Saturday Nite Jamboree
Now Available!
The CD release of Saturday Nite Jamboree brings a popular radio show of the 1950s and 1960s back on track. A journey to a bygone era, two rare live radio recordings have now been remastered and made publicly available for the first time by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place at Memorial University. These classic shows, produced by CBN St. John’s, used a fast-paced, light-hearted format deftly held together by its genial, wisecracking host Harry Brown. They featured performances by Newfoundland music legends at the height of their popularity. You’ll hear The Bluegrass Mountaineers, Wilf Doyle and the Band from Conception Harbour, Brian Johnston and the Dipsydoodlers, Ted Blanchard, Don Randell, John White, and Bill Allen. This new CD release includes a twenty-page booklet with extensive notes by Grammy Award-winning folklorist Neil Rosenberg and radio announcer Ted Rowe. "Saturday Nite Jamboree" came at the end of an era where live entertainment shows had a regular spot in radio programming. It was the last series of its kind, a Newfoundland kitchen party on the air, and the fans soaked it up. Not heard since their original broadcast in 1963, these recordings are a must for any music collection. Partially funded by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust. Don Randell and Ted Blanchard are the 2008 recipients of the St. John's Folk Arts Council (SJFAC) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Saturday Nite Jamboree is available at shops throughout St. John's, including: Fred's Records, The Rooms gift shop, MUN Bookstore, Heritage Shops of NL, Downhome, and O'Brien's Music. In Corner Brook, the CD is available at Island Treasures in the Corner Brook Plaza.
You can order a copy of Saturday Nite Jamboree by contacting Maureen Houston at mhouston at mun.ca or 709.864.2058.
To order, fill out our order form and mail it with payment to the address on the form.
The Bluegrass and Oldtime Country Music Society of Newfoundland and Labrador is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster the awareness, development and growth of bluegrass and old-time country music in the province. It provides venues for fans and musicians to enjoy both listening to and playing the music.
Their Pioneers Tribute Page features several of the musicians on the Saturday Nite Jamboree CD.
