Theme Time Radio Hour (season 3)
The third season of the Theme Time Radio Hour premiered on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, the same week that saw the release of a new edition of the Bootleg Series, Tell Tale Signs. Somewhat eerily, given that it aired during the week of a worldwide financial crisis caused by the collapse of the credit markets, the first show's theme was "Money: Part 1".
Season Three concluded on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, with the airing of the show's 100th original episode. The theme of that show was "Goodbye".
Episodes
Episode 1: Money: Part 1
First aired October 8, 2008Show track listings:
- "That's What They Want" – Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- "Pennies From Heaven" – Louis Prima
- "You Put It In, I'll Take It Out" – Papa Charlie Jackson
- "Blue Money" – Van Morrison
- "Greenbacks" – Ray Charles
- "Money" – Mel Blanc
- "It's The Gold" – The Buddy Johnson Orchestra with Ella Johnson
- "Farewell To The Gold" – Nic Jones
- "My Baby's Just Like Money" – Lefty Frizzell
- "100 Dollar Bill" – Buddy Guy
- "It's All About The Benjamins" – Puff Daddy and the Family
- "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" – The Clovers
- "You Can't Take It With You" – Jesse Price
Episode 2: Money: Part 2
Show track listings:
- "Gimme My Dime Back, Give Me My Money" – Moon Mullican & His Blue Ridge Playboys
- "I've Got Money" – James Brown
- "Penny Reel-O" – Eric "Monty" Morris & Baba Brooks
- "Money Honey" – Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
- "Lookin' For Money" – Johnny Dove & His Magnolia Playboys
- "I Need Money " – Slim Harpo
- "Man With Money" – The Everly Brothers
- "Clean Money" – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
- "Last Two Dollars" – Johnnie Taylor
- "Down To My Last Dime" – Donny Young
- "Romance Without Finance " – Tiny Grimes Quintette
- "For the Love of Money" – The O'Jays
- "You Can't Take It With You" – Young John Watson
Episode 3: Night
Show track listings:
- "All Night Long" – Joe Houston & His Rockets
- "Such a Night" – Dr. John
- "Another Night With The Boys" – The Drifters
- "When The Sun Goes Down" – LeRoy Carr
- "The Way You Look Tonight" – Fred Astaire
- "Night Life" – Willie Nelson
- "In The Night" – Chick Carbo
- "Midnight Shift" – Buddy Holly
- "Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?" – Zuzu Bollin
- "Night Time" – The Strangeloves
- "In the Night" – Professor Longhair
- "Forever Night Shade Mary" – Latin Playboys
- "Black Night" – Charles Brown
- "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Kris Kristofferson
Episode 4: President's Day
Episode 5: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
First aired November 5, 2008Show track listings:
- "I Can't Get Started" – Anita O'Day
- "Don't Start Me To Talkin'" – Sonny Boy Williamson
- "Start All Over Again" – The J. Geils Band
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" – Peggy Lee
- "Begin the Beguine" – Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
- "In The Middle Of The Night" – Amos Milburn
- "The One In The Middle" – Manfred Mann
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" – Ray Charles
- "In the Middle of a Heartache" – Wanda Jackson
- "Half A Boy and Half A Man" – Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit
- "At The End Of The Lane" – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys
- "The End of the World" – Skeeter Davis
- "The End of the Rainbow" – Richard and Linda Thompson
- "This Is The End" – Buddy Guy
Episode 6: Blood
Show track listings:
- "Flesh, Blood and Bones" – Little Esther
- "Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb?" – Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
- "Cold Blooded Woman" – Memphis Slim
- "Lust Of The Blood" – Jerry Lee Lewis
- "She Made My Blood Run Cold" – Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm
- "Transfusion" – Nervous Norvus
- "Bloodstains On The Wall" – Honeyboy
- "Go Down You Blood Red Roses" – Paul Clayton
- "Blood On The Moon" – Danny Barker
- "Bucket O' Blood" – Big Boy Groves
- "Bloodshot" – The String Kings
- "The Blood" – Zion Traveler
- "I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You" – Mississippi Sheiks
Episode 7: War
War was an unusual episode in several respects. Although TTRH has aired three 2-hour specials and the unique Time episode ran slightly over an hour, War was the show's first 90-minute episode. War was the second episode not to feature Ellen Barkin's voice in the opening intro, and the first not to use the "Night in the Big City" introduction. Instead, the show replaced the usual opening with a collage of audio war-related clips. War was also the second episode not to have any closing credits in its premiere broadcast, although the credits were added in later rebroadcasts.
Show track listings:
- "G.I. Jive" – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
- "Fightin' In The War With Spain" – Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles
- "Searching For A Soldier's Grave" – The Bailes Brothers
- "The Horrors Of War" – Atilla The Hun
- "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" – Eric Bogle
- "The Battle of New Orleans" – Johnny Horton
- "Was My Brother In The Battle?" – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- "Drive Soldiers Drive" – Little Maxie Bailey
- "This Cold War With You" – Floyd Tillman
- "Universal Soldier" – Buffy Sainte-Marie
- "I Believe I'm Gonna Make It" – Joe Tex
- "Let A Soldier Drink" – Jerry Lee Lewis
- "Buffalo Soldier" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
- "The Forgotten Soldier Boy" – The Monroe Brothers
- "Day After Tomorrow" – Tom Waits
- "Bring the Boys Home" – Freda Payne
- "Peace" – Los Lobos
Episode 8: Fruit
Fruit was an announced but unaired Season Two episode, and was probably recorded during that season, as Dylan refers to another Season Two show in his commentary, Trains.
Show track listings:
- "Tutti Frutti" – Little Richard
- "Peaches In The Springtime" – Memphis Jug Band
- "Don't Squeeze The Peaches" – Jack Costanzo & Gerrie Woo
- "Lemon 'N Ice" – Latin Playboys
- "Cherry Oh Baby" – Eric Donaldson
- "Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow" – Sam Montgomery
- "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado
- "W-P-L-J" – The Four Deuces
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" – The Beatles
- "I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight" – The Savoy Havana Band
- "Eatin' Watermelon" – Crown Prince Waterford
- "Yes, We Have No Bananas" – Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring June Hutton
- "The Banana Boat Song " – Harry Belafonte
- "Strange Fruit" – Billie Holiday
Episode 9: Street Map
Show track listings:
- "14th Street" – Laura Cantrell
- "Straight Street" – The Pilgrim Travelers
- "Streets of Gold" – The Skatalites
- "King of the Road" – Roger Miller
- "Lonely Avenue" – Ray Charles
- "Hit the Road, Jack" – Percy Mayfield
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day
- "61 Highway" – Mississippi Fred McDowell
- "Lost Highway" – Hank Williams
- "Willin'" – Little Feat
- " Route 66"- Nat King Cole
- "Route 90" – Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
- "The Dark End of the Street" – Mud Boy & The Neutrons
- "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" – Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry
Episode 10: Famous People
Show track listings:
- "Jack Palance" – Mighty Sparrow
- "My Boy Elvis" – Janis Martin
- "Sweet Gene Vincent" – Ian Dury & the Blockheads
- "Lee Van Cleef" – King Stitt
- "Meet James Ensor" – They Might Be Giants
- "Christopher Columbus" – Dinah Washington
- "Hey Liberace!" – Charlie Adams
- "The Beatles Got To Go" – Ken Lazarus & Keith Lyn
- "Fate of Will Rogers & Wiley Post" – Bill Cox
- "The Right Profile" – The Clash
- "Jean Harlow" – Lead Belly
- "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – Simon & Garfunkel
Episode 11: Numbers Eleven and Up
Show track listings:
- "36-22-36" – Bobby 'Blue' Bland
- "30 Pieces Of Silver"" – Prince Buster
- "Forty Days and Forty Nights" – Muddy Waters
- "100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong" – Lattie Moore
- "Girl Fifteen" – Floyd Dixon
- "36 Inches High" – Jim Ford
- "Ninety Nine2 – Sonny Boy Williamson II
- "54-46 Was My Number" – Toots & the Maytals "
- "39-21-46" – The Showmen
- "Rocket 69" – Connie Allen with Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra
- "A Man With One Million Dollars" – Joe Mooney Quartet
- "99 Lbs." – Ann Peebles
- "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" – Howlin' Wolf
- "12 Bar Blues" – NRBQ
- "C'mon Sixty Five" -Merle Haggard
Episode 12 Christmas & New Year
Episode 13: Number One
Aired December 31, 2008, as a repeat of the Season 2 episode, which was first broadcast in January 2008.Episode 14: Work
First aired January 7, 2009Show track listings:
- "First, You've Got to Recognize God" – The Burnadettes
- "Call It Stormy Monday " – T-Bone Walker
- "Workin' Man Blues" – Merle Haggard
- "Big Boss Man – Jimmy Reed
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It – Sarah Vaughan
- "Payday – Jesse Winchester
- "Gotta Find a Job – Lee Dorsey
- "The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work" – Six Jumping Jacks
- "I Can't Work No Longer" – Billy Butler & The Enchanters
- "I'll Do Anything But Work" – Ray Charles
- "Payday Blues" – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
- "Want Ads" – Honey Cone
- "Whistle While You Work" – Adriana Caselotti
- "Call My Job" – Detroit Junior
- "I Can't Wait To Get Off Work " – Tom Waits
- "You Got to Have a Job " – Marva Whitney & The J.B.'s
Episode 15: Nothing
Show track listing:
- "Nothing" – The Fugs
- "Don't Say Nothin' Bad " – The Cookies
- "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" – Sammy Davis Jr.
- "Sweet Nothin's" – Brenda Lee
- "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" – Frank Sinatra
- "It's Nothing To Me" – Harry Johnson
- "Nothing But The Wheel" – Peter Wolf
- "No Love, No Nothin'" – Marlene Dietrich
- "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" – Toussaint McCall
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues" – Mose Allison
- "That Ain't Nothin' But Right" – Mac Curtis
- "You Ain't Nothing But Fine" – Rockin' Sidney
- "Nothin'" – Townes Van Zandt
- "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" -The Velvet Underground
Episode 16: Something
Show track listing:
- "Something" – The Beatles
- "I'm Into Something Good" – Earl-Jean McCrea
- "Something's Coming!" – Vic Damone
- "Do Something For Me" – Billy Ward and His Dominoes
- "She's Got Something" – Jimmy Ballard
- "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" – Steve Allen
- "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" – The Velvelettes
- "Somethin' Else" – Eddie Cochran
- "Something's Goin' On In My Room" – Daddy Cleanhead
- "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" – Charlie Rich
- "Something Cool – June Christy
- "There's Something On Your Mind Part 2" – Bobby Marchan
- "Something Different" – The Carlisles
- "Something In The Air" – Thunderclap Newman
Episode 17: Cats
Show track listing:
- "Three Cool Cats" – The Coasters
- "Tom Cat Blues" – Cliff Carlisle
- "Leave My Kitten Alone" – Little Willie John
- "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" – Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
- "Sell The Puss-y" – The Mighty Sparrow
- "Put A Nickel In The Kitty" – Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers
- "Dead Cats On The Line" – Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – The Tokens
- "The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough" – Walter "Kid" Smith and Norman Woodlief
- "A Fish House Function " – Emmy Oro
- "My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone" – Hop Wilson & His Buddies
- "Stray Cat Blues" – The Rolling Stones
- "The Theme From Top Cat" – Joseph Barbera
Episode 18: Madness
Show track listing:
- "Crazy" —Patsy Cline
- "I’m Nuts About Screwy Music"—Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
- "Nervous Breakdown"—Eddie Cochran
- "I’ll Go Crazy"—James Brown and The Famous Flames
- "Relaxin’ at Camarillo"—Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
- "Madness"—Prince Buster
- "Manic Depression"—The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- "You’re Driving Me Crazy"—Peggy Lee
- "Crackin’ Up"—Bo Diddley
- " You’ll Recover in Time—Johnny Paycheck
- "Twisted"—Annie Ross
- "I’m Going Crazy"—The Tibbs Brothers
- "The Mad Bomber"—The Mighty Sparrow
- "Crazy Mixed Up World"—Little Walter
- "Blow Top Blues"—Dinah Washington
- "The Rubber Room"—Porter Wagoner
- "They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!"—Napoleon XIV
- "Hooray, Hooray, I’m Goin’ Away"—Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra
- "It’s Fun to Be Livin’ in the Crazy House"—Redd Foxx
- "Lost Mind"—Mose Allison
- "Psycho"—Jack Kittel
- "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle"—Nirvana
Episode 19: Happiness
Show track listing:
- "Feelin' High and Happy" – Hot Lips Page
- "Love and Happiness" – Al Green
- " Then I'll Be Happy" – Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters
- "Happy Home" – Elmore James
- "Happy" – The Rolling Stones
- "I Want To Be Happy" – Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra
- "Happy" – Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
- "You've Made Me So Very Happy" – Brenda Holloway
- "Happy Rovin' Cowboy" – The Sons of the Pioneers
- "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" – Buzzcocks
- "Smile" – Judy Garland –
- "Happy Trails" – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Frank Worth & His Orchestra
Episode 20: Cops and Robbers
Show track listing:
- "Call The Police" – Nat King Cole Trio
- "The Highway Patrol" – Red Simpson
- "Dupree Blues" – Blind Willie Walker
- "Against Th' Law" – Billy Bragg & Wilco
- "I Fought The Law" – The Crickets
- "This Crooked World" – Freddie "Bama Boy" Hall and His Gadsden Band
- "Poor Jesse James" – Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- "Pretty Boy Floyd" – The Byrds
- "Bad Detective" – The Coasters
- "La Muerte De Fred Gomez Carrasco" – Los Socios De San Antonio
- "Police On My Back" – The Equals
- "Dirty People" – Smiley Lewis
- "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" – Merle Haggard
Episode 21: Sugar and Candy
Show track listing:
- "The Honeydripper" – Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers
- "Shake Sugaree" – Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans
- "Sugar Magnolia" – The Grateful Dead
- "My Boy Lollipop" – Millie Small
- "Sugar Coated Love" – Lazy Lester
- "Stealin' Sugar" – Ray Batts
- "Sugar Town" – Lara & The Trailers
- "If Sugar Was As Sweet As You" – Joe Tex
- "I Want Candy" – The Strangeloves
- "Big Rock Candy Mountain" – Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
- "Candy" – The Astors
- "So Like Candy" – Elvis Costello
- "Sugar Bee" – Cleveland Crochet
- "Candy Man" – Dave Van Ronk
Episode 22: Questions
Show track listing:
- "Who Do You Love? – Bo Diddley
- "Whadaya Want? – The Robins
- "What Do You Want the Girl to Do? – Allen Toussaint
- "When Will I Be Loved? – The Everly Brothers
- "Where You At? – Lloyd Price
- "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight – Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys
- "$64,000 Question – Bobby Tuggle
- "Who's That Guy? – The Kolettes
- "Who's That Lady? – The Isley Brothers
- "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away? – Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks
- "What's Going On – Marvin Gaye
- "The Old Philosopher" – Eddie Lawrence
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" – Billie Holiday
- " Peace, Love and Understanding?" – Brinsley Schwarz
Episode 23: Truth and Lies
Show track listing:
- "Tell A Lie" – The Chromatics
- "Don't Play That Song" – Aretha Franklin
- "Don't Lie To Me" – Fats Domino
- "True Blue Papa" – Leon Chappel
- "How Much I've Lied" – Gram Parsons
- "Twenty Five Lies" – Guitar Slim
- "Your True Love" – Carl Perkins
- "I'll Be True" – Faye Adams
- "True Confessions" – Duke Reid & The Silvertones
- "He Lied" – Willie Mabon
- "It's Only Make Believe" – Conway Twitty
- "It Was A Lie" – Bobby Moore & The Fourmost
- "La-La-La Lies" – The Who
Episode 24: Family
Show track listing:
- "I'm My Own Grandpa" – Lonzo & Oscar
- "Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues" – Memphis Jug Band
- "Two Sisters" – Clannad
- "Shame and Scandal " – Peter Tosh & The Wailers
- "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" – The Olympics
- "Little Sister" – Elvis Presley
- "Uncle Bud" – Boozoo Chavis
- "Second Cousin" – The Flamin' Groovies
- "Brother John" – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- "A Better Son / Daughter" – Rilo Kiley
- "The Seventh Son" – Willie Mabon
- "Bring it On Home to Grandma" – Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers
- "Family Affair" – Sly & The Family Stone
Episode 25: Noah's Ark: Part 1
Show track listing:
- "King of Kings" – Jimmy Cliff
- "Ground Hog" – Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore and His Log Cabin Boys
- "Grizzly Bear" – Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore and His Log Cabin BoysRolf Cahn & Eric Von Schmidt
- "The Monkey Speaks His Mind" – Dave Bartholomew
- "Rattlesnake Daddy" – Joe D. Johnson
- "Too Many Fish in the Sea" – The Marvelettes
- "Hold That Critter Down" – The Sons of the Pioneers
- "Baby Mine" – Bonnie Raitt
- "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" – Rolf Harris
- "Froggy Went A Courtin'" – Tex Ritter
- "Barnyard Boogie" – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
- "Will The Wolf Survive?" – Waylon Jennings
- "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" – Sonny Boy Williamson II
- "Jollity Farm" – Lesley Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
- "Animal Farm" – The Kinks
Episode 26: Noah's Ark: Part 2
Show track listing:
- "They All Ask'd for You " – The Meters
- "There's a Moose on the Loose" – Roddy Jackson
- "White Rabbit" – Jefferson Airplane
- "Carried Water For The Elephant" – Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" – Randy Newman
- "Fox on the Run" – The Country Gentlemen
- "See Line Woman" – Nina Simone
- "Coyote" – Joni Mitchell
- "Possum Song" – Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and his Orchestra
- "Monkey Man" – The Maytals
- "Bert the Turtle " – Dick 'Two Ton' Baker
- "Calling All Cows" – Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers
- "Black Rat Swing" – Memphis Minnie and Little Son Joe
- "On the Wings of a Snow White Dove" – Ferlin Husky
Episode 27: Clearance Sale
Show track listing:
- "Little Sadie" – Clarence Ashley
- "Bon Ton Roula" – Clarence Garlow
- "You Got to Go to Work" – Rex Griffin
- "When You're Smiling" – Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
- "Ain't Got No Home" – Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
- "Big Balls In Cowtown" – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- "My Evolution Girl" – Walter 'Kid' Smith
- "Copperhead Road" – Steve Earle
- "End of the Road" – Jerry Lee Lewis
- "Raglan Road" – Van Morrison & The Chieftains
- "Bury Me Beneath The Willow" – Clarence White & Roger Bush
- "Son of a Preacher Man" – Dusty Springfield
- "A Nickel and A Nail" – O.V. Wright
- "Somebody's In My Orchard" – Anita Harris
- "Boogie Uproar" – Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
- "Rock of Gibraltar" – Big Joe Turner
- "Strut That Thing" – Cripple Clarence Lofton
- "Bing Crosby" - The Lion
- "Jerry Lewis in France" – Ben Vaughn Combo
- "You're Nothing But a Nothin' – Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters
- "You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had" – Ike & Tina Turner
- "Go Through Sunday" – Jim Ford
- "Too Weak to Fight" – Clarence Carter
- "Fujiyama Mama" – Annisteen Allen
- "Fujiyama Mama" – Wanda Jackson
- "15" – Rilo Kiley
- "Mean Eyed Cat" – Johnny Cash
- "Fools Are Not Born" – Clarence Reid
- "Candy Man" – Mississippi John Hurt
- "Sugar Sugar" – The Wailers
- "Bad Boy" – Clarence Palmer & the Jive Bombers
- "'Round Midnight" – Betty Carter
- "Let it Bleed" – The Rolling Stones
Episode 28: Goodbye
Show track listing:
- "Goodbye Baby" – Elmore James
- "Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane" – Charlie Poole
- "Go Now" – Bessie Banks
- "The Leaving Of Liverpool" – The Clancy Brothers
- "Adios Senorita" – The Ovations
- " Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" – Slim Smith
- "Vaya Con Dios" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
- "If This Is Goodbye" – Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
- "Goodbye Baby" – Little Caesar
- "So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye" – Weldon Rogers and The Teen Kings
- "Let's Say Goodnight" – Los Lobos
- "Troubles Goodbye" – Jimmy Liggins
- "Go and Say Goodbye" – Buffalo Springfield
- "Splogham" – Slim Gaillard
- "See You Later Alligator" – Bobby Charles
- "Much Later For You Baby" – Jackie Brenston
- "So Long, I'm Gone" – Warren Smith
- "Bye Bye, Fare Thee Well" – Peppermint Harris
- "Jamaica Farewell" – Jamaican Duke
- "I'm Checkin' Out Go'om Bye" – Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington
- "Goodnight Irene" – Lead Belly
- "So Long" – Lee Dorsey
- "Dusty Old Dust " – Woody Guthrie