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Uptown-Downtown
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Apollo Club
Featuring those top-notch musicians and band leaders who were successful in New York City and Harlem in 1933.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Madame Tussaud’s Dance Orchestra
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum is famous, with exhibits around the world. In the early 1930s, a restaurant and small dance floor provided an ideal set...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 11/2/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WATER SPOUTS THROUGH CRUEL TEETH ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
The Folly of Fats part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Here’s another look at the extraordinary talents of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, with more humorous stories from behind the scenes.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Folly of Fats part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
Thomas Wright ‘Fats’ Waller is one of the few who can be called a legend during his lifetime, even though it was all too short: 39 years. Here he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Johnny Dodds Tribute part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds was one of the greatest clarinetist of the 1920's. Although both Jimmy Noone and Sidney Bechet had better technique, Dodds had a very ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 8/24/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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BURSTING FORTH LIKE THE SUN ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The King - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Whiteman
It’s truly a misnomer to call him “The King of Jazz,” although he did manage to surround himself with a number of very talented jazz musicians. Mor...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz in Britain
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fred Elizalde
When the Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited Great Britain in 1919, the invasion was on. America’s music infiltrated the hearts and minds of young...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/8/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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A JAIL BIRD ON FOUR LEGS ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
St. Louis Shuffle
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: sheet music cover
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Fud Livingston
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fud Livingston
Joseph Anthony Livingston, nicknamed “Fud,” played accordion and piano in his youth. But, in his teens, he found the saxophone more to his liking. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/2/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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CELESTIAL BEING LAID TO REST...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Jabbo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cladys "Jabbo" Smith
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/18/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY NAME IS L, MY NAME IS E...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/11/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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MY SHINGLE IS A CANDY STICK...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/4/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY FIRST CAN MAKE AN ARROW FLY...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/14/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A CHOIR OF EIGHTY-EIGHT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 06/30/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I'M THE RULER OF THE KINGDOM...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/24/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ARRIVING LIKE KING OF THE JUNGLE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Page Wilson: Into The Blue
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
Is Virginia Really For Lovers?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The original Virginia Is For Lovers slogan/logo, created by Martin & Woltz (now The Martin Agency) in 1968., Credit: The Martin Agency
The real story behind one of the most famous tourism slogans of all time.

Bought by WTJU, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 02/18/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY GILLS DON'T FILTER WATER...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1