AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

Joe features Duke Ellington's amazing FREEZE AND MELT with one of the earliest recorded bass solos ( Wellman Braud!) as well as a killer selection of pre-1935 jazz, blues, country and more

The theme of street walking appears in numerous blues, country and jazz tunes from the pre-war, GREAT DEPRESSION era - we will focus on just a few :Clara Smith , Lucille Bogan, Aileen Stanley and Memphis Minnie had a lot to say on gthe subject!

Many Gospel tunes share a multocultural life. Reverend Gary Davis' amazing I BELONG TO THE BAND is just one example - we will hear Gary's killer version and, for contrast, the same tune performed by Allison's Sacred Harp Singers...and the usual assortmant of other great pre-war jazz, blues and country 78s!

In keeping with our monthly series of THE RAREST OF THE RARE Blues, Jazz, Country, Piano, Skiffle and Sanctified pre-war 78s we are at letters O-P-Q! The Qinlan Brothers, Washington Phillips, Jenny Pope, Memphis Five, Charley Patton, King Oliver, Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra and more!

Sizzling Summer with Duke's Cotton Club Band, Bascom Lamar Lunceford, Ernest Phipps' Holiness Singers, California Ramblers, Fats Waller, Johnny Green's Orchestra, Dixon Brothers, and some songs from the North Carolina Mills! and more!

Mystery man Bayless Rose, Don Redman & His Orchestra , a few Civil War era tunes by Fiddlin' John Carson and Chubby Parker and much more!!

Fats Waller with Benny Goodman in 1931, Wheeler & Wolsey, tunes from the 1933 "CENTURY OF PROGRESS" ( Chicago World's Fair), Uncle Dave Macon, Monroe Brothers, Isham Jones Orchestra, Cliff Jackson's Krazy Kats, Willie Bryant Orchestra and more

Bascom Lamar Lunceford, Ernest Phipps Holiness Singers, Carter Family, Kay Thompson, Fats Waller & His Rhythm , McKinney's Cotton Pickers and more!

Joe presents his guest, 13 year old "Talkies" expert Jack Murphy . Jack's amazing knowledge of early talking film musicals is on display as well as some favorite tracks including Iva Taylor on MOANIN' LOW and AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'!

How many copies of Skip James "Devil Got My Woman" on Paramount Records exist? How many copies of ZULU'S BALL by King Oliver on Gennett have been found? Pete Whelan's "78 QUARTERLY MAGAZINE" speculated on matters such as this for over 20 years! This series ( once a month) explores some of the RAREST OF THE RARE pre-war Blues, Jazz, Skiffle and Gospel 78 rpm records - we will hear some of them and marvel in their rarity!