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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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Blue Largo

Tears Of Joy
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Paul Oscher & Steve Guyger

Ode to Billie Joe
Living Legends - Deep In The Blues 2000 via Blues Leaf Records
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Undercover: Bobbie Gentry, 1968

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Marvin & Turner Foddrell

Going To The Country
The Original Blues Brothers 1981 via Swingmaster
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Rory Block

Shetland Pony Blues
Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House 2008 via Stony Plain Music
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Rory's Tribute Album To Eddie James "Son" House - Son Recorded This Song For The Library Of Congress In 1941 - He Is Buried At The Mt. Hazel Cemetery. Members Of The Detroit Blues Society Raised Money Through Benefit Concerts To Put A Monument On His Grave.

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Hans Theessink

Get Down 'N Play the Blues
Crazy Moon 1997 via CDBY
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9:40 am
Buttermilk Jamboree (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Circle Pines Center. Presenting the 2016 Buttermilk Jamboree - a festival of music and arts celebrating a vision of social justice, cooperation and sustainability. Featuring The Accidentals, The Crane Wives, The Go Rounds, Ralston Bowles, May Erlewine and more, on June 10th through the 12th at Circle Pines Center. Tickets, driving directions and more information available at buttermilk jamboree dot org. 

Tony Joe White

The Middle of Nowhere
Rain Crow 2016 via Yep Roc Records
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Louisiana - Grew Up The Youngest Of Seven Children On A Cotton Farm - This Is Tony's Thirty-Ninth Release - Co-written With Billy Bob Thorton

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Joseph Huber

Where The Shadows Shiver To Sleep
Tongues Of Fire 2012 via Joseph Huber
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Wisconsin - Founding Member Of The .357 String Band, A "Streetgrass," That Despite It's Abrupt Break-up, Continues To Gain Popularity And Is Known As One Of the Most Influential Groups In The Recent Resurgent Underground Country And Bluegrass Movements

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Leon Russell

Bluebird
Will O' The Wisp 1975 via Shelter
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Oklahoma - Claude Russell Bridges - Turning 74 A Few Weeks Ago - Began Playing The Nightclubs Of Tulsa With His Band "The Starlighters" Which Also Included J.J. Cale - Member Of A Core Of LA Studio Musicians Known As "The Wrecking Crew"

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The Dixie Bee-Liners

You Old Bag Of Bones
Through My Screen Doors: The Final Sessions Of The Dixie Bee-Liners 2014 via The Dixie Bee-Liners
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Founded In 2002, The Band Is No Longer Together - This Album Offers A Candid Glimpse Into The Unfinished And Unadorned Final Moments Of The Dixie Bee-Liners. They Are A Snapshot In Time

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9:20 am
Jason Isbell - Devos Performance (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from DeVos Performance Hall, featuring American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell with special guest Josh Ritter October 3rd

Tickets will be available beginning Friday at noon at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. Stay tuned to WYCE this week for your chance to win tickets. 
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Guy Clark

Baton Rouge
Boats To Build 1992 via Nonesuch
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Online Suggestion From Montague, MI - Thanks For Listening To Traditions

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Jackstraw

Poor Boy
Sunday Never Comes 2011 via Jaclstraw
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Northwest Mountain Music - Formed In 1997 In Portland,Oregon - Currently In Hiatus Due To The Demands Of Each Members Side Projects

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Ragpicker String Band

Baby Where Been
The Ragpicker String Band 2015 via Ragpicker String Band
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Composer: Mary Flower - Mary Flower, Rich DelGrosso, Martin Grosswendt -

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Willie Sugarcapps

Mud Bottom
Willie Sugarcapps 2013 via Royal Potato Family
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Birthed From A Series Of Casual Southern Alabama Songwriter-In-The-Round Jam Sessions

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Maggie Walker Blues
Doc Watson: Live In San Francisco 1964 1964 via Vanguard
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Doc's Recordings And Performances Have Inspired Generations Of Aspiring Guitarists To Explore The Mysteries Of His Phenomenal Playing

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

More Pretty Girls Than One
Elementary Doctor Watson 1972 via Sugar Hill
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With Merle Watson, Norman Blake, Vassar Clements And Kenny Malone

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9:00 am

Ray Bonneville

Sugar and Riley
Bad Man's Blood 2011 via Red House Records
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Canada - Roaming Blues Musician, Poet And Consummate Storyteller - Heavily Influenced By The Sounds He Heard From Time Spent In New Orleans During The 1980's

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Kelley McRae

Hard Night
The Wayside 2016 via Independent
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Along The Wayside, Where Things Get Left Behind

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Josh Ritter

Me & Jiggs
Golden Age Of Radio 2002 via Signature Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: DeVos Performance Hall With Jason Isbell, 10/3

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Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

I've Got You
Medicine 2015 via Magnolia Music
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Tennessee - Drew & His Wife Ellie Holcomb Founded The Moon River Music Festival, A Yearly One Day Music Event In Memphis With Proceeds Benefiting St. Jude's Hospital

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Dawn And Hawkes

Life Is A Good Song
Yours And Mine 2015 via Dawn And Hawkes
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Texas - Miranda Dawn And Chris Hawkes First Met In 2010 When He Crossed An Austin Barroom Floor And Asked Her To Dance. A Modest Beginning Became An Undeniable Attraction The First Time They Sang Together.

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett

Bluebird
The Memphis Sessions 1951-1952 2007 via Sun Records
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June 10, 1910 Mississippi - January 10, 1976 Illinois

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Spoonful Of Blues: Mississippi Joe Callicott

Let The Deal Go Down [1967]
North Mississippi Blues 2004 via Southland
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October 10, 1899 Mississippi - ?/?/1969 Mississippi

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This Is '820' Jazz: Arnett Cobb

Sizzlin'
Sizzlin' 1960 via Prestige
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George Tucker, Bass...J.C. Heard, Drums...Red Garland, Piano...Arnett Cobb, Tenor Sax

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8:20 am
Jason Isbell - Devos Performance (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from DeVos Performance Hall, featuring American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell with special guest Josh Ritter October 3rd

Tickets will be available beginning Friday at noon at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. Stay tuned to WYCE this week for your chance to win tickets. 

Blue Largo

Evening
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Blue Largo

Tears Of Joy
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Blue Largo

Tears Of Joy
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Blue Largo

Tears Of Joy
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Texas Tornados

Who Were You Thinkin' Of
Texas Tornados 1990 via Reprise Records
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Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm

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Girlyman

Kittery Tide
Little Star 2005 via Daemon Records
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Buddy Melton, Milan Miller, Mark W. Winchester

The First Man They Ever Hanged In This County
Songs From Haywood County 2008 via Melton, Miller, Winchester
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Buddy Melton, Balsam Range - Milan Miller, Carolina Wind - Mark W. Winchester, Emmylou Harris's the Nash Ramblers

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Grasstowne

Worried Man Blues
Grasstowne 4 2015 via Pinecastle
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Song Passed Down Through Oral Traditions - The Composer Is Unknown - First Documented Recording By the Carter Family, 1930

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Mountain Heart

Maggie's Farm
Blue Skies 2016 via Compass Records
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Pickin' On Dylan (1965) - Multi-Award Winners Founded In 1999 - Known For Their Cutting-Edge Excellence In Acoustic Roots Music

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The Texas Sapphires

Barstow Barstool
Valley So Steep 2006 via Lowe farms
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Austin - Their Sound Emerges From A Punk Rock And Country Sensibility - They Are No Longer Together

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The Small Glories

Had I Paid
Wondrous Traveler 2016 via Imports
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Cara Luft & JD Edwards - Cara, a founding Member Of the Wailin' Jenny's

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8:00 am