AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

Little Bessie

Several versions of this classic folk tune are played - Dixon Brothers and Buell Kazie as well as some fantastic original pre-ww2 Jazz blues and country 78s

RAREST OF THE RARE E-G

Part 3 of our continuing monthly series! - The infamous rare 78 collector magazine Pete Whelan's "78 QUARTERLY" published a beloved column in each of it's 12 issues titled THE RAREST OF THE RARE - collectors were asked to submit the records they felt qualified and everyone offered their opinions as to how many copies of the record might be out there - clearly a collector's "boys club" opinion page but informative still used today by certain dealers as a reference guide or barometer to a record's rarity. - The focus was COUNTRY BLUES, SKIFFLE, PIANO, and JAZZ records from the 1920s-early 30s - So, we are revisiting this column some 20 years after the last issue of 78 Quarterly was published with a monthly edition of AMERICAN GROOVES devoted to those alleged rarities! The first episode of American Grooves each month we will hit the letters covered by each issue of 78 QUARTERLY - this is our second show and covers E, F & G! - 78s by Gillmore Sisters, Eddie & Sugar Lous' Hotel Tyler Orch, Joe Evans, Eli Framer, John Estes and Duke Ellingtons' Washingtonians , are among the rarities played!

My Best Gal!

A nice shellac stack featuring Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra, the Carter Family , Robert Johnson, Annette Hanshaw, Louis Hot 5, Frankie Half -Pint Jaxon, Boswell Sisters and featured tune SINCE MY BEST GAL TURNED ME DOWN Albert Gale Orch & Bix with Goldkette!

"Spin Session"

Part of collecting rare 78s is sharing them with your like minded fellow collector friends. This episode recreates the music played at a recent "spin session" get together of some long time collector friends - RED HEAED FIDDLER, COTTON TOP SANCTIFIED SINGERS, JABBO SMITH, GUS CANNON and others will be heard!

OLD FASHIONED LOVE!

For our Valentines' Day 2016 edition we will play songs of love ! ..Carter Family , Mills Brothers, Sissle & Blake, Lonnie Johnson, Gene Autry, Harry Reser Eskimos, Jimmie Rodgers and Fannie Brice will be in the house!