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Send us Fan Mail Step back into the shellac era with a late-night journey through pre-war blues, early country music, jazz, hokum records, string bands, and western swing from the 1920s and 1930s. In this episode of The Old, Dingy Jukebox, host Christian Gallo spins rare and historic 78-rpm records pulled from the golden age of American recording history.  This episode features music from Louis Ar...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #37 – “Sinners & Redeemers” Records About Saturday Night & Sunday Morning In this episode, I spin a stack of 78 RPM and 45 RPM records that tell the story of Saturday night temptation and Sunday morning redemption. From fragile shellac discs of the 1920s and ’30s to mid-century jukebox singles, these records capture the push and pull between honky-tonk rebellion an...

Send us Fan Mail  Moon Mullican- “Southern Hospitality” King 1950 Dixieland Jug Blowers- “Memphis Shake” Victor 1927 Sonny Burns- “Waltzing With Sin” Starday 1954 Williamson Brothers & Curry- “Cumberland Gap” Okeh 1927 Woody Guthrie- “Pretty Boy Floyd” Asche 1945 Honolulu Serenaders- “Honolulu Stomp” Victor 1929 Billie Holiday- “I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues” Commodore 1941 Johnny Horton- “S...

Send us Fan Mail T. Texas Tyler- “Texas Boogie Woogie” Starday 1955 Hop Wilson- “Black Cat Bone” Goldband 1958 Edie Noack- “Take It Away Lucky” Starday 1954 Conjunto Estrella- “Juan Charrasqueado” Mid 1950s Mance Lipscomb- “If I Miss The Train” Arhoolie 1960 Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies- “Somebody’s Been Using That Thing” Decca 1935 T-Bone Walker- “Gonna Find My Baby” Black & White 19...

Send us Fan Mail Crockett’s Mountaineers- “Little Rabbit/Rabbit Who’s Your Mammy?” Varsity 1931 Jimmie Rodgers- “Frankie & Johnny” Bluebird 1929 Clarence Williams’ Washboard Four- ‘Church Street Sobbin’ Blues” Okeh 1927 Billie Holiday- “Them There Eyes” Columbia 1939 Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & Dixie Liners- “KC Stomp” Bluebird 1940 Mac McClintock- “Hallelujah! I’m A Bum” Victor 1928 Jazz Gill...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy this episode curated from a variety of blues, country, jazz and nortena 78rpm records. Please help spread the word by reviewing, following and sharing the show with your friends. https://www.instagram.com/olddingyjukeboxpodcast/ https://www.olddingyjukebox.com/listen-to-the-show "Badger State Dive Bars, Tappin' Them Things & Blues To Spare" Ho...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy an episode featuring some choice records from the stacks. Early country, western swing, jazz, rockabilly, Mexican string band music, blues and old time music. We’re going to hit it all in this episode. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind, leave a review over at Apple podcasts...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy an episode featuring some of my favorite country style records. Early country, bluegrass, hillbilly, western swing, rockabilly, and old time music. We’re going to hit it all in this episode. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind, leave a review over at Apple podcasts as well as...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy an episode featuring some of my favorite records across a variety of records from the African American tradition. Just good records covering the blues, jazz, gospel and early rock n’ roll. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind, leave a review over at Apple podcasts as well as o...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #29. Just Good Records. “Fiddle Bustdowns, Fair Warnings and Gully Jumpers” Enjoy a nice selection of records across a variety of styles. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. Also, go take a visit to the show's new website olddingyjukebox.com and have a look around. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjo...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #28. Good Records. Enjoy a nice selection of records across a variety of styles. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. Also, go take a visit to the show's new website olddingyjukebox.com and have a look around. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the show. “Reefer Headed Men, Puissant Manes and Crumbl...

Send us Fan Mail This episode examines the field recordings made by Alan Lomax during his 1959-60 visits to the American South collecting American vernacular music styles found in the region. Episode also includes a partial examination of the Lomax's recordings made for the Library of Congress including those of Leadbelly and Jelly Roll Morton. Support the show Donate to the podcast: https://...

Send us Fan Mail Kick back and enjoy an episode featuring some of my favorite records across a variety of down home styles. Just good records. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind, leave a review over at Apple podcasts as well as over at Spotify. Spotify has enabled a five star review system similar to Apple pod...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy an episode featuring some of my favorite records across a variety of down home styles. Just good records. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind, leave a review over at Apple podcasts as well as over at Spotify. Spotify has enabled a five star review system similar to Apple podc...

Send us Fan Mail Sit back and enjoy an episode featuring some of my favorite records across a variety of down home styles. Just good records. Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done so already and share with family and friends. If you could be so kind leave a review Apple podcasts…it sure does help the show. Also, go take a visit to the show's new website https://www.olddingyjuk...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is an examination and celebration of the musical roots of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. Garcia’s musical roots begin in the early 1960s with traditional American folk music. With styles ranging from bluegrass, old time country music, folk, blues and jug band music, Garcia was a well known performer in SanFrancisco and Bay Area clubs. Around 1964-65 Jerry switch...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to the Old Dingy Jukebox podcast. This episode simply features some of my favorite records across various styles from my collection of 78rpm records. Blues, Jazz, Western Swing and Early Country Music are the order of the day for today's show. Sit back and enjoy the show and thanks for listening.     Please subscribe to the show if you haven't done s...

Send us Fan Mail Attention history enthusiasts, musicologists and ordinary people with an inquisitive mindset. Welcome to Episode One, PART TWO of the Old Dingy Jukebox History Addendum. These history heavy, music related episodes are inspired by my interest in musicology and history as well as some of my favorite podcasts like Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" or Tyler Mahan Coe&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode features some of my favorite records. Records that make me smile. Not necessarily records that make me laugh or chuckle, although those are here, but also records that simply make me smile, and shake my head. Make me smile in a sense of just how unusual or cool these records are. More like a shake my head in wonderment type of a smile. Hope you enjoy this episode o...

Send us Fan Mail These history and music related episodes are inspired by my interest in musicology and history as well as some of my favorite podcasts like Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" or Tyler Mahan Coe's "Cocaine and Rhinestones". So, here it goes...check out episode one, part one..."Goin' Up The Country": Race, Records and the American Musical Id...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features some great and wacky records from my special guest host, Matt Sayles. Matt has been a guest on the Old Dingy Jukebox before, once as a solo host (episode #5) as well as with his wife, co-host, historian Dr. Cheryl Jimenez-Frei (episode #14). Matt brings a different and appreciated perspective to the show. I love having him as a guest and enjoying his...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s show features some of my favorite 78s from my collection. I thought it would be fun to feature hokum blues and jazz records from the pre-war era. A subcategory of the blues, hokum was popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Hokum songs were often uptempo, funny, and on the raw to often raunchy side. The origins of this style of blues can be traced back to the vaudeville...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode features some of my favorite records centered around truck driving, hot roddin’, infidelity and surfing. The show's music selection comes from my 78s, 45s and….even a few LPs!  I figured these topics would make for an entertaining show. Also, stepping outside the box a little for this show with some instrumental electric guitar groups. That’s where the surfing...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features some of my favorite 78s from my collection covering a variety of styles. Early country music, piano blues, jazz, hokum and western swing are some of the styles presented in today's show. I think you'll find the show an entertaining sample of early recorded vernacular styles of down home American music. Please subscribe to the show if you hav...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s show of the Old Dingy Jukebox is a special themed one. This episode is a collection of songs that tell stories of past events or people; stories that in one way or another were marginalized, censored, sanitized, or buried, often because they dealt with histories considered too traumatic, contentious, or even a threat to those in power. Overall, the songs in today’s episode...