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Traditions!

Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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The New Mastersounds

Cigar Time
Made for Pleasure 2015 via The Royal Potato Family
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week 8 AM - "The Roots Live Here!"

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Cyndi Lauper

Shattered Dreams
Memphis Blues 2010 via Downtown
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Special Guest: Allen Toussaint

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Hot Tuna

I Saw The Light
2015-11-27 At The Tabernacle, Mt. Tabor, NJ 2016 via Hot Tuna
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Jorma & Jack At Their "Tuna" Best!

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Eric Bibb

Rocking Chair
Booker's Guitar 2010 via Telarc
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Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, November 12, 1909 - February 26, 1977: American Delta Blues Guitarist And Singer - Posthumously Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame And The Grammy Hall Of Fame

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9:40 am
Michigan House (click for more info)

Are you a Michigan musician traveling to South by SouthWest in March? If so, Michigan House wants to know!

Michigan House is a pop up venue dedicated to being a hub for Michigan Talent. They will be creating a "Michigan Music Map" for the Austin-based festival this year.

Musicians may email their name, city, links and south by southwest schedule to Michigan House Music @ Gmail dot com with S-X-S-W in the subject line. More information is available at Michigan house dot org

Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby
Unearthed 2003 via American Recordings
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Outtakes From The Cash and Rubin Collaboration That Began In 1992. It Is Effectively, The Last Will And Testament From Country Music's Grandest And Most Towering And Enduring Figure. This One Belongs In Your Collection.

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Terry Allen

New Delhi Freight Train
Lubbock (On Everything) 1979 via Sugar Hill Records
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Sarah King and The Smoke Rings

Jersey Bounce
Sarah King & The Smoke Rings 2016 via Alex Levin Music
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Delicious New York Jazz & Swing Band Specializing In Songs From The Great American Songbook - Jersey Bounce: Composed In 1942

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Andrew Sisters

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy [1941]
The Ultimate Andrew Sisters 2003
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9:20 am

Darrell Scott And Tim O'Brien

Long Time Gone
Real Time 2005 via Full Light
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Antique Persausion

When Silver Threads Are Gold
Don't Forget Me Darling - Remembering The Carter Family 2015 via Voxhall
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Composer: A.P. Carter, 1938

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Woody Guthrie

Blowin' Down This Road [1944]
Dust Bowl Ballads 2000
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Rainbow [1965]
Foundation: The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998 2000 via Sugar Hill
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One Of the Many Traditional Songs Doc Played On "Good Deal! Doc Watson In Nashville," Album. - Doc Friends: Floyd Cramer, Buddy Harmon, Grady Martin, Tommy Jackson & Shot Jackson

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9 O'Clock Doc: The Doc Watson Family

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder [1963]
Songs From The Southern Mountains 1994 via Sugar Hill
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An 1893 Hymn With Words And Music By James Milton Black - Joining Doc Is His Father In Law, Gaither Carelton On Fiddle & Wife Rosa Lee On Vocals.

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9:00 am
Metzner Family Day Sponsor (click for more info)

WYCE's Personal Day Sponsor today is the Metzner family in memory of Nick Metzner, on his birthday. 
Nick was very involved with local music and especially enjoyed music festivals. 
His friends and family remember Nick today and at Circle Pines Center's "Buttermilk Jamboree" in Delton, MI

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Jimmy LaFave

Sweet Sweet Love
Blue Nightfall 2005 via Red House
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Texas Born - Oklahoma Raised - Austin Based...Here, He Is Joined By His Long Time Band 'Night Tribe.'

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Calico The Band

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Rancho California 2015 via california country records
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A Wonderful Reworking Of Dylan's Classic - Composed In '67 In Woodstock, NY During His Self-Imposed Exile Recuperating From A Motorcycle Accident A Year Earlier..."Just When It Seemed That The Term 'Americana' Was Being Hopelessly Diluted And Unfocused, Calico The Band Redefines The Term With New Vigor And Focus Reborn In The Spirit Of Laurel Canyon."

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The Black Lillies

Gold and Roses
Runaway Freeway Blues 2013 via Attack Monkey Productions/ North Knox Records
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Weekend In Michigan: Appearing In Jackson At Symphony Hall On 5/6 & The Livery In Benton Harbor, 5/8...First Set 8 PM, Both Shows

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Rose Cousins

Edmonton
If You For Me 2006 via Old Farm Pony
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Malcolm Holcombe

To The Homeland
A Hundred Lies 1999 via Interscope/Geffen
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Malcolm's Debut - Appearing At: Johnny's Speakeasy, Ann Arbor On June 24th...Pump House Concerts, East Lansing On June 25th

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8:40 am
Jammies Listener voting (click for more info)

WYCE's annual music showcase --The JAMMIES! --is happening February 19th at The Intersection.
This event features many awards,
given to the best regional bands that put out music this last year,
including awards determined by - You.
Visit WYCE dot ORG to cast your vote for the best music in our popular choice categories.
Voting ends on January 31st. To cast your vote and find information on Jammies 17 visit WYCE dot O-R-G

Spoonful Of Blues: James "Son" Thomas

Beefsteak Blues
Son Down On The Delta 1981
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October 14, 1926 Mississippi - June 26, 1993 Mississippi

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Spoonful Of Blues: Blind Gussie Nesbit

Canaan Land [1930]
Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records 1984 via Matchbox
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January 12, 1910 South Carolina - November 14, 1995 North Carolina

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This Is '820' Jazz: The Duke Jordan Quintet

Tall Grass
Duke Delight's 1975 via Steeplechanse
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Sam Jones, Bass...Al Foster, Drums...Charlie Rouse, Tenor Sax...Richard Williams, Trumpet...Duke Jordan, Piano

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8:20 am

Buddy Miller & Friends

After the Fire Is Gone (with Lee Ann Womack)
Cayamo Sessions At Sea 2016 via New West Records
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Major Hit For Conway & Loretta In 1971

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WestWend

Fourteen Karat Mind
Linger For A While 2014 via Anteflow
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Wendy Crowe & Jonathon Maness Pickin' On Gene Watson (1981)

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Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys

Goodbye Old Pal [1947]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 1992 via sony
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The Robb M Vintage Pick This Morning!

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Jon Weisberger & The Lonesome Heirs

Now And Then
I've Been Mostly Awake 2014 via Wise Kings
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Vocals By Dale Ann Bradley - Jon's Side Project Away From His Bass Duties With Chris Jones And the Night Drivers

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Hot Rize

Clary Mae
When I'm Free 2014 via Ten in Hand Records
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Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands

Working Girl Blues
The Hazel & Alice Sessions 2016 via HighTone
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An All-Star Tribute To Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard

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8:00 am
Metzner Family Day Sponsor (click for more info)

WYCE's Personal Day Sponsor today is the Metzner family in memory of Nick Metzner, on his birthday. 
Nick was very involved with local music and especially enjoyed music festivals. 
His friends and family remember Nick today and at Circle Pines Center's "Buttermilk Jamboree" in Delton, MI