I thought I’d end the month with another version of the same track I started it with. So, on this show I play Les McCann’s version of Nat Adderley Jr.’s “The Price You Got to Pay to be Free.” Les McCann was known for many years as a jazz pianist. He recorded through the 60’s [...]
On this show, I play “Get Out of my Life Woman” as recorded by Wilmer and the Dukes. “Get Out of my Life Woman,” written by Allen Toussaint and originally recorded by Lee Dorsey, has been covered dozens of times, and is a fantastic soulful blues number. I intend to revisit this song in other [...]
On this show I play “Who-Dun-It?” by Monk Higgins, from a 45 on St. Lawrence Records from 1966. Monk Higgins was an accomplished saxophonist as well as a songwriter, arranger and producer. He was on staff at Chess Records in the 1960s, and worked with artists such as The Three Sounds, Muddy Waters, Etta James, [...]
On this show I play “Off the Cuff” by Freddie Robinson. Freddie Robinson was born in 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up in Arkansas, where he got his first guitar at age 9. His early notoriety came from his live and recorded dates with blues musicians, including Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf and Junior Wells. [...]
On this show I play “Freedom Time” by Linda Tillery, from her self-titled 1977 album on Olivia Records. Linda Tillery is an accomplished musician, who played in the cult Bay-area horn rock group Loading Zone beginning when she was 19. She still records and tours today with a group called the Cultural Heritage Choir, performing [...]