AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

From a rare 1935 recording of doomed Governor HUEY P. LONG's campaign song  song  to obscure Bluesman BIG BOY  TEDDY EDWARDS  and  forgotten American songwriter WILLARD ROBISON we will play some fine tunes by groups from Louisiana to songs ABOUT Louisiana 

Our special FATHER's DAY broadcast covers the spectrum from Blues, Country, Jazz to ancient Pop!  Minstrel ManLEW DOCKSTADER's immortal EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER ( circa 1910) to the FIRST Betty Boop Girl HELEN KANE's 1930 THANK YOUR FATHER..and some surprises from The Washboard Rhythm Kings, Jimmie Rodgers and more

Young Irving Berlin made one commercial recording singing his own OH HOW THAT GERMAN COULD LOVE in 1910 - not too long after his stint as a Chinatown Singing Waiter came to an end! Many songwriters in the 1900-30s were pianists AND vocalists - this episode of American Grooves brings you recordings of composers doing their own thing - GEORGE GERSHWIN, CLARENCE WILLIAMS, JAMES P. JOHNSON, HOAGY CARMICHAEL, WILLARD ROBISON and young HAROLD ARLEN are presented  in pre-1935 recordings - writing it, singing it and playing it!

From the first ever recording of Irving Berlin's all time classic EASTER PARADE ( 1933 Meyer Davis & His Orchestra) to  ALABAMA SACRED HARP SINGERS, REVEREND MOSLEY & HIS CONGREGATION, SON HOUSE and many more let us  catapult you you to  broadway  and your favorite "Hot Spot" after a visit to church !

American Grooves focuses on the pre-1934, pre Swing Era  recordings of five  Jazz clarinetists - SIDNEY BECHET, OMAR SIMEON, BENNY GOODMAN, JIMMIE NOONE and JOHNNY DODDS 

From Hoagy Carmichael's immortal GEORGIA to the Georgia Organ Grinders' 1928  GEORGIA MAN  American Grooves heads down south and unearths a surprising array of songs dedicated to the great state of GEORGIA - Country, Blues, Pop and JAZZ all pre 1938  - Tune In !!

American Grooves presents an hour of songs dedicated to the old demon alcohol - songs about bootlegging, alcoholism, drinking and all around inebriation! From Tampa Red, Frankie Trumbauer, Lucille Bogan to Chick Bullock - Lost gems like ALCOHOLIC WARD BLUES ( 1930) and SLOPPY DRUNK ( 1935) will be played.. Have one on us!

Back when sentimental songs were not taboo in pop music there were 100s of mother songs recorded by top Country, blues, Jazz and pop performers from JIMMIE RODGERS, THE CARTER FAMILY, BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, RILEY PUCKETT to FRANKIE HALF PINT JAXON, SOPHIE TUCKER, EARL McDONALD'S JUG BAND AND  AL JOLSON!  Quite a variety. Tune in and here a some of the best!

Having a show on Sunday makes this episode even more appropriate!. Explore some of the most moving Gospel, Sanctified and Sacred recordings of the pre-war era....If they had music like this in MY church when I was growing up I'd probably be a minister today! From Arizona Draines, Blind Gary (Davis), Sister Callie Fancy and the elusive Elder Harris ( traveling fiddle playing preacher) and Willie Mae Williams  tune in and be moved!

THE POST WW1 MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH BROUGHT  WITH IT MANY GREAT BLUES AND JAZZ SINGERS. IN THE 1920S CHICAGO BECAME A MECCA OF RECORDING ACTIVITY WHERE YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG ( WITH KING OLIVER), EARL HINES AND MANY OTHERS GOT THEIR START - ON THIS EPISODE HEAR SOME GREAT JAZZ, BLUES AND GOSPEL RECORDINGS ALL WAXED IN THE WINDY CITY CIRCA 1923-34.