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Close to Home Past Shows


For those who missed a broadcast or wish to listen to a show again MP3s of the last four Close to Home shows to air on WNCW are listed below:

CTH 05-11-25

Artist

Song Title

Bruce Greene

Betty Baker (Theme)

Doug Wallin

The Nightingale

Clyde Davenport

Over the Hill to See Betty Baker

Jeanie Robertson

When My Apron it Hung Low

Almeda Riddle

The Butcher's Boy

Bruce Greene

Trouble On The Mind

Dellie Norton

When My Apron It Was Low

Almeda Riddle

The Nightingale Song

Break

 

Patrick Sky

Nectar of God

Richard & Mimi Farina

V

Tom Rush

Joshua Gone Barbados

Break

 

Reverend Robert Wilkins

You've Got to Stand Your Test of Judgement

Buffy Sainte Marie

Suffer the Little Children

Richard & Mimi Farina

Sell-Out Agitation Waltz

Billy Simons Jr.

We Are Great Again

Break

 

Joe Thompson

I Shall Not Be Moved

Geeshie Wiley

Last Kind Word Blues

Tom Bell

Worried Blues

Break

 

Notorious

Whiplash/Greasy Coat


CTH 05-04-25

Artist

Song Title

Bruce Greene

Betty Baker (Theme)

George Gibson

Moonshiner

HIram Stamper

Brushy Fork of John's Creek

Bill Cornett

Pretty Polly

Roscoe Holcomb

True Love

Jean Ritchie

Lord Thomas and Fair Elendar

Break

 

I.D. Stamper

Darlin' Corey

Addie Graham

Darling Corey

Jack Wallin

Darling Cora

Bruce Greene

Young Edward

Break

 

Ali Farka Toure

Samariya

John Fahey

Variations on the Coocoo

Clarence Ashley

Coo Coo Bird

Hobart Smith

The Cuckoo Bird

Break

 

JImmy MacBeath

The Cuckoo's Nest

Jean Ritchie

The Cuckoo

Pentangle

The Cuckoo

John Renbourn

Lamento Di Tristan/La Rotta

Break

 

John Renbourn

The Lady and the Unicorn

 

CTH 04-27-25

Artist

Song Title

Bruce Greene

Betty Baker (Theme)

Bill Birchfield

Old Time Sally Ann

Mance Lipscomb

Jack O' Diamonds

Wade & Julia Mainer

Be Kind to a Man When He's Down

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith

Fiddler's Blues

The Louvin Brothers

In the Pines

Break

 

McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)

I Be Bound to Write You

Charlie Patton

It Won't be Long

Ginny Hawker

Undone in Sorrow

Melvin Wine

Hannah at the Springhouse

Break

 

Kirk Sutphin

Peacock Waltz

Willie Nelson

The Troublemaker

Charles Mingus

Self-Portrait in Three Colors

Janis Ian

Searching for America

Merle Haggard

Are the Good Times Really Over for Good

Break

 

Billy Holiday

Come Rain or Come Shine

Roy Orbison

Blue Bayou

Bessie Smith

Need A Little Sugar in My Bowl

Break

 

Mimi & Richard Farina

Hammish

 

CTH o4-20-25
Easter Show

Artist

Song Title

Bruce Greene

Betty Baker (Theme)

Dock Boggs

Calvary

Norman Edmonds

Kingdom Come

Richard Moss-Christian Harmony Singers

Wondrous Love

E.C.Ball & Orna

Ten Thousand Angels

Break

 

Washington Phillips

Jesus is My Friend

James Shorty & Miss. Fred McDowell

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me

Bernice McClellan & Congregation

What Do You Think About Jesus

Two Gospel Keys

You Got to Move

Break

 

Jesse Mae Hemphill

Jesus Will Fix It For You

Washington Phillips

I've Got the Key to the Kingdom

Kore Loy McWhirter & Bruce Greene

Keys to the Kingdom

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi

Come Humble Sinner/Moses and the Israelites

Break

 

Cas Wallin

Jerusalem Mourn

Son House

Preachin' Blues

Billy Simons Jr

Jesus Went to Heaven

E.C. & Orna Ball

Do you Call That Religion?

Break

 

James Leva

Minister's Farewell


CTH 04-13-25

Artist

Song Title

Bruce Greene

Betty Baker (Theme)

Sam McGee

Chevrolet Car

Lonnie Young, Ed Young, Lonnie Young Jr

Chevrolet

Geoff & Maria Muldaur

Chevrolet

Paula Bradley & Bill Dillof

Riding in a Chevrolet Six

Break

 

Lightnin' Hopkins

Big Car Blues (Intro)

Lightnin' Hopkins

Big Car Blues

The Beatles

Baby You Can Drive My Car

John Prine

The Accident

Jean Ritchie

Wreck on the Highway

Dillard Chandler

Drunken Driver

Break

 

Bobby McMillon

Cabbage Head Song

Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong

Cabbage Head

Hobart Smith

Drunken Hiccups

The Skillet Lickers

Sal's Gone to the Cider Mill

Break

 

Frank Proffitt

Rye Whsikey

Lily May Ledford

Hiccup Oh Lordy

Tommy Jarrell

Jack Of Diamonds

Break

 

Tommy Jarrell

Boll Weevil

Close to Home airs live and streams Sundays from 6:00-7:00 PM (EST)
on WNCW 88.7, Spindale, NC

 

Public Radio

From 1985 to July 2024 Don Pedi had been an on air host at NPR affiliate WCQS /BPR (Classic), Asheville, North Carolina.
Over the years Don hosted the following shows:

Co-host of the folk show Second Wind, aired Saturdays 10:00 AM -1:00 PM

Saturday Morning Folk and Acoustic, aired 10:00 AM -1:00 PM

Pot Luck aired Sundays, 9:00PM - 12:00 AM

Close to Home, aired Saturdays, 8:00 PM- 10:00 PM

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Don Pedi 1986

Due to a format change at Blue Ridge Public Radio Don now hosts
Close to Home on Sundays from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
on NPR affiliate WNCW, Spindale, NC