Episodes

Monday Nov 10, 2008
Southland Echoes - Pgm 49-19
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Note: This program contains racial stereotyping themes that may be offensive to some listeners. A listener to the blog emailed me to let me know of his interest in the history of the "Grand Ol' Opry" and his delight in hearing "Southland Echoes", which features Opry performers Jam-up and Honey.

Friday Jul 18, 2008
Southland Echoes - Pgm 49-18
Friday Jul 18, 2008
Friday Jul 18, 2008
Note: This program may be offensive to some listeners due to racial stereotyping themes. Our surreal quarter hour of gospel music, yodeling, Blackface comedy and laxative commercials returns with another episode of "Southland Echoes". The series was syndicated circa 1949 by the Nelson Chesman Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee and sponsored by Black Draught Laxative and Cardui for Women.


Friday Jul 18, 2008
Southland Echoes - Pgm 49-17
Friday Jul 18, 2008
Friday Jul 18, 2008
Note: This program may be offensive to some listeners due to racial stereotyping themes. Another episode of "Southland Echoes", a weekly quarter hour program of music and comedy syndicated to stations serving hillbilly audiences circa 1949. The program was syndicated by the Nelson Chesman Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee and sponsored by Black Draught Laxative and Cardui for Women.


Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Southland Echoes, Pgm 49-6
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Note: Listeners may find this program offensive due to racial stereotyping themes. Another circa 1949 episode of "Southland Echoes", sponsored by Black Draught Laxative and syndicated by the Nelson Chesman Company of Chatanooga, Tennessee. Episode 49-6 features the Homeland Harmony Quartet singing "He Bore It All" and "When the Saints Go Marching In". The Jones Sisters perform some yodeling in "Liza Jane" and the ballad "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven". Blackface comedians Jam-Up and Honey talk about farms.


Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Southland Echoes, Pgm 49-5
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Note: Listeners may find this program offensive due to racial stereotyping themes. We continue our look at an uncirculated country music and comedy show from circa 1949, with a couple more episodes of "Southland Echoes", produced by the Nelson Chesman Company in Chattanooga.


Wednesday May 14, 2008
Southland Echoes - Pgm 49-24
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Note: The contents of the program may be offensive to some listeners due to racial stereotyping themes. Continuing from our previous post, here's another episode of "Southland Echoes", program 49-30, sponsored by Black Draught Laxative and Cardui.


Wednesday May 14, 2008
Southland Echoes - Pgm 49-23
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Note: The contents of the program may be offensive to some listeners due to racial stereotyping themes. Here's an oddity I can't find much information on. "Southland Echoes" was a syndicated 15 minute program of music and comic routines, probably dating from the late 1940s, that was produced by the Nelson Chesman Company, Chattanooga. The show is sponsored by the Chattanooga Medicine Company and includes ads for the patent medicines Black Draught, a laxative, and Cardui, a tonic for women. Likely, it had limited distribution and is a typical example of the many regional country music shows of the period. The program features the Homeland Harmony Quartette, performing Southern Gospel songs with piano, the Jones Sisters and blackface comics Jam-Up and Honey.
