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Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté June 7th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté

It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Shemekia Copeland photo by Mike White

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RHYTHM & BLUES INTO ROCK & ROLL: FATS DOMINO, BILLY BOY ARNOLD AND THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

November 8th, 2017

We pay tribute to 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 floodwaters 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 Fats Domino’s role in pushing black music across the color line into what would become rock & roll. Then, we catch up with a new generation of rockers, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, known for their live shows of Southern soul-inflected roots rock. We chat with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers) about their solo careers, starting a family and a band, and life on the road together. Plus, hard-hitting R&B from Junior Parker, mighty gospel from Mahalia, and rockin’ soul from Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

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HOUR ONE

  • 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
  • Bed: 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

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Just as Strange Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy
  • Waiting For a Train Boz Scaggs with Duane "Skydog" Allman
    Boz Scaggs, Atlantic
  • Midnight Rider Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
    Midnight Rider, Dap Tone
  • Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal
    Taj Mahal, Columbia
  • Come See About Me Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Revelator, Sony
  • Drown in My Own Tears Derek Trucks Band
    Soul Serenade, Sony
  • Instrumental: Within You/Without You Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy
  • SEGMENT: Tedeschi Trucks Band

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  • Sticks and Stones Joe Cocker, Leon Russell and Band
    Mad Dogs and Englishmen, A&M Records
  • Leaving Trunk Derek Trucks Band
    Live at the Georgia Theater, Sony
  • Instrumental: Intro to Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony
  • Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Revelator, Sony
  • Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles
    Ray Charles, Atlantic
  • Let the Church Roll On Mahalia Jackson
    Bless the House, Columbia
  • End Bed: Wade in the Water Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony

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