Grab your cowboy hat, lederhosen, and/or Peppermint Patty. We're gonna yodel this week!
SONGS:
Dolly Parton: Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (1970)
Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues (1949)
RESOURCES AND REFERENCES:
The Lonely Goatherd - Sound of Music (1965)
Maria Von Trapp Teaches Julie Andrews to Yodel (Rogers & Hammerstein)
York Peppermint Patty Commercial (1986)
Yodel-ay-ee-oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling (Plantegna, 2004)
Mandy Torgerson - The Dying Art of Yodeling (2025)
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2025)
Switzerland’s Yodeling Tradition is Changing. Here’s How to Experience It (2023)
What Vowels Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Music
No Mules Were Skinned: The History of Muleskinner Blues (Sander, 2015)
Interview with Dolly Parton on How She Ended Up Covering Mule Skinner Blues (DollyMania)
Tom Dickson: Labor Blues (1928)
Jimmy Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) (1928)
Jimmy Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 8 (1930)
Bill Monroe: Mule Skinner Blues (1940)
Woody Guthrie: Mule Skinner Blues (1944)
Odetta: Mule Skinner Blues (1957)
The Fendermen: Mule Skinner Blues (1960)
Harry Belafonte Singing Muleskinner on the Ed Sullivan Show (1962)
Bob Dylan attempting Mule Skinner Blues (with a yodel) (1962)
Hank Williams Jr.: Mule Skinner Blues (1965)
Merle Haggard: Mule Skinner Blues (1969)
Dolly Parton Singing Mule Skinner Blues on the Porter Wagoner Show (1970)
Dolly Parton Singing Mule Skinner Blues on the Porter Wagoner Show (1971)
Dolly Parton, Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Live (1978)
The Cramps: Muleskinner Blues (1989)
Dolly Parton Answers the Web’s Most Asked Questions (Wired, 2020)
Dolly Parton on Hee Haw (1974)
Dolly Parton on Johnny Carson (1979)
Opening & Closing Credits of 9 to 5 (1980)
How Yodeling Walmart Kid Gave New Life to Hank Williams Lovesick Blues (Rolling Stone, 2018)
Tin Pan Alley (Wikipedia)
Oh, Ernest! Musical (IBDB)
Rex Griffin - Lovesick Blues (YouTube)
10 Fascinating Facts about the Louisiana Hayride
Hank Williams Sings “Lovesick Blues” For Your Aching Hearts (Country Thang Daily)
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (first Hayride appearance) Hank Williams, Sr. ~ (1952/2000)
The Life and Times of Hank Williams (Documentary Circa 1995) YouTube
Country Music Hall of Fame: Hank Williams
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (YouTube)
UNSOLICITED ADVICE:
Dolly Parton’s America Podcast (WNYC, 2019)
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