Ever wonder how the genre of 'Rock and Roll' came to be. Why the guitar is an essential part of the genre. Well this show has got you covered. Sit down, crank up the volume and tune in as we play the best artists from the 20s to early 50s from all of the genres that inspired 'Rock and Roll', such as Appalachian Folk, Big Band, Ragtime, Delta Blues, Gospel, Rockabilly, Western Swing and much more.
In honor of the last show of the semester, you will get to hear the first ever playlist that I have made for Rock Before the Clock
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home Chicago | Robert Johnson | Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings |
| Prove It On Me | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey |
| Wabash Cannonball | The Carter Family | The Very Best of |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Colleciton: The Best of Bill Monroe |
| Red Hot Gal of Mine | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Legends of Country Music: The Best of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| I Dont Want to Set the World on Fire | The Ink Spots | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Ink Spots |
| Jesus Be a Fence Around Me | The Soul Stirrers | The SAR Records Story |
| Take My Hand, Precious Lord | Mahalia Jackson | The Essential Mahalia Jackson |
| Jesus Children of America | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds |
| Down By the Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | single |
| I Ain't Got No Home in this World Anymore | Woody Guthrie | Woody at 100 |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| I'm a King Bee | Slim Harpo | The Best of Slim Harpo |
| Nine Below Zero | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Sonny Boy Williamson II: His Best |
| She's Got a Nickle | Big Walter Horton | Harmonica Blues Essentials |
| Honky Tonk Train Blues | Meade lux Lewis | Single |
| Climbin' and Screamin | Pete Johnson | King of Boogie |
| Boogie Woogie Blues | Albert Ammons | Piano Legend |
| Wild Wild Party | Charlie Feathers | Charlie Feathers Vol 1 |
| Be-Bop-A-Lula | Gene Vincent | single |
| Forty Days | Forty Days | single |
| Jesus Be a Fence Around Me | The Soul Stirrers | The SAR Records Story |
| There's Got the Be a Change Made | 5 Blind Boys of Alabama | Collectors Edition: 5 Blind Boys of Alabama |
| Jesus Children of America | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Dixie Hummingbirds |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sallie Goodin' | Eck Robertson | Old-Time Texas Fiddler (1922-1929) |
| Blues In a Bottle | Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers | Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol 1. - Texas Farewell |
| Bull At The Wagon | Lewis Brothers | Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 1 - Texas Farewell |
| Feel Like My Time Ain't Long | Marion Williams | The Great Gospel Women |
| Canaan | Willie Mae Ford Smith | Going On With The Spirit |
| God is a Battle Axe | Sallie Martin | The History of Black Gospel Vol 4 |
| Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Henry McClintock | Haywire Mac |
| Turn! Turn! Turn! | Pete Seeger | The Essential Pete Seeger |
| I Ain't Got No Home In the World Anymore | Woody Guthrie | Woody at 100 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller | single |
| King Porter Stomp | Fletcher Henderson | single |
| Charleston | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | The Charleston |
Tonight: We take a look at which artists from blues and early rock and roll history inspired the genre known today as Southern Rock
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sad To Be Alone | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Sonny Boy Williamson II: His Best |
| I Can't Stand Up Alone | Clyde McPhatter | Deep Sea Ball - The Best of Clyde McPhatter |
| Hesitation Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | The Piano Rolls |
| I'm Gonna Fight For You J.B. | John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | Turning Point |
| Waltz Across Texas | Ernest Tubb | The Definitive Collection |
| I'm Shakin' | Little Willie John | Single |
| Mardi Gras in New Orleans | Professor Longhair | The Very Best of |
| My Baby Left Me | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | Single |
| I Put a Spell on You | Screaming Jay Hawkins | Single |
| Baby What you Want Me To Do | Jimmy Reed | The Very Best of Jimmy Reed |
| Henry's Got Flat Feet | Hank Ballard | Their Greatest Hits |
| Rumble | Link Wray | Single |
| Midnight Special | Big Joe Turner | Single |
Once Again, moving to a better time slot means that you new listeners get to hear a taste of what's in store for you when you listen to Rock Before The Clock with DJ BOB-B-BEE
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Move It On Over | The Maddox Brothers & Rose | America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol 1 |
| Hillbilly Fever | "Little" Jimmy Dickens | Hillbilly Fever: Vol 3 - Legends Of Nashville |
| We Are Climbing | The Chuck Wagon Gang | Flowers In The Wildwood |
| Wildwood Flower | The Carter Family | Legends of Guitar - Country, Vol. 2 |
| Midnight Special | The Delmore Brothers | Hall of Fame 2001 |
| Rock Island Line | Lonnie Donegan | Skiffle Hits |
| Milk Cow Blues | Freddie Spruell | When the Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 |
| Baby Please Don't Go | Big Joe Williams | Delta Blues |
| O Lord, Search My Heart | Reverend Gary Davis | The Complete Early Recordings of Reverend Gary Davis |
| Oh! Babe | Wynonie Harris | Wynonie Harris - Greatest Hits |
| The Things That I Used to Do | Guitar Slim | Sufferin' Mind |
| Down By The Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | The Gospel of The Blues |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| On The Radio | Crash Crew | |
| Texas Hold Up | Prince Buster | Fabulous Greatest Hits |
| There's A Little Bit of Everything In Texas | Ernest Tubb | Ernest Tubb - The Yellow Rose Of Texas |
| Slow Burn | Creamers | Slow Burn ''7 |
| Zamboni Driver's Local Union | The Zambonis | More Songs About Hockey |
| Marilyn Monroe Mambo | Perez Prado | The Best of Perez Prado: The Original Mambo #5 |
| Partir De Cero | Ana Tijoux | 1977 |
| Ciervos | astro | |
| Orbs | Sphynx | |
| This Knife | Bobby Jealousy | A Little Death |
| Me Vulves Loca | Various Artists | La Chupadita |
| Your Dark Sunglasses Won't Make You Lou Reed | Bill Baird | Career |
| Reading | Ed Hall | Albert |
| The Liquidator | Harry J & The All Stars | |
| Prendeme La Vela | Abelardo Vasquez | Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru |
| Sabor A Mi | Trio Los Panchos | Tesoros Musicales |
| If I Could Only Fly | Blaze Foley | Live at the Austin Outhouse |
| No Te Vayas Corazon | Los Wawanco | Las Clasicas De La Cumbia |
| A Woman Is A Well | Hello Wheels | Baby John The Fox |
| Texas Me | Sir Douglas Quintet | The Best of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet |
| Oak Park Dark | Lee Bannon | Caligula Theme Music 2.7.5 |
| Desde Lejos | Los Askis | Cumbia Mix 1 |
| Zydeco Stomp | zydeco brothers | |
| Ca Chante | Smod | Nacional Sampler 2012 |
| Kemosabe | Everything Everything | Cough Cough EP |
| El Pantalon Blue Jean | Flaco Jimenez | San Antonio Soul |
| En Blue Jeans Et Blouson D'cuir | Salvatore Adamo | Musique Pop de Paris |
Special Episode Tonght: We will travel through time and music history to figure out what artists inspired The Beatles
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Drive Daddy Drive | Little Sylvia | Presenting Little Sylvia Vanderpool |
| Midnight Special | Delmore Brothers | Hall of Fame 2001 |
| In The Pines | The Louvin Brothers | All I Do Is Dream Of You |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | The Hi-Lo's | The Very Best Of |
| Pepper Head Woman | Square Walton | n/a |
| C.C. Rider | Chuck Willis | Greatest Hits |
| Insane | Wade Jones | n/a |
| Needle In A Haystack | The Velvettes | The Velvettes |
| Cowboy Stomp | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Hillbilly Boogie |
| Rocket 88 | Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats | Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1958 |
| Rock Awhile | Goree Carter | Blues Masters: Gore Carter |
| Rock Island Line | Lonnie Dogegan | n/a |
In Honor of the show's new showtime, I will be presenting a "Greatest Hits" Edition of Rock Before the Clock in order for new listeners to understand what type of music I play
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Prove It On Me | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey |
| Jesus Children of America | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds |
| Jesus Be a Fence Around Me | The Soul Stirrers | The SAR Records Story |
| Midnight Special | The Golden Gate Quartet | Gospel Masters: Ballin' the Jack |
| Sunflower Slow Drag | Scott Joplin | Ragtime (The Music Of Scott Joplin) |
| Cottontail Rag | Joseph Lamb | Joseph Lamb: A Study In Classic Ragtime |
| Frog Legs Rag | James Scott | James Scott: The Complete Works - Rags, Waltzes & songs 1903-1922 |
| Wabash Cannonball | The Carter Family | The Very Best of |
| Red Hot Gal of Mine | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Legends of Country Music: The Best of Bob Wills and His Texsa Playboys |
| Blue Yodel No 1 (T for Texas) | Jimmie Rodgers | Essential Jimmie Rodgers |
| Freight Train Boogie | The Delmore Brothers | 16 All Time Favorite Songs - Original King Recording |
| George's Playhouse Boogie | The Maddox Brothers & Rose | America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band Vol 1 |
| Little Boxes | Pete Seeger | Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs |
Tonight we spend an entire hour looking at the genre of Mississippi Delta Blues and examine it's impact on Rock and Roll.
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home Chicago | Robert Johnson | The Complete Recordings |
| Milk Cow Blues | Freddie Spruell | When the Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 |
| Sad to Be Alone | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Sonny Boy Williamson II: His Best |
| Moon Going Down | Charley Patton | Essential Blues Friends |
| Future Blues | Willie Brown | Essential Blues Friends |
| Goodnight Irene | Leadbelly | Delta Blues |
| Baby Pleae Don't Go | Big Joe Williams | Delta Blues |
| Low Down Dirty Dog Blues | Son House | Delta Blues |
| Train, Bring My Baby Back | J.D. Short & Son House | Blues from the Mississippi Delta |
| The Panama Limited | Bukka White | The Vintage Recordings 1930-1940 "Aberdeeen Mississippi blues" |
| Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues | Skip James | Complete Early Recordings |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Way Out In Idaho | Blaine Stubblefield | Railroad Songs & Ballads |
| The New River Train | The Ridge Rangers | Railroad Songs & Ballads |
| The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Harry McClintock | Bona Fide Bluegrass and Mountain Music |
| Midnight Special | Lead Belly | Bourgeois Blues |
| Midnight Special | Golden Gate Quartet | Gospel Masters: Ballin' the Jack |
| Death Letter | Son House | The Origianl Delta Blues: Son House |
| Milk Cow Blues | Freddie Spruell | When the Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 |
| Canned Heat Blues | Tommy Johnson | Tommy Johnson 1928-1929 |
| Yellow Dog Blues | Ted Lewis & The Dixie Four | The Very Best Of |
| Don't Fence Me in | Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | In Hi-Fi Stereo |
| Blue Moon | Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra | Elvis Roots: The Records that inspired Elvis Presley |
| O Lord, Search My Heart | Reverend Gary Davis | The Complete Early Recordings of Reverend Gary Davis |
| Down By The Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | The Gospel of the Blues |
On Tonights Episode, We will pay tribute to the genre of "Hillbilly Music"; otherwise known as the earliest form of country music and a major component on the musical genre of rockabilly - which is a combination of "rock" and "hillbilly" music
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Loose Your Blues | Smokey Rogers & His String Band | Hillbilly Classics |
| Wildwood Flower | The Carter Family | Legends of Guitar - Country, Vol 2 |
| Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) | Jimmie Rodgers | Essential Jimmie Rodgers |
| We Are Climbing | The Chuck Wagon Gang | Flowers In The WildWood |
| Wish I Was A Single Girl Again | Lulu Belle & Scotty | Flower In The Wildwood |
| The Coo-Coo Bird | Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley | Smithsonian Folkways: American Roots Collection |
| Beer Bottle Mama | Andy Reynolds and His 101 Ranch Boys | Hillbilly Boogie! |
| Cowboy Stomp | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Hillbilly Boogie! |
| Oklahoma Hills | Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans | Hillbilly Fever vol. 4 - Legends Of the West Coast |
| Tennessee Waltz | Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys | Hillbilly Fever vol 3 - Legends of Nashville |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium collection: The Best of Bill Monroe |
| Old Joe Clark | James Crase | Mountain Music of Kentucky |
| Move It On Over | The Maddox Brother & Rose | America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Deep in The Heart of Texas | Alvino Rey and His Orchestra | King of the Guitar |
| Sunflower Slow Drag | Scott Joplin | Ragtime (The Music of Scott Joplin) |
| Cottontail Rag | Joseph Lamb | Joseph Lamb: A Study In Classic Ragtime |
| Frog Legs Rag | James Scott | James Scott: The Complete Works - Rags, Waltzes & Songs |
| Snake Rag | King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band | Louie Armstrong and King Oliver |
| Fletcher Henderson | Fletcher Henderson | Ken Burns Jazz: Fletcher Henderson |
| Imagination | Jimmy Dorsey | The Very Best of |
| Rye Whiskey | Yodeling Slim Clark | Cowboy & Yodel Songs |
| Chime Bells | Elton Britt | The Versatile Elton Britt: Classic Performances From Three Decades |
| Daddy and Home | Wilf Carter | Montana Slim |
| Them Big City Ways | Woody Guthrie | Woody at 100 |
| My Man and I | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | The Gospel of the Blues |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Match Box Blues | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Greatest Hits |
| The Things That I Used To Do | Guitar Slim | Sufferin' Mind |
| The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Harry McClintock | Bona Fide Bluegrass and Mountain Music |
| In The Jailhouse Now | Jimmie Rodgers | Bona Fide Bluegrass and Mountain Music |
| The Fives | Jimmy Yancey | Jimmy Yancey Vol 1 1939-1940 |
| Boogie Woogie Blues | Albert Ammons | Piano Legend |
| Freight Train Boogie | The Delmore Brothers | 16 All Time Favorite Songs - Original King Rcording |
| George's Playhouse Boogie | The Maddox Brothers & Rose | America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol 1 |
| Wade In The Water | The Golden Gate Quartet | Golden Gate Quartet Vol 5 |
| Mother's Last Word To Son | Washington Phillips | The Key To The Kingdom |
| There's Got To Be A Change Made | The Five Blind Boys From Alabama | Collectors Edition: 5 Blind Boys From Alabama |
| Little Boxes | Pete Seeger | Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs |
| The Old Hen Cackled and the Roosters going to Crow | Fiddlin John Carson | Fiddlin John Carson Vol 1 |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home Chicago | Robert Johnson | Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings |
| Prove It On Me | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey |
| Wabash Cannonball | The Carter Family | The Very Best of |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys | 20th Century Masters: The Best of Bill Monroe |
| Red Hot Gal of Mine | Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys | Lengends of Country Music: The Best of Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys |
| I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire | The Ink Spots | 20th Century Masters: The Best of the Ink Spots |
| Jesus Be a Fence Around Me | The Soul Stirrers | The SAR Records Story |
| Take My Hand, Precious Lord | Mahalia Jackson | The Essential Mahalia Jackson |
| Jesus Children of America | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 20th Cenutry Masters: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds |
| Down by the Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | The Best of Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| I Ain't Got No Home in this World Anymore | Woody Guthrie | Woody at 100 |
| Boogie At Midnight | Roy Brown | Greatest Hits |
| Oh! Babe | Wynonie Harris | Wynonie Harris-Greatest Hits |
| Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad | Wanda Jackson | Rockin With Wanda |