On today's show we're exploring the roots of the mainstream folk music explosion in the mid-1960s - Bob Dylan, the Byrds, and all that- starting in the mid-1930s with Lead Belly, all the way to the Civil Rights March in DC in 1963.
Featuring tracks by Lead Belly, Uncle Bunt Stephens, Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers, Woody Guthrie, The Weavers, Odetta, John Fahey, The Easy Riders, The Kingston Trio, The New Christy Minstrels, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary, Mississippi John Hurt, and Columbus Fruge
- Lead Belly - Ain't Goin Down to the Well no Mo/Go Down Old Hannah @ 01:18
- Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sail Away Lady @ 03:27
- Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers - Wake Up Jacob @ 09:18
- Lead Belly - Take a Whiff On Me @ 09:19
- Woody Guthrie - Dust Cain't Kill Me @ 12:10
- The Weavers - Goodnight Irene (Live at Carnegie Hall) @ 15:40
- Odetta - Take This Hammer @ 19:02
- John Fahey - St. Louis Blues @ 22:41
- The Easy Riders - Marianne @ 27:19
- The Kingston Trio - Fast Freight @ 29:37
- The New Christy Minstrels - Californio @ 33:21
- John Fahey - John Henry Variations @ 35:31
- Mississippi Fred McDowell - When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines @ 41:11
- Joan Baez - Silver Dagger @ 44:29
- Judy Collins - Tim Evans @ 46:56
- Bob Dylan - Song To Woody @ 49:46
- Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had A Hammer @ 52:24
- Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues @ 54:30
- Columbus Fruge - Saut Crapaud @ 57:33
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Sunday, August 2, 2026