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Blues & Beyond #150: Pat Thomas: His Father's Son - Popular songs newly jazzified

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

Music from Pat Thomas, son of noted Mississippi bluesman James "Son" Thomas, and newly jazzified versions of rock and R&B favorites. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

On this show We'll hear songs from Pat Thomas from his album "His Father's Son." Pat Thomas truly evokes the memory of his late father, James "Son" Thomas, a bluesman and folk artist from Leland MS who achieved worldwide acclaim for his work. Pat Thomas carries on the family traditions, both in blues music and art. We'll hear him talk about his art, or perhaps more about some of the uses of the materials used for his art, from the film "M For Mississippi: A Roadtrip Through The Birthplace Of The Blues." The film won the Blues Music Award this year for blues DVD-of-the-year. We'll also hear from the father, James "Son" Thomas.

Also in this hour, recent jazz interpretations of songs from the world of rock and R&B, from albums by Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker, Papa John DeFrancesco, and Barbara Dennerlein. And we have an old favorite from the patron saint of this program (his initials are JC and he played tenor and soprano sax).

promos included: promo-pat-thomas.mp2 for this show. promo-muddywaters.mp2 for the next show.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 5-17-2009 and 5-18-2009

Transcript

Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Working"
Geffen: Authorized Bootleg
© 2009 Geffen Records & Wolfgang's Vault
B0012650-02

Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker "Work To Do"
Mack Avenue: Work To Do
© 2009 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
MAC 1045

Papa John DeFrancesco "Riders On The Storm"
Savant: Big Shot
© 2009 Savant Records, Inc.
SCD 2098

John Coltrane "My Favorite Things"
Verve: Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane
© 2000 The Verve Music Group, division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
314 549 083-2

Barbara Dennerlein "Satisfaction"
Bebab: Spir...
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Timing and Cues

00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 Billboard ends.. "... in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 "option" song: "Starting out, this is..."

05:59 "option" song fades

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

35:18 end of part 1:

"... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

59-second bed plays

36:17 bed fades

36:18 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:40 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

Related Website

http://www.xpn.org/beyond

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