Across the Blue Ridge #88 - The Sweetback Sisters, A Captivating Old Bluegrass Band, and Great Fiddle Tunes

The Sweetback Sisters (Zara Bode & Emily Miller) perform a lively mix of classic country music, swing, and new songs and tunes, backed by a first class band. They're leading the charge in new enthusiasm among young adults for sounds of the past with a contemporary edge. We hear cuts from their new album, and interview, and some of the music that's inspired them along the way. Plus … a bluegrass front man you may never have heard of – Vern Williams – and one of the great bands he put together after migrating from Arkansas to California after World War II.  If that's not enough, we end up the show with an action-packed selection of fiddle tunes from radio shows and records.

Playlist

1. Cabin On A Mountain
   Vern Williams Band
   Bluegrass From The Gold Country
    
2. Oh Susannah
   Vern Williams Band
   Bluegrass From The Gold Country
    
3. Picture On The Wall
   Vern Williams Band
   Bluegrass From The Gold Country
    
4. It's All Your Fault
   Sweetback Sisters
   King Of Killing Time
    
5. When I Stop Dreaming
   Louvin Brothers
   The Best Of The Early Louvin Brothers
    
6. KC Stomp
   Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners
    
7. Break 1 - Snake Chapman's Tune
   Will Keys
   A Banjo Original
    
8. Gotta Get A-Goin'
   Sweetback Sisters
   King Of Killing Time
    
9. I Got Lucky With You
   Sweetback Sisters
   King Of Killing Time
    
10. Interview 1
    Sweetback Sisters
     
11. Making Plans
    The Osborne Brothers
    Once More
     
12. Interview 2
    Sweetback Sisters
     
13. Wake Up Little Susie
    Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers' Best
     
14. Interview 3
    Sweetback Sisters
     
15. King Of Killing Time
    Sweetback Sisters
    King Of Killing Time
     
16. Break 2 - Big Hoedown
    James Leva
    Memory Theatre
     
17. Elk River Blues
    Ernie Carpenter
    Old Time Fiddle Tunes from the Elk River Country
     
18. Leather Britches
    Curly Parker with the Blue Sky Boys
    The Blue Sky Boys On Radio V.4
     
19. Uncle Norm's Tune
    Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers
    Norman Edmonds V.1
     
20. Whoa Mule
    John Will Vipperman & Johnny Vipperman
    WPAQ: The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains
     
21. New Five Cents
    Paul Warren 
    Paul Warren with Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass
     
22. Cluck Old Hen
    Tommy Jarrell
    Sail Away Ladies
     
23. Lost Indian
    Corinna Rose Logsdon
    High Fidelity