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The Boddie Recording Company and The Hesitations

Season 15 Episode 36 | 28m 03s

Boddie wasn't a musician; he never sang a note in his life, but he made lots of music.

Aired: 07/17/13
Extras
Built in 1889, the Kent Opera House was once a destination for travelling shows.
Meet a Cleveland woman preserving the diaries of everyday Americans.
Northeast Ohio artists bring together birding, dance and jazz in Akron.
The Sterling Lindner Davis department store on Euclid Ave. was known for its large Christmas tree.
A stirring look at what is lost and found at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The new home of Visible Voice Books in Ohio City used to be a theater dating back to the 1920s.
Fashion makes a powerful statement at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
We enter the historic wardrobe of the Kent State University Museum.
The building that houses Ideastream Public Media in Downtown Cleveland held many tenants since 1912.
Learn about the Akron artist who gave the Black Keys its moniker - Alfred McMoore.
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Meet a Cleveland woman preserving the diaries of everyday Americans.
Northeast Ohio artists bring together birding, dance and jazz in Akron.
A stirring look at what is lost and found at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fashion makes a powerful statement at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
We enter the historic wardrobe of the Kent State University Museum.
Learn about the Akron artist who gave the Black Keys its moniker - Alfred McMoore.
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