This week I had a lot of fun putting together a 3-hour country music (broadly defined) radio program entirely by musicians with PhDs. It consists of friends, mentors, colleagues, and heroes and some really, really good music! The Back to the Country show originally aired yesterday (1/19/22) on WORT 89.9FM but will be available for the next two weeks on the Audio Archives page (archive.wortfm.org).
And just in case you heard something you liked and want to dig a little further into an artist or a song, below is a digital bibliography for the show!
Show: Back to the Country - Country Music Doctors
Air Date: 1/19/22
Host: Nate Gibson
Radio Station: WORT 89.9 FM and wortfm.org
Audio Archive: https://archive.wortfm.org/ [episode available through 2/2/22]
Spinitron playlist: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/15118893/Back-to-the-Country-Country-Music-Doctors
Music and Artist LINKS
Cliff Murphy - "Another Good Man Gone Bad"
Bio: https://www.arts.gov/about/leadership-staff/clifford-murphy
Music:
Say Zuzu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Zuzu
Hog Mawl - https://bit.ly/3rzWMG7
Bay State Lullaby - https://bit.ly/3tHGWw6
Jeff Todd Titon - "Old-Time Fire On the Mountain"
Bio: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jtiton
Web: https://sustainablemusic.blogspot.com
Music: Fiddle Tunes for Slack Key Guitar - https://bit.ly/3AeK9V4
David Evans - "Railroad Blues"
Bio: https://www.memphis.edu/music/fac-staff/evans.php
Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAC2iDtd4sTXziv20ZjbY_w
Timon Kaple & Dead Columns - "Sugar" [feat Mississppi Bill Peden]
Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timonkaple/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/deadcolumns
Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes - https://bit.ly/3FNvUaJ
Mike Lee & The Double Double Digits - "The Saguaro Speaks"
Web: https://www.tallandsmallphotography.com/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1wpmLhyH77HHa8PoxLlgQ
Omnimodern - https://www.youtube.com/user/omnimodern
Carrie Hertz & Thomas Grant Richardson - "You Are Not Alone"
Web: https://www.carriehertz.com/about
Web: TGR on LOC https://bit.ly/3tHW38Q
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRGtDJD1vHI
Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/tgrantrichardson
Rich Walter - "Stardust Medley"
Bio: https://mim.org/leadership/richard-d-walter-phd/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z38i8xSQOqU
Ruth and the Stones - "Upset Apples"
Web: http://www.kellybosworth.com/ruth-the-stones
Music: https://bit.ly/3IjfmJp
Note: Big congrats to Jennie Williams who was just formally introduced as the new State Folklorist of West Virginia!]
Jon Kay - "October Dulcimer"
Bio: https://traditionalarts.indiana.edu/About/Staff%20Page%20Content/Jon%20Kay.html
Web: https://www.youtube.com/user/folktraditions/videos
Music: https://bit.ly/3GLLyEX
Sarah Dees [cello and vocals w/ Mary Okie] - "Sister Witch"
Bio: https://www.philrs.iastate.edu/directory/sarah-dees/
Music: https://maryokie.bandcamp.com/album/verily
Kysona Armstrong [w/ Christina Harrison] - "Riverside"
Web: www.kyshona.com
Music: https://kyshona.bandcamp.com
And this!: https://www.facebook.com/kyshona/videos/1706068926106634/
Jess Waggoner - "Diners and Queer Bars"
Bio: https://gws.wisc.edu/staff/waggoner-jess/
Music: https://queermadisonmixtape.bandcamp.com/track/diners-and-queer-bars
Jim James and the Damn Shames - "Fast Freightrain"
Bio: https://www.irp.wisc.edu/staff/spartz-james-t/
Music: https://www.facebook.com/damnshames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuIcgnJKhZQMvGPg4XbEMg
Charles Hughes - "Miss Mollys’ Reel"
Bio: https://www.rhodes.edu/bio/charles-hughes
Kori Graves and Blixie - "Ancisters"
Bio: https://www.albany.edu/history/faculty/kori-graves
Music: https://myspace.com/blixiemusic/music/songs
Earl Speilman and the Bluegrass Hoppers - "Bluegrass Breakdown"
Web: https://www.spielmanlegal.com/
Music: https://bit.ly/3tFKfnm
Rod Moag - "Fool Over You"
Bio: https://sites.utexas.edu/malayalam/biography-rodney-moag/
Web: http://www.rodmoag.com/
Music: http://www.rodmoag.com/discography.html
Jim Leary [songwriter] & Emil - "River Road Friday"
Bio: https://gns.wisc.edu/person/james-p-leary/
Music [Emil]: https://bit.ly/3qHKa0v
Phil Nusbaum - "The Dark Before the Storm"
Web: http://philnusbaum.com/
Music: https://www.facebook.com/Phil-Nusbaum-Music-291040003443/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs297_amDmh9tO03kEFYgFQ
LeRoy Larson - "Hoe-Down Medley"
Bio: https://folklife.wisc.edu/leroy-larson/
Music: https://www.library.wisc.edu/music/2021/01/11/remembering-leroy-larson/
Bill + Bobbie Malone - "Gathering Shells from the Seashore"
Bio [Bill]: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/bill-c-malone-biography/
Bio [Bobbie]: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS3652
Web: https://www.facebook.com/Bill-C-Malone-239745532725337/
Music: http://www.rodmoag.com/discography.html
Lee Bidgood - "Bluegrass Tennessee"
Bio: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/das/bluegrass/facstaff/leebidgood.php
Web: https://leebidgood.net/home
Music and Film: http://www.banjoromantika.com/about-the-film.html
Holly Riley in The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn - "If Luck Be Your Lady (Live)"
Bio: http://dhc.umt.edu/about/staff/default.php?ID=7130
Web: https://www.hollyrileymusic.com/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-1CsL8mLw
And also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS9K_BJGFsM
Greg Reish - "She Belongs To Me"
Bio: https://www.mtsu.edu/faculty/gregory-reish
Web: https://www.springfedrecords.com/whoweare
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_5-26bjPE
And https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ8tX7GJ5IJU7tKpcNRPFNw
Nadine Hubbs - "Queer Jolene"
Bio: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/nhubbs/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQLx_AVjuU
Travis Stimeling & Chris Haddox - "The Line"
Bio: https://www.music.wvu.edu/faculty/travis-stimeling
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_wUzCkgEo
Note: Many congrats to Travis on his recent 2021 Belmont Book Award [Country Music Book of the Year] for Nashville Cats: Record Production in Music City [Oxford University Press]!
The Jeremiahs [feat Chris Wilson] - "Don’t Know That For Sure"
Mark Dillon - "Lost Highway"
Bio: http://www.avidblogs.com/mark-dillon-pro-tools/
Web: https://markdillonmusic.com/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe2Yz-LurcQcXG3Z7ObvT9Q
Jim Clark - "Dark Hollow"
Bio: www.barton.edu/tag/dr-james-a-clark-professor-emeritus-of-english-at-barton-college
Music and Poetry: https://bit.ly/3AimJhI
Neil Rosenberg - "Foggy Flats Blues"
Bio: https://www.mun.ca/folklore/people/dr-neil-rosenberg/
Web: https://www.bluegrasshall.org/inductees/neil-vandraegen-rosenberg/
Music: Homegas w/ Peter Aceves Narváez and Richard Blaustein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-midSuSpHm0
And Crooked Stovepipe w/ Ted Rowe: https://bit.ly/3fHilPA
Tom Adler - "Cat’s Eye / Prairie Dog Town"
Bio: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p078101
Web: https://www.mandolincafe.com/news/publish/mandolins_001347.shtml
Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBfCbdhSTYLbinl0jlgAp_A
East Texas String Ensemble [Stan Alexander, Ab Abernathy, Tom Nall, and Charles Gardner] - "Remember Me"
Web: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4918905-The-East-Texas-String-Ensemble
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3IGiNmG8wM
Pete “Dr Banjo” Wernick - "Beatin’ My Time"
Web: https://drbanjo.com/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/user/PeteWernick
Aaron A. Fox - "Live Forever"
Bio: https://music.columbia.edu/bios/aaron-a-fox
Music: https://www.youtube.com/user/EcoMusicology
Lucy Kaplanski - "Return of the Grievous Angels"
Web: https://lucykaplansky.com/
Music: https://lucykaplansky.com/videos
Kristina Jacobsen - "Gone Gone Gone"
Bio: https://music.unm.edu/faculty/kristina-m-jacobsen/
Web: http://kristina-jacobsen.com/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/kristinajacobsenmusic
Craig Morrison and his Bluegrass Buddies - "Your Old Standby"
Web: https://www.craigmorrison.com/
Tom & Ngaire Waeltz - "Little Miss Lilliana"
Web: https://www.sharecare.com/doctor/thomas-waeltz-xymtf42
The Happy Trailsters [feat Jocelyn Neal] - "Happy Trails" (edited by Carl Eddy)
Bio [Jocelyn Neal]: https://music.unc.edu/people/musicfaculty/jocelyn-neal/
Web [ICMC]: https://www.internationalcountrymusic.org/
Music [Carl Eddy]: https://www.reverbnation.com/musician/carleddy4
BONUS WEB CONTENT:
Craig Maki and the Country Music Doctors [Nate Gibson, Greg Reish, and Lee Bidgood] - Slow Down [Studio B Recording]
Web [Craig Maki]: http://www.jumpingfrom6to6.com/itv_bones_maki.htm
Web [Nate Gibson]: nathandgibson.com
Music: https://bit.ly/3qHG9Jx
Anti-Education References in Introduction:
Aaron Tippin - “Workin’ Man’s PhD” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7ECnE43QE
Josh Martin - “Country Boy PhD” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdY_kcG90hc
Alabama Big Earl - “PhD in Skanky” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZgCUOGv-A
Roland Whitt - “PhD in Country” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV_2wCI3r2I
Kenny Chesney - “Rich and Miserable” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdJyZUKJyM
Harlan Howard - “Mister Professor” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXYh_ZEq8w
