Original air-date: Oct. 1, 2017
One of the last Bottomless Pit shows. Once the show switched to Sunday nights, I was then occupying part of what had been, for 30+ years, Rich Conaty’s time slot. His show, “The Big Broadcast” was a NY radio institution; he was a fanatic for, and authority on, early Jazz, and the Popular Music of the 1920s and 30s. His show was amazing, and he was a great guy. After he was gone, every three, four, or five weeks I would pay tribute to him, and to the era of music that he always explored so brilliantly. This show is an “all-Brit Edition,” featuring Ray Noble, George Formby, Vera Lynn, Ambrose and His Orchestra, et.al, plus we sneak back over to the US to hear The Mills Brothers, and The Boswell Sisters, Rich’s two favorite vocal groups, and two of mine.