Music You Can't Hear on the Radio Sun Feb 4 with John Weingart on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Big Doc Watson vibes on the Brown's Ferry Blues.

yup

Greetings John and Jim.Jim Kweskin had a streaming concert today but I was unable to attend.

Great opening set, John.

@ John Weingart (host) Great show thus far (as always!), and I'm especially looking forward to your special LP full play coming up.

I’ve never actually watched the Grammies but I always enjoy hearing this song.

Grammies haven’t been the same since they eliminated polka category. That Jimmy Sturr was a juggernaut

Evenin" John! Chaterers!

Thanks all

@Patrick! Fingers crossed for Perry Shall tonight🤞

Greetings Ambrose. The real suspense is what bluegrass album John is going to select.let’s hope it’s not Billy Strings!!

@Patrick😆😜

The Greenbriar Live On! They're (not so) ragged but (very!) right ... :-))

My introduction to blue grass was in mid 70s.at JFK STADIUM. I ran onto the feel after the Army Navy game and tore up some grass as a souvenir. For some reason they painted the grass blue that day

@Patrick😝

I found my copy of Ragged But Right by the Greenbriar Boys in a bin of a (now long gone) record store In Princeton's Palmer Square that actually carried bluegrass and old-timey music. Oh, my ...

howdy all! poppin in to say this a heckuva good show today! Really liked that 'Downey to Lubbock'.

@John, ever heard Split Lip Rayfield?

No

Greetings to Richard,Richard and my other brother Richard,

We're all the Rich-ard for it!

Rocky Richard what was name of record store in Palmer Square

Guess I'd better check in then.

Hi Richards

A Rick amongst the Richards!😲

THIS💥

Did the Greenbriar Boys record the first version of Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum"?

Didn’t know there was a McKinley assassination song.Shame their was never a song about the assassination attempts 2 weeks apart of the great Gerald R Ford!!

Re Different Drum - yes, though not on this album

Roll on John was written as a tribute to …..Music you Cant Hear on the Radio!!

@ Patrick White Gosh, I do not remember the name of that magical record store in Palmer Square ... but! ... I can tell you it was at # 9 Palmer Suqare West, which is now half of the Faherty store.

Written long before I was born (Roll On John)

The version of Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum" as arranged by Greenbriar Boys guitarist/lead singer John Herald -- which inspired Linda Ronstadt to record her big hit version -- is on the group's third full studio album "Better Late Than Never."

John when you choose between history and legend……print the legend!!

Who sang lead on Roll on John?

Ralph Rinzler

As highly acclaimed as have been the Greenbriar Boys as pioneering "citybillies" (urban dwellers who played Southern "hillbilly" music), they are STILL underrated. John Herald was one of around best lead singing/flatpicking solos guitarists. Bob Yellin was (and I'm sure still is) a killer 5-string banjo picker, rooted in Scruggs method but branching up and up in innovation; and Ralph Rinzler was a mandolin player both sturdy and imaginative (melding ragtime with Bill Monroe style).

Squeaky Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, who both attempted unsuccessfully to shoot Gerald Ford, are featured in Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins. And Squeaky is one of the subjects of London Wainwright III’s California Pruson Blues.

Nice singer!

California Prison Blues

Thanks Russell I knew you would take a shot at it

Hey Russ I was at Clark Park today for the Charles Dickens birthday celebration.

@Patrick😜

Any of the listenership not aware John has a beautifully written eulogy to John Herald on his MYCHOR web page.

Wow this Methodist song is making me think of converting

@ Michael from Frenchtown Some true trivia: There was a 19-year-old singer/songwriter kid from the Midwest in the Greenwich Village folk scene c. 1961 who learned "Roll On, John" from Ralph Rinzler and then always credited Ralph for teaching him. His name was Bob Dylan.

Very cool, Richard.

And thank you, John.

In fact, Dylan got his big break opening for the Greenbriar Boys at the Gerde's Folk City club. The New York Times folk music critic went into raptures over Dylan and wrote the glowing review that truly launched Bob's career. Bob always remembered the GBB with great gratitude and affection.

@Richard From Rocky Hill, ask Bob Dylan about The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem if you get a chance.

I wonder how Squeaky liked Dakota Fanning's portrayal of her in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".

@ Patrick White Yes, our John W. knew John Herald in his later years and always tried to spread the good word about Johnny H's tremendous talent ... but JH left us much too soon. The tribute on thre MYCHOR website is a definite must-read. Thanks for reminding us.

Ambrose ..He said He likes their sweaters!!

Richard John also has a tribute to me on his site.It’s titled Spinitroners who really annoy. Me!!!

Elijah Wald has an interesting post about Roll on John on his website. https://www.elijahwald.com/songblog/roll-on-john/

@ Ambrose Hughes (1) If I have that remarkable opportunity I will ask Dylan about the Clancy Bros & Makem ... as soon as I'm done asking him about Ralph Rinzler & the GBB!

@Patrick, those were some hot jumpers all right!😜

@Richard From Rocky Hill, NICE!👍

I'm lookign forwrd to readdding the 58 comments! you've all posted

Thanks for the great Show John!

What Ambrose said!

Thank you for my Sunday soundtrack! Have a good week everyone!

Terrific show as always John!

@ Michael from Frenchtown Thanks VERY much for the link to Elijah Wald's post. And, hey, everybody, there's a pic of the Ragged But Right LP's cover art. Now, THAT itself taught me lots: I figured out that the GBBs were playing in B-flat. I was so naive, I thought bluegrass was only played in G! And i learned the famous big bluegrass mandolin "chop-chord" position from Ralph's photo capture playing it.

@ John Weingart (host) Such a special show, thank you so much.

Thanks John . Looking forward to your annual Super Bowl show next week.

Great show, John! Thanks for playing the Greenbriar Boys!

6:02 PM		Tim O'Brien The Same Boat, Brother He Walked On Howdy Skies Music 2021
6:07 PM		Tony Trischka Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) N Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) - Single Down The Road 2023
6:11 PM		Larry & Joe Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (feat. Charlie Hunter) Nuevo South Train SideHustle 2022
6:13 PM		Marianne Faithful Spike Driver's Blues Harry Smith Collection
6:16 PM		Jim Kweskin Leaving Home N Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends
6:23 PM		Jim Kweskin Sally Don't You Grieve (feat. Meredith Axelrod) N Never Too Late StorySound Records 2024
6:28 PM		Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore Downey to Lubbock Woody Guthrie Downey to Lubbock Yep Roc Records 2018
6:31 PM		Arlo Guthrie 1913 Massacre Arlo Guthrie Hobo's Lullaby (Remastered 2004) Rising Son Records 1972
6:36 PM		Corey-Jan Albert Nineteen and Eleven Corey-Jan Albert N Water and Wind Cja Creative 2023
6:45 PM		Loudon Wainright III The Grammy Song Loudon Wainwright III
6:46 PM		Duck Baker Maple Leaf Rag Les Blues Du Richmond: Demos & Outtakes, 1973 - 1979 Tompkins Square 2018
6:50 PM		Mad Agnes Ghosted Mad Agnes Likely Story
6:55 PM		John Fogarty Haunted House The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again
7:01 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Sleepy-Eyed John Ragged But Right Vanguard LP
7:04 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Ragged But Right Ragged But Right
7:07 PM		The Greenbriar Boys McKinley Ragged But Right!
7:07 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Levee Breaking Blues Ragged But Right Vanguard
7:12 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Roll On John Ragged But Right! Vangyard
7:16 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Take A Whiff On Me Ragged But Right! Vanguard
7:18 PM		The Greenbriar Boys A Minor Breakdown Ragged But Right! Vanguard
7:24 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Let Me Fall Ragged But Right!
7:26 PM		The Greenbriar Boys The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Ragged But Right!
7:28 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Yellin Hollar Ragged But Right
7:33 PM		The Greenbriar Boys At The End Of A Long Lonely Day Ragged But Right!
7:34 PM		The Greenbriar Boys I Cried Again Ragged But Right!
7:37 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Methodist Pie Ragged But Right!
7:41 PM		Peter Myers Ghost Town Peter Myers Jigsaw Monet Peter Myers 2012
7:46 PM		Mumford & Sons Ghosts That We Knew Mumford & Sons Babel Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC 2012
7:52 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water The Greenbriar Boys Better Late Than Never Vanguard
7:55 PM		The Greenbriar Boys Different Drum The Best of Vanguard

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is conducting a survey to learn about our listeners' habits. Please take 15 minutes to complete the survey here.

Music You Can't Hear on the Radio

Ragged But Right!