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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 American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Charlie Musselwhite

My Kinda Gal
I Ain't Lyin' 2015 via Henrietta Records
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Much Thanks To Direct Trade Coffee For Their Continued Support Of Traditions

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Amy Black

Get to Me
The Muscle Shoals Sessions 2015 via Independent
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New Into 'YCE...Appearing At The Livery Brew In Benton Harbor On 7/5...Sarah Borges Opens The Show

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Bob Dylan

All Along the Watchtower
MTV Unplugged 1995 via Sony
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The Eldest Of Two Boys Raised In Hibbing, MN On The Mesabi Range Of Western Lake Superior

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Bob Dylan

Shooting Star
MTV Unplugged 1995 via Sony
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Celebrating Bob's 74th Birthday..5/24/1941 In Duluth, MN

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9:40 am

Jorma Kaukonen

Good Shepherd (03)
Dave's On Dickson - Fayetteville, AR 2004
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Written By A Backwoods Preacher In The Early 19th Century...The Song Has Survived Many Manifestations. Jorma Arranged & Sang The Song On The Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers." (69)

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Lou Rawls

Learnin' the Blues
Rawls Sings Sinatra 2003 via Savoy Jazz
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Frank Sinatra Once Said That Rawls Had "The Classiest Singing And Silkiest Chops In The Singing Game".

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Della Reese

Empty Bed Blues
The Story Of The Blues 1958 via Jubilee
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Detroit Native Taking Bessie Smith Undercover...The Classic Smith Version Recorded In 1928

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9:20 am

Yonder Mountain String Band

Around You
Black Sheep 2015 via Frog Pad Records
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The Band Is Embarking On An Extensive Summer Tour Celebrating Their 17th Anniversary Together Including An Appearance On 6/28 In Rothbury At Electric Forest

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Red Tail Ring

Hangman
Middlewest Chant 2011 via Earthwork Music
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Making Two Appearances At The Buttermilk Jamboree The Weekend Of 6/12. Check The Band's Website For Performance Times

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Goin' Across The Mountain: Wilson Douglas

One More River to Cross
Old Time Music: Essential 2002 via Rounder
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Triplet Ridge: Clay County, WV...Old Time Gospel Song Given The Mountain Treatment. Not The Only Version To Feature Fiddle & Banjo But Douglas's Treatment Is Native To Central WV.

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Doc & Merle Watson

Hold The Woodplie Down
Doc Watson On Stage 1971 via Vanguard
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This Work Song Dates Back To The Days Of The Mississippi Steamboats Hauling Cotton & Sugar Around 1814.The Earliest Published Version Can Be Traced To 1890, Then Known As The "Merchant's Gargle Oil Songster," An Indication The Song Had Migrated To Become A Medicine-Show Minstrel Song

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Doc Watson

Keep on the Sunny Side
Memories 1975 via Sugarhill
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9 O'clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC This Song Written In 1899 By Ada Blenkhorn. Recorded By The Carter Family In 1928....A.P. Carter's Tombstone Has A Gold Record Of The Song Embedded In It.

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9:00 am

Sister Wilene

Just For The Hank Of It
There Was A Time 2011 via CDBY
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Summer In The Studio Series: Saugatuck Center For The Arts, 8/17..First Set 8PM

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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

No Memories Hanging Round
The Traveling Kind 2015 via Nonesuch
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Their Second Collaborative Album Together..The Two Crossing Paths For The First Time Forty Years Ago When Crowell Joined As A Member Of Emmy's "Hot Band."

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Thunderbolt & Lightfoot

Easy Now
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (EP) 2015
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Phil Barry & Sarah Fuerst Spent Sixteen Years With The Corn Fed Girls..Recorded At Kalamazoo's La Luna Recording Studio

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Rickie Lee Jones

Valtz De Mon Pere (Lovers' Oath)
The Other Side of Desire 2015 via Independent
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First Set Of Original Tunes In Ten Years From Rickie.. She Is Scheduled To Appear In Ann Arbor At The Michigan Theater On 7/14.

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Townes Van Zandt

Greensboro Woman
A Far Cry From Dead 1999 via Arista
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Legendary Texas Troubadour... A Nice Overview Of His Later Years

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Woody Pines

Stella Blue
Woody Pines 2015 via Muddy Roots Music Recordings
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A Few Years Back Woody & Old Crow's Gill Landry Fronted Their Own Jug Band

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Victory Spivey

Don't Trust Nobody Blues (1931)
Completed Works: Vol.3 via Document
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Victoria's Recording Career Spanned Forty Years, Working Her Way From The Saloons, Brothels & Nightclubs To The Broadway Stage. Retiring For Ten Years in 1951, The Lure Of The Blues & The Folk/Blues Revival Of The 1960's Led Her Back To Performing, Rediscovered By A New Generation. She Is Considered A Highly Influential Blues Musician. 10/15/1906-10/3/1976 (70) Houston

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Spoonful Of Blues: Tom Dickson

Labor Blues (1928)
Rough Guide To Unsung Heroes Of Country Blues via World Music Music
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Tom Dickson Is An Enigma. Virtually Nothing Is Known Of His Life. We Know This: His 1928 Recording Output Included Six Songs, Two Unissued. Documented Sightings Have Him Performing In & Around Memphis. Nothing after 1930. He Developed A Signature Lick Complementing A Straightforward Country Blues Style With An Inward & Humble Vocal Approach. Early Blues Historians Regard Dickson As Fine Lyricist & Excellent Guitarist. ?/?/?-?/?/? (?) ?

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8:30 am

Tea For Two
Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio 1952 via Verve
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Oscar Peterson, Piano...Ray Brown, Bass...Barney Kessel, Guitar...J.C. Heard, Drums...Lester Young, Tenor Sax

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8:20 am

The Charles River Valley Boys

Rocky Island
Bluegrass And Old Timey Music 2003 via Prestige / Universal Music 24280
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The Robb M Vintage Pick This Morning

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Russell Moore & 111RD Tyme Out

Pretty Little Girl From Galax
Pryme Tyme 2011 via Rural Rhythm
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Eight Time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Award Winners

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

The King
Roads Well Traveled 2013 via Mountain Home
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Appearing At The Charlotte Bluegrass Festival On 6/19

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Songs From The Road Band

Margaree
Traveling Show 2015 via Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
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Side Project For Members Of The Steep Canyon Rangers, Leftover Salmon & Mandolin Orange

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The Railsplitters

You
The Faster It Goes 2015 via Independent
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A Quintet Hailing From Colorado's Front Range..Winners Of Two Major Competitions: Rockygrass in 2013 & Pickin In The Pines In 2012

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