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Saturday Night Fish Fry with Neal MurrayNeal Murray hosts this weekly program featuring music from the Swing Era, big band favorites, and the so-called 'golden age' of American popular song.
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<h2>Saturday Night Fish Fry</h2>
<h4>With Neal Murray</h4>
<p><a href="http://whro.org/radio/personalities/neal-murray" target="_blank">Neal Murray</a> settled in Hampton Roads after an Air Force career that included on-air time at Armed Forces radio stations. "I never thought I could get paid for doing something I used to consider a hobby!"</p>
<p>And "Just what is The Saturday Night Fish Fry, anyway?"</p>
<p>For one thing, it's the title of a 1949 recording by Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five; and in order to appreciate it fully, ya just gotta hear it! (It's available in reissue.) The short answer is that it's the story of a New Orleans jam session that gets out of control. We, however, try to maintain control.</p>
<p>Sometimes, it's the famous big bands of the 30s and 40s -- Goodman, Miller, Basie, and Shaw.</p>
<p>Sometimes, it's the not-so-famous "territory" bands, or maybe the pioneering bands of the 20s who paved the way.</p>
<p>It's a celebration of the "golden age" of American popular song; it's a look at some of the early "hot" jazz; it's a sampling of vocal and instrumental blues.</p>
<p>In the words of an old TV commercial, "Try it -- you'll like it."</p>
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