On this Friday the 13th, our show takes on the constructs of heaven and hell as its chosen theme. Songs that explore the debatable and sometimes fantastical concepts that, while they vary significantly across cultures and tradition, still remain human constructs rather than universal truths. Or are they? I sure don’t know and I doubt that you do. They have no doubt been formed as symbolic or metaphorical ideas formulated to help humankind find a straight path to that ‘great morning’…or something like that anyway. We’re not here to practice heresy or blasphemy, only to observe…and there’s plenty of music to call this theme one of mixed metaphors. Tune in for some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bill Neely and a whole crowd of other sinners and saints pounding out the concepts of heaven and hell in song with melodies both fierce and solemn. Tune in for quite the time.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Oh Death	Twango Bango II
2	John Lee Hooker & Ben Harper	Burnin' Hell	The Best Of Friends
3	Dr. John	Party Hellfire	Anutha Zone
4	Miss Rhapsody & Orchestra	The Night Before Judgement Day	Blues Women
5	Eric Clapton	If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day	Sessions For Robert J
6	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Judgement Morning	Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7	Johnny Cash	Redemption	American Recordings
8	Joe Strummer/Mescaleros	Redemption Song	Streetcore
9	Vera Hall	Death, Have Mercy	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
10	Jimmy Reed	Going By The River (Pt. 1)	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37
11	Hank Williams	The Angel Of Death	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
12	Dave Van Ronk	St. James Infirmary	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
13	Ralph Stanley	The Death Of John Henry [Album Version]	Ralph Stanley
14	David Johansen & The Harry Smiths	Oh Death	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
15	Solomon Burke	The Judgement	Don't Give Up on Me
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
17	The Zion Harmonizers	Old Time Religion	Ultimate Gospel Fest
18	Camille Howard	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	Brown Gal
19	The Cats & The Fiddle	When I Grow Too Old To Dream	The Very Best Of
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	Red Foley	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Tennessee Saturday Night
22	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel
23	Sheryl Crow	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Home For Christmas
24	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
25	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
26	Grandpa Jones	Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me	An American Original
27	Carl Story	When the Pearly Gates Swing Open	1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
28	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
29	Flatt & Scruggs	The Drunkard's Hell	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
30	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room)	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
31	Fannie Bell Chapman	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007