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Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke February 24th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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FAMILY GROOVE: REMEMBERING ART NEVILLE

July 31st, 2019

We remember lost heroes of New Orleans music, beginning with Art Neville, founding member of The Meters and the Neville Brothers, who passed away at age 81 on July 22, 2019. We pay tribute to Art by revisiting our interviews with him and his brothers over the years, as the Nevilles tell stories of family life and their adventures in and beyond the city where they learned their craft. Then, we remember the late Fats Domino with our favorite of the New Orleans piano man’s Imperial releases. And we hear the Fat Man’s reflective side in a rare 2007 conversation with him about escaping Hurricane Katrina’s flood waters and how his faith saw him through. Veteran blues harp player Billy “Boy” Arnold tells of South Side Chicago’s early rhythm & blues scene, recording with Bo Diddley, and his view of Fats Domino’s role in pushing black music across the color line.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou , A&M
  • Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou , A&M
  • Cow Cow Blues Paul Gayten
    The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 , Sony
  • Cha-Dooky-Doo The Hawkettes
    New Orleans Party Classics, Rhino
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville , A&M
  • Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison, Jr.
    Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras , FOMP
  • Meet De Boys on the Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas
    Wild Tchoupitoulas , Mango
  • Brother John Wild Tchoupitoulas
    Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Fiyo on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Voodoo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • My Blood The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer Orchestra
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • Closing Bed: Saxafunk The Neville Brothers
    Family Groove, A&M

HOUR two

  • Open Bed:The Fat Man Fats Domino
    Detroit City Blues/The Fat Man, Imperial
  • I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
    Here Stands Fats Domino, Imperial
  • Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino
    Let the Four Winds Blow, Imperial
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    Blue Monday/What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You , Imperial
  • SEGMENT: Fats Domino

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  • Walkin' to New Orleans Fats Domino
    Walkin’ to New Orleans, Imperial
  • Instrumental: Dear Old Southland Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi , Nonesuch
  • Milk Cow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
    A Date With Elvis , RCA Victor
  • Mystery Train Junior Parker
    Mystery Train/Love My Baby , Sun
  • Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
    Rocket 88/Come Back Where You Belong , Chess
  • Sittin' on Top of the World Moses Williams
    Drop Down in Florida, 1981, Florida Folklife Program
  • Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters
    Rollin’ Stone/Walkin’ Blues , Chess
  • Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones
    Let It Bleed, Decca/ABKCO
  • Instrumental: 39th and Indiana Charlie Musselwhite
    Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite’s Southside Band, Vanguard
  • SEGMENT: Billy Boy Arnold

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  • Long Tall Sally Little Richard
    Here’s Little Richard, Specialty
  • Maybelline Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry Is On Top , Chess
  • Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
    This is Fats Domino!, Imperial
  • Closing bed: Barrel House Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family

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    DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY ON MARDI GRAS DAY

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