Blues & Beyond #153: Guy Davis joins us -- and music from Bad Plus, Fuze, and Hiromi's Sonicbloom

Blues & Beyond #153: Guy Davis joins us -- and music from Bad Plus, Fuze, and Hiromi's Sonicbloom

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:04

Guy Davis performs in our studios and talks about his new album. We also feature new albums from The Bad Plus and David Fiuczynski. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

Guy Davis will join us on this show to sing songs from his new album "Sweetheart Like You" and talk about his life and music. Davis comes from a show-biz family. His father, the late Ossie Davis, and his mother Ruby Dee, were noted actors. Guy grew up familiar with the life of the theater, but decided to draw on his family's heritage and get into the blues when the show-biz bug bit him. He plays several instruments and tells some good stories. Also on this show we'll open up the new album from The Bad Plus. This post-jazz/grundge trio works with vocalist Wendy Lewis on some of the songs on their album "For All I Care" -- their first outing with a singer. One of these songs was in the news during the recent Presidential campaign. Also, new music from Fuze, that is, energetic and inventive guitarist David Fiuczynski, on an album called "KiF Express." Fuze is a master of the rarely-played fretless guitar. Fuze is a member of Hiromi's Sonicbloom with pianist Hiromi Uehara, and we'll hear from them too.

promos included:

promo-davis for this program

promo-bbking for the next program

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 6-7-2009 and 6-8-2009

Transcript

Lady Bianca "Da Da Day (Happy Song)"
Magic-O: A Woman Never Forgets
© 2008 Magic-O Records
MOCD 506

Guy Davis "Slow Motion Daddy"
[live in our studios]

Guy Davis "Can't Be Satisfied"
[live in our studios]

Guy Davis "Words To My Mama's Song"
Red House: Sweetheart Like You
© 2009 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 211

Guy Davis "Bring Back Storyville"
[live in our studios]

Hiromi's Sonicbloom "My Favorite Things"
Telarc: Beyond Standard
© 2008 Telarc, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CD-83686
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Timing and Cues

Timings & Cues 6-7-2009

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....."

33:05 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

34:04 bed fades

34:05 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:45 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

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