Join John Wendland for Memphis to Manchester, a fun-filled and action packed three hours of soul, r&b, country and other great music each Thursday from 7:00 until 10:00 AM
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| I Learned The Hard Way |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
I Learned The Hard Way |
Daptone * |
| Single from their forthcoming album slated for release on 4/6. Something to definitely look forward to. |
| Nothing Beats A Try But A Fail |
James Brown |
The Singles:1972-73 Vol. 8 |
Hip-O Select |
| Single slated for release in 1972 that was cancelled. This smoldering soul ballad eventually made its way onto the Get On The Good Foot album release. |
| You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man |
June Edwards |
Take Me To The River |
Kent |
| Soul cover of the Loretta Lynn song recorded in 1967 & released on the South Cap label. Produced by Spooner Oldham. |
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| Don't Leave Me This Way |
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes |
Wake Up Everybody |
Philadelphia International |
| Recorded in 1975 and featuring the vocals of the late great Teddy Pendergrass. |
| Don't Leave Me This Way |
Thelma Houston |
Motown 1's |
Motown |
| Thanks to Rich from California for suggesting this transition. Recorded in 1976 & originally found on her Any Way You Like It release. |
| Too Many Fish In The Sea |
Funk Brothers |
The Best Of The Funk Brothers |
Motown |
| Music bed. 1965 instrumental version of the Marvelettes song. |
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| Hard Times |
Baby Huey & The Baysitters |
The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend |
Water |
| Written by Curtis Mayfield & released in 1969. Unfortunately, the guitarist died at the age of 26 and never got to see his recordings released. |
| Rainy Day, Dream Away |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Electric Ladyland |
MCA |
| Written by Jimi Hendrix & recorded in 1968. |
| It's Your Thing |
Cold Grits |
What It Is! |
Rhino |
| Instrumental version of the Isley Brothers song recorded for Atlantic in 1969. |
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| Touch The Hem Of His Garment |
Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers |
The Complete Specialty Recordings |
Specialty |
| Gospel song written by Sam Cooke & recorded in 1956. |
| I'm Drunk & Real High (In The Spirit Of God) |
Ada Richards |
Good God! Born Again Funk |
The Numero Group * |
| New compilation of rare funk & gospel unearthed by The Numero Group. Ada Richards was based out of Detroit and wrote & recorded this in 1970. According to the liner notes, she funded her money to record by owning a string of beauty salons. |
| Wade In The Water |
Marlena Shaw |
Chess Club Rhythm & Soul |
Kent |
| Recorded in 1966 for the Cadet label. Arranged by Richard Evans. |
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| God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) |
Randy Newman |
Sail Away |
Reprise |
| And now for an opposing viewpoint to the previous set. Recorded in 1972. One of my favorite albums, ever. |
| St. James Infirmary |
Allen Toussaint |
The Bright Mississippi |
Nonesuch |
| From his 2009 release of instrumentals (except for one song). Highly recommended. |
| The Blackest Lily |
Corinne Bailey Rae |
The Sea |
Capitol * |
| From her new 2010 release. |
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| Fool To Cry |
Rolling Stones |
Black and Blue |
Virgin |
| Released in 1976. This track also features session-ace Wayne Perkins on guitar. |
| Every Little Bit Hurts |
Small Faces |
The BBC Sessions |
Fuel 2000 |
| Live 1968 recording of the Brenda Holloway song. |
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| (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) |
The Hotrats |
Turn Ons |
Fat Possum * |
| Ah, the Beastie Boys viewed through a Who filter. I like this a whole lot. |
| I'm Not Your Stepping Stone |
Paul Revere & The Raiders |
Kicks! The Anthology 1963-72 |
Raven |
| Written by Boyce & Hart and released in 1966 several months before the Monkees version. |
| Leaving Here |
Eddie Holland |
The Complete Motown Singles: Vol. 3 - 1963 |
Hip-O Select / Motown |
| Written by Holland-Dozier- Holland & recorded in 1963. Eddie Holland had some wonderful singles even though stage fright kept him from performing live, much. |
| Groovin' |
Willie Mitchell |
Poppa Willie: The Hi Years 1962-74 |
Hi |
| Music bed. 1968 instrumental. |
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| IRM |
Charlotte Gainsbourg |
IRM |
Elektra * |
| I'm really liking this new release. This song was written by Beck (who also produced the album). |
| Trop Expres |
Marianne Dissard |
l' entredeux |
Le Pop Musik |
| 2008 recording produced by Joey Burns (of Calexico) and featuring Calexico as the backing band. This song was co-written by Marianne Dissard & Joey Burns. For those of you headed on down to SXSW this year, Marianne Dissard will be performing. |
| I'm Gonna Catch Me A Rat |
Fabienne Delsol |
Between You And Me |
Damaged Goods |
| Recorded in 2007. This song was originally recorded by Gene Vincent. This concludes the French portion of the show. |
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| Zebra |
Beach House |
Teen Dream |
Sub Pop * |
| New release from the duo formed in Baltimore in 2005. I'm hoping their next release is a concept album about Cockeysville. |
| Maybe Sparrow |
Neko Case |
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood |
Anti- |
| Song from my favorite album of 2006. |
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| Looking For Trouble |
Jemina Pearl |
Break It Up |
Universal Motown |
| Appearing at the Firebird this Monday (2/8). |
| Picture This |
Blondie |
Parallel Lines |
Chrysalis |
| Recorded in 1978. |
| I Don't Care |
Reigning Sound |
Break Up Break Down |
Sympathy For The Record Industry |
| Dylanesque song from their 2001 release. |
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| Harmonica |
Troubadour Dali |
Troubadour Dali |
Euclid * |
| New release from the St. Louis band. Look for them at The Halo Bar appearing weekly for a month beginning Feb. 21. |
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| Lonely Is A Town |
Glossary |
Feral Fire |
The Rebel Group * |
| New release from the band based out of Murfreesboro, TN. This came out on Lucero's record label and Glossary is currently opening a bunch of shows for Lucero. |
| The Courage of Others |
Midlake |
The Courage of Others |
Bella Union * |
| Beautiful song from their new release. [Editorial comment - tempo changes are not a sign of weakness.] |
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| Nice Of You To Join Us |
Grand Champeen |
"dial T for this" |
In Music We Trust |
| 2007 recording from the Austin-based quartet. They are long overdue for a new recording. |
| We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River |
Richmond Fontaine |
We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River |
Arena Rock * |
| New release from the Portland-based band. One of their finest albums, I think. Their lead singer, Willy Vlautin, also has a new novel coming out in April. Talented band. I just wish they would tour the U.S. once in a while instead of just Europe. |
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| House of Gold |
Patty Griffin |
Downtown Church |
Credential * |
| Hank Williams song off her new gospel-themed release. Patty Griffin & special-guest Buddy Miller (who produced this album) will be appearing at the Pageant on Friday (March 26). |
| That's It |
Bill Frisell |
Things About Comin' My Way |
Black Hen |
| 2009 version of the Mississippi Sheiks instrumental. |
| Forever Yours |
Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub |
Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD |
Oxford American * |
| Originally released in 2000 & found on the two-CD set accompanying the latest edition of Oxford American -- their annual Southern music issue. You can read more about what I have to say about this on http://tinyurl.com/yandzen |
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| The Night Rider |
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant |
Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars Of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant |
Razor & Tie |
| Amazing 1956 instrumental featuring Speedy West on steel guitar & Jimmy Bryant on the Fender Telecaster. |
| Atom & Evil |
Golden Gate Quartet |
Atomic Platters |
Bear Family |
| 1947 gospel song about the perils of the atomic age. "Now brothers and sisters, I’m troubled to say / Brother Atom is gone astray / Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen / This is the story of Atom and Evil / Their courtship is causin’ a great upheaval / Now Atom was a sweet young innocent thing / Until the night that Miss Evil took him under her wing / Now Atom was an honest, hard workin’ man / He wanted to help out the human clan / But Evil got him drunk on prejudice and hate / And she taught him how to gamble with Humanity’s fate / (So true!)" |
| Fannin Street |
Tom Waits |
Glitter & Doom Live |
Anti- |
| Beautiful live version recorded during his 2008 U.S. tour. Will somebody please do an in-depth interview with Kathleen Brennan, sometime? I think it would be really interesting since she has co-written most of Tom Waits' songs for the last 25 years. |
| Interlude |
Moris Tepper |
Big Enough To Disappear |
Candlebone |
| Music bed. 1996 instrumental by the sideman to artists ranging from Tom Waits & Captain Beefheart to PJ Harvey & Frank Black. |
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| Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) |
Bob Dylan |
Down In The Groove |
Columbia |
| Alright, I'll give you that this 1988 release wasn't one of his better efforts but I love this song. This song was made famous by Hank Snow & was written by Hal Blair & Don Robertson. What an amazing soul cover this could have made. I think Dylan realized that and he took that approach. Now, if only James Carr would have got a hold of this. Willie Green & Bobby King perform the background vocals on this track. |
| Done Wrong |
Moris Tepper |
Big Enough To Disappear |
Candlebone |
| Really nice ballad from his 1996 release. |
| Hold On You |
Jeff Bridges |
Crazy Heart ST |
New West * |
| Jeff Bridges handles the vocals on this song co-written by Stephen Bruton, T-Bone Burnett, John Goodwin & Bob Neuwirth. Jeff Bridges just does a fantastic job in this role. Both the soundtrack & movie are highly recommended. This movie would make a great double-feature with "Tender Mercies." |
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