Blind Alfred Reed, Kokomo Arnold, George Gershwin, Washboard Rhythm Kings, Willard Robison, Rosie Mae Moore, Memphis Jug Band and more!

Joe ventures uptown to Harlem during the final years of it's dominance ( 1930-36) as "thee" place to see and be seen..MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND, ETHEL WATERS, DUKE and more..and offers a heartfelt dedication to the "great generation" .

Red Headed Fiddlers, Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother, Hoagy Carmichael, Ethel Waters and oter pre-war shellac heros join our end of holiday weekend broadcast!

During the mid 1920s-mid-1930s the major record companies sent their portable recording equipment to several regions in search of local artists performing jazz, country, blues and ethnic music - the market for local music and music earmarked to different ethnic groups had exploded - Texas was one of te places they went - recordings were made in Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso and artists such as BOB WILLS, WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, THE RED HEADED FIDDLERS, TEXAS JUBILEE SINGERS, BILLIE MAXWELL, DON ALBERT's ORCHESTRA and many others were recorded - and featured in this episode ( 1st of 2!)

Published in mid-1925 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN has been an enduring classic covered for the last 100 years by Jazz, Pop, Country and Blues artists - we will feature sone of the earliest and coolist versions! ( plus the usual assortment of Blues, Jazz and Country rare shellac!)

The Boswell Sister's great version of the title song plus super tracks by "Ragtime" Henry Thomas, Joe Mannone Harmony Kings, Memphis Jug Band, Rev McGee in the belly of the whale and more!

Joe is visited by Dan Frueh - childhood friend of 1950s-90s Folk /Blues guitarist DAVE VAN RONK - known in the day as the Mayor Of MacDougal Street and one of the most influential musicians of the early 1960s' Folk Revival - fun stories of junking for jazz 78s and young BOB DYLAN circa 1961. Dan's choice of vintage JOHNNY DODDS, BROWNEE McGEE, HOT FIVE, JELLY ROLL 78s are played and more

Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman & His Orch, Bobby Leecan's NEED MORE BAND, Richmond Starlite Quartet, Mound City Blue Blowers, Mills Brothers, Denison Sacred Harp Singers and more!

Abe Schwartz Klezmer Band, Scrapper Blackwell, Leadbelly, Gene Goldkette Band w Steve Broen slapping that bass, Joe Falcon & Clemo Breux, Reverend McGee , Memphis Jug Band and more!

From the 1900s-1940s AL JOLSON and EDDIE CANTOR were beloved performers. Both beginning in Vaudeville and moving to Broadway, Films and Radio ( and in Cantor's case Television!)

Both early influences to me as a budding record collectior - tgis episode includes a tribute to their artistry