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Blues & Beyond #292: Funky Frank Russell, Corea-Gomez-Motian, and Bobby McFerrin with Jack DeJohn...
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Blues & Beyond #291: Remembering Etta James and Johnny Otis
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Music from Etta James and Johnny Otis who died in January 2012
Blues & Beyond #290: Omar Shariff, Joe Louis Walker, Jack DeJohnette
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Music from the late blues pianist Omar Shariff
Blues & Beyond #289: Songs and Stories For MLK Day: "Blues In The Mississippi Night"
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Music and stories for MLK Day, including the secret session "Blues In The Mississippi Night"
Blues & Beyond #288: Two-fers from Sharon Lewis, Joey DeFrancesco, Skip Wilkins, Jason Stein, Tri...
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Two-fers from Sharon Lewis, Joey DeFrancesco, Skip Wilkins, Jason Stein, Triona ni Dhomhnaill
Blues & Beyond #287: Etta James, the final album
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The final album by Etta James
Blues & Beyond #286: A Holiday Show for 2011 - with Doug Munro, Nicole Henry, and more
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Holiday Show with Doug Munro & Nicole Henry
Blues & Beyond #285: Life & Times Of Big Bill Broonzy
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Interview with Bob Riesman, author of Big Bill Broonzy biography
Blues & Beyond #284: Tribute to Hubert Sumlin
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Program devoted to guitarist Hubert Sumlin, who died December 4, 2011
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith has a new album out, "Way Back." In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we hear several tracks from the album as well as some music from Smith's past. Willie Smith arrived in Chicago in the 1950s as a teenager trying to make it in music, playing both harmonica and drums. He worked with several bands, played harmonica on a Bo Diddley record (which is played on this show) &, after some hard years, was invited to join the Muddy Waters Blues Band as a drummer. After a couple of decades with Muddy, he co-founded the Legendary Blues Band, whose success over the decade and half after that secured his career. For the past ten years he has led his own bands. This hour of B&B also includes a new track from jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and a record from the World Saxophone Quartet recorded in 1991.
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM Philadelphia 8-13-2006
Timing and Cues
00:00 show starts with opening theme & host intro over theme "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
00:59 theme ends
01:00 host reintro/option song ("Starting out, this is Willie Big Eyes Smith from his album....")
05:59 option song out
06:00 show reintro ("This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....")
28:26 First part ends ("...right after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond.")
28:27 59-second break bed plays
29:26 bed ends: show reintro ("This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....")
57:29 voice out: "Thanks for tuning in for this hour of The Blues & Beyond."
58:29 theme fades out, ending show
58:30 promo begins with bed. Host: "Cuban percussionist Miguel Diaz....."
58:50 host out "... and his roots and influences, coming up on the next Blues & Beyond."
58:59 promo bed fades out
Musical Works
format:
Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Title
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith "I Wonder Why"
Juke Joint: Blues From The Heart
Bo Diddley "Diddy Wah Diddy"
MCA: Bo Diddley Chess Box, DIsc 1
Muddy Waters "The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll #2"
Epic/Legacy: Hard Again
Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Workin'"
Pablo: Paris 1972
Legendary Blues Band "Money"
Rounder: Red Hot 'N' Blue
Legendary Blues Band "Monday Morning"
Ichiban: Prime Time Blues
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith "I Don't Trust You Man"
HighTone: Way Back
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith "Read Way Back"
HighTone: Way Back
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith "Blues And Trouble"
HighTone: Way Back
World Saxophone Quartet and African Drums "Africa"
Elektra/Nonesuch: Metamorphosis
Cyrus Chestnut "Baby Girl's Strut"
Telarc: Genuine Chestnut
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