Ritsu Katsumata

"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Eric Clapton

Composer: Muddy Waters, 1951 - Slowhand In A Very Comfy Setting Joined By Longtime Sidemen Chris Stainton, Nathan East, And Steve Gadd

Ella Fitzgerald

With The Duke Ellington Orchestration Working Up Rendition Of The Billy Strayhorn Classic, 1966

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Los Lobos - Unconventional Biographical Film Inspired By The Life And Music Of Bob Dylan - Throughout The Film, Six Actors Depict Different Facets Of Dylan's Public Personas - "Billy 1" Can Be Found On 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid' (1973); Serving As Dylan's Acting Debut Alongside Kris Kristofferson

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Coy "Hot Shot" Love - An Itinerant Musician And Sometime Sign-Painter Who Just Happened To Blow Hard And Sweet For Sun Records In January 1954; A One Shot Moment Of Glory

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Mike And The Moonpies

Austin's Premier Dance Hall Band

Legendary Shack Shakers

Paducah, KY - J.D. Wilkes And Crew With The New One - Picture The Legendary Shack Shakers As Sideshow Blowing In On A Caribbean Gale, Only To Land Smack Dab In A Kentucky Junkyard

The Lash

Lansing, MI 1996 - The Band's Turbo-Driven Take On Celtic Music Was Considered Radical At The Time, Mixing The Brew In A Sort Of Celtic Mayhem - Among The First Michigan Bands To Unite The Culture And Instrumentation Of Irish Music With The Rhythm And Drive Of Rock 'N' Roll - The Lash Are No Longer Together

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George Harrison

November 29th, 200l Los Angeles (58) - R.I.P.

The Traveling Wilburys

Traditions! Tribute: Traveling Wilburys: Originating From An Idea Discussed By Harrison And Jeff Lynne During The Sessions For Harrison's 1987 Album Cloud Nine; Forming In 1988

Christine Collister

Traditions! Tribute: A Cover From The Harrison Album "Living In The Material World", Coming Two Years After "The Concert For Bangladesh" - The Album's Dominant Message Was Harrison's Hindu Beliefs

George Harrison

25 February 1943, Liverpool

The Beatles

Traditions! Tribute: Inspired By His Stay In India In Late 1966 With His Mentor And Sitar Teacher, Ravi Shankar - The First Beatles Song To Fully Reflect The Influence Of Indian Classical Music - The Recording Was Made With Minimal Participation From Harrison's Bandmates

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Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter And Photographer Who Touched So Many Lives In His Short Life - Member Of Blackfoot, The Cardinals, Hard Working Americans, Chris Robinson Neighborhood

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Waylon Jennings

Top Five Title Music From Waylon's '86 Debut For MCA Records - Mark O'Connor And Gary Scruggs Honing The Fine Waylon Edge On The Los Lobos' Gem

The Way Down Wanderers

Appearing At Otis Supply, Ferndale 2/18

Memphissippi Sounds

Custom Blend Of North Mississippi Hill Country Blues Recorded At Sun Studios, Memphis

Chris Stapleton

Staffordsvile, KY - Leader Of Two Bands Before Going Solo; The SteelDrivers And The Jompson Brothers

Sunnyland Slim

Blues Spotlight: Regarded As A Patriarch Of The Chicago Blues Scene For Decades, A Position That Earned The Honor From His Various Roles As A Bandleader, Label Owner, Gambling House Operator, And Active Mentor To Younger Artists. Born In 1906 Mississippi, Slim Relocated To Memphis In 1925, Playing The Beale Street Scene With Ma Rainey And Blind Blake. An Early 1940's Move To Chicago Would Cement His Role In Shaping The Electric Blues; Doing So For Fifty-Years. Sunnyland Slim Is a Recipient Of The National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts. Albert Luandrau Passed On In 1995.

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Sunnyland Slim: September 5, 1905 MS - March 17, 1995 IL

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Soul Stew

'820' Jazz Presents: John Johnson, Saxophone...Matt Horner, Organ...Dave Gray, Guitar...Roberto Occhipinti, Percussion...Mark Kelso, Drums - - - - - - A Recent Release By The Old School Toronto Quintet Covering Soul Jazz Groovin' Classics From The Stables Of Eddie Harris, Meters, Crusaders, And Head Hunters. This Morning's Selection Is The Second Of Two By Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock's Jazz-Fusion Ensemble Founded In 1973 - This Is "Watermelon Man" On '820' Jazz

Del McCoury Band

Grassin' Gospel - Among The Pantheon Of Music's Finest Artists, Del McCoury Stands Alone - Most Awarded Artist In Bluegrass History

Emily Scott Robinson

Telluride, CO - Debut Release On John Prine's Oh Boy Records

The Bills

The String Quintet From The West Coast Of Canada Is Celebrating Twenty-Five Years Of Pickin' Together

Andy Willey

Direct From The Mitten

June Carter Cash

First Recording By The Carter Family Under That Title In 1935 - The First Surviving Version Is An Early 17th Century Broadside Ballad Under The Name "The Sweet Trinity"

Tito La Rosa

A Descendent Of The Quechua Of The Peruvian Andes - A Sound Healer, And Master Of Ican And Pre-Incan Instruments - The Album Was Nominated For A Native American Music Award, For Best World Music Recording