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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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Solas

Paddy Taylors-McFadden's Handsome Daughter-The Narrowback-Franks Reel
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers 1997 via Shanachie
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Hot Tuna

Hesitation Blues
Live: Kent Stage, Kent, Ohio 2016 via Hot Tuna
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Jack & Jorma Doing What They Do Best

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Alberta Adams

Pair And A Spare
Born With The Blues 1999 via Cannonball Records
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Detroit, Michigan - Began Performing As A Tap Dancer In Detroit's Hastings Street Clubs - Among Her Contemporaries And Musical Teachers Were John Lee Hooker, Big Maceo Merriweather, Eddie Burns, And Eddie Kirkland

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Albert Ammons & Meade "Lux" Lewis

Twos And Fews [1939]
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade "Lux" Lewis 1983 via Blue Note
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Ammons & Lewis: Boogie-Woogie Piano Masters Setting The Standard

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Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band

If You Think I'm Lovin' You, You're Wrong [1937]
Poole County Blues: Harmonica Blues (1936-1940) 1968 via Wolf
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Eddie Kelly, Vocals & Harmoinca - Band Members: Unknown - Influential Representation Of Early Jug Band Music

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9:40 am
Pyramid Scheme: Real Estate (click for more info)

"Support for WYCE comes from The Pyramid Scheme, a pub and music venue in the Heartside neighborhood.

Tomorrow, October 10th, The Pyramid Scheme presents Real Estate live in concert.  New Jersey indie rock band Real Estate mixes lazy grooves with influences of psychedelia. 

Tickets and more details can be found at pyramid scheme bar dot com"

Zomba Prison Project

I Am Done with Evil
I Will Not Stop Singing 2016 via Six Degrees
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Recordings From The Residents Of Zomba Maximum Security Prison (Malawi)

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(REQUESTED)

Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys

Everything's Changed [Live]
Rose Garden Coffee House: Mansfield, Massachusetts 2015
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Ten Pound Fiddle Concert Series, 10/21 East Lansing - Pin Drop Concerts At Seven Steps Up, 10/22 Spring Lake - Founder's Brewing, 10/29 Grand Rapids

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The Ravens

Ol' Man River [1947]
Doo-Wop Rhythm 2013
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Formed In 1946 - Strongly Influenced By The Ink Spots, The Delta Rhythm Boys And The Mills Brothers - One Of The Most Successful And Influential Vocal Quartets Of The Period, 1946-1953 - Ol' Man River Composed In 1927 For The Musical "Show Boat"

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Maria Muldaur

Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
Meet Me Where They Play the Blues 1999 via Telarc
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Tip Top Deluxe, 10/12 - She Is Also In The Spotlight As The 'YCE Artist Of The Day On Wednesday

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9:20 am

Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod

Cowboy Medley: Old Chisholm Trail/Get Along Little Doggies/Back In The Saddle Again
Come On In 2016 via Jim Kweskin
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All Three Songs Trace Their Roots to The Early Part of The Twentieth Century

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Dead Horses

Golden Sky
Cartoon Moon 2016 via Independent
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Milwaukee Based Roots Trio - Love The Expressive Vocals By Sarah Vos

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Emmylou Harris

Precious Memories
Angel Band 1987 via Warner Bros.
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Emmy's Acoustic Collection Of Gospel Songs With Guests Vince Gill, Mike Auldridge, Mark O'Connor & Jerry Douglas

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Russian Grass
Home Sweet Home 1967 via Vanguard
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Composer: Merle Watson - Late 1990's Overdubs From Sam Bush, Marty Stuart And T. Michael Coleman Gives The Early Recordings Of Merle's Mastery a New Life - Highly Recommended

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Listening To The Rain
Home Sweet Home 1967 via Vanguard
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Home Recordings From Doc & Merle - Merle Was Just Eighteen Years And Had Been Playing Banjo For Five Months

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9:00 am
(REQUESTED)

Leo Kottke

Owls
Greenhouse 1972
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Phone Suggestion This Morning, Thanks

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The Band

Rags And Bones
Northern Lights, Southern Cross 1975 via Capitol
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Richard Manuel, Vocal - Next To Last Album Recorded By The Original Lineup

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Madcat & Kane

Big Road Blues
Key To The Highway 1993 via Schoolkids Records
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Fundraiser At The Chelsea Depot, 10/16 - Scheduled Performers: Madcat Ruth, Shari Kane & Dave Steele, Drew Nelson, Jen Sygit and Many Others

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Townes Van Zandt

Dollar Bill Blues
A Far Cry From Dead 1999 via Arista
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Fort Worth, TX - One Of His Major Influences Was Lightnin' Hopkins - Much Of His Life Was Spent Touring Various Dive Bars, Often Living In Cheap Motel Rooms And Backwoods Cabins

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8:40 am
Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

Local Spins on WYCE is a 1-hour exploration of the best music from the Grand Rapids area and West Michigan. The program often debuts new songs by seasoned artists as well as emerging acts who merit attention and broader exposure.

The show is hosted by John "SINK-uh-vitch" from LocalSpins.com, the website covering West Michigan's music scene. Each week, John invites local artists into the studio for live music and conversation.

Tune in for "Local Spins on WYCE" every Friday at 11am. And browse every archived episode online at WYCE dot org

Spoonful Of Blues: Smiley Lewis

Gumbo Blues [1952]
True Blues, Vol. 3 2015 via Shami
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Big-Voiced New Orleans Guitarist Who Released Some Great R&B Records In The Early 1950's - Overshadowed By Fats Domino, His Music Is Extremely Under-Rated, - His Biggest Songs Are Known By Other Versions - In New Orleans He Is Remembered As A Pioneer Of Rockin' Blues - Amos Lemons Passed On In 1966

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Spoonful Of Blues: Charles Brown

Trouble Blues [1948]
Charles Brown: Driftin' Blues 1992
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West Coast Pianist By Way Of Texas Beginning With The Three Drifters In 1946 - Had A Few R&B Hits In The Late 40's Until His "Lounge Blues," Fell Out Of Favor As Rock 'N' Roll Stormed The Charts - Brown Spent The Next Forty Years In the Shadows, Until His Rediscovery By Bonnie Raitt, And From That A Whole New Generation Of Fans - Brown Spent The Last Years Of His Life Putting Out An Album Almost Every Year Until His Passing In 1999

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This Is '820' Jazz: The Cedar Walton Trio

Relaxin' At Camarillo
Manhattan After Hours 2003
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Billy Higgins, Drums...David Williams, Bass...Cedar Walton, Piano

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8:20 am

Steve Earle

Down The Road Pt II
The Low Highway 2013 via New West Records
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Wanda Jackson

Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
Surfer Girl 1963 via EMI
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Rockabilly Queen Turning Seventy-Nine On 10/20

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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Mother Maybelle Carter

Worried Man Blues [1961]
Folk Classics 1989 via Sony
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Song Passed Down Through Oral Tradition - Earliest Known Recording: 1930, Carter Family - The Robb M Vintage Pick Of The Week

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Jim Lauderdale

All The Rage In Paris
This Changes Everything 2016 via Sky Crunch
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Two-Time Grammy Winning Singer And Master Songwriter Crossing Multi-Genres Helping To Pave The Way For The Continuing Americana Movement

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Claire Lynch

Kingdom Come
North By South 2016 via Compass
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Guest Musicians: Bela Fleck & David Grier

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Rob Ickes

Oasis
Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor 2010 via E1
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Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor, Sr. (November 20, 1923 – April 9, 2015) - Influential Dobro Musician - Nashville Fixture Since 1970 Co-Founding The Old Time Pickin' Parlor

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