The Rummage Sale (Election Day) 11/05/19 Tues 3-6PM

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[b:e003b15748]Uncle Ken’s Election Day Special
Thanks to Mike, Dave S and Andy for some of the tunes[/b:e003b15748]

I WANNA GROW UP TO BE A POLITICIAN – The Byrds

PRESIDENT TRUMAN- Al Parry and the Cattle

KISS ME MISS LIBERTY- John Wesley Harding

MERRY LITTLE MINUET- Kingston Trio (requested by Mike, the greatest request in 5000 years)

OVERSEAS STOMP- Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED- Mavis Staples

THE ENVOY- Warren Zevon

CRAZY WORDS, CRAZY TUNE- Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band

ANDERSONVILLE- Dave Alvin

ARROWHEAD- Richard Shindell

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN- Steve Young

DOVES IN HAWKS’ CLOTHING- Ultimate Spinach (requested by Mike)

[u:e003b15748]TRIBUTES![/u:e003b15748]

SCARLET RIBBONS- The Browns (RIP Cleveland Brown defensive back Bernie Parrish)

FEATS DON’T FAIL ME NOW- Little Feat (RIP Paul Barrerre)

LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER- Nino Rota (RIP Robert Evans)

THIRSTY BOOTS- Eric Anderson

OHIO- Ben Taylor (two requests)

DEPORTEE- The Byrds (by request)

ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN- Joel Rafael (by request)

DO RE MI- Woody Guthrie

MISTER GARFIELD- Johnny Cash

THE WORLD’S IN A HELL OF A SHAPE- Jackie Ross

NO BANKER LEFT BEHIND- Ry Cooder

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING- Karen Parks

BALLAD OF NEW ORLEANS- Johnny Horton (requested by Jim from Preston)

WHITE HOUSES- Eric Burdon and the Animals (requested by MIke)

JOHN LEE HOOKER FOR PRESIDENT- Ry Cooder

STRANGE FRUIT- Billie Holiday

RISE AGAIN, HANDSOME JOHNNY- Tom Russell

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY- Rhiannon Giddens

BUFFALO SOLDIERS- Bob Marley

WE’LL NEVER TURN BACK- Mavis Staples

AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING- Sousa Band

JOE HILL- Paul Robeson

THE TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGING- Bob Dylan

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED- Gil Scott-Heron

CRAZY IN ALABAMA- Kate Campbell

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND- Woody Guthrie

GET TOGETHER- Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin

It was one of the oddest and, in a sense, most depressing show I’ve done.
It took a severely dark turn after the tributes, with successive requests for OHIO, DEPORTEES, and ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN,
and remained that way for the rest of the three hours.
Then, during EVE OF DESTRUCTION, it dawned on me that CRAZY IN ALABAMA was about "George C Wallace and LBJ"
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED was early 70s
and EVE OF DESTRUCTION is 52 years old.
And then I got two phone calls in the last ten minutes of the show, complimenting me
heavily on the songs, one of whom said he’s been listening for the past ten years, and
this was perhaps my best show. We’ll take it!

[b:e003b15748]Next Tuesday is National French Dip Day.
I could only think of two songs about sandwiches and one about roast beef, so I rejected that, only to decide that all songs will have a country’s name in adjectival form in the title. I already got a request for TURNING JAPANESE, for example. Or MEXICAN RADIO.
You get the idea.[/b:e003b15748]

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