Blues & Beyond #314: The Real McCoy(s), Bonnie, Minnie, Joe, Charlie, George, Ethel ... and Mr. Tyner too

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

Bonnie McCoy, grand niece of blues great Memphis Minnie, makes her debut. Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues & Beyond #314: The Real McCoy(s), Bonnie, ...
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Bonniemccoy_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, it's the real McCoy, or actually several of them. Bonnie McCoy has a new album out called "A Child Of The Blues," the debut from a blues singer who is a grand niece of the great Memphis Minnie. Bonnie's father George McCoy and his sister Ethel McCoy recorded blues in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Their uncles were famed pre-war blues artists Joe McCoy and Charlie McCoy. Joe was married for a while to Memphis Minnie, and was known as Kansas Joe on the classic records the couple recorded together from 1929 well into the 1930s. We'll hear from them, as well as Charlie McCoy, George and Ethel McCoy, and, of course, from Bonnie McCoy's debut in this show. Also, music from another McCoy, totally unrelated, pianist McCoy Tyner, and from his former band leader John Coltrane in 1966, whose "Live At The Village Vanguard Again!" album from 1996 has just been re-re-issued by Impulse!

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Piece Description

In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, it's the real McCoy, or actually several of them. Bonnie McCoy has a new album out called "A Child Of The Blues," the debut from a blues singer who is a grand niece of the great Memphis Minnie. Bonnie's father George McCoy and his sister Ethel McCoy recorded blues in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Their uncles were famed pre-war blues artists Joe McCoy and Charlie McCoy. Joe was married for a while to Memphis Minnie, and was known as Kansas Joe on the classic records the couple recorded together from 1929 well into the 1930s. We'll hear from them, as well as Charlie McCoy, George and Ethel McCoy, and, of course, from Bonnie McCoy's debut in this show. Also, music from another McCoy, totally unrelated, pianist McCoy Tyner, and from his former band leader John Coltrane in 1966, whose "Live At The Village Vanguard Again!" album from 1996 has just been re-re-issued by Impulse!

promo included: promo314

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 7-8-2012

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....."

32:47 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

33:46 bed fades

33:47 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:28 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
I Believe	Toronzo Cannon	Leaving Mood.	Delmark	2011	04:51
Me And My Chauffeur	Bonnie McCoy	A Child Of The Blues.	Arcola	2011	03:46
Bumble Bee (2011)	Bonnie McCoy	A Child Of The Blues.	Arcola	2011	05:43
Bumble Bee	Memphis Minnie	Queen Of The Country Blues: All The Published Sides.	JSP	2003	02:46
It's Your Time Now	George & Ethel McCoy	At Home With The Blues.	Swingmaster	1981	02:59
Look Who's Coming Down The Road	Joe McCoy	The McCoy Brothers Volume 1.	RST	1992	02:44
Baltimore Blues	Charlie McCoy	When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1927-1941.	JSP	2007	02:47
New Cadillac	Bonnie McCoy	A Child Of The Blues.	Arcola	2011	02:41
Squat It	Memphis Minnie	Queen Of The Country Blues: All The Published Sides.	JSP	2003	00:59
Fly With The Wind	McCoy Tyner	Fly With The Wind.	Milestone	2008	08:09
Naima	John Coltrane	Live At The Village Vanguard Again!.	Impulse!	2011	14:40
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	00:56

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