[Dixielandjazz] Scratchy Grooves - Treasure Trove of OKOM.

[Thad McArthur]

Hi Steve,  Treasure Trove doesn't begin to to describe this contribution to 
DJML.  It's the biggest contribution I've seen come to the List.  It's 
big--it looks like the total is 100 or more hours of our basic jazz 
heritage, it's a little unwieldy coming in hour plus segments, it takes 6 
minutes to download and once you're there in one of the segments, it's hard 
to access any one offering, you better just plan to sit and enjoy for an 
hour or an hour and a half.  I immediately put it in my favorites file and I 
hope it's there forever.  We have to thank God  for people like Bill 
Chambliss and his son.  Thank you for this and all your many contributions. 
Thad McArthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Thad McArthur" <wthadmc at whidbey.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: 01/19/2009 8:02 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Scratchy Grooves - Treasure Trove of OKOM.


> For almost 20 years, a friend of mine, and fan of our band, Bill 
> Chambless hosted a radio program from the University of Delaware in 
> Newark, DE called "Scratchy Grooves". It ran once a week and most were  an 
> hour long. (some 90 minutes) It featured music from roughly 1900 to  1940 
> that he had collected on records. When Bill passed away, the show  ended.
>
> His son, John, is an editor at the Daily Local News in West Chester  PA, 
> (my old home town before moving 30 miles away to Oxford) and has  been 
> lovingly putting these programs on computer for all to enjoy.  While not 
> yet complete, there is an astounding amount of music on the  below 
> website. You can choose which programs to hear easily and I  guarantee 
> there is something there for everybody. (About 100 shows or  100+ hours of 
> music)
>
> Like The Boswell Sisters, A Young Bing Crosby with The Rhythm Boys, 
> Mildred Bailey, Paul Whiteman, Billie Holiday, Mae West, Ruth Etting,  Ben 
> Pollock, Hoagy Carmichael, Isham Jones, Rudy Vallee, Eubie Blake  etc, 
> etc, etc. He has about 100 shows on the site so far
>
> http://www.scratchygrooves.com/
>
> Enjoy this fascinating and free site.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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