Playlist from 11/05/2017 @ 8:00am

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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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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Beausoleil

Chanson Pour Tommy (Songs for Tommy)
Cajunization 1999 via Rhino Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Coasters

Brazil [1956]
There's A Riot Going On: The Coasters On Atco 2007 via Rhino

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Otis Spann

Sellin' My Thing
Sweet giant Of The Blues 1969 via Bluestime
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Leading Postwar Chicago Blues Pianist - Replaced Big Maceo Merriweather In The Muddy Water's Band In 1952, Staying With Muddy Until 1968 - Known For His Distinctive Piano Style

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Leon Redbone

Desert Blues
On The Track 1975 via Warner Bros. Records. Inc.
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Wonderful Reinterpretation Of The Jimmie Rodgers Song, 1929 -Online Suggestion

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9:40 am

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Duane Allman

Goin' Down Slow
Duane Allman: An Anthology 1972 via Polydor
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Duane Was Killed Forty-Six Years Ago This Past Week - A Rare Vocal Outing For "Skydog" On Champion Jack Dupree's Classic

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The Band

The Weight
Greatest Hits 2000 via Capitol
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Also Found On "Music From Big Pink," 1968

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Van-Anh Vo And The Kronos Quartet

Green River Delta
Three-Mountain Pass 2013 via Vo Records

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9:20 am

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Charlie Musselwhite

Movin' and Groovin'
In My Time 1993 via Alligator Records
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Appearing: Kalamazoo State Theater 11/12

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South Georgia Highballers

Mister Johnson Turn Me Aloose [1925]
Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music 2013 via Tompkins Square
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Three-Piece String Band From Georgia with Only Six Songs In Their Discography, All Recorded During The 1920's, And The First to Use The Instrumental Combination Of Guitar, Fiddle & Musical Saw

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Sidney Bechet

Cake Walking Babies From Home
Triple Best Of 2009 via EMI
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Child Prodigy Soprano Saxophonist And Master Improviser From New Orleans - Some Of His Earliest Surviving Studio Work Are From a July 1923 Recording Sessions With Pianist Clarence Williams

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Jacqui Sutton

Those Memories of You
Billie & Dolly 2010 via CDBY
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With The Frontier Jazz Orchestra

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9:00 am

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Etran Finatawa

Alghalem Taxat [The Herdsmen in Their Environment - Everything Is]
Desert Crossroads 2008 via Riverboat

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King Leg

Moaning Lisa Screaming
Meet King Leg 2017 via Sire Records
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Producers: Dwight Yoakam & Chris Lord-Alge (Rolling Stones)

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The Brothers Comatose

Cedarwood Pines
Stitch Sessions: The Brothers Comatose (Video) 2017 via Courtesy Of Bluegrass Situation
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Appearing Tonight At Otus Supply Co. Ferndale, MI; Mipso Opening The Show

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Pieta Brown

Mercury
Mercury 2011 via Red House Records
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Greg's Baby Girl

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Jim Kweskin

Days Of '49
Unjugged 2017 via Hornbeam
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Readaptation Of An 1884 Poem By Joaquin Miller About a Gold Miner From The California Gold Rush Of 1849

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8:40 am

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Cephas & Wiggins

Broke Down Engine
Bluesmen 1993 via Chesky Records
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John Cepas & Phil Wiggins First Met At A Jam Session In 1976; Played Together With Big Chief Ellis Until His Death, Then Continued On As A Duo - Drawing From Roots Of Ragtime And Country, Old-Time String Band To R&B And Ballads, Their Music Personify's The Century-Old Sound Of The Piedmont. Cepas & Wiggins Enjoyed A Partnership Spanning Several Decades, During Which Time The Two Emerged Among Contemporary Music's Most Visible Exponents Of The Piedmont Blues Tradition - They Are The Real Deal

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Keith Jarrett Quartet

Le Mistral
Treasure Island 1974 via Impulse
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Paul Motian, Drums...Charlie Haden, Bass...Dewey Redman, Tenor Saxophone...Danny Johnson, Percussion...Keith Jarrett, Piano

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8:20 am

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Professor Louie and the Crowmatix

Long Ways Across Tennessee
The Lost Band Tapes 2017 via Funzalo
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A Quintet Of Roots Musicians Based In Woodstock, NY Led By Aaron Hurwitz, Who Collaborated With The Band For Over Fifteen Years; Nicknamed Professor Louie By Rick Danko

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