The Best of Old-Time Country Music
Peter Ostroushko (#607)
Peter Ostroushko has long been regarded as one of the finest mandolinists in acoustic music and is also well known for appearances on "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Mr. Roger s Neighborhood." He performs medleys on the fiddle and mandolin and sings traditional songs as well as originals such as "Horizontal Hold."
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Golden Harvest Performs "Twisted Vines" (#2106)
Golden Harvest, a bluegrass band from Omaha, Nebraska, performs original songs and traditional favorites with every member ... 03:09
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The Wilders Perform "Ida Red" (#2107)
The Wilders are from Kansas City and play tunes from the golden age of country music (the '20s-'40s). Members include Ike ... 02:16
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Mike Seeger Performs "Free Little Bird" (#2103)
Mike Seeger has been preserving and performing traditional music since the 1950s. While singing old-time tunes, he accompanies ... 02:59
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Cathy Barton and Dave Para Perform "The Cumberland ... (#2105)
Cathy Barton and Dave Para, from Missouri, perform what they like to call "hand-me-down music." This versatile vocal duo ... 02:42
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The Ezells Perform "Old 97" (#2105)
The Ezells have appeared at many Iowa bluegrass and old-time country music festivals. Marge Ezell, who is lead singer and ... 01:53
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All Upcoming Episodes
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Bob Everhart and the Old-Time Country Music Band with Matney Sisters (#502)
This Iowa family quartet known for their gospels songwriting and close-harmony singing performs You ve Got Me Under Your ...
- Thu, November 26, 6:30 PM on IPTV
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David Holt (#2003)
One of the country's finest acoustic musicians and storytellers joins OLD-TIME COUNTRY MUSIC for a half hour of entertainment and folk humor. Grammy award-winner David Holt performs an interesting mixture of songs played on an even more interesting array of musical instruments. He sings, dances, plays the harmonica, steel guitar, the mouth bow, the paper bag, the bottle, the washboard, the bones, the spoons and the banjo. He solos and he accompanies himself. Songs include: ' "Boatman," "Black-eyed Suzy," "Pretty Polly," "Rain Crow Bill," "Johnson Boys," "Georgia Camp Meeting," "Walk On," "Bones Tune," "Sittin' On Top of the World," "Race Train and Hound Dogs," and "John Henry."
- Thu, December 10, 6:30 PM on IPTV
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Bob Everhart & the Old-Time Country Music Band with Gordon MacMasters (#306)
Bob Everhart and the Old-Time Country Music Band perform classic country and folk tunes. Joining them is special guest Gordon MacMasters playing harmonica and musical saw.
- Thu, December 17, 6:30 PM on IPTV
Past Episodes
These episodes of The Best of Old-Time Country Music aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Stoney Lonesome (#604)
- Mac Wiseman (#403)
- Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys (#308)
- The Makem Brothers (#802)
- Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys (#503)
- Special Consensus (Part 1 of 2) (#2004)
- Volo Bogtrotters (Part 1 of 2) (#2002)
- Tom Paley with Bob Bovee (#810)
- Peter Ostroushko (#607)
- Don Edwards (#506)
- The Exline Family with Tiny Cook (#206)
- Shorty and Lorene: Two for the Show (#804)
- Rhonda Vincent and Rage Pt.2 (#9905)
- Bob Everhart Band Featuring Vanessa Kenaston and John Butten (#401)
- The McLains with Special Guest Mike Stevens (Part (#2005)
- Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Pt. 1) (#9802)
- The Wilders (#2112)
- Bill Grant and Delia Bell (#705)
- The Bluegrass Rest (#304)
