Juke In The Back #034
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
From: Matt The Cat
Length: 00:58:16
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Rhythm & Blues Car Songs
The juke is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. The automobile is a "road tested" symbol of the American Dream. We have all this land and the car gives us the freedom to get from one place to another. We'll dig on some tunes about Cadillacs, Buicks, Mercurys and Model Ts. Plus, musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back" to make their cases that the first rock n' roll song might have been about a car. "Juke In The Back" focuses on the "soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others
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Rhythm & Blues Car Songs
The juke is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. The automobile is a "road tested" symbol of the American Dream. We have all this land and the car gives us the freedom to get from one place to another. We'll dig on some tunes about Cadillacs, Buicks, Mercurys and Model Ts. Plus, musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back" to make their cases that the first rock n' roll song might have been about a car. "Juke In The Back" focuses on the "soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others
Intro and Outro
INTRO:This week's "Juke In The Back" is loaded with R&B songs about cars.
OUTRO:For more information on "Juke In The Back," please drop by www.jukeintheback.org.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanee River Boogie (1947) | Albert Ammons | Blowing The Fuse: 27 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox 1947. | Bear Family | 2005 | 00:00 |
| Motorhead Baby | Chuck Higgins & His Mellotones | Straight To Watts: Central Avenue Scene 1951-54.. | Ace (UK) | 2003 | 00:00 |
| No Money Down | Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode - His Complete '50s Chess Recordings. | Hip-O Select | 2007 | 00:00 |
| I Gotta New Car | Big Boy Groves & Band | Leiber & Stoller Present The Spark Records Story. | Ace (UK) | 2001 | 00:00 |
| Buick 59 | Vernon Green & The Medallions | The Dootone Story. | Ace (UK) | 1992 | 00:00 |
| Push-Button Automobile | Vernon Green & The Medallions | Rhythm Riot. | Ace (UK) | 2002 | 00:00 |
| Fishtale Blues | Wynonie Harris | Rock Mr. Blues: The King & Atco Recordings 1949-1956. | Revola | 2007 | 00:00 |
| T-Model Boogie | Rosco Gordon | Rhythm Riot. | Ace (UK) | 2002 | 00:00 |
| Rocket 88 | Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats | I Like Ike: The Best Of Ike Turner. | Rhino | 1994 | 00:00 |
| Cadillac Boogie | Jimmy Liggins | Blues Masters: Vol: 5 - Jump Blues Classics. | Rhino | 1994 | 00:00 |
| Cadillac Song | The Ravens | The Complete National Recordings. | Savoy Jazz | 2003 | 00:00 |
| S'Cadillac | The Squires | The Vita Records Story. | Preserved | 2001 | 00:00 |
| Heaven On Wheels | Richard Berry & The Locketts | Have Love Will Travel. | Ace (UK) | 2004 | 00:00 |
| V-Eight Baby | Tommy Brown | Rhythm Riot. | Ace (UK) | 2002 | 00:00 |
| Mercury Baby | Hosie Dwine Craven | Mercury Blues n' Rhythm Story 1945-1955. | Mercury | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Too Many Drivers | Smiley Lewis | Shame, Shame, Shame. | Bear Family | 1993 | 00:00 |
| Automobiles | The Spaniels | Part 2 (1957-1960). | Dipper | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Flat Tire | Del Vikings | The Vocal Group Collection. | Mercury | 1986 | 00:00 |
| After Hours (1946) | Erskine Hawkins | Blowing The Fuse: 27 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox 1946. | Bear Family | 2005 | 00:00 |
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