Episode 2568: 26-15 Swing Time!

When we think of swing music, visions of Big Bands from the 1930s and 1940s usually come to mind. Although most of the Big Bands are gone, the musical style is still very much in vogue. This week we'll listen to swing music (and its relative, boogie woogie) in many settings, old and new.We'll include Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, The Boswell Sisters, Ry Cooder, The Boulder Acoustic Society, and of course, the David Grisman Sextet. We'll swing into Spring … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoe Venuti / “Raggin' The Scale” / Violin Jazz 1927-1934 / YazooThe David Grisman Sextet / “Horn Pipe Dream” / The David Grisman Sextet / Acoustic DiscHotcha! / “Fois Dras (Dance of the Fatted Ducks)” / Dust Bowl Roots / Self-producedCafe Accordion Orchestra / “Crazy Rhythm” / On Holiday / Self-producedBob Wills and his Texas Playboys / “Beaumont Rag” / Take Me Back to Beaumont / RounderThe Delmore Brothers / “Freight Train Boogie” / Freight Train Boogie / AceThe Boswell Sisters / “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” / That's How Rhythm was Born / ColumbiaMeade “Lux” Lewis / “Honky Tonk Train Blues” / The Anthology of Boogie Woogie Piano / PrimoJoe Venuti / “Wild Cat” / Violin Jazz 1927-1934 / YazooBoulder Acoustic Society / “Does It Really Matter” / Now / Self-producedRy Cooder / “Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now” / Jazz / Warner BrothersSultans of String / “Kitchen Party” / Luna / Self-producedHank Snow / “The Golden Rocket” / The Very Best of Hank Snow / BMGAsleep at the Wheel / “House of Blue Lights” / Swing Time / SonyMerle Haggard / “Right or Wrong” / The Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or, My Salute to Bob Wills / CapitolThe Western Flyers / “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” / Wild Blue Yonder / Versa-TonePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways