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Rhythm Highways
Oct 13, 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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| Leroy Carr Southbound Blues Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr Columbia/Legacy 1972 Songs on this 2 CD set recorded between 1928 and 1935, at which point pianist/singer Leroy Carr drank himself to death at only 30 years of age. Southbound Blues was recorded for Vocalion Records in 1934.
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| 5:02 AM |
| Walter Davis Biddle Street Blues L The Essential Walter Davis Classic Blues/Document 2001 Walter Davis of St. Louis is one of the most-recorded artists in the blues, estimated range as high as 250 sides during his career.
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| 5:07 AM |
| Bumble Bee Slim Policy Dream Blues The Essential Bumble Bee Slim Classic Blues/Document 2002 Amos Easton, better known these days as Bumble Bee Slim. Good listener, have you ever dreamed of buying the winning ticket to a big lottery payout? Well, policy dream blues is essentially the same animal. Playing 'policy' meant playing the numbers, back in the day.
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| 5:10 AM |
| Tommy McClennan New Highway 51 The Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942 RCA/BMG 1997 Of the old timers, Tommy McClennan is my guy. The earthiness, the tone, not sure what it was but this cat was just phenomenal.
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| 5:15 AM |
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| 5:16 AM |
| The Detroiters Body and Soul Old Time Religion Fantasy Records 1992 Recorded in 1952, the lead vocalists at that time were Oliver Green and Leroy Burnes.
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| 5:19 AM |
| The Golden Echoes Where Shall I Be (When the First Trumpet Sounds) Old Time Religion Fantasy Records 1992 Two of gospel's most notable vocalists sang lead for the GE's at this time, Paul Foster and Wilmer 'Little Axe' Broadnax. By birth female. from his late teens until his death at 75 Little Axe lived as a male - as a gospel singer... can you imagine the pain and conflict Little Axe lived with?
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| 5:22 AM |
| The Original Blind Boys Of Mississippi Jesus Loves Me (feat. Archie Brownlee) The Great Lost Blind Boys Album (feat. Archie Brownlee) Vee-Jay Records 1993 It's worth the false start to hear how quickly the fellas lock in and take off. Simply amazing.
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| 5:26 AM |
| The Original Blind Boys of Alabama Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Jewel 1996 Originally released in 1978, just a few years prior to the BBofA breaking out into the public consciousness appearing in the Gospel at Colonus Broadway production.
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| 5:28 AM |
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| 5:33 AM |
| John Primer Hot Meal N Hard Times Blues House Productions LLC 2022 A long one, and a good one, from Primer's brand new album - featuring Steve Bell on harp and special guest Johnny Iguana on keys.
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| 5:41 AM |
| Dave Specter & Lenny Lynn Roll 'Em Pete Blues Spoken Here Delmark 1998 One of the last of the true blues shouters on vocals here, Mr. Lenny Lynn, and the impeccably tasteful Dave Specter on guitar.
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| 5:48 AM |
| Sadie Madison with Todd Rhodes Orch Let-Down Blues N Todd Rhodes: Your Mouth Got A Hole In It! 1947-1957 Jasmine 2022 King Records, 1953, with Sadie Madison's recording career consisting of this one known recording.
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| 5:50 AM |
| Roy Brown Bootleggin' Baby The Chronological Roy Brown 1951-1953 Classics Records 2004 King Records, 1953.
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| 5:53 AM |
| Hadda Brooks Rehearsin' The Boogie Swingin' the Boogie Volume 2 Ace Records 2003 Previously unissued Modern Records cut from the mid to late 1940s, from the Queen of West Coast piano blues - Miss Hadda Brooks.
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| 6:00 AM |
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| 6:02 AM |
| Michael Hill's Blues Mob Bluestime in America Have Mercy! Alligator Records 1996 Hill was ahead of his time in terms of sound and messages in the blues World, but he definitely helps push open some doors. Socially conscious blues out of NYC. Blues as truth, speaking of the human condition. That's what it's all about.
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| 6:06 AM |
| Kingdom Brothers I'd Rather Go Blind L Signs Of The Times Groove Ready Records 2021 An extended cut from the band, allowing for a vocal tour de force for lead singer Chris Shepherd. St. Louis' own - Kingdom Brothers band!
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| 6:15 AM |
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| 6:17 AM |
| Various Artists Starman (featuring The Vara-tones) Ziggy Played Surf Guitar Cordelia Records 2011 Instrumental surf guitar bands covering the songs of David Bowie? It works surprisingly well, babies! The Vara-tones covering Starman right here.
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| 6:20 AM |
| Luca Chiappara All I've Got N Where I Belong TRULLETTO RECORDS 2022 Italian rockabilly from noted bass-man Luca C, who also happens to be one cool cat, and has recently relocated to the USA.
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| 6:23 AM |
| Phil Lee I Like Women N Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites Palookaville 2022 This guy is a trip, and I dig his trip very much. Country, blues, rock, all is fair game for Phil Lee.
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| 6:26 AM |
| John Lindberg Trio Ready Now Hell of a Ride Cosmos/Enviken 2012 I feature this band on the show for good reason - they're one of the finest rockin' rockabilly bands on the planet.
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| 6:31 AM |
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| 6:33 AM |
| Mississippi MacDonald Drinker's Blues Do Right, Say Right apm records 2021 I needed to get back to this fine album from English bluesman Mississippi MacDonald - great singing, playing and songs...what more could you ask for? Good stuff!
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| 6:40 AM |
| Lloyd Jones You Got Me Good Tennessee Run VizzTone 2020 Lloyd Jones' most recent album, a very good one, likely running under the radar due to the old Covid being strong in 2020.
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| 6:42 AM |
| The Peacemakers Kinfolk's Blues The Peacemakers Stop and Listen 2017 Texas sideman supergroup of sorts, rough and tumble blues and roots covering Muddy Waters here.
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| 6:47 AM |
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| 6:48 AM |
| William Bell Any Other Way The Soul of a Bell Fantasy 2002 As good as it got from Stax: William Bell, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Isaac Hayes, Al Jackson, Booker T Jones and The Memphis Horns - on the entire album. Whoa!
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| 6:50 AM |
| Loleatta Holloway Mrs So and So's Daughter The Hotlanta Soul Of Loleatta Holloway Kent/Ace/GRC 1996 Prev unreleased per 1996, Loleatta cut a slew of terrific songs for small Atlanta-based labels before giving in to the disco.
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| 6:53 AM |
| New Jersey Kings Stratosphere Breakdown Stratosphere Breakdown Acid Jazz 1995
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