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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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Catfish Keith

Go To The Mardi Gras
Still I Long To Roam 2023 via Fish Tail Records
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
Good Rockin' Tonight- The Legacy of Sun Records 2001 via Sire / London/Rhino
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - First Recording:Tom Gates And His Orchestra, 1927 - Widely Credited To Hank Williams, 1949

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Hillbilly Fever
The Appalachians 2005 via n/a
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The Osborne Brothers - One Of The Most Influential And Innovative Bluegrass Groups Of The Post-War Era; Taking That Genre Into New Directions

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Sleepy John Estes

Divin' Duck Blues
Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon 2014 via Delmark
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The Two Bluesmen Coming Together In 1929; A Partnership Lasting Fifty-Years From The Street Corners Of Memphis To World-Wide Tours - Major Influences On Generations Of Blues Musicians

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The Wild Honey Collective

Flint Or Toledo
The Wild Honey Collective, Vol. 2 2022 via Independent
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Mid-Michigan String Band

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9:40 am

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Willie Nelson - Georgia On A Fast Train
Live Forever - A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver 2022 via New West
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Willie Nelson Is An American Icon. Throughout Years Of Ups Downs, Sadness and Happiness, Legal Issues, Financial Difficulties, And Activism, Nelson's Perseverance And Uncompromising Talent Is True Inspiration. The Conservative Constraints Of Nashville Some Sixty-Years Ago Could Not Hold Him, Spawning A New Subgenre, Becoming One Of The Main Figures Of The Outlaw Country Movement. Highly Honored, His Influence And Legend Live On; Happy Birthday, Willie From WYCE

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The Little Willies

I Gotta Get Drunk
The Little Willies 2006 via Milking Bull Records/EMI
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A Song Willie Wrote During The Early Years As Struggling Songwriter In Nashville In 1962

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Tab Benoit

Night Life
What I Live For 1994 via Vanguard Records
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After Moving To Houston Financial Issues Forced Nelson to Sell This Song To A Guitar Instructor For $150. Nelson Recorded It In 1960; Since Becoming An American Standard

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Dr. John

Gimme That Old Time Religion (Feat. Willie Nelson)
Things Happen That Way 2022 via Rounder
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Willie Joining Dr. John On The Traditional Jubilee Gospel Song Dating To 1873

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Last Thing I Needed First Thing T
One Night In Texas - The Next Waltz's Tribute To The Red Headed Stranger 2023 via The Next Waltz
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Bruce Robison - All-Star Lineup Of Guests Backed By The Next Waltz Band Performing As Part Of The Birthday Celebration For Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson

A Moment Isn't Very Long
Crazy- The Demo Sessions 2003 via Sugarhill [Country]
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(1961) WYCE Celebrating The 90th Birthday OF Willie Nelson; April 29, 1933 Abbott, TX

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9:20 am

Jimmy Hall

Without Your Love
Ready Now 2022 via Keeping The Blues Alive
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Southern Rock Heavyweight; Founder Of Wet Willie - An Authentic Slice Of Southern Rock From One Of Its Originators

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Iris Dement

How Long
Workin' On A World 2023 via Flariella Records
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Has Gained A Cult Following Of Folk, Gospel And Country Music Fans

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Mbube (The Lion)
Rough Guide to African Music for Children 2006 via World Music Network
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Mahotella Queens Is A South African Female Band Formed In 1964 - Noted For Their Distinct Vocal Harmony Sound

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Yiddish Glory

Chuvasher Tekhter (Daughters of CChuvashia)
The Lost Songs Of World War II 2018 via Six Degrees
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Yiddish Songs Written During World War II And The Holocaust

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Paula Ausente
Putumayo Presents- Women of the World - Acoustic 2007 via Putumayo World Music
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Colombian Singer/Songwriter - Magna Cum Laude From The Berklee College of Music

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9:00 am

David Allan Coe

The Ride
Castles In The Sand 1983 via Columbia
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This Ballad Tells The First-Person Story Of A Hitchhiker's Encounter With The Ghost Of Hank Williams In A Ride From Montgomery, Alabama To Nashville, Tennessee - Nineteen Weeks On The Charts

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Karen Dalton

How Sweet It Is
In My Own Time [50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition] 2022 via Light In The Attic
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The Late Troubadour Was Associated With The Early 1960's Greenwich Village Folk Music Scene - The Folk Singer's Answer To Billie Holiday

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Ellis Paul

Alice's Champagne Palace
WYCE - Songs From The Second Floor 2011 via WYCE
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Another Fine Selection From The WYCE Premier Series

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8:40 am

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Hesitating Blues
Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues 2003 via Delmark
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Blues Plate Special: Edith Wilson; September 2, 1896 KY - March 21, 1981 IL........One Of The Early 'Divas' Recording Blues Songs With The Jazz Hounds In The Early 1920's. Wilson Toured Widely With Her Comedy Revues, Fronted Some Of The Biggest Swing Bands Of The Era, Became Star On Radio, The Stage And Film. Making A Comeback In 1973; Wilson's Last Live Show Was At The 1980 Newport Jazz Festival - Passing On One Year Later. In 2020 The West Michigan Killer Blues Headstone Project Placed A Headstone For Edith Wilson At Mt. Glenwood Cemetery In Thorton, IL

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Houston Person

I'll Let You Know
Reminiscing at Rudy's 2023 via HighNote
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The Jazz Route: Van Gelder Studios; Hackensack, NJ - 88 Year-Old Houston Person In A Tribute To His Old Friend, The Late Rudy Van Gelder. Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Engineers In Jazz, Van Gelder Recorded Several Thousand Sessions Over A Half-Century; Producing Some Of the Most Seminal Albums In Jazz - Rudy Made Jazz Sound Hip, Distinctive. Houston Person Revisits The Old Days In A Quintet Configuration With A Rendering Of I'll Let You Know

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8:20 am

Charlie Marie

Ramble On Man
Ramble On 2021 via Soundly
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A Blend Of Old-School Traditions And Fresh Perspective - Influence: Patsy Cline

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Hayes Carll

Wild as a Turkey
Trouble In Mind 2008 via Lost Highway
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Hayes' Roots-Oriented Songwriting Is Noted For Its Plainspoken Poetry And Sarcastic Humor

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King Wilkie

Where the Old Red River Flows
Broke 2004 via Rebel Records
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Charlottesville, VA 2002 - The Band Is Named After Bill Monroe's Horse King Wilkie"

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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Ballad Of A Well Known Gun
The Country Blues 2016 via Compass
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Undercover: Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection 1970

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Sam Bush

The Mahavishnu Mountain Boys
King Of My World 2004 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Co-Founder Of New Grass Revival, Like-Minded Conspirators Rolling Out The New Grass Revolution

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8:00 am