Wildwood Flower

Jack explains the delay in the release of the Season 2 finale and opens up a call for collaborators.

Jack marvels at the much-more-than-novelty sister duo, the DeZurik Sisters. Listen to hear what won the hearts of both the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry audiences. Songs The DeZurik Sisters - Arizona Yodeler Bradley Kincaid - Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me Elton Britt - Alpine Milkman The DeZurik Sisters - Birmingham Jail The DeZurik Sisters - Go to Sleep My D

She wrote one of the greatest odes to one's house in "My Adobe Hacienda." This week we look at the songs, the career, and the family of one of country music's most influential artists: Louise Massey. Songs Louise Massey and the Westerners - My Adobe Hacienda The Massey Family - New RIver Train Louise Massey and the Westerners - When the White Azaleas are Blooming Louise Massey and

We look at Patsy's "paying her dues" years of the 40s and early 50s, including her interactions with some of country's biggest legends. Songs: Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers - I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart 2 (I’ve Found My Cowboy’s Sweetheart) Patsy Montana and Her Pardners - I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Dreamgirl Patsy Montana and Her Pardners - Blanket Me With Western

Part 2 of 3 Patsy Montana episodes this season. We take a look at Patsy's time with the Prairie Ramblers and WLS in the 30s. We also get to hear her talk about the writing of the song that put her on the map: I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart. Songs Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl Sweet Violet Boys - Let’s all Get Good and Drunk Prairie Ramblers - Shady Grove Patsy Monta

Patsy Montana: the first female country musician to have a million-selling record. Patsy's not great with facts, so Jack does what he can to get a reasonably accurate account of the early life and career of this icon. Songs: Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile Fritz Kreisler - Chansons sans Paroles Jimmie Rodgers - Mother was a Lady Jimmie Rodgers - Yodeling Cowboy Stuart Hamblen - T

Jack is back from a two-month hiatus to tell you all he can about the pioneering close-harmony sister duo The Girls of the Golden West. Songs: Girls of the Golden West - Started out from Texas Gene Autry - Cowboy Yodel Girls of the Golden West - Home Sweet Home in Texas Girls of the Golden West - Colorado Blues Girls of the Golden West - Hi O, Hi O (Night Herding Song) Girls of the

Jack closes out The Three Little Maids trilogy by looking at the brief, tragic, yet influential life of Eva Overstake. References: Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press. Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown. Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7,

The legendary Jenny Lou Carson (Lucille Overstake) is the first woman to write a #1 country song. We hear her story, plus things get blue as we get into the dirty thirties with a strain of hillbilly music you wouldn't hear on the National Barn Dance. We also hear the story behind the first gay country song. References: Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the Nat

An introduction to the Three Little Maids and a focused look on Evelyn Overstake, the oldest of the three sisters. Songs: Irene Harvey, Vivain Hart, and Carita Crawford - Three Little Maids from School Madge Chrichton - Something Sweet About Me The Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band - Rock of Ages The Brox Sisters - Hang On to Me The Three Little Maids - Since the Angels Took Mother Aw