AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

Joe plays some of his favorite pre-1935  hot jazz, blues and folk sides as well as a study of the 1921 tin pan alley  tune THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE - great versions by Ethel Waters,  Sophie Tucker, Eddie & Sugar Lou's Hotel Tyler Orchestra, Red Mckenzie and others are played!

American Grooves Radio Hour pays homage in song to the butcher, bakers and candlestick makers of  pre-1940 American Song - From the obscure Vance Dixon & His Pencil's  1932  PETE THE DEALER IN MEAT to GROCERIES ON THE SHELF by  blues gal Lucille Bogan  we will be playing all of the grocery store hits and more

A new batch of  pre-1940 Yuletide rarities and more to help you celebrate a shellac-centric Christmas!

From 1928 - 1933 RCA VICTOR RECORDS had a record series specifically marketed to African American record buyers. It flourished until the ravages of the Great Depression put an enormous hurt on the record business in general and the buyers of "race" records in particular. Hear a variety of the Hot Jazz, Blues, Gospel,  Jug Bands, Comedy and Sermons released by VICTOR for Americas' black population!

Songs of turkeys, good eats and THANKSGIVING as recorded by the pilgrims and pioneers of pre-1940 American Music!

 THE ALL PLAYED THE PALACE!  Vaudeville on record - New York's PALACE THEATER was the mecca of the  "two a day" Vaudeville circuit from 1912 when it opened until the early  1930s' when vaudeville fell out of favor.   We will play rare recordings of well known artists such as SOPHIE  TUCKER and many great artists now lost to the ages such as WILLIE & EUGENE HOWARD, WEBER & FIELDS,  DAVE APOLLON and BELLE BAKER  (billed as The Female Jolson!)and  more  Tunes in! 

 Born in Philadelphia in 1902 Eddie Lang switched from banjo to guitar in the mid 1920s and virtually wrote the book on how the instrument should be played in Jazz. We will play some early Lang solo recordings, his corner stone recordings with childhood pal JOE VENUTI,  duets with LONNIE JOHNSON , and some of his brilliant accompaniments with pop singers and orchestras of the day . Tunes in!

Just in time for Halloween listen to an amazing array of SPOOKY 1920s Jazz and Blues recordings from the Rube Bloom Bayou Boys MYSTERIOUS MOSE, Bessie Smith's  THEM's GRAVEYARD WORDS, Lonnie Johnson's BLUE GHOST  to Reverend Gates getting into a frenzy about THE DEVIL IN A FLYING MACHINE! 

Born  the son of a Cantor in Buffalo New York (1904) Arlen ( Hyman Arluck!)  took a path to Jazz playing in local bands that eventually landed him in  New York ( 1926) where he honed his song writing skills.  This show  will focus on Arlen's pre-Hollywood years ( 1925-33) when he kept busy  writing  songs for  musical reviews, singing with dance bands writing songs for  films, and in 1931-33 for the legendary COTTON CLUB PARADES. Tunes in!

American  Ragtime and then  Jazz showed up in England and Europe almost at it's inception in the 1890s-1910s - On this episode you will hear recordings by  American ex-patriots and  some of the  pioneering European "Jazz Bands"  that flourished  in Europe during the music's early years 1916-1939.  Included is FRED ELIZALDE, THE VERSATILE FOUR, ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JASS BAND, LE FRENCH HOT BOYS and more Tunes in!