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

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Series: Blues & Beyond
Length: 59:00

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

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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Piece Description

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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