Category: Radio

Roy’s rummaging around in another crate of 78s this week on Triple-R Radio. This time, he goes back nearly a hundred years for a batch of shellac from the 1920s. You’ll hear Hawaiian guitars from Palakiko & Paaluhi. Crooning from Annette Hanshaw.  Ragtime piano from Jelly-Roll Morton. Classic jazz from Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five. Bluesy vocalizing from Clara Smith. Old-timey string band sounds from Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers.

The show kicks off with a Country music classic (Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow) from the Carter Family, recorded at the historic Bristol sessions, held in Bristol, Tennessee, over a twelve-day period in the summer of 1927. (The same year that CKUA first hit the airwaves). These sessions, where the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers were discovered, are often referred to as the big bang of Country Music.

The spin begins Sunday, 2PM, MST, on CKUA. Dial in for a stack of 1920s 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, sixteen years and counting.

This week on RRR, Roy digs deep in the Triple-R Radio 78 archives for a very eclectic Shellac Shack Shuffle. You’ll hear some vintage Western Swing from Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Deep blues from Muddy Waters and his guitar. Raucous pre-rockabilly from the Maddox Brothers & Rose. Stunning gospel from the Staples Singers, lead by eighteen-year-old Mavis Staples. Red-hot rockabilly from Ronnie Self, a tune later covered by k d lang.

As well, Roy remains amazed at finding a classic 1927 old-timey Dock Boggs 78 in a pile of sleeveless junk that came into The Room a while back. How the heck did this rare disc make its way to North Vancouver from the Southern US? Roy gives that one a spin, to see what the excitement is all about.

The fun begins this Sunday, Oct 16^th, at 2 PM, MST, on CKUA. Dial in for a good old Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, sixteen years and counting.

Roy’s simply in the mood for tunes about food this Sunday on Roy’s Record Room. It’s nothing but a musical pot luck chow-down.  Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers get us in the groove with some Pot Luck Boogie. Stompin’ Tom Connors explains some of the finer points of combining ketchup with potatoes. King Curtis gives out a recipe for some Memphis soul stew. Tony Joe White’s Pal, Annie, fixes up a mess of polk salad. the Boswell Sisters take their sugar to tea.

Where’s dessert, you ask? Well, fortunately, Anita O’Day has a delightful suggestion. How about a Hershey bar?

The feast begins and the platters will spin this Sunday, Oct 9^th, 2 PM, MST, on CKUA. Bring your appetite for a Thanksgiving Musical Pot Luck on Rooooy’s Record Room, with a pause in the middle to pay tribute to our fallen comrade, David Ward.

This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy features a spectacular new reissue album,” The Blues According to Hank Williams / Hank Williams According To The Blues” from the RWA label. The set features Black soul, blues, jump-blues, doo-wop, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and pop artists from the 50s and 60s interpreting the classic and versatile songs that Hank Williams wrote and recorded.

You’ll hear an eclectic mix of obscure and familiar artists such as Dinah Washington, Piano Red, Katie Webster, Jeb Stuart, Fats Domino, Joe Hinton, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Edwards, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, October 2^nd, 2 PM, MST on CKUA. You won’t want to miss this look at “The Blues According To Hank Williams  /Hank Williams According To The Blues” on Roooooy’s Record Room, constantly revolving and revealing.

This week, Roy dives into the RRR archives for a batch of deep blues at 78 rpm. He’ll play some essential platters from Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Willie Nix & His Combo, Willie Mae Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, and more. The tunes spin off of such revered blues labels as Cobra, Sabre, Artistic, Chess, Checker, RPM, Parrot, Peacock, Trumpet, and so on.

The needle hits the platters This Sunday, Sept 25^th, 2 PM, MST on CKUA. Tune in for some Deep Blues at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that’s really got its mojo working.

This Sunday, Roy’s Record Room moves to a new time slot – 2 PM, Mountain. To celebrate this tiny move, we’ll hear a few Listener Highlights, sent in by such RRR fans as Val from North Rolla, Sam from Calgary, Bob from Sydney, Genia from Vancouver, Lark from Haida Gwaii, Danny from West Vancouver, Angela from Sechelt, Judi from Dawson Creek, Lorne from Orillia, and many more.

The eclectic spin begins Sunday, September 18^th at 2 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Tune in for some cool Listener Highlights on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.

This week, back to that fresh stack of 45s on Triple-R Radio.  You’ll hear sides from Roy Hamilton, Albert Collins, the Shirelles, Hank Snow, Ritchie Valens, Rose Maddox, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Roy Orbison, and so many more.

The spin begins, Sunday, September 11^th,1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Tune in for another fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

Note that, as of September 18^th, RRR moves to a new time slot. Sundays, 2 PM, Mountain.

This edition of RRR is available anytime ‘on demand’ for seven days after the initial broadcast. at 0ndemand.ckua.com

This week on RRR, it’s show # 47 in the ‘78s from the crates’ series. Roy plays all jazzy shellac from the likes of the Quintette of the Hot Club of France (Django, Stephane), Betty Roche with Earl Hines, the Boswell Sisters, the Memphis Stompers, JJ Johnson’s Be-Boppers (with Bud Powell, Cecil Payne, Max Roach), Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, James Moody & His Bop Men (with Chano Pozo), Sarah Vaughan, and many more.

The spin begins Sunday, Sept 04, 1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Dial in for some Jazzy 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

This week, more from that fresh batch of 45s on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear gems from Mickey & Sylvia (the original of Lovedrops, later cut by Barry Allen), Jack Scott, Rose Maddox, Bobby Bland, Roy Orbison, Jesse Winchester, Jo-Anne Campbell, the Hollies, and so many more.

The spin begins Sunday, Aug 28^th, 1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. It’s another fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

This week, Roy checks out a fresh stack of 45s that recently showed up in The Room. You’ll hear the obscure and the familiar from the likes of Doris Troy, Joe Barry, the Flamingos, the Fiestas, Alvin Cash & the Crawlers, the Impressions, the Marvelettes, the Shadows, and so many more.

Catch the action on CKUA, Sunday, August 21^st, Mountain. It’s a fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Sixteen years and counting.