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Blues & Beyond #287: Etta James, the final album

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

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Etta_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, it's the retirement album of Etta James. "The Dreamer" has come out at at time when reports of James's health indicate that she is quite ill and unable to perform, but this album, her first since 2006, finds her in full command of her powers, and includes some inventive reworkings of old and not so old songs. We'll also play a track from guitarist Kenny Burrell's new live solo album "Tenderly" recorded in 2009, and some unusual blues in 3/4 time from organist Joey DeFrancesco and his trio, plus folk bluesman Eric Bibb in concert in Sweden, a song he wrote, newly recorded by Maria Muldaur, and some previously unissued Coltrane from 1960, recorded at The Jazz Gallery in Greenwich Village. Also a hit song from the new Ray Charles boxed set "Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles" and the actual demo record he learned it from.

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In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, it's the retirement album of Etta James. "The Dreamer" has come out at at time when reports of James's health indicate that she is quite ill and unable to perform, but this album, her first since 2006, finds her in full command of her powers, and includes some inventive reworkings of old and not so old songs. We'll also play a track from guitarist Kenny Burrell's new live solo album "Tenderly" recorded in 2009, and some unusual blues in 3/4 time from organist Joey DeFrancesco and his trio, plus folk bluesman Eric Bibb in concert in Sweden, a song he wrote, newly recorded by Maria Muldaur, and some previously unissued Coltrane from 1960, recorded at The Jazz Gallery in Greenwich Village. Also a hit song from the new Ray Charles boxed set "Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles" and the actual demo record he learned it from.

promo included: promo287

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 1-1-2012

Transcript

opening theme:
Start: 0:00 Duration: 0:59
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn "No Exit"
Wooded Hill Recordings: Bert And John
© 1996 Wooded Hill Records/Transatlantic Records Ltd

Start: 1:31 Duration: 4:28
Earnest "Guitar" Roy "Going Down To Clarksdale"
JunBug Production: Going Down To Clarksdale
© 2011 Earnest Roy

Start: 6:33 Duration: 1:58
Ray Charles "Hit The Road, Jack"
Concord: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
© 2011 Ray Charles Foundation under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc.

Start: 8:32 Duration: 1:30
Percy Mayfield "Hit The Road, Jack"
Specialty: Memory Pain
© 1992 Specialty Records, Inc.

Start: 10:41 Duration: 4:55
Etta James "Dreamer"
Verve Forecast: The Dreamer
© 2011 Verve Music Group, division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Start: 15:36 Duration: 4:09
Etta James "Boondocks"
Verve Forecast: The Dreamer
© 2011 Verve Music Group, d...
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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....."

30:20 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

31:19 bed fades

31:20 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

59:26 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
No Exit Bert Jansch and John Renbourn Bert And John. Wooded Hill Recordings 1996 00:59
Going Down To Clarksdale Earnest "Guitar" Roy Going Down To Clarksdale. JunBug Production 2011 04:28
Hit The Road, Jack Ray Charles Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles. Concord 2011 01:58
Hit The Road, Jack Percy Mayfield Memory Pain. Specialty 1992 01:30
Dreamer Etta James The Dreamer. Verve Forecast 2011 04:55
Boondocks Etta James The Dreamer. Verve Forecast 2011 04:09
I'd Rather Go Blind Koko Taylor From The Heart Of A Wonman. Alligator 1989 04:52
In The Evening Etta James The Dreamer. Verve Forecast 2011 04:44
Life Is Good Joey DeFrancesco 40. Highnote 2011 00:59
Shavin Talk Eric Bibb Troubadour Live. Telarc 2011 03:36
Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down Maria Muldaur Steady Love. Stony Plain 2011 04:07
Soulful Brothers Kenny Burrell Tenderly. Highnote 2011 04:34
Bluz'n' 3 Joey DeFrancesco 40. Highnote 2011 06:03
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes John Coltrane Live At The Jazz Gallery 1960. Rare Live Recordings 2011 06:18
Forty-Eight John Renbourn Sir John A Lot. Shanachie 1992 00:58

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