The unquestioned leader is Terry Currier’s Music Millenium, a sprawling authoritative garden of musical delights, along with visiting several newer stores such as Landfill Rescue Unit and Exiled Records. We are also looking forward touching base with indie labels - such as Light in the Attic - who have a long history with their retail store counterparts.
Along the way, we meet up with our dear friend, a Portland native, Curtis Salgado – who happens to be the multi-talented, gifted blues singer that John Belushi portrayed in The Blues Brother’s movies. He takes Papa Ray and the rest of the crew on a wild ride around the town to his favorite haunts.
The city that gave the world the genre of grunge, is also the site of some vibrant record stores such SONIC BOOM RECORDS, DAYBREAK RECORDS, and JIVE TIME RECORDS. Seattle is also the home of the crucial independent record labels such as, Light in the Attic Records, Sub Pop, and Mass Line.
Tom and Vintage Vinyl have a unique relationship with one of the finest record stores in New Orleans, EUCLID RECORDS. Learn about their history, as we also visit other stellar independent shops, such as DOMINO SOUND RECORD SHACK.
Each unique, each with their own style, yet fitting perfectly and reflecting the culture of The Big Easy. Viewers will be pleasantly surprised with some music veterans that visit these stores, such as Irma Thomas, The Neville’s, Trombone Shorty, and Kermit Ruffin ---They have seen it all ---and in New Orleans, that says multitudes.
As a wise man from the Five Buroughs of Manhattan once said, Hip Hop didn't invent anything. Hip Hop re-invented everything. The Roadshow will showcase how the vast history of recorded music is the musical basis for Hip Hop, and how the pioneers of Rap found the beats, breaks, and inspiration for a new musical form previously recorded on vinyl, and now a world-wide planetary sound.
The term 'CRATE DIGGER' refers to those who scour the used albums found in record stores, basements, and even flea markets. What's old becomes new.