Roy’s back digging through crates of 78s this week on RRR. Some of the turned-up treasures include sides from Orquestra America, the Turbans, Zeb Turner, Grandpa Jones & His Grandchildren, Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers with Connie Allen, Homer & Jethro, Lee Morse, and more.
The crate digging begins on Sunday, May 15th, 1 PM, Mountain. Tune in for more 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve and reveal. Sixteen years and counting.
This week, Roy journeys back to the dawn of recorded sound, via the RRR shellac archives, for a salute to some early African American musical pioneers. Things kick off with a 1909 78 of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The show winds up in 1935 with Cleo Brown’s Decca disc of “When Hollywood Goes Black And Tan”.
In the middle, you’ll hear gems from Bert Williams (1921), Kokomo Arnold (1934), Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red-Hot Peppers (1926), Viola McCoy with Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five (1924), Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1928), Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (1932), and more.
Tune in on Sunday, May 8th, 1 PM, Mountain, for a salute to some black musical pioneers at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals. Sixteen years and counting.
RRR host, Roy Forbes, is joined once again by the amazing Lark Clark for a fundraising show full of fave Triple-R Radio 45s. You’ll hear from such RRR regulars as Michel Pagliaro, the Staples Singers, the Checkerlads, the Equals (with Eddy Grant), Dusty Springfield, Wes Dakus & the Rebels, Bob & Lucille (the Canadian Sweethearts), Nancy Sinatra, Wilson Pickett, and more.
We only have one hour on this last day of the CKUA fundraiser to weave the RRR magic so let’s put the pedal to the metal. Tune in at 1 PM, Mountain, to support Roy’s Record Room and CKUA.
Go to www.ckua.com to donate.
Roy is touring Alberta this weekend with shows in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.
Since he happens to be in Edmonton on Sunday, April 24th, Roy will be hosting Roy’s Record Room live from the CKUA Edmonton studio along with co-host Lark Clark, who also happens to be in that fine Alberta town.
The fundraising focus on this week’s RRR will be 78s, 78s, and more 78s. Roy and Lark invite you to join the fun on Sunday, April 24th, at 1 PM, Mountain, for a fundraising Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.
Go to ckua.com to find out how you can donate.
This week, Roy dives back into some 78s from the crates – #41 in this ongoing series. Get ready for some superb shellac from Fats Domino, Billie Holiday, Andre Williams & His New Group, Joe Turner, Benny Barnes, Don Gibson, Maxine Sullivan and more.
That’s Sunday, April 17 at 1 PM Mountain, for more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, counting sixteen years of revolving and revealing.
It’s party time on Triple-R Radio as Roy celebrates sixteen years of RRR on CKUA. He’ll be running at all three speeds with platters from Toots & The Maytals, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones (covering Chuck Berry), the Beatles, Janis Martin, Wanda Jackson, Randy Newman, Moon Mullican, and many more.
Join the festivities on Sunday, April 10th, 1 PM, Mountain as Roy’s Record Room celebrates sixteen years of revolving and revealing.
A two-hour special on CKCU’s ‘Canadian Spaces’
A while back, Roy was chatting with Chris White, host of the long-running folk show, Canadian Spaces (CKCU, Ottawa). They talked about playing a few recordings of Roy’s songs by other artists on the show. It turns out there have been quite a few over the years. By the end of the call, after putting together a tentative playlist, they decided to do a two-hour special on the subject.
So, on Saturday, April 2nd, 10am to noon ET, tune in to Canadian Spaces for a listen to some outstanding interpretations of Roy’s songs from the likes of Hart Rouge, Susan Jacks, Matt Minglewood, Sylvia Tyson, Garnet Rogers, Shari Ulrich, Valdy, Tony Trischka & Skyline, the Great Western Orchestra (with Cindy Church), Laurie Lewis, Tracey Brown, Heather Bishop, Suzie Vinnick, Shaye Zadravec, Jef Leeson and Shawn Colvin.
Throughout the program, which spans the years 1975 to 2021, Roy reacts to the performances and tells a few stories along the way.
This show is also available ‘on demand’ on the CKCU site.
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/55796.html
This week, Roy takes a romp through the RRR 78 archives for a good old Shellac Shack Shuffle. You’ll hear stellar sides from Fats Waller & His Rhythm, the Ravens, the Delmore Brothers, Percy Mayfield, Annette Hanshaw, Homer & Jethro, Sarah Vaughan, and more.
That’s Sunday, April 3rd, 1 PM, Mountain, for a good old all-78 Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, on the verge of sixteen years and counting.
This week, spectacular jazzy gal sides from the Triple-R Radio archives. Roy will dig out 45s, 78s, and 33s from the likes of Lena Horne, Terri Thornton, Ivie Anderson, Betty Carter, the Boswell Sisters, Helen Humes, and many more.
That’s Sunday, March 27th for some Jazzy Gals from the Archives on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.
Lots of e-mails last week from folks loving the archive 45s. So, more archive 45s this week. You’ll hear sides from Arthur Alexander, Big Danny Oliver, Howlin’ Wolf, Dale Hawkins, Bettye Swann, Etta Jones, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Ronnie Hawkins, and more.
Tune in on Sunday at 1 PM, Mountain, for more 45s from the archives on Roooy’s Record Room, the program that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.