Summary: More than a time, it’s a feeling, a style, and a sound. It’s “Oldtime.” In this special episode, OHR explores this rich international music genre. Sit a spell with Dave Smith and Mark Jones. Enjoy uncommon music performed by world class traditional Oldtime artists recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Featured on this episode are The April Verch Band, David Holt & Josh Goforth, Love Holler, Harmony, The Lazy Goat String Band with Dom Flemons, The Downhill Strugglers, Bruce Molsky, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, Lukas and Eden Pool, The Hogslop String Band, Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt, and The Ozark Highballers. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1978 archival recording of Ozark original Sam Younger and himself performing the song “Kicking Mule,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. In his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins investigates historic outlaws of the Ozarks. Many famous outlaws including Bonnie & Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd have hidden out in the Ozarks. Brooks guides us through this cult of criminality, recounting details of the Ozark experiences of Bonnie & Clyde in part two of this series called “Public Enemy.”
