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Roots and Rhythms
Sunday January 24th, 2021 with Retro Renny
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH. Is it jazz? Is it country? Who cares! It's an acoustic guitar that swings hard & changed the world. His early recordings on Super Disc.

Guitar Boogie
THE RAMBLER TRIO featuring ARTHUR SMITH guitar (reissued as Arthur Smith's Hot Quintet & then as Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks) - The Hillbilly Boogie Box Set - 1945 Super Disc/1948 MGM/2002 Proper Records
Country Boogie
ARTHUR SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - The Hillbilly Boogie Box Set - 1946 Super Disc/2002 Proper Records
Banjo Boogie
ARTHUR SMITH'S HOT QUINTET (Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks) - The Hillbilly Boogie Box Set - 1946 Super Disc/1948 MGM/2002 Proper Records
Guitar Jump
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S HOT QUINTET - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Shortnin' Bread
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
No O'Clock Jump
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1945 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Stuff And Such
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Seventh Street Boogie
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
More Guitar Boogie
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Boomerang
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S HOT QUINTET - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1947 Super Disc/1948 MGM Records/2000 Jasmine Records
South
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1947 Super Disc/1948 MGM Records/2000 Jasmine Records
Twelfth Street Rag
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH & HIS SENSATIONAL TRIO (reissued on MGM as Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks) - Jumpin' Guitar - 1945 Super Disc/1985 Relaxed Rabbit Records
The Darktown Strutter's Ball
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Stompin' At The Savoy
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Sheik Of Araby
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
After You've Gone
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1947 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Riffin'
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Rock And Rye Polka
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1946 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Fingers On Fire
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1947 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Blue Boogie
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO - Here Comes The Boogie Man-The Original Recordings - 1947 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Feudin' Banjos
ARTHUR SMITH & DON RENO - Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass from Root to Flower - 1955 MGM Records/2010 Fantastic Voyage
Interactive CKCU
hillbilly
fav T-shirt seen on Go train..."Boogie 'til ya puke!"

7:17 PM, January 24th, 2021
Renny G (host)
Not quite country, not quite jazz, not quite boogie woogie.....I love hard to classify music.

8:26 PM, January 24th, 2021
hillbilly
sax guy told me it's in the "Cracks"...i asked, Qua?..."space between the notes..." I just listen. Thanks!

8:52 PM, January 24th, 2021
Renny G (host)
The jazz I really enjoy is the old stuff, when it was still dance music.

8:59 PM, January 24th, 2021
Renny G (host)
I hope your not one of those "Deliverance" style hillbillies, hillbilly.

9:01 PM, January 24th, 2021