Requested By You

10 p.m. to Midnight Host: Steve Winters

These are songs and artists our listeners have requested for airplay in recent weeks. This show was postponed a week because of the death of folk music icon Pete Seeger last week and the Profiles celebration of his life last Friday. Obviously, because of the voluminous dimensions of Pete’s artistry it was impossible to do justice to his work in two hours, so I’ve included another set in this program that listeners asked for since that tribute. The remainder of show is also programmed by listeners from the blues of the 1920s-40s to old folk revival favorites like Gordon Bok and Bill Staines to the balladry of England’s Kate Rusby. There will be more listener request shows to come since I’ve got a backlog of recommendations, suggestions, orders! Send yours to winters@wshu.org Opening and closing the show is the music of legendary New Hampshire musician and contra dance caller Bob McQuillen, who died at age 90 on Feb. 4. Those who danced in New England and/or attended festivals such as the historic Fox Hollow Festival; Old Songs, Champlain Valley, etc., are familiar with Bob. Essentially a pianist and accordion player, he composed more than 1,000 songs during his career and in 2002 was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest award for traditional and folk arts in the United States.

  • Artist, "Title", Album, Label

  • Bob McQuillen, “Father Charlie’s/Frankie’s Tune”, Hand It Down, Avocet

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  • Pete Seeger, “Guantanamera”, Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits, Columbia

  • Casey Neil, “Old Father Hudson/Sailing Down Dirty Stream”, Where Have All The Flowers Gone/The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Appleseed

  • Pete Seeger, “The Foolish Frog”, Birds Beasts Bugs & Bigger Fishes, Folkways Records

  • Tony Trischka Band, “Goofing Off Suite”, Where Have All The Flowers Gone/The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Appleseed

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  • Robert Johnson, “Crossroad Blues”, “Love In Vain Blues”, The Complete Recordings/The Centennial Collection, Columbia/Legacy

  • Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues”, Legends Of The Blues/Vol. 1, Columbia

  • Memphis Minnie, “Nothing In Ramblin’”, Legends Of The Blues/Vol. 1, Columbia

  • Blind Willie McTell, “Broke Down Engine”, “Low Rider’s Blues”, The Definitive Blind Willie McTell, Columbia/Legacy

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  • Bill Staines, “Shady Grove”, “Lord Franklin”, Beneath Some Lucky Star, Red House Records

  • Gordon Bok, “Cape Ann”, “Mrs. MacDonald’s Lament”, Peter Kagan And The Wind, Folk-Legacy

  • Bill Staines, “Along The Road”, Beneath Some Lucky Star, Red House Records

  • Bok Muir & Trickett, “John Of Dreams”, Fashioned In The Clay, Folk-Legacy

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  • Kate Rusby, “Bitter Boy”, “John Barbury”, Awkward Annie, Pure Records

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  • Bob McQuillen, “Bannerman’s Quadrille/Mike’s March”, “Brynne Marie”, Hand It Down, Avocet