Charlie’s Still Riding the Boston Subway!

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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 5:30am to 7:00am
Ninety minutes of folk music.

This week’s Pastures of Plenty broadcasts a wide variety of entertaining folk music, from Eliza Gilkyson, Hobo Jim, The Secret Sisters and Guy Clark, to name a few of the musicians we’ve called upon.  
We’re going to be featuring a popular folk music group from the 1960’s, The Kingston Trio, during the seven o’clock hour of the show today.  I selected two of my favorites: "Greenback Dollar" from 1963 and "M.T.A." from 1959, the story of Charlie’s endless ride on the Boston area subway.  To quote Wikipedia: "In 1961, the Trio was described as "the most envied, the most imitated, and the most successful singing group, folk or otherwise, in all show business" and "the undisputed kings of the folksinging rage by every yardstick."  Times have certainly changed, again and again since then, but I still think they’re groovy.

Only KBOO offers you folk music every Monday through Friday morning, starting at 5:30, and Fridays after the noon news.  Thanks for supporting this community radio station!   Will
Photo:  Public transit today in Portland - the wonderful Tilikum Crossing (Bridge of the People) over the Willamette River, used by Tri-Met buses and light rail, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Jamestown Revival
    Song
    Young Man
    Album
    Young Man
    Label
    Jamestown Revival Recordings
  • Time
    5:34
    Artist
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Song
    Coast
    Album
    These Times We're Living In - A Red House Anthology
    Label
    Red House Records
  • Time
    5:37
    Artist
    Richard Thompson
    Song
    From Galway to Graceland
    Album
    Acoustic Classics
    Label
    Beeswing, Inc.
  • Time
    5:41
    Artist
    Doc Watson
    Song
    Life Is Like a River
    Album
    My Dear Old Southern Home
    Label
    Sugar Hill Records
  • Time
    5:43
    Artist
    Richard Dyer-Bennett
    Song
    The Lonesome Valley
    Album
    Richard Dyer-Bennet, Volume 1
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    5:46
    Artist
    Succotash
    Song
    Annabelle
    Album
    A Place to Land
    Label
  • Time
    5:50
    Artist
    Joe Ely
    Song
    Milkmaid
    Album
    Flatland Lullaby
    Label
    Rack 'Em Records
  • Time
    5:55
    Artist
    The Secret Sisters
    Song
    King Cotton
    Album
    You Don't Own Me Anymore
    Label
    New West Records
  • Time
    5:58
    Artist
    Hobo Jim
    Song
    The Yodelin' Logger
    Album
    Thunderfoot
    Label
    Hobo Jim Music Company
  • Time
    6:00
    Artist
    Phil & Vivian Williams
    Song
    Chicken Under the Washtub
    Album
    Twenty Years of Live Northwest Folklife Festival Recordings
    Label
  • Time
    6:03
    Artist
    Colter Wall
    Song
    Do Re Mi
    Album
    Home In This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dustbowl Ballads
    Label
    Elektra (NEK)
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    The Kingston Trio
    Song
    Greenback Dollar
    Album
    New Frontier
    Label
    CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
  • Time
    6:09
    Artist
    Andy Revkin
    Song
    Bills Bills Bills
    Album
    A Very Fine Line
    Label
    Very Fine Lines
  • Time
    6:11
    Artist
    Guy Clark
    Song
    Jack of All Trades
    Album
    Boats to Build
    Label
    Compass Records
  • Time
    6:15
    Artist
    John Reischman
    Song
    Dandy Longlegs (feat. Patrick Sauber, Nick Hornbuckle, Trisha Gagnon & Greg Spatz)
    Album
    New Time & Old Acoustic
    Label
    Corvus Records
  • Time
    6:18
    Artist
    Mara Levine
    Song
    Leaves that are Green
    Album
    Jewels and Harmony
    Label
  • Time
    6:21
    Artist
    Bill Staines
    Song
    Joli Girl
    Album
    The Whistle of the Jay
    Label
    Folk-Legacy Records
  • Time
    6:25
    Artist
    Steve Einhorn & Kate Power
    Song
    Killin' the Blues
    Album
    Now & Then
    Label
    Kate Power & Steve Einhorn
  • Time
    6:28
    Artist
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Song
    Let Me Touch You For Awhile
    Album
    New Favorite
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:32
    Artist
    Kate & Anna McGarrigle
    Song
    Foolish You
    Album
    Kate & Anna McGarrigle
    Label
    Rhino/Warner Records
  • Time
    6:35
    Artist
    Billy Strings
    Song
    Little Cabin Home On The Hill
    Album
    Me / And / Dad
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:38
    Artist
    Joni Mitchell
    Song
    Big Yellow Taxi - Live
    Album
    Miles of Aisles (Live)
    Label
    Rhino/Elektra
  • Time
    6:41
    Artist
    The Secret Sisters
    Song
    Dust Cain't Kill Me
    Album
    Home in This World: Woody Guthrie's Dustbowl Ballads
    Label
    Elektra (NEK)
  • Time
    6:45
    Artist
    The Kingston Trio
    Song
    M.T.A.
    Album
    Kingston Trio At Large
    Label
    Capitol Records
  • Time
    6:48
    Artist
    Brad Paisley
    Song
    Keep on the Sunnyside
    Album
    Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
    Label
    Dualtone Music Group
  • Time
    6:52
    Artist
    Jerry Douglas
    Song
    Who's Your Uncle (feat. Béla Fleck, Sam Bush)
    Album
    The Best Kept Secret
    Label
    KOCH Records

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