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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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Outback

What Can I Say
Dance the Devil Away 1991 via Hannibal
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Davina and the Vagabonds

Stop Playing With My Heart (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Sugar Drops 2019 via Red House/Compass
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Twin Cities, MN, 2006 - Appearing At The Wharton Center For Performing Arts, 5/13

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Scatman Crothers

Keep That Coffee Hot
I Want To Rock 'N' Roll 2006 via Hydra
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Terre Haute, IN - Musician, Actor - Played Louie The Garbage Man On "Chico And The Man" ; Best-Supporting Actor For "The Shining"

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Walter Hyatt

Ruby
King Tears 1990 via Geffen
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Produced By Lyle Lovett - Involved In The Alternative Music Scene In Austin From Its Inception. With David Ball, Founded Uncle Walt's Band In 1972

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9:40 am

Boswell Sisters

Don't Let Your Lover Go Wrong [1934]
Anthology 1925-1936 2018 via Nostalgia Arts
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Among Radio's Earliest Stars, Making Them One Of The First Hit Acts Of The Mass-Entertainment Age. Highly Influential On The Andrew Sisters - Ella Fitzgerald Loved The Boswell Sisters, And In Particular Idolized Connee, After Whose Singing Style She Patterned Her Own. among radio's earliest stars, making them one of the first hit acts of the mass-entertainment agen.

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The Infamous Stringdusters

Planets
Live From Covington, Kentucky 2019 via Tape Time
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Street Date 11/15 - The Stringdusters Sound Like No One Else, Combining Virtuosic Chops On Five Traditional Bluegrass Instruments, With An Ethos Of Pushing The Genre Forward.

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COMPILATIONS

Big Bad John
The South Side of Soul Street 2014 via Light in the Attic
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Big John Hamilton: Brilliant Southern Soul Singer, Florida's Big John Hamilton Had A Voice To Match His Name, And Practically Defines The Concept Of Obscurity. Hamilton Cut Eight Solo 45's, And A Couple Of Duets With Doris Allen

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Tabby Thomas

On Thin Ice
Hoo Do Man 2009 via Hoodoo Records
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Swamp Blues: A Style Of Blues Indigenous To Southern Louisiana - One Of The Best-Known Blues Musicians In Baton Rouge With His Band, "The Mellow" - Father To Chris Thomas King, Whose Music Is Heard Here On 'YCE

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9:20 am

Booker T. & The MG'S

Hang 'Em High
Soul Limbo 1968 via Stax
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The Title Theme Of The 1968 Revisionist Western Film With Clint Eastwood Portraying Jed Cooper, An Innocent Man Who Survives A Lynching, and Later Hired As A US Marshall

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Elder Curry And Congregation

Memphis Flu
How Can I Keep From Singing Vol. 2: Early American Religious Music 2006 via Shanachie
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A Singing Preacher And An Underrated Guitar Player. Recorded Twelve Tracks, All Sounding Like A Cross Between A Saturday Night Speakeasy And A Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting.

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George Jones

Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves)
The Musical Loves, Life And Sorrow's 1968 via Musicor
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Vintage Vinyl Spin: During His Career, Jones Had More Than 150 Hits; He Has Been Called Honky-Tonk's Greatest Honky. His Approach To Singing Was To Call Up Those Memories And Feelings Of His Own Closely Corresponded To Those Being Felt By The Character In Whatever Song He Was Performing, Kind Of A Singing Method Actor.

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Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett

My Country Sugar Mama [1964]
The Chess Box 1991 via UMG
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Wolf Reworks The Blues Standard As Chicago Blues Shuffle, With Lyrics Adapted From The Yank Rachell, Tampa Red, And Sonny Boy Williamson l Versions. Rachell Recorded It As "Sugar Farm Blues" In 1934, Sonny Boy As "Sugar Mama" Also In 1934, And Tampa Red, Featuring His Trademark Slide Resonator Guitar, As "Sugar Mama No. 1", Again In 1934

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Jay And Tiinesha Begaye

Memories
Night Of The Northern Lights 2008 via Canyon Records
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Inspired By The Wonder Of The Northern Lights, This Album Brings Together The Musical Traditions Of Native People From The American Southwest And The Heart Of The Canadian Plains; Fusing Songs In Traditional Navajo Style With The Round Dance Rhythms Of Canada

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9:00 am

Sheryl Crow ft. Bonnie Raitt And Mavis Staples

Live Wire
Threads 2019 via Crow Records
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Crow's Eleventh Studio Release Recorded Over A Three Year Period, Produced By Steve Jordan - A Collaborative Album Featuring Many Of Sheryl's Musical Friends, Heroes And Newer Artists

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Chance McCoy

Sugar Babe
Electric Crow Residency - Rehearsal Mixtape (Live) 2017 via Chance McCoy
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Stepping Out From Old Crow Medicine Show

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Lisa Bastoni

Workingman's Blues #2
How We Want To Live 2019 via Lisa Bastoni
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2019 Boston Music Award Nominee Taking Bob Dylan Undercover (Dylan's Version Is From His 32nd Studio Release, Modern Times, 2006)

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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

Frank Tannehill

Lillie Mae [1940]
Rare Country Blues (1929-1953) 1999 via Document
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Not Much Is Known Of Frank Tannehill. Birth And Death Documents Are No Longer Available, And The Mystery Of This Bluesman Continues To Impress The Blues Scholars. One Fact Is Certain, Between 1937 & 1941, Tannehill Recorded Ten Titles, All In Texas. A Few Gigs After As A Sideman Adds Even More Mystery To His Life. Frank Tannehill Disappears After 1942.

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Frank Tannehill

Rolling Stone Blues [1941]
Little Mae 2015 via Document
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Charlie Rouse Quartet

Billy's Blues
Yeah! 1961 via Epic
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Dave Bailey, Drums...Billy Gardner, Piano...Peck Morrison, Bass...Charlie Rouse, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - The Charlie Rouse Quartet Recorded "Yeah!" In December 1960. After A Decade With The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Rouse's Chops Were Sharper Than Ever. The Professor Of A Distinctive Tone And A Fluid Bop-Oriented Style, The Rouse Quartet Fires On All Cylinders For 'Billy's Blues'

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8:20 am

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

Years (Live Session, Austin, TX)
Jam In The Van 2019 via Jam In The Van, LLC
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Shook Put The Band In 2013, Actually Started As A Recording Project

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Songs From The Road Band

Nowhere To Land
Waiting To Ride 2019 via Songs From The Road Band
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A Quartet Of Pickers Out Of West Asheville, NC

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Eddie Anthony And Peg Lowell Howell

The Beaver Slide Rag
The Cornshucker's Frolic: 2006 via Yazoo
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Atlanta, GA 1927

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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Nobody Can Tell Me I Can't
World Full Of Blues 2019 via Compass
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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Keller & the Keels

Peaches
Speed 2019 via KW Enterprises
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Undercover: The Presidents Of The United States

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Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson

Wildflower
Rattlin' Bones 2008 via Sugarhill
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