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From American Grooves Radio Hour — Joe Lauro

American Grooves Radio Hour episodes.

Episodes

EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' 'BOUT SAMMY! 2024-07-19
Ok, so all my topics are not the most enlightened but there are a ton of fun pre-1935 tunes about SAMMY- From Lonnie Johnson to Sam Morgans'…
HEAT WAVE! 2024-07-07
Weather AND music getting hot! - some remarkable recordings recently unearthed from the Louis Franklin collection. Franklin was a cornet player…
HEEBIE JEEBIES 2024-07-01
First performed in Chicago nightclubs circa 1925 the tune was immortalized after Louis Armstrong's legendary 1926 version with his Hot Five - it…
JOE's FAVES Vol 6 2024-06-30
All selection of all kinds of great pre-1940 Jazz , Blues, Country and more from the original shellac records! --- Support this podcast:…
FRANKIE & JOHNNY 2024-06-10
This episode includes a segment exploring the legend of "Frankie & Johnny" and several of its musical manifestations on Blues, Country…
HILLBILLY GUITAR MASTERS 2024-06-04
When record companies began recording rural American music for the emerging market of record buying country folk . The birth of County or…
New Arrivals! 2024-05-27
As an active collector new records arrival most every week. Joe shares some of these "new arrivals" on this episode, Like coming over for…
DEAD HEADS AND SUCKERS! Roots Of The Grateful Dead # 2 2024-05-20
Crockett-Ward & His Boys got it right! ( for me any thing past Jerry Garcia's death in 1995 fell into the "Sucker" category..but…
MOTHER O' MINE 2024-05-12
Across the pre-war genres songs of mother ranked as the number two topic ( love being number 1!) So, on this Mothers' Day we celebrate Moms,…
JOE'S FAVES Vol 7 2024-05-12
A mixture of many great recordings - from Valverts' Creole Band recorded in Paris circa 1930 to some hot Hawaiian sides and much more- the…
YEAH MAN! 2024-05-12
Lets have some fun! Besides a few versions of a fun lost tune from 1933 ( Yeah Man!) we bring you an assortment of select though unfocused pre-war…
THE KING OF HI-DE-HO: CAB CALLOWAY (1930-40) 2024-05-12
At the behest of older sister Blanche in 1930 Cab Calloway took over and fronted the hot Harlem band THE MISSOURIANS - from that point on his career…
LONNIE JOHNSON 2024-05-12
We do not often focus an entire episode on one artist but LONNIE JOHNSON deserves this and additional episodes! A pioneering jazz guitarist, blues…
JAMES P & FATS! 2024-04-14
James P. Johnson was one of the forefathers of the Harlem Stride piano style - a progress from ragtime to jazz. He also was one of the most…
BILLIE HOLIDAY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! 2024-04-07
Born in Baltimore April 7, 1915 By the time she was 21 Billie Holiday became Jazz's GREATEST vocal stylist . We will dig into her earliest…
EASTER 2024-03-31
Ameericn Grooves goes to church! We will explore some of the deep American sacred and gospel music on this religious day. From Sacred Harp/Shaped…
THE HARLEM BANDS Volume 2 2024-03-24
In the 1920s and early 1930s "headin' uptown" meant a night of clubbing in HARLEM. And when you went you might have been entertained…
ST PATRICK'S DAY : IRISH IMMIGRANT MUSIC 2024-03-17
A celebration of St. Pat's day featuring hte music of some of the talented Irish Immigrants who recorded their folk and dance music in that…
HARLEM BANDS Volume 1 2024-03-10
In the 1920s and early 1930s "headin' uptown" meant a night of clubbing in HARLEM. And when you went you might have been entertained…
KEEP A' KNOCKIN' ( BUT YOU CAN'T COME IN!) 2024-03-05
This episode explores the blues to rock tune KEEP A KNOCKIN' From it's origins as MY BUCKET's GOT A HOLE IN IT on . Tom Gates & His…
LINDBERGH HOP 2024-03-05
Charles Lindbergh's 1927 trans-atlantic flight was the news of the world. It spawned dance crazes and MANY tin-pan-alley songs. This episode…
RHAPSODY IN BLUE at 100 2024-02-11
George Gershwin's RHAPSODY IN BLUES premiered at New York's Aeolian HALL on a program billed as "An Experiment in Modern Music,"…
SINCE MY BEST GAL TURNED ME DOWN! 2024-02-07
A few cool versions of this tin-pan-alley turned early jazz standard alomg with the usual assortment of pre-war 78 rpm musical wonders. --- Support…
JESSE JAMES 2024-01-30
This episode features sides by Harlems' MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND, Joe Venuti & His Orchestra a aa few versions of the old folk tune JESSE…
HOT BY REQUEST Vol 3 2024-01-17
This show, the last of three, is a request only show! - The HOTTEST 1920s-30s performances of all time as per my listeners and fellow collectors!…
FIRSTS! 2024-01-11
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…
NEW YEARS EVE 2023 2024-01-11
Let's make some end of the year WHOOPEE! fun stuff and a little bit of sentiment --- Support this podcast:…
LADY INSTRUMENTALISTS 2024-01-11
This weeks' episode focus on some of the lady band leaders, and instrumentalists of pre-1940 Jazz, Blues and Country - INA RAY HUTTON, MEMPHIS…
CHRISTMAS EVE 2023 2023-12-24
What a treat to have American Grooves actually broadcast on WLIW on Christmas Eve- my favorite holiday of them all - a special Christmas episode…
HOT BY REQUEST # 2 2023-12-03
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…
HOT BUY CHOICE! 2023-11-20
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…
HANGIN' AT RICH's HOUSE! 2023-11-06
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-…
HELL'S BELLS 2023-11-06
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…
HEAVEN! 2023-11-06
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…
POPEYE & BETTY! 2023-10-26
Max Fleischer's Great Depression era cartoon characters were almost immediately intrenched into era's pop culture - This episode features a…
STACK O'LEE 2023-10-26
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…
TEAR IT DOWN! 2023-10-26
Joe digs into a Jug Band standard and its various versions! --- Support this podcast:…
COWGIRLS AND COUNTRY QUEENS 2023-10-02
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…
DEEP ELUM BLUES 2023-09-28
A largely African-American neighborhood in Dallas Texas going back to the 19th century "Deep Elum" was the home of many saloons and bawdy…
NOBODY'S BUSINESS! 2023-09-19
Besides the usual array of pre-1940 musical Americana Joe plays different version of the classic NOBODY's BUSINESS from Mississippi John Hurt to…
MAPLE LEAF RAG 2023-09-17
Scott Joplin's "Classic" Rag has lived many lives since its first publication by John Stark in 1899. From Banjo, to Piano to Jazz…
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN 2023-09-03
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…
EASY RIDERS! 2023-08-28
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…
LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIRTHDAY Part 1 2023-08-14
American Grooves celebrates the early career of the American Genius and Jazz icon LOUIS ARMSTRONG on what would have been his 122 birthday! - we…
LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIRTHDAY Part 2 : LOUIS THE INFLUENCER! 2023-08-14
Like Chuck Berry influenced every guitar player from Keith Richards to George Harrison LOUIS ARMSTRONG was the most influential trumpet phis day. We…
REVIVED AT NEWPORT ! 2023-07-30
The early Newport Folk Festivals ( 1963-66) were the stage for the re-discovery of some of Americans' deepest "roots"…
WE'RE HAVING A HEAT WAVE! 2023-07-26
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…
I HAD BUT FIFTY CENTS ! 2023-07-14
NO SPECIAL THEME TO THIS EPISODE BUT JOE PLAYS SOME OF HIS FAVORITES INCLUDING JIMMIE RODGERS, JIM AND ANDREW BAXTER, CAB CALLOWAY WITH THE…
THE MIGHTY TITANIC 2023-07-14
WITH THE RECENT TRAGEDY OF THE TITAN IN THE DEEP HAUNTED WATERS OFF OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE THE TITANIC SLEEPS AMERICAN GROOVES OFFERS SEVERAL…
THE PANSY CRAZE 2023-06-25
This very special episode, in commemoration of PRIDE MONTH , will explore what scholars have called "The Pansy Craze" of the 1920s-30s a…
SOME OF THESE DAYS 2023-06-11
Written in 1910 by African American songwriter Sheldon Brooks, the SOME OF THESE DAYS took on a new life after being embraced by popular Vaudeville…
THE TRAIN TO CHARLOTTE 2023-06-04
Since the 1920s Charlotte North Carolina was a destination for field recording by several of the major record labels. Victor and Bluebird…
Memorial Day Sunday 2023 2023-05-30
Joe plays a mixture of 78s from his collection and of his friends! Perfect for a "Moldie Fig" barbecue soundtrack! You Will have…
AFTER YOU'VE GONE 2023-05-30
This episode, besides an array of rare Blues, Jazz and Country recordings focuses on a variety of different versions of the classic 1913 tune AFTER…
KING PORTER 2023-05-21
Besides a fun selection of pre-war Blues. Jazz and Country in this episode Joe explores the origins and development of Jelly Roll Morton's…
ASHEVILLE BASH! 2023-05-11
The ASHEVILLE SHELLAC BASH is by far the most eclectic gathering of pre-war Blues, Country and Jazz 78 rpm record collectors and musicians . This…
THE FABULOUS FIVES! (1917-36) 2023-05-02
THE FIRST TRUE JAZZ BANDS TO RECORD WERE GENERALLY SMALL BANDS...THE CLASSIC LINEUP WAS TRUMPET OR CORNET, TROMBONE, CLARINET, PIANO AND DRUMS ( YOU…
RCA VICTOR "HILLBILLY" SERIES Part 2 2023-05-02
After the success of Ralph Peer's early 1920s recordings of rural musicians such as Henry Whitter and Fiddlin' Joh Carson most every major…
THE 1928-33 VICTOR "HILLBILLY" SERIES 2023-04-12
After the success of Ralph Peer's early 1920s recordings of rural musicians such as Henry Whitter and Fiddlin' Joh Carson most every major…
COUNTRY GALS 2023-04-12
From Maybelle and Sarah Carter, "Moonshine Kate", Fiddler Hattie Stoneman, Patsy Montana to The Girls Of The Golden West women's…
GAL BLUES SINGERS 2023-04-12
In commemoration of Women's History Month 2023 Joe explores some of the great Lady Blues Singers of the pre-war era - Keechie Wiley, Bessie…
GAL SINGERS 2023-04-12
In commemoration of Women's History Month 2023 American Grooves presents three programs focusing on Women's contributions to pre-war pop,…
HARLEM RENAISSANCE PART 2 2023-03-26
FROM RARE RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON'S COTTON CLUB BAND, FLETCHER HENDERSON AND LUIS RUSSELL TO EARLY BLACK BROADWAY PIONEERS WILLIAMS AND…
GAL JAZZ BANDS OF THE 1920S-30S - UPDATED 3/29/23! 2023-03-26
IN COMMEMORATION OF WOMEN' HISTORY MONTH WE PRESENT A PROGRAM FEATURING SOME OF THE 1920S-30S FINEST JAZZ/DANCE BANDS LED BY LADY BAND LEADERS -…
THOSE WACKY (and Hot!) GREY GULLS ( 1926-30) 2023-03-26
THERE WERE MANY SMALL INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS COMPETING WITH THE BIG 5 ( COLUMBIA, VICTOR, BRUNSWICK, VOCALION & OKEH) BACK IN THE 1920S. GREY…
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE part 1 ( 1901-1925) - Feb 19,2023 2023-02-19
THE HARLEM  RENAISSANCE Part 1 (1901-1925)  - From Williams & Walker to stride  piano mastermind James P. Johnson we will…
VALENTINES DAY 2023 2023-02-13
Joe plays some of his favorite Blues, Jazz and Country tunes about REQUITED love!  From Miss Lee Morse's lovely version of SIDE BY SIDE ( 1926)…
HOLD THAT TIGER~ 2023-02-07
The "Johnny B. Good" of jazz tunes! TIGER RAG has it's origins in  Victorian era French Folk Music - hear how it started and how it was played…
BLUE BLOWING! 2023-02-07
What was BLUE BLOWING ? it was human beings imitating jazz horns and banjos with just their mouths! - From  guitarist Eddie Lang's first…
VICTOR "RACE" RECORDS Part 2 2023-01-16
From 1928-1933 Victor Records (then  in 1931 RCA Victor) produced a series of Blues, Jug Band, Gospel, Jazz. Skiffle and Sermon recordings…
THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE 2023-01-11
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…
MUSICAL PURVEYORS 2023-01-01
American Grooves Radio Hour pays homage in song to the butcher, bakers and candlestick makers of  pre-1940 American Song - From the obscure…
AMERICAN GROOVES CHRISTMAS 2022 2022-12-29
A new batch of  pre-1940 Yuletide rarities and more to help you celebrate a shellac-centric Christmas! --- Support this podcast:…
THE RCA VICTOR "RACE RECORDS" (1928-33 Part 1) 2022-12-29
From 1928 - 1933 RCA VICTOR RECORDS had a record series specifically marketed to African American record buyers. It flourished until the ravages of…
THANKSGIVING 2022-12-29
Songs of turkeys, good eats and THANKSGIVING as recorded by the pilgrims and pioneers of pre-1940 American Music! --- Support this podcast:…
THEY ALL PLAYED THE PALACE: American Vaudeville on Record 2022-11-20
 THE ALL PLAYED THE PALACE!  Vaudeville on record - New York's PALACE THEATER was the mecca of the  "two a day" Vaudeville circuit…
EDDIE LANG: FATHER OF JAZZ GUITAR 2022-11-13
 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…
GRAVEYARDS, GHOSTS & DEVILS 2022-10-31
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,…
HAROLD ARLEN 2022-10-24
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…
JAZZ FROM ACROSS THE POND 2022-10-24
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…