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Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday October 18th, 2017 with Retro Renny
KING RECORDS: 1943-75 One of the most important independent label in the U.S., the King Records roster included Western Swing, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Boogie and Rhythm & Blues artists.

Steel Guitar Stomp
HANK PENNY - Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys – The Golden Years Of Western Swing: Oakie Boogie - '45 King Records/'99 Proper Records
Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944-50 - '46 King Records/'01 Proper Records
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
THE BROWN'S FERRY FOUR - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944-50 - '46 King Records/'01 Proper Records
Mountain Dew
GRANDPA JONES - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944-50 - '47 King Records/'01 Proper Records
Run Mountain
J.E. MAINER - Bluegrass Bonanza: Early Bluegrass 1944-50 - '49 King Records/'01 Proper Records
Rockin' At Midnight
ROY BROWN - The King R&B Box Set - '50 King Records/'10 Gusto Records
Cherokee Boogie
MOON MULLICAN - Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits - '51 King Records/'88 King Records/Highland Music
Cherokee Boogie
BULL MOOSE JACKSON & HIS BUFFALO BEARCATS - The Big Horn - Boogie's The Thing - '51 King Records/'03 Proper Records
Adam Come And Get Your Rib
WYNONIE HARRIS - Gabe's Dirty Blues - '52 King Records/'78 Gusto Records/Gabe's Archive Of Sounds
Adam Come And Get Your Rib
WAYNE RANEY - That Real Hot Boogie Boy (The King Anthology) - '53 King Records/'02 Ace Records
Nervous Man, Nervous
BIG JAY McNEELY - The King R&B Box Set - '53 King Records/'10 Gusto Records
Space Guitar
YOUNG JOHN WATSON a.k.a. JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON - The King R&B Box Set - '54 King Records/'10 Gusto Records
Rock Love
LULA REED - I'll Drown In My Tears - '55 King Records/'03 Ace Records
Open Up The Back Door
HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS - Sexy Ways: The Best Of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - '56 King Records/'93 Rhino Records
Just So You Call Me
MAC CURTIS - Rockabilly Gold: Volume Ten - '56 King Records/'96 Lucky Records
Can't Hardly Stand It
CHARLIE FEATHERS with JODY & JERRY - Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69) - '56 King Records/'98 John Fahey's Revenant Records
Please, Please, Please
JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES - Star Time - Mr. Dynamite - '56 Federal Records/'91 PolyGram Records
Think
THE '5' ROYALES - The King R&B Box Set - '57 King Records/'10 Gusto Records
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
I love this label.

8:03 PM, October 18th, 2017
Renny G (host)
Any listeners tonight?

8:05 PM, October 18th, 2017
IanJ
I just got on to Hank Penny recently. King of Hillbilly Bebop!

8:07 PM, October 18th, 2017
Renny G (host)
That he was. He was a rebel.

8:08 PM, October 18th, 2017