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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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Strength in Numbers

Slopes
Telluride Sessions 1998 via MCA
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Tim Easton

Elmore James
American Fork 2016 via Last Chance
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Latest From Nashville-Based Easton - This One Is For Elmore

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Alberta Hunter

I've Got A Mind To Ramble
Amtrak Blues 1978
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Career: The Early 1920's To 1959 - Stopped Performing And Worked As a Nurse Returning To Performing In 1979 With A Steady Gig In Greenwich Village 'Til Her Passing In 1984

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Mississippi Fred McDowell

Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus
Mississippi Delta Blues 1964
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Rossville, Tennessee - Seminal Figure In Mississippi Hill Country Blues - One Of The Most Vibrant Performers Of The 1960's Blues Revival -The Highly Acclaimed Albums That McDowell Waxed During His Belated Recording Career (1959-1971) Proved That Some Of The Greatest Country Blues Music Had Gone Undiscovered By The Record Companies That Scoured The South For Talent In The 1920's And ‘30's

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9:40 am

Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban

Bodas de Oro
Mambo Sinuendo 2002 via Nonesuch
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Galban: Cuban Guitarist, Pianist And Arranger, Most Notable For His Work With Los Zafiros, Ry Cooder And The Buena Vista Social Club.

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The Chenille Sisters

At the Codfish Ball
Haute Chenille- A Retrospective 1995 via Red House
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Forming In Ann Arbor In 1985

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Leon Redbone

Lazy Bones
On The Track 1975 via Warner Bros. Records. Inc.
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Specializing In Jazz, Blues, And Tin Pan Alley Classics - Leon Has Officially Retired From Performing And Recording

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9:20 am

David Bromberg Band

You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But The Blues 2016 via Red House
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Undercover: Bessie Smith, 1925

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Asleep At The Wheel

What's the Matter with the Mill (w Pokey LaFarge)
Still the King - Celebrating the Music of Bob Willis and his Texas Playboys 2015 via Bismeaux
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Composed By Bob Wills, However The Chorus Is Based On the Memphis Minnie And Kansas Joe McCoy (1930)

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Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers

Grandpa's Spells
Jelly Roll Morton: Original Recordings 1926 - 1929 2015
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Louisiana - One Of The Very First Giants Of Jazz, Jelly Roll Did Himself A Lot Of Harm Posthumously By Exaggerating His Worth, Claiming To Have Invented Jazz In 1902 - His Accomplishments As An Early Innovator Are So Vast He Did Not Really Need To Stretch The Truth - Cut His Teeth As A Pianist In His Hometown's Bordellos - Rose To Fame As The Leader Of Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers In The 1920's - Inducted To The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Honored With A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Tom Dooley
Doc Watson 1964 via Vanguard
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An Old North Carolina Folk Song Based On The 1866 Murder Of Laura Foster In Wilkes County, North Carolina, Allegedly By Tom Dula - It Fits Within The Wider Genre Of Appalachian "Sweetheart Murder Ballads

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Georgie Buck
Doc Watson 1964 via Vanguard
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Passed Down Through Oral Tradition:The Banjo's Gourd Ancestors Came To The Americas With Enslaved Africans, Forging The Link Between West African Griots (Historians) And Performers Of 20th-century Blues And String-Band Music - doc Captures The True Essence Of This Song

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9:00 am

Karan Casey & John Doyle

Madam I'm a Darling
Exiles Return 2010 via Compass Records
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Former Founding Members Of 'Solas,' Reuniting For A Duet Album In 2010; Thirteen Years After Leaving Solas

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Spider John Koerner

Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Noboby Knows The Trouble I've Seen 1995 via Red House
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First Appearance In Scottish Literature, 1548 - First Known Musical Appearance, 1611 - " Frog Rides To Ask Miss Mouse To Marry Him. She Is Willing But Must Ask Permission Of Uncle Rat."

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The Squirrel Hillibillies

Organic Chemistry
The Squirrel Hillbillies (Remix) 2012
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Salt Of The Earth 10/16 Fennville, MI 7PM

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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

Gwabi Gwabi
Penny's Farm 2016 via Kingswood
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"Gwabi Gwabi" Is A Ndebele And Zulu Folk Song First Recorded By Zimbabwean Guitarist/Singer George Sibanda In the 1940s - Arlo Guthrie Is Credited With Popularizing The Song In the USA And Other Parts Of The "Western" World

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Amos Milburn

Chicken Shack Boogie
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie-Woogie: The Best Of Amos Milburn 1946-1955 1996
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April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980 - Boogie Piano Master Pounding Out Some Of The Most Hellacious Boogies Of The Postwar Era Garnering Massive Hits During The Immediate Pre-Rock Era - Signed With Aladdin Records In Los Angeles In 1946 - Spent Some Time On The Road With Charles Brown - One Of The First Performers To Switch From Sophisticated Jazz Arrangements To The Louder Jump Blues Style - A Commercial Success For Eleven Years Influencing Many Performers,Little Willie Littlefield, Floyd Dixon And Fats Domino

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Spoonful Of Blues: Snooks Eaglin

Careless Love
New Orleans Street Singer 1958 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Singer/Guitarist Regarded As A Legend Of New Orleans Music - His Vocal Style Was Reminiscent Of That Of Ray Charles, And His Ability To Play A Wide Range Of Songs Earned Him The Nickname "The Human Jukebox" - At Fourteen-Years Of Age He Joined The Flamingoes, A Local Seven-Piece Band Started By Allen Toussaint - Going Solo In 1956, His Diverse Body Of Work Over The Next Fifty-Two Years Is A Testament To The Sounds And Heritage Of His Beloved New Orleans - Snooks Passed On In 2009

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This Is "820" Jazz: Donald Byrd

Ghana
Byrd In Flight 1960 via Blue Note
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Duke Pearson, Piano...Doug Watkins, Bass...Hank Mobley, Tenor Sax...Lex Humphries, Drums...Donald Byrd, Trumpet

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8:20 am

Michael Doucet

Marie Catin
Cajun Fandango 2016 via Parhelion Records
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With Tom Rigney

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Hot Rize

Doggone
When I'm Free 2014 via Ten in Hand Records
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Tim O'Brien, Pete Wernick, Nick Forster & Bryan Sutton

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The Del McCoury Band

New York Trains
Del & Woody 2016 via McCoury Music
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Del's Landmark Project Composing Music To Woody Guthrie's Lyrics

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Eilen Jewell

Rich Man's World
Letters From Sinners and Strangers 2007 via Signature Sounds
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Alison Krauss & Union Station

Dust Bowl Children
Paper Airplane 2011 via Rounder
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Composer: Peter Rowan - Lead Vocal: Dan Tyminski - Great Banjo Pickin' From Ron block

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Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall

Big Country
Uncommon Ritual 1997 via Sony
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