#42: Long Hot Summer Days

Playlist for Sunday June 28, 2009
Hosted by Greg Denton with guest Christopher Reaume

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1. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt & His Texas Ramblers

2. Long Hot Summer Days - John Hartford
3. When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
4. The Hot Guitar - Eddie Hill
5. Hot Foot Boogie - Wilf Carter

6. They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson
7. Red Hot - Billy Emerson
8. Red Hot Breakdown - Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers

9. Hot Dog - Buck Owens
10. Sam The Hot Dog Man - Lil Johnson
11. Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad - Wanda Jackson

12. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
13. Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie - Tillman Franks & His Rainbow Boys
Got some car troubles? Put a little Hadacol in the tank, that should make things run just fine. "What's Hadacol?" you ask. Well it was a "tonic" medicine that was marketed as a dietary supplement, concocted by Louisiana Senator Dudley LeBlanc. It just happened to contain 12% alcohol as a "preservative". When the Federal government repealed prohibition in 1933, the 21st amendment still prohibited the sale of alcohol in violation of local laws. Many countys, particularly in the southern states, never repealed prohibition. Hadacol was a very popular medicine, especially in those "dry" counties. Some pharmacies even sold it by the shot glass.

14. Hot Rod Baby - Dick Reinhart
15. Hot Rod Mama - Jimmy Dolan

16. Hot In Herre - Boss Hoss