Last week I was rereading Ivan Tribe's book chronicling the Stoneman Family and their place, especially Ernest Stoneman , the patriarch of the family, in the history of country music. "The Raging Sea" was mentioned in the text and has been playing in my mind since then, so I thought I'd post this live recording of Gail and me doing it. I don't recall where we were performing or when, but we did learn it from the old Stoneman 78. The photo is the plaque awarded Gail by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association in 2000 as the "Favorite Old Time Banjo Player".
Gail Heil: banjo, vocal; Bob Bovee: guitar, harmonica, vocal

The Raging Sea

Tribute to Bill Birchfield (WPAQ 5-15-2015)

Field recordings and interviews from the 50th Annual Fries Fiddlers Convention and more. Featuring an interview with founder of the Fries Fiddlers Convention, legendary emcee and radio announcer, Harold Mitchell.  

"Surry Spotlight" with Ivy Sheppard 23 August 2016

Joe Bussard's Hot Town Jazz Classics, WHUS Red Rooster Party
Show 65:  January 15, 2017  
1.  Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra - Hot Town - Victor, 1928
2.  Monk Hazel And His Bienville Roof Orchestra - Git Wit It - Brunswick, 1928
3.  Bill Brown and His Brownies - What Kind Of Rhythm Is That? - Brunswick, 1929
4.  Wilton Crawley and his Orchestra - Futuristic Blues - Victor, 1929
5.  "Jelly Roll" Morton and his Orchestra - Deep Creek - Victor, 1928
6.  Ben Tobier and his California Cyclones - Hot And Heavy - Champion, 1930
7.  Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band - Blues Oh Blues - Paramount, 1927
8.  Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orchestra - Copenhagen - Brunswick, 1929
9.  King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators - Speak Easy Blues - Vocalion, 1928
10.  Fletcher Henderson Orchestra - Hot Mustard - Vocalion, 1926
11.  Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Mobile Stomp - Columbia, 1927
12.  The Original Wolverines - The New Twister - Brunswick, 1927
13,  Memphis Stompers - Washington And Lee Swing - Victor, 1928
14.  Jean Goldkette's Orchestra - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now - Victor, 1929
15.  New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Gold Leaf Strut - Okeh, 1925
16.  Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Beale Street Mama - Brunswick, 1932
17.  Henry Allen Jr. and His New York Orchestra - Sugar Hill Function - Victor, 1930

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Joe Bussard's Hot Town Jazz Classics, WHUS Red Rooster Party
Show 83:  May 21, 2017  
1.  Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra - Hot Town - Victor, 1928
2.  Leroy's Dallas Band - Going Away Blues - Columbia, 1929
3.  Clarence Williams And His Orchestra - Left All Alone With The Blues - Columbia, 1930
4.  King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators - Dead Man Blues - Vocalion, 1926
5.  Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Black Bottom - Victor, 1926
6.  Dixieland Jug Blowers - Boodle-Am Shake - Victor, 1926
7.  Buzzington Rustic Revelers - Kansas City Kitty - Gennett, 1929
8.  Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra - Sluefoot - Victor, 1927
9.  Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Deep Creek - Victor, 1929
10.  Peggy Hill - Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider - Victor, 1928
11.  McKinney's Cotton Pickers - If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - Victor, 1930
12.  Cab Calloway - Six Or Seven Times - Brunswick, 1931
13.  Jack Crawford and His Orchestra - Baltimore - Vocalion, 1927
14.  Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra - I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - Vocalion, 1930
15.  Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Cuckoo Blues - Victor, 1928
16.  Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -  Oh! Eddie - Victor, 1930

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Songs From The Blue Ridge (REB-1866)

No Candy in My Bluegrass

A "mini-story with Dudley & Katy about sometimes harrowing life of the road with the Johnson Mountain Boys.

A Mini Story with Dudley Connell, all about emergency braking with the JMB

The Johnson Mountain Boys are a 2020 inductee into the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Co-Founder Dudley Connell talks about the band's history with Katy Daley.

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