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Roots and Rhythms
Sunday January 2nd, 2022 with Retro Renny
Jazz guitars, jug bands, string bands and even kazoos. Great music from the past for the first show of 2022.

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When The Sun Sets Down South
Simon Chardiet - Dedication To Django - 2021 Bandcamp New
Hungaria
Djanjo Reinhardt - Nuages - 1941 Pathé
Blue Boogie
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith's Hot Quintet - Here Comes The Boogie Man - 1947 Super Disc/2000 Jasmine Records
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
The Original Sloth Band - Hustlin' & Bustlin’ - 1976 Posterity-Woodshed Records Canadian
I'm A Vulture (For Horticulture)
The Original Sloth Band - Whoopee After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records/Sloth Records Canadian
Bring It With You When Come
Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - Vol. 4, Memphis Jug Bands: Cannon's Jug Stompers 1928 - 1928 Victor/2005 JSP Records
Suits Crybaby Blues
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders - Singing In The Bathtub (originally released as Number Three) - 1978 Blue Goose Records/2005 Shanachie
Low Down Blues
Whistler & His Jug Band - Ruckus Juice & Chittlins, Vol. 1 - 1927 Gennett/1998 Yazoo
We Got To Get Together
Frank Edwards - Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 - 1941 OKeh/1992 Columbia Legacy
Gator Wobble
Memphis Jug Band - Good Time Blues—Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells - 1934 OKeh/1991 Columbia Legacy
The Newport Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2A: Social Music - 1929 Paramount/1997 Smithsonian Folkways
Ted's Stomp
Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan - Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 - 1934 Bluebird/1999 Old Hat Records
Walkin' Georgia Rose
Pelican Wildcats - Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 - 1931Columbia/1992 Columbia Legacy
Vine Street Drag
Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 - 1930 Vocalion/1999 Old Hat
The Jazz Fiddler
Mississippi Sheiks - Show Me What You Got - 1930 OKeh/1999 Catfish Records
Memphis Blues
Mobile Strugglers - Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 - 1949 American Music/1999 Old Hat Records
The Moore Girl
Andrew & Jim Baxter - Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 - 1928 Victor/1999 Old Hat Records
Indian War Whoop
Hoyt "Floyd" Ming & His Pep-Steppers - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2A: Social Music - 1928 Bluebird/1997 Smithsonian Folkways
Sourwood Mountain
The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind - 2006 Music Maker Relief Foundation
Dixie
The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind - 2006 Music Maker Relief Foundation
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
Happy New Year.

8:02 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Quiet tonight. Tis the season for hangovers.

8:16 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Any listeners?

8:26 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Frankie
Happy New Year to you as well, Renny. Lovely set of music for a Sunday Eve. I'm getting a jaunty, optimistic vibe.

8:29 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
I find jug band music and string band music some of the most joyous music I've ever heard. "The Jazz Fiddler" by the Mississippi Sheiks never fails to make me smile.

8:34 PM, January 2nd, 2022
hillbilly
Big smile here! Happy New Year!

8:47 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Hey hillbilly. I was wondering if you were listening. I played some very early harp recordings. Check out Will Shade sometime, he played harp in the Memphis Jug Band.

8:51 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
And before I get any complaints. The only reason I'm playing "Dixie" is because it's by an African-American roots band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Just putting it into context.

8:53 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Such a great group.

8:56 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Thank you for listening and thank you to Frankie and hillbilly for letting me know that they were listening. It's hard going up against the Simpsons every Sunday. Cheers and have a happy new year. May your next spin around the sun be filled with love, laugher and great, great music.

8:58 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Frankie
Wow, great show, thanks.

8:59 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Yeah, it was kind of like a general music show done through a roots filter.

8:59 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Frankie
Just know you're way better than Strombo

9:01 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Renny G (host)
Are you referring to George Stroumbouloupouloupouloupoulous?

9:04 PM, January 2nd, 2022
hb
Thanks! Context tres important! I learned something new! Mr. Shade was wonderful music history... I'm sure we share similar harp teachers...

9:10 PM, January 2nd, 2022
Frankie
Yes Sir.

9:13 PM, January 2nd, 2022