THE "BLUES CRAZE BEGAN IN EARNEST IN 1921 WITH MAMIE SMITHS' "CRAZY BLUES" PROVIDING OKEH RECORDS WITH A SURPRISE HIT. BY THE EARLY MID-1920S WE HAD CLARA SMITH, BESSIE SMITH, LAURA SMITH, JOINING OLD MAMIE - AND NONE OF THEM WERE RELATED! BLUES WERE THE POP MUSIC OF THE DAY - TUNE IN AND HEAR THE LIKES OF MA RAINEY, A FEW OF THE SMITH GIRLS AND THE HAUNTING DELTA BLUES OF KEECHIE WILEY...AND MUCH MORE
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American Grooves Radio Hour, hosted by filmmaker and collector Joe Lauro, takes you on a deep dive into the music of pre-World War II America. It focuses on the Jazz, pioneering Blues, early Country, Gospel, Vaudeville and World Music which was being performed on the streets and in the taverns and nightclubs of pre-1935 America. ONLY original 78 rpm records from Joe’s world-renowned archive and the libraries of other notable collectors will be played. There will also be stories from the first generation of record collecting as well as backgrounds and information on the records and the artists. Support this po...