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Not Fade Away

February 3rd, 1959 will forever be known as the Day the Music Died. One account of the tragedy remained secret for years.

July 30, 2020
Gone Fishin’

It’s summer…time to celebrate.

July 1, 2020
You’re A Grand Old Rag

How a Civil War vet inspired one of our favorite patriotic tunes.

June 12, 2020
Open, Parachute!

The history books are full of names of inventors who have, through struggle and determination, brought innovation to humankind. But what of those who make the ultimate sacrifice?

June 2, 2020
Someday You’ll Say OK!

You’re listening to You’re listening to Vaughn DeLeath with “Someday You’ll Say OK”, recorded in 1927 and… with “Someday You’ll Say OK”, recorded in 1927 and…

May 28, 2020
Betty And Dupree

We’re going back, before tie-dye was even a thing, to the Grateful Roots: songs that influenced the Grateful Dead.

May 19, 2020
Pretty Polly

Love, loss and cold-blooded killers.

May 14, 2020
Canoe Song

How Paul Robeson started making one film, and ended up making another altogether.

May 12, 2020
Netty Netty

Wait, they banned what?!

May 11, 2020
Light A Candle In The Chapel

Who doesn’t appreciate a good old-fashioned sappy song now and again? Well, John Welch, for one.

May 5, 2020