Sing Out! Radio Magazine

This week we turn our attention to songs about Bandits and Outlaws. These bad guys have been the subject of folk music since the beginning of singing. We'll hear songs from Norman Blake, Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves, Addie Graham, Ry Cooder, Tim Hardin, Tom Russell and many more. Bandits and Outlaws take center stage … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways

Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “A Minor Fantasy” / Vicksburg Blues / Red House

Norman Blake / “Billy Gray” / Blind Dog / Rounder

Greg Hooven String Band / “Darling Corey” / The Harry Smith Connection / Smithsonian-Folkways

Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves / “Red Haired Becky” / I Have Known Women / Strictly Country

The Byrds / “Pretty Boy Floyd” / Sweetheart of the Rodeo / Columbia

Guy Clark / “The Last Gunfighter Ballad” / Texas Cookin' / Sugar Hill

The MacAbre Brothers / “Otto Wood” / Traditional Murder Ballads / Roane

Addie Graham / “Omie Wise” / Been a Long Time Traveling / June Appal

Tim Hardin / “Lady Came from Baltimore” / Live in Concert / Polydor

Paul Siebel / “Jack-Knife Gypsy” / Jack-Knife Gypsy / Elektra

Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “Yancey Blues” / Vicksburg Blues / Red House

Ry Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner Brothers

Ry Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner Brothers

Tom Russell / “Tonight We Ride” / Old Songs Yet to Sing / Frontera

Susan Pepper / “Tom Dooley” / Hollerin' Girl / Ballad

Hamper McBee / “John Hardy” / Cumberland Moonshiner / Spring Fed

The Red Clay Ramblers / “Run Sister Run” / A Lie of the Mind / Sugar Hill

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways