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A little warm-up for St. Paddy’s Day: Pete Seeger sings and picks a cheery-sounding tune about…workplace discrimination!
March 17, 2022Those lyrics you hear, the “Never swat a fly, he may love another fly”…They’re cute, but they also hint at ideologies found in many world religions.
March 16, 2022Bob Wills was a pioneer of Western swing, but he also had a bit of the blues in him.
March 11, 2022You’re listening to Jim Reeves with I Could Cry, an Abbott 45 from 1953, and… Gentleman Jim Reeves had 51 top ten hits in a career cut short when a small plane he was piloting crashed in 1964. For your next Morbid Trivia Night: He was taught by the same man who taught Randy Hughes, Patsy ...
March 10, 2022“Harry though they drew the color line, you’re a champion just the same.”
March 7, 2022Beethoven initially considered Napoleon a kindred spirit; indeed, they were more or less the same age, grew up in modest households, and neither had to stoop to pass through doorways.
March 4, 2022No matter what your line of work..it’s always good to have a back-up plan. Just ask James “Kokomo” Arnold.
March 3, 2022You’re listening to Julius Larosa with 1955’s “Let’s Stay Home Tonight” and…
March 2, 2022