Blues & Beyond #11: Adolphus Bell & One-man bands

Blues & Beyond #11: Adolphus Bell & One-man bands

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:58:59

feayures one-man bands, including Adolphus Bell & Fesse Fuller, & multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues & Beyond #11: Adolphus Bell & One-man bands
From: WXPN

Belladolphus_small This program features the debut CD of long-time "one-man band" Adolphus Bell on the Music Maker Foundation's label, and also includes the great Jesse Fuller, known as "The Lone Cat" whose instruments included his own invention the "foordella"-- plus selections from Satan & Adam ("Mr. Satan" was a guitarist-percussionist) and the simultaneous multi-horn player Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

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Piece Description

This program features the debut CD of long-time "one-man band" Adolphus Bell on the Music Maker Foundation's label, and also includes the great Jesse Fuller, known as "The Lone Cat" whose instruments included his own invention the "foordella"-- plus selections from Satan & Adam ("Mr. Satan" was a guitarist-percussionist) and the simultaneous multi-horn player Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 9-17-2006

Timing and Cues

Timings & Cues:

00:00 Show starts, opening theme with host intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 opening theme ends

01:00 option song-- intro: "The great boogie woogie pianist Meade Lux Lewis...."

05:59 option song ends

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

30:19 end of first part: ".... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

30:20 59-second break bed begins

31:19 part two starts: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:22 voice out for show: "Thanks for tuning in for this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:29 out-theme music ends

58:30 promo starts with music.. "on the next Blues & Beyond..."

58:38 voice out: "..on the next Blues & Beyond."

58:59 music fades out

Musical Works

format:
Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Name

Meade "Lux"Lewis "Doll House Boogie"
Classics: Meade Lux Lewis 1941-1944

Adolphus Bell "The One Man Band"
Music Maker: One Man Band
Adolphus Bell "Ever Had The Blues"
Music Maker: One Man Band
Adolphus Bell "I Need Some Money"
Music Maker: One Man Band

Jesse Fuller "San Francisco Bay Blues"
Contemporary: San Francisco Bay Blues
Jesse Fuller "Take This Hammer"
Good Time Jazz: Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues
Jesse Fuller "Hesitation Blues"
Good Time Jazz: Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues

Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Multi-Horn Variations"
Hynena: The Man Who Cried Fire
Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Ain't No Sunshine"
Collectables: Blacknuss

Adolphus Bell "Ain't No Sunshine"
Music Maker: One Man Band

Satan & Adam "Mother Mojo"
Flying Fish: Mother Mojo
Satan & Adam "Watermelon Man"
Flying Fish: Mother Mojo
Satan & Adam "Sweet Home Chicago"
Flying Fish: Harlem Blues

Related Website

http://www.xpn.org/blues