This podcast is the fourteenth installment broadcast by Royalton Community Radio in Vermont, a sort of companion soundtrack to Jim’s new memoir IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN, his third book about the history of this music.
October 21, 2014
Download the whole show here
or listen in segments:
PART I
A new generation picks up from traditional performers at the Newport Folk Festivals – Ed & Lonnie Young, Bessie Jones, Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band
PART II
Richard Farina and Eric von Schmidt, influence of Mississippi Fred MacDowell on Geoff Muldaur
PART III
Men of Constant Sorrow: Roscoe Holcomb, Carter and Ralph Stanley
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Paul Butterfield’s BETTER DAYS
The emergence of Cajun classics, the Balfa Bros.

Townes Van Zandt, Mimi Lomax, Antoinette Hopkins Charles, and Lightnin’ Hopkins. (photo: John Lomax III)
Except as noted, photos courtesy of Marina Jason’s Facebook group:
Folk Music ~ 1960’s through the present
Playlist #14
14.01 | In It For The Long Run | Jim Rooney |
14.02 | Chevrolet | Ed & Lonnie Young |
14.03 | Chevrolet | Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band |
14.04 | Johnny Cuckoo | Bessie Jones |
14.05 | Johnny Cuckoo | Richard Farina & Eric von Schmidt |
14.06 | Drop Down Mama | Mississippi Fred MacDowell |
14.07 | Drop Down Mama | Geoff Muldaur |
14.08 | Frog Went A-Courtin’ | Almeda Riddle |
14.09 | Frog Went A-Courtin’ | Pete Seeger |
14.10 | Man of Constant Sorrow | Roscoe Holcomb |
14.11 | Man of Constant Sorrow | Stanley Bros. |
14.12 | Back to New Orleans | Lightnin’ Hopkins |
14.13 | Baby Please Don’t Go | Paul Butterfield’s Better Days |
14.14 | Madeleine | Dewey & Rodney Balfa |
14.15 | Newport Waltz | Dewey & Rodney Balfa |