I'll Be The Roundabout: Russ Coocoocachoo (Part 2)

The conclusion to the eggman's saga. Russ “Coocoocachoo” a local chicken farmer, delivers eggs door to door across the Morongo Basin. The final chapter of Public Road Season 1. Music by Eola.

A conversation with Connecticut based folklorist, researcher and performer, Derek Piotr. Last week we spoke over the phone about Derek's fieldwork recording traditional unaccompanied vocal songs from the Appalachia Region as well as The United Kingdom and beyond. He shares some of these recordings during the show and provides context.  Music by Eola. Bobby McMillion. Jane Prentice. Jo Elliott. Martin Bartlett. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Prichard. Will Noble. William Ritter.

Russ "Coocoocachoo" a local chicken farmer, delivers eggs door to door across the Morongo Basin.  Music by Eola.

While I finish producing the next episode of Public Road, I thought I would share this Lucinda Williams LIVE recording I bootlegged at Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace last month. I hope you enjoy. 

Trailer for the forthcoming Episode of Public Road: "I Am The Eggman: Russ Coocookachoo." Music by Eola.

Inside Joshua Tree National Park lay 7 inscriptions of record. Carved into granite rock, almost in passing by an early Homesteader to the region; one John Samuelson. Music by Eola. 

Shelley Cush practices a little known form of bodywork for Horses, something called Equine Fascial Integration Therapy. Music by Eola.

Elnora Leighton prepares her singing class for the 100th Birthday celebration of The Braille Institute in Rancho Mirage, CA.  Music by The Braille Institute Singing Group & Eola.

Acclaimed photographer Wing Young Huie speaks from his Third Place Gallery, that today exists within the bounds of The George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis, Minnessotta.  Music by Eola.