In our Friday morning episode, we’re revisiting the traditional form of the murder ballad and we’ll also take some liberties with some more modern takes from the likes of Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, and Nick Cave. In the traditional form we’ll measure centuries-old cultural aberrations with the stories of gamblers, ramblers, and murdering misogynists that peppered the landscapes of country gospel, Appalachian folk, and urban alleyways. Frankie, Johnny, Stack-O-Lee, William Zanzinger, and Ellen Smith are just a few of the players in today’s show. Join Dave Stroud for a journey through tradition this Friday evening on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
2	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	In The Pines	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
3	Loretta Lynn	In the Pines	Full Circle
4	Josh White, Jr.	Delia's Gone	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
5	Bobby Bare	Delia's Gone (1965)	All American Boy – CD 4
6	Sarah Jarosz	Shankill Butchers	Song Up in Her Head
7	Charlie Louvin	Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham)	Charlie Louvin
8	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
9	Lyle Lovett	L.A. County	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
10	Marty Robbins	Big Iron	All-Time Greatest Hits
11	Riley Puckett	Frankie And Johnny	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
12	Big Bill Broonzy	Frankie And Johnny	Trouble In Mind
13	Dave Van Ronk	House Carpenter	Inside Dave Van Ronk
14	Jimmy Martin	Poor Ellen Smith	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
15	Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs with Alison Kraus	The Banks Of The Ohio	The Three Pickers
16	Ralph Stanley	Henry Lee [Album Version]	Ralph Stanley
17	Tom Waits	Two Sisters	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
18	Seamus Ennis	Marrow Bones	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
19	Joan Baez	Mary Hamilton	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
20	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Down in the Willow Garden	1948 (Warped 4872)
21	Gillian Welch	Caleb Meyer	High On A Mountain
22	Mason Jennings	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Album Version)	I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
23	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Where The Wild Roses Grow	The Best Of [Disc 1]
24	Charlie Monroe	Down in the Willow Garden	1946-1949 (Warped 4725)
25	John Oates	Stack O Lee	Arkansas
26	Fruit Jar Guzzlers	Stack-O-Lee	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
27	Lead Belly	Duncan And Brady	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
28	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Duncan and Brady (He's Been on the Job Too Long)	Blue Diamond