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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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Mark Hummel

Crazy Legs
The Hustle Is Really On 2014 via Electro-Fi
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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COMPILATIONS

Someday
Blues For Big Walter 2016 via EllerSoul

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Madcat & Kane

Black Cat Bone
Up Against The Wall 1999 via Hit
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Homegrown From Deep Within The 'YCE Blues Alley - Traditions Appearance Alert: Peter 'Madcat" Ruth Solo Show, 4/8 The Book Nook And Java Shop, Montague - Shari Kane With Husband Dave Steel, 5/7 Johnny's Speakeasy Ann Arbor (Dave Turns 60!)

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COMPILATIONS

It's Backfirin' Now
Things About Comin' My Way- A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks 2009 via Black Hen Music
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Tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks - Almost Unknown Except To Blues Historians And Enthusiasts, The Mississippi Sheiks Were The Most Popular String Band Of The 1930's. First Big Success: “Sitting On Top Of the World,” One Of The Most Covered Songs In Blues History - Disbanded In 1935, Having Recorded The Bulk Of Their Seventy Sides Between 1930 & 1931

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9:40 am

Barrett Strong

Money (That's What I Want)
Money 1959 via Tamla
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Revered Motown Songwriter With Partner Norman Whitfield

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Randy Newman

Big Hat, No Cattle
Bad Love 1999 via Dreamworks
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Randy's First Solo Release After Eleven Years, Concentrating On His Film Soundtrack Compositions

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Sleepy LaBeef

Honky tonk Hardwood Floor
The Door To Sleepy LaBeef - 30 Rockabilly Revival Greats 2014 via Countdown
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Rockin' On Johnny Horton, 1958

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Royal Crown Revue

The Walkin' Blues
Mugzy's Move 1995 via Warner
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Founded In Los Angeles, 1989 - Credited With Being At The Forefront Of The Swing Revival Movement

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9:20 am

Old Crow Medicine Show

New Virginia Creeper
Big Iron World 2006 via Nettwerk Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Meijer Gardens, 7/14

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John Hartford

Little Girl With Her Hair All Down Behind
Goin' Back To Dixie 1992 via Small Dog A- Barkin
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John Hartford Was An American Original - A Musician, Songwriter, Steamboat Pilot, Author, Artist, Disc Jockey, Calligrapher, Dancer, Folklorist, Father, And Historian.

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Hurray For The Riff Raff

Blue Ridge Mountain
Small Town Heroes 2014 via ATO
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Traditions Appearance Alert: The Pyramid Scheme, 7/11

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The Hackensaw Boys

Cmon Baby Dont Bet Against Me
Charismo 2016 via Free Dirt
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Produced By Larry Campbell

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

St. Louis Blues
Sittin Here Pickin' The Blues 2004 via Rounder
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Composer: W. C. Handy, 1914 -

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

F.F.V.
Home Again! 1966 via Vanguard
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Doc's Fourth Release - Two Of The Songs Were Co-Written With Fiddler Gaither Carlton, Doc's Father-In-Law - This Album Is A Great Showcase For Watson's Voice, Which Is Often Overlooked In The Aura Of His Playing

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9:00 am

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

I'm Still Loving You
South 2014 via FU:M
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Multi-Juno Award Winners Founded In Ontario In 1996 - Their Influences Run the Entire Roots Music Spectrum

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Darrell Scott

Spelling Bee Romance
Aloha From Nashville 1997 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Bearfoot

Won't Be Long
Back Home 2003 via Galcier
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Alaska, Founded 1999 - The Band Dissolved In 2012, Upon The Departure Of Nora Jane Struthers

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Frank Solivan

You Don't Write
Family, Friends & Heroes 2016 via Compass Records
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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Lindi Ortega

Ashes
Faded Gloryville 2015 via Last Gang Records
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Canada - Nashville-Based Singer-Songwriter, Fiercely Independent - "Indie Lindi"

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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell

The World, She's Windin' Up
Look How The World Has Made A Change 2013 via No Direction Home
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Cora: /?/?/1920 Alabama - /?/?/1998 Alabama - Ola Mae: ?/?/???? Unknown - ?/?/???? Unknown

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Spoonful Of Blues: Blind Boy Fuller

Shake It, Baby [1940]
Essential Blues, Vol. 2 1920's-1940 2014 via viper
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July 10, 1907 North Carolina - February 13, 1941 North Carolina

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This Is '820' Jazz: The Lester Young - Teddy Wilson Quartet

Our Love Is Here To Stay
Pres & Teddy 1956 via Verve
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Gene Ramey, Bass...Jo Jones, Drums...Lester Young, Tenor Saxophone...Teddy Wilson, Piano

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8:20 am

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Train of Love
Come On Back 2005 via Rounder / Pgd
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Undercover: Johnny Cash And Tennessee Two, 1958

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Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds

Bluegrass Express
Bluesgrass - An American Tradition 2006 via Pinecastle
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Two Old Friends And Legendary Pickers

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David Holt And The Lightning Bolts

Rock About My Saro Jane
David Holt And The Lightning Bots 2006 via High Windy
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North Carolina - Four-Time Grammy Award Winners - Longtime Duet Partner With Doc Watson After Merle's Passing

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The Gibson Brothers

I Can't Like Myself
Ring the Bell 2009 via Compass Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: The Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/4

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Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Country Boy
Country Hits Bluegrass Style 2011
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Ricky And The Band Revisits Some Favored Chestnuts

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Michael Daves

Stargazer (Bluegrass)
Orchids and Violence 2016 via Nonesuch
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Georgia - Duo Partners With Chris Thile For a Few Years

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8:00 am