AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

They came to America and  brought their MUSIC ..the roots of the roots!.... this episode, the first of several,  explores music made in the New Land by Irish, Jewish, Italian, Mexican and , Caribbean immigrants in the 1920s-30s. Spirited,  pure, inspired and heart warming ancient sounds you have never heard!

BIX BEIDERBECKE ( 1903-31) WAS BORN 119 YEARS AGO THIS MARCH 10 AND AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR CELEBRATES HIS LEGACY OF 1920S RECORDINGS..AND THOSE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND INFLUENCES!

FROM THE DOUBLE ENTENDRE TO THE DOWNRIGHT FILTHY THIS EPISODE PRESENTS SOME THE "SEXIEST" BLUES RECORDINGS OF THE 1920S-30S. YOU WILL HEAR  THE JAUNTY "GET OFF WITH ME" BY BLACK VAUDEVILLE STARS GRANT & WILSON, BESSIE SMITH'S "I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL" AND  THE SOPHISTICATED CAFE SOCIETY STAR FRANCIS MADDUX'S "SYN-TAX" AMONG OTHERS. 

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!