Back Alley Pork Roost

Sunday 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Genres: Bluegrass, Roots, Appalachian, Historical, Old-Timey, Americana, American Traditional, Traditional Country, Folk, Country, Cajun Zydeco
Hosts: JJ O'Brien, John Quinn, Tyler Rice, Tyler Smith

WREK’s country, bluegrass, folk, and American traditional show. Your hosts play the music that Nashville has forgotten or doesn’t want you to hear – The Good Stuff!! We play a diverse assortment of music ranging from mountain ballads of the Appalachians to the zydeco music of the Cajun people. Artists ranging from Fiddlin’ John Carson to Lester Flatts and Earl Scruggs to the Infamous Stringdusters. You’ll hear music recorded 80 years ago, and music recorded just a few months ago. Tune in Sunday nights from 9PM-10PM to hear for yourself!

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Back Alley Pork Roost – May 19

  • Rainy Night in Georgia  – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Wreck of the 1256 – Curly Fox
  • My Grandfather’s Clock – Grandpa Jones
  • I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew – Tom T Hall
  • The Wizard of Oz – Sam Bush
  • Ciderville Saturday Night – Scott Miller
  • Prisoner’s Song – Bluegrass Cardinals
  • Blue Diamond Mines – Robin and Linda Williams
  • In the Sweet By and By – Dolly Parton and Altan
  • Big Freightliner – Little Country Giants
  • I Am Weary Let Me Rest – Linda Davis and the Whites
  • I Ride An Old Paint – Pete Seeger
  • The Blackest Crow – Rising Appalachia
  • Ruby Pearl – Hackensaw Boys
  • Rockin’ Chair Money – Nashville Bluegrass Band

Back Alley Pork Roost – May 12, 2013

  • Indian War Whoop – Fruit Jar
  • Down in Dixie – Arthur Smith and Benny Martin
  • Gum Tree Canoe – The Roys
  • Long Black Veil – Johnny Cash
  • He Rambled – Charlie Poole
  • Tennessee Waltz- Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Shady Grove – Ricky Skaggs
  • Down in the Valley to Pray – Tod Phillips
  • Pretty Polly – John Hammond
  • Mother’s Last Word to Her Son – Washington Phillips
  • Blue Sky Boys
  • Hello Darlin’ -Conway Twitty
  • Bible By the Bed – Cadillac Sky
  • If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again – Blue Sky Boys
  • Pedal Tone Dance – Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings
  • Angeline the Baker – David Grier
  • Sally Gooden – Charley Patton

Back Alley Pork Roost – May 5

  • Skippin’ in the Mississippi Dew- John Hartford
  • Blood on my Hands- Old Man Markley
  • Never Again- Fruition
  • Love You Like I Should- The Steel Wheels
  • Evening Sun- Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Victory- Trampled By Turtles
  • Glory Bound- Wailin’ Jennies
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky- Bill Monroe
  • Look Out dog, Slow down train- Hackensaw Boys
  • That Old Dustbowl- The Dustbowl Revival
  • Sourwood Mountain- Carolina Chocolate Drops
  • One Foot in the Grave- Head for the Hills
  • Don’t Lie- Green Sky Bluegrass
  • Sorrow is a Highway- Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Paradise- John Prine

Back Alley Pork Roost – April 28

  • The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Johnny Cash
  • Ook Pik Waltz – Aubrey Haynie
  • The Rock Island Line – John Lomax
  • Billy in the Low Ground – Gordon Tanner, et al
  • So Long It’s Been Good to Know You – The Weavers
  • He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones
  • Restless Soul – Adam Klein
  • Who Shot Sally – High Strung String Band
  • Dream of a Miner’s Child – Carter Stanley
  • Wayward Son – Adam Klein
  • Down Yonder – Gordon Tanner, et al
  • Ruby are you mad at your man? – Carolina Chocolate Drops
  • Old Fashioned Morphine – Rising Appalachia
  • Lost John Dean – Bascom Lamar Lunsford
  • Back Up and Push – Skillet Lickers
  • Poor Boy’s Delight – Infamous String Dusters

Back Alley Pork Roost – Civil War Special (April 21, 2013)

  • The Girl I Left Behind Me – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Faded Coat of Blue – Buell Kazee
  • Stonewall Jackson’s Way – Bobby Horton
  • Stonewall – The Westbound Rangers
  • Battle Cry of Freedom – Jacqueline Schwab
  • Marching through Georgia – Jay Ungar
  • Soldier’s Joy, 1864 – Guy Clark
  • The Kennesaw Line
  • Dixieland – Steve Earle
  • Cumberland Gap – Second South Carolina Regimental String Band
  • Lorena – John Hartford
  • Old Dan Tucker – Second South Carolina Regimental String Band
  • Lynchburg Town – Forebiter
  • Yellow Rose of Texas
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd
  • Carry Me Back – Old Crow Medicine Show