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June 1, 2002

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Original Soundtrack: June Is Bustin' Out All Over (Rodgers/Hammerstein) Oklahoma! Angel ZDM 7 64692-2

  3. Chuck Suchy: June Fields Same Road Home Little Bluestem LBR101 (701-663-7682)

  4. Dana Robinson: Lazy June Midnight Salvage Alcazar ALC131 (email)

  5. Rise: Wild Mountain (trad-McPeake) Uncertain Wonders Rise no#

  6. Cherish the Ladies: Last Night's Fun Set (Last Nights's Fun / The Chattering Magpie / The Black Haired Lass / The Commodore) (trad/arr.CTL) The Girl's Won't Leave the Boys Alone Windham Hill 01934-115832

  7. Pete Morton: The Rose In June (trad) Trespass Harbourtown HARCD037

  8. Stan Rogers: The Jeanie C. Turnaround Fogarty's Cove FCM001D

  9. Bob Fox & Stu Luckley: The Fishing: North Sea Holes (E.MacColl) / The Fishing (MacColl/trad) Box of Gold Fellside FECD 124

  10. The McCalmans: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) Where the Sky Meets the Sea Greentrax CDTRAX232

  11. Garnet Rogers: Final Trawl (Archie Fisher) Garnet Rogers Snow Goose SGS-1111CD

  12. Tom Lehrer: Who's Next The Remains of Tom Lehrer Rhino R2 79831

  13. Capitol Steps: India Oh India (Arlen/Harburg-Newport/Strauss) When Bush Comes To Shove Capitol Steps CSCD-1022 (800-733-STEP)

  14. Lorna Campbell: The Sun In Burning (Ian Campbell) Topic 45rpm STOP102

  15. Randy Newman: Political Science Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman Rhino R2 75567

  16. Melissa Rose Ziemer: My Better Angel Big Fish Little Fish, Vol. 2 (a compilation) Sweet Pickle SPM006

  17. Luka Bloom & Cherish the Ladies: I'll Walk Beside You (trad/arr.CTL-L.Bloom) The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone Windham Hill 01934-115832

  18. Townes Van Zandt w/ Emmylou Harris: If I Needed You (Van Zandt) Texas Rain Tomato TOM-2001

  19. Bill Crofut & Benjamin Luxon: Dance To Your Daddy (trad) Two Gentlemen Folk Telarc CD-84401

  20. Natalie MacMaster: The Fairy Dance (trad/D.R.MacDonald/F.Dwyer) Live Rounder 1161-7-48-2

  21. James Keelaghan: Dance As You Go A Recent Future Green Linnet GLCD2120

  22. Hayseed Dixie: My Best Friend's Girl (The Cars-Ocasek) A Hillbilly Tribute To Mountain Love DTR 8030201118-2

  23. Mike Nichols & Elaine May: Mysterioso Improvisations To Music Mercury 314 558 455-2

  24. The Committee: Spies The Committee Reprise FS-2023

  25. National Lampoon: The FBI Missing White House Tapes Blue Thumb BTS-6008

  26. Tom Paxton: Mr. Blue Morning Again Elektra EKS-74019

  27. Rick Neeley: Ribbon of Darkness (Gordon Lightfoot) General Merchandise Rickety RM001/0302 28

  28. Roy Book Binder: She Did You a Favor Singer-Songwriter Bluesman PEGleg PL7003-3

  29. Woody Allen: My Marriage Standup Comic Rhino R2 75721

  30. Hazel Dickens: You'll Get No More of Me It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Rounder 82161-0226-2

  31. Hobart Smith: Sitting On Top of the World (trad) Hobart Smith of Saltville, Virginia Folk Legacy FSA-17

  32. Al Jolson: I'm Sitting On Top of the World (Ray Henderson/Sam Lewis-Joe Young) (from the soundtrack of The Singing Fool) Let Me Sing And I'm Happy Rhino R2 72544

  33. Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies: Skin Too Thin Honesty Box Tantobie TTRCD102

  34. Pete Morton: Constant Motion Hunting the Heart Harbourtown HARCD040

  35. Claudia Schmidt: Stop To Rest Wings of Wonder Red House RHRCD 144

  36. Connie Kaldor: All Through the Night (trad/arr.Kaldor) Lullaby Berceuse Oak Street OSCD 011

  37. Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan: Girl In the Blue Velvet Band (trad/arr.Douglas-Rowan) Yonder Sugar Hill SUG-3847

  38. Rude Girls: The Girl In the Red Velvet Dress (L.Hardy/D.Hornung) Rude Awakening Flying Fish FF 424

  39. Small Potatoes: Waltz of the Wallflowers Waltz of the Wallflowers WIND RIVER WR4010CD (877-365-5372)

  40. Bob Hillman: World Trade Center Vigil Conscious 001

  41. Frank Tedesso: When Mohammed Came to the Mountain (spoken) Vigil Conscious 001

  42. David Francey: Saints and Sinners Torn Screen Door Laker LKR 1001

  43. Pete Morton: Another Train One Big Joke Green Linnet GLCD3047

  44. Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie: When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Long Tail LT003-2 (PO Box 5467, Takoma Park, MD 20913)

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

Natalie MacMaster, The McCalmans, Red Clay Ramblers, Rick Neeley, Vigil

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago. 773-728-6000
June 8 at 7:30 and 10: Luka Bloom
June 14 at 7:30 and 10: Avalon Blues, a tribute to Mississippi John Hurt featuring Peter Case, Dave Alvin and Chris Smither

Rick Neeley performs at the Folk-Lore Center, 29 W. 140 Butterfield Rd., Warrenville, Saturday, June 8 at 8. 630-393-1247

Roy Book Binder is at Schubas, Belmont & Southport, Saturday, June 15 at 7.

Cherish the Ladies performs at Fermilab, Saturday, June 15 at 8. 630-840-ARTS

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