Hang Down Your Head: The Real-Life Story of Tom Dooley

Old Man Trump: Woody Guthrie's Unlikely Connection to Fred Trump

This episode of Plucked contained music that was used by permission of generous friends, including: Bill Mylar: Bill is a singer, songwriter and cover artist who can perform more songs than anyone on the planet. I used the instrumental part of his song “Kimberly” as an intro to the segment on the young Woody Guthrie’s racism. You can hear Bill’s originals at http://www.mylarville.com/ [http://www.mylarville.com/]. Sage Arias: Sage is an incredibly talented musician who plays more instruments than Prince and Sufjan Stevens combined. He’s also been an enthusiastic supporter of this show. Three of his tunes grace this episode. “Banish Misfortune” follows the segment on the Peekskill riot. “Old jawbone” accompanies the narration on the Federal Housing Administration. And “The Butterfly” plays during the closing narration about the resurfacing of “Beach Haven Ain’t My Home” feeling like providence. Sage’s two main musical projects are: Orchestrium: https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/ [https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/] Halfpence and Haypenny: https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases [https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases] P.W. Fenton: P-Dub is a one-man podcasting powerhouse who hosts the storytelling podcast, Digital Flotsam (www.digitalflotsam.org) [http://www.digitalflotsam.org)]; the musical showcase, Perfect Head (www.perfecthead.com) [http://www.perfecthead.com)]; and On This Day In Blues History (www.bluesland.net [http://www.bluesland.net] ). His work as a blues documentarian yielded the Ed Wright guitar piece that you hear during the segment about Woody Guthrie’s on-air apology. David Waterman: David plays the guitar piece you hear behind the segment on Woody Guthrie’s death. He’s also an incredible voiceover artist. Here’s where you can check out his work: Music: https://www.facebook.com/davidwaterman/videos [https://www.facebook.com/davidwaterman/videos] Voiceover Work: https://voice123.com/davidwaterman [https://voice123.com/davidwaterman] Tim Kurteff-Schatz: Tim’s replication of an Art Blakey solo is what you hear during the montage of Donald Trump’s most famous racist remarks. Tim can drum to anything! But his main gig is with the awesome Irish rock band One Eyed Reilly, which you can check out at http://www.oneeyedreilly.com/ [http://www.oneeyedreilly.com/]. JonEmery: JonEmery is an independent country/Americana artist and one of the best songwriters ever. He mixed the vocals out of his incredible song, “She’s Easy to Dream About,” and let us use it as our opening and closing theme. Here’s where you can hunt him and his band (the Unconventionals) down: Email:http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com [http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com] Website: http://www.jonemerymusic.com/ [http://www.jonemerymusic.com/] Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/] You Tube (El Camino/Ranchero Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg] Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM] Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg [https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg] HeartBroken Records (Owner/Artist): https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/ [https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/] Left Of The Dial Promotions:https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/ [https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/] Special thanks to Alexander Nakarada for the use of “Blood Eagle,” located at www.freepd.com [http://www.freepd.com]. Sound effects for this show are all royalty-free, license-free, attribution-free Creative Commons files shared by contributors at http://www.freesound.org/ [http://www.freesound.org/]. Licensed music used under my best understanding of free trade laws include “I Ain’t Got No Home” by Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl Ballads, Victor Records, 1940); “Old Man Trump” by Ryan Harvey, feature Ani DiFranco and Tom Morello (Firebrand Records, 2016); “Do Re Mi” by Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl Ballads, Victor Records, 1940); “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” by Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry (circa 1944); “Billy Boy” by the Almanac Singers with Josh White on lead vocals (Songs for John Doe, Almanac Records, 1941); “We Shall Be Free” by Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie (Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Smithsonian Folkways, 2015); “The Ferguson Brothers Killing” and The blinding of Isaac Woodard” by Professor Will Kaufman (TEDx TulsaCC, 2017); Peekskill Outrage – Sydney Poitier, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson (vintage clip posted to YouTube by Joe Stead, original source unknown); Our Song Will Go On – The Peekskill Story (vintage clip posted to YouTube by Russ Chandler, original source unknown); “Lost John” by Sonny Terry and Woody Guthrie (Sonny Terry Vol. 2 [1944-1949], Document Records, 2005); “I Don’t Like the Way the World’s A-Treatin’ Me” by Woody Guthrie (1952 home recording released by Omnivore Recordings in 2019); plus covers of “Beach Haven Ain’t My Home (Old Man Trump)” posted to YouTube by Lance Eads, Missin’ Cousins, Middle Class Joe, and the New Ash Grove Players.

There Are No Neutrals: The Real-Life Story Behind "Which Side Are You On?"

This episode of Plucked contained music that was used by permission of generous friends, including: Sage Arias: Sage is the most multi-instrumenta multi-instrumentalist who ever lived—and a big supporter of this show. That’s him playing banjo (from the song “Darlin’ Cora”) in the segue between the show intro and the main narrative. The drone from his hurdy gurdy (taken from “Cynthia’s Ground”) is briefly heard as a lead-in to the narrative about the poverty of Harlan County’s “have-nots.” And “Banish Misfortume” plays just after the thugs leave the Reeces’ home. His main musical projects are: Orchestrium: https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/ [https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/] Halfpence and Haypenny: https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases [https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases] Tim Kurteff-Schatz: Tim is the drummer for the awesome Irish-based rock band, One Eyed Reilly. In this episode, you can hear him playing the drumbeat behind the narrative about the Battle of Evarts. And you can find One Eyed Reilly at www.oneeyedreilly.com [http://www.oneeyedreilly.com]. Ken Burnett: Ken is one of the most gifted and intuitive mandolin players ever to grace Mother Earth with his music. His song “Rubies” plays at the very end of the narrative, when Florence gets over her writer’s block and begins to write. You can find Ken’s projects at the following locations: https://www.youtube.com/user/kensblivet [https://www.youtube.com/user/kensblivet] mandolinavenue.com [http://mandolinavenue.com/] thevintagefindband.com [http://thevintagefindband.com/] side-wheeler.com [http://side-wheeler.com/] JonEmery: JonEmery is an independent country/Americana artist and one of the best songwriters ever. He mixed the vocals out of his incredible song, “She’s Easy to Dream About,” and let us use it as our opening and closing theme. Here’s where you can hunt him and his band (the Unconventionals) down: Email:http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com [http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com] Website: http://www.jonemerymusic.com/ [http://www.jonemerymusic.com/] Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/] You Tube (El Camino/Ranchero Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg] Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM] Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg [https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg] HeartBroken Records (Owner/Artist): https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/ [https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/] Left Of The Dial Promotions:https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/ [https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/] This episode also benefited from the following contributors to www.freepd.com [http://www.freepd.com], which is an excellent source for pro-quality royalty-free, license-free music: Komiku for “Down the River”; Alexander Nakarada for “Blood Eagle”; and Brian Boyko for “Born Barnstormers.” These artists ask nothing for the music they donate, but, if you go to FreePD.com for your projects, please remember that you can make donations on the website that go directly to the artists. Sound effects for this episode came fromhttp://www.freesound.org/ [http://www.freesound.org/]. All sound effects used on this show are under a Creative Commons license, which means they are royalty-free and require no attribution. However, if you would like to know attribution information on any of the sound effects in this show, I will be happy to provide it. Please contact show host Bobby Waller at PluckedPodcast@gmail.com [PluckedPodcast@gmail.com]. Also, if you use freesound.org for any of your projects, please make a donation to help keep the website up and running. It’s invaluable! Licensed music used under our best understanding of free trade laws include the following versions of “Which Side Are You On?”: The Almanac Singers (Talking Union & Other Union Songs, Keynote, 1941); The Freedom Singers (Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990); Billy Bragg (Back to Basics, Cooking Vinyl, 1987); Ani DiFranco (?Which Side Are You On?, Righteous Babe, 2012); Tom Morello (Union Town, New West, 2011); Rebel Diaz (Radical Dilemma, 2013); Florence Reece (licensed to UMG on behalf of New Rounder; BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Sony ATV Publishing, CMRRA, Concord Music Publishing). Other archival audio recordings used according to our best understanding of fair use laws include: “Barbara Allen” by Frank Luther and His Pards (Victor, 1928); “Darling Cora” by B.F. Shelton (Victor, 1927); “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” by the Carter Family (Victor, 1927); “Pretty Polly” by Doc Boggs (Brunswick, 1927); “The Knoxville Girl” by Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner (Vocalion, 1926); “Ommie Wise” by G.B. Grayson (Gennet, 1927); “Solidarity Forever” by attendees of a demonstration in the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol, posted to YouTube by user mmatheson in 2012); and Jack Munro (Roud 268) by Sarah Hawkes (Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change, The Orchard Music on behalf of Folkway Records; 1960)

The Indian in That Picture: The Ballad of Ira Hayes

This episode of Plucked contained music that was used by permission of generous friends, including: David Waterman: David plays the guitar piece that leads into the story-telling part of the show (right after the intro). You can check out his work here: Music: https://www.facebook.com/davidwaterman/videos [https://www.facebook.com/davidwaterman/videos] Voiceover Work: https://voice123.com/davidwaterman [https://voice123.com/davidwaterman] Sage Arias: Sage plays more instruments than any other person on the planet. You can here him playing Bach’s Minuet in Gm during the resolution part of the narrative, just before the closing credits. His main musical projects are: Orchestrium: https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/ [https://orchestrium.bandcamp.com/] Halfpence and Haypenny: https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases [https://halfpence-and-haypenny.bandcamp.com/releases] JonEmery: JonEmery is an independent country/Americana artist and one of the best songwriters ever. He mixed the vocals out of his incredible song, “She’s Easy to Dream About,” and let us use it as our opening and closing theme. Here’s where you can hunt him and his band (the Unconventionals) down: Email:http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com [http://jonemerymusic@gmail.com] Website: http://www.jonemerymusic.com/ [http://www.jonemerymusic.com/] Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/] You Tube (El Camino/Ranchero Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg] Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM] Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg [https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg] HeartBroken Records (Owner/Artist): https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/ [https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/] Left Of The Dial Promotions:https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/ [https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/] Special thanks to Rafael Krux for the use of “City Run,” located at www.freepd.com [http://www.freepd.com], and to the following contributors at http://www.freesound.org/ [http://www.freesound.org/]: theojt, creator of “Dark Ambient Music”; Osiruswaltz, creator of “Eerie Noises>>Creepy Background Noises 1 (Loopable).wav”; schots, creator of “Flashbulb heavy”; deleted_user_7146007, creator of “Large Crowd Ambience”; thaighaudio, creator of “Applause >> Concert audience applause 1”; unfa, creator of “Applause >> Applause 3” and “War >> Huge Explosion”; DRFX, creator of “Weapons >> Battle Zone Scene”; hyderpotter, creator of “war.wav”; HolyMatt123, creator of “War Sounds.wav”; FlatHill, creator of “Marching Band Passes By”; and kiddpark, creator of 13 drum cadances.wav” Licensed music used under our best understanding of free trade laws include the following versions of “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”: Peter La Farge (Ira Hayes and Other Ballads, Columbia, 1962); Johnny Cash (Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, Columbia, 1964; Pete Seeger (Broadside Ballads, Broadside, 1963); Kris Kristofferson (Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited, Sony Masterworks, 2014); Bob Dylan (The Rolling Thunder Review: The 1975 Live Recordings, Columbia Legacy, 2019); Hazel Dickens (From the Sweat of My Brow, Rounder, 1983); and Townes Van Zandt (Solo Sessions, 1995)

Now Is the Time For Your Tears: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Most of the music in this episode of Plucked is used by permission of extremely generous friends, including: William Mylar. Bill's tune "Kimberley" plays during the narration about Hattie Carroll waking up and getting her kids and grandkids ready. Bill is not only a gifted songwriter but also a cover artist with a larger repertoire than any performer on the planet! You can check out Bill's music at https://mylarville.com [https://mylarville.com]. P.W. Fenton. P-Dub is a blues artist and aficionado as well as a podcasting pioneer. He hosts On This Day in Blues History at https://bluesland.net [https://bluesland.net] and a memoir-based storytelling podcast called Digital Flotsam at https://digitalflotsam.org [https://digitalflotsam.org]. P.W. granted permission for Plucked to play an acoustic blues guitar piece by Ed Wright at the beginning of the epilogue and a blues clarinet piece Wayne Pearson, which plays during the narration about Hattie having heard earned her status as a matriarch. Tim Kurteff-Schatz. Tim is an incredible drummer and a former bandmate of host, Bobby Waller. He plays drums during the narration about the drunken Billy Zantzinger falling on his wife and then striking the younger barmaid. You can check out Tim’s band, One Eyed Reilly at https://oneeyedreilly.com [https://oneeyedreilly.com]. Patrick Hennessey. Patrick is not only one of the nicest guys in the universe but also an incredible drummer whose playing can be heard during the narration about Billy striking Hattie with his cane. Patrick drums for the almost unbearably fun Irish punk band, The Pikeys, which you can check out at https://thepikeys.com [https://thepikeys.com]. JonEmery. JonEmery’s “She’s Easy to Dream About” is the opening and closing theme for Plucked. And his “Every Single Second” is the fiddle-forward piece you hear during the narration about what MLK would think if he were alive today. You can find JonEmery’s music at the following locations: EMAIL:jonemerymusic@gmail.com [jonemerymusic@gmail.com] WEBSITE: http://www.jonemerymusic.com [http://www.jonemerymusic.com/] FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/] YOUTUBE--EL CAMINO / RANCHERO VIDEO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg] SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM] PANDORA:https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg [https://www.pandora.com/artist/jonemery-and-the-unconventionals/ARxjVgqVp4K7clg] HEARTBROKEN REORDS (OWNER): https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/ [https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/] LEFT-OF-THE-DIAL PRODUCTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/ [https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/] Copyright-free tunes from freepd.com [http://freepd.com/] include “Compy Jazz” by Kevin McLeod and “Ambient Bongos” by Alexander Nakarada. The feature song for this episode was “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” by Bob Dylan, released in 1964 by Columbia Records. Cover versions of "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" featured on this episode of Plucked include those by Judy Collins (The Judy Collins Concert, Elektra, 1964), Phranc (Folksinger, Rhino, 1985), Michael Rose (A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan: Is It Rolling Bob?, Silverline, 2004), Christy Moore (Burning Times, Sony International, 2005), Cage the Elephant (Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Celebrating 50 Years of Amnesty International, Amnesty International, 2012) and the following self-recorded artists on YouTube: Lindsay Taylor, Nicole Stella, Shree Dove, Andrew Mulieri, Julia Midkiff, Maya Nicole Music, and jimski123.

Hang Down Your Head: The Real-Life Story of Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio’s 1958 hit, “Tom Dooley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGGQVGLTQ0],” is about as infectious as ear worms get, but it doesn’t give a lot of details about the real-life murder case that inspired it. Host Bobby Waller tells this fantastically sordid tale of underage sex, adultery, syphilis, possible mercury poisoning, and love triangle that may actually have been a love quadrangle. Most of the music in this episode of Plucked is used by permission of extremely generous friends, including: Sinjin Fraser. Sinjin plays fiddle during the narratition about Tom Dooley’s stint in the Civil War. You can check out Sinjin’s band, One Eyed Reilly at https://oneeyedreilly.com/ [https://oneeyedreilly.com/]. James Wilson. James plays “Crooked Road” on mandolin during the narration about Laura going missing and turning up dead. Ken Burnett. This episode features three of Ken’s tunes: “The Island,” “Mr. Gracie’s Farm,” and “Covette Heaven.” (They’re the pieces that feature that really cool sounding bass clarinet.) You can find Ken’s musical projects at these locations: * https://www.youtube.com/user/kensblivet [https://www.youtube.com/user/kensblivet] * mandolinavenue.com [http://mandolinavenue.com/] * thevintagefindband.com [http://thevintagefindband.com/] * side-wheeler.com [http://side-wheeler.com/] Gordon Groft, Belevolent Overloard. Gordon’s recording of “Txoria Txori” is the very last tune in the story part of the show (before the closing theme). JonEmery. JonEmery’s “She’s Easy to Dream About” is the opening and closing theme for Plucked. And his “Eddie Mr. Pedicab” is the music you hear after “This is the real-life story of Tom Dula.” You can find JonEmery’s music at the following locations: * Website [jonemerymusic.com] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JonEmeryMusic/ ] * You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0sbm1hMZg] * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lUy6MQF3vIiSFRo7IP5ZM] * JonEmery: Business * HeartBroken Records [https://www.facebook.com/HeartBrokenRecords/] * Left Of The Dial Promotions [https://www.facebook.com/leftofthedialpromotions/] Copyright-free tunes from freepd.com [http://freepd.com/] include “Horrific” by Kevin McLeod; “Footsteps in the Attic by Arthur Fordsworth; “Mascott’s Theme” by Komiko; “Jethro on the Run” by an anonymous donor; and “Creepy Hallow” and “Blood Eagle” by Alexander Nakarada. The feature song for this episode was “Tom Dooley” by the Kingston Trio, released in 1958 by Capitol Records. Movie clip from “The Legend of Tom Dooley” released in 1959 by Columbia Pictures. If you would like submit music for the show, email pluckedpodcast.com.