And the late Delta guitarist and walking blues encyclopedia Honeyboy Edwards came by our studio back then to share memories of Robert Johnson, the 1927 flood, and recording for Alan Lomax along the way. The late Les Paul, Wizard of Waukesha, talked about his leap from taking up the instrument to inventing the guitar heard 'round the world that still bears his name. Tune in and hear a classic show from our archives that pays witness to over 150 years of guitar experience between the guests from our original 2007 program. GUITAR BOSSES: LES PAUL & HONEYBOY EDWARDS November 16th, 2016 Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops talks about bringing back the peoples' music of another era today. Jerry Garcia tells of his most influential folk music source and we'll hear Dylan go electric at Newport in 1965. The late Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax offer opinions on their divergent views of folk music and the quest for authenticity. Jug bandleader Jim Kweskin talks about his love of communal living. We interview folk heroine Judy Collins about her move from traditional British folk songs to the new songs and sounds in Greenwich Village. The American folk music revival that grew from the Post-WWII era to the Sixties was about more than just music: it wrapped in political activism, romantic visions of the self and the "folk," group "sing-a-longs," "hootenannies" and careers of singer-songwriters. THE FOLK REVIVAL REVISITED: PETE SEEGER, JUDY COLLINS, JIM KWESKIN, JERRY GARCIA, ALAN LOMAX, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, JOAN BAEZ, BONNIE RAITT AND MORE July 5th, 2017 Michael White, and Dan Morganstern, the director of Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies.
ALAN LOMAX SERIES
In 1938 with Alan Lomax at the Library of Congress, Morton sketched the origins of jazz in a series of INTERVIEW:s and performances, excerpted here, with commentary from New Orleans clarinetist and researcher Dr.
Pianist Jelly Roll Morton of New Orleans claimed to have invented jazz, and was certainly its first composer. Hear Honeyboy recall the infamous 1927 Mississippi River flood, being recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942, riding the rails to Chicago and more.įROM THE SHOW: 'WHERE HAVE ALL THE FOLK SONGS GONE?': THE ALAN LOMAX LEGACY AND A CONVERSATION W/PETE SEEGER July 16th, 2003 įrom the show "'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger" originally aired on July 16th, 2003įROM THE SHOW: JELLY ROLL MORTON December 5th, 2001
FROM THE SHOW: THE FOLK REVIVAL REVISITED: PETE SEEGER, JUDY COLLINS, JIM KWESKIN, JERRY GARCIA, ALAN LOMAX, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, JOAN BAEZ, BONNIE RAITT AND MORE July 5th, 2017 įrom the show "The Folk Revival Revisited: Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Jim Kweskin, Jerry Garcia, Alan Lomax, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt and more" originally aired on July 5th, 2017įROM THE SHOW: GUITAR BOSSES: LES PAUL & HONEYBOY EDWARDS September 24th, 2008 īorn in 1915, in Shaw, MS, David "Honeyboy" Edwards has played delta blues over 75 years with artists ranging from Charlie Patton to Muddy Waters.