Blues & Beyond #307: Remembering Michael Burks and Duck Dunn - and new medleys from John Pizzarelli

From: WXPN
Series: Blues & Beyond
Length: 59:01

Music from the late bluesman Michael Burks and the late bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & The MGs fame. Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues & Beyond #307: Remembering Michael Burks ...
From: WXPN

Ismellsmoke_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we'll hear from two great artists who passed away this month, bluesman Michael Burks and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn. Michael Burks, known as "The Iron Man," was a soulful singer and dazzling guitarist who suffered a heart attack in the airport in Atlanta after returning from a tour in Europe. Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn was a mainstay of the Memphis soul scene, a member The Mar-Keys, and of Booker T & The MGs, and bassist on classic recordings by Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Albert King, Muddy Waters, and many others. He died in Japan after a show there. We'll also hear new blues from Quintus McCormick, and open a new album from John Pizzarelli on which he combines songs in medleys that were written decades - - and styles - - apart.

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Piece Description

In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we'll hear from two great artists who passed away this month, bluesman Michael Burks and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn. Michael Burks, known as "The Iron Man," was a soulful singer and dazzling guitarist who suffered a heart attack in the airport in Atlanta after returning from a tour in Europe. Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn was a mainstay of the Memphis soul scene, a member The Mar-Keys, and of Booker T & The MGs, and bassist on classic recordings by Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Albert King, Muddy Waters, and many others. He died in Japan after a show there. We'll also hear new blues from Quintus McCormick, and open a new album from John Pizzarelli on which he combines songs in medleys that were written decades - - and styles - - apart.

promo included: promo307

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 5-20-2012

Transcript

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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....."

33:55 end of part 1:

"... in a moment, here on The Blues & Beyond."

59-second bed plays

34:54 bed fades

34:55 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:18 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
Devil Only Knows My First Name	Shakura S'Aida	Time….	Electro-Fi	2012	04:34
Good Man, Bad Thing	Michael Burks	I Smell Smoke.	Alligator	2003	03:53
Got A Way With Women	Michael Burks	Make It Rain.	Alligator	2001	04:24
Last Night	The Mar-Keys	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, 1959-1958.	Stax	1991	02:35
Crosscut Saw	Albert King	King Of The Blues Guitar.	Atlantic	1989	02:28
Walkin' Thru The Park	Muddy Waters	Fathers And Sons.	MCA	2001	03:16
Hip Hug-Her	Booker T. & The MGs	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, 1959-1958.	Stax	1991	02:22
Still Called The Blues	Quintus McCormick	Still Called The Blues.	Delmark	2012	05:14
What's Good For The Goose	Quintus McCormick	Still Called The Blues.	Delmark	2012	00:59
Traffic Jam/The Kicker	John Pizzarelli	Double Exposure.	Telarc	2012	03:24
I Feel Fine/The Sidewinder	John Pizzarelli	Double Exposure.	Telarc	2012	03:45
The Sidewinder	Lee Morgan	The Sidewinder.	Blue Note	1999	10:20
Free Man In Paris	John Pizzarelli	Double Exposure.	Telarc	2012	04:06
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	01:05

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