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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.

Friday 8 - 9am (EST) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting May 5, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 49 - "A Quick Trip Through the States"

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Memphis Jug Band  Mississippi River Waltz   Favoriting 1928   
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Bessie Smith  Florida Bound Blues   Favoriting 1925   
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Dave Van Ronk  Alabama Song   Favoriting 1966   
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Ben Hokea & Al Nani  Beautiful Ohio   Favoriting 1920   
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Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band  Louisiana   Favoriting 2002   
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Hal Smith's Jazzologists  Michigan Water Blues   Favoriting 2021   
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Sadie Green Sales Ragtime Jugband  The Pennsylvania Polka   Favoriting 2007   
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Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Shieks  At A Georgia Camp Meeting   Favoriting 2013   
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Billy Jones and Ernie Hare (The Happiness Boys)  You're In Kentucky Sure As Your Born   Favoriting 1923   
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Hartman's Heartbreakers  A Night in Carolina   Favoriting 1936   
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Tiny Tim  Down Virginia Way   Favoriting 1969   
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Bonnie Lou  Tennessee Wig Walk   Favoriting 1953   
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Thurl Ravenscroft and Roberta Lee  You Want to Talk About Texas   Favoriting 1955   
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Billy Murray  My Old New Jersey Home   Favoriting 1921   
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Al Jolson  California, Here I Come   Favoriting 1946  Earlier recording in 1924 
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Spike Jones & His City Slickers  I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia   Favoriting 1942   
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The Shaggs  Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)   Favoriting 1973   
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Edition Spéciale  Merrily We Roll Along   Favoriting 2010  Edited 
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02am
Jan Turkenburg:

Hi MHLee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03am
MHLee:

Hi Jan!
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DJ Guin:

morning MHLee
hi Jan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04am
MHLee:

Ho DJ Guin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04am
MHLee:

I need to get some of Canon's Jug Stompers for this show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04am
Jan Turkenburg:

This will be the last MWRA show that I will listen to live for a while. I accepted some volunteer's work at my favorite thriftstore, from next week on.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:04am
fred:

Good morning MHLee and folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05am
MHLee:

Hi Fred!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05am
Jan Turkenburg:

Hi DJ Guin, hi fred!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07am
Jan Turkenburg:

I would have been absent today as well. Plans were to go to Liberation Festival together with a lady friend, but the weather is super bad and umbrella's are not allowed 😮
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08am
MHLee:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @8:07
Umbrellas are not allowed at liberation day?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ MHLee @8:08
yep... the irony. Security...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10am
MHLee:

Here I would expect them to sell flag themed umbrellas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10am
Jan Turkenburg:

I just recorded a spare FDL show, going through my own clicky stars on the fly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12am
MHLee:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @8:10
Fun
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DJ Guin:

↳ Song: "Alabama Song" by "Dave Van Ronk"
sounds like Jim Morrison had a rough night
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13am
MHLee:

We are almost at a year of this show. We'll have a clicky star show soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14am
MHLee:

↳ DJ Guin @8:13
He actually was a big influence for Bob Dylan
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DJ Guin:

↳ MHLee @8:14
i am familiar with Dave. believe the film Inside Llewyn Davis was based on him
Avatar 8:16am
DJ Guin:

the film went largely unnoticed..because people prefer talking trees and raccoons
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16am
MHLee:

Interesting, I know little about him outside of his recordings
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:17am
WR:

hello MHLee, Jan, DJ Guin, folks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18am
MHLee:

Hi WR
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DJ Guin:

hello WR
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:21am
WR:

There is a bio on Dave Can Ronk written by
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21am
Sem:

Good morning, MHLee, and merry rollers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22am
MHLee:

Hi Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24am
Sem:

Liking the playlist, being a closet vintage jazzbo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24am
Jan Turkenburg:

Hello Sem
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26am
MHLee:

There's a lot of vintage jazz and the like on this show. Tend to source a lot of this stuff on bandcamp. Probably should link bandcamps for the last too but forgot
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:27am
Sem:

Hey, Jan! I used to run a thrift shop or two. Good to hear you're volunteering at one.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:28am
WR:

↳ WR @8:21
Elijah Wald, actually is a memoir as dictated to Wald.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30am
MHLee:

Bought a saw recently
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
Sem:

↳ MHLee @8:30
To play, or learn to play?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
MHLee:

↳ Sem @8:38
The latter, I have a mallet and a bow. Been afraid to take the bow to it yet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42am
Sem:

↳ MHLee @8:40
The saw playing spirit will let you know when it's time to take up the horsehair.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43am
Sem:

Off now, see you again next time, MHLee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43am
MHLee:

See you Sem
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ Song: "Tennessee Wig Walk" by "Bonnie Lou"
The Tennessee Wig Walk is a popular primary school song in The Netherlands. Adapted Dutch lyrics of course. I heard Bonnie Lou's rendition for the first time when a 78rpm DJ was guest in the Dutch predecessor of Frame Duggy Louder. Didn't know it's origin then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45am
MHLee:

I found in the 100 Songs for the 20th Century Peter Stampfel CD. Never heard it before
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @8:44
Or it used to be popular anyway. It's been 10 years since I stood in front of a class room.
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DJ Guin:

↳ Song: "You Want to Talk About Texas" by "Thurl Ravenscro...
fascinating that Thurl was the singing voice of the Grinch and Tony the Tiger
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @8:46
on my own anyway. I assisted a collegue during ukulele and flute group lessons for a few years afterwards.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48am
MHLee:

↳ DJ Guin @8:47
He's also super present in the old disney choruses
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49am
MHLee:

You can pick out his voice quite clearly in Pink Elephants on parade and in the pirates of the Caribbean ride
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
MHLee:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @8:46
wonder who put it in dutch
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:55am
WR:

↳ Song: "California, Here I Come" by "Al Jolson"
Who's in the photo for the Jolson song?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56am
MHLee:

↳ WR @8:55
Believe it's Al in the Story of Al Jolson (1946)
Avatar 8:57am
DJ Guin:

bye all
thanks MHLee
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am
MHLee:

Correction The Jolson Story
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ Song: "Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)" by "The Sha...
And this is a tune that my father used to play on the electronic organ a lot, during my youth. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)" by "The Sha...
Almost a passable band here, I like it
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:58am
WR:

↳ MHLee @8:56
Actor Larry Parks played Jolson in that movie.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:59am
fred:

Thanks MHLee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00am
Jan Turkenburg:

↳ MHLee @8:55
youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00am
Jan Turkenburg:

Thanks MHLee!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:00am
WR:

Excellent episode, but 1 hour, only time for 18 or 19 states, so I hope for a follow-up sometime... Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
MHLee:

Thanks WR,Fred, Jan, and DJ Guin for listening
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