[Dixielandjazz] Scratchy Grooves - Treasure Trove of OKOM.

[Stephen G Barbone]

Hi Thad: You and list members are welcome. Bill's son is tickled pink  
that folks all over the world might now hear his dad's programs and  
that wonderful music from his record collection. The original FM  
station only carried about 30 miles around Newark Delaware. But all  
were taped and Bill's son is converting them and uploading them onto  
the computer. Bill was one of a kind.

On my Mac, using DSL, the programs download as mp3s and immediately.

If his son gets all the programs up and running over the next few  
years, you'll hear quite a bit more. Even an old tape version of Sweet  
Georgia Brown by Barbone Street circa 1990 or so.. <grin>

That collection is truly a marvel and an good listen to what was the  
popular music of the the first 40 years of the 20th Century.

I especially like the theme of each show. For band leaders/musicians,  
that is a great way to hear songs specific to things like Weather,  
Love, Money, Springtime, Rain, etc.

Cheers,
Steve


On Jan 19, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Thad McArthur wrote:

> 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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