For this week’s DJ Session, Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Dewey Gill, who hosts “The Sunday Big Band Show” on WMSE in Milwaukee. Gill shares music that was popular during the Great Depression, including a song about raising the rent, and another about World War I veterans suffering through economic troubles.
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Songs In This Segment
- “Are You Makin’ Any Money” by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, featuring Ramona Davies.
- “Raisin The Rent” Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, featuring Ramona Davies.
- “Remember My Forgotten Man” by George Hall and the Hotel Taft Orchestra.
- “White Heat” by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
- “Panhandle Shuffle” by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
- “We’re In The Money” by the Gold Diggers, performed by Henry Red Allen.
Guest
- Dewey Gill, host of The Sunday Big Band show on WMSE
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