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- [Voiceover] The following program is a production of
Pioneer Public Television.
(melodic clarinet music)
Funding for this program has been provided by
the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund,
through a vote of the people of Minnesota
on November 4th, 2008.
(intense fast paced banjo music)
Grassland Jam recorded during the annual
Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival
at El Rancho Manana near Richmond, Minnesota.
Grassland Jam showcases the main stage performances
presented during the four day festival
by regional and national bands.
(intense fast paced banjo music)
First up on the main stage,
the American powerhouse vocal trio, Red Molly.
♪ Travelin' down that coal town road
♪ Listenin' to my rubber tires whine
♪ Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore
♪ I'm leavin' you behind
♪ Oh, I've been a coal miner all of my life
♪ Layin' down track in the hole
♪ Gotta back like an ironwood
♪ Bent by the wind
♪ Blood veins blue as the coal
♪ Blood veins blue as the coal
♪ Somebody said that's a strange tattoo
♪ You have on the side of your head
♪ Well I said that's a blueprint left by the coal
♪ A little more and I'd a been dead
♪ Oh but I love the rumble and I love the dark
♪ Love the cool of the slate
♪ But it's goin' down that blue road
♪ Lookin' for a job
♪ It's travelin' and lookin' I hate
♪ It's travelin' and lookin' I hate
(instrumental bluegrass music)
♪ I stood for the union
♪ I walked in the line
♪ I fought against the company
♪ I stood for the U.M.W. of A.
♪ Now who's gonna stand for me
♪ Yeah, I got no money and I got no home
♪ Just got a worried soul
♪ And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
♪ Left me by the number nine coal
♪ Left me by the number nine coal
(instrumental bluegrass music)
♪ Someday when I die and go
♪ To heaven the land of my dreams
♪ I won't have to worry about losin' my job
♪ To bad times and big machines
♪ Yeah I got no money and I got no home
♪ Just got a worried soul
♪ And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
♪ Left me by the number nine coal
♪ Left me by the number nine coal
♪ Left me by the number nine coal ♪
(audience applauding and cheering)
- All right, this is one of my favorite love songs
of all time.
It's a Doc and Rosa Lee Watson song.
No, bluegrass fans?
Doc Watson, nothing?
- [Voiceover] Never heard of 'em.
- Thank you.
(audience member laughing)
(lighthearted guitar music)
♪ God has given us years
♪ of happiness here
♪ Now we must part
♪ And as the angels
♪ Come and call for you
♪ The pangs of grief
♪ Tug at my heart
♪ Oh my darling
♪ My darling
♪ My heart
♪ Breaks as you take
♪ Your long journey
♪ Oh the days will be empty
♪ The nights so long
♪ Without you my love
♪ And when God
♪ Calls for you
♪ I'm left alone
♪ But we will meet
♪ In heaven above
♪ Oh my darling
♪ My darling
♪ My heart
♪ Breaks as you take
♪ Your long journey
(melancholy instrumental music)
♪ Fond memories I'll keep
♪ Of happy ways
♪ That on earth we trod
♪ And when I come home
♪ We will walk
♪ Hand in hand
♪ As one in heaven
♪ In the family
♪ Of God
♪ Oh my darling
♪ My darling
♪ My heart breaks as you take
♪ Your long journey
♪ My heart breaks as you take
♪ Your long journey
♪ Oh my darling
♪ My darling
♪ My heart
♪ Breaks as you take
♪ Your long journey ♪
(audience applauding)
- All right, we're gonna play a dark one.
This is from the new record.
It's called I'm Only Right When It's All Wrong.
- One, two
♪ I'm only right
♪ When it's all wrong
♪ Up half the night
♪ Singin' sad songs
♪ You broke my heart
♪ And now you're gone
♪ Ever since that night
♪ I'm only right
♪ When it's all wrong
♪ Well I used to be happy
♪ When my mama and my daddy
♪ And the sun shined everyday
♪ Then I met you
♪ And you made me so blue
♪ I feel more like myself
♪ On a rainy day
♪ So let the clouds
♪ Come rollin' in
♪ I'll hold on tight
♪ To what might of been
♪ There's just no place
♪ Where I belong
♪ Ever since that night
♪ I'm only right
♪ When it's all wrong
(somber instrumental music)
♪ Oh, don't miss understand me
♪ I'm as happy as I can be
♪ Singin' these low down blues
♪ For you return
♪ Then maybe I can learn
♪ To sing a happy tune
♪ And believe it's true
♪ I'm only right
♪ When it's all wrong
♪ Up half the night
♪ I'm singin' sad songs
♪ You broke my heart
♪ And now you're gone
♪ Ever since that night
♪ I'm only right
♪ Turn off the light
♪ I'm only right
♪ I'm only right
♪ When it's
♪ All wrong ♪
(somber instrumental music)
(audience applauding and cheering)
♪ It was
♪ A Tuesday night and summer time
♪ When I chose to leave my home
♪ I checked the schedule
♪ For the train
♪ Packed my bags, I was gone
♪ I never thought I'd miss them
♪ I didn't think I'd care
♪ But I was wrong, yeah
♪ I was wrong
♪ I left behind an honest man
♪ And I know I caused him pain
♪ But that was not enough to make me
♪ board a home bound train
♪ The love of my family
♪ Is the thing that brought me home
♪ Yeah, love,
♪ And too much time alone
♪ I said mama
♪ Put supper on the table
♪ I said mama
♪ Turn the porch light on
♪ I'm callin' from the pay phone
♪ At the Beaumont Rest Stop
♪ I've been gone so long
♪ So I'm comin' home
(upbeat instrumental music)
♪ My dad would chop the firewood
♪ Yeah, he'd get it cracklin' bright
♪ And my mom and I would dance around
♪ In the orange yellow light
♪ Well, I've heard it said won't nothing bring you down
♪ Like your hometown
♪ But won't nothin' bring you up
♪ Like gettin' down
♪ I said mama
♪ Put supper on the table
♪ I said mama
♪ Won't you turn the porch light on
♪ I'm callin' on the pay phone
♪ At the Beaumont Rest Stop
♪ I've been gone so long so
♪ I'm comin' home
(upbeat instrumental music)
♪ Well I made it through the corn field
♪ And I could see the porch light on
♪ And even though I'm far away
♪ I swear I hear his song
♪ It's my daddy lonesome tenor
♪ Yeah, he's a singin' loud and clear
♪ She's home
♪ My little girl is home
♪ I said mama
♪ Put supper on the table
♪ I said mama, oh
♪ Won't you turn the porch light on
♪ I'm callin' from the pay phone
♪ At the Beaumont Rest Stop
♪ I've been gone so long
♪ So, I'm comin' home
♪ I've been gone so long
♪ I'm comin' home ♪
- Thank you so much.
Thank you to everybody at the festival.
Good night.
- [Voiceover] Next up on the main stage,
from Lebanon, Tennessee, the traditional bluegrass sounds of
Eddie and Martha Adcock.
(upbeat instrumental bluegrass music)
♪ Well I got rings on my fingers
♪ Some mighty fancy clothes
♪ The perfume I'm wearin'
♪ Smells better than a rose
♪ Well I've got a lot of things
♪ A girl could want it's true
♪ But it ain't worth a thing
♪ 'Cause all I want is you.
♪ All I want is you
♪ No matter what I do
♪ No matter what I think
♪ All I think about is you
♪ They say I've got aplenty
♪ But if I don't have you
♪ All I've got is nothin'
♪ 'Cause all I want is you
(lighthearted instrumental music)
♪ I went shoppin' with my friends
♪ I got pretty brand new shoes
♪ I throw the dough around
♪ What have I got to lose
♪ Well the high life's gettin' old
♪ But that ain't nothin' new
♪ All I've got is nothin'
♪ 'Cause all I want is you
♪ All I want is you
♪ No matter what I do
♪ No matter what I think
♪ All I think about is you
♪ They say I've got aplenty
♪ But if I don't have you
♪ All I've got is nothin'
♪ 'Cause all I want is you
(lighthearted instrumental music)
♪ If you thinkin' that you long me
♪ And don't know what to do
♪ Just picture me in satin
♪ 'Cause I'm sure sad and blue
♪ Just take a long around me
♪ I sure am lonesome too
♪ All I've got is nothin'
♪ 'Cause all I want is you
♪ All I want is you
♪ No matter what I do
♪ No matter what I think
♪ All I think about is you
♪ They say I've got aplenty
♪ But if I don't have you
♪ All I got is nothin'
♪ Cause all I want is you
♪ All I want is you
♪ All I want is all you got
♪ 'Cause all I want is you ♪
(audience applauding)
♪ All I want is you ♪
- I walked up to Ralph Stanley years ago
and he knew about,
he knew how I played
and he knew how he played.
And I went up to him and I said,
"Ralph, you're the reason I started playin' the banjo."
You know what he said?
- [Martha] What?
(audience laughing)
- [Voiceover] Stoic.
- That's the way it goes sometimes.
You don't get much response.
(picking banjo)
- Okay, here's a little bit of that I Got Wise.
(upbeat bluegrass music)
♪ Oh how I was long for your lovin'
♪ You're cheatin' I couldn't realize
♪ But now that I've found that you're steppin'
♪ I'm through with ya baby, I got wise
♪ I know now ya never cared about me
♪ I think you've been lying all the time
♪ You back to that wine crowd you're used to
♪ You go your way and I'll go mine
♪ Oh how I was long for your lovin'
♪ Your cheatin' I couldn't realize
♪ But now that I found that you're steppin'
♪ I'm through with ya baby, I got wise
(lighthearted instrumental music)
♪ You asked me to meet you on the corner
♪ You told me we had things to do
♪ And after I stood there and waited
♪ You never showed up and I'm so blue
♪ Oh how I was long for your lovin'
♪ Your cheating I couldn't realize
♪ But now that I found that you're steppin'
♪ I'm through with you baby, I got wise
(upbeat cello solo)
♪ Oh how I was long for your lovin'
♪ You're cheating I couldn't realize
♪ But now that I've found that you're steppin'
♪ I'm through with you baby, I got wise
(upbeat banjo solo)
♪ I'm through with you baby, I got wise ♪
(bluesy instrumental music)
(audience applauding and cheering)
- This is a good story song.
We love the way Eddie sings it.
- Eddie hopes he sings it.
- We hope you sing it, yes we do.
- It's called Bringing Mary Home.
(wistful instrumental music)
♪ I was drivin' down a lonely road
♪ On a dark and stormy night
♪ When a little girl by the roadside
♪ Showed up in my headlights
♪ I stopped and she got in back
♪ And in a shaky tone
♪ She said my name is Mary
♪ Please won't you take me home
♪ She must of been so frightened
♪ All alone there in the night
♪ There was something strange about her
♪ For her face was deathly white
♪ She seemed so pale and quiet
♪ In the backseat all alone
♪ I never will forget that night
♪ I took Mary home
(wistful instrumental music)
♪ I pulled into the driveway
♪ where she told me to go
♪ Got out to help her from the car
♪ And opened up the door
♪ But I just could not believe my eyes
♪ The backseat was bare
♪ I looked all around the car
♪ But Mary wasn't there
♪ A light shown from the porch
♪ Someone opened up the door
♪ I asked about the little girl
♪ That I was looking for
♪ Then the lady gently smiled
♪ And brushed her tear away
♪ She said it sure was nice of you
♪ To go out of your way
♪ But 13 years ago today
♪ In a wreck just down the road
♪ Our darlin' Mary lost her life
♪ And we miss her so
♪ Thank you for your trouble
♪ And the kindness you have shown
♪ You're the 13th one that's been here
♪ Bringing Mary home ♪
(wistful instrumental music)
(fast paced banjo music)
♪ We started up from Birm
♪ One sunny August morn
♪ There was just the four of us
♪ Against the Matterhorn
♪ There was--
- [Voiceover] Thank you for watching Grassland Jam.
Join us next time for more bluegrass and old time music.
- [Voiceover] Funding for this program has been provided by
The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
through a vote of the people of Minnesota
on November 4th, 2008.
♪ And then I tried to climb the matterhorn
♪ That mining matterhorn ♪
(fast paced banjo picking music)