Information provided courtesy of the Bob Dylan Fan Club's annotated Theme Time project at http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/ where you'll find even more info/links than included here Rich Man, Poor Man (coins) It's night time in the Big City a guilty man goes home to his wife it's time to make the doughnuts "Get rich quick themes, dreams, and schemes" The Singers and The Songs Bob Miller – The Rich Man and The Poor Man – "All kinds of life lessons in this song with no crap-ola." this features on "When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven", which forms part of The Secret History Of Rock 'N' Roll series issued on Bluebird. It does also appear on the VA compilation "Songs For Political Action" on Bear Family, but this requires real commitment to the cause as its something like 10 or 12 CDs! Tony Bennett – Rags to Riches – A song right on the bleedin' edge is on "The Essential Tony Bennett . Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) – Get Rich Quick can be found on either the first volume in the aforementioned "Secret History Of Rock 'N' Roll" series (where it is indeed credited to Richard Penniman, as Bob comments - is that a clue as to his source I wonder?), or on Bear Family's disc "The Formative Years" to name just two The Farmer Boys – Charming Betsy is on a disc on Bear Family of the groups entire output, called "Flash, Crash And Thunder". Bing Crosby – Brother Can You Spare A Dime Luckily, I came upon a VA compilation on the New World label called "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" which contains this song. Its an interesting disc, with music drawn from the TinPan Alley/Hollywood, Blues and Hillbilly traditions to give a picture of American musical life in the 30s. The scale of intervention as to noise reduction is on the low side compared to some, although its never offensive. Those who prefer quieter 78s might prefer to look elsewhere though. Tom Waits – On the Nickel –“Waits has a raspy, gravelly singing voice, described by one fan as like how you'd sound if you drank a quart of bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes, and swallowed a pack of razorblades, after not sleeping for three days. Or as I like to put it, beautiful.” the first slice of this genius of our age served up on TTRH comes from his album "Heartattack And Vine". Fiddlin' John Carson and Moonshine Kate – Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All – “…a song that is as relevant as it is today as when it was written in the ‘30s.” this can be found on the same disc where Bob Miller's song appears, "When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven". Louis Armstrong – Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train – "Sing it, Louis is a Victor recording from 1932. So far, I have only found it on sets of the "Complete RCA-Victor Recordings" on either RCA or another label (usually about 4 discs, but not overly expensive). Woody Guthrie – Do Re Mi a well known Guthrie song, this song was first recorded in 1940 for the Library of Congress, then again a month later for Victor's "Dust Bowl Ballads" album of Guthrie songs. It was then recorded again for Moe Asch in 1947 (currently appearing on "The Asch Recordings Vol. 1: This Land Is Your Land"). All three are available, but any of them (particularly the second and third) are essential. Little Millette and His Creoles – Rich Woman this song, recorded for Specialty Records in 1955 is I think, only available on "The Specialty Story" box set. Jonny Rivers – Poor Side of Town can be found on "Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975" . Freddie King – The Welfare Turns its Back on You is on "Blues Guitar Hero: The Influential Early Sessions" on Ace. Louis Jordan – If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? is a less well known Jordan number. Given the large quantities of Jordan collections, I might lose the will to live searching through them all! The track definitely appears on Bear Family's boxed set "Let The Good Times Roll" however. Emmylou Harris – Hobo's Lullaby is drawn from a fine Columbia collection called "Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly". Bob himself contributes a good version of Guthrie's Pretty Boy Floyd. This disc could perhaps be paired with "Folkways: The Original Vision" which contains the original versions of these same songs by Guthrie and Leadbelly (note: there are two discs listed under this title on Amazon - the one in question is that credited to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly). The Movies / Books Sullivan's Travels My Man Godfrey The Wizard of Oz Bound For Glory Trading Places Proverbs, Chapter 19, Verse 17 The Places Memphis New York Salem Los Angeles Okemah Sweden Other Songs There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere If I Only Had a Brain Tutti Frutti I Won't Cry You Can Have My Husband But Please Don't Mess With My Man Secret Agent Man Other Singers and Players Tom Jones Marla Maples Aristotle Onassis Helen Keller Eva Gardner Andrew Carnegie Leonard Feather "How come music critics don't write songs any more? " Charles Ponzi Ron Popillo – (The Pocket Fisherman, Veg-O-Matic, Dial-O-Matic, Hair in a Can, The inside the shell egg scrambler, the smokeless ashtray) Thanks, Ron, for making my life a little easier Buck Owens Ken Nelson Jay Gorney Yip Harburh Confucius Frito Lay Willie Nelson Box Car Betty Jack Dempsey Clark Gable Eugene O'Neill Harry Partch Utah Phillips Jack Kerouak Mae West Jimmie Rodgers Jack London Dorothy La Bostrie Jonnny Adams Irma Thomas Lillian Bettencourt Betty Nesmith Graham Mike Nesmith The Monkees Thoreau Picasso Chick Webb – the famous hunchback drummer Chuck Berry William Blake Goebel Reeves Guests Billy F. Gibbons (of ZZ Top) The Record Labels Specialty Records "I'll leave you with the words of Benjamin Franklin. He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. Thank you, Ben. Peace out. "