Annotated Theme Time

“Bob probably knows more songs than any living person.”
Jim Fox, Charter Member, The Bob Dylan Fan Club

It's time for Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour!
In this space you will find:
*a complete inventory of not only all the songs and artists played on his shows, but every musician, poet, politician, movie, city, song, record label, recipe and more that Bob quotes or mentions

*some links to further explore some of these people and places
*bits of Bob's own commentary that we found to be particularly insightful or entertaining.

It's already an expansive list and a lot of fun! Please chime in with your own thoughts on Theme Time, or any interesting bits of info you'd like to add on the people and places mentioned, by emailing us here: info@thebobdylafanclub.com .

Search Annotated Theme Time:

Season 1
Weather Mama Drinking Baseball Coffee Jail Fathers Marriage Divorce
Summer Flowers Cars Rich Man, Poor Man Devil Eyes Dogs Friends and Neighbors Radio The Bible
Musical Map School Telephone Water Time Guns Halloween
Dance Sleep Food Leftovers Tennessee Moon Coundown
Christmas Women's Names Hair Musical Instruments Luck
Tears Laughter Heart Shoes Colors Texas
Trains More Trains Fools NewYork Death and Taxes
Spring Cleaning

Season 2
Hello Young and Old Days of the Week California Classic Rock Cadillac Head to Toe Smoking Dreams
Party Countdown One Walking Around the World pt. 1 Around the World pt. 2 Lock and Key
Mail Presidents Doctors Danger Birds More Birds Joe Heat Cold

Season 3
Money Money 2 Night Beginning, Middle and End Blood War Fruit Street Map Famous People
Number 11 and up Work Nothing Something Cats Madness Happiness Cops and Robbers Sugar and Candy Questions
Truth and Lies Family Circle Noah's Ark I Noah's Ark II Clearance Sale

Annotated Links
There are a couple other good reference websites we thought we should mention here on our page. They are composed along the same lines as this Theme Time Page. These website have extremely complete lists of literary influences and Film references that might be helpful in cross-referencing sites and information.

Bob Lit
Bob lit has a comprehensive list of the literary influences of Bob. This includes mentions in liner notes, lyrics and references in radio shows, as well as mentions in interviews and borrowed lines.
Film dialogue in the lyrics of Bob Dylan
This website documents "references to particular films and fragments of film dialogue are scattered throughout the lyrics of Bob Dylan's songs..."

Weather
(The sounds of rain falling)
It's night time in the Big City
Rain is falling, fog rolls in from the waterfront
a nightshift nurse smokes the last cigarette in a pack
“ Curious about what the weather looks like, just look out your window, take a walk outside.”

The Singers and The Songs
Muddy Waters – Blow Wind Blow this is to be found on numerous Muddy compilations, but for my money the finest current set is "King Of Chicago Blues", a 4-CD set on the Proper label which wraps up the majority of Muddy's recordings from the start until the end of 1955.
Jimmy Davis (James Houston Davis ) – You Are My Sunshine a cheap option is on "Famous Country Music Makers" (£6 in the UK, $8 in the US from Amazon). The more dedicated might wish to investigate the second of two box sets from Bear Family, "You Are My Sunshine 1937-1948"
“Alright now, goin' out west where I belong, get away from the G-Rind”
Joe Jones – California Sun this is the first of the not currently available tracks from what I have found. The song was last available on "You Talk Too Much: The Best Of Joe Jones". Any info on current availability much appreciated.
Dean Martin w/ Paul Weston and His Dixieland Eight – I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine this can be found on a 2-CD set called "Memories Are Made Of This" - £6.50 in the UK, $12 as an import in the US from Amazon.
The Prisonaires (lead singer Johnny Bragg) – Just Walking in The Rain is on a CD of the same name which is a good overview of the group's career.
The Consolers (Brother Sullivan Pugh on guitar and his Wife Lola) – After The Clouds Roll Away so far as I know, this is not currently available. It was on a CD collecting two of the duo's albums, "Give Me My Flowers/Heart Warming Spirituals" on Ace, which can be found used on occasion - this is how I got my copy recently. As always, any info appreciated
Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary is on the re-issued "Are You Experienced" to name just one.
Judy Garland – Come Rain or Come Shine can be found on several compilations of Garland's Capitol recordings. The current one is "The Very Best Of", but as a three disc set, this might be too much for the non-specialist, despite its relative cheapness. An inexpensive option is "The Essential Judy Garland", an import in the US on Amazon (search under Judy Garland emi). Another option is a reissue of two of her albums on a single disc "Judy/Judy In Love".
Irma Thomas – It's Raining is on "Time Is On My Side" on the Kent label
Sister Rosetta Tharp – Didn't it Rain can be found on Proper's 4-CD set called "Original Soul Sister". I believe Sister Rosetta re-recorded the song later, but have assumed the original, as I didn't actually hear this programme on broadcast!
Slim Harpo (with his harp in a rack) – Raining In My Heart is on the Ace CD "I'm A King Bee"
“Slim wrote a bunch of his songs with his wife Lavelle...boy, wish I had a wife like that t' help me write songs.”
Lord Beginner – Jamaica Hurricane can be found on "London Is The Place For Me Vol. 1", a wonderful collection of early '50s calypso.
Fats Domino – Let the Four Winds Blow is on a European CD called "The Best Of Fats Domino" (EMI) among many places. Fats Obsessives, like me, might look with greedy eyes at the Bear family box "Out Of New Orleans"
“The Spaniels, were on that ill fated tour…which means probably I saw them, Winter Dance Party, 1959…the day that music supposedly died.”
The Spaniels – Stormy Weather is on many collections, both devoted to the group, and general doo wop ones. I have it on Rhino's "Doo Wop Box II". The great Pookie Hudson of the Spaniels died recently , so buy some of his old records.
Stevie Wonder – A Place In The Sun the number of Stevie Wonder compilations, and general Motown ones are in-numerable. Take a wild stab; as likely as not it'll have this on it! For the record though, the song's original home was on Stevie's 1967 album "Down To Earth", which is available on CD
“West Coast weather is the weather of catastrophe. The Santa Ana winds are like the winds of the apocalypse. But the summer wind that Frank's singing about may be a little lighter. Come on in, Frank.”
Frank Sinatra – Summer Wind is on Old Blue Eyes' "Strangers In The Night" album. From memory, it might also feature on Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Reprise), but the original album wins for me!
The Staple Singers – Uncloudy Day can be found on "The Ultimate Staple Singers" (Stax) amongst other places. Another option is a 4-disc set on Charly devoted to the VeeJay label. As an aside, it also appeared on a CD, "The Roots Of Bob Dylan" given away with Mojo magazine in the UK during 2006. These magazine CDs can occasionally be useful sources for harder-to-find material.
The Carter Family – Keep on the Sunny Side being one of their most famous sides, this is on almost any Carter family collection you care to name. Those with greater interest in this seminal group in country music's early history might investigate the Bear Family 12-disc set "In the Shadow Of Clinch Mountain" (there are also available a couple of inexpensive multi-disc sets on JSP for those with shallower pockets, but the aformentioned set is a quite beautiful thing).

The Poets
St. Basil

The Places
Chicago
Dodge City , KS
Amarillo , TX
Rochester , MN
Minnesota
New Orleans
Italy
Denmark

The Movies
Taxi Driver

Others singers and players
Jimmie Rodgers
Otis Spann
Noah Walter
Sam Phillips
The Rivieras
The Ramones
Elvis
Johnnie Ray
The Sunbeams
The Marigolds
Curtis Mayfield
Prince
Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer
Otis Redding
Pookie Hudson
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
Link Wray
The Big Bopper
Hans Blotke (?)
The Rolling Stones
“Of course they took Irma's song ‘Time is on My Side' and had a little hit with THAT”

Other Songs
Ya Talk too much
Rollin' Stone
The World On a String
That Old Black Magic
One For My Baby One For The Road
Accentuate the Positive
Ruler of My Heart
Pain in My Heart

The Record Labels
Chess
Sun Records
Columbia
Nashboro
Excello Records

Guests
Sara Silverman

Mama
(Sounds of sirens in city)
It's night time in the Big City
The moon goes behind a cloud
a truck drops off tomorrows newspapers

The Singers and The Songs
Julia Lee – Momma Don't Allow It this is on a modestly priced two disc set from JSP, "Kansas City's First Lady Of The Blues", to name just one source.
“Full of iodine and iron…all hydrogen and sulfate.”
Tommy (Elmer) Duncan – Daddy Loves Mommyo Tommy is best known as vocalist with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, but had his own solo career. Bear Family have rounded up his work on two CDs, this song is on "Beneath A Neon Star In A Honky Tonk"
Jan Bradley – Mama Didn't Lie is on "Birth Of Soul Vol. 1" on Ace
“A many-fabled tune by a honey-toned crooner.”
Buck Owens (and the Buckaroos) – I'll Go To The Church Again With Momma is on his album "Dust On Mother's Bible". CD available from those splendid people at Sundazed.
Randy Newman – Mama Told Me Not to Come is on Randy's best of compilation "Lonely At The Top"
Bobby Peterson Quintet – Mama Get the Hammer there was a CD devoted to Bobby's work (this is called "Irresistible You", and was on the sadly defunct Relic label. Secondhand copies turn up from time to time), but for now, to the best of my knowledge this is only available on a CD called "Wild Rock 'N' Roll Howlers". 35 tracks for a tenner! I got my copy from Bob at Bim-Bam
J.B. Lenoir – Mama Talk to Your Daughter the original recording of this is on "The Parrot Sessions". The song was later re-done for Chess Records
Earl King – A Mother's Love Earl recorded this song more than once. The original was done for Specialty Records, and so far as I know is only on "Earl King 1953-1955" on the French label Classics.
Ruth Brown – Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean any Ruth Brown record is an adornment to the CD racks IMHO. A decent round-up is on "A Proper Introduction To Ruth Brown" amongst others. A different route is via "Atlantic R&B Vol. 2: 1952-1954"
Carl Smith – Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way this features on most collections of Carl Smith, so to name one, "The Essential Carl Smith 1950-1956"
Memphis Slim – Mother Earth this song was recorded several times, but the obvious place to start is "The Real Folk Blues" which collects together various Chess recordings.
Ernie K. Doe – Mother In Law is on "The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 7" on Ace. A wonderful series
Little Junior Parker – Mother In Law Blues to the best of my knowledge, this is not on any currently available CD. However, the good news is that it will feature on a disc called "The Earls Of Duke" (split with Bobby 'Blue' Bland) due out in April/May in Europe, and as an import in the US.
“First thing Merle remembers is a whistle blowin,” like so many of us all.”
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried is on a book format 4-disc set called "Down Every Road 1962-1994". This set contains all the Merle Haggard stuff Bob has played to my knowledge .
Jimmy McCracklin – Gonna Tell Your Mother appears on the Ace CD "Blues Blastin'" .
Rolling Stones – Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadows is on any decent Stones singles collection, such as "Forty Licks", or "Singles Collection: The London Years" .
Dirty Red – Mother Fuyer again, I don't think this is currently available. However, it can be found on various discs that seem to turn up reasonably regularly, such as "Urban Blues Vols. 1 & 2", "The Aladdin Records Story" etc. Mine is on the fourth in a series of two disc sets titled "The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll" put out by Charly in the 1990s
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out is on the album of the same name .

The Places
Kansas City
Whitney , TX
Sherman , TX
Bakersfield , CA
Chester , PA
Chicago
Memphis
Paris
San Quentin

The Movies/TV/Plays
Hee Haw
Black and Blue

Others singers and players
George E. Lee
Red Norvo
Benny Carter
Vick Dickinson
Bob Wills and the (Light Crust Doughboys) Texas Playboys
Curtis Mayfield
The Beatles
Dandy Don Rich
Three Dog Night
SunnyLand Slim
J.T. Brown
Alfred Wallace
Babe Ruth
June Carter
Johnny Cash
Zeus
Matt Guitar Murphy
Don Robey
The Blue Flames
Ronald Reagan
Hank Williams
Buck Owens
Lafayette Thomas
Memphis Minnie
Speckled Red

Other Songs
Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Sick, Sober, and Sorry
There's Not a Cow in Texas
Act Naturally
Don't Touch My Head
Mystery Train

Record Labels
V-Tone
Chess
JOB
Parrot
Checker
Specialty Records
Sun Records
Duke Records

Guests
Charlie Sheen
Penn Jilette (of Penn and Teller)

Drinking
(restaurant noises)
It's night time in the Big City
a Styrofoam coffee cup rolls across the street
two sailors get out of a cab
“The world of liquid libation, booze, sauce, hooch, white lightning fire water hard stuff pick me up gin and juice moonshine canned heat”

The Singers and The Songs
George Zimmerman and the Thrills – Ain't Got No Money to Pay for This Drink once again, not currently available to the best of my knowledge. Last disc it appeared on that I'm aware of was "Midnite Blues Party Vol. 2"
Wine, Wine, Wine – The Electric Flag (w/ guitarist Mike Bloomfield) is on their "A Long Time Comin'" album.
Loretta Lynn – Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' is on a three disc book format set called "Honky Tonk Girl". As with the Merle Haggard set above, this contains all the Loretta Lynn songs Bob has featured on Theme Time Radio Hour.
Porter Wagoner – Daddy and the Wine Its been a hard job trying to trace anything by Porter Wagoner on current CDs. What is available seems to be various compilations all centered around the same handful of songs (or his duets with Dolly Parton, or gospel material), so come on RCA et al, lets have a proper re-issue campaign of some of Porter's best albums. The only bright side to this is that the other two of his songs played by Bob are on CD. More on that when the time comes. Maybe Sundazed could do here what they have with Buck Owens' back catalogue? For the record, this track first appeared on the album "The Bottom Of The Bottle", but I haven't been able to find a trace of it now. Any help will be gratefully appreciated.
Mary Gauthier – I Drink is on her current album "Mercy Now"
Charles Aznavour – I Drink (“…sings in six languages – French, English, Italian. He's written over a thousand songs…I only know about half of them”) from one side of the musical fence to the other, this is on the old French smoothie's album "You And Me"
Jimmy Rogers – Sloppy Drunk not to be confused with either The Singing Brakeman (Jimmie Rodgers) or the rockabilly (Jimmie Rogers), this track by the great bluesman can be found on CD called "His Best".
Lonnie The Cat – I Ain't Drunk Lonnie (real name, Lonnie Cation) was backed by members of Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm during the recording of this track in March 1954. It appears on the Ace CD "Rhythm Rockin' Blues" (which is credited overall to Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm).
Johnny Tyler and his Riders of the Rio Grande – It Ain't Far to the Bar (“Western swing music: a mixture of country, cowboy, polka, and folk music, blended together with a jazzy swing, little bit of New Orleans jazz and blues. Got everything from a pedal steel to a bunch a saxophones.)” this features on a very fine Proper 4-CD set "Stompin' Singers And Western Swingers", which also contains at least three other songs played on TTRH, so a very high recommendation all round. This Tyler track can also be found on a CD devoted to the man called "Two Dozen Western Swing And Boogie Jewels" on the German based Cattle Compact imprint. These German discs, whilst not official CDs, can sometimes be found. On the internet, go to www.dagmar-anita-binge.de . This CD will turn up again later.
Hank Williams, Jr. / (Rockin' Randall) Bocephus – What's on the Bar is on his album "I'm One Of You" .
The Clovers – One Mint Julep one of the great black vocal tracks of the pre-rock 'n' roll era, this turns up on any Clovers CD worthy of the name. It can also be found, for instance, on "Atlantic R&B Vol. 1: 1947-1952" and numerous doo wop collections
The Andrews Sisters (Laverne, Maxine, and Patty) – Rum and Coca Cola check out pretty much any Andrews Sisters compilation, eg, "The Very Best Of The Andrews Sisters" for this, one of their most famous sides .
John Lee Hooker – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (“One of those guys that recorded under a thousand different names, John Booker being one, Johnnie Lee, The Boogie Boy…John Lee… one of those guys that always sounds better without a band...13 bars here, 11 bars there, 9 there… it doesn't matter to him. Nobody can do more with less than John Lee Hooker. A band's gotta hold on for dear life just to keep up.)” this is a mid-60s recording made for Chess. It can be found on "The Best Of John Lee Hooker 1965 to 1974" etc (european fans may need to buy this disc from the US, as it appears to be deleted over here).
Charlie Walker – Who Will Buy The Wine is on his "Greatest Honky Tonk Hits"
Betty Hall Jones – Buddy Stay Off That Wine see "The Complete Recordings 1947-1954"
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Maken – Whiskey, You're the Devil is on their second album "Come Fill Your Glass With Us: Irish Songs Of Drinking & Blackguarding". My copy is on the Tradition label, but there may be more than one issue floating around .

The Places
Butcher Hollow, KY
Kansas City
Boston
Elmo's Bar
The Grand Ole Opry
Texas
Las Vegas
Topeka , KS
Tipperary , Ireland
Clarksdale , MS

The Restaurants
The Dixie Kitchen

The Movies/TV Shows
The Lost Weekend
Coal Miners' Daughter
The Ed Sullivan Show

Others singers and players
Stick McGhee
Brownie McGhee
Sissy Spacek
Crystal Gale
Muddy Waters
Ike Turner
King's of Rhythm
The Cheatin' Hearts
Maury Amsterdam
Rupert Grant (Lord Invader)
The Cowboy Ramblers
Rolling Stones
MC Hammer
(Free Masons) –
Roy Akoff
Eddie Arnold
Grandpa Jones
Pee Wee King
Little Johnny Jenkins
Roy Clark
Joe Edwards
Charlie Louvin
Hattie Williams
Roy Milton and his Solid Senders
Tommy Makem
James Bond (Sean Connery)
JFK

Other Songs
Close All the Honky Tonks
Honky Tonk Season
Honky Tonk Women

The Record Labels
Atlantic Records
The Liquid Libations
Rheingold Beer
Cheap Wines:
Night Train
Mad Dog 20/20
Ripple
Thunderbird

Guests
Jimmy Kimmel
Penn Jillette
Liam Clancy
The Recipes
Bob's Mint Julep Recipe:
4 mint sprigs
2 ½ ounces of bourbon (“I prefer 3”)
1 T powdered sugar
1 T water
Put the mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a Collins glass. Fill with shaved or crushed ice. Top with bourbon and more ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.
“Two or three of those and anything sounds good!”
Bob's Rum and Coke Recipe:
1 tall glass, filled with ice
2 fingers of Bombay rum
1 bottle of Coca Cola
“Shake it up well and go drink it in the sunshine!”

Baseball
(car noises)
It's NIGHT in the big city
somewhere a car alarm goes off
a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag
“Tonight we're going to head out to the field of dreams, schemes and themes.”

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
Verse 1

NELLY KELLY LOVED BASEBALL GAMES,
KNEW THE PLAYERS, KNEW ALL THEIR NAMES,
YOU COULD SEE HER THERE EV'RY DAY, SHOUT "HURRAY!" WHEN THEY'D PLAY.
HER BOY FRIEND BY THE NAME OF JOE, SAID, "TO CONEY ISLE DEAR, LET'S GO."
THEN NELLY STARTED TO FRET AND POUT, AND TO HIM I HEARD HER SHOUT:

Chorus 1

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, TAKE ME OUT WITH THE CROWD;
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK,
I DON'T CARE IF I EVER GET BACK,
LET ME ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM,
IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME;
FOR IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES, YOU'RE OUT AT THE OLD BALL GAME

Verse 2

NELLIE KELLY WAS SURE SOME FAN, SHE WOULD ROOT JUST LIKE A NY MAN,
TOLD THE UMPIRE HE WAS WRONG, ALL ALONG, GOOD AND STRONG.
WHEN THE SCORE WAS JUST TWO TO TWO, NELLY KELLY KNEW WHAT TO DO.
JUST TO CHEER UP THE BOYS SHE KNEW, SHE MADE THE GANG SING THIS SONG.

Chorus 2

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, TAKE ME OUT WITH THE CROWD;
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK,
I DON'T CARE IF I EVER GET BACK,
LET ME ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM,
IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME;
FOR IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES, YOU'RE OUT AT THE OLD BALL GAME

The Singers and The Songs
The Skeletons – Take Me Out to the Ball Game this is on their album "In The Flesh", which is currently unavailable. Secondhand copies seem reasonably regular though.
Mabel Scott – Baseball Boogie this is on "Jiving Jamboree Vol. 3" on Ace. There is also a Mabel Scott 1938-1950 CD on Classics for those with deeper interest in this chanteuse.
Chance Halladay – Home Run “In the 50's, every red blooded American boy either wanted to play baseball, or be Elvis Presley. Here's a rockabilly song by Chance Halladay that combines the best of both worlds”. a nice slice of mid-paced rockabilly, this appears on "Slow Boogie Rockin' Vol. 1" on the Dutch based Collector Records.
Johnny Darling - Baseball Baby is on "Voo Vee Ah Bee: King Vocal Groups Vol. 2" on Ace
Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Baseball Canto "Baseball Canto" can be had, on its own, from the Poetry Center website for free. Just right click on the link and select download.
Cowboy Copas – Three Strikes and You're Out one of King Records big artists in the late 40s and early 50s. This is on "Hillbilly Bop 'N' Boogie: King/Federal Roots Of Rockabilly 1944-1956" on Ace (again).
Sister Wynona Carr – The Ball Game this can be found on a compilation called "Baseball's Greatest Hits". Alternatively, for more dedicated fans it can be found on a Carr CD called "Dragnet For Jesus", which has to be one of the greatest titles ever.
Buddy Johnson – Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball is on a Johnson CD called "Jukebox Hits 1940-1951" and also on an Ace disc called "Walk 'Em: The Decca Sessions".
Les Brown and His Orchestra (Les Brown and His Band Of Renown) – (With Betty Bonney) – Joltin' Joe DiMaggio is another track to be found on "Baseball's Greatest Hits".
Billy Bragg & Wilco –Joe DiMaggio's Done It Again features on "Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2", the second collboration between these two on various Woody Guthrie scraps.
Teddy Brannon Orchestra – Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball I'd really appreciate info on where to find this on CD (or as an MP3 in extremis). I have located a download here , but its only in Real Player format, which does limit the usefulness.
Sonny Rollins – Newk's Fadeaway is on "Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet". I believe Rollins made more than one disc with the MJQ; this one is on Prestige/Original Jazz Classics, and has a front cover of Rollins blowing his horn, all in a tasteful yellow colour.
The Treniers – Say Hey is the third song drawn from "Baseball's Greatest Hits". Its also on a Treniers disc, "They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! .
Sam Bush – The Wizard Of Oz appears on Sam's album "King Of My World" .
Ry Cooder – 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium is on Cooder's concept album "Chavez Ravine".
Damn Yankee/1955 Original Broadway Cast – Heart is from the musical/film "Damn Yankees". The soundtrack to this is avilable as either version, but from what I've read the ones to choose from are either the Original Broadway Cast (not the 1994 revival) or the Movie soundtrack. Both of these feature Gwen Verdon in the pivotal role, so check for her name on the cover.

The Places
Club Al
Los Angeles
San Francisco
City Lights Bookstore
New York
Broadway
Washington , D.C.
Chavez Ravine

Others singers and players
Jimmy Lunsford Orchestra
Patsy Cline
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Allen Ginsberg
Abbot and Costello
Woody Guthrie
Willie Mays
Ted Williams – The Splendid Splinter
Babe Ruth – The Sultan of Swat
Ty Cobb -- The Georgia Peach
Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown
Faust
Gwen Verdon
Ray Walston
Ted Nugent
Styx

The Record Labels
King Records
OK Records
Guests
Charlie Sheen

“I'm gonna head on back to the dugout, see if I can find myself a relief pitcher.”

Coffee
(diner noises)
It's night time in the Big City
pizza parlor is locking up
a drunken security guard drops his flashlight
"Full of caffeinated dreams, schemes, and themes"

The Singers and The Songs
The Ink Spots – Java Jive this song is on pretty much any Ink Spots collection around. Which you choose depends on how much Ink Spots you want.
Jerry Irby – One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette – “…one of those guys who went from hillbilly to rockabilly” probably best known in the version by Glen Glenn, this is on "Jerry Irby" on the Collectibles label.
Frank Sinatra – The Coffee Song is on the album "Ring A Ding Ding"
Squeeze – Black Coffee In Bed – “A lot of people compared songwriters Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook to Lennon and McCartney…but they were much younger.” is on their "Greatest Hits" .
Otis Redding – Cigarettes and Coffee is on the great man's "The Soul Album" .
Curtis Gordon – Caffeine and Nicotine “He had a sound that was kind of like a mix of honky tonk and western swing but with a freer, looser, more vibrant singin style.” features on a Bear Family CD "Play The Music Louder".
Lefty Frizzell – Cigarettes and Coffee Blues this song appears on several Lefty collections, eg, "Look What Thoughts Will Do", "20 Golden Hits", or "That's The Way Life Goes". Unfortunately, none of these contain the other Lefty song featured in TTRH (in the divorce edition). That only seems to be on an expensive Bear Family set "Life's Like Poetry" although I haven't searched through every disc on-line.
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins – Coffee Blues “Another name for manic depression is the blues…” yet another song with more than one recording, the first version is on an inexpensive 4-CD JSP set called "All The Classics 1946-1951". A later version is on an Ace CD compiling two Prestige/Bluesville albums, "Blues In My Bottle/Walking This Road By Myself".
Scatman Crothers – Keep That Coffee Hot can be found on "I Want To Rock 'N' Roll" .
The Larks – Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears is available on a Collectibles 2-CD set collecting the groups recordings for Apollo, but is just as easily found on yet another low price 4-CD Proper set "The Dawn Of Doo Wop" .
Bobby Darin (Robert Walden Cassotto) – Black Coffee may be found on, eg, "Mack The Knife: The Best Of Bobby Darin Vol. 2" in the Atlantic + Atco Masters series .
Sexmith and Kerr (Ron Sexmith, Don Kerr) – Raindrops In My Coffee is on the album "Destination Unknown".
Blur – Coffee and TV “You know, at one time coffee was believed to be the drink of the devil. When Pope Vincent III heard about this, he decided to taste the drink before banning it. In fact, he enjoyed coffee so much he wound up baptizing it, stating ‘Coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. I also feel that way about coffee. And about TV. And about Blur…” is on their album "13", or might possibly be found on a s/h CD single.
Ella Mae Morse – Forty Cups of Coffee turns up on many collections of her work. The one I have is "The Very Best Of Ella Mae Morse" on the Collectibles label.
Glen Miller Orchestra – Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee not an especially well known Miller piece. My main aim here was to find a cheap-ish disc which also contained the other (much easier to find) item played on Theme Time Radio Hour, Pennsylvania 6-5000, as a little Glenn Miller goes a fair distance for me (sorry to all his fans). Eventually I did succeed, and the set is called "Golden Greats". It's a 3-CD collection on Disky

The Places
Lake Monona
Madison , WI
Moultrie , GA
Nashville , TN
Los Angeles

The Commercials
Maxwell House
Folgers

The Movies and Musicals
Coffee and Cigarettes (Voices of Tom Waits and Iggy Pop)
The Wild Bunch
Face The Music

Other Singers and Players
Billy Kenny
Charlie Fuqua
Deke Watson
Hoppy Jones
The Brown Dots
Juan Valdez
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand – on the perfect cup of coffee: Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.
Johnny Jenkins and the Pine Toppers
Steve Cropper
Marty Robbins
Abbot and Costello
Flat and Scruggs
Sonny and Cher
Pope Vincent III
Voltaire
Irving Berlin

Other Songs
Secret Heart

The Record Labels
Campo Records
Reprise
Stax Records
The Poets
Henry Ward Beecher
The Guests
Billy Vera
Waldon Robert passato

Jail
(prison noises)
It's night time in the Big City
a truck driver runs a red light
a strange quiet man practices tae chi in a park
“The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir”

The Singers and the Songs
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues is on nearly every Cash anthology in one form or another. It also appears on "Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar".
Magic Sam – 21 Days in Jail is on "With A Feeling: The Complete Cobra, Chief & Crash Recordings".
Bessie Smith – Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair The Essential Bessie Smith .
Warren Storm – Prisoner's Song – “ A little bit of swamp pop from Louisiana…which fused R & B, Country, Cajun, and Creole, a real Brasshopper mixture. And just like Ringo, he's a singing drummer.” I was surprised how much trouble it was to trace this one. The easiest place to find the 1958 original recording appears to be a compilation called "Swamp Gold Vol. 1". Any further info welome.
The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang is on any of "Learning To Crawl", "The Singles" or "Greatest Hits".
Andre Williams – Jail Bait is on "Mr Rhythm" .
Cannon's Jug Stompers – Prison Wall Blues “Gus Cannon, one of the best-known of all jug band musicians, made himself a special harness, so he could wear his jug around his neck and play banjo at the same time.” options here include "The Complete Works 1927-1930", "The Best Of Cannon's Jug Stompers" (both on Yazoo), or, on JSP, there is a box set containing the complete works of The Memphis Jug Band and Cannon's Jug Stompers. Search under the former name for this.
Kenny Lane and His Bulldogs – Columbus Stockade Blues A rare item to track down; this can be found on an unofficial CD called "Ultra Rare Fortune And Hi-Q". I got my copy of this from Bim-Bam .
Joe Simon – Nine Pound Steel is on "Monument Of Soul, a collection of Simon's singles on that label. Good stuff!
Jimmy Patton – Okie's in the Pokie “A thick slab of rockabilly madness...soundin' funky drunk and full steam ahead.” can be found on the Bear Family disc "Rockin' & Boppin' In The Desert: Arizona Rockabilly Vol. 1 .
John Prine – Christmas in Prison features on "Great Days: The John Prine Anthology ".
Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers) – In the Jailhouse Now first appeared on the band's debut album "The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet". There is now also available a 2-disc collection called "The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet. .
The Mississippi Sheiks (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon), – Jailbird Love Song is on several discs, eg, "The Essential Mississippi Sheiks", a 2-CD set from Document, the same company's "Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1", or "Stop & Listen" on Yazoo.
Wanda Jackson – Riot In Cell Block #9 “An atomic fireball of a lady.” Wanda's version of the Robins' Classic can be found on "Queen Of Rockabilly" on Ace, For Example.
Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home as mentioned previously, this is on the set "Down Every Road 1962-1994".
Hurricane Harry – Last Meal I have this wonderful song on a now deleted set "The Okeh Rhythm 'N' Blues Story 1949-1957". It doesn't seem to be available elsewhere at present, though information to the contrary is, as always, most welcome. Amazon.com does have a couple of s/h copies listed when I looked just now .

* I've just found that this song appears on an unofficial CD called "Okeh For Rock & Roll". See Programme #21: School for more on how to obtain this.

Other Songs and Albums
Bacon Fat
The Greasy Chicken
Froggie Went A- Courtin'
Sweet Revenge

The Places
Represa , CA
San Quentin
Mississippi Delta
Louisiana
Chicago
Detroit
Beale Street
Memphis
The Red Light
The Blue Light
The Hole in the Wall
The Monarch
Tennessee
Columbus , OH
Oklahoma
Maywood , IL
San Antonio , TX
England
Jackson , MS
Maud , OK

The Record Labels
Sun Records
Bluebird

Other Singers, Players, etc.
Merle Haggard
Willie Dixon
The Rainbow Ramblers
The Wee-Wows
Ringo
Preston Sturgis
Robert Stroud , “We sure could use him now with the bird flu.”
William Shakespeare
“Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of these worldly bars,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself.”
Jug bands
Dan Penn
Will Rogers
Harry Truman
Nelson Mandela – “In my country we go to jail first, and then become President.”
Charles Bukowski -- I don't like jail, they got the wrong kinda bars in there.”
Kris Kristofferson
Huey P. Meaux
Hank Williams
The Don Juans
Caryl Chessman
Ted Bundy
Joan Of Arc
Victor Feuger
Last Meals

The Movies/Shows/Plays
The Shawshank Redemption
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Cool Hand Luke
Sullivan's Travels
Julius Caesar
The Don Juans
Caryl Chessman
Ted Bundy
Joan Of Arc
Victor Feuger
White Heat

Guests
Pete Wolf
Merle Haggard

Famous Electric Chairs
Old Sparky (FL)
Gruesome Gerty (LA)
“They don't have any electric chairs anymore, they threw them out. And even if they did, I don't think they'd name them."

Fathers
(subway noises)
It's night time in the Big City
a nightshift nurse smokes the last cigarette in her pack
a married couple has a late night snack

Singers and Songs
Horace Silver Quintet-Song for my Father Bob played a short excerpt from this at the head of the show. It is on the album of the same name.
Jimmy Rodgers “The Singing Brakeman, The Yodeling Cowboy, The Father of Country Music”-Daddy at Home this song appears on "The Essential Jimmie Rodgers" for a single disc solution. There are also complete editions of Rodgers' output on JSP and Bear Family.
Shep and the Limeliters-Daddy's Home this track appears on numerous doo wop collections, including Rhino's "Doo Wop Box". There is also a CD (called "Daddy's Home") which collects together the output of Shep & The Limelites together with leader James "Shep" Shepperd's previous group, The Heartbeats. That group had a hit with the song "A Thousand Miles Away" to which reference is made at the close of Daddys Home.
* note: this track also features on "Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 9"
Everly Bros. (Don and Phil)-That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine is on their album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us", re-issued on Ace.
Bobby Blue Bland-Dust Got into Daddy's Eyes this is a fabulous song, and it breaks my heart that it isn't presently available. Last outing was on a 2-CD set called "Turn On Your Love Light" The Duke Years Vol. 2" released by MCA (which I just got a copy of...yay!!). From the evidence seen on Amazon UK marketplace, this can now sell for truly silly money, let's hope that this material will return soon at a decent price.
Julie London “Smokey and sultry”-Daddy I have this sassy performance on "The Best Of Julie London: The Liberty Years". This is the version played by Bob, but there is a different version on a CD combining two of her albums, "Julie/Love On The Rocks". .
John Hiatt-Your Dad Did is on the album "Bring The Family".
The Sons of the Pioneers-My Daddy this was a transcription disc recorded for radio broadcast rather than a regular release, and so far as I know is only on Bear Family's box set "Songs Of The Prairie". A shame, as the high cost will deter some, and it deserves a wider audience in my opinion .
The Winstons-Color Him Father I'm not sure of the availability of this now, but it was on "Soul Hits Of The 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 1" (which incidentally also contains another TTRH feature). The song has been recorded by this group more than once I believe
Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell -Papa's on the Housetop this features on "The Best Of Leroy Carr" on Columbia/Legacy, and on volume 3 of Document's complete Carr edition (currently only available as a download, or so it would seem). Other places too no doubt.
Jack Rhodes “The Rabid Vampire” -Mama loves Papa, Papa Loves the Women I stumbled upon this by accident after coming up empty while searching in a record shop. It is on a 2-CD set "Hillbilly Bop, Boogie And The Honky Tonk Blues Vol. 2 1951-1953" on the Jasmine label out of the Czech Republic. Volume 1 is great too!
The Temptations “Lighter than air”-Papa was a Rolling Stone like the Stevie Wonder song in Programme #1, this is on a vast host of Temptations and general Motown compilations.
Lowell Folsom-Father Time this track was recorded for Chess, but not released at the time. It appeared on the now deleted two disc set "The Complete Chess Masters".
The Swan Silvertones -Father Alone featuring Rev. Claude Jeter wonderful stuff; one of the final things they did for the King label before moving on to Specialty. This is on a two disc set called "1946-1951" on the Acrobat label.
Ross McManus-Patsy's Girl a slight deviation from the programme's theme, its inclusion was justified by a chat Bob had with Elvis Costello, who is of course the son of Ross McManus. To date I haven't been able to locate a source for this
Hank Williams(Luke the Drifter)-My Son Calls Another Man Daddy “The Battle of the Bulge of all songs” a great song to end the programme with, this is on several editions of the complete Hank Williams currently floating about from different labels.

Other Singers and Groups
Steely Dan-Ricky Don't Lose That Number
Shep and the Heartbeats
Gene Autry
Ike Everly
Bobby Troop
Ry Cooter
Nick Lowe
Jimmy Keltner
Bonnie Raitt
Bob Nolan
The Lonestar Buddies
Leon Payne
Norman Whitfield
Barron Strong
Texas Alexander
Ray Charles

Other Songs
A Thousand Miles away and a Free Ride
Route 66
Thing Called Love
Tumbling Tumbleweed
Cool Water
I Love Her Because
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
Rolling Stone
Lost Highway

Other Folks
Tex Avery
Martin Sheen
Richard Spencer
Buddha
Derek Jeter
Johnny Depp
Carl Marx
Frederick Dumas

Cartoons
Red Hot Riding Hood “A real cream-puff”

Guests
Charlie Sheen
Elvis Costello
Record Labels
Duke Records
Curtom
Motown
Chess

Movies and TV
Martin Sheen “Free Radical, Atomic Molecule of an actor” Movie Excerpt
Christopher Walken Movie Excerpt
Leave it to Beaver
Places
Washington DC
Tulsa , OK
California
Paris
The Grand Ole Opry

Marriage
(talking at a wedding)
It's night time in the Big City
a man buys a pack of gum, steals a nail clipper
2 pairs of sneakers are strung over a phone line
“It's the month of June and that means church bells are ringing all over this great land of ours….strap yourself in and get me to the church on time!”

The Songs and Singers
Fred Rich and His Orchestra-Wedding Bells Broke Up That Old Gang of Mine “Put the heat on and the needles in” not currently available so far as I'm aware. Last known disc is "That's What I Call Sweet Music: American Dance Orchestras Of The 1920s" which fetches a tidy sum on the secondhand market.
Prince La La (Lawrence Nelson)-Sending Out Invitations another sadly unavailable song, this last appeared I believe on the EMI Box set "The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul". It deserves better.
Darlene Love and The Blossoms-(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Going to Marry is on the Phil Spector box set "Back To Mono 1958-1969", and perhaps on other Spector collections.
Ry Cooter-Married Man's a Fool is on his "Paradise And Lunch" album.
Laura Lee-Wedlock is a Padlock I found this on a collection called "Women's Love Rights: The Hot Wax Anthology" .
Dave Edmunds-I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock n' Roll (from the album “Get It”) “Funky, Fusty, Noisome, Putrid, Rank and Reeking Reeky Sound. Stenchful and Stinking. Bad and Foul. Nauseating and Decomposed. Fuggy and Rotten.” (Bob means that all in a good way.) Bob seems to have a soft spot for the Dave Edmunds/Nick Lowe axis, as they have popped up several times in one guise or another. There are a number of Edmunds anthologies, the best perhaps being "Chronicles".
Etta James-Stop the Wedding this turns up on most collections of Etta's Chess recordings (though not necessarily all).
Ann Cole-Don't Stop the Wedding from the originator of Got My Mojo Working (and very fine that is too - worth seeking out in its own right) comes this answer to Etta's record above. I first got this on a CD cringe-worthily called "Was That Your Vinyl Answer?" (though the disc mistakenly credits it to Anna King, who does the previous track), but it also appears on "Birth Of Soul Vol. 3" on the ever-wonderful Ace label.
Roy Brown- Fannie Brown Got Married “A tornado of a singer.” from Roy's Specialty days comes this from the ongoing saga of Fannie Brown which began way back in 1947; the present recording is from 1954! Why don't people do that kind of thing anymore, eh. The track can be found on Ace Records' "Mighty, Mighty Man!" round-up of Roy's Specialty output, or on the previously mentioned (prog #4) "Jiving Jamboree Vol. 3" on the same label.
Rosemary Clooney-Get Me to the Church on Time” appears on "The Buddy Cole And Nelson Riddle Sessions".
Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande-I'm a Married Man is on the previously mentioned German CD "Two Dozen Western Swing And Boogie Jewels". See Prog #3: Drinking for more details on this.
Jimmy Cavallo-Leave Married Women Alone “consequential, meaningful, weighty, basic, essential and fundamental” is on a collection called "Rock The Joint! The Jimmy Cavallo Collection 1951-1973".
Big Joe Turner - Married Woman a.k.a. Married Woman Blues dates from before Big Joe's Atlantic period. I have it on a modestly priced JSP box set "All The Classic Hits 1938-1952" . The less committed to Joe's cause might prefer to seek elsewhere.
Frank Sinatra-Love and Marriage was a single-only release during Sinatra's Capitol period. I have it on a book form set called " The Complete Capitol Singles Collection", but it can also be found on "The Best Of Frank Sinatra: The Capitol Years" (note to UK browsers, on Amazon this US import CD is listed as "The Best Of Capital"). D'OH!!! .
Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright - The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man mistakenly credited for unknown reasons on Theme Time Radio Hour (and on a host of internet sites following on from that) to Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, this song can be found on "Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937", a beautifully presented 2-CD set on Old Hat. The same set also contains the Jim Jackson track played in the Food edition of TTRH.
Llyod Price- Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day) appears on most compilations of Price's later work, though in my opinion most of the currently available discs sell the customer very short, as they only contain about 10 to 12 tracks. A no longer available disc called "Greatest Hits" did much better in this regard, but will understandably cost more on the secondhand market.

Other Singers and Songs
Dorsey Bros.
Joe Venutti
Bunny Barrigan
Benny Goodman
“Who Shot the La La?”
Delores Ferguson
Phil Spector and His Wall of Sound
“Zippity Doo Da”
“It's Christmas Baby, Please Come Home”
Minnie Perle- “Getting Married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water; after you get in it's not so hot.”
Rodney Dangerfield-”My wife and I were happy for 20 years, then we met.”
Blind Willie McTell a.k.a Georgia Bill, Red Hot Willie Glaze, Blind Sammy, Barrelhouse Sammy, Pig and Whistle Red
Meditation Singers
“Uptight Good Man”
Holland/Dozer/Holland
“Woman's Love Rights”
“Rip Off”
“If You Can Beat Me Rockin‘, You Can Have My Chair”
Nick Lowe
Johnny Cash
“Never Can Tell”
Chuck Berry
“Got My Mojo Working”
“Good Rockin' Tonight”
Zsa Zsa Gabor “A mechanism of evolution.” “She's been married so many times she's got rice marks on her face”
Phillipe Alba
Conrad Hilton
George Clooney
Mae West
Big Joe Turner
“The Big Beat”
Stan Laurel
King Solomon
Irving Berlin
“Shake Rattle and Roll”
Sammy Kahn
James Van Heuston?
Charlie Parker
Mac Woolright?
Fats Domino
“Personality”

Places
Randolph Co., NC
Korea

Guest
Mike Birbilia

Movies and TV
Lil' Abner
Intolerable Cruelty
Raising Arizona
Rock, Rock, Rock
Our Town

Fun Facts
June is the most popular month to get married
Average number of guests at a wedding is 178 (Bob doesn't think he knows 178 people!)
800,000 Japanese brides spend 60 billion dollars every year

Record Labels
Vocalion
O.K.
Blue Bird
Columbia
Atlantic
Regal
Chess
Hot Wax
Roulette
Baton
King

Poems
Marriage-Gregory Corso
“Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”
Shakespeare

Divorce
(shouting boxing match?)
It's night time in the Big City
a woman watches her neighbor through binoculars
a cat knocks over a lamp

Singers and Songs
Tammy Wynette-D.I.V.O.R.C.E “This song is a rolling buzz” there are many anthologies of Tammy Wynette - just a couple might be "Anniversary: Twenty Years Of Hits", or "20 Greatest Hits". The original album of this name is not currently available.
George Jones-The Grand Tour “a rip-snorter of a song” a former husband of Tammy of course. The amount of Jones CDs is phenomenal, but even so, tracking some of the songs Bob has featured on TTRH (and there have been many, more than any other artist I think) has not been straightforward. This song, along with a couple of others, features on a fine 2-disc collection called "The Essential George Jones: The Spirit Of Country Music". Doubtless there are other sources too.
Tommy Tucker-Alimony is Killing Me the man best known for Hi-Heeled Sneakers is pitifully under-represented at present. Yep, this is yet another non-available track. Last seen on a CD called "Hi-Heel Sneakers".
Jerry “The Guitar Man” Reed-She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft is on "The Essential Jerry Reed".
T-Bone Walker-Alimony Blues this features on either a 2-disc set, "The Complete Imperial Recordings" or a single CD "Best Of The Black & White And Imperial Years". Both are a similar price.
Mattox Bros. and Sister Rose-Pay me Alimony this jaunty song is to be found on, eg, "A Proper Introduction To The Maddox Brothers & Rose" on Proper, or "The Maddox Brothers & Rose - Vol. 1: America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band" on Arhoolie.
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Alimony Blues options here include a 4-disc JSP box called "Honk For Texas", and "Kidney Stew Blues: A Proper Introduction To Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson".
Doris Duke-Divorce Decree is on "I'm A Loser" on Kent
Hank Snow "The Singing Ranger"-Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law hardbitten fans will want "The Singing Ranger Vol. 1: 1949-1953" one of a series of such sets issued by Bear Family, less expensive options for the rest include such as "I've Been Everywhere: The Hank Snow Story", "Country Music Legends" and "A Proper Introduction To Hank Snow".
Huey Smith and the Clowns-Alimony this doesn't appear to be on disc at the moment. Last known appearance for me is on "That'll Get It: Even More Of The Best".
Merle Travis-Divorce Me C.O.D "Hot Pickin".
The Drifters-Mexican Divorce see "All Time Greatest Hits And More 1959-1965". A terrific compilation of perhaps the Drifters' finest period in their long history.
Kitty Wells-Will Your Lawyer Talk to God for You? can be found on the imaginatively titled "The Collection".
Loretta Lynn-Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be. is on the previously mentioned set "Honky Tonk Girl".
William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell-You Can't Divorce My Heart to the best of my knowledge, this is only on the Bear Family box set "Life's Like Poetry".
June Christy With Pete Rugolo - Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore this is on June's album "Something Cool". However, a note of caution; it is the, now deleted, 1991 issue of this that you need to look at, which had 13 additional songs from the sessions added to the original 11 - the song in question is one of those extras. The new edition of this CD has dropped those extras in favour of offering both mono and stereo versions of the original eleven tracks.

Other Singers and Songs
Elvis
Sammy Davis Jr.
The Grateful Dead
Pharaoh Sanders
Gene Vincent
Will Rodgers
Johnny Carson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Les Hite Orchestra
Chuck Berry
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Gene Vincent-Crazy Legs
"Guitar Man"
"When You're Hot, You're Hot"
"Tupelo, MS Flash"
"Stormy Monday"
"Tune Up"
"Four"
"I'm Moving On"
"The Golden Rocket"
"I Don't Hurt Anymore"
"Ninety-Nine Miles an Hour Down a Deadend Street"
"Fool Such as I"
Lil' Richard
"Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu"
“Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette”
"16 Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Johnny Carosn
Katharine Hepburn
Richard Burton
Marilyn Monroe
Clyde McFadden
Benny King
Rudy Lewis
Johnny Moore
Bill Pinkney
“Honky Tonk Angels”
“Paying for that Back Street Affair”
Pasty Cline
Tammy Wynette
Loretta Lynn
Ray Benson
“Our Hearts are Holding Hands”
“Sweet Things”
“Whose Gonna Take the Garbage Out”
Merle Haggard
“ I Love You 100 Ways”
“If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time”
“Always Late With Your Kisses”
“Saginaw, Michigan”
“Long Black Veil”
Willie Nelson
Jimmy Kimmell
Stan Kenton Orchestra
“Something Cool”

Guest
Jenny Lewis

Places
Tupelo, MS
Canada
New Orleans
Kentucky
Palm Beach
Mexico
Juarez
Springfield, Illinois

Movies
What a Way to Go ?

Fun Facts
44% of all marriages end in Divorce
Largest divorce settlement on record-874 million
$30,000 average cost of divorce services

"Dreams, Schemes and Themes on the American Scene"

Summer
It's night time in the Big City
angry prostitutes fight over a street corner
a man gets drunk and shaves off his moustache
“Time to open up the fire hydrants and have a party in the streets, ‘cause it's summertime”

The Singers and the Songs
Billy Stewart – Summertime is on "One More Time: The Chess Years", or compilation "Chess Club Rhythm & Soul" etc.
Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues “A song recorded many times by many people, but I don't think that any of them did it half as good as the man who wrote it.” is on pretty much every Cochran collection going, as well as many generic rock 'n' roll compilations.
Martha & The Vandellas– (Love Is Like A) Heatwave as with the Temptations and Stevie Wonder tracks earlier on, this classic is on immense numbers of Motown collections.
Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiins – Heat Wave I had thought the only source for this was a now deleted CD called "Honolulu To Hollywood", but some googling tonight has turned up an Australian Record label, Cumquat Records who have a number of Hawaiian CDs in their lists. The relevant one for us is called "Tropical Heatwave Vol. 1" which contains not only this song, but the other Sol K. Bright item featured on TTRH, namely Hawaiian Cowboy.
* a note: having ordered a copy of the Cumquat CD, I can say, first, that it is generally very good. Noise reduction is on the lower end of the interventionist scale, but the crackle-level not offensive. Unfortunately, it has to be reported that a defective copy of Heatwave appears to have been used. There are a couple of what sound like cuts, where the transfer engineer may have chopped a fraction of a second out. Any reason for this has to be speculation on my part; maybe the record jumped at those points. In any case, this is not something I recalled from TTRH. I was able to locate another internet radio station playlist, and take a listen to the track - taken, it is claimed, from the "Honolulu To Hollywood" disc. This version does NOT have these defects, so I have to recommend holding out for a copy of this disc as a first choice. There is a lot of good stuff on the Australian issue though for Hawaiian enthusiasts.
Bobby Hebb – Sunny this song features on quite a number of compilations, including Ace's "Chartbusters USA Vol. 2". Bobby's own "Sunny" album is also on CD should you wish to go that far.
Fatso Bentley – June-teenth Jamboree is another of those records lacking in wide availability. The only source I'm aware of is a set called "Jukebox Swing: The Best Of Swing-O-Rama".
*note:the individual volumes of the Swing-O-Rama set can be had on their own. For those who might prefer that route, this song can be found on volume 3.
Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley – So Nice “What would summertime be without a Samba?” is on a couple of Gilberto anthologies, such as "Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour".
Van Morrison – Youth of 1,000 Summers is from Van's album "Enlightenment". Unfortunately, much of his catalogue seems to be deleted at time of writing. Hopefully, new editions are in the pipeline
Mr. Sad Head – Hot Weather Blues “One of my favorite names in all of music…He could have called himself Heavy-hearted Head, Melancholy Head, Mournful Head, or Sorrow Head, Unhappy Head, Blue Head, or Dejected Head, Down Head or Dispirited head, but instead, he called himself Mr. Sad Head. It fits better on the label.” this is not currently available to the best of my knowledge. Last known outing was on "Rock 'N' Roll Party Vol. 1: The Early 50s" which commands quite high secondhand prices.
Lovin' Spoonful – Summer in the City “Let's get it goin!” there are quite a few Lovin' Spoonful best of albums about. This track is however, also on a disc mentioned before in this section, ie, "Chartbusters USA Vol. 2" on Ace.
Prince Buster (Cecil Campbell) – Too Hot “He was a boxer when he was young, but gave it up to follow his musical dreams, he had great success and didn't have to take a haymaker to the jaw. This song Too Hot is not referring to the weather but to the state of Kingston in 1967, as rude boy violence raged on and police cowered under the onslaught and the government threatened to bring in the army to restore order.” great song. This is on "Fabulous Greatest Hits".
Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime there are many inexpensive compilations of this band's hits. However, avoid one called "All The Hits And More", as these are re-recorded versions
John Brim – Ice Cream Man this is on "1950-1953" on Classics, has been on a few Chess compilations recently, and also puts in an appearance on a UK CD, "Tom Waits' Jukebox".
Dave Alvin – Fourth of July is on "King Of California".
Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun in the Summertime “The band really was a family affair, with his brother Fred on guitar, his sister Rosie on piano, and other assorted family members helping out. Sly disappeared for a bunch a years, but he recently showed up on the Grammies. Welcome back Sly.” is on "The Essential Sly & The Family Stone" or "Greatest Hits".

Other Singers, Players, Etc.
The Gershwin Brothers
Bo Diddley
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Bill Akamuhou
Irving Berlin
Anton Chekov
JFK
Harold Hebb (Bobby Hebb's brother who died in a knife fight)
Roy Akoff
Aristotle
Stan Getz
Tennessee Williams “One of my favorite play-writes, not to be confused with…”
Tennessee Ernie Ford
John Sebastian
Dave Van Ronk
Dirty Dozen Jug Band
The Mug Walks
The Mamas and The Papas
Gabe Caplin
Ray Dorset
Little Walter
Phil Alvin
The Blasters
The Knitters
Exene
John Doe
X

The Guests
Astrid Gilberto

The Record Labels
Motown

The Places
Honolulu
Texas
Bahai , Brazil
Greenwich Village
Kingston

Other Songs and Albums
Hawaiian Scotsman
Girl From Impanima
Enlightenment
The Poets
Emily Dickinson (Def Poetess)
Robert Louis Stevenson (Slightly Def Poet)
T.S. Elliot

The Movies, Shows, etc.
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Flirtation Walk
South Sea Rose
Grand Ole Opry
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sweet Bird of Youth
Welcome Back Kotter
Cats -- Andrew Lloyd Weber “I'd rather listen to Mungo Jerry
This show had lots of old time radio station jingles. One of them, with a little help from DJ Bob, goes: “Why is everybody listening to this DJ? Why is everybody mad about his style? For music that's best stay tuned to – Bob interjects: Theme Time Radio Hour! – for a while!”

“Just because the days are longer in the summer doesn't mean we can stay here longer than an hour. That means we gotta go. Some I'm gonna go out, sit on the bank by a clear river, throw my draperies off, water my lawn, tack up some mosquito netting, slice myself a watermelon, and just watch the mercury rise. They say the earth's warmin' up; be careful of that global warming, and wear your sunscreen. I'll see you all next week on Theme Time Radio Hour. Put on your shades.”

Flowers
It's night time in the Big City
outside the dogs are barking
a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag

“the most beautiful things on earth”

The Singers and The Songs
Bob Wills-The New San Antonio Rose is on many Bob Wills CDs, including, for example "The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947", or the modestly priced 4-CD "Take Me Back To Tulsa".
Friends of Distinction-Grazin' in the Grass can be found on their "Best Of" compilation, or its also on the (deleted but still reasonably available s/h) "Soul Hits Of The 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 1" disc mentioned in connection with the Winstons song in TTRH: Fathers prog.
George Jones-A Good Year for the Roses is on quite a few discs, including "The Essential George Jones: The Spirit Of Country Music" set mentioned before.
Paul Clayton-Bonny Bunch of Roses is from his album "British Broadside Ballads In Popular Tradition". I don't think this is available in the stores, but can be bought as either a custom CD from Folkways , or as an individual song (or complete album) download here .
Kim Shaddock and the Muffs-Laying on a Bed of Roses is from their album "Blonder And Blonder".
Luscious Venible Milinder (Lucky)-The Grapevine “Startin' to see Pink Elephants on that one…” I found this on another Proper issue, "Apollo Jump".
Duke Ellington-Tulip or Turnip “A song about Choices” this Duke curio dates from 1947. I found it on a Spanish CD, "The Complete Musicraft Recordings", which, it is claimed by an Amazon.com customer reviewer, is a "burn over" from a CD called "Happy Go Lucky Local". That disc is deleted, but there are several copies listed s/h. If the reviewers claim is correct, then obviously buying the deleted CD should be the correct course of action. An addendum to my comments on this. Having just obtained a copy of the "Happy Go Lucky Local" CD, my opinion is that the Spanish CD is not a "burnover" of this earlier disc as claimed at Amazon.com. It is undoubtedly the case that the same digital masters have been used by both transfer engineers (a small bit of surface noise at the beginning of "Overture To A Jam Session" proves that), but why should that be a problem? There are finite numbers of these rare 78s in existence, and every play will cause further wear. We can all be grateful to those collectors who allow their old records to be used for such purposes.
That said, there are four tracks appended to the end of the Spanish disc, which are from small group sessions. These are strangely poor in sound quality and should definitely be sourced on a CD called "Great Times" instead.
Tiny Tim- Tiptoe Through the Tulips “No one knew more about old music than Tiny Tim. He studied it and he loved it. He knew all the old songs that only existed as sheet music.” is on "God Bless Tiny Tim: The Complete Reprise Studio Masters And More".
The Carter Family (“The most influential group in country music history.”)-Wildwood Flower (Orig. written in 1860 called “I'll Twine with the Ringlets” as with Keep On The Sunny Side, this famous side by the Carter Family turns up on most collections of their work. "RCA Country Music Legends" is as good a place as any.
Laura Cantrell-When the Roses Bloom Again (found by AP Carter) is the title track of, I think, her current album.
Geraint Watkins-Only a Rose is on his "Dial 'W' For Watkins" album.
Merle Haggard-I Threw Away the Rose yet again, another from "Down Every Road 1962-1994".
Wilson Pickett-Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You can be found on Pickett compilations such as "The Definitive Wilson Pickett", or "Greatest Hits". For a varied diet, try somthing like "The Best Of The Philly Sound".
Alan Toussaint/Elvis Costello-The Sharpest Thorn is from these legends collaborative album "The River In Reverse". There is a version of this CD with a DVD included - worth seeing IMHO.

Places
Nashville
The Netherlands
Austin , TX

Other Musicians
Hugh Masakela
Tammy Wynette
Liam Clancy
Sister Rosetta Tharp
Ray Nans ?
Alvin P Carter, Sarah Carter and Sister Maebelle
Dave Edmonds
Shakin Stevens
Nick Lowe
Van Morrison
Other Songs
San Antonio Rose

Other People, Beings and Writers
Thomas Becker “Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into”
Robert Frost-Frosty poet “The Rose Family”
Gertrude Stein “A Rose is a Rose is a Rose”
Christopher Marlowe “ The Passionate Sheperd to His Love ”
Isabella Mae Cantrell
Buddha-“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, a whole life would change.”
Georgia O'Keefe- “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.”
Abraham Lincoln
Kenny Gamble
Leon Huff
Ellen Louise Wilson
Woodrow “Woody” Wilson
Johnny Carson
John Field

Poems
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue
Some Poems Rhyme,
This one doesn't.

State Flowers
AL-Camellia
AK-Forget Me Not
AR-Apple Blossom
CA-California poppy
DE-Peach Blossom
GA-Cherokee Rose
MN-Pink and While Lady's Slipper
MS-Magnolia
NB-Goldenrod
NM-Yucca Flower
NH-Purple Lilac
TN-Iris
HI- Pua Aloalo
WY-Indian Paintbrush
Flowers
Roses:
Beaugonvilla
Passionflower
Butterfly Clerodendrum
Angel's Trumpets
Firecracker Plant
Double Delight
Gemini
Julia Child
Knockout Shrub
New Dawn
Mr. Lincoln
Rosa Regosa
Angel Face
All the Jazz
Cary Grant
Cinderella
Gen. McArthur
Judy Garland
Lady Diana
Sir Lancelot
Snow White
Chevy Chase
Other Flowers:
Morning Glory
Silver King
German Status
Globe Thistle
Joe-Pie Weed
Violet
Daisy
Chrysanthemum
The Arrow
The Tansy
Bachelor's Button
Cock's Comb
Lion's Ear
Love in the Mist
Victoria Sorghum (Bob made this one up)
Pansies
Azaleas
Himalayan Poppy

Guests
Ricky Jay the magician (speaking about Eva Vlieghan who was purported to live entirely off the scent of flowers)
Gonzalo Perez

“I gotta make like a tree and leave'”
“Theme Time Radio Hour your perennial favorite”

Cars
(rain)
It's night time in the Big City
the wind picks up from over the bay
a delivery boy makes a wrong turn
"Today we're gonna talk about the endless gray ribbons of asphalt that crisscross this country…So strap yourself in, put the peddle to the metal, and listen.”

The Singers and The Songs
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats – Rocket 88 crops up frequently on 'roots of rock 'n' roll' type collections. I have it on Ace Records' "Rhythm Rockin' Blues", which those who have been paying attention might recall from the Drinking episode of TTRH!
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Cadillac Ranch “I think Bruce is from New Jersey…'Tearin' up the highway like a big old dinosaur'; first time I heard this song I thought it was ‘Tearing up the highway like Dina Shore!” no prizes for remembering this one from the Boss'es "The River".
Billy “The Kid” Emmerson – Every Woman I Know is on a CD called "Move Baby, Move" rounding up his Sun recordings.
Memphis Minnie – Me and My Chauffer Blues “One of the great blues songs of all time – one of the great car songs of all time – one of the great chauffer songs of all time! Sung by one of the great old ladies of all time.” is on several collections, eg, "Complete Recorded Works 1935-1941: Vol. 5 (1940-1941), or JSP's "Memphis Minnie Vol. 2: Queen Of The Delta Blues", or "Bumble Bee" on Indigo, etc. After the back announcement, Bob played a snippet of the Chess remake .
George Clinton and Parliament – My Automobile from their album "Osmium".
Dixie Hummingbirds – Christian's Automobile from "The Best Of The Dixie Hummingbirds".
Joni Mitchell – Car on a Hill “… She taught herself to play guitar with a Pete Seeger instruction book…I mighta seen that same book!” It is of course, featured on Joni's "Court And Spark" album.
Sonny Boy Williamson II – Pontiac Blues appears on "King Biscuit Time" on Arhoolie, and JSP's 4-disc collection "Cool Cool Blues: The Classic Sides 1951-1954" which also features some of his contemporaries.
Jimmy Caroll – Big Green Car this appears on a compilation called "Them Rockabilly Cats!" from Ace Records. The singer's name was in fact Billy Carroll, but, due to a pressing plant error, initial quantities of the record were credited to "Jimmy" as here. Under the "Billy" name, the song also appears on Ace's "Rockin' From Coast To Coast Vol. 2". Incidentally, the car revving and spoken intro should apparently only feature on the "Billy" pressing, but both CDs have it.
Richard Berry – Get Out of the Car “If Richard won't drive you home, I will. I got a car of my own.” is on another Ace CD, focusing on Berry's Modern recordings, "Yama Yama! The Modern Recordings 1954-1956"
David Lindley w/ his band El Rayo-X – Mercury Blues “Dave is a great instrumentalist, known as much for his great guitar playing as he is for his loud polyester shirts and mutton chop sideburns.” is on his album "El Rayo X" .
Smiley Lewis – Too Many Drivers ‘His given name is Overton Lemons – I oughta use that name!” despite the availability of a few Lewis collections, this track only appears to be on Bear Family's complete box set "Smile, Smile, Smile".
Prince – Little Red Corvette “Prince is from the same area of the country that I'm from so we have plenty in common.” is on Prince's "1999" album, and on his singles collection "The Hits" (or "The Hits/The B-Sides" depending!) .
Chuck Berry – No Money Down “Go ahead Chuck….Let's get it goin'!”
“Chuck's music's always got that hidden thing about it where, you know, the cause is always hidden but the effect is KNOWN.” appears on several 'best of' discs, such as "Anthology", its original appearance was on his album "After School Session", but on the basis that you can't have too much Chuck Berry I recommend "The Chess Box".

Other Singer, Players, Etc.
Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm
Kansas Joe McCoy
The Parliaments
Funkadelic
The Brides of Funkenstein
Fuzzy Haskins
Clyde Barrow
Henry Ford
Pete Seeger
Fats Domino
Rod Stewart
Linda Rondstadt
Ry Cooder
Warren Zevon
Jackson Browne
Jorge Calderon
Bernie Larsen
Ian Wallace
Henry Kaiser
Huey “Piano” Smith
Elvis Presley “Cleaned up that naughty ‘One Night' and hit big with it.”
Judy Garland

The Guests
Hudson Marquez
Keb Mo

The Record Labels
Vee-Jay
Chess Records

The Places
Algiers , LA
Fort Macleod , Alberta , Canada
Glendora MS
Helena AR
New Orleans

The Movies, Shows, Etc.
Bonnie and Clyde
King Biscuit Flower Hour

Other Songs and Albums
Court And Spark “One of my favorite albums”
Peter Epstein Pontiac commercial – Frank Sinatra (sung to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm)
Yama Yama Pretty Mama!
Louis Louis
Blue Monday
One Night
I Hear You Knockin'

“Well, the little needle's pointin' on the E, which means we're out of gas for another week. Remember, the trick is to drive so that your license expires before you do.”

Rich Man, Poor Man
(coins)
It's night time in the Big City
a guilty man goes home to his wife
it's time to make the doughnuts
"Get rich quick themes, dreams, and schemes"

The Singers and The Songs
Bob Miller – The Rich Man and The Poor Man – "All kinds of life lessons in this song with no crap-ola." this features on "When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven", which forms part of The Secret History Of Rock 'N' Roll series issued on Bluebird. It does also appear on the VA compilation "Songs For Political Action" on Bear Family, but this requires real commitment to the cause as its something like 10 or 12 CDs!
Tony Bennett – Rags to Riches – A song right on the bleedin' edge is on "The Essential Tony Bennett .
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) – Get Rich Quick can be found on either the first volume in the aforementioned "Secret History Of Rock 'N' Roll" series (where it is indeed credited to Richard Penniman, as Bob comments - is that a clue as to his source I wonder?), or on Bear Family's disc "The Formative Years" to name just two
The Farmer Boys – Charming Betsy is on a disc on Bear Family of the groups entire output, called "Flash, Crash And Thunder".
Bing Crosby – Brother Can You Spare A Dime Luckily, I came upon a VA compilation on the New World label called "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" which contains this song. Its an interesting disc, with music drawn from the TinPan Alley/Hollywood, Blues and Hillbilly traditions to give a picture of American musical life in the 30s. The scale of intervention as to noise reduction is on the low side compared to some, although its never offensive. Those who prefer quieter 78s might prefer to look elsewhere though.
Tom Waits – On the Nickel –“Waits has a raspy, gravelly singing voice, described by one fan as like how you'd sound if you drank a quart of bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes, and swallowed a pack of razorblades, after not sleeping for three days. Or as I like to put it, beautiful.” the first slice of this genius of our age served up on TTRH comes from his album "Heartattack And Vine".
Fiddlin' John Carson and Moonshine Kate – Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All – “…a song that is as relevant as it is today as when it was written in the ‘30s.” this can be found on the same disc where Bob Miller's song appears, "When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven".
Louis Armstrong – Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train – "Sing it, Louis is a Victor recording from 1932. So far, I have only found it on sets of the "Complete RCA-Victor Recordings" on either RCA or another label (usually about 4 discs, but not overly expensive).
Woody Guthrie – Do Re Mi a well known Guthrie song, this song was first recorded in 1940 for the Library of Congress, then again a month later for Victor's "Dust Bowl Ballads" album of Guthrie songs. It was then recorded again for Moe Asch in 1947 (currently appearing on "The Asch Recordings Vol. 1: This Land Is Your Land"). All three are available, but any of them (particularly the second and third) are essential.
Little Millette and His Creoles – Rich Woman this song, recorded for Specialty Records in 1955 is I think, only available on "The Specialty Story" box set.
Jonny Rivers – Poor Side of Town can be found on "Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975" .
Freddie King – The Welfare Turns its Back on You is on "Blues Guitar Hero: The Influential Early Sessions" on Ace.
Louis Jordan – If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? is a less well known Jordan number. Given the large quantities of Jordan collections, I might lose the will to live searching through them all! The track definitely appears on Bear Family's boxed set "Let The Good Times Roll" however.
Emmylou Harris – Hobo's Lullaby is drawn from a fine Columbia collection called "Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly". Bob himself contributes a good version of Guthrie's Pretty Boy Floyd. This disc could perhaps be paired with "Folkways: The Original Vision" which contains the original versions of these same songs by Guthrie and Leadbelly (note: there are two discs listed under this title on Amazon - the one in question is that credited to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly).

The Movies / Books
Sullivan's Travels
My Man Godfrey
The Wizard of Oz
Bound For Glory
Trading Places
Proverbs, Chapter 19, Verse 17

The Places
Memphis
New York
Salem
Los Angeles
Okemah
Sweden

Other Songs
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
If I Only Had a Brain
Tutti Frutti
I Won't Cry
You Can Have My Husband But Please Don't Mess With My Man
Secret Agent Man

Other Singers and Players
Tom Jones
Marla Maples
Aristotle Onassis
Helen Keller
Eva Gardner
Andrew Carnegie
Leonard Feather
"How come music critics don't write songs any more? "
Charles Ponzi
Ron Popillo – (The Pocket Fisherman, Veg-O-Matic, Dial-O-Matic, Hair in a Can, The inside the shell egg scrambler, the smokeless ashtray) Thanks, Ron, for making my life a little easier
Buck Owens
Ken Nelson
Jay Gorney
Yip Harburh
Confucius
Frito Lay
Willie Nelson
Box Car Betty
Jack Dempsey
Clark Gable
Eugene O'Neill
Harry Partch
Utah Phillips
Jack Kerouak
Mae West
Jimmie Rodgers
Jack London
Dorothy La Bostrie
Jonnny Adams
Irma Thomas
Lillian Bettencourt
Betty Nesmith Graham
Mike Nesmith
The Monkees
Thoreau
Picasso
Chick Webb – the famous hunchback drummer
Chuck Berry
William Blake
Goebel Reeves

Guests
Billy F. Gibbons (of ZZ Top)

The Record Labels
Specialty Records

"I'll leave you with the words of Benjamin Franklin. He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. Thank you, Ben. Peace out. "

Devil
(fire)
It's night time in the Big City
an ambulance races though downtown
an off duty cops parks in front of his ex-wife's house

“This is Theme Time Radio Hour, and there's Hell to pay…”

The Singers and the Songs
During his intro, Bob spoke over a section from The Devil's Dream by Reverend Gary Davis . A version of this is on the Smithsonian Folkways disc "Pure Religion And Bad Company", another was on an Original Blues Classics disc titled "The Guitar And Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis", which may now be deleted.
Robert Johnson – Me and the Devil Blues “According to legend, Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil, at the crossroads of Highway 61 and Highway 49…” is on "The Complete Recordings".
The Louvin Brothers (Charlie and Ira) – Satan is Real this is on either Bear Family's complete edition "Close Harmony" or on the reissued album of the same name, ie, "Satan Is Real" (complete with its extraordinary cover shot).
Grateful Dead – Friend of the Devil “This song is a road story, a hitch-hiking journey of the early 70's counterculture…” comes from the band's album "American Beauty".
Elvis Presley – Devil In Disguise is on a lot of Elvis collections. Latest one is "30 #1 Hits".
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys – The Devil Ain't Lazy “…they had a country string section but they played pop songs, as if they were jazz numbers.” is available on Proper's set "Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers" previously mentioned, amongst other places.
The Flying Burrito Brothers– Christine's Tune aka The Devil In Disguise appeared on their debut album "The Gilded Palace Of Sin", which is available either singly or together with Burrito Deluxe. There is also a 2-disc set called "Hot Burritos" which collects the band's entire output from 1969-1972.
Dandy Livingston (Robert Livingston Thompson) – Suzanne Beware of the Devil this can either be had from such collections as "Young, Gifted And Black Vol. 1" or on an anthology of Livingston's work called, naturally enough "Suzanne Beware Of The Devil: The Best Of Dandy Livingston" .
The Donays (lead vocalist, Yvonne Alan) – Devil in His Heart “The Donays only made one record…you only have to make one, if it's this good.” this great record is included on "Rockin' On Broadway: The Time-Brent-Shad Story" from Ace.
Otis Spann – Must Have Been the Devil “This record was recorded after an all night party, and it sure sounds like it.” the Chess original, as played by Bob, can be heard on such as "Chess Blues Piano Greats".
Johnny Tyler – Devil's Hot Rod the only source for this I'm aware of is an unofficial CD called "Rockin' Hillbilly Vol. 2", which I obtained from Bim-Bam .
Skip James – Devil Got My Woman “Here's another barn burner. This is my man, Skip James…Skip had a style that was celestially divine, sounded like it was coming from beyond the veil. Magic in the grooves. He had a style that was ghostly and other worldly, rare and unusual, mysterious and vague. You won't believe what you'll hear. Listen for yourself and you'll see – you be the judge.” Bob played the original 1931 recording of this, rather than the 60s version. There are at least three editions of the complete 1931 recordings available, from Yazoo, Document, and Body & Soul.

Count Basie and His Orchestra, featuring Helen Humes – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea this early 40s recording can be found on a JSP set called "Basically Basie" which contains material between 1937 and 1945.

Shorty Long – Devil With a Blue Dress On “I wonder if he means Monica Lewinski?” this can be found on "Essential Collection" (an import to the US) or various Motown anthologies.

Beck – Devil's Haircut is on his album "Odelay".

Gene Vincent (and the Blue Caps) – Race With the Devil this great track pops up on most general Gene Vincent collections.

Tom Waits – Way Down in the Hole “Low on schmaltz and a real show-stopper, not pullin' any punches.” another awesome Waits song; this one is from "Frank's Wild Years".

Other Singers and Players
John Milton
Rev. Gary Davis
Chet Atkins
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
Ken Kesey
Anton LaVey
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Richard Nixon
Chris Hillman
Graham Parsons
Christine Frka / Girls Together Outrageously (GTOs)
Rico Rodriguez
Ernie Ranglin
The Specials
Leonard Cohen
George Harrison
The Beatles
W.C. Fields
Bob Shadd
Oscar Wilde: “We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
Muddy Waters
B.B. King
Dylan Thomas
Skip James
Charlie Patton
Billie Holiday
Lester Young
Mitch Ryder
Monica Lewinski
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Princess Grace of Monaco
Princess Diana
Isadora Duncan
Albert Camus
James Dean
Jackson Pollock
Jane Mansfield
George Patton, Jr.
Cliff Gallup
Blind Boys of Alabama
Neville Brothers
Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Dust Brothers

The Poems – Paradise Lost

The Places
Clarksdale , MS
Reno
Cook County , IL
Los Angeles
Jamaica
Arkansas
Missouri
Bentonia , MS
Philadelphia
Grafton , WI
Motown
Detroit River
Norfolk , VA

Songs and Albums
The Devil's Dream
American Beauty
Rudi: A Message to You
Odelay
Frank's Wild Years

The Record Labels
Trojan
Time Record
Paramount Records

The Guests – Twyla Tharp
HBO Series – The Wire

“We'll see you next week, sure as Hell!"

Eyes
(sirens in city)
It's night time in the Big City
a trail of perfume follows a girl leaving a cheap hotel
a man wakes up in an alleyway
“Welcome once again to Theme Time Radio Hour. This week the eyes/I's have it. Whether they're blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes, ya got pink eye or red eye. If you're an eyesore, or if you're walleyed , we got the song for you.”

The Singers and the Songs
Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry )– Brown Eyed Handsome Man is another track that turns up on most Berry compilations. As before I recommend the 3-disc "The Chess Box" for maximum Chuck experience.
Jimmy Martin – 20/20 Vision “Say what you will about him but he was no jive turkey.” this is on Bear Family's boxed set "Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys", or a collection such as "King Of Bluegrass" .
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl what a classic song! its original home is on the album "Blowin' Your Mind", the release of which annoyed Van quite a bit, as he was presumably under the impression the sessions would only come out on singles releases. Anyway, this album is available, as are a few other CDs based around the same material with varying numbers of extra demos etc added on. Take a pick - they're all good stuff!
Jimmie Rodgers – My Blue Eyed Jane this can be found on either of the complete editions available from Bear Family or JSP, as well as on various single disc compilations, such as "RCA Country Legends" (an import in the US).There is some crossover between this and the "essential" disc mentioned for the song 'Daddy and Home' before, so the relatively cheap JSP edition "Recordings 1927-1933" might be an option.
Clarence ‘Gatemouth” Brown – She Winked Her Eye is on a fine JSP set "Boogie Uproar: Texas Blues And R&B 1947-1954". There are also some "Gatemouth" Brown collections around.
Al Martino – Spanish Eyes one of his major hits, this song can be found on most Martino collections.
Ernestine Anderson – Keep an Eye on Love is contained on "The UK Sue Label Story Vol. 1" from Ace.
Chuck Higgins– Eyeballin' a piece that was recorded more than once, Bob played the version made for Dootone in 1955. This is available on either "Dootone Rock 'N' Rhythm & Blues" or the Higgins album "Pachuko Hop"; both on Ace (the latter in their mid-priced 'Hip Pocket' edition of miniaturised LPs in card sleeves rather than an older release under the same title).
Blue Sky Boys (The Bolick Brothers) – Brown Eyes is on either Bear Family's complete boxed edition "The Sunny Side Of Life" or on a JSP complete edition which is either recently out or soon to be so.
Sonny Boy Williamson – Eyesight to the Blind -- "the only song from the rock opera Tommy that The Who didn't write" another side drawn from either "King Biscuit Time" on Arhoolie, or the JSP set "Cool Cool Blues".
George Jones – Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong “We don't usually do commercials here on Theme Time Radio Hour, but we do want to tell you that George Jones has his own brand of dog food, and sausage – enjoy ‘em.” I found this track last night on a Jones CD called "When The Grass Grows Over Me: 24 Greatest Hits". This is listed at Amazon.com as still available
Nick Lowe – Raging Eyes is on "Basher: The Best Of Nick Lowe". This CD is deleted in the UK, but seems to still be available in the USA.
Wynonie ‘Mr. Blues' Harris – Bloodshot Eyes can be found, amongst other places, on the Ace release "Lovin' Machine".
Johnny Cash – I Still Miss Someone another Cash goodie that turns up on all the best of type discs, this first appeared on his debut Columbia album "The Fabulous Johnny Cash".
The Flamingos (“Or as I call ‘em, The Flaming O's”)– I Only Have Eyes For You I have this on Rhino's "The Doo Wop Box", but it also appears on several doo wop collections.
The Streets (Mike Skinner) – Dry Your Eyes a track that people either love or hate; there seems to be almost no middle ground where this is concerned. The cheapest option here is to seek out a s/h CD single. As for an album release, this was on his second long player "A Grand Don't Come For Free". Personally I would recommend the CD single route. The first Streets album "Original Pirate Material" is much better.

Other Songs
Smoke gets in your eyes

Other Singers and Players
Jerome Kern
John Lennon
Osborne Brothers
Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys
Them
George W. Bush
Lula Belle (?)
Cicero
Johnny Fontaine
Frank Sinatra
Shifty Henry
David Bowie
The Crazy Hickory Nuts
Kiefer Sutherland
Christopher Walken
Joe Pesci
George Washington
Louis Pasteur
Tommy Smothers
The Monroe Bros
The Delmore Brothers
The Dixon Brothers
The Louvin Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Gandhi
Johnny Cash
Carlene Carter
The Pretenders
The Damned
Snooks Eaglin
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Joe Reynolds
Rev Gary Davis
Sonny Terry
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Blake
Howlin' Wolf
Mary Burnett
Tommy
The Who
Nancy Sepulveda
Landsberg Barbarians
Harry Warren
Da Vinci

The Places
Sneedville TN
England
Grand Ole Opry (2 mentions)
Belfast Ireland
The White House
Orange , TX
East Hickory , NC
Philadelphia , PA
Blue Ridge Mountains
Twist, AK

The Record Labels/Recording Studios
Victor Records
Hollywood Recording Studio
Bang
Sioux Records
Duotone Records
Columbia Records

The Movies/Radio Shows/Plays
The Godfather
Black Eye
King Biscuit Flower Hour
42nd Street
Camille (Quote: “Unfortunately I like him too. Why unfortunately? Because his eyes have made love to me all evening. That's a lie, he barely glanced at you…”)

Guests
Ellen Barkin

Dogs
(barking dogs)
It's night time in the Big City
newlyweds make love on the roof
a ringing phone goes unanswered
“Get off the couch, get yourself a bowl of water, and heel.”

The Singers and the Songs
Under his intro Bob played part of Serenade To A Poodle by Slim Gaillard (pronounced Gay-Lard). This can be found on various discs, including "Laughing In Rhythm", a 4-CD set from Proper.
Patty Page – (How Much is That) Doggie in the Window? – “Here's a record that everyone always talks about when they talk about how dull radio was before rock and roll. Personally, I don't agree with them; I think Patty Page made beautiful records.” I hadn't heard this before, so was expecting something as gruesome as the recording most of us in the UK are familiar with (Lita Roza I think). It was a pleasant surprise to find that although I still don't care much for the song, la Page's rendition was not bad at all. This can be found on various Patti Page CDs, including "The Best Of Patti Page" .
Ronnie Self – Ain't I'm a Dog “It's a shame he didn't have more success as a singer, because the few records that he did make rocked like nobody's business.” this great rocker can be found on a Bear Family disc devoted to Ronnie "Bop-A-Lena" or (in the UK) an Ace collection "Columbia Rockabilly Vol. 1". This last CD had previously been released in the US by Columbia as "Ain't I'm A Dog".
Rufus Thomas – Stop Kickin' My Dog Around an excellent side from the great man, which can be found on a Stax release "Can't Get Away From This Dog".
Bob Dorough (words by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) – Dog wonderful stuff I thought, having never heard Bob Dorough before. This was on a 1958 LP called "Jazz Canto", but to the best of my knowledge is not currently available.
Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow – I'll Take the Dog a somewhat kitzchy song which was the title track of an album these two did together. However, the only place I've found it thus far is on a deleted VA disc called "Chicken Fried Country".
Red Foley ( Clyde Julian Foley) – Old Shep a song, which like the Streets song in the previous section tends to divide opinion right down the middle. Being far and away his most famous (or infamous, depending) song, its on pretty much any Foley collection around.
Howard Tate – How Come My Bulldog Don't Bark? “A stupendously expressive singer.” this track appears on a recent round up of Tate's Verve recordings "Get It While You Can".
Everly Brothers – Bird Dog one of my favourite Everlys tracks, I have this on an Ace CD called "The Original British Hit Singles" which comprises the versions (which differ slightly in some cases from US singles) of their pre-Warners singles put out over here. The differences are minor - maybe having the fade out slightly earlier, or later - rather than anything radical. Needless to say, the track is on many Everlys CDs.
Allen Brothers (Austin and Lee)– A New Salty Dog -- “Delightful kazoo leads.” another fave of mine in this edition of TTRH, this is, I believe, only available on Document's "Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2".
Freddie Bell and the Bellboys – Hound Dog the version that Elvis really covered, rather than Big Mama Thornton's immortal original, this is on yet another CD from Ace, "The Lieber & Stoller Story Vol. 1: Hard Times" .
Hawkshaw Hawkins – Dog House Boogie a singer rather under-represented on CD I think, this can be found on a Proper VA set "Hillbilly Boogie" for example.
Uncle Tupelo – I Wanna Be Your Dog a nice version of the old Stooges classic, this is on a compilation CD "1989-1993: An Anthology" .
Mighty Sparrow – Russian Satellite I love this kind of calypso! This wonderful slice of life can be found on "First Flight: Early Calypsos From The Emory Cook Collection" .
Webb Pierce – I'm Walking the Dog is on Bear Family's "The Wandering Boy 1951-1958" box, or cheaper discs such as "Country Music Lgends" or the now-deleted Country Music Foundation release "King Of The Honky Tonk".

Other Songs .
Serenade to a Poodle – Slim Galliard
Don't Let The Stars Get in Your Eyes – Perry Como
I'm Walking Behind You – Eddie Fisher
Theme From Moulin Rouge – Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Crazy, Man Crazy – Bill Haley
Crying in the Chapel – The Orioles
Walking The Dog
Get it While You Can
Hound Dog
Nestles jingle (with Farfel)
T-Bone Walker – Papa Ain't Salty No More
Giddy Up A Ding Dong
Rock Around the Clock
Ken-L-Ration jingle (“My dog's better than your dog…”)
Theme from Lassie

Other Singers, Players, etc.
Leo Fender
Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley (x3)
Sheryl Crow
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Patsy Cline
Cowboy Copas
Richard Nixon “One of the most misunderstood people of the 20th century, often maligned, but obviously capable of great humanity. He loved that dog, and he loved that his daughter loved that dog, too.”
Lou Carrol
Louvin Brothers
Janis Joplin
Chet Atkins
Big Mama Thornton
Sara Silverman
Aldous Huxley
Andy Rooney
Will Rogers – “If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering someone else's dog around”
William Blake
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
The Wilburn Brothers
Floyd Kramer
Tillman Franks
Faron Young

The Dogs
Checkers
Hoover (Red Foley's dog)
Farfel
Laika

The Places
Tintown , Missouri
Cincinnati
Macon , GA
Las Vegas
Moscow
Louisiana
Shreveport , LA

The Movies/Shows/Plays
The Awful Truth
Old Yeller “I don't trust a man who doesn't tear up a little watching Old Yella.”
Rock Around the Clock
The Louisiana Hayride

The Record Labels
Columbia “It's too bad that the big labels ignored rock and rockabilly and blues. It would have been great to hear more records of this caliber.”
Stax
Sun
WDIA Memphis
Verve Records
Top Town Records (?)

Guests
Jimmy Kimmel

Friends and Neighbors
It's night time in the Big City
a light drizzle starts to fall
an anxious lover waits by the phone
“They say that good fences make good neighbors (Frost)
and good friends make good music”

The Singers and The Songs
Porter Wagoner and the Wagonmasters – Howdy Neighbor is on "RCA Country Legends".
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend “A powerful force of nature, a guitar playin', singin' evangelist...Anything but ordinary and plain. She was a big, good lookin' woman, and divine. Not to mention sublime and splendid, always dressed like she was on her way to church, with that electric guitar strung across her shoulder. Matter of fact I saw her a few times myself, at the National Guard Armory.”) as before, this is on "Original Soul Sister".
T-Bone Burnett – Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend “Long and tall and on the ball.” can be found on "Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett".
Bob also played (a snatch of) Marilyn Monroe 's recording of " Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend " . This can be found, if desired, on a disc called "I Wanna Be Loved By You".
Doc Guidry – La Valse D'Amitie (The Friendship Waltz) I have found on a VA CD called "The Best Of La Louisianne Records".
Moon Mullican - Make Friends is on a Bear Family release called "Moon's Rock".
“Here's another Texan…I guess Texas is a friendly place. Moon's combination of pumpin' piano and country vocals were a huge influence on Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry McCain – My Next Door Neighbor “He once heard Little Walter play, and it changed his life forever. Music used to do that.” is on a CD split between McCain and Kid Thomas called "Rockin' Harmonica Blues Men" or on an Ace disc compiled from Excello material called "Ernie's Record Mart".
George Jones and Melba Montgomery – Let's Invite Them Over “I played this record for some of the guys here in the Abernathy building, and they couldn't believe their ears. This is country music at its best, friends. Give a listen!”
“Now I love country music, but I say ‘What happened to it?' You hear a song like this and it's obvious it's about real people, and real emotions, and real problems, that's all, that's the country music we learned to love. Now days they want to sweep all the problems under the rug and pretend they don't exist. Well guess what folks – they do exist! And if you try and sweep em under the rug, they're just gonna pop up somewhere else. So we might as well all just face it and listen to the old style country music, the real country music. You know, about drinking and sleeping around. That's my kind a country music, and I hope yours! But I digress.” I found this track last night on two Jones discs, both called "She Thinks I Still Care". Both are only available s/h, but would seem more common than the Vintage Collections disc mentioned above. One is a single CD (from EMI), the other a double (Razor & Tie).
Howlin' Wolf – My Friends “This next song is entirely without flaw and meets all the supreme standards of excellence.” a side which was sold to Modern Records around the time of the tussle between the Bihari brothers and the Chess brothers which came about as a result of Sam Phillips simultaneously selling masters of Wolf, Rosco Gordon and others to both companies. This one can be found on an Ace CD called "Howling Wolf Sings The Blues". This disc replaced a previous one from the same company called "Howling Wolf Rides Again".
Little Walter – Last Night can be located on "His Best" amongst various places.
Carole King – You've Got A Friend “I could be here all day just sayin' songs Carole King wrote. I'd rather listen to her sing one.” is of course on "Tapestry".
Ronnie and the Delinquents (Ronnie Barron) – Bad Neighborhood “Another true zombie tale from the swamps of New Orleans.” an early appearance of Mack Rebenack, this can be found on "Mos'scocious: The Dr John Anthology" .
Rolling Stones – Neighbors “Here's my old pals the Rolling Stones. And I guess you heard about Keith and everybody's glad he's feeling better now. Here he is with Charlie, Mick, Woody, and a bass player.” is from their "Tattoo You" album.
Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter) – Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals “One of the greatest songwriters who ever lived was Hank Williams, of course. Hank could be headstrong and willful, a backslider and a reprobate, no stranger to bad deeds. However, underneath all of that, he was compassionate and moralistic.” the great Hank Williams under his pseudonym, there are a fair number of Hank Williams editions around now. Many don't include the 'Luke the Drifter' material however. One that does is Proper's "Hillbilly Hero". At a much higher expense level is the beautiful "Complete Hank Williams" set of 10 CDs.
War – Why Can't We Be Friends this is the title track of one of War's albums, which also features the fabulous Low Rider. It's also on "The Very Best Of War".
“We don't need any border patrols, or people trying to pigeon hole music. We just need more records like this.”

Quotes About Friends
Frederick Nietze – Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him. We should respect the enemy that is in our friend.
Oscar Wilde – A true friend will stab you in the front (“Well said, Oscar”)
Muhammad Ali – Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything at all.
“Moon Mulligan, Muhammad Ali – two ways of sayin' the same thing.”
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg. – Thomas Jefferson “Reminding us about the separation of church and state.”
Aristotle – In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds
Ralph Waldo Emerson – He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Nicholas Berdyaev -- Bread for myself is a material question; bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
Other Quotes
Horace : I strive to be brief and I become obscure (Bob quotes this and in the Latin too, in response to an email asking why all the songs he plays are so obscure)

Other Singers, Players, Etc.
Muddy Waters
Jule Styne
Leo Robin
Carol Channing
Howard Hawks
Lorelei Lee
Happy Fats Band / Rayne Bo Ramblers
Jerry Lee Lewis
Tammy Wynette
Trini Lopez
Willie Dixon
Fats Waller
Neil Sedaka
Gerry Goffin
The Charelles
Dr. John (Mac Rebennack)
The Prime Ministers
Paul Harvey
Pete Townsend
Luke the Drifter
Eric Burdon
The Animals
Night Shift
Deacon Jones
Lee Oskar

The Places
England
National Guard Armory
St. Louis, MO
Fort Worth, TX
Dallas, TX
Jackson, MS
New Orleans
Los Angeles

Other Songs, Albums, Etc.
Clip from Sister Rosetta Tharpe's wedding at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC
“I didn't know you could charge admission to your wedding – I wish I'd a known that.”
Oh, Carol
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)
Chains
I Feel the Earth Move
Locomotion
One Fine Day
Take a Giant Step
Tapestry
Pinball Wizard
Tattoo You
Spill the Wine
Slippin' into Darkness
The World is a Ghetto
The Cisco Kid (Bob's personal favorite song by War)

The Movies, Shows, Etc.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Clip – Marilyn Monroe singing ‘Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.'
The Sopranos

The Record Labels
Trumpet
Excello
Jaycee Records

Radio
(Mr. announcer who are you?)
howdy everybody this is Bob Dylan
tell me the station I'm listening to
the xm network, satellite radio
how about telling a time to meet
it's time for theme time radio hour
and what's the weather gonna be?
it's cold and fatty and it's raining. It's going down to 30 degrees tonight.
I don't know what it's like where you are but that's what it's like here.
It's night time in the Big City
a woman in a red gown throws out her cell phone
a man sleeps with a gun under his pillow
"What would the radio be without a disc jockey?"

The Singers and the Songs
Grandpa Jones – Turn Your Radio On so far as I know this is only on Bear Family's box "Everybody's Grandpa".
The Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman) – Roadrunner one of the great records of the mid-70s, this is on "The Modern Lovers" (an import into the US, where it is shockingly unavailable).

Boyd Bennett and His Rockets – Cool Disc Jockey another reason to buy the Ace CD "Jiving Jamboree Vol. 3" (already mentioned in the Baseball and Wedding edition posts), or, if Boyd Bennett really floats your boat, then head in the direction of "Rockin' Up A Storm" from the same record company.

The Blasters – Border Radio “Our next song is all about radio stations that cropped up just across the Mexican border. These stations did not have to obey the same laws as their American counterparts. They were able to broadcast deep into the United States. These stations were very influential, playing a lot of regional bands of all types of music. In this song the blasters pay tribute to these early hothouses of modern music.“ is on "Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings".

12 Year Old Richard Lanham - On Your Radio this features on a CD devoted to local Brooklyn label Acme "Acme Records: On Your Radio". As another, probably unofficial release, this is a disc I obtained from Bim-Bam . – “With kind of a Frankie Lyman influence”

Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) – Radio Commercials is on a disc called "Precious Melodies".

The Clash – Radio Clash “Here's a song that is anything but perfunctory….The Clash, a group that knew about the political power of the radio.” being a single-only release, this is on such as "Essential Clash" or "The Singles".

Patrice Holloway – Those DJ Shows a previously unreleased slice of Motown, this appears on "Cellarful Of Motown Vol. 2".

Van Morrison – Caravan “Van Morrison has always had a love affair with the radio. A lot of his songs mention in, and this one is one of the best.” another awesome song, which is on the "Moondance" album.

Luke Jones and His Orchestra – Disc Jockey Blues a comparative rarity, which is on "Boogieology: The Atlas Records Story" put out by Acrobat.

Bonnie Owens – My Hi-Fi to Cry By no trace whatsoever of this 1969 song. Any help appreciated.

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks – Canned Music is on "Canned Music: The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks".
(w/ Marianne Price, Naomi Eisenberg)

LC Smith and His Southern Playboys – Radio Boogie this can currently be found on "Rockin' Around Nashville" on the Dutch Collector label.

Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Radio, Radio a singles collection such as the "The Very Best Of Elvis Costello" should suffice for this excellent song.

Other Songs
Old Rattler
Mountain Dew

The Places
Cincinnati, OH

The Poets
Bertolt Brecht – Radio Poem
Charles Bukowski – “The hard drinkin' poet laureate of the lower class of Los Angeles” Radio With Guts
TS Eliot

The Record Labels
King Records – plays clip from owner Sid Nathan
Chess

The Movies, Shows, Etc.
Josie and the Pussy Cats – voice of Valerie
Grand Ole Opry
Saturday Night Live (references Elvis Costello getting banned from SNL after playing Radio Radio)

Other Singers, Players, Etc.
Dr. John Brinkley – quack doctor
Wolfman Jack
The Ink Spots
Bob Gideons
Kelly Clarkson
Brenda Holloway
Pete “Mad Daddy” Meyers (DJ) – plays clip
Buck Owens
Merle Haggard
The Charlatans
Jango Reinhart
Stephane Grapelli
Albert Einstein
The Wizards
Tennessee Shorty and Little Tommy
The Tyler Country Boys
The Southern Playboys
The Smith Brothers
The Southern Mountain Boys
Steve Allen

Radio Shows
The Shadow – plays a clip
The Lives of Harry Lime
The Chase
Damon Runyon Theater
Boston Blackie
The Mercury Theater on the Air
Rocky Fortune
The Green Hornet
Dangerous Assignment
Escape
Jack Benny Program
The Fred Allen Show
Amos and Andy Show
Easy Aces
Fibber McGee and Molly

The Guests
Peter Wolf“I always enjoy talking to Peter Wolf. He's well-read and well-spoken; luckily the tape was running!”
Elvis Costello (Bob was playing Blackjack with him)

Types of radios
Fillmore
RCA
Olympic
Motorola
Filcro
Bakerlight
Hallicrafter TR-88

“Some radio programs play just one type of thing. But here we're like new England weather–
if you don't like what you're hearing stick around, it'll change in a minute.”