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Rhythm Highways
Mar 31, 2022 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM
Music
With East Side Slim
East Side Slim takes you cruising on many musical roads, with all leading back to the crossroad - the blues. Come on along for the ride on Rhythm Highways. You'll hear American music - music that swings, rolls and comes from the soul. Tune in to hear blues, R&B, gospel, swing, soul, rock 'n' roll, jazz and roadhouse, even the occasional honky tonk or western swing song. Rhythm Highways - it's an East Side groove.
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| Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne Messin' Round (With the Blues) N Blues From Chicago To Paris Stony Plain Records 2022 This is subtitled a Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. It should also be lauded as a return to full boogie blues for Kenny Wayne, after some time spent exploring other blues related forms.
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| 5:09 AM |
| Sunnyland Slim Long Tall Daddy She Got A Thing Goin' On Earwig 1998 Lead vox on this one by Big Time Sarah, but also equally represented on "She Got a Thing Goin' On" are vocalists Bonnie Lee and Zora Young. Sunnyland Slim was a legend, and he very much enjoyed featuring female voices in his band.
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| 5:15 AM |
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| 5:17 AM |
| The Spiritual Stars Of Kansas City, Missouri Memories N Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume One Bible & Tire 2022 This band came to recorded for D-Vine because touring bands from Memphis hit KC, and the Stars liked the sounds of the records those bands were selling.
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| 5:21 AM |
| The Supreme Travelers You Got To Live The Life N Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume One Bible & Tire 2022 Stalwarts of the Midwest gospel scene, the ST's had also recorded for Cuca out of Milwaukee and Gospel Master out of Illinois - but they dug Juan D. Shipp's sound with D-Vine.
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| 5:23 AM |
| The Gospel Wymics It's A Shame How This World Has Changed N Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume Two Bible & Tire 2022 This is the only record known to have been recorded by this family band out of Forrest City, Arkansas - who were a particular favorite of label owner Juan D. Shipp.
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| 5:25 AM |
| The Gospel Six of Tunica, Mississippi Jesus, He's A Miracle Worker N Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume Two Bible & Tire 2022 Not much is known about this band, but they were capture beautifully by label engineer and studio owner Clyde Leoppard - formerly a member of the C&W/rockabilly leaning Snearly Ranch Boys.
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| 5:31 AM |
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| 5:33 AM |
| Paul Oscher Debra Lou N Rough Stuff Coolstreme 2022 Originally issued in 1992, the new re-release of this album is a welcome surprise. It features Pinetop Perkins and Willie Big Eyes Smith, and of course, Paul Oscher.
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| 5:36 AM |
| Paul Bonn & Friends Pretty Thing L N Singles: The E.P. House Of Blue Lights 2021 St. Louis' own Paul Bonn (hey Paul!), with some help on this old Bo Diddley number from Austin musicians Chris Ruest and Mike Buck.
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| 5:39 AM |
| Sunny Lowdown Satisfaction Shady Deal Coolstreme 2019 Otherwise knows as Louis X. Erlanger in some parts, ol' Sunny has released 3 ultra-cool backporchy albums in recent years - I totally dig what he did to the RS's chestnut.
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| 5:46 AM |
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| 5:48 AM |
| Buckshot LeFonque The Blackwidow Blues Buckshot LeFonque Columbia 1994 A Branford Marsalis project (this song composed entirely by BM), I was1st turned on to this album by the inimitable, KDHX's own guru of Friday groove, THE Art Dwyer of Blues in the Night fame.
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| 5:54 AM |
| Jon Batiste and Stay Human Naima's Love Song Social Music Razor & Tie 2013 Between you and me (don't tell Jon, as I don't want his head to swell) I think this cat is a genius and American musical treasure. You can take THAT to the BANK!
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| 6:00 AM |
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| 6:02 AM |
| William Clarke I Shoulda Kept On Runnin' featuring Rasheed Abdullah N L.A. Blues Party Watch Dog Records 2022 Containing amazing recordings made from 1980 - 1991, It compiles great cuts from 2 Black Magic albums, Smokey Wilson and the William Clarke Band, and the impossible to find Hard Times: L. A. Blues Anthology. Miss this and you have a hole in your soul, babies!
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| 6:04 AM |
| Bob Corritore Didn't Know What I'm Gonna Do (feat. Smokey Wilson) N Bob Corritore & Friends: Down Home Blues Revue VizzTone/SWMAF 2022 Historic blues recordings "From The Vaults" series, the vast archives of Bobby C.
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| 6:10 AM |
| Mary Lane Blues Give Me a Feeling Travelin' Woman Women of the Blues Records 2019 Ha! I love this earthy album so much. Mary was in her 80's when the sessions were laid down - sounding plenty fiesty to me, too.
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| 6:15 AM |
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| 6:17 AM |
| Peter Green Trying To Hit My Head Against The Wall Alone With The Blues Peter Green & The Original Fleetwood Mac Metro Select 2015 From Green's 1980/81 album Whatch Gonna Do, with all songs composed by PG's brother Mike (as were most of the songs on the Little Dreamer album). I think it has a cool, quasi- Pub Rock feel.
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| 6:22 AM |
| Deep Purple Dixie Chicken N Turning to Crime earMUSIC 2021 How about this, a brand new album of covers (band favorites) from Deep Purple. Most of the tracks are a lot of fun, and some do give away the years the fellas have under their belts. Ha!
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| 6:26 AM |
| Suzi Quatro The Honky Tonk Downstairs The Very Best of Suzi Quatro Metro Select 2015 An old country tune re-energized by Suzi and band, from 1977's Aggro-Phobia album. Suzi on bass guitar. Composed by Dallas Frazier, I believe.
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| 6:29 AM |
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| 6:33 AM |
| Kingdom Brothers Can I Change My Mind L N Signs Of The Times Groove Ready Records 2021 A long one from good friends of Rhythm Highways and KDHX, composed by Carl Wolfolk and Barry Despenza and made famous by Tyrone Davis, of course.
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| 6:42 AM |
| Bernard Allison Highs & Lows N Highs & Lows Ruf Records GmbH 2022 The band new one from Bernard Allison, and it's pretty darned good. He does cover his daddy's music twice onthe album , but this one is Bernard's, with help from Andrew Thomas.
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| 6:47 AM |
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| 6:48 AM |
| Adrian Quesada Just Me and You (feat. Amalia Mondragon) Look at My Soul: The Latin Shade of Texas Soul Nacional Records 2018 New recordings alone Low Ride soul vibes, Texas style. Groovy stuff, babies.
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| 6:54 AM |
| David Ruffin Me And Rock & Roll (Are Here To Stay) Psychedelic Soul: Produced by Norman Whitfield Kent/Ace 2021 This song was originally released by Motown in 1974, the title cut of Ruffin's LP. The great Norman Whitfield, known in some quarters as "Mr. Unpredictable", a title he liked very much.
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