[Dixielandjazz] Riverwalk Jazz web exclusive: Riverboats, Roustabouts and Jazz: Life on The Mississippi

[Robert S. Ringwald]

This from Jim Cullum:

Life on The Mississippi


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> Riverboats, Roustabouts and Jazz: Life on The Mississippi
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>> A hundred years ago, the grandeur of the Mississippi River was a
> central fact of  'every day' life. A steamboat coming into port brought
> everyone in town down to the wharf. Big New Orleans passenger packets
> stood three stories high and floated down the river like giant hotels.
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> Mark Twain's 1883 book, Life on the Mississippi, has always
> been one a personal favorite. I thought it would be fun to build
> a radio show around stories from the book and music that reflected the
> romance of the river. This week, special guest, Broadway's Vernel
> Bagneris, joins us with stories from Mark Twain's Life on the
> Mississippi.
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> Sights & Sounds
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> http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/site/R?i=3ACPjF6H7w4bps5zPverTQ..
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> Vernel Bagneris with a story from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi
> Music from Jerome Kern's Showboat
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> Tune in and enjoy,
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> Jim Cullum - revised


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