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This episode features various reflections and musical performances centered around themes of farm, family, art, work, and faith. The program begins with spoken thoughts comparing the artist's work to a farmer planting seeds and reflecting on themes of land, family, and the passage of time, including a recitation of lyrics about seasons and purpose. A song about a potter, a farmer, and lovers is presented, emphasizing belief in the future being "fashioned securely in the clay."
Kathy Beaver performs "Read Between the Lines," a song suggesting that facial wrinkles tell a story of life's experiences, love, and sacrifice. She also performs "Mama Taught Us How to Love," a song she wrote reflecting on the sacrifices her mother made in caring for her sister and the lesson of love learned from this experience.
Jim Brooks performs a song called "Mariah," which gives names to the wind, rain, and fire, and expresses a lonely man's yearning for a lost love. A song titled "Farmland in Kentucky" tells a story of leaving the family farm for the city and ultimately realizing belonging lies back on the farm. There are lyrics reminiscent of "Teach Your Children Well."
Steve performs a song playfully threatening to "tell on" others for various misdeeds, mentioning Jim and Kathy.
An instrumental tune called "Leather Britches" is introduced, described as an old song possibly named after dried beans used for preservation, and Scott Freeman is noted as having played it.
Mary Greene leads a song called "Satisfied Mind," which suggests that a satisfied mind is more valuable than wealth and that the singer will leave the world with this satisfaction.
A story is related about a chair maker who navigates the balance between traditional methods and modern practices. A speaker reflects on their work as a calling or "vocation" and performs the hymn "Work for the Night is Coming," which uses the metaphor of work throughout the day. The spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is also performed.
The program includes Woody Guthrie's song "Deportee," performed with help from Steve, which recounts the story of Mexican workers who died in a plane crash and were primarily identified as "deportees." Finally, the song "On the Wings of a Snow White Dove" is performed, discussing finding comfort and a sign of love during times of trouble.
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Subject
Folk music
Appalachian Region, Southern
North Carolina, Western
Shannon, Joe Wayne, 1949-2014
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