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July 23, 2016      

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This show is a COMPILATION of past shows
Elements were pulled from these shows:
1999-10-09
1999-10-23


This week: our summer rebroadcasts roll along, with another October broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater, this one originally aired during the fall of 1999. Quintessential New York folksinger Dave Van Ronk brought his guitar and his immediately recognizable voice for "Jelly, Jelly, Jelly" and "Where Were You Last Night?"; Gillian Welch and David Rawlings sang their soon-to-be classic "Time (The Revelator)" and delivered a one-time-only performance of Lefty Frizzell's "That's the Way Love Goes"; and bluesman Geoff Muldaur stopped by with "Drop Down Mama" and "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?" Plus: Rainbow Motor Oil and the Rainbow Family of Automotive Products presented our Royal Academy of Radio Actors in "The Story of Bob, a Young Artist," a look at why men go deer hunting, and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band played the "Garbage Man Blues" featuring Andy Stein's ferocious fiddle. In Lake Wobegon, Darryl and Marilyn Tollerud reminisced about the early years of their courtship. Read notes from Gillian Welch about this week's rebroadcast Gillian Welch:
"I remember this show very well. It was the first time I'd ever met Dave Van Ronk, and he was as advertised ... tweed coat devoid of any shape, paperback protruding from hip pocket, voice simultaneously graveled and gilded by uncountable packs of cigarettes. We hit it off immediately. My partner, David Rawlings, and I were generously allowed to play our new song, "Revelator," which had not been recorded yet. Then, we dedicated a Lefty Frizzell love song to our A&R man, Paul Kremen, whose wedding we were supposed to be singing at but were missing at his insistence that we must put "show business first." I believe it's the only time we ever performed that song."