Well, hello and welcome.

Hi, I'm Fred Nahhat.

Nice to have you along with us as we celebrate American folk music of the 1950s and 1960s Detroit style.

Now, you might say there's a meeting here tonight, a gathering of friends and fans who love the stories, the melodies and the spirit of folk.

Joining us in our studios is a talented trio who will share a selection of folk favorites that capture the spirit of the era, known for their warm harmonies and lively performances.

They join us in advance of a very special benefit concert for Detroit PBS on April 22nd at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the music.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Elderly Brothers trio.

I'm going where them chilly winds dont blow Gonna find a true love.

That is where I want to go.

Out where them chilly winds dont blow.

Sing your song, sing it soft and low.

Sing it for you baby.

And then Ill have to go out where them chilly winds dont blow.

If you're feeling lonley.

If you're feeling low.

Remember that I love you more than you will ever know.

Out where them chilly winds don't blow.

I'm going where them chilly winds dont blow.

Gonna find a true love.

That is where I want to go.

Out where them chilly winds Don't blow.

Wish I were a headlight on a westbound train.

I'd shine my light on cool Colorado range, out where them chilly winds dont blow.

I'm leaving in the springtime, wont be back till fall.

If I can forget you, I might not come back at all.

Out where them chilly winds don't blow.

Out where them chilly winds don't blow.

Goin where them chilly winds don't blow.

Joined by Tom Lamb.

The Elderly Brothers Trio.

What a fantastic experience happening, you might say here in our studio.

All in advance of this benefit performance April 22nd.

Chilly winds or the absence thereof that has a warm glow.

Yeah.

It's, was written co-written by John Stewart and John Phillips.

The guy in the Mamas and Papas.

This is like 1961, but they figured they if they could get somewhere where they wouldn't be distracted, they could write together.

And so they took a boat out from Sausalito into the San Francisco Bay, and they spent the entire night out on the, on the bay.

And they wrote this song.

And a couple others, and John Phillips had of course, not been in the, Momas and Papas yet, but but he was in a trio that also recorded for Capitol Records called The Journeyman.

So they both of those groups, the Kingston Trio and Journeyman, recorded the song.

April 22nd, the Baldwin Theater, downtown Royal Oak.

Thanks for putting that on for us.

Thanks for doing all of this.

Thank you.

We sure appreciate it.

Love to hear from you.

Right now.

Do not wait.

Call, text or click to grab your tickets.

Do it now.

Im gonna walk that road That we walked long before many years ago and will walk a hundred more And we're coming one by one.

You didnt see us two by two.

Every time you turn around, anothers coming through.

So we'll sing it long and proud So everyone will know that the road to freedom is a long long Way to go.

Turn and look out over there.

Just as far as you can see.

There are many more who have died for liberty.

And we're coming one by one.

You can see us two by two.

Every time you turn around anothers comin through.

So we'll sing it loud and proud.

So everyone will know that the road to freedom is a long long way to go.

I'm gonna walk that road that we walked long before many years ago.

And we'll walk a hundred more.

And we're coming one by one.

You can see us two by two.

Every time you turn around, anothers coming through.

So we'll sing it loud and proud So everyone will know That the road to freedom is a long, long way to go.

Here's exciting news for fans of folk music.

Reserve your seats now for a live performance by the Elderly Brothers Trio celebrating classic folk favorites from the revival era of the late 50s and 60s.

With a $60 donation to Detroit PBS, you'll receive a pair of tickets as our thank you and individual tickets are also available while they last.

This is your chance to enjoy an evening of timeless folk music and a cozy 300 seat theater at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

with plenty of convenient parking right across the street.

Experience beloved folk songs including Chilly Winds, Walk Right In, I'm Going Home, San Francisco Bay Blues, and John Stewart's Road to Freedom, all performed live by the Elderly Brothers Trio Call or give now to reserve your seats and enjoy an unforgettable night of music.

And thank you for supporting Detroit PBS Once again, the Elderly Brothers Trio.

I got the blues when my baby left me down by the Frisco Bay Ocean liner took her so far away I didn't mean to treat her so bad.

She was the best girl ever had.

Said good-bye.

Made me cry.

Going to lay down my head and die.

I aint gotta nickel and I ain't gotta lousy dime If she dont come back I think I'm going to lose my mind.

If you ever come back to stay It's gonna be another brand new day Walkin with my baby down by the San Fransisco Bay I'm sitting here on my back porch wondering which way to go.

Woman I'm so crazy bout you.

Don't love me anymore.

I think I'll take a freight train.

'cause Im feeling blue, and ride all the way to the end of the line, thinking sweet baby ‘bout you.

Meanwhile in another city just about to go insane I thought I heard my baby's voice calling out my name.

You ever come back to stay, It's gonna be another brand new day.

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

I got the blues from my baby walking down by the Frisco Bay.

Ocean liner took her so far away.

I didn't mean to treat her so bad.

She was the best gal I ever had.

Said goodbye made me cry.

Going to lay down my head and die.

I ain't gotta nickel and I ain't got lousy dime.

If she don't come back to stay I'm going to lose my mind.

If she ever come back to stay Gonna be another brand new day Along with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

Walking with my baby by the Frisco Bay.

Joined now by Tom Lamb of the Elderly Brothers Trio.

Man, thanks for coming in and thanks for playing.

Thanks for doing all of this.

It's been great.

I mean, we, have never actually performed on TV before, San Francisco Bay blues.

You guys picked all of the songs, which is awesome.

Why that one?

How is it fun to perform?

Well that one, one of the reasons it's fun is because we have the kazoos, Its full of it.

it's almost like a ragtime song, even though ragtime was almost 100%, instrumental.

But this, this has, like, ragtime feel to it.

And the chords or the chord changes are kind of like that.

And and Jesse Fuller was the guy who wrote it, and, I'm assuming he wrote it in San Francisco.

You know, it's been a tough year round here.

And you and your band mates are putting something together pretty special in April and we appreciate it.

We're all retired.

Yup.

We got nothing but fun to have.

And that's that's one of the reasons we, do it.

Because it's fun every time.

more music from the Elderly Brothers Trio coming up.

Right now, love to hear from you.

Here's exciting news for fans of folk music.

Reserve your seats now for a live performance by the Elderly Brothers Trio, celebrating classic folk favorites from the revival era of the late 50s and 60s.

With a $60 donation to Detroit PBS, you'll receive a pair of tickets and individual seats are also available while they last.

The show is Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak.

A cozy 300 seat venue with plenty of parking across the street.

Enjoy beloved folk songs like Chilly Wind, Walk Right In, I'm Going Home, San Francisco Bay Blues and John Stewart's Road to Freedom all performed live.

Call or give now to reserve your seats and thank you for supporting Detroit PBS.

Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on.

Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on.

Everybody's talking about a new way of walking Do you want to lose your mind.

Walk right in.

Sit right down.

Daddy, let your mind roll on.

Walk right in, sit right down Baby, let your hair hang down Walk right in, Sit right down, baby.

let your hair down.

Everybody's talking about a new way of walking.

Do you want to lose your mind.

Walk right in, sit right down Baby, let your hair hang down.

Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on Everybody's talking bout a new way of walking.

Do you want to lose your mind, Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on Daddy, let your mind roll on Walk right in.

Sit right down.

The music of the Elderly Brothers.

Well, at least your interpretation.

Joined by Tom Lamb.

That's a that's a fun one.

It's catchy.

I'll be singing it the rest of the day.

It is.

It's kind of a a jug band.

That's where actually where it came from.

A 1929 recording.

On 78, by Gus Cannon and his, Jug Stompers.

So it's a it's it's a stomper.

You know, that's the kind of if you listen to the lyrics, they're just meaningless, you know, it's just and repetitive.

There's only two choruses and it just goes.

Chorus.

But what happened is Eric Darling formed a group specifically to record that song, and for some reason, Vanguard put it out as a single and it became a hit record.

In 1962.

So now Eric Darling and the Rooftop Singers actually had a great career, which they didn't really know was going to happen, but he wanted two 12 strings on that song.

So that had come across on the radio like gangbusters, which it did.

Yeah, for sure.

And you know it if you if you know what it came out on 78 means we're perfect for this performance.

We would invite you to walk right in and sit right down the Baldwin Theater downtown Royal Oak, April 22nd Great.

Thanks to you and the fellas for putting on this benefit performance.

We want to see you there.

It's easy to do.

Call, text or click to get your tickets right now.

Here's exciting news for fans of folk music.

Reserve your seats now for a live performance by the Elderly Brothers Trio, celebrating classic folk favorites from the revival era of the late 50s and 60s.

With a $60 donation to Detroit PBS, you'll receive a pair of tickets as our thank you, and individual tickets are also available while they last.

This is your chance to enjoy an evening of timeless folk music in a cozy, 300 seat theater at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

with plenty of convenient parking right across the street.

Experience beloved folk songs including Chilly Winds, Walk Right In, I'm Going Home, San Francisco Bay Blues, and John Stewart's Road to Freedom, all performed live by the Elderly Brothers Trio Call or give now to reserve your seats and enjoy an unforgettable night of music.

And thank you for supporting Detroit PBS.

Back with Tom Lamb of the Elderly Brothers Trio, of course, along with your constant companion.

Yes, indeed.

I bought this, when I was a youngster, I was 17, it was Saint Patrick's Day in 1964, and, man, I played a lot of places with this thing.

Until last summer, we did an outdoor, show.

And just as we were wrapping it up, you could see the thunder, or the clouds coming in and you hear the thunder.

So we thought we better get our instruments and our sound equipment in the cars pronto.

so I threw my banjo on top of the my other two guitars, and, I just, I just, I hate getting wet, so I, I hit the, tailgate thing, and it came down and I dashed into the driver's seat and started that baby up and split.

But I think there was a microphone stand or something sitting, blocking the the tailgate from coming all the way down.

So I think it bounced all the way back up without me realizing it.

And I'm driving home and, when I got home, the banjo was not there.

And somebody, contacted a friend of mine, and she contacted me and said this guy contacted me, and he says he's got your banjo.

And, as it turned out, he was not lying.

He had it.

I guess he found it on the road.

Luckily, it wasn't damaged.

The case took a little bit of gas, but, that was good.

And, the guy's name, if you're interested, is Travis Hilliard.

Awesome.

He's.

He's the guy that found it.

And, I met him and his mother and his grandmother in the car when he.

When he delivered it to me.

And, boy, I was happy.

I was happy because I just thought, well, that's gone forever.

Listen.

And any story that ends with, social media being something of a hero will embrace that as well.

In this era or any other.

Celebrate the folk era with us and this PBS station.

Let's hear some of that and you join us.

April 22nd, Baldwin Theater, downtown Royal Oak.

See you there.

Once again, the Elderly Brothers Trio.

Well, no matter where I wander, I know I'll always find a welcome at the end of every journey Therell be friendly people waiting.

California could not hold me, though I love her timbered mountains.

Worked her fields and worked her orchards.

Up and down her Central Valley.

I have driven open highway through the golden Utah Valley.

And I watch the rivers gently guide me.

I waved my hand to friendly people.

California could not hold me, though I love her timbered mountains.

Worked her fields and worked her orchards.

Up and down her Central Valley.

Folks who know me call me a drifter.

They don't know I'll stop my rambling.

They dont know that someday, somewhere, somebody is gonna make me settle down.

I'm going home, Lord.

I'm going home.

I'm going home, Lord, I'm going home.

Well, no matter where I wander, I know I'll always find a welcome at the end of every journey Therell be friendly people waiting.

California could not hold me, though I love her timbered mountains.

Worked her fields and worked her orchards.

Up and down her Central Valley.

Im going home.

Here's exciting news for fans of folk music.

Reserve your seats now for a live performance by the Elderly Brothers Trio celebrating classic folk favorites from the revival era of the late 50s and 60s.

With a $60 donation to Detroit PBS.

You'll receive a pair of tickets as our thank you and individual tickets are also available while they last.

This is your chance to enjoy an evening of timeless folk music and a cozy 300 seat theater at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

with plenty of convenient parking right across the street.

Experience beloved folk songs including Chilly Winds, Walk Right In, I'm Going Home, San Francisco Bay Blues, and John Stewart's Road to Freedom, all performed live by the Elderly Brothers Trio Call or Give.

Now to reserve your seats and enjoy an unforgettable night of music.

And thank you for supporting Detroit PBS.

Joined once again by Tom Lamb, the Elderly Brothers Trio, our benefactor really putting on this benefit performance April 22nd.

We want to see, you they're not to gild the lily on this one.

But I'm Going Home.

You're coming home to PBS.

Where we enjoyed your company for so many years, but this is a really wonderful song with a lot of implied meeting.

A strange thing about the song, there's no rhyming in it.

The lines do not rhyme.

So it's like, I don't know if you call that free farm or whatever you call that.

I don't know if you can write.

A verse that's compelling and, you're not depending on rhyme.

It's.

You're quite the writer.

I know.

I thought so, too.

It's very picturesque.

And, you know, he describes the mountain scenery and, but no rhyming, which is unusual for any song.

Well, it is a great big old folk revival here in our studio with the Elderly Brothers Trio.

And the benefit performance, upcoming.

invoking the spirit, of the folk era and of course, the great talents of the Elderly Brothers Trio and their song selection, bringing that music back after all of these years and exploring it together.

It is also, of course, in advance of something else, quite wonderful.

The benefit performance they will put on in support of this PBS station at the Baldwin Theater in downtown Royal Oak, April 22nd.

Tickets going very quickly.

There are 300 seats in that beautiful house in downtown Royal Oak, and we want you to be there.

So this experience here in the studio and them putting on the benefit performance as well, emblematic, of that can do spirit, that hopeful vibe that came out of the 50s, in the 60s.

And certainly while there was some protest anthems, by greatest measure, it was an era of hope and opportunity and optimism.

Great thanks to the Elderly Brothers Trio for joining us, And great thanks to you for joining in.

We'll see you next time.