AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

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

From 1920s-30s Blues, to Country to Pop, the big man downstairs has always been a popular subject. From Miss Lee Morse and her hot band  singing with the sinners to Reverend Gates testifying about about what will be a sure fire path to lead you down to Mr. Satan - Tune in and just try to keep the devil away!

THIS EPISODE OF JOE LAURO'S "AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOURS" CELEBRATED SOME OF THE HOTTEST PIANO PLAYERS OF THE 1920S AND EARLY 30S. FROM WELL KNOWN NAMES LIKE JELLY-ROLL MORTON AND EARL HINES TO FORGOTTEN MASTERS LIKE "BUCK" WASHINGTON AND BLIND LEROY GARNETT - THE IVORIES WILL BE SHAKING!

This episode focuses on drug songs of the 1920s-30s  - From Louis Armstrong's  "MUGGLES",  Luke Jordan's 1927 COCAINE BLUES, Benny Moten's GOOFY DUST,  to Victoria Spivey's DOPE HEAD BLUES tune in and indulge..and you will learn  for sure that  smoking reefer wasn't invented in the 1960's!

DON HO STEP ASIDE!- HERE IS SOME OF THE HOTTEST, FOLKIEST AND BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN MUSIC OF ALL TIME - RECORDED IN THE 1920s - 1930s BY SUCH ARTISTS AS BENNY NAWAHI, MIKE HANAPI, HOOT GIBSON and SOL HOOPI - 

Recordings by some of the earliest of the vocal groups are played- from the pioneering  Dinwiddle Colored Quartet ( 1902) to the first recordings by THE INK SPOTS ( 1933)  Also early sides by the "human jazz band" THE MILLS BROTHERS, Taskiana Four, Roland Smith's Rascals and many more

Songs about hurricanes, floods and twisters - all recorded in the 1920s-30s by such legends as Charlie Patton, Memphis Minnie, Red Foley and more!  There's nothing new under the sun when it comes to weather catastrophes  - hear what they were singing about 90 years ago 

some of the hottest recorded trumpet players from the 1920s-ealry 30s will be featured - from FREDDIE KEPPARD and PUNCH MILLER to JABBO SMITH AND ROY ELDRIDGE WITH A LITTLE TASTE OF BIX AND LOUIS! ALL PLAYED OFF OF THE ORIGINAL SHELLAC 78 RPM DISCS!