WFMU: Dust on the Decks with Derek Piotr: Playlist from December 13, 2021

Listener comments!
	8:01pm HyperDose: Welcome, Derek!
	♥ 8:01pm Aitch: a sweeping change
	8:01pm derekpiotr: hi!
	8:02pm The Butterman: I’m excited about this. But then again I play the banjo! Badly, but still….
	8:02pm Richard S: Welcome to WFMU!
	♥ 8:02pm WR: Welcome Derek!
	♥ 8:02pm chresti: Hi Derek! Nice dusty sounds!
	8:02pm derekpiotr: \m/ \m/ \m/
	♥ 8:02pm Yvang: Hi Derek! Happy first!
	8:02pm babyangelPengy: beep
	♥ 8:03pm Krys O.: Hello!
	♥ 8:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Derek! Any dusty old autoharps tonight?
	8:03pm babyangelPengy: hi derek :)
	8:04pm Gnomon: Welcome, Derek!
	8:04pm derekpiotr: lots of these are from a compilation i co-piloted with Death Is Not The End - fantastic label, was really glad to be a part of that
	8:05pm Gnomon: This is making me want to listen while reading Foxfire
	8:06pm babyangelPengy: foxfire sounds great never heard of :)
	♥ 8:07pm PaulRobeson1920: Hi Hi Hi all! Warm greetings from Woodside Queens, NY
	♥ 8:08pm Webhamster Henry: There are a zillion Foxfire books and products! www.foxfire.org
	♥ 8:08pm Webhamster Henry: OK, a dozen. Still: lots.
	8:09pm Gnomon: Babyangel: It’s a series, collecting the wisdom of old folks in Appalachia, about the old ways. It’ll teach you how to churn butter, build a log cabin, or butcher a hog.
	8:10pm babyangelPengy: wow great any other recommendations about Appalachia? ty
	8:10pm Richard S: Survival skills for when civilization collapses, in other words.
	8:12pm Old Dave: Authentic enough.. let's not forget Peter Rowan was mining this vein 40 years ago. I was an avid Foxfire reader in my 7th grade, made soap in the back yard and dressed a rooster according to instructions.
	8:14pm ranjit: When I'm not quite listening, the word "ethnomusicologist" sounds a lot like "FMUsicologist"
	♥ 8:14pm McGroovey: You're playing great stuff! Thanks!
	8:14pm derekpiotr: FMUSICOLOGIST!!!!!!!!
	8:15pm Old Dave: Ferrum College in SW VA has the largest store of this Appalachia folk in their Blue Ridge Institute archives. Check them out.
	8:16pm Listener Robert: Wow, a premier on WFMU, don't get those often. Many times I find out about a "new" show and then it turns out it was new only to me. Best wishes on this one, subject matter's interesting.
	8:16pm derekpiotr: Deffo been in touch with Ferrum, but thanks for the tip! :-)
	8:17pm P-90: This dust sounds good
	♥ 8:18pm Webhamster Henry: Brian Dewan & I did a show of cheery tunes of disaster and other cautionary tunes.
	8:18pm derekpiotr: Wreck of the Royal Palm is a fav disaster ballad.
	8:22pm HyperDose: I'm mostly here for the "local nonsense", but it's all been great so far!
	8:24pm Old Dave: Is Rounder still pressing records up in Floyd VA? I visited once- what a deal.
	8:26pm HyperDose: Thanks for the link, JakeGould! My most recent obsession was number stations. This is a rabbit hole I can see myself getting lost in for a while.
	8:34pm Old Dave: Incredible show. I worked as an intern at BRI with Roddy Moore while he was busy preserving this genre and also early African spiritual and work music. The piercing quality is so fine.
	8:37pm derekpiotr: Piercing is the best way to put it. Wish i'd had more time with Nicky.
	8:37pm Gnomon: My grandfather (in Boonville, NC), used to sing Frankie and Johnny. Absolute chills Derek. Thank you.
	8:38pm derekpiotr: There's a great song about Yadkin Elk called the Triplett Tragedy that you should find. I shall include it in a future show
	8:38pm Gnomon: HyperDose: I assume you’ve discovered the Conet project?
	8:38pm Richard S: What's interesting / surprising is that all these people are actually pretty decent singers. Well, compared to me, at any rate.
	♥ 8:42pm Tommy in Neversink: Gnomon.....I'm from Yakinville , NC. My mom ran a store in Boonville
	♥ 8:43pm McGroovey: @HyperDose do numbers stations still exist? I suppose not. I suppose there are better ways to send secret messages now. I had a shortwave radio when I was a teenager in the seventies. It's part of what inspired me to study Russian. Does shortwave radio still exist? Barely, i suppose.
	♥ 8:44pm Tommy in Neversink: My country , Yadkin , is next to Wilkes where the Tom Duley murder happened. I'm distantly related to Larua Foster, the victim
	8:44pm Listener Robert: So...you've been sharing this "territory" with Kevin Nutt?
	♥ 8:45pm Tommy in Neversink: Yadkinville.....not Yakinville
	8:46pm Listener Robert: Actually, McGroovey, another comments thread linked to an article that said, indeed the numbers stations, on shortwave and elsewhere, do still exist, with some of them still transmitting their code by the same method, i.e. by voice.
	8:48pm Old Dave: These days, you can still find kitchen parties in Maritime Canada with this kind of sound. It is amazing how it hangs on and keeps going in some families.
	8:48pm HyperDose: @Gnomon I have not. Was mostly researching for audio clips to sample. Looks interesting, thanks. @McGroovey They do! A bunch are supposedly just old and infinitely broadcasting the same looped signals, perhaps a few are still used for spy communications?
	8:49pm Richard S: Sometimes I want to get a shortwave radio. I might next year - the AM radio I listen to Mets games on finally gave out.
	8:49pm derekpiotr: Oh to get to those parties sometime!
	♥ 8:50pm Webhamster Henry: @Gnomon If you check out the CONET Site, they have one of the machines they used for transmitting the codes (in German) .. I use those samples in my app Enumero.
	8:55pm derekpiotr: We need one now for Kentucky.
	8:56pm Gnomon: Tommy: oh neat. What store, where? I haven’t been there in a long time but I might remember it.
	8:57pm Gnomon: WH: oh cool, your app looks interesting
	♥ 8:58pm listener 126464: Thank you Derek Piotr.
	♥ 8:58pm LastVisibleDog: Does Derek have a regular show?
	8:58pm Old Dave: A great show, many thanks
	8:58pm HyperDose: Awesome show, Derek. Will surely be back for more!
	8:58pm bLeubombersune: is West Virginia folk music on your list thanks for the music
	8:58pm babyangelPengy: thanks derek :)
	8:59pm Gnomon: Thank you for the lovely show Derek, and the great connections. Look forward to hearing you again soon!
	8:59pm derekpiotr: Dan Bodah will return next week. Thanks everyone!!!
	♥ 8:59pm chresti: Thank you Derek! Hope to hear more soon!
	8:59pm derekpiotr: This will be a regular show in the Summer, thanks for asking!
	♥ 9:01pm McGroovey: Loved the show. Sorry it's over. My consolation is that the next show that comes out of my radio will probably also be great.
	♥ 9:02pm McGroovey: I hope you get to come back some time before next summer!
	♥ 9:06pm Webhamster Henry: Nice show! A bit like Secret Museum of the Air. wfmu.org...
	♥ 9:06pm chresti: spodi, at first, I thought your avatar pic was a coffee cup.
	♥ 9:16pm WR: Welcome addition to the FMUniverse! Will try to note if you get anymore fill-in opportunities before you get your own regular time slot.

Dust on the Decks with Derek Piotr: Playlist from December 13, 2021

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Folklorist Derek Piotr brings you the finest hidden gems of old-time, country, Americana, bluegrass and beyond. Dust on the Decks features recordings spanning a century; murder ballads, local nonsense, cowboy tales, banjo lessons, ancient Scottish song, and some of his own fieldwork, with heavy emphasis on Western North Carolina. Blood on the Tracks? Dust-to-Digital? Dust on the Decks. The old made new again? Perhaps!

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December 13, 2021: Dust on the Decks Episode 1

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Images	Approx. start time
Retta Spradlin	Man of Constant Sorrow	Gettin' Up The Stairs: Traditional Music From The Cumberland Plateau Volume 1	County Records	1984	Retta Spradlin Retta Spradlin	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill	Sourwood Mountain	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death is Not the End	2021		0:02:46 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill & Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie	Cumberland Gap	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death Is Not the End	2021		0:04:24 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Sabra Bare Hampton	Lily Shull	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death is Not the End	2021		0:05:15 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie	Rowan County (The Roane Cty. Crew)	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death is Not the End	2021		0:08:46 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn	Red River Valley "Red River Valley" by "Bunk Pettyjohn"	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends Of Folklore			0:14:15 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn	Little Mohea "Little Mohea" by "Bunk Pettyjohn"	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:15:25 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn	Wreck of the Number 9	Bunk And Becky Pettyjohn	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:16:06 (Pop-up)
Becky Pettyjohn	Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?	Bunk And Becky Pettyjohn	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill	Bolakins	Anglo-American Ballads, Volume 2	Rounder Records		Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill	0:21:03 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)	Bolakins	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death is Not the End	2021	Aunt Nicky Pritchard (Turbyfill) Aunt Nicky Pritchard (Turbyfill)	0:25:11 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill	"Hold up Your Hand, Old Joshua!" She Cried	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death Is Not the End	2021		0:28:45 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)	Frankie & Johnny	Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing	Death is Not the End	2021		0:34:43 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas	Brown's Ferry Blues	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore		Lois "Granny" Thomas Lois "Granny" Thomas	0:39:57 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas	Barefoot Boy	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:42:05 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas	Mind Your Own Business	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:45:16 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas	Kickin' Mule	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:46:42 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas	Changin' Business	In An Arizona Town	Arizona Friends of Folklore			0:48:20 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill	Jim Blake	-not published-		1939		0:51:55 (Pop-up)
Wheeler-Lamb	Jim Blake, The Engineer	The Farmer Feeds Them All / Jim Blake, The Engineer	Victor	1931		0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Almeda Riddle	Twilight Is Stealing	Granny Riddle's Songs And Ballads	Minstrel Records	1977	Granny Riddle Granny Riddle	0:57:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	8:01pm HyperDose: Welcome, Derek!
	♥ 8:01pm Aitch: a sweeping change
	8:01pm derekpiotr: hi!
	8:02pm The Butterman: I’m excited about this. But then again I play the banjo! Badly, but still….
	8:02pm Richard S: Welcome to WFMU!
	♥ 8:02pm WR: Welcome Derek!
	♥ 8:02pm chresti: Hi Derek! Nice dusty sounds!
	8:02pm derekpiotr: \m/ \m/ \m/
	♥ 8:02pm Yvang: Hi Derek! Happy first!
	8:02pm babyangelPengy: beep
	♥ 8:03pm Krys O.: Hello!
	♥ 8:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Derek! Any dusty old autoharps tonight?
	8:03pm babyangelPengy: hi derek :)
	8:04pm Gnomon: Welcome, Derek!
	8:04pm derekpiotr: lots of these are from a compilation i co-piloted with Death Is Not The End - fantastic label, was really glad to be a part of that
	8:05pm Gnomon: This is making me want to listen while reading Foxfire
	8:06pm babyangelPengy: foxfire sounds great never heard of :)
	♥ 8:07pm PaulRobeson1920: Hi Hi Hi all! Warm greetings from Woodside Queens, NY
	♥ 8:08pm Webhamster Henry: There are a zillion Foxfire books and products! www.foxfire.org
	♥ 8:08pm Webhamster Henry: OK, a dozen. Still: lots.
	8:09pm Gnomon: Babyangel: It’s a series, collecting the wisdom of old folks in Appalachia, about the old ways. It’ll teach you how to churn butter, build a log cabin, or butcher a hog.
	8:10pm babyangelPengy: wow great any other recommendations about Appalachia? ty
	8:10pm Richard S: Survival skills for when civilization collapses, in other words.
	8:12pm Old Dave: Authentic enough.. let's not forget Peter Rowan was mining this vein 40 years ago. I was an avid Foxfire reader in my 7th grade, made soap in the back yard and dressed a rooster according to instructions.
	8:14pm ranjit: When I'm not quite listening, the word "ethnomusicologist" sounds a lot like "FMUsicologist"
	♥ 8:14pm McGroovey: You're playing great stuff! Thanks!
	8:14pm derekpiotr: FMUSICOLOGIST!!!!!!!!
	8:15pm Old Dave: Ferrum College in SW VA has the largest store of this Appalachia folk in their Blue Ridge Institute archives. Check them out.
	8:16pm Listener Robert: Wow, a premier on WFMU, don't get those often. Many times I find out about a "new" show and then it turns out it was new only to me. Best wishes on this one, subject matter's interesting.
	8:16pm derekpiotr: Deffo been in touch with Ferrum, but thanks for the tip! :-)
	8:17pm P-90: This dust sounds good
	♥ 8:18pm Webhamster Henry: Brian Dewan & I did a show of cheery tunes of disaster and other cautionary tunes.
	8:18pm derekpiotr: Wreck of the Royal Palm is a fav disaster ballad.
	8:22pm HyperDose: I'm mostly here for the "local nonsense", but it's all been great so far!
	8:24pm Old Dave: Is Rounder still pressing records up in Floyd VA? I visited once- what a deal.
	8:26pm HyperDose: Thanks for the link, JakeGould! My most recent obsession was number stations. This is a rabbit hole I can see myself getting lost in for a while.
	8:34pm Old Dave: Incredible show. I worked as an intern at BRI with Roddy Moore while he was busy preserving this genre and also early African spiritual and work music. The piercing quality is so fine.
	8:37pm derekpiotr: Piercing is the best way to put it. Wish i'd had more time with Nicky.
	8:37pm Gnomon: My grandfather (in Boonville, NC), used to sing Frankie and Johnny. Absolute chills Derek. Thank you.
	8:38pm derekpiotr: There's a great song about Yadkin Elk called the Triplett Tragedy that you should find. I shall include it in a future show
	8:38pm Gnomon: HyperDose: I assume you’ve discovered the Conet project?
	8:38pm Richard S: What's interesting / surprising is that all these people are actually pretty decent singers. Well, compared to me, at any rate.
	♥ 8:42pm Tommy in Neversink: Gnomon.....I'm from Yakinville , NC. My mom ran a store in Boonville
	♥ 8:43pm McGroovey: @HyperDose do numbers stations still exist? I suppose not. I suppose there are better ways to send secret messages now. I had a shortwave radio when I was a teenager in the seventies. It's part of what inspired me to study Russian. Does shortwave radio still exist? Barely, i suppose.
	♥ 8:44pm Tommy in Neversink: My country , Yadkin , is next to Wilkes where the Tom Duley murder happened. I'm distantly related to Larua Foster, the victim
	8:44pm Listener Robert: So...you've been sharing this "territory" with Kevin Nutt?
	♥ 8:45pm Tommy in Neversink: Yadkinville.....not Yakinville
	8:46pm Listener Robert: Actually, McGroovey, another comments thread linked to an article that said, indeed the numbers stations, on shortwave and elsewhere, do still exist, with some of them still transmitting their code by the same method, i.e. by voice.
	8:48pm Old Dave: These days, you can still find kitchen parties in Maritime Canada with this kind of sound. It is amazing how it hangs on and keeps going in some families.
	8:48pm HyperDose: @Gnomon I have not. Was mostly researching for audio clips to sample. Looks interesting, thanks. @McGroovey They do! A bunch are supposedly just old and infinitely broadcasting the same looped signals, perhaps a few are still used for spy communications?
	8:49pm Richard S: Sometimes I want to get a shortwave radio. I might next year - the AM radio I listen to Mets games on finally gave out.
	8:49pm derekpiotr: Oh to get to those parties sometime!
	♥ 8:50pm Webhamster Henry: @Gnomon If you check out the CONET Site, they have one of the machines they used for transmitting the codes (in German) .. I use those samples in my app Enumero.
	8:55pm derekpiotr: We need one now for Kentucky.
	8:56pm Gnomon: Tommy: oh neat. What store, where? I haven’t been there in a long time but I might remember it.
	8:57pm Gnomon: WH: oh cool, your app looks interesting
	♥ 8:58pm listener 126464: Thank you Derek Piotr.
	♥ 8:58pm LastVisibleDog: Does Derek have a regular show?
	8:58pm Old Dave: A great show, many thanks
	8:58pm HyperDose: Awesome show, Derek. Will surely be back for more!
	8:58pm bLeubombersune: is West Virginia folk music on your list thanks for the music
	8:58pm babyangelPengy: thanks derek :)
	8:59pm Gnomon: Thank you for the lovely show Derek, and the great connections. Look forward to hearing you again soon!
	8:59pm derekpiotr: Dan Bodah will return next week. Thanks everyone!!!
	♥ 8:59pm chresti: Thank you Derek! Hope to hear more soon!
	8:59pm derekpiotr: This will be a regular show in the Summer, thanks for asking!
	♥ 9:01pm McGroovey: Loved the show. Sorry it's over. My consolation is that the next show that comes out of my radio will probably also be great.
	♥ 9:02pm McGroovey: I hope you get to come back some time before next summer!
	♥ 9:06pm Webhamster Henry: Nice show! A bit like Secret Museum of the Air. wfmu.org...
	♥ 9:06pm chresti: spodi, at first, I thought your avatar pic was a coffee cup.
	♥ 9:16pm WR: Welcome addition to the FMUniverse! Will try to note if you get anymore fill-in opportunities before you get your own regular time slot.

Dust on the Decks with Derek Piotr: Playlist from December 13, 2021

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