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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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Mr. B

My Sunday Best
Joybox 2008 via MEGAWAVE RECORDS
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM - The Roots Live Here

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Hezekiah & The House Rockers

Going To California
Hezekiah & The House Rockers 1996 via Highwater
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Whatever Blues You Might Have In Your Collection, You Have To Ask Yourself This: What Other Band Has Featured Harmonica And Trombone As Lead Instruments?

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Eden Brent

Let's Go Ahead and Fall in Love
Jigsaw Heart 2014 via Yellow Dog
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Nicknamed "Little Boogaloo" - Born In Greenville, Mississippi To A Family Of Riverboat Captains And Guitar Pickers - Eleven Blues Music Award Nominations And Three BMA Trophies

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The Sensational Nightingales

Morning Train
The Best Of The Sensational Nightingales 1973 via Geffen
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Founded In 1942 By Barney Parks Formerly With The Dixie Hummingbirds (Sam Cooke) - The Band Continues To Perform And Record To This Day

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(REQUESTED)

Rory Block & Stefan Grossman

Walking Blues
Country Blues Guitar 2099 via Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
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Now A Blues Standard, "Walking Blues," Was Written And Recorded By Son House In 1930. Although Unissued At The Time, It Was Part Of House's Repertoire - Check Out Robert Johnson's Recording (1936).

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9:40 am

Roger McGuinn

Eight Miles High [Live]
The Bottom Line Archive Series: Pete Seeger & Roger McGuinn (1994) 2015 via The Bottom Line
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The Bottom Line Was A Music Venue At 15 West 4th Street In The Greenwich Village Neighborhood Of Manhattan - During The 1970s And 1980s The Club Was A Major Space For Small-Scale Popular Music Performances - A Total Of One Thousand Recordings Are Scheduled To Be Released

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Miriam Pico

Riding My Bike
Travel Happy 2016 via Pico Productions
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Traverse City Based Singer/Songwriter - Multiple Award Winner, Both The Northern Express "Best Solo Artist" And Traverse Magazine's "Red Hot Best Singer/Songwriter" - 'Travel Happy,' Is Her Third Release

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George Barnes Quartet

Theme From The Flintstones
Acoustic Swing: 100% Handmade Music 2006 via Acoustic Disc
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The First Animated Prime-Time American Television Series Broadcasting From September 30, 1960 To April 1, 1966, On ABC -

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Jimmie Lunceford

Rhythm Is Our Business [1937]
Jumpin' Jive! 2005 via Nelson records
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JImmie: Former Vocalist For Count Basie - Willie Smith, Alto Saxophone: One Of The Major Alto Players Of The Swing Era (1935-1946) - This Is Their First Collaboration

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9:20 am

The Ephemeral Stringband ft. Tatiana Hargreaves

Josie Girl
Land Of Rest 2014 via The Ephemeral Stringband
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Western Massachusetts Stringband Trio

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Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn

Railroad
Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn 2014 via Rounder
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Grammy Winner For Best Folk Album

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(REQUESTED)

Jean Ritchie

Pretty Nancy
Clear Waters Remembered 1974
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The Original Vinyl Album Is Now A Collector's Item Going For Around Seventy Dollars

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Tragic Romance
Ballads From Deep Gap 1971 via Vanguard
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Composer: Grandpa Jones (1942) - Doc & Merle's Second Album Containing Songs Co-Written With Fiddler Gaither Carlton, Doc's Father-In-Law - Eric Weissberg Sits In On Bass

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Below Freezing
Black Mountain Rag 2006 via Rounder
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This Song Was Written By The Watson's Long Time Bass Player T. Michael Coleman

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9:00 am

Professor Louie and the Crowmatix

You Got Me Dizzy
Music From Hurley Mountain 2016 via Woodstock
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Composer: Jimmy Reed (1956) - Woodstock, NY Based Band - Members Have Some Serious Pedigrees Supporting Rick Danko, Joe Jackson, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison & Levon Helm

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Levon Helm

I've Got A Bet With Myself
Levon Helm 1982 via Captiol
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A Request From Last Week - "Thanks For Listening Destin, FL."

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Tami Neilson

Cry over You
DYNAMITE! 2016 via Neilson Records
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Suggestion From GR

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Jeff Talmadge

Austin When It Rains
At Least That Much Was True 2007 via Bozart Records
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Atlanta Based Award Winning Poet - Closed Down His Law Office In 2003 And Followed His Muse As An Itinerant Singer-Songwriter

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Grant-Lee Phillips

Taking On Weight In Hot Springs
The Narrows 2016 via Independent
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller

San Francisco Bay Blues [1954]
Move On Down The Line (Reissue) 1965 via Wing & A Prayer
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March 12, 1896 Georgia - January 29, 1976 California

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Spoonful Of Blues: J.B. Lenoir

Round And Round (1966)
Down In Mississippi 1980
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March 5, 1929 Mississippi - April 29, 1967 Illinois

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This Is '820' Jazz: Herbie Mann

Muscle Shoals NItty Gritty
Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty 1970 via Embryo
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Personnel: Roy Ayers, Vibes...Barry Beckett, Piano...Roger Hawkins & Bruno Carr, Drums ...David Hood & Miroslav Vitous, Bass...Eddie Hinton, Guitar... Herbie Mann, Flute

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8:20 am

Iris Dement

I'll Take My Sorrow Straight
The Way I Should 1998 via Warner Brothers
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Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours

Thanks A Lot
Thanks A Lot 1964 via Decca
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From The Robb M Classic Country Corner: One Of The Pioneers Of Country Music And The Honky Tonk Style

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The Infamous Stringdusters

Ladders In The Sky
Ladies & Gentlemen 2016 via Compass Records
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Guest Vocals: Claire Lynch - Equal Parts Old School Cats And Modern Operators - On This Album The Stringdusters Roll Out The Red Carpet For An Eclectic Array Of Female Singers On This Wonderful Album

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Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands

You'll Get No More Of Me
The Hazel And Alice Sessions 2016 via Laurie Lewis
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The Right Hands Are: Tom Rozum (Laurie's Collaborator Since 1986), Chad Manning (Formerly Of The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience), Andrew Conklin (In-Demand Session Bassist), Patrick Sauber (Second Generation Banjoist With A Cajun Music Pedigree), Todd Phillips (Laurie's Collaborator Since 1996), Craig Smith (Playing With Laurie Since The Mid-1970's), Scott Huffman (Formerly Of The Sea Island Ramblers), Tatiana Hargreaves (Currently With The Ephemeral String Band)

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The Steel Wheels

Halfway To Heaven
Lay Down Lay Low 2012 via The Steel Wheels
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A Quartet Of Virginia Pickers Forming In Harrisonburg In 2004

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Wanda Vick ft. Andrea Zonn

Carolina In The Pines
Bluegrass Girl 2007 via Green Hill
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Pickin' On Michael Murphy (1975) - John McEuen: Banjo

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8:00 am