American Pastimes features a live performance by local favorites The Red Dirt Bullies recorded at the State Theater in Oroville back in 1998. There's a set that includes the old murder ballad "Pretty Polly" followed by an addendum called "Polly's Revenge" and a thoughtful rejoinder called "I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly Anymore." Politics rears its ugly head with a tune about Federal Judges, a song about a wannabe King, one about fascists, and sadly, "Wayfaring Strangers." From the 1930's there's Fisher Hendley & the Aristocratic Pigs crooning love songs. The last hour is loaded with toe-tappin' and foot-stompin' tunes brought our way by contemporary string bands from across the good ol' USA.
American Pastimes - June 17, 2025
- 7:30pm Sweet Georgia Brown by Blake, Burns, Bush Clements, Holland, Taylor on Blake, Burns, Bush, Clements, Holland, Taylor ( Flying Fish)
- 7:34pm Go My Way by Bill Hearne on A Very Short Time (Howlin' Dog Records)
- 7:37pm Snake Hollow by Tristan Israel on Snake Hollow (Mirror Image Distribution)
- 7:40pm Beneath the Willow by American Patchwork Quartet on Beneath the Willow (Carolina Jasmine, Inc.)
- 7:44pm Pastures of Plenty by Michael Hurley on Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:47pm Home Of The Red Fox by Bill Emerson on Home Of The Red Fox (Rebel Records Llc)
- 7:50pm Uncle Bubba by Henhouse Prowlers on A Dark Rumor ( Henhouse Prowlers)
- 7:56pm Simplify by The Henhouse Prowlers on A Dark Rumor (The Henhouse Prowlers)
- 8:00pm Live at the Oroville State Theater by Red Dirt Bullies on unknown (unknown)
- 8:00pm Live at the Oroville State Theater by Red Dirt Bullies on unknown (unknown)
- 8:00pm Live at the Oroville State Theater by Red Dirt Bullies on unknown (unknown)
- 8:00pm Live at the Oroville State Theater by Red Dirt Bullies on unknown (unknown)
- 8:00pm Live at the Oroville State Theater by Red Dirt Bullies on unknown (unknown)
- 8:21pm Pretty Polly by Ralph Stanley on Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel Records Llc)
- 8:25pm Polly's Revenge by Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys on Polly's Revenge (Stanley Family Records)
- 8:33pm I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly Anymore by Dirk Powell & Rhiannon Giddens on unknown ( unknown)
- 8:35pm Dawg's Rag by David Grisman on Dawg's Rag (Rhino (Pure))
- 8:44pm Appointed Forever by The Bar & Grill Singers on unknown ( unknown)
- 8:49pm No Kings In The USA by OleTrump on No Kings In The USA (9372729 Records DK)
- 8:52pm All You Fascists Bound to Lose by The Bootstrap Boys on unknown ( unknown)
- 8:54pm Wayfaring Stranger by American Patchwork Quartet Feat. clay ross, falguni shah, clarence penn & yasushi nakamura on American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine, Inc.)
- 9:01pm Hop Along Peter by Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs on The Story That The Crow Told Me: Early American Rural Children's Songs, Vol. 1 (Yazoo)
- 9:03pm Weave Room Blues by Fisher Hendley on Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs Of Hard Times And Hardships Vol. 2 (Yazoo)
- 9:06pm It Makes No Difference Now by Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs on Western Swing Classics, Vol. 3 (Red Devil Records)
- 9:08pm You Make My Heart Go Boom by Fisher Hendley & the Aristocratic Pigs on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:11pm Santa Barbara Earthquake by Last Straw String Band on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:14pm Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord by The Charles River Valley Boys on Bluegrass And Old Timey Music (Fantasy Records)
- 9:16pm Weiser Stomp by Vi Wickam and Paul Anastasio on Swinging at the Savoy (Wickam Music)
- 9:19pm This Gal of Mine by Tim O'Brien/Jan Fabricius on Paper Flowers (Howdy Skies Music)
- 9:23pm Tight Like That by Asylum Street Spankers on Mercurial (Yellow Dog Records)
- 9:27pm Train Of Love by Laurie Lewis on Train Of Love: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (CMH Records)
- 9:30pm I'm Just Here to Get My Baby out of Jail by Empty Bottle String Band on Travelin' Man (Empty Bottle String Band)
- 9:33pm Diamond Joe by The Crooked Jades on The Unfortunate Rake, Volume 1 ( )
- 9:36pm I Gotta Go by Brown Chicken, Brown Cow String Band on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:38pm If I Lose by Big Possum String Band on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:40pm Martin's Breakdown by The Early Mays on Chase the Sun (Bird on the Wing Records)
- 9:44pm Sally Ann by The Fuzzy Mountain String Band on The Fuzzy Mountain String Band (New Rounder)
- 9:48pm Fiddler's Drunk and the Party's Over by Hollow Rock String Band on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:50pm Down Yonder by Reno & Smiley (With Carter & Ralph Stanley) on Bluegrass 1963 (Rural Rhythm Records)
- 9:52pm Raise a Ruckus by Plank Road String Band on unknown ( unknown)
- 9:55pm Get Up John by Richard Greene on Wolves A' Howlin' (Rebel Records Llc)
- 9:58pm Sweet Georgia Brown by Blake, Burns, Bush Clements, Holland, Taylor on Blake, Burns, Bush, Clements, Holland, Taylor ( Flying Fish)
