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Rhythm Highways
Sep 15, 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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| AJ Haynes of Seratones Freight Train N Americana Railroad Renew/BMG 2022 This is one of those rare 'themed' compilations that actually lives up to it's billing...and then some. Newly written songs, cover songs, top shelf performances all about trains, babies!
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| 5:02 AM |
| Charlie Musselwhite Crawling King Snake N Mississippi Son Alligator Records 2022 Charlie's version of a tune closely associated with Howlin' Wolf, but one that actually goes back to at least John Lee Williamson, or even earlier. You can see Charlie along with Elvin Bishop live in St. Louis at The Sheldon Concert Hall on Friday, Oct 7, 8pm start.
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| 5:08 AM |
| Paul Reddick Dog Catcher Villanelle Stony Plain Records 2004 One of my favorite artists, Canada's poet of the blues, Paul Reddick, with Colin Linden being integral to the proceedings here. Colin is also Canadian, but has been ensconced in Nashville for many, many years now.
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| 5:15 AM |
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| 5:18 AM |
| The Gospel Hummingbirds I've Been Changed Signs Of Revelations Wind - Earth Records 1979 Year of release is a best guess, as I've scoured the I-net and have only been able to come up with late 1970s. Clarence Nichols on lead vocal here, and 13 year old Ray Wiggins on bass...later to be internationally known as Raphael Saadiq. RS's birth year of 1966, plus 13 years, let's place it at 1979.
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| 5:23 AM |
| The Harlem Gospel Travelers Let Me Tell You (feat. Kendall Kent) N Look Up! Colemine Records 2022 Brand new music from the HGT, who have scaled back to a trio from a quartet for the new album.
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| 5:26 AM |
| Mavis Staples & Levon Helm You Got to Serve Somebody N Carry Me Home Anti/Epitaph 2022 Closing a powerful gospel set down with a Bob Dylan composition taken over by Mavis Staples and the bands of Mavis and Levon. I've been meaning to get back to this album, and I think this worked out just fine.
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| 5:31 AM |
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| 5:34 AM |
| The Texas Horns Die with My Blues on (feat. Guy Forsyth) N Everybody Let's Roll Blue Heart Records 2022 The Texas Horns have been a noted horn trio in blues and roots music for many years: Kaz Kazanoff, John Mills and Al Gomez. The songs on the album feature a bevy of guest vocalists, including a favorite of mine right here in Guy Forsyth.
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| 5:38 AM |
| Holland K. Smith Lay It On Me Jungle Jane TopCat Records 1997 Tough Texas blues from HKS's trio, with an album cover of questionable design...ha! Fun, but, guys, dinosaurs and cavewomen? hahahaha
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| 5:40 AM |
| Monster Mike Welch West Side Magic N The Blue Guitar An Instrumental Ep Self-Released 2022 5 songs, each a tribute to 5 of Mike Welch's guitar heroes - this one to the mighty Magic Sam.
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| 5:45 AM |
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| 5:48 AM |
| Ella Fitzgerald Get Thee Behind Me Satan N Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook (Live) Verve 2022 Has there been a finer jazz and standards singer than Ella F, and even more so in a live context? She's just about the best there ever was. Songs on this album recorded at a live date in 1958.
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| 5:52 AM |
| The Sweet Inspirations Medley: Little Green Apples / Something / Think Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1970) Soulmusic Records 2021 I'm taking the liberty of re-titling this medley, as the liner notes have it wrong, swapping 'Something' and 'Think'. It obviously closes a rousing take of Think!
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| 6:00 AM |
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| 6:03 AM |
| Kirk Fletcher Shine a Light on Love N Heartache by the Pound Ogierea Records 2022 Kirk has a wonderful new DEEP blues album on his hands here. I do hope it received a physical release at some point. Anywho, Kirk's guitar has always been without reproach and his vocals continue to grow more burnished and expressive with every release. Good stuff alert!
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| 6:07 AM |
| Jimmy McCracklin Game's To Strong Same Lovin' Evejim 1988 The great Jimmy McCracklin, a longtime favorite of the blues loving listeners of 88.1 KDHX. Recorded in Los Angeles, but a great snapshot of the Oakland area blues sound of the time.
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| 6:11 AM |
| Little Milton If Walls Could Talk Greatest Hits The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection MCA 1997 One of the finest songs in Little Milton's extensive catalog, recorded in late Fall/early winter of 1969 for Checker Records.
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| 6:14 AM |
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| 6:17 AM |
| The Hoodoo Tones Drag! N Three Steps To Evil Rhythm Bomb 2022 The set kicked off with this killer instrumental track, with also leads off the terrific new album from France's 'The Hoodoo Tones' trio. Whoo!
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| 6:21 AM |
| Rob Picazo Black Cat N Black Cat - Single Court Square Recordings 2022 The first single from a series of recordings the England-based Picazo made while he toured all his favorite American music cities just prior to CV wreaking it's havoc.
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| 6:24 AM |
| Ray Black & The Flying Carpets That's What I'd Do N Downtown Ride Rhythm Bomb 2022 Brand new rockabilly rock n roll out of Germany, with Ray Black on bass and vocals, Bone on lead guitar.
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| 6:27 AM |
| The Hoodoo Tones Grey Sky N Three Steps To Evil Rhythm Bomb 2022 The bass playing on this new Hoodoo Tones album is flat out amazing, but as my version of the album doesn't break out the musicians my name I can't tell you who that talented individual is. No matter; this is a fantastic album!
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| 6:32 AM |
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| 6:36 AM |
| Billy Watson And His International Silver String Submarine Band Zapatos Baratos Otra Vez Numero Cinco Lil Snick 2018 Cheap shoes, again? Well, that's what the title formally translate to. Groovy sounds from BW and His ISSSB out of San Diego.
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| 6:41 AM |
| Jerry Portnoy And The Streamliners Home Run Hitter Home Run Hitter Indigo Records 1995 Vocal on this one by Brian Templeton, but harp master Jerry Portnoy is the star of the show throughout. Talk about tone masters....Jerry is one.
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| 6:45 AM |
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| 6:49 AM |
| Wilson Pickett It's a Groove Wilson Pickett Sings Bobby Womack Ace Records 2017 A Bobby Woman composition, released by Pickett on Atlantic Records in 1968.
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| 6:51 AM |
| Doug Carn and his West Coast Organ Band Howard's Tune Free For All Doodlin' Records 2019 Composed by Howard Wiley, one of the tenor sax players on this session.
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| 6:53 AM |
| Ural Thomas & The Pain Do You Remember the Times We Had? N Dancing Dimensions Bella Union 2022 New music from this Portland band, featuring the timeless voice of Ural Thomas.
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