"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Compinsky Trio – Riegger: Piano Trio in B minor – Aug. 18, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some out-of-the-way Americana tonight. Wallingford Riegger is a name familiar to music specialists, but not so much to most…
Something historic from The Hollywood Bowl this weekend with a star-studded cast from the world of Country-Western music via Long Beach station KFOX, which was the big Country station in Southern California in 1963. Johnny Cash, the headliner, was not…
Grand Ole Opry – Sept. 20, 1941 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It’s interesting to consider there was a time when Folk Music and Country Music were practically one and the same. And I suppose it’s not…
KXLA – Redondo Beach Barn Program – Nov. 27, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fans of the West Coast, and specifically Southern California, may get a kick out of this slice of Popular Culture from the 1940s. By all…
WMPS -Stokley’s High-Noon Roundup – 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A dose of Heartland Americana this weekend. In 1952, Rock n’ Roll hadn’t been invented yet – it was in the woodshedding stages and hadn’t been unleashed on…
The Fixx – in concert at The Paris Theatre, London – 1982 – BBC In Concert series – BBC Radio 1 – The Fixx – one of the prime examples of a band who were catapulted to stardom via exposure…
Merle Haggard – Live at The Hollywood Bowl – July 7, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016). More sad news this year – the passing, ironically on his birthday, of Country-Western Music…
– Aerosmith – Live at The Schaeffer Music Festival, New York – August 29, 1975 – WCKG-FM Since most of you are probably going into Tryptophan overload from your Thanksgiving extravaganzas, I can’t think of a better way to…
– Meet The Press – Interview With Habib Bourguiba – May 19, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Many people, particularly those who aren’t aware of or remember the history or the extent of French influence in…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Eastman School Symphony – Howard Hanson – May 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Back over to some mid-century Americana this weekend. Weldon Hart is…