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A new set begins: The 'rivals' (my dad was a lifelong NY Yankees fan, having been born in the Bronx. I was born in Flushing, Queens, NY, home of the NY Mets, so I developed a fondness for the 'underdogs.' Dad and I would have many gentle 'arguments' over which was the best baseball team.
Joshua Rifkin: Joseph F. Lamb 'Ragtime Nightngale' Rags and Tangos
William Bolcom 'Graceful Ghost' Heliotrope Bouquet: Piano Rags 1900 - 1970
Paul Lolax: Joplin 'The Entertainer' Ragtime Guitar: Selected Works of Joplin and Lamb
William Bolcom: Joplin 'Heliotrope Bouquet' Heliotrope Bouquet: Piano Rags 1900 - 1970
James P. Johnson 'Blues for Fats'
Earl Hines Trio 'Honeysuckle Rose'
Fats Waller 'Ain't Misbehavin''
Hearing is Believing! 'Rhapsody in Blue' Hearing is Believing demonstration record
Mead Lux Lewis 'Honky Tonk Train' Cuttin' the Boogie: Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie
A new set begins: Ralph Trudel as a boy on the backyard fence, either in the Bronx or Jackson Heights, Queens, where the family later moved.
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Richard Thompson ''Al Bowlley's in Heaven'
Judy Garland 'Over the Rainbow'
The Mills Brothers 'Shine' Four Boys and a GuitarThe Essential Mills Brothers
Paul Robeson 'Ol' Man River' The Odyssey of Paul Rosebon
Teddy Thompson 'Down Low' Upfront and Down Low
Hungrytown 'Hungrytown Road' Hungrytown
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A new set begins: Live performance by Hungrytown (Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson)
A new set begins:
Comment: -'Rose or the Briar'
Comment: -'One Morning In May'
Comment: -'Rosemary Lane'
Comment: -CD: 'Sylvie'
Comment: -'Every Day'
Comment: -CD: 'Solid Ground'
Comment: -'With Tomorrow' (Gene Clark)
Comment: -CD: Erica Smith - 'Start from Nothing'
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Comment: -'Lucille,Lucille'
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Hungrytown 'November Song'
Erica Smith and the 99 cent Dreams 'The World is Full of Pretty Girls'
Alice Bierhorst 'Come Little Baby' The Vigil
A new set begins: Dad, in his Army uniform in WWII. As an engineer, he helped build bridges over the Rhine in Germany to assist troop movements. Ralph was especially proud of his activities later in life with the American Legion as a chaplain and treasurer in the Morristown, NJ area (where our family made its home from 1969 to 2007).
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Fritz Reiner & The Chicago Orchestra: Richard Strauss 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
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