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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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Michel Camilo

Nuages
Spain Forever 2016 via Verve
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Albert Lee

Bluebird Wine
Heartbreak Hill 2003 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Composer: Rodney Crowell, 1975 - Albert Lee Is One Of The Most Respected And Renowned Guitarists In Music History - Lee Owns Around 40 Guitars, Including Don Everly's 1950's Gibson J-200, And The Les Paul Custom That Clapton Played While With Delaney And Bonnie; A Gift From An Old Friend

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Billie Holiday

I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
Solitude 1951 via Polygram Records
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Lady Day Lending Her Indelible Voice On The Jazz Standard; Written For The 1932 Broadway Show, "Earl Carroll's Vanities"

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Blues Traveler

Trouble in Mind (Feat. Keb' Mo')
Traveler's Blues 2021 via Round Hill
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Appearing 8/18 Meijer Gardens - Recorded In 1924 As A Bluesy, Vaudeville Swagger By Thelma La Vizza - in 1926, Bertha "Chippie" Hill Popularized The Tune With Her Recording With Jones And Louis Armstrong; Becoming An Early Blues Standard

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The Flatlanders

Ramblin' Man
Treasure of Love 2021 via Thirty Tigers
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Joe Ely And Lloyd Maines Producing

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Colin Hay

Driving With The Brakes On
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 2021 via Lazy Eye/Compass
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Undercover: Del Amitri (1995) - Appearing 8/26 At The Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series - Came To Prominence As The Lead Vocalist Of Men At Work

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COMPILATIONS

Sittin' Up All Night
Still Breathing (1998 Film) 1998 via Will Records
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Augie Meyers: Co-Founder Of The Sir Douglas Quintet And The Texas Tornados - Twenty-Three Solo Albums - Augie's Style And His Vox Continental Is One Of Music's Most Distinctive And Enduring Keyboard Sounds; Echoes Of This Sound Can Be Heard In the Music Of The Doors, The Kinks, And The Animals

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Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

River Time
The Ode 2018 via Tape Time Records
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The Quintet Of Jammin' Grassers' Out Of Stevens Point, WI Paint Americana Portraits Of Rural Life

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9:20 am

Bigfoot Bob & the Toetappers

Flat Broke
Footnotes 2007 via Independent
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Saginaw. MI - These Cats Know Their Craft, And Have Some Heavy Credentials Michigan's Rock Era

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COMPILATIONS

I Don't Care
Shout, Brother, Shout! 1994 via Alligator Records
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Beverly White & Her Trio, 1952 - Featured Singer With The Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra During The Mid-1930's -USO Appearances Entertaining The Troops During World War Two - Married Barry White In 1974

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Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Milwaukee, Here I Come
Always, Always 1969 via Sony
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Third Of Thirteen Collaborative Albums Together - Porter Introduced Dolly On His Television Show In 1967

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Carl Perkins

Honey Don't
Carl Perkins - Go Cat, Go! 1996 via Dinosaur Entertainment
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Original Album: "The Dance Album, 1957" - Carl Perkins Personified The Rockabilly Era - His Place In The History Of Popular Music Is Undisputed

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Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms

Bonanza Ska
Ska & Reggae Classics 2018 via Sanctuary
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A Pioneers Of Jamaica's Contribution To Modern Music...Ska - Bonanza: 1959-1974 - 14 Seasons - 431 Episodes - The Second-Longest-Running Western Series On U.S. Network Television Behind Gunsmoke...Bonanza Is Known For Presenting Pressing Moral Dilemmas

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COMPILATIONS

Wemngoma Lishonile
The Rough Guide to South African Gospel 2003 via World Music Network
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Holy Spirits Choir: Formed In 1985 In Kroonstad, Free State - Previous To Recording, They Were Singing At Funeral Services, And Encouraged By The Community To Put Their Music On Disc So That It Would Sound More Powerful

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9:00 am

Debbie Davies

I Wonder Why (Blues in D Natural)
Holdin' Court 2009 via Little Dipper
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The W.C. Handy Award Winner Is Turning 69 In A Few Days

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The Black Lillies

Baby Doe
Runaway Freeway Blues 2013 via Attack Monkey Productions/ North Knox Records
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Knoxville, TN 2009 - Cruz Contreras And Sam Quinn Formed The Band, Not Long After Departing Robinella And CC Stringband, And The Everybodyfields, Respectively. Music From Those Two Bands Is Heard Here On 'YCE

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Ric Robertson

I Don't Mind
Carolina Child 2021 via Free Dirt
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New Orleans, LA - Synthesizes The Full Canon Of American Roots

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COMPILATIONS

Townes
American Folk (Soundtrack) 2018 via Thirty Tigers
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Joe Purdy & Amber Rubarth Contributing Two Songs For The Soundtrack To "American Folk" - A Road Story Filmed Over 3,500 Miles Through 14 States. The Film Stars Purdy And Rubarth As Elliot And Joni, Strangers Grounded At LAX On The Morning September 11, 2001. Both Needing To Get To NYC, Joni Borrows A 1972 Chevy Van From A Friend, And The Two Begin A Journey Of Re-Discovery

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Little Junior's Blue Flames

Fellin' Good [1953]
Sun Records - The Rhythm And The Blues 2012 via Sun
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A Short-Lived And Highly-Influential Band Formed In 1951 By Junior Parker And Pat Hare, Bringing Them To The Attention Of Sam Phillips At Sun Records. The Blue Flames Produced Highly-Successful Songs Prior To Parker Hooking Up With Bobby Bland and Johnny Ace And Heading Up The Blues Consolidated Revue, Performing Their Magic On The Southern Blues Circuit. Pete Hare Supplied The Power Chords For James Cotton For Couple Of Decades, Spending The Last Sixteen Years Of His Life In Prison, Passing On In 1980. Little Junior Parker Took On A Successful Solo Career And Passed On In 1971.

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Little Junior's Blue Flames

Sittin' At My Window [1952]
Sun Records - 25 Blues Originals 2021 via Sun Entertainment
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Herman "Junior" Parker March 27, 1932 MS - November 19, 1971 IL - Auburn "Pete" Hare December 20, 1930 AR - September 26, 1980 MN

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Lee Morgan

The Rumproller
The Best Of Lee Morgan 1988 via Blue Note Records
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'820' Jazz: The Rumproller, 1966 - Billy Higgins, Drums...Victor Sproles, Bass...Ronnie Mathews, Piano...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone...Lee Morgan, Trumpet - - - - - - - Morgan, In Quintet Configuration Traverses Diverse Territory From Post-Bop To Calypso To Mournful Ballading On This Follow-Up To The Classic Sidewinder. Rumproller Was Recorded In a One-Day Session In 1965 By Rudy Van Gelder - Limited Rehearsing, Minimal Second Takes, And Showcasing The Interplay Among The Five Stretching Out On The Groove; The Hard-Bop Idiom Is In Safe Hands.

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8:20 am

Delilah DeWylde and The Lost Boys

A Fool Never Learns
The Price You Pay 2010 via n/a
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Multiple Jammie Award Recipients

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Michael Cleveland

High Lonesome Sound
Tall Fiddler 2019 via Compass
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With The Travelin' McCourys

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Joshua Hedley

Mr. Jukebox
Mr. Jukebox 2018 via Third Man Records
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Naples, FL - Debut Album Released On Jack White's Third Man Records

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Chris Isaak

Think of Tomorrow
Baja Sessions 1996 via Reprise / Wea
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Stockton, CA - Isaak Turned 65 A Few Weeks Back

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Nanci Griffith

Banks of the Pontchartrain
The Last Of The True Believers 1986 via Philo / Pgd
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We Lost Nanci On Friday At Age Of 68 - She Began Performing And Releasing Folk Music While Working As A Nursery Teacher In Austin During The 1970's. After Relocating To Nashville In 1985, Nanci Landed Her First Major Record Deal - A Consummate Musician; Skillful-Storytelling Songwriter, Interpreter Of Songs Sung In A Crystalline Voice - Music Will Miss Her

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Watchhouse

Coming Down from Green Mountain
Watchhouse 2021 via Thirty Tigers
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Acclaimed Duo Of Andrew Marlin And Emily Frantz, Formerly Mandolin Orange

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