Trial of Mr Wind
The wind: is he a good neighbor or a reckless criminal?
His vandalism rap sheet is growing infinitely long. He tears the doors off hinges, rips siding from homes and throws them in the neighbor’s yard. He sands the paint right off of our domiciles. He enjoys tearing off shingles and causing roof leaks. And that’s during a mild year.
The truth of the matter is, we can complain all we want, but we are irrelevant to the wind’s relentless agenda of swirling around the globe. He can ride roughshod over us, but we can’t lasso him in or put him in handcuffs or make him stay in the police wagon.
So today we are putting the wind on trial in absentia.
Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 18:36 and 40:14 for local station ID:
Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:
Hour One:
1 - Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy with Muddy Waters and his Blues Combo - 1948
2 - Hurricane - Jack Crawford Orchestra – 1927
3 - Hurricane Blues - Earle Bostic and his Orchestra - 1945
4 - Night Wind - Helen Ward with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 1935
5 - Talking to the Wind - Harry Cool with Dick Jurgens and his Orchestra – 1941
6 - Ill Wind - Harold Arlen with Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra – 1934
7 - Lonesome Wind - Jimmie "Tex" Watson and the Melody Rangers - 1949
8 - Wind in the Mountains - Carson Robison with his Pleasant Valley Boys – 1948
9 - Buckin' the Wind - Carl Ravazza with Anson Weeks and his Orchestra – 1933
10 - Hurricane Boogie - Dick Lewis and his Harlem Rhythm Boys – 1947
11 - The Wind Sings a Cowboy Song - The Six Westernaires - 1946
12 - Oklahoma Cyclone - Butch Nelson with Fiddlin' Forrest Delk and his Gully Jumpers – 1950
13 - Texas Tornado - Rex Allen and The Arizona Wranglers - 1946
14 - The Waltz of the Wind - Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys - 1947
15 - South Wind - Amy Arnell and Voices Four with Tommy Tucker Time – 1941
16 - Hurricane Harry - Harry Roy and his Orchestra – 1933
Hour Two:
18 - Red Wind - The Adventures of Philip Marlow – 1947
19 - Local Storm - The Whistler – 1944
21 - Hurricane - The Six Hottentots - 1927
