EPISODE · Jun 26, 2023 · 54 MIN
THE PANSY CRAZE
from AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO · host Joe Lauro
This very special episode, in commemoration of PRIDE MONTH , will explore what scholars have called "The Pansy Craze" of the 1920s-30s a time when LGBTQ performers ruled the roost in clandestine nightclubs that catered to a gay and sophisticated clientele . Amazingly rare recordings by Jean Malin, Bruz Fletcher, Ray Bourbon and Gladys Bentley will be heard as well as silly tin pan alley ditties written to exploit that short lived largely underground moment --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support
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This very special episode, in commemoration of PRIDE MONTH , will explore what scholars have called "The Pansy Craze" of the 1920s-30s a time when LGBTQ performers ruled the roost in clandestine nightclubs that catered to a gay and sophisticated clientele . Amazingly rare recordings by Jean Malin, Bruz Fletcher, Ray Bourbon and Gladys Bentley will be heard as well as silly tin pan alley ditties written to exploit that short lived largely underground moment --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support
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