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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 U.S. Army Blues Swamp Romp

Caravan
Voodoo Boogaloo 2017 via U.S. Army Band
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Ann Rabson

Little Red Wagon
In a Family Way 2005 via Emit Doog Music
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Truckstop Honeymoon

The Perfect Pair of Sunglasses
Diamonds In The Asphalt 2007 via Binky Records
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New Orleans, LA - Katie & Mike West Spent Their Honeymoon In A Truck Stop, Hence a Band Is a Born - "Tales Of Cheating Spouses, Bad Attitudes, Short-Changed Romances, Endless Asphalt And Dodgy Diners, All Told With A "Pschobilly" Sense Of Playfulness." The Herald, Newcastle, Australia.

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Todd Rhodes And His Orchestra With Kitty Stevens

That Guy's For Me
Blues For The Red Boy - The Early Sensation Recordings 2013 via Ace
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Early Influence On Jazz And R&B - Left "McKinney's Cotton Pickers," In 1934, Moving His Base To Detroit - One Of The Great Territorial Bands Of The Day

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(REQUESTED)

Bob Dylan

Duquesne Whistle
Tempest 2012 via Columbia
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Co-Written With Robert Hunter - Dylan's Thirty-Fifth Album

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9:40 am
Wealthy Theatre: Marcus King Band (click for more info)

WYCE and Wealthy Theatre welcome The Marcus King Band - live in concert - this Sunday night at 8pm.


The Marcus King Band is led by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Marcus King. Raised in Greenville, South Carolina, King was brought up on the blues, playing shows as a pre-teen sideman with his musician father. The six-piece band is touring in support of the new self-titled album which features appearances by the band's mentors Derek Trucks and producer Warren Haynes.

Tickets for The Marcus King Band at Wealthy Theatre this Sunday night - available online at "Wealthy Theatre dot org"

Kristin Diable And The City

Lines On The Road
Kristin Diable And The City 2012 via Speakeasy
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Baton Rouge, LA - Cut Her Chops As An Eighteen Year Old Expanding Her Musical Pallete In New York City, And a Few Years Later Following Her Muse Back To Her Native Louisiana - Produced By Dave Cobb (Sturgill Cimpson & Jason Isbell)

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T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers

Flatfoot Sam
Flatfoot Sam-Essential Masters 2010 via Master Classics
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Oscar Wills, 1957- TV Repairman Moonlighting With A Rockin' Band - Never Became A Household Name, But He Had A Powerful Voice, Played A Mean Guitar, And Displayed Humor In His Songwriting

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South Memphis String Band

Old Hen
Home Sweet Home 2009 via Memphis Int'L
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Luther Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus & Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Marion Williams

Move On Up A Little Higher
Packin' Up: The Very Best Of Marion Williams 2015 via Shanatchie
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Influential Pioneer Of Gospel Music - Got Her Professional Start At The Age Of Twenty Joining The Clara Ward Singers In 1947, The Preeminent Group Of The 1950's

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9:20 am

Jesse McReynolds

Franklin's Tower
Songs Of The Grateful Dead 2010 via Woodstock
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Legendary Bluegrass Musician/Mandolin Innovator And Stylist - Member Of The Grand Ole Opry Since 1964 - Pickin' On the Dead (Blues For Alluh, 1975

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(REQUESTED)

Taj Mahal

Sophisticated Mama
Senor Blues 1997 via RCA Victor
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Studio Line Requests

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R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders

Moana March
Chasin' Rainbows 1993 via NA
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Originally Packaged And Released As "R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Number 2,'' In 1976 On Blue Goose Records

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson & David Grisman

Soldier's Joy
Doc & Dawg 1997 via Acoustic Disc
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Grisman: "These Tapes Document Some Wonderful 'After-Dinner' Sessions At My Home During Several Of Doc's Visits.Tunes Were Selected Spontaneously And More Often Than Not, Played Only Once."

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson & David Grisman

Blue As I Can Be
Doc & Dawg 1997 via Acoustic Disc
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Watson And Grisman First Met In The Early 1960's - Doc Invited Seventeen Year Old David On Stage To Join Him On Mandolin For A Rendition Of "In The Pines" - Here, They Rework The Jimmie Rodgers Nugget

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9:00 am

Sonny Landreth

Mojo Boogie
South Of I-10 1995 via Volcano
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Free The Honey

Dark And Muddyy
Fine Bloom 2015 via Free the Honey
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Gunnison, Co; Jenny Hill - Lizzy Plotkin - Katherine Taylor

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Tift Merritt

Traveling Alone
Traveling Alone 2012 via Yep Roc
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Performing At the Ark In Ann Arbor, 4/5 - Listen For Tunes From Tift's New Album "Stitch Of The World,"Here On 'YCE

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Greg Trooper

They Call Me Hank (Live)
Live At the Rock Room 2015 via shakes records
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January 13, 1956 - January 15, 2017 (61)

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Elzadie Robinson

Mad Blues
Elzadie Robinson Vol. 2, 1928-1929 1994 via Paramount
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Recorded Thirty-Four Songs Between 1926-1929 - Composed Most Of Her Work, Unusual For The Time - Aliases: Bernice Drake And Blanche Johnson - Her 1928 Recordings Feature Accompanists Johnny Dodds & Blind Blake - Her Life Outside Of The Recording Studio Is Sketchy

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Spoonful Of Blues: Elzadie Robinson

Elzadie's Policy Blues
Elzadie Robinson Vol. 1, 1926-1928 1994 via Paramount
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April 24, 1897 (?) Louisiana - January 17, 1975 Michigan

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'820 Jazz Presents: Buddy Tate & Buck Clayton

Birdland Betty
Buck And Buddy 1960 via Swingwille
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Personnel: Gene Ramey, Bass...Sir Charles Thompson, Piano...Mousie Alexander, Drums...Buck Clayton, Trumpet...Buddy Tate, Tenor Saxophone

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8:20 am

Jerks of Grass

Big Spike Hammer
Come On Home 2009 via FM Recordings
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Composer: Bobby Osborne

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The Freight Hoppers

Hell Bound For Alabama
Mile Marker 2010 via Bake Tone
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Bryson City, NC Based Roots Quartet Entering Their Twenty-Second Year Crafting Their Own Special Brand Of Old-Time String Music

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Mac Wiseman

Somewhere Bound
I Sang The Song 2017 via Mountain Fever
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An All-Star Tribute Album To 91 Year Old Mac Wiseman - His Seventy-Three Year Career Has Taken Many Twists And Turns Beginning As The Founding Guitarist For The "Foggy Mountain Boys"

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Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals

When I Get Home
Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals 1999 via Rounder
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Reworking E.C. Ball's Gospel Bluegrass Classic

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Townes Van Zandt

My Proud Mountains
The Highway Kind 1997 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Bob Bernard and Kailin Yong

Emily's Waltz
Harvest Queen 2012 via Earthwork Music
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Composer: Susan Conger, Renowned Fiddler & Classic Violinist

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8:00 am