Episode 2128: #21-28: It's a Slippery Slope, Pt.1

07/14/21 • 58 min

The music world lost a wonderful player on June 23rd, as Ellen McIlwaine passed at the age of 75. The cause of death was reported to be from esophageal cancer. Ellen came to prominence in the 1970s with her firey slide guitar style. For this week and next, we’ll feature a collection of great slide players, including Bonnie Raitt, Del Rey, Geoff Bartley, Jerry Douglas and of course Ellen McIlwaine. For Ellen, this week we slide … on the The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-28:It's A Slippery Slope, Pt.1
Host: Tom Druckenmiller

The Sing Out! Radio Magazine is broadcast weekly on the finest public radio stations nationwide and syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher, Podomatic, Bluegrass Planet, The Folk Music Notebook and on the Sing Out! website www.singout.org

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Ellen McIlwaine / “Losing You” / Up from the Skies / Polydor
Donna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self Produced
Ry Cooder / “At the Dark End of the Street” / Boomers Story / Reprise
The Jerry Douglas Band / “2:19” / What If / Rounder
Will Kimbrough / “Cape Henry” / Spring Break / Daphne

Roger Williams / “Slipped Disc” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain Home
Sally Van Meter & Orville Johnson / “Tex Mex Shindig” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain Home
Santo & Johnny / “Sleepwalk” / Sleepwalk / Jasmin
Bonnie Raitt / “Write Me a Few of Your Lines-Kokomo Blues” / Takin' My Time / Warner Brothers
Ellen McIlwaine / “Sliding” / Up from the Skies / Polydor

LeRoy Parnell / “On the Road” / On the Road / Arista
Del Rey / “Tennessee Local” / At the Uke Shack #2 / Hobemian
Leo Kottke / “Pamela Brown” / Ice Water / Capitol
Geoff Bartley / “Grinnin' in Your Face” / Hear That Wind Howl / Waterbug
The David Bromberg Band / “Walkin' Blues” / The Blues the Whole Blues and Nothing but the Blues / Red House
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Previous Episode

Episode 2127: #21-27: It's Family Time

Last week we focused on travel as a theme for the show, so this week we'll offer some tunes to keep the family entertained while on the road. We'll feature songs from Laura Boosinger, The Bright Siders, Greg Brown, Trout Fishing in America and of course Pete Seeger. Take some great music with you … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-27:It's Family Time

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

The Carl Stalling Project / “Hillbilly Hare” / Music from Warner Brothers Cartoons 1936-58 / Warner Brothers

Pete Seeger / “Here's to Cheshire-Here's to Cheese (Froggy)” / Children's Concert at Town Hall / Columbia

Laura Boosinger / “Bought Me a Cat” / Sing It Yourself / Native Ground

Dolly Greer / “Baa Nanny Black Sheep” / The Doc Watson Family Tradition / Rounder

Dolly Greer /”Sheepy and the Goat” / The Doc Watson Family Tradition / Rounder

Carrie Ferguson / “Cat and Piggy” / The Grumpytime Club / Walking Songs

The Bright Siders / “The New Kid” / A Mind of Your Own / Smithsonian Folkways

The Bright Siders / “Forever Friends” / A Mind of Your Own / Smithsonian Folkways

Steve Martin / “Late For School” / The Crow / Self Produced

The Carl Stalling Project / “Porky in Wackyland-Dough for the Do Do” / Music from Warner Brothers Cartoons 1936-58 / Warner Brothers

Tami Stronach /”Beanstalk Jack” / Beanstalk Jack / Paper Canoe

Anne Hills / “Potatoes” / Beauty Attends / Collective Works

Greg Brown / “Shake Sugaree” / Bath Tub Blues / Red House

Trout Fishing in America / “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” / Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers / Trout

Andy Offutt Irwin / “I Love to Whistle” / Andy's Wild Amphibian Show! / Community Music-Treehouse

Taj Mahal-Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir-Eric Bibb / “Rockin Robin'” / Shakin' A Tailfeather / Music for Little People

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Next Episode

Episode 2129: #21-29: It's a Slippery Slope, Pt.2

This week we conclude our two-part feature, paying tribute to great slide guitarists. As with last week's program, we dedicate the show to the late Ellen McIlwaine who blazed a path for many contemporary slide guitarists. We'll hear great music from Leo Kottke, Ally Venable, Jon Shain, Sonny Treadway, Rory Block, Bruce Cockburn and many more. More slide guitarists … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-29:It's A Slippery Slope Pt.2

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Leo Kottke / “Available Space” / Guitar Music / Chrysallis

Jon Shain & FJ Ventre / “Lord Have Mercy” / Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues / Flyin'

Bruce Cockburn / “You Don't Have to Play the Horses” / Night Vision / True North

Crying Sam Collins and his Git-Fiddle / “Devil In the Lion's Den” / Jail House Blues / Yazoo

Ally Venable / “Played the Game” / Heart of Fire / Ruf

Sam Bush & Jerry Douglas / “Girl of the North Country” / Ice Caps:Peaks of Telluride / Sugar Hill

Michael Cooney / “John Henry” / The Cheese Stands Alone / Folk Legacy

Mary Flower / “Nine Pound Hammer” / Honey From the Comb / Time & Strike

Leo Kottke / “All I Have to Do is Dream” / Guitar Music / Chrysallis

Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies / “The Ghost of Blind Willie Johnson” / Live Gypsy / Dualtone

Reverend Robert Wilkins / “I Wish I was in Heaven Sitting Down” / Blues at Newport / Vanguard

Sonny Treadwell / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / Arhoolie

Rory Block / “Prove it On Me” / Prove it On Me / Stoney Plain

Norman Blake-Nancy Blake-Tut Taylor / “Guitar Rag” / Shacktown Road / Plectrafone

Ayla Brook and the Sound Men / “Cheap Microphonr and an Old Guitar” / Desolation Sounds / Fallen Tree

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

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