Tom “Papa”’ Ray, DJ, musician, and owner of St. Louis’s Vintage Vinyl, visits record stores around the U.S. and the world, interviewing other indie store owners, musicians of all genres, and customers/music lovers.
Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow airs Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI and PBS apps. Repeats
WXXI brings you this 6-part series — all in one night — with back-to-back episodes. We kick off the night at 8 p.m. with the Rochester episode, where Papa stops at the Record Archive to talk with owner Richard Storms, House of Guitars to chat with co-founder Armand Schaubroeck, and Bop Shop Records to visit owner Tom Kohn.
The Rochester episode is followed by:
8:30pm Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Chicago Papa heads to the Windy City stopping by Dusty Grooves, Shuga’s, Out Of The Past, and a store that really beckons to the past, Beverly’s.
9:00pm Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Blues for the 21st Century American music is heavily laced with the DNA of The Blues. That was the case one hundred years ago and that’s the case now in the 21st Century. Clarksdale, Mississippi is ground zero.
9:30pm Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Memphis Papa visits Memphis Records on the famous Beale Street, Shangri La Records, as well as Goner Records.
10:00pm Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Florida Next stop Daddy Kool Records, Banana Records, Sweat Records, Yesterday & Today Records, and Technique Records.
10:30pm Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Jamaica The crew heads to Kingston to check out the vibe and where things are going in the home of ska, roots, reggae, and dancehall. They visit Rockers International Records, Derrick Harriott’s Record Shop,and Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong International Distribution.
Series repeats Saturday, May 23 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.