DEAD HEADS AND SUCKERS! Roots Of The Grateful Dead # 2

AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

EpisodeMay 21, 202454m

DEAD HEADS AND SUCKERS! Roots Of The Grateful Dead # 2

AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

EpisodeMay 21, 202454m

Crockett-Ward & His Boys got it right! ( for me any thing past Jerry Garcia's death in 1995 fell into the "Sucker" category..but that's just ME!!) - Let's further explore the deep roots of tunes recorded by the institution known as THE GRATEFUL DEAD. Why? - because THEY were the first to introduce me to all things musical Americana - Of course, I went backwards from there but so did they! We Bid You Goodnight, Stealin', CC Rider - we will play the originals of tunes famously played by the Dead as well as tunes they flirted with throughout their long career --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

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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...

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