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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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Motor City Jazz Octet

Eleanor Rigby
North Coast Jazz 2011 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Faron Young

If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
This Is Faron Young 1954 via Capitol
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Vintage Honky-Tonk!

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Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

The Jukies' Ball
Original Recordings 1969 via Epic
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Formed By Hicks And David LaFlamme In 1967 San Francisco; LaFlamme Departed The Band Shortyly After The Release Of The Debut Album To Join 'It's a Beautiful Day'

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Cesaria Evora

Mar Nha Confidente
Rogamar 2006 via RCA
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9:40 am

Lavern Baker

Jim Dandy
Soul On Fire 2005 via Atlantic
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JJ Cale

Tell You 'Bout Her
Stay Around 2019 via Because Music
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A New Collection Of Previously Unreleased Material - JJ Passed On in 2013 Leaving Behind A Vital, Resounding Legacy.

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Freddie Roulette

Dis Tang
Spirit Of Steel 1999 via Roulette Music
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Turned 80 Years Of Age Yesterday - Long-Time Lap-Steel Sideman To Earl Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite And Harvey Mandel

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Warren Haynes

Coal Tattoo
Ashes & Dust 2015 via Concord
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Joined By Railroad Earth - Warren Celebrated Number 59 A Few Weeks Ago

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9:20 am
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Blaze Foley

In The Misty Garden/Should've Been Home With You
Duct Tape Messiah: Soundtrack To The Documentary Film 2011 via End Of Ear
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Born In A Tree House, Killed In A Friend's Living Room And 86'd From His Own Funeral, Blaze Foley Is A Bona Fide Texas Legend; One Of The Great Singer/Songwriters That State Has Ever Produced

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Cora Fluker

Out In The Woods
Mississippi Moan 1982 via L&R Records
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A True Treasure Of The Mississippi Hill Country Devoting Her Life To The Gospel Side Of The Blues

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Swamp Dogg

Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
The Excellent Sides Of Swamp Dogg Vol. 2 2008 via SDEG
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You May Know This One From The Late Joe South - Swamp Dogg Is The Alter-Ego Of R&B Singer Jerry Williams - You Can Hear Other Music From Swamp Dogg Here On 'YCE

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9:00 am

Quintette Du Hot Club De France

Minor Swing [1937]
Quintette Du Hot Club De France: 1934-1948 1970 via Swing
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One Of The Earliest And Most Significant Continental Jazz Groups In Europe, Founded In France In 1934 By Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli, And Active In One Form Or Another Until 1948

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Toots and the Maytals

Time Tough
In The Dark 1973 via Island
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Multi-Award Winning, World Renowned Ska And Rocksteady Vocal Groups Forming As A Trio 1962 Kingston

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The Handsome Family

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Scattered 2010 via Handsome Family Music
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Chicago, IL 1993 - Husband-And-Wife Duo Rennie And Brett Sparks Currently Based In Albuquerque

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The Brothers Comatose

Sugar Please
Ink, Dust & Luck 2018 via Antifragile
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Nicki Bluhm, Guest Vocals - Ben Morrison And Brother Alex, Scott Padden, Philip Brezina And Greg Fleischut

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8:40 am

Mississippi Joe Callicott

Down To The River Jordan [1967]
Ain't A Gonna Lie To You 2003 via Fat Possum
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The Blues Spotlight: Although His Early Recording Career Resulted In Only Two Songs Issued In 1930, Joe Callicott Is regarded As One Of Mississippi's Finest Early Bluesmen. His Guitar Work With Local Bluesman Garfield Akers On Cottonfield Blues, A Classic 1929 Single Illustrated How Blues Developed From Field Hollers. Mississippi Joe Would Not Record Again Until 1967. Mississippi Joe Callicott Passed On Two Years Later.

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Mississippi Joe Callicott

Traveling Mama Blues [1928]
North Mississippi Blues 2004 via Arhoolie
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The Blues Spotlight: October 10, 1899 Mississippi - May ?, 1969 Mississippi

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Lee Morgan Quintet

Totem Pole
The Sidewinder 1964 via Blue Note
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'820' Jazz Presents: The Sidewinder, Engineered By Rudy Van Gelder In a One Day Session In December 1964, Is One Of The Defining Recordings Of The Soul Jazz Genre. The Quintet Is Spot On, Working Together Seamlessly To Create An Album That Crackles With Energy While Maintaining A Stylish Flow. The Sidewinder Is A Jazz Standard. - - - - - - -- - The Personnel Is: Barry Harris, Piano...Bob Cranshaw, Bass...Billy Higgins, Drums...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone...Lee Morgan, Trumpet

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8:20 am

Dan Bern

One Piece at a Time
Hoody 2015 via Independent
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Undercover: Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Three, 1976

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Andy Statman

Monroe Bus
Monroe Bus 2019 via Shefa Records
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Jack Klatt

The Closer I Get
Shadows In The Sunset 2016 via Different Folk
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Minneapolis, MN

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Rayna Gellert

Nothing
Old Light- Songs From My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds 2012 via StorySound Records
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Debut Album By The Elkhart, IN Born Gellert

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Vera Hall

Boll Weevil Holler
Southern Folk Heritage Series: Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax 1960 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Composer: Charley Patton, 1908

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8:00 am