-110

    36 min

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