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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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An Dro

Fool's Errand
An Dro & Friends - The Music Of James Spalink 2015 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Steve Earle & The Dukes

Charlie Dunn
Jerry Jeff 2022 via New West
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GR Appearance: 7/13 Listening Lawn At Studio Park - The Latest Project Completes A Cycle Of Albums Honoring His Heroes; Guy Clark And Townes Van Zandt

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Nicki Bluhm

Fool's Gold
Avondale Drive 2022 via Compass
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Michigan Appearance: 8/14 The Garden Theater Frankfort, MI

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Muddy Waters Goin' to Run Clear
This Is The Blues Harmonica, Vol. 2 2004 via Delmark
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Eddy Clearwater; Macon, MS - Testifying The Blues With Fervor And Powerful Guitar - Active In The Chicago Blues Scene Since The 1950s Playing Predominantly Gospel - Developed His Blues Artistry WhileWorking With Magic Sam, And Otis Rush - We Lost Eddy Four Years Ago

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9:40 am
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Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Baby Won't You Please Come Home [#]
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol.3 - Basin Street Blues 1984 via Rhino / Wea
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The Tiffany Transcriptions, Recorded In San Francisco Between 1946 And 1947 - Some Of The Most Venerated Recordings Of Any Type Of Music Ever Made. Designed To Be Pre- Recorded Radio Shows Broadcast Across America - Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Recorded Over 458 Individual Recordings For The Tiffany Music Company

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COMPILATIONS

I Can't Stop Loving You
Pan Am 2012 via Verve
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Count Basie (1963) - Quintessential Big-Band Arrangement For Basie And Crew Working The Don Gibson Classic; A Major Hit For Gibson In 1957; Ray Charles Five Years After

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Charlie Musselwhite

My Road Lies In Darkness
Mississippi Son 2022 via Alligator
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Latest Album Into The 'YCE Blues Alley By The Revered Elder Statesman - Authentic Purveyor Of The Real Deal Blues - Cut His Teeth Alongside Muddy, Howling Wolf And Everyone On The South Side Of Chicago In The Early 1960's - 33-Time Blues Music Award Winner - Lays Claim To Inheriting The Mantle Of The Great Harp Players That Came Before Him - A True Master Of American Classic Vernacular Music

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9:20 am

Gladys Knight & The Pips

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
The Ultimate Collection 1997 via PolyGram/Motown Record Company
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Daddy Losing His Temper After a Garbage Truck Backed Into His Recently Built Picket Fence

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Dolly Parton

Daddy's Working Boots
My Tennessee Mountain Home 1973 via Sony
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Dolly Wrote This Song In Honor Of Her Father, Who Toiled To Support His Wife And 12 Children As A Farmer And Construction Worker - Robert Lee Parton's Working Boots Are On Display In The Museum At Dollywood

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The Winstons

Color Him Father
Color Him Father 1969 via Metromedia Records
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The Importance Of Stepfathers In Society - This Is A Song About A Boy Expressing His Love For His Stepfather, A Hardworking And Generous Man Who Married His Widowed Mother, Who Had Seven Children, Embracing Them As His Own After Her First Husband Was Killed In Vietnam - Every Child Needs A Dad

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Eric Clapton

My Father's Eyes

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An Ode To The Father He Never Knew; Also Referring To The Young Son He Lost In 1994

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Amy Speace

Father's Day
There Used To Be Horses Here 2021 via Windbone
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Father's Day: 1910, Celebrated On The Third Sunday Of June - Honors Fatherhood And Paternal Bonds, As Well As The Influence Of Fathers In Society - Father's Day Is Celebrated World-Wide; It's Origin Dates To the Middle Ages

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9:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.

Voodoo Swing

When Death Comes A Callin'
Fast Cars, Guitars, Tattoos & Scars 2013 via Nervous Records
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Original Rebel Music From The Arizona Desert - Tear-It-Up Roots & Roll

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Vassar Clements

Fiddle Vamp
Vassar's Jazz 1996 via Winter Harvest
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One Of The Most Distinctive, And Inventive Fiddlers In Bluegrass - Known As The Father Of Hillbilly Jazz, Due In Part To His Phenomenal Ability To Virtually Play Any Kind Of Music, And Make It Sound Cool

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COMPILATIONS

The Soul Stirrers - I'm Trying To Be Your Friend
World Spirituality Classics 2 - The Time For Peace Is Now 2019 via Luaka Bop
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African-American Music History Month: The Soul Stirrers' Career Spans Over Forty-Years, Pioneers In The Development Of The Quartet Style Of Gospel, And Major Influence On Soul, Doo Wop, And Motown. the Group Formed In 1926, Inspired By Hard Gospel Singers Mahalia Jackson And Sister Rosetta Tharp. In 1936, Field Recordist Alan Lomax Recorded The Group For The Library Of Congress. Sam Cooke Joined For A Six-Year Stint Beginning In 1950. When Cooke Left To Pursue A Career In Pop Music, The Soul Stirrers' Preeminence In Gospel Was Essentially Over. Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In The Early Influences Category, The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame, And Selected By The US Library of Congress For Preservation In The National Recording Registry

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Jakob Dylan

Holy Rollers For Love
Women & Country 2010 via Sony
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Youngest Son Of Bob Dylan And Sara Lownds - The Top Twenty Second Full-Length Solo Release For The Multi-Grammy Winner

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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

I Just Came Home To Count The Memories
Single 2022 via Concord
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Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson Is Being Released In August, Dan Auerbach Producing - Welch And Rawlings Are Two Of An All-Star Assembled Group Of Musicians Reinterpreting The Music Of The Great Anderson - Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee, Sixty Charting Singles In Four Consecutive Decades Including Five Number Ones

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8:40 am
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COMPILATIONS

There Ain't Enough Love
The Champions Of R&B 2007 via Blue Label / SPV
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Blues Spotlight: Little Jerry Williams - R&B And Soul Singer Little Jerry Williams Has Been Described As "One Of The Great Cult Figures Of 20th Century American Music. Recording His First Single In 1954 At Twelve Years Of Age, Little Jerry Continued Recording Singles For A Number Of Labels. National Chart Success Came In 1966. This Was Short-Lived. Producing And Writing Successfully for Other Musicians Seemed To Be His Forte; Patty LaBelle & The Blues Bells, Gary U.S. Bonds And Gene Pitney Are Just A Few Artists That Saw Great Success With Williams. Then In 1970, An Alter-Ego Emerged. Under The Monkier Swamp Dogg, Williams Continues To Record, Fifty-Two Years On. Kid Rock's Late 1990s Sampling Of One Of Dogg's Songs Sparked A Revival Of Interest In The Bluesman. Jerry Williams Jr. Turns Eighty Years Of Age July 12th.

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I'm The Lover Man -Little Jerry Williams
Loma - A Soul Music Love Affair Vol. 1-4 2016 via Future Days Recordin
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Blues Spotlight: Little Jerry Williams - July 12, 1942 VA

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COMPILATIONS

All The Gin Is Gone
Bop Lives! (Delmark 50th Anniversary Collection) 2003 via Delmark
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'820' Jazz Presents: Jimmy Forrest - '820' Jazz Presents: George Duvivier, Bass...Roy Haynes, Drums...Gene Casey, Piano...Oliver Nelson, King Curtis And Jimmy Forrest, Tenor Sax - - - A Selection From the 1960 Recording Of "Soul Battle" A Relaxed But Driving, Good-Old Blowing Session Among Three Of The Best, Employing A Different Style In Tone Each Had Groomed From The Early Days Of Bop. The Seasoned Rhythm Section Is Exceptional

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8:20 am

Delbert McClinton

Sweet Talkin' Man
Outdated Emotion 2022 via Hot Shot/Thirty Tigers
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The New Album Finds The Legendary 81-Year-Old Performing His Lifelong Favorite Tunes - After An Incredible Sixty-Three Year Career, Delbert Is Pulling Back From Live Performances

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Erika Lewis

Running Wild
A Walk Around The Sun 2022 via Independent
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Asheville, NC - Debut Solo Release - Brassy Singer Out In Front Of The Swingin' Tuba Skinny

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Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis

Crazy Arms
You Win Again 2000 via Virgin Records
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Undercover: Ray Price, 1956 - A Career-Making Hit For Price, Number One For Twenty Weeks - That Same Year The Song Was Recorded At Sun Studios By A Young Jerry Lee Lewis, Marking The Debut Of The Killer's Career

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Jack Cooke

Sugar Coated Love
Sittin' on Top of the World 2006 via Pinecastle
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Ralph Stanley And Ronnie McCoury Joining The 'Grass Legend - Founding Member Of The Clinch Mountain Boys - Cousin To Early Twentieth Century Mountain Balladeer Dock Boggs

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COMPILATIONS

High Hills And Mountains
Dear Jean - Artists that Celebrate Jean Ritchie 2014 via Compass
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The Traditional Trio Of Al, Alice & Ruth Reinterpreting The Great Jean Richie; A One-Woman Treasure Trove Of Near-Forgotten American Folk Songs; A Peerless Appalachian Singer, Musician, And Folklorist- We Lost Jean Seven Years Ago At the Age Of 92 (6/1/2015)

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Phillips, Grier & Flinner

Old Dangerfield
Looking Back 2002 via Compass Records
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Composer: Bill Monroe Named The Song After The Town Of Daingerfield, TX

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8:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.