AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

TODAY WE HAVE "BUILD BACK BETTER" THE 1935 VERSION WAS CALLED "THE NEW DEAL" WHICH BUILT OUR ROADS AND PUT MILLIONS OF DEPRESSION RAVAGED AMERICANS BACK TO WORK..IT EVEN INSPIRED SOME AMAZING TOPICAL BLUES, COUNTRY AND POP TUNES..THIS EDITION OF AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR PRESENTS SUCH NEW DEAL INSPIRED TUNES AS "NRA BLUES", "LET'S HAVE A NEW DEAL" , "BUY AMERICAN" AND "FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IS BACK AGAIN".

Joe plays recordings of some of the 1920s-30's hottest Hawaiian bands and singers - Benny Nawahi, Sol Hopi, Johnny Noble, Kalamas Quartet and the remarkable HOOT GIBSON TROUPE -  Don Ho it ain't!!! It's JAZZ and American Folk Music!

It is no surprize that the Grateful Dead pulled much of their inspiration from 1920s-30s folk, Jug Band, Country and Blues recordings . This episode presents some of the original performances that no doubt inspired Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. From Gus Cannon's' MINGLEWOOD BLUES, MISSISSIPPI SHEIK' Sittin' On Top Of The World and Ragtime Henry Thomas' DON'T EASE ME listen and learn about these early artists and recordings..Jerry & pals were on to something GREAT!

THE SECOND OF OUR TWO HOLIDAY/CHRISTMAS BROADCASTS FEATURES THE FIRST EVER BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS RECORDING ( 1934 UN-ISSUED!), YULETIDE MEDLEYS FROM THE 1928 PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA AND BLUES RARITIES FROM VICTORIA SPIVEY AND  MORE

SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS HAVE BEEN RECORD SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF CYLINDER RECORDS IN THE 1880S - JOIN US AS WE PRESENT SOME CROSS-GENRE RECORDINGS FROM BLUES SINGERS LIKE BESSIE SMITH TO  JAZZ BANDS LIKE THE RED ONION JAZZ BABIES WITH YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALSO SOME PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OLD RADIO SHOWS WITH A YULETIDE SLANT!

From Chitlin Struts, Wang Dang Doodles, Pitchin' Boogies, to Prohibition era Blow Outs - this episode presents some great tunes you have never heard, from the 1920s-early 30s about partying! 

FOR MY MONEY, THERE IS NO TIGHTER AND SWEETER HARMONY THEN THAT SUNG BY TWO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. THE TRADITION CONTINUES TODAY. HERE SOME OF THE FIRST BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO MAKE BLUES, COUNTRY AND POP RECORDS - FROM THE GIRLS FROM NEW ORLEANS " THE BOSWELL SISTERS, THE GOSPEL SINGING GRAVES BROTHERS TO SAG HARBOR'S OWN MOYLAN SISTERS! HOW SWEET IT IS!

IN THE 1950S' THE ONLY WAY TO HEAR THE FOLK, COUNTRY AND BLUES MUSIC OF THE 1920S AND 30S WAS TO FIND THE RECORDS IN A JUNK SHOP OR BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A FRIEND WHO WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU....AFTER FINDING THEM IN A JUNK SHOW!  60 YEARS BEFORE APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE AND THE LIKE THERE WAS ONLY THE HARRY SMITH " ANTHOLOGY OF  AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC" THIS 3 LP SET BROUGHT THE VOICES OF MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, SON HOUSE, CHARLIE PATTEN, FLOYD MING'S PEP STEPPERS AND SCORES MORE TO THE PHONOGRAPHS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AND FOLK ENTHUSIASTS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME ..AND THE   FIRST MUSICAL ANTHOLOGY TO TRULY EXPLORE.."THE OLD WEIRD AMERICA" - TUNE IN TO HEAR IMMACULATE COPIES OF SOME OF THE ORIGINAL 78S THAT MADE UP HARRY'S  ICONIC COLLECTION

THE "BLUES CRAZE BEGAN IN EARNEST IN 1921 WITH MAMIE SMITHS' "CRAZY BLUES" PROVIDING OKEH RECORDS WITH A SURPRISE HIT. BY THE EARLY MID-1920S WE HAD CLARA SMITH, BESSIE SMITH, LAURA SMITH, JOINING OLD MAMIE - AND NONE OF THEM WERE RELATED! BLUES WERE THE POP MUSIC OF THE DAY - TUNE IN AND HEAR THE LIKES OF MA RAINEY,  A FEW OF THE SMITH GIRLS AND THE HAUNTING DELTA BLUES OF KEECHIE WILEY...AND MUCH MORE

RARE ORIGINAL CAST RECORDINGS FROM SOME OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE EARLY BLACK BROADWAY MUSICAL SHOWS. BERT WILLIAMS IN 1906 ( "N DAPHONEY") , SISSLE & BLAKE FROM "SHUFFLE ALONG " IN 1921 TO CLASSIC TUNES FROM SEVERAL EDITIONS OF THE LEW LESLIE "BLACKBIRDS"  - FATS WALLER, ETHEL WATERS, ELIZABETH WELSH AND MANY MORE