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Saturday nights 9-Midnight
Hosted by Tom Duffee
Have a comment or question for Tom? Email him at tduffee@woh.rr.com |
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| Midnight Ramble |
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On the Midnight Ramble, you get an opportunity to take a leisurely stroll through the highways and byways in the history of country music, finding old gems that no one plays anymore and giving them new life. You may discover that these old songs and tunes have an intrinsic value that belies their age and their obscurity. For instance, you may be pleased to find a still vital fiddling tradition that has maintained links to generations of fiddlers past – a part of American culture that should not be forgotten or abandoned. Or, perhaps you may unearth a bit of old popular culture that, through the poetry of its lyrics or the cry of its steel guitar, can still articulate a world-view that has not lost its impact in this age of high-tech cultural consolidation. Or, by listening to these old tunes, you may simply gain some insight to why we are the way we are today (positive and negative). For, as always in the human condition, when you take time to observe the past, you become more informed about the present, and may even gain some insight into the path of the future.
Whether it is only for the occasional few minutes at home; during an extended car ride down the road; or you just like to leave your radio on when you go to bed on a Saturday night: take a listen to the Midnight Ramble. You may be surprised at how addicting these old country sounds can be!
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| About the Host |
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Tom Duffee has been playing and listening to traditional and country sounds all his life. He started playing the banjo when he was twelve. In his later teens, he started playing in public, sharing in the rich old-time and bluegrass heritage that exists in the Miami Valley. For the past 35 years, he has played in the old-time string band, the Corndrinkers. In 1971, he started programming traditional music on WYSO. With his brothers Dan and Jim, the Duffee brothers initiated a Saturday night bluegrass show as well as a morning offering, Rise When the Rooster Crows, both of which remain on WYSO to this day. After an extended absence, Tom returned to WYSO to assist the ailing “Ramblin’” Ray Garrison produce the Midnight Ramble. Tom lives in Springfield, where he teaches EMS Technology at Clark State Community College, helps run Bee Balm Music, a recording outlet for some neglected old-time musicians, and works as a part-time piano tuner (Middle C Piano Service). His wife, Linda, with whom he shares his life and his music, is a renowned fiddler in the Miami Valley area.
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