RADIO ETHER PROGRAM 224 (RY COODER ETHER PART ONE)

RADIO ETHER                                                                                                  
PROGRAM TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR                        
(RY COODER ETHER PART ONE)

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."
— Robert Frost, "The Secret Sits" (1942)

(for inthegarden, ZimmyShelter, Jim Volk, Carson Arnold, Jerry DeCicca & Senor Bob Dylan!)

PART ONE
1. Intro
2. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (Alfred Reed) (Ry Cooder - Warner Bros. - Dec. 1970)
3. Available Space (Ry Cooder) (Ry Cooder - Warner Bros. - Dec. 1970)
4. Pigmeat (Leadbelly) (Ry Cooder - Warner Bros. - Dec. 1970)
5. Police Dog Blues (Arthur Blake) (Ry Cooder - Warner Bros. - Dec. 1970)
6. Dark Is the Night (Blind Willie Johnson) (Ry Cooder - Warner Bros. - Dec. 1970)
7. talk
8. Billy the Kid (Traditional) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
9. F.D.R. in Trinidad (Fitz Maclean) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
10. Denomination Blues (George Washington Phillips) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
11. Hey Porter (Johnny Cash) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
12. Great Dream from Heaven (Joseph Spence) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
13. Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All (Traditional) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
14. Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie) (Into The Purple Valley - Reprise - February 1971)
15. talk
16. Boomer's Story (Traditional) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
17. Cherry Ball Blues (Skip James) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
18. Ax Sweet Mama (Sleepy John Estes) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
19. Maria Elena (Bob Russell, Lorenzo Barcelata) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
20. The Dark End of the Street (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
21. Rally 'Round the Flag (George F. Root) [Piano - Randy Newman] (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)
22. President Kennedy (Sleepy John Estes) [Guitar, Vocals - Sleepy John Estes recorded in Collierville, Tennessee) (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972)

PART TWO
23. talk
24. Married Man's a Fool (Blind Willie McTell) (Paradise And Lunch - Reprise Records - May 1974)
25. Jesus on the Mainline (Traditional) (Paradise And Lunch - Reprise Records - May 1974)
26. Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) (Paradise And Lunch - Reprise Records - May 1974)
27. Mexican Divorce (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) (Paradise And Lunch - Reprise Records - May 1974)
28. Ditty Wah Ditty (Arthur Blake) [Piano - Earl Hines] (Paradise And Lunch - Reprise Records - May 1974)
29. talk
30. The Bourgeois Blues (Leadbelly) (Chicken Skin Music - Reprise - 1976)
31. He'll Have to Go (Joe Allison, Audrey Allison) (Chicken Skin Music - Reprise - 1976)
32. Stand by Me (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (Chicken Skin Music - Reprise - 1976)
33, Chloe (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) (Chicken Skin Music - Reprise - 1976)
34. Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly, John Lomax) (Chicken Skin Music - Reprise - 1976)
35. talk
36. The Long Riders (Ry Cooder) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
37. Archie's Funeral (Hold to God's Unchanging Hand) (Traditional) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
38. Better Things to Think About (Ry Cooder) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
39. Cole Younger Polka (Ry Cooder/Lindley, D.) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
40. Escape from Northfield (Ry Cooder) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
41. Leaving Missouri (David Lindley) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)
42. Jesse James (Traditional) (The Long Riders - WEA International - June 1980)

PART THREE
43. talk
44. The Girls from Texas (Cliff Chambers/Jimmy Holiday/James Lewis) (Borderline - Reprise - October 1980)
45. Borderline (Ry Cooder) (Borderline - Reprise - October 1980)
46. Never Make Your Move Too Soon (Stix Hooper/Will Jennings) (Borderline - Reprise - October 1980)
47. talk
48. UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto (Ry Cooder/Jim Keltner) (The Slide Area - Reprise - April 1982)
49. I Need A Woman (Bob Dylan) (The Slide Area - Reprise - April 1982)
50. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) (The Slide Area - Reprise - April 1982)
51. Which Came First (Ry Cooder/Willie Dixon) (The Slide Area - Reprise - April 1982)
52. talk
53. Paris, Texas (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
54. Brothers (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
55. Nothing Out There (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
56. A Canción Mixteca (Ry Cooder/Traditional) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
57. No Safety Zone (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
58. Houston in Two Seconds (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
59. She's Leaving the Bank (Ry Cooder/Jim Dickinson) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
60. On the Couch (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
61. I Knew These People (Ry Cooder) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
62. Dark Was the Night (Ry Cooder/Blind Willie Johnson) (Paris, Texas - Warner Bros. - March 14, 1989)
63. Outro
64. Crow Black Chicken (Lawrence Wilson) - Ry Cooder (Boomer's Story - Reprise - 1972) [ETHER BONUS]

DJ: Charles Cicirella
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio

Artwork included
ENJOY!

TO INFINITY AND WAY, WAY BEYOND!