The Real Easy Ed

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Americana and Roots Music Broadside | Born and raised in Philadelphia, I was ten years old when I received a Remco Crystal Radio set for my birthday. After putting it all together and attaching a wire to the radiator in my bedroom which acted as the antenna, I turned the dial and listened to the crackle and hiss until some strange sounds came through on the headphones…which were made of paper and cardboard, on a metal frame. The station I picked up was from Wheeling West Virginia, and it turned out to be The WWVA World’s Original Jamboree, a radio show that began way back in 1926. Although it’s hard to recall exactly what I was hearing, it was likely bluegrass bands like The Stanley Brothers and Jim and Jesse, modern country fro

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