As a quick formic if you have case I would. Say All now I know. I know. I knew. When I found. Out that you have to. Come to my mom and my. Mom. I know. That was milled around musical brownies with the wall bash blues recorded 83 years ago today on January 27th 135 in Chicago and of Milton and Durward his brother sad little bit hoarse Well that was the last song they recorded in a 16 song session and it was the 3rd recording session for that band but the 1st for steel guitars Bob Dunn and if United noticed in there. On the steel guitar he was playing with distortion and that was about 20 years before rock'n'roll and about a quarter century before leak Ray's rumble Good morning you're listening to roots music and beyond to music show heard Saturday mornings from 6 to 8 and with a different host each week M.R. Come free on your 4th Saturday host I'm glad you could tune in this morning today the 27th day of January is National Geographic day on the 27th day of January an 888 the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington D.C. For quote the increase in diffusion of geographical knowledge in the man who met in form the National Geographic Society were geographers explorers teachers cartographers and they shared and it. And scientific in geographic knowledge and they thought that Americans were more curious as the world about the world around them and 9 months after the group started the National Geographic Society the 1st issue of that magazine came out which has for generations been a window to the world for many of us and starting the late 1960 S. The National Geographic Society began issuing L.P.'s in a series called Sounds of the world handsome gatefold albums with great photos and extensive notes I only have one of those it's called Music of the Ozarks and it offers this series descriptions sounds of the world recordings are created to provide a unique and authentic musical experience all selections were recorded on actual location to capture the full realism of each performance and Vironment sounds an acoustic qualities are included which are not usually found in artificially controlled studio recordings in field recording mastering in final pressing sounds of the world recordings are matched to the highest standards of existing audio technology Well the 1972 hour music of the Ozarks credits Mark obo. With the original recordings and editing and oh board was an outstanding audio engineer who'd worked with the Vanguard record company he recorded many of the Newport Folk and jazz festivals in 1000 sixties and his recordings are classical music are much of. My audio files my scratchy copy of music of the Ozarks doesn't do is work justice but here's a recording he made in the Mountain View Arkansas the family trio of Tommy Jean and then 14 year old Pam Simmons from the album Museum of the Ozarks. Yawning was down at the moon shines deal in the bottom of the holler at the foot of the hill he woke up about the break of day and thought he heard his grandpa say. The federal to get you on John run you better get away. Ya honest thought that the top of the hill is all them fed rolls around his deal they busted the barrel in a ball or two's dargah drank in his mountain dew. Gonna run the federal to get your own gonna run you gotta get away with. That bad call Johnny American around the took him up to Washington. Put in the work for the government making moonshine for the president and. John to run a federal to get you on John Ron you better get with. Yani got rid of the government's deals and he ran off to his home in the hills now the federal her all his tracks he was a dollar on the whiskey tabs. On Iran. Better get away with a. Story Shanghai Composite. Of those shall be on our. I. Found a couple of days ago. The store go and. Hire some of them. Have no abound. In the burger holder we. Came from a horse I have. You can. Move the ball. Car. Horns. Was Elliot Hancock and Harrison town. On the National Geographic Society album called Music of the Ozarks and Jimmy driftwood wrote the notes for that album he said Harrison town is one of the one of many Ozark outlaw ballots Elliott Hancock sings his version playing an instrument called a mountain dulcimer a skilled instrument maker Elliott built this one himself and we open that set with bright morning stars perform and by this Simmons family and then we are Jimmy driftwood and he writes in the notes to this album Alexander Hamilton excise tax of $791.00 was a special whiskey tack. And caused an insurrection in western Pennsylvania in $1794.00 President Washington sent federal troops to put down the riots out of the squabble came run Johnny run a song about a moonshiner and his trials with the law played them out both perhaps mankind's oldest musical instrument made of hickory in the form of a regular hunting bow it's played like a Jew's harp and those tunes are from the $72.00 album Music of the Ozarks part of the National Geographic Society's sounds of the world series of albums and how did 30 years ago the National Geographic Society is founded on the 27th day of January and 888 so today is deemed National Geographic Day magazine is famed for its stunning photography in the January issue offer some great photos by Joel Saar tour of a variety of birds they accompany an essay by novelist Jonathan Franzen who writes the radical otherness of birds is integrity to their beauty and their value they're always among us but never. Their indifference to us not to serve as a chastening reminder that we're not the measure of all things 2018 is a sin Tenniel a Migratory Bird Treaty Act would suck to protect over a 1000 species the National Geographic Society has proclaimed 2018 the year of the bird and National Geographic magazine will deliver features and photos throughout the year related to birds so let's hear some bird songs or songs in which birds are topics says national Geo's motto is further let's start with a recording I made in one of the further places I've been which is Mongolia I met some musicians there in 2004 young man named Boulder Dean played the cello like Mongolian its recall the more and who are and produces very rich overtones which is natural in a culture that noted for its overtone of throat singing so let's hear from bolder Dean and me on vocal and guitar and a version of the Clarence Ashley song called. And No no. Mile around. It. You know a little. Like . This is. This. Whole. Thing getting a loan. At all times. a. Good . In the only little known was to. Lose a. Game. In the. Pin no one knew. That I was duty N.C. From 1963 High Flying Bird a song that a lot of people covered after her version there and it was cut by a lot of folk rock and psychedelic bands from the airplane to H.P. Lovecraft and Janis Joplin all the versions of High Flying Bird I think inspired by Judy's version and since the National Geographic Society declared this the year of the bird we heard the bird songs starting with recording I made in 2004 and Mongolia with a throat singer and great morn who are player named Boulder to any young man and we heard of a cuckoo followed by Mike C. . Here's a little birdie from 1998 album called Southern banjo sounds which if you're interested in a variety of all kinds of great old timey a little bit of bluegrass style of banjo it's a great sort of overview and he also did a series of. Instructional videos of each of the songs so I think there's 3 different. Videos that are on I think on the homespun tapes and if you want to learn how to play authentic old time banjo that's a good place to start and probably wind up as well after Mike Weir from Wolf Blue Bird blues from 1950 to one of his early Memphis recordings of course a song originally done by Sonny Boy Williamson number one and then we heard from Carolina cotton a lady who did a lot of records out here on the West Coast in the forty's and 1960 recorded Mockingbird yodel and then we heard Muddy Waters variation on that Blue Bird blues theme called canary bird one of his early aristocrat recordings from 1949 and finally Judy in ski in our bird set with High Flying Bird 637 the time on this Saturday morning you're listening to roots music and beyond I want to tell you about a big event that's coming up case heroes of hope concert and brunch Sunday February 4th 11 to 3 pm 11 am to 3 pm honoring Ed Asner Dolores Huerta and John Paul De Joria on Sunday February 4th 2018 that's at the Catalina jazz club in Hollywood special musical guests include singer songwriter Keaton Simons Fernando poems youth Jazz Orchestra and Cameron Graves a founding member of the West Coast get down collective and pianists for the Washington plus plenty of special guests including Ed Begley Jr market President Jimmy Laila Garrett Betty are Betto Arcos and many more and for more information and tickets go to K P F K dot org or call 818-905-2711 sounds like a great event that's coming up. Chance to support the station and sense we've got something to look forward to also in February which is the Chinese or lunar new year starting on the 16th Friday the 16th begins the year of the earth dog there's always said animal and element and I'm not entirely sure what they mean but in honor of the year of the earth dog we're going to hear the very 1st recording that Austin and Lee Allen and the Chattanooga boys made in 1927 it's called the bow wow . I got a. Leaflet again. Got it here. Now Al Well Al I got. To live. Alone made a good leader and old. Man rugby and all that yellow. Now Al Well Al got. Little. Got it al Qaeda have them now safe they could table they. Got it he led. The way they love it. Well Al Al got. I gotta go again Dick need cold feet then you can't let it back no longer got it. Out then afford them again now Lal wow wow wow wow wow OK. I gotta get out of here not hand here now then I'm going to have got it. Bad and felt better and. Now Al Well Al I got. 6 Nicole. 6 and. Claim. You made me feel. Good. And. You know I'll. Yeah those are the turf rollers from Copenhagen Denmark the happiest country in the world and I got it could kick in my dog around from. They're 2017 album called sock and we open that set of songs for the year of the earth dog with the Allen Brothers that was Austin Allen on the vocal on the banjo and Lee Allen on the kazoo and guitar with the very 1st record they ever made in 1027 with a bow wow blue followed by Hank Snow with dog bone from 1952 Ankit your pick him Carney Jimmy Martin and the Sonny Mountain Boys brought a dog bite your hide from 1957 and then the turf rollers roll it up with a quick kick in my dog around song I got from good 10 or still up like hers and the Lunar New Year the Year of the earth dog starts on Friday the 16th a very wary just 2 weeks after Groundhog Day And so with a song on that subject with a little help from Sonny Boy A number one and Robert Knight Howard Here's Big Joe Williams It's. All 9. Of them good looking mama to come in a. Very good. Example. Look up or down the. I'm trying to keep I want to take. Any. More. Money. Training. Hard. They don't. Believe. In a. Home in a way. On them good. To go. Away to the woods to get a gallon. Here's the with the big. Come here son with the big. Twist that was a big alligator Oh. I've told you is the amount. Of salad is nigger in a dream here comes the lettuce nigger in a green green for her teen. Years Come here baby come here still and come here to eat it up this bowl look around the gravy. At what is it with these guys home or in Jethro They're usually so reliable Well anyway we get to hear a little bit of their to get there's a big whopping 80 we. Meet in a cupboard in the butters in which I meet in the cupboard in the butter. Eater. Going to do something. To put a man at. Well I think they're having some technical problems or we are here anyway but there was the ground Homer in Jethro with the groundhog one of their early recordings from the late forty's and we also heard from I think about 1937 we are Big Joe Williams With route groundhog with a little help from Sonny Boy A number one on the harmonica and on the 2nd guitar Robert Nighthawk and Groundhog Day is coming up beats or before we know it I think it's on the 2nd and so. Today is the 27th day of January you're listening to roots music and beyond heard every Saturday here with a different host on more come from your 4th Saturday host and I like to celebrate musical birthdays and 100 years ago today and Richland Mississippi Elmore James was born one of the greats. The Blues as it moved into the electric guitar era and the 1950 S. When he was still in his teens he was saying out with Robert Johnson from whom he learned his signature song Dust My Broom But if you listen to Robert Johnson's version he doesn't play slide on it so more took it to that next level and he recorded a lot from 1951 when he made his 1st recording of Dust My Broom and that became a hit till his passing in 1963 and this is it's intentional birthday so I thought we would go up to the top of the hour with one of his recordings with a B.J. Label from 1957 and it has a somewhat it's instrumental with a somewhat I was a great singer but I'm just going to roll out the hour with an instrumental It's called Elmore's contribution to jazz.