Old-Time Music and Songs about Potatoes
The program for January 29, 2000, included some fresh twists to American old-time music and many songs about potatoes, among other things:
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Incredible String Band | Sleepers, Awake! | Changing Horses (WEA) |
| Flook! | Blackberry Blossom/The Independence | Live! (Small Time) |
| June Tabor | Apples and Potatoes | Against the Streams (Green Linnet) |
| Patrick Street | Dennis Murphy's Reel... | All in Good Time (Green Linnet) |
| New Set | ||
| Martin Carthy | The Hard Cheese of Old England | [Les Barker's] Oranges and Lemmings (Mrs Ackroyd) |
| Cordelia's Dad | May Blooming Field | Comet (Omnium) |
| Eliza Carthy | Miller and the Lass | Rice (Topic) |
| Pete Morton | The Mower and the Dairy Maid | Tresspass (Harbour) |
| Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle | The Naked Highwayman | Of Moor and Mesa (Green Linnet) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Steve Tilston | The Wind that Shakes the Barley... | Swans at Coole (Run River) |
| June Tabor | I'll Be Seeing You | A Quiet Eye (Green Linnet) |
| Norma Waterson | Al Bowlly's in Heaven/The Very Thought of You | The Very Thought of You (Hannibal) |
| John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman | Idaho Potato | Snap a Little Owl (Shanachie) |
| New Set | ||
| John Prine & Iris DeMent | Let's Invite Them Over | In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Cordelia's Dad | Wake Up | Spine (Appleseed) |
| Jody Stecher | Little Johnny Sailed from London | Oh the Wind and Rain: Eleven Ballads (Appleseed) |
| Norman Blake | "G" Medley | Live at McCabe's (Takoma) |
| Gillian Welch | Caleb Meyer | Hell among the Yearlings (Almo Sounds) |
| Leigh Hilger | The Ballad of Silas Ebb | Casting Shadows (Independent Songwriters' Group) |
| New Set | ||
| Kate MacLeod | The Child | Constant Emotion (Waterbug) |
| Leigh Hilger | Willi Brown | Casting Shadows |
| Darcie Deaville | Blackbird on the Runway/Dalmatian on the Roof | Tornado in Slo Mo (Redwing Music) |
| Mother McRhea's Uptown Jug Champions | On the Road Again | Live at the Top of the Tangent (Grateful Dead) |
| Sunshine Skiffle Band | Diggin' My Potatoes | Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It (Flying Fish) |
| Holy Modal Rounders | Penny's Farm | Too Much Fun (Rounder) |
| New Set | ||
| Faith Petric | Idaho Spud | "When Did We Have Sauerkraut?" (s/p) |
| The Hitmen | No Man Is a Potato | Light in August (Driver Jam Music) |
| Tom Paxton | Don't Slay That Potato | One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters |
| Cheryl Wheeler | Potato | Sylvia Hotel (Philo) |
| New Set | ||
| Brave Combo | Potato Chips Polka | Polkas for a Gloomy World (Rounder) |