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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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Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Daughter of Eve
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau 2017 via Nonesuch
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Barnstar!

Carey
Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Favorites And Rarities From The Second Decade 2015 via Signature
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Undercover: Joni Mitchell, 1971 (Blue)

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The California Honeydrops

Baby Boy's Blues
Like You Mean It 2014 via CD Baby
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The Bay Area Quintet Is Celebrating A Decade Together - Unusual Instruments: Home-Made Gut Bucket Bass, Jug & Washboard

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9:40 am

Nikki Lane

Lay You Down
Highway Queen 2017 via New West
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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Cajun Roosters

Don't Mess With My Toot Toot
Transatlantic Sessions: Songs Of Death, Divorce, Drinking And Dancing 2011 via Whoopee Records
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Composer: Sidney Simien (Rockin' Sidney) - German Quintet Specializing In Cajun & Zydeco Music - Toot Toot: Cajun For 'Girlfriend' 'Baby'

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Big Daddy Wilson

Give Me One Reason
Neckbone Stew 2017 via Ruf
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Special Guest: Ruthie Foster

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9:20 am

Miss Tess & The Talkbacks

It's So Easy To Tell
Folk Alley Sessions: Recorded At Beehive Studios, Saranac, NY 2016 via Folk Alley/Beehive Productions
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Continue To Explore Their Own Personal Crossroads Of American Roots Music - More Music From Miss Tess Is Heard Here On 'YCE

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Little Willie John

All Around The World (Aka Grits Ain't Groceries)
Talk To Me 1958 via King
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Little Milton Reworked The Song In 1969 Under The Title "Grits Ain't Groceries," Adding Some Serious Bite With His Fluid Guitar And Horn Section

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Blinky & The Roadmasters

Quadrille Figure Six
Crucian Scratch Band Music 1990 via Rounder
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Scratch Band Music: Major Indigenous Form Of Music Reflecting Long-Standing West Indian Cultural Ties By Their African Heritage, European Colonial History & North American Influences

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The Infamous Stringdusters

Freedom
Laws of Gravity 2017 via Compass Records

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Step It Up And Go
Good Deal: Doc Watson In Nasville 1968 via Vanguard
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Composer: Blind Boy Fuller, 1940 - Musicians: Merle Watson, Floyd Cramer, Buddy Harman, Grady Martin, Buddy Spicher, Tommy Jackson And Don Stover

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(REQUESTED)

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Good Deal: Doc Watson In Nashville 1968 via Vanguard
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Composer: A.P. Carter, 1935 - Doc Travels To Nashville And Turns In A Session With The "Nashville A-Team"

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9:00 am
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Today's WYCE Day Sponsors are Barb and Jim O'Connor wishing their daughter Isabelle (pronounced 'ees a belle', not 'iz a belle') a happy 15th birthday.  We love you right up to the moon and back.  

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Modern Mandolin Quartet

Polka
Intermezzo 1990 via Windham Hill Records
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Arlo Guthrie

The Mystic Journey
Mystic Journey 1996 via Rising Son
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Producers: Arlo & Son Abe - This One Is A Real Gem

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Cowboy Junkies

The Slide
One Soul Now 2004 via Maple
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Toronto, CN, 1985 - Timmins Siblings: Margo, Michael & Peter And Founding Bassist Alan Anton Soon Embarking On a Lengthy Tour In Celebration Of Their Thirty-Second Year Together - It's Always A Good Day When I Hear Margo Wonderful Voice On The Radio

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Peter, Paul & Mary

I'm In Love With A Big Blue Frog
Album 1700 Warn via 1967
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The Trio's Seventh Album

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Otis Gibbs

Great American Roadside
Mount Renraw 2017 via Wanamaker
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Recorded In Otis's Living Room On His 50th Birthday

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Cahalen Morrison And Eli West

My Lover, Adorned
The Holy Coming of the Storm 2010 via Independent
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Seattle, WA

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Henry Thomas

The Little Red Caboose
Texas Worried Blues - Complete Recorded Works, 1927-1929 2006 via Document
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?/?/1874 Texas - ?/?/1930? ? - Often Billed As "Ragtime Texas" - His Style Is An Early Example Of What Later Became Known As Texas Blues Guitar

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Spoonful Of Blues: Henry Thomas

Woodhouse Blues
Texas Worried Blues, 1927-1928 2006 via Document
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A True Exponent Of Country Blues - His Instrumental Techniques Have Influenced Generations Of Musicians - Thomas's Life Is A Mystery After 1930

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'820' Jazz Presents: Sonny Clark

Sonny's Mood
Dial S For Sonny 1957 via Blue Clark
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Personnel Is: Art Farmer, Trumpet...Curtis Fuller, Trombone...Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone...Wilbur Ware, Bass...Louis Hayes, Drums...Sonny Clark, Piano

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8:20 am

Steve Earle

Poor Boy
I Feel Alright 1996 via Warner Brothers
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Three-Time Grammy Award Winner

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The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain boys

Poison Lies
The Complete Mercury Recordings 2003 via Mercury
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Ralph & Carter Formed The Clinch Mountain Boys In 1946 And together For Twenty Years Till Carter's Death In 1966 - Ralph Continued With the Band Name As a Dolo Performer Until His Own Passing Last Year

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The Travelin' McCourys

Cumberland Blues
The Travelin' McCourys 2016 via McCoury Music
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Ronnie & Rob, Sons Of Bluegrass Legend Del McCoury - Equally At Home Pickin' With Dad Or Pluggin In And Pushing Bluegrass Forward Into Uncharted Waters

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The Tuttles & AJ Lee

Columbus Stockade Blues
Endless Ocean 2013 via Back Studio
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Northern, CA Roots Quintet Fortunate To Have The Double Vocal Attact Of Molly Tuttle And A.J. Lee

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Seasick Steve

Southern Biscuits
Keepin' the Horse Between Me And The Ground 2016 via There's A Dead Skunk Records
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Steven Wold - Been Around The Music Scene Since The '60's Wearing Several Hats; Session Musician, Studio Engineer & Producer - Produced The Debut Album By Modest Mouse

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Noam Pikelny

My Tears Don't Show
Universal Favorite 2017 via Rounder
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Solo Performance: The Ark, 3/20 Ann Arbor - Rejoins The Punch Brothers In June For A Tour Of The West - Celebrating Number Thirty-Six Tomorrow

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8:00 am
O'Connor (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsors are Barb and Jim O'Connor wishing their daughter Isabelle (pronounced 'ees a belle', not 'iz a belle') a happy 15th birthday.  We love you right up to the moon and back.  

To share your personal or business sponsor message on WYCE, contact Quinn at GRCMC dot Org