Stapled Sounds 24 Happy Juneteenth!

Happy Juneteenth Stapled Hound! (How's THAT for a listener club name?!) Monday, June 19th is JUNETEENTH!!

DJ Rudo grew up a young, white boy in northern, NORTHERN California (Redding). There were 3 types of radio stations: Country, Christian and Country Christian.

10 years old in '86 (you do the math) non-white music was an escape that I enthusiastically sought out. If you've listened to ANY episode of Stapled Sounds you know it wasn't a "phase".

I spin Black Rawk and Jump Blues erry week here, so for Juneteenth I thought I'd let some of my more modern FAVES out to play. Some of these I have very distinct memories of playing on cassette in my giant, brick of a Walkman. I cherished it back in the mid-80s. Over the past couple of years I've hunted those old cassette crushes down on 45 and LP. Here they are!

As a white Portlander, I am very conscious of the racial history that got us all to where we are today. I am deeply humbled to pay tribute to the AMAZING African-American voices that have shaped my idea of what "cool" is. 

THANK YOU!

Juneteenth marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday.