Old Gods of Appalachia - A Special Message from WOGA Radio

Episode Date: November 23, 2023

We're thankful for you, family, and thus we present this special holiday broadcast.Featuring:"Hollow Men" by Brother Landon Blood"Don't Turn Away" by Jacob Danielsen-Moore"Panthers on the Mountainside" by Jon Charles Dwyer featuring Michele Buzbee and Sarah Doreen MacPheeHosted by Steve Shell.Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.comCOMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL:FacebookInstagramTwitterBlueskySUPPORT THE SHOW:Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free episodes, access exclusive storylines and more.Find t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other Old Gods merch at www.teepublic.com/stores/oldgodsofappalachia.Transcripts available on our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/old-gods-of-appalachia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Right about now. You are listening to a special holiday broadcast. Here on W.OGA World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio, I'm your beloved narrator, and today you're intrepid DJ, Steve Shell. Just letting y'all know that the family is gathering one more time in the flesh before 2023 is over. The weekend of December 16th and 17th, we have two final live shows at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina. Now, Saturday, the 16th, is sold out.

Not a seat to be had, but there are tickets still at. available for Sunday the 17th, head on over to old gods of Appalachia.com slash tour to pick up your tickets and come join us. Because when the family gathers and joins our voices in unison, it is truly something special. But this is more than just a crass advertisement for our final two live shows of 2023. Because what we have for you today on W.OGA, World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio, are three live performances curated from various dates on the Price of Progress tour.

So let's start this program out with the main. who starts every episode of old gods of Appalachia, Brother Land and Blood, performing a brand new song on the stage of the Neptune Theater in Seattle, Washington, a song about very special employees of a certain coal company as they get in league with another certain man wearing a charcoal suit.

All right, this next song is a warning. Okay. Every day of his life He said son I love you too much To watch a dig for coal But I found myself in those minds With broken hands A broken back out of my mind

And that man rolled in the town He said come with me Sign here Now I'm a hollow man These chains Put rails behind my eyes Now I'm a hollow Ever on one more time

ever on word ever. Thank you, Seattle. Performing Hollow Man, a song he had not recorded or performed anywhere else, a song that evolved and changed over the course of the Price of Progress tour. Who knows that that exact version will end up on a record? Or if it'll ever be duplicated, it's those special moments that happen in our live shows

that we encourage you to come out and be a part of. Now, speaking of special moments in people who are amazing at creating them, let's talk about Jacob Danielson Moore. He's been with us since he wrote charcoal, suit and all about the railroad man. He has a brand new song about Jerry Brotherton that we will get to another time. But right now I need to let him break your heart with a murder ballad. From the stage of the egg in Albany, New York, here's Jacob Danielson Moore with Don't Turn Away.

The greatest man I know, he helped me build my home. He lived just a couple miles away. played piano in the church. He ran the labor union at work, and he never missed a chance to stop and play. Don't turn away. Don't turn away from me. Don't turn away. I love you, but I ain't safe.

Don't turn away. Don't turn away from me Don't turn away Bro, I love you, but I ain't safe Well, down devil's creaking back The train had lost its track We went out to help it find the rail It is blonde

That knocked the wind right out of you and we snuck off to that rhododendron hell Don't look away Don't look away from me Don't look away I love you but I ain't safe Don't turn away Don't turn away from me

Don't turn away I love you but I ain't safe He said, no, I love you and all. And maybe we could leave by fall. We won't have to sneak or fool around. And my wife, she even knows. But the boys ain't old enough to just move on. But don't go away.

Don't go away from me. Go away, Bo I love you when I ain't safe. Don't go away, don't go away from me. Don't go away. I love you, but I ain't safe. This brushing mountain cell think about you every day. Everybody knows

and the boys won't even return my call. my calls these days. You by the track. God, you fell into the drink. But you went away. I told you I wasn't safe. Thank you so much. Jacob Danielson Moore here on W.O.G.A.

with Don't Turn Away live from the Egg in Albany, New York. Very strange building. Beautiful country up there. Beautiful people up in Albany. But such a strange building inside and out. Speaking of being strange inside and out, that brings us to our final performer on this little promo broadcast on W.OGA, World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio. And of course, you know who it has to be. Brother John, Charles Dwyer. Now, currently in season four, Brother John is responsible for atonement, our outro music that has been occupying the space previously held by those poor bastards.

I cannot escape the darkness. But John came to us in season three, as most of you know, with Panthers on the mountain side. We heard countless number of you lend your voices and sing the chorus of this on all 28 dates of the tour. But on the East Coast tour, something special happened. Going back to those special moments as you only get when you see Old Gods Live. John was joined on stage by fellow musician Michelle Busby, who was with us on the Northeast and Midwest tours. And actor and singer Sarah Doreen McPhee, the voice of Rachel in season three and currently in season four, join John on stage to form the John Charles Choir.

So live from the stage of the Howard Theater at Howard University in Washington, D.C., I give you John Charles Dwyer and the John Charles Choir Panthers on the Mountainside. All to rest, and the ridge bowed its head, and I tattooed her name on the top of my wrist, Six feet too low When her heart becomes cold They'll sniff out her bones And see how bright she glows See I hear that time is a cold hammer's blow

And the days in this holler Our caskets to close So I watch the sun sink And pray it may rise and hope in the tails I keep buried in my mind. Anthers on the mountainside, the freedom there comes and know in your bite. So sharp in my teeth, pray my nails become claws to finally dig out of this hole. always called homes

that he's been here too long the years in our whole hammer and earth wrapped in stone well he's rotten with his sin and the days all cave in the USMC

fades to grey on his skin now back in his prime we said reckless and crude And here at the end we say stubborn as a mule So he'll watch the sun sink And pray it's his last And hope there was light in the tales that he passed

On the mountain side The freedom that comes And know in your bite So sharp in my teeth, pray my nails become claws To finally dig out of this hole We've always called home The mountainside The freedom that comes

And know in your bite So sharp in my teeth Pray my nails become claws to finally dig out of this hole I've always called home. Thank you y'all so much. Thank you, Michelle and Sarah for singing with me. They're badass.

Thank you all so much. John Charles Dwyer, Michelle Busby, and Sarah Doreen McAfee, with Panthers on the Mountainside live from the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C., part of the Price of Progress tour in 2023. This is going to wrap up this special broadcast on W.O. World of Old Gods of Appalachia radio.

Remember, the final live show of 2023 is a holiday spectacular. Three brand new stories. Three musical performances. Come have your own unique, one-of-a-kind experiences at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on Sunday, December 17th. Head on over to Old Gods of Appalachia.com slash tour to get your tickets now. We'd love to see you for the holidays, family. So we'll talk to you soon. Talk to you real soon.