Author: Paul Norton

The original 1930s 78 labels called it ‘Hot String Band’. Later on, folks named it ‘Hillbilly Jazz’. On RRR, we’ll go with ‘Western Swing’, an exciting hybrid of country, blues, jazz, polka, big band, and then-current pop music. This Sunday, Roy plays a stack of vintage hot string band 78s from the likes of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Patsy Montana & Her Pardners, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, the Tune Wranglers, Texas Rose, King Ganam & His Sons Of The West, the Maddox Brothers & Rose, and more. All spinning from the original shellac discs.

The spin begins this Sunday, September 17^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Put on your dancing shoes for an hour of Western Swing at 78 rpm on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that just can’t get enough of that ah-ha.

Last September, CKUA’s Alberta Morning host, Grant Stovel, began a series of Triple-R Sneak Peeks, letting CKUA listeners know what might be coming up on Roy’s Record Room. After a summer break, Roy and Grant are about to resume the Sneak Peek series. In celebration, Roy spins a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights from the past. You’ll hear an eclectic batch of sides from Anita O’Day, the Washboard Rhythm Kings, Dr Feelgood & the Interns. Amalia Rodrigues, Cliff Richard & the Shadows, Dock Boggs, and more.

The spin begins on Sunday, September 10^th, 2 PM, <Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

This week, in honour of Labour Day, Roy digs out a stack of work-related sides to spin on Triple-R Radio. Jimmy Reed reveals that his boss ain’t so big. He’s just tall. That’s all. Dolly Parton plans to be a lady mule skinner. Keray Regan lists the ups and downs of being a poor, poor farmer. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard put on their ragged, worn out working shoes. Merle Travis assures us that he owes his soul to the company store. Rusty Newby & the Saddle Serenaders have the musician blues. You’ll also hear work songs from the Two Tones, Waylon Jennings, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Chuck Berry, Ruth Etting, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a batch of Work Songs on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

This week, on RRR, Roy’s still stuck in 78-crate-land, with an eclectic playlist that includes several artists covering other artists. Lap steel pioneer, Jerry Byrd, covers Leon McAuliffe’s classic “Steel Guitar Rag”. The Maddox Brothers & Rose cover Eddy Arnold’s 1947 hit, “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True”. Elvis Presley covers Gene Autry. An R&B vocal duo, the Teen Queens cover a vocalese original from King Pleasure & Betty Carter. Country star Red Foley covers early rockabilly pioneer, Hardrock Gunter. You’ll also hear classic sides from Hank Williams, T-Bone Walker, Big Bill Broonzy, Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, Annette Hanshaw, and more. All blasting out of the original 78 rpm grooves.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, August 20^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Hecks-a-popping this week on Triple R Radio as Roy digs deep into another crate of 78s. You’ll hear a 1956 Fats Domino B-side of one of his biggest hits as well as Gene Autry’s 1940 recording of that huge Fats hit. You can check out the roots of harmony vocal doo-wop singing via a 1934 Mills Brothers Decca disc. You’ll marvel at the first notable recording from an 18-year-old guitarist, Hank Garland, who’s fretwork would grace countless important country and rock recordings in the 1950s. You’ll be deeply moved by a stunning spiritual performance from Marian Anderson, the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. And there’s more…

The spin begins this Sunday, August 13^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for an eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Get ready for instalment # 62 of the continuing ‘78s from the crates’ series this week on Roy’s Record Room. Roy pulls out a stack of jazzy shellac from the likes of Kai’s Krazy Kats, the Four King Sisters, Tony Bennett, Joe Venuti’s Blue Four (vocal from Harold Arlen), the Country All-Stars (Chet, Homer, Jethro, Jerry Byrd), Peggy Lee with the Capitol Jazzmen, the King Cole Trio, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, Aug 6^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA. Dial in for a cool stack of Jazzy 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Roy dives into an eclectic batch of Summer Songs this week on RRR. You’ll hear all about beach parties, hot dogs, solid potato salad, heat waves, picking blackberries, going fishing, walking on a sidewalk hotter than a match head, and more

The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 30^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an eclectic batch of Summer Songs on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

We’ll be rockin’ in the record room this Sunday as Roy pulls out a stack of red-hot shellac from the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll. See if you can sit still as he plays classic sides from Little Richard, Buddy Holly, LaVerne Baker, Fats Domino, the Hollywood Flames, Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men, Ronnie Self, Brenda Lee and many more – all blasting from the grooves of the original 1950s 78s.

The spin begins this Sunday, July 23^rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Roy is in the mood for a bunch of Jazzy Gal 78s this week on Triple-R Radio. He’ll pull out a grand batch of shellac featuring stellar singers like Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington, Gladys Palmer with Roy Eldridge, Laura Washington with Erskine Hawkins, Anita O’Day, Doris Day, Lena Horne, Nellie Lutcher and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 16th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an all-78 Jazzy Gal Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.