-for today’s show, we get into some Jug Band music, as we anticipate the “story of American music” concert on 9-10-2026 at the Backdoor Playhouse, starting at 7:30pm & featuring the Jake Leg Stompers & Eggplant Faerie Players. The event is free, & the Playhouse is at the back of the Jere Whitson Building, just off the Tennessee Tech quad. We also hear from the founder of the Jake Leg Stompers, Bill Steber.
-as timing would have it, just as last week’s show remembered Dolly Parton on the occasion of her passing, much of today’s show turns to remember the life of Kentucky poet, farmer, novelist, essayist, & activist Wendell Berry, including an excerpt of Berry speaking & poems by your host that poured out this week
-originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Wednesday, September 9, 2026
-episode audio archive posted after the live show
-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university
The Lovin Spoonful - Jug Band Music
Jake Leg Stompers - Tear it Down, Bed Slats and All
Jake Leg Stompers (with Luther Dickinson) - Goin’ Down South
Bill Steber being interviewed in April 2026 (excerpt)
Jake Leg Stompers (with Luther Dickinson) - Hurry Up Sunrise
Charles Wesley Godwin - I Caught The Sunrise
Wendell Berry - A Warning To My Readers
Brian Andres & the Mark Lalama Trio - The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (by Wendell Berry)
Tyler Childers - Follow You To Virgie
Tyler Childers - Lady May
Nicholas Jamerson - Goodbye Brother
Willi Carlisle - The Mason Jar at the Center of the Universe
Brandon Flowers - Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?
Emily Scott Robinson - Better With Time
Nicholas Jamerson & the Morning Jays - Linda James
The Wooks - Helechawa
Sophie Wellington - Shacks and Chalets
-Wendell Berry, response to a question, Festival of Faiths - Sacred Earth Sacred Self, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky
Creekbed Carter Hogan - Peasants Revolt
Billy Strings & Don Julin - I’ve Just Seen The Rock of Ages
Colin Cutler & friends - Temple of the Holy Ghost
Adrienne Young, Will Kimbrough, & Ketch Secor - Satan, yer Kingdom Must Come Down
James McMurtry - Decent Man
Jake Leg Stompers with Rev. John Wilkins - That’s No Way To Get Along
Foggy Memory Boys - Put it on My Gravestone
The Local Honeys - My Old Kentucky Home
Jake Leg Stompers with Jimbo Mathis & Rev. John Wilkins - I Shall Not Be Moved
-as timing would have it, just as last week’s show remembered Dolly Parton on the occasion of her passing, much of today’s show turns to remember the life of Kentucky poet, farmer, novelist, essayist, & activist Wendell Berry, including an excerpt of Berry speaking & poems by your host that poured out this week
-originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Wednesday, September 9, 2026
-episode audio archive posted after the live show
-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university
The Lovin Spoonful - Jug Band Music
Jake Leg Stompers - Tear it Down, Bed Slats and All
Jake Leg Stompers (with Luther Dickinson) - Goin’ Down South
Bill Steber being interviewed in April 2026 (excerpt)
Jake Leg Stompers (with Luther Dickinson) - Hurry Up Sunrise
Charles Wesley Godwin - I Caught The Sunrise
Wendell Berry - A Warning To My Readers
Brian Andres & the Mark Lalama Trio - The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (by Wendell Berry)
Tyler Childers - Follow You To Virgie
Tyler Childers - Lady May
Nicholas Jamerson - Goodbye Brother
Willi Carlisle - The Mason Jar at the Center of the Universe
Brandon Flowers - Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?
Emily Scott Robinson - Better With Time
Nicholas Jamerson & the Morning Jays - Linda James
The Wooks - Helechawa
Sophie Wellington - Shacks and Chalets
-Wendell Berry, response to a question, Festival of Faiths - Sacred Earth Sacred Self, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky
Creekbed Carter Hogan - Peasants Revolt
Billy Strings & Don Julin - I’ve Just Seen The Rock of Ages
Colin Cutler & friends - Temple of the Holy Ghost
Adrienne Young, Will Kimbrough, & Ketch Secor - Satan, yer Kingdom Must Come Down
James McMurtry - Decent Man
Jake Leg Stompers with Rev. John Wilkins - That’s No Way To Get Along
Foggy Memory Boys - Put it on My Gravestone
The Local Honeys - My Old Kentucky Home
Jake Leg Stompers with Jimbo Mathis & Rev. John Wilkins - I Shall Not Be Moved
