This episode focuses on drug songs of the 1920s-30s - From Louis Armstrong's "MUGGLES", Luke Jordan's 1927 COCAINE BLUES, Benny Moten's GOOFY DUST, to Victoria Spivey's DOPE HEAD BLUES tune in and indulge..and you will learn for sure that smoking reefer wasn't invented in the 1960's!
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American Grooves Radio Hour, hosted by filmmaker and collector Joe Lauro, takes you on a deep dive into the music of pre-World War II America. It focuses on the Jazz, pioneering Blues, early Country, Gospel, Vaudeville and World Music which was being performed on the streets and in the taverns and nightclubs of pre-1935 America. ONLY original 78 rpm records from Joe’s world-renowned archive and the libraries of other notable collectors will be played. There will also be stories from the first generation of record collecting as well as backgrounds and information on the records and the artists. Support this po...