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We find Lulu Belle at her professional peak in 1936, discuss her musical highlights of her time with Scotty, and follow her post-country music career to the North Carolina General Assembly where she makes a lasting mark on American history.

Songs: 

Jessica Dragonette - Vilia

Lulu Belle and Scotty - This Train

Lulu Belle and Scotty - When I Yoo-hoo in the Valley

Lulu Belle - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again

Maddox Brother and Rose - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Mountain Dew

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Remember Me

Willie Nelson - Remember Me

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Does Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the b=Bedpost over Night?

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Have I Told you Lately that I Love You?

Lulu Belle and Scotty - I’m no Communist

Lulu Belle - They Gotta Quit Kickin' my Dog Around

References:

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

Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.

Brown, Elgar (Dec. 1936) Lulu Belle's Story of the Feisty Cure. Radio Guide.

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.

Dawson, Nancy Drum (June 2018) A conversation with Nancy Drum Dawson and Meredith Drum, https://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/interview-nancy-drum-dawson/

Fox, P. (2009). Natural acts: Gender, race, and rusticity in country music. University of Michigan Press.

Jones, L. (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press.

Lightfoot, William C. (1987) “Belle of the Barn Dance: Reminiscing with Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey,” Journal of Country Music 12, no. 1: 2–15.

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/

Vander Wel, S. (2020). Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music, 1930-1960. University of Illinois Press.

WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)

WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf

WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

Wiseman, Lulu Belle. (1989) Interview WWL Road Gang Air Check #3.

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Lulu Belle, kicking against the pricks of National Barn Dance, sets the template for feisty country music women for years to come.

Songs: 

West Wing Theme - Snuffy Walden

Elviry Weaver - Square dance call from The Grand Ole Opry

Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Hi Rinktum Inktum Doodle

Lulu Belle and Scotty - My Blue Ridge Mountain Home

Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Daffy Over Taffy

Lulu Belle and Burrhead - I’m Going Out West This Fall

Lulu Belle and Burrhead - Little Black Moustache

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Madam, I’ve Come to Marry You

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Cindy

References:

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

Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.

Brown, Elgar (Dec. 1936) Lulu Belle's Story of the Feisty Cure. Radio Guide.

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.

Fox, P. (2009). Natural acts: Gender, race, and rusticity in country music. University of Michigan Press.

Jones, L. (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press.

Lightfoot, William C. (1987) “Belle of the Barn Dance: Reminiscing with Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey,” Journal of Country Music 12, no. 1: 2–15.

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/

Vander Wel, S. (2020). Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music, 1930-1960. University of Illinois Press.

WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)

WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf

WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

Wiseman, Lulu Belle. (1989) Interview WWL Road Gang Air Check #3.

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Jack tries to separate the virtuous stage persona of Linda Parker, the Little Sunbonnet Girl, from the performer and alleged “juvenile delinquent” Jeanne Muenich, the Red-Headed Rascal. 

Songs: 

Linda Parker - I’ll Be all Smiles Tonight

Ruth Etting - Love me or Leave Me

Cumberland Ridge Runners - I’m Just Here to Get my Baby Out of Jail

Red Foley - Sing Me a Hillbilly Ballad

Bradley Kincaid - Barbara Allen

Gene Autry - No One to Call Me Darling

Maple City Four - Hold That Tiger

Linda Parker - Take Me Back to Renfro Valley

Bing Crosby - Learn to Croon

Lulu Belle and Scotty - My Mother’s Old Sun Bonnet

Linda Parker - Lonesome Valley Sally

Linda Parker - My Ozark Mountain Home

Ernest Tubb - The Passing of Jimmy Rodgers

Kitty Wells - We Buried Her Beneath the Willow

References:

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

Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.

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.

Linda Parker. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12669

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/

WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf

WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

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Jack tries to understand and relate to the longest-running member of the National Barn Dance, Grace Wilson. Lots of good history on the early days of the Barn Dance in this episode. Jack breaks his silence on Disney animated features.

Songs:

Theme to the National Barn Dance

Grace Wilson - Just a Little Street

Patsy Cline - Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home

The Dinning Sisters - Shine On, Harvest Moon

Grace Wilson - Bringin’ Home the Bacon

Henry Burr - Are you Lonesome Tonight?

Tommy Dandurand & His Barn Dance Fiddlers - Larry O’Gaff

Tom Owens - Kings’ Head

Pie Plant Pete - Waiting for the Railroad Train

Chubby Parker - Nickety Nackaty Now Now Now

Ford and Glenn - Sleepy Head

Ralph Waldo Emerson - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

Bradley Kincaid - Pretty Little Pink

Grace Wilson - Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Ray Charles - Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Grace Wilson - I Wonder When

Grace Wilson - Forget Me Not Means Remember Me

Roger Miller - Not in Nottingham

Lulu Belle and Scotty - You Go To Your Church and I’ll Go to Mine

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.

Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press.

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/

WLS Family Album https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

Jack introduces Season 2 and spends a little too much time talking about Culver's.

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Songs:

Momma Molasses - Sing Girl, Married Girl

Theme to the 10th Anniversary Show of the National Barn Dance

Outkast - DF (Interlude)

Grace Wilson - Bringin' Home the Bacon

Linda Parker - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight

Lulu Belle - I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again

Overstake Sisters - Ti Yippi Ti Ee

Overstake Sisters - Pals of the Saddle

Jenny Lou Carson - I Married a Mouse of a Man

Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronco

Patsy Montana - I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart

Louise Massey - My Adobe Hacienda

DeZurick Sisters - Arizona Yodeler

The Coon Creek Girls - Banjo Pickin' Girl

References:

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

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

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

WLS Family Album https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

In the season one finale, Jack finds his way through the life and career of jazz legend Lil Hardin Armstrong, who performed on exactly one country record: the groundbreaking Blue Yodel #9 with Jimmie Rodgers and her husband Louis Armstrong.

Songs:

Trisha Yearwood - Xs and Os (an American Girl)

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Fisk Jubilee Singers - Brethren Rise!

WC Handy - St. Louis Blues

Jelly Roll Morton - The Crave

Alberta Hunter - He’s Got a Punch Like Joe Lewis

King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues

Alberta Hunter - Everybody Loves My Baby

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Yes, I’m in the Barrell

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Gut Bucket Blues

Louis Artmstrong - Dinah

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Struttin with some Barbeque 

Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Just for a Thrill

Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel #9

Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Brown Gal

Lil Hardin Armstrong - Clip joint

References:

Albertson, C. (1971/2009) Lil, Louis, Lil, and the little gangster. Stomp Off: A blog of memories and opinions. http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2009/09/louis-lil-and-little-gangster.html

Armstrong, L. (2001). Louis Armstrong, in his own words: selected writings. Oxford University Press, USA.

Armstrong, L. H. (2007). Satchmo and Me. American Music, 106-118.

Bergreen, L. (2012). Louis Armstrong: an extravagant life. Crown.

Dickerson, J. L. (2002). Just for a thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, first lady of jazz. Cooper Square Press.

Ewing, K. T. (2017). Lillian" Lil" Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971).

Gleason, H. (Ed.). (2017). Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives. University of Texas Press.

Glenn-Nelson, K. (February 28, 2019), An American Girl: Alice Randall's Journey as a Black Female Country Songwriter. https://www.ascap.com/news-events/articles/2019/02/bhm-alice-randall-country

Hardin, L. Interview clips retrieved from https://rwj-a.stanford.edu/bonus-content/lil-hardin-interview-clips

Porterfield, N. (2007). Jimmie Rodgers: the life and times of America's blue yodeler. Univ. Press of Mississippi.

Teachout, T. (2009). Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Jack learns about the first woman to record cowboy music, and the first Arizonan to make commercial music: Billie Maxwell.

Songs:

Dale Evans & Roy Rogers - Home on the Range

Bing Crosby - Home on the Range

Lisa Loeb - Home on the Range

Elmo - Home on the Range

Carl T. Sprague - When the Work's all Done in Fall

Bob Roberts - Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Gene Autry - Don’t Fence me in

Roy Rogers - The Man in the Moon is a Cowhand

Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy

Girls of the Golden West - I want to be a real cowboy girl.

Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl

Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronchos

Girls of the Golden West - Cowgirl's Dream

Girls of the Golden West - Ride Ride Ride

Girls of the Golden West - Two Cowgirls on the Lone Prairie

Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Patsy Montana - I want to be a Cowboy’s Dreamgirl

Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Western Cowgirl

Patsy Montana - I’m gonna have a Cowboy Wedding 

Patsy Montana - She Buckaroo

Carolina Cotton - I'd Love to be a Cowgirl (but I’m A-Scared of Cows)

Billie Maxwell - Cowboy’s Wife

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

Sybille Baier - The End

Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

White Mountain Orchestra - Escudilla Waltz

Billie Maxwell - Billy Venero

Billie Maxwell - Haunted Hunter

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References:

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

Cowboy music. http://arizonaexperience.org/people/cowboy-music

The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2004) Oxford University Press USA

Lomax, J. A. (1916). Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads. Sturgis & Walton Company.

Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press.

Nodjimbadem, Katie (February 2017) "The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys" smithsonianmag.com

Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Haunted Hunter”: Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) Victor V-40241. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press.

Ventre, S. (April 2011) "Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One" Phoenix New Times

Wolfe, C. K. (2002). Classic Country: Legends of Country Music. Routledge.

Woodbury, J. T. (Feb. 14, 2012) Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 1. Phoenix New Times Blogs

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Jack learns about Hawaiian music legend and steel guitarist Annie Kerr. This episode has range.

Songs:

Ray Kinney and His Coral Islanders - Aloha Oe

Quartet of Hawaiian Girls from Kawaiahao Seminary - Aloha Oe

Kuulei Music - The Queen's Prayer

Myrtle K. Hilo - Kaulana Na Pua ·

Alan Jackson - Where Have You Gone

Annie Kerr's Trio - I've Gone Native Now

Royal Hawaiian Girls Glee Club - Royal Hawaiian Hotel

Alice Davis, Thelma Anahu, & Josephine Ikuwa - Ku'u Hoa

Nani Makakoa Trio & Sally Kahowai Peters - Hilo Hanakahi ·

Walter Kolomoku (as W.K. Kolumku) with Hawaiian Quintette - Hawaiian Melodies"

Sam Moore - Guitar Rag

Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag

Riley Puckett - The Darkey's Wail

Helen Louise and Frank Ferreira - Hapa Haola Hula Girl

The Carter Family - Sweet Fern

Cleoma Breaux, Joseph Falcon, & Ophy Breaux - Prenez Courage

Sol Hoopii - Hula Girl

Annie Kerr's Trio - In a Canoe

Annie Kerr's Hawaiian Girls - E Mama E

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References:

The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2004) Oxford University Press USA

Fellezs, K. (2019). Listen but Don't Ask Question: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar across the Transpacific. Duke University Press.

Moore, Robert. (2017). The Legends: Annie Kerr: https://sheshreds.com/legends-annie-kerr/

Nordyke, E. C., & Noyes, M. H. (1993). Kaulana Na Pua: A Voice for Sovereignty. The Hawaiian Journal of History (27).

Ransom, Sean (July 3, 1998) "Thelma Anahu, Hawaii Singer" The Honolulu Advertiser

Recker, Jane. (March 26, 2019). "How the Music of Hawaiʻi’s Last Ruler Guided the Island’s People Through Crisis." smithsonianmag.com

Silva, N. K. (2004). Aloha betrayed. Duke University Press.

Soria Jr., Harry B. www.territorialairwaves.com Message Board

Stone, Robert. Sacred Steel : Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, University of Illinois Press, 2010.

Territorial Airwaves (Nov. 23, 2012) "Hawaiian Recordings History -Brunswick" https://territorialairwaves.com/index.php?page=30&id=134

Territorial Airwaves (Sep. 13, 2019) "Terrific Territorial Trios" https://territorialairwaves.com/index.php?page=30&id=134

Troutman, J. W. (2016). Kika Kila: how the Hawaiian steel guitar changed the sound of modern music. UNC Press Books.

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Jack takes a look at Adelyne Hood's contributions to the "citybilly" vein of country music.

Songs:

Adelyne Hood and Vernon Dalhart: Calamity Jane

Eddie Cantor - The Dumber they Come

Judy Garland - Americana (Every Sunday)

Vernon Dalhart - Wreck of the Old '97

Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song

Dalhart, Robison, & Hood - Sweet Elaine

Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood - Oh! Susanna

Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood - Sing On, Brother, Sing

Adelyne Hood - He's on the Chain Gang Now

References:

Bufwack, Mary; Oermann, Robert K. (1982) Adelyne Hood: The Amalgamation of Vaudeville and Folk Traditions in Early Country Music. JEMF Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 67-68

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

The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2012). Oxford University Press USA. 2012.

Adelyne Hood Obituary (April 11, 1958). Pittsburg Press

Huber, Patrick. (2014). The New York Sound: Citybilly Recording Artists and the Creation of Hillbilly Music, 1924-1932. The Journal of American folklore, Volume 127, Issue 504

Miller, K. H. (2010). Segregating sound. Duke University Press.

Oermann, Robert K. (1984) Mother, Sister, Sweetheart, Pal: Women in Old-Time Country Music. The Southern Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 3

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