Episode 138: Billy Bragg Tells The Story Of Skiffle
Billy Bragg explains how Skiffle made the British Invasion possible.
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Episode 137: The Innovations Of Ralph Peer
Barry Mazor is the author of Ralph Peer And The Making Of Popular Roots Music and he’s sharing stories about how Ralph Peer changed the music business.
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Episode 136: Jimmy Martin Stories
Mike Bub shares stories about hanging with The King Of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin.
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Episode 135: Working For Bill Monroe
Mike Bub shares a lot of great stories about playing gigs with The Father Of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.
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Episode 134: Dylan Goes Electric
Elijah Wald talks about Bob Dylan’s infamous electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
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Episode 133: Dave Van Ronk Stories
Elijah Wald shares a ton of great stories about Dave Van Ronk.
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Episode 132: King Of Record Collectors
Joe Bussard’s collection of old 78s is believed to be the best in the world. Joe shares stories of how he found these records while going door to door in rural Appalachia in the1950s and beyond.
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Episode 131: This Land Is Your Land
Otis talks about the events that lead to Woody Guthrie writing his iconic classic, This Land Is Your Land.
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Episode 130: The Replacements In Nashville
Bob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements, shares stories about The Replacements’ ill fated and sometimes disastrous gigs in Nashville.
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Episode 129: Doug Sahm Stories
Pete Finney talks about the wonderfully strange and disorganized time he spent playing pedal steel with the great Doug Sahm.
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Episode 128: Dylan, Cash and The Nashville Cats
Pete Finney is the co-curator of the Dylan, Cash and The Nashville Cats exhibit at The Country Music Hall Of Fame and he shares a ton of great stories about Dylan’s friendship with Cash and how it changed how we think of Nashville.
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Episode 127: Strange Fruit
Otis talks about Billy Holiday’s version of Strange Fruit and the 1930 lynching in Marion, Indiana that inspired it.
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