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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: February 2011
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Friday, February 04, 2011. A 50th Celebration of Arhoolie Records. Arhoolie records, one of the great American labels, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend. The record company is the brainchild of Chris Strachwitz. A German immigrant who has left an indelible mark on the nation's sound-scape. The catalog of Arhoolie reads like a who's who in Cajun. Bluesman Jesse Fuller covering an old vau...
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: A 50th Celebration of Arhoolie Records
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Friday, February 04, 2011. A 50th Celebration of Arhoolie Records. Arhoolie records, one of the great American labels, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend. The record company is the brainchild of Chris Strachwitz. A German immigrant who has left an indelible mark on the nation's sound-scape. The catalog of Arhoolie reads like a who's who in Cajun. Bluesman Jesse Fuller covering an old vau...
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: October 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Thursday, October 28, 2010. For almost twenty years I did a radio show for WTJU. In Charlottesville, Virginia. Called the Bartender's Bop. When I started doing radio for WTJU in 1981, I was employed as a bartender, thus the name of the show. The show covered the roots of rock and roll. Posted by Tom Morgan. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. My Favorite New Orleans Farmer's Markets. Much like it has across ...
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: January 2011
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Monday, January 03, 2011. This is partly what worries me about my upcoming year. I again have good plans, very ambitious plans to sell my house of 11 years, change cities from where I now live in New Orleans. To Pensacola, Florida. At least three hours away. A new city. Posted by Tom Morgan. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. New Orleans Music Store.
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: August 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Monday, August 30, 2010. I Wouldn't Give A Blind Pig. According to H.L. Mencken. An astute student of American English. The term "blind pig" was first used in 1887 America and referred to lower class establishments that sold alcoholic beverages. Illegally. An upscale version of such an establishment was known as a speakeasy. Blind pig is said to have American and Scottish root. The difference between ...
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: July 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Classic Sounds of New Orleans. Whenever most people discover New Orleans music. Is full of New Orleans' musical treats discovered by different generations of folklorists, music historians and music lovers who came to the city on a quest to study, listen, feel and move to the music of New Orleans. The ' Classic Sounds of New Orleans. CD on the Smithsonian Folkways. We are brough...
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: November 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Down here in SE Louisiana. We have an extra season that many parts of the country don't get. It's closer to a second summer than anything else as the day temps can sometimes make it into the low eighties and the nighttime temperatures hit the high forties. It kind of reminds me of summers in NE Pennsylvania. Is perfect for gardening. So containers seem the safe way to go.
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: September 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Thursday, September 30, 2010. I have always had a fascination with jazz. I've spent over thirty years researching it and an equal amount of time hosting jazz radio shows and writing about it. Jazz music has gone from the streets of New Orleans. To everywhere in the world. In the thirties jazz was king, it was the most popular music. Where did it come from? Was also underworld jargon found in Chaucer.
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Tom Morgan's New Orleans: December 2010
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A look at music and life by the New Orleans based award-winning author and radio programmer, Tom Morgan. Wednesday, December 01, 2010. My Annual Food Show. I have spent almost thirty years behind the mic. Have been one way of achieving this end. They can be very challenging depending on your theme. It could be a show of songs with nonsense titles. Like " Papa Oom Mow Mow. Or a tribute to Labor Day. With songs that are about jobs such as " Working in a Coal Mine. People have always called and emailed to k...