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Tumbling Tumbleweeds - The Luck and the Loss

Musician Gene Newberry cherishes a plaque he owns with the sheet music and 45 recording of the Sons of the Pioneers’ iconic song, Tumbling Tumbleweeds. But it contains a mysterious inscription by original band member, Bob Nolan: “To Fred – This was the second song I wrote – 1932. It has been both good and bad to me. Bob Nolan.” Hosts Eduardo Pagán and Elyse Luray investigate the story.

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Season 6, Episode 9
54:07
Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
Season 6, Episode 7
54:07
Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
Season 6, Episode 5
54:07
Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
Season 6, Episode 4
54:08
China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
Season 6, Episode 3
54:08
Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
Season 6, Episode 2
54:07
Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
Season 6, Episode 1
54:07
World War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
Season 5, Episode 5
56:01
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
3-D Cuban Missile Crisis
56:46
Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.
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