AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

With a new year we will explore the very meaning of NEW! ( musically that is) - some first recordings by "new" artists circa 1920-35! Hear the first ever recordings of BING CROSBY, ROBERT JOHNSON, BILL MONROE, BOB WILLS, and many more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Let's make some end of the year WHOOPEE! fun stuff and a little bit of sentiment --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

This weeks' episode focus on some of the lady band leaders, and instrumentalists of pre-1940 Jazz, Blues and Country - INA RAY HUTTON, MEMPHIS MINNIE, KEECHIE WILEY, MARY LOU WILLIAMS, CLEO BROWN, THELMA TERRY among others will be featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

What a treat to have American Grooves actually broadcast on WLIW on Christmas Eve- my favorite holiday of them all - a special Christmas episode with Christmas tunes from the 1900s-40s From Mel Blanc to Sister Rosetta Tharpe! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Part 2 of the hottest of the hot records of the 1920s-mid 30s Collectors from all over the planet sent in suggestions and we again play some of those hot platters! - from King Oliver to Ernie Schultz band on Gennett - Thanks all who sent in their requests! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

We decide to ask an array of shellac collectors just what circa 1920s-30s 78 was the ( their) HOTTEST! - we were inundated with scores of opinions and suggestions - so much so that we will have three episode! - by COLLECTOR's CHOUCE of the hottest jazzer in the land - and what an array - Some of the ones you would suspect like Jelly Roll, Duke, Goldkette but some total left fielders like Benny...

The world of pre-war 78 collectors is not large! Most of us have been at it for years but fortunately there is always some new blookd in the hobby- and about 4 times a years a group of like minded collectors gather at the home of Rich Nevins and spend a day and night spinning some of the best of the best discs from that era...or, at the very least, ones we love...here's a selection of what was...

Last week it was Heaven..this week.......you guest it the devil down below! ROBERT JOHNSON, ART KASSAL & HIS KASSALS IN THE AIR, GID TANNER and some fun reefer songs! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Those pearly gates have been the subject to countless tunes in all genres and in all eras! - Here's some fun tunes from the pre-1940 era! From Washington Phillips to Al Jolson......with a bit of Cleo Brown and Monroe Brothers mixed in as well --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Max Fleischer's Great Depression era cartoon characters were almost immediately intrenched into era's pop culture - This episode features a few tunes dedicated to and BY our "Out Of The Inkwell" heroes! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

In St. Louis Missouri on Christmas day 1895 Billy Lyons and "Stag" Lee Sheldon got into a ruckus that turned into a murder that turned into one of the longest lasting folk songs in American's history! - This episode plays just a few of them! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Joe digs into a Jug Band standard and its various versions! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

When Country music was first recorded in the 1920s and early 30s there were precious few women singers and stars. This episode presents some of the earliest commercial recordings by women singers of early Country music - Patsy Montana, "Moonshine " Kate, Girls Of The Golden West, Billie Maxwell and of course Sarah and Maybelle Carter. Saddle up and join us! --- Support this podcast: http...

A largely African-American neighborhood in Dallas Texas going back to the 19th century "Deep Elum" was the home of many saloons and bawdy houses. A slew of songs were written about it or referenced it through the years - We will explore some of te earliest! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Besides the usual array of pre-1940 musical Americana Joe plays different version of the classic NOBODY's BUSINESS from Mississippi John Hurt to Bessie Smith - AND a shout-out to the legendary UNCLE FFLOYD! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Scott Joplin's "Classic" Rag has lived many lives since its first publication by John Stark in 1899. From Banjo, to Piano to Jazz Bands - the tune was a standard in the repertoire of musicians around the world. American Grooves will play several awesome versions including Vess Ossmans' 1907 banjo solo and Joplin himself, performing it off of a rare 1900 piano roll. --- Support th...

Our song of the week is the Maceo Pinkard 1925 standard SWEET GEORGIA BROWN - Some cool versions by the likes of Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway and Oliver Naylor'a Orchestra plus some fun jazz, blues and country pre-war gems! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

American Grooves, explores the origins of at least TWO versions of the Easy Rider musical myth- and it didn't originate with a motorcycle! From Sam McGee and Barbecue Bob to Mae West, with a bit of Jelly Roll Morton thrown in to set you on year ear! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

American Grooves celebrates the early career of the American Genius and Jazz icon LOUIS ARMSTRONG on what would have been his 122 birthday! - we will focus on Louis' early years up through 1933 plus a a surprising 1949 duet with Billy Holiday. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Like Chuck Berry influenced every guitar player from Keith Richards to George Harrison LOUIS ARMSTRONG was the most influential trumpet phis day. We will focus on five important trumpet players who owe quite a dept to old "Pops" : JABBO SMITH, HENRY ALLEN JR., JOE "WINGY" MANNONE, JACK PURVIS and LOUIS PRIMA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ame...

The early Newport Folk Festivals ( 1963-66) were the stage for the re-discovery of some of Americans' deepest "roots" music...Folklorists and 78rpm Record Collectors such as Ralph Rinzler, Alan Lomax, Dick Spottswood and Dick Waterman resurrected the careers and music of MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, SON HOUSE, SKIP JAMEs, MAYBELLE CARTER, ROBERT WILKINS, ECK ROBERTSON, DORSEY DIXON and oth...

With people's shoe's sticking to the pavement in Phoenix and Coney Island filled to capacity in Brooklyn here's some musical heat you can enjoy in the air conditioned comfort of your home or car! Joe plays some tunes of HEAT! - from Ethel Water's original cast recording of HEAT WAVE ( 1933, from Irving Berlins' show As Thousands Cheer backed by young Benny Goodmans' band!)...

NO SPECIAL THEME TO THIS EPISODE BUT JOE PLAYS SOME OF HIS FAVORITES INCLUDING JIMMIE RODGERS, JIM AND ANDREW BAXTER, CAB CALLOWAY WITH THE MISSOURIANS AND A FEW TUNES ABOUT DATES GONE WRONG! GOOD OLE' PRE-1940 MUSICAL MADCAP FUN! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

WITH THE RECENT TRAGEDY OF THE TITAN IN THE DEEP HAUNTED WATERS OFF OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE THE TITANIC SLEEPS AMERICAN GROOVES OFFERS SEVERAL 1920S-50'S RECORDINGS RECALLING THE ORIGINAL TITANIC DISASTER - FROM JAMES" RABBIT" BROWN TO THE CARTER FAMILIES FINAL RECORDING..AS WELL AS THE USUAL ECLECTIC MISS OF OTHR PRE-1940 FOLK, BLUES, JAZZ AND COUNTRY GEMS! --- Support this podcast: h...

This very special episode, in commemoration of PRIDE MONTH , will explore what scholars have called "The Pansy Craze" of the 1920s-30s a time when LGBTQ performers ruled the roost in clandestine nightclubs that catered to a gay and sophisticated clientele . Amazingly rare recordings by Jean Malin, Bruz Fletcher, Ray Bourbon and Gladys Bentley will be heard as well as silly tin pan alley...