Alive From Whispering Pines

***Alive From Whispering Pines*** is Tubbs Tarbell's television show. It is a variety show that features the musicians and artists Tarbell discovers, with occasional appearances from other guests. It airs live on WBUB from Tarbell's Whispering Pines Studios. Tarbell closes each episode with his catchphrase, “May you live until you die!”

## Guest appearances

* Booboo Slippers
* Clean Grooves
* Clyde Fox
* Donny and Midge
* Duvair Yaughton
* Elsa Schöffer
* Frankie Lou
* George Ranger Johnson
* Hauser Godwin
* Handsome Scott
* Hefty Lefty
* Leigh Green
* Lord Huron
* Mickey Driskill
* The Phantom Riders
* Quentin King
* Remy Fusil
* Roy Casey
* Studio Cat

## Seasons and episodes

### Unspecified season

#### Unspecified episode

The video for "Not Dead Yet" is presented as being part of an episode of the show, although it was not included in the broadcast or subsequent releases of the series.

#### Episode 117

A short excerpt of this episode is shown, featuring a performance of Leigh Green and Hauser Godwin performing Green's "Long Lost." The full version of this clip serves as the official music video for the song.

### Season 35

   In season 35, Lord Huron reinterprets various old songs and introduces some new ones, while Tarbell tells stories about the history of the studio.

#### Episode 423

*Aired 1/7/21*

In Episode 423, Tarbell reminisces about the music and people who have been with Whispering Pines Studios over the years. There is an advertisement for the collection of records and tapes that marks over thirty-five years of recording at the studio. Tarbell also introduces the WBUB hotline, so callers can call in and request songs or ask questions. Tarbell does not eat his sandwich and is not present at his desk at the end of the episode. The Daily Trail newspaper on his desk has the headline "Winthrop Tragedy, Ten Years Later."

**Songs**

* "Meet Me in the Woods"
* "Son of a Gun"
* "Secret of Life"
* "Lonesome Dreams"
* "Twenty Long Years"
* "In the Wind"
* "Setting Sun"
* "Lullaby"

#### Episode 424

*Aired 2/19/21*

Episode 424 focuses around Tarbell answering the calls from the WBUB hotline, and he plays an old film reel he found in the studio that shows footage of various WBUB Midnight Movies, shows, and musical acts. He receives a mysterious call that sounds like Frankie Lou, and visits the memorial he keeps in the studio for her. Astral Storm Derek begins.

**Songs**

* "Louisa"
* "Wait by the River"
* "Ancient Names (Part I)"
* "I Will Be Back One Day" (acoustic)
* "The World Ender"
* "Mine Forever"
* "Love Like Ghosts"
* "Frozen Pines"

#### Episode 425

*Aired 3/18/21*

In Episode 425, Tarbell has been snowed in since the previous episode due to Astral Storm Derek, and he shares the activities he has been up to to keep busy: cleaning his hats, eating tinned meats, tidying up, painting and embroidery. When the weather clears up, he takes the show outside, gathering wood for Lord Huron's campfire and gazing at the moon with his telescope. When he heads into the woods to collect more firewood, he encounters Mr. Owl and finds a mysterious clearing with a glowing pool of water and a statue of a harpist. He dozes off, and the statue is no longer present in the grove in the final shot.

**Songs**

* "Never Ever"
* "Celestial Poem" (from Vide Noir)
* "The Balancer’s Eye"
* Fragment of "Moon Song" interrupted by a WBUB special weather alert
* "Dead Man’s Hand"
* "The Ghost On The Shore"
* "Way Out There"
* "Moonbeam"
* "The Night We Met"

#### Episode 426

*Aired 4/29/21*

In Episode 426, Tarbell goes through his old photo album and reminisces about how he started the show and the early musical acts he signed. He tells the story of how he encountered Donny and Midge singing in The Broken Bottle when he was a dark point in his life, and how the experience inspired him to share the joy of music with others. At the end of the episode, Tarbell expresses that he has been doing some thinking and that it's time to move on. He shoulders a bindle and then is seen in a photograph with his old friends from Whispering Pines affected by time's blur as the members of Lord Huron exit the studio.

**Songs**

* "Cursed"
* "We Went Wild"
* "Ancient Names (Part II)" performed at the "Dandy Karaoke Club"
* "Emerald Star" (with Misty Boyce)
* "La Belle Fleur Sauvage"
* "When the Night is Over"
* "Ends of the Earth"
* "Vide Noir"
* "I Lied" (with Allison Ponthier)

## Easter eggs

There are various details hidden throughout the studio for Lord Huron fans:

* A Buck Vernon poster is on the wall
* The Strange Trails comic book is present behind Tarbell on the piano
* George Ranger Johnson's books are present in the studio, and Tarbell reads *Lonesome Dreams*
* Huron's map from *Lonesome Dreams* is on the bulletin board
* A photo of Dale Frandor is on the bulletin board. The same photo is seen in Marsha Tanley's infomercial for the Vide Noir vinyl and wine
* Admiral Blaquefut's portrait (where?)
* LHFC beer koozie is in the recording booth
* The music video for "Time to Run" is playing on a black and white television near Tarbell
* A radio with the Word Enders insignia can be seen in Tubbs' office and is featured in Episode 424 before "The World Ender" is played
* In episode 423 during the Dead Man's Hand scene, a slowed, distorted version of Secret of Life plays in the background

## Behind the scenes

Scenes depicting Whispering Pines Studios and the surrounding woods in **Alive From Whispering Pines** were filmed at Lord Huron's real-life Whispering Pines Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://www.hitcityusa.com/editorial/post/2014/12/3/photo-set-lord-hurons-whispering-pines-studio
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/whispering\_pines\_studios/?hl=en