Monday, October 13, 2008
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Sunday's a day late for St. Patrick this year, but Obsolete Music will go for the Green just the same. If you've never heard the amazing Johnny Doran and Neil O'Boyle from the Emerald Isle you're in for a treat. From closer by we'll hear Johnnie and Jack, Uncle Dave Macon, Marty Robbins and Mississippi John Hurt.
Fiddle ragtime, Joli Blond, blue grass rambles, stuck up blues and hard luck too. It's Obsolete Music—tune in and you'll see why!
Before coming to a prolonged rest at a highway truck stop, we'll enjoy medleys from Hank Snow, J.B. Hutto, Reno & Smiley and a potent Polynesian choir from Guadalcanal. Obsolescence was never better.
This week Obsolete Music features highlights from new cds—by the Memphis Jug Band and by singing West Virgina coal miners in 1940. Hank Williams, Merle Travis, Bill Monroe, the Carter Family and Uncle Dave Macon also make appearances.