Listener comments!

  7:26am
: Hi MHLee and others! ♥ 10:43am
MHLee: Hi Andrew   🎸 ♥ 11:05am
Jay Current: Welcome back! ♥ 11:06am
DJ Babs: Yaaaaas! Great vibes this morning MH! ♥ 11:07am
MHLee: Hi Jay and Babs! ♥ 11:08am
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @11:05

I'm actually currently in a coffee shop remotely connected to my home computer running this out   🎸 ♥ 11:10am
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Little Boy Blue" by "Roy Milton and his Solid Sen...

Interesting label on this 78 ♥ 11:10am
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @11:10

I thought that too? And seemingly own by Roy himself? 🎸 ♥ 11:11am
Krys O.: Hi, MHLee! ♥ 11:11am
MHLee:

↳ Song: "You Made Me Baby" by "H-Bomb Ferguson"

H-Bomb seems like basically nothing of his got released ♥ 11:11am
MHLee:

↳ Krys O. @11:11

Hi Krys O. 🎸 ♥ 11:12am
Krys O.:

↳ MHLee @11:10

No, artwork by Wm. Alexander:

www.discogs.com...

♥ 11:13am
MHLee:

↳ Krys O. @11:12

I forgot a word "label" 🎸 ♥ 11:16am
Krys O.:

↳ Krys O. @11:12

More info on Miltone Records and the illustrations:

signaturesoundsonline.com...

♥ 11:17am
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Buzz Buzz Buzz" by "The Hollywood Flames"

Robert Byrd = R Byrd = Bobby Day 🎸 ♥ 11:18am
Krys O.: Even more info on Alexander the illustrator: https:/www.thisishorror.co.uk... 11:20am
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Song: "Zologo (Organ Blues)" by "Lighnin' Hopkins"

Diggin the show! ♥ 11:21am
MHLee: Hi Kitchy Mama! ♥ 11:22am
MHLee:

↳ Song: "We Like Birdland" by "Huey "Piano" Smith"

This is an odd record. To me sounds early 60s   11:24am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Kitschy Mama @11:20

Hi, Mama! 11:24am
Kitschy Mama: morning folks!   🎸 ♥ 11:25am
Jay Current:

↳ Kitschy Mama @11:24

Morning KM!   11:26am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Jay Current @11:25

Hi, Jay! ♥ 11:27am
MHLee:

↳ Krys O. @11:16

Thanks for that ♥ 11:30am
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Chicken Shack" by "Amos Milburn and Band"

That song was already a ripper in '48   🎸 ♥ 11:30am
Jay Current:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:26

Hey Andrew in Toronto   🎸 ♥ 11:33am
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "The Train Kept A-Rollin’" by "Tiny Bradshaw"

Johnny Burnette's rockabilly cover of this took the song in a heavier direction, with a big focus on the guitar riff. His version is what most of the later rock covers are based on. ♥ 11:34am
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @11:33

yeah, you can tell there's signifcance differences in that version   🎸 ♥ 11:35am
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Lonely Teardrops" by "Jackie Wilson"

You can already hear some '60s soul in this Jackie Wilson doo-wop track. 🎸 ♥ 11:36am
WR: Hello MHLee and folks. ♥ 11:37am
MHLee: Hi WR. You missed Huey SMith   11:38am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ WR @11:36

Hi, WR!   🎸 ♥ 11:40am
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "What Am I Living For" by "Chuck Willis with the R...

Looking at how many of these labels came and went across the music industry's various booms and collapses, it's really impressive how long Atlantic Records remained a powerhouse on the R&B charts. ♥ 11:42am
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @11:40

It had some fnatastic artists one it   🎸 ♥ 11:43am
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Get Rich Quick" by "Little Richard"

A rare pre-Specialty Little Richard single ♥ 11:45am
MHLee: He actually had a lot of singles before breaking out   🎸 ♥ 11:48am
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @11:45

No success on the charts though ♥ 11:50am
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @11:48

he was trying to hard to be Billy Wright 🎸 ♥ 11:53am
WR:

↳ Krys O. @11:18

thanks for the links, Krys. 🎸 ♥ 11:53am
WR:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:38

hi Andrew. 🎸 ♥ 11:54am
WR:

↳ MHLee @11:37

I was listening from the start, just late to comment ♥ 12:00pm
MHLee:

↳ WR @11:54

I found out he also did a lot of session work on imperial records   🎸 ♥ 12:01pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With ...

Listen to the boogie woogie piano in the back ♥ 12:03pm
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @12:01

That's why I played it after that Julia Lee track 🎸 ♥ 12:05pm
WR:

↳ MHLee @12:00

I highly recommend the Huey Piano Smith bio by John Wirt.
www.goodreads.com... ♥ 12:06pm
MHLee: I still need to start Queer blues   🎸 ♥ 12:09pm
Jay Current: This show's chat has the most book recommendations of any show that I follow. ♥ 12:10pm
MHLee: The Otherworld also has lot's of literacy discussion ♥ 12:12pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Weeping Willow Blues" by "The Dominoes"

Very different than Sixty-Minute Man   🎸 ♥ 12:16pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Grandpa Can Boogie Too" by "Lil Greenwood"

Better than when we found out Grandma was playing the numbers.   12:16pm
Oleh from Pittsburgh: Hiya MHL and groovers. Ooo coming in to naughty lil Greenwood   🎸 ♥ 12:17pm
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @12:10

I'm off work one week in July, so I may be able to catch Otherworld live. ♥ 12:17pm
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @12:16

Those songs are definately related   🎸 ♥ 12:17pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Keep on Churnin'" by "Wynonie Harris with Todd Rh...

Speaking of Grandma playing the numbers... ♥ 12:18pm
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @12:17

It's been running like 7 years if you count outside of WFMU ♥ 12:18pm
Bri The Beatnik: Happy 20! ♥ 12:19pm
MHLee:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:18

Hi Bri! ♥ 12:19pm
MHLee: Full house today ♥ 12:20pm
Bri The Beatnik: Hey MH!   12:20pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:18

Hi Bri! ♥ 12:20pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Love Me Baby" by "Joe Turner"

Another artist that was in the Atlantic records roster ♥ 12:20pm
Bri The Beatnik: Hey Andrew!   🎸 ♥ 12:20pm
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @12:18

I've been meaning to check it in the archives, but I work straight weeks, so I can't be awake past midnight for the live broadcast. ♥ 12:22pm
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @12:20

I just developed the habit of staying uo until 2 in grad school. It's gotten harder over time but I like the midnight timeslot   12:23pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:20

Hug and kiss Willie. ♥ 12:23pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:23

💗 ♥ 12:23pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "My Biggest Mistake" by "Joe Tex"

Vocally this is a killer preformance ♥ 12:24pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Song: "My Biggest Mistake" by "Joe Tex"

Cool to hear some early Joe Tex!   🎸 ♥ 12:24pm
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @12:22

Given the chance, I'd *much* rather be up late than early, but when the office closes at 5pm...   12:24pm
Andrew in Toronto: Dogs and cats are important.   🎸 ♥ 12:25pm
Jay Current:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:24

He's been on this show a few times before, and it's always been great. ♥ 12:26pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Jay Current @12:25

I love it! I knew he was around in the 60s and 70s but I didn’t know he went back this far ♥ 12:26pm
MHLee: The only problem with my current media player (which has very nice features) is that it seems to get it's time counter to glitch out... it sad 1:59:45 and when I started it today it said 1:57:10 ♥ 12:27pm
Bri The Beatnik: I stayed up Friday morning into about 6 a.m, woke up around 4 p.m and went to bed around 1 a.m woke up around 10 this morning, I’m surprised I had all that energy   🎸 ♥ 12:28pm
Jay Current:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:26

I felt the same way when MHLee played James Brown on this program. ♥ 12:28pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ MHLee @12:26

Wow ♥ 12:29pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Jay Current @12:28

Oh wow, yeah I knew he’d been around since the 50s ♥ 12:30pm
MHLee: i might have to add a song to the final set ♥ 12:30pm
MHLee:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:27

i'm actaully camping currently, well i went into to town to stream...   🎸 ♥ 12:31pm
Jay Current:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:29

A few weeks ago, we also discussed the insane rivalry Tex and Brown had, which culminated in James Brown assaulting Joe Tex and his entourage while dual wielding shotguns. ♥ 12:35pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ MHLee @12:30

Fun! ♥ 12:35pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Jay Current @12:31

Woah ♥ 12:36pm
MHLee:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @12:35

Glad you could join us, always nice to see some young -- God I hope I'm still young -- listeners ♥ 12:37pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "I'll Send You" by "Goree Carter and his Guitar & ...

Goree Carter is so good ♥ 12:37pm
Bri The Beatnik:

↳ MHLee @12:36

Glad I could too!   🎸 ♥ 12:37pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "I'll Send You" by "Goree Carter and his Guitar & ...

"His Guitar and His Hepcats" - I like that his band gets second billing to his guitar. ♥ 12:39pm
MHLee: Pee Wee Crayton also tears it up... he has that one song that has the Revolution riff   🎸 ♥ 12:41pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah" by "Bab's Three Bips And A Bop"

The song title and artist name just kind of run together for this one. ♥ 12:43pm
MHLee:

↳ Jay Current @12:41

Blue Note is still a big jazz label. Endlessly sent jazz when I was jazz director.   🎸 ♥ 12:46pm
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @12:43

I definitely came across the name when I took a jazz class in high school.   12:51pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ MHLee @12:43

Fabulous show!
Thanks! ♥ 12:52pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Hawk Shuffle" by "Frankie Lee Sims"

Texas bluesman ♥ 12:53pm
MHLee: Thanks for listening Andrew. Too hard to add any more track so I'll get off after BB ♥ 12:53pm
MHLee:

↳ Song: "Show Me The Way" by "Smiley Lewis"

I find this pairing ironic as Fats had bigger hits than Smiley wth a few of his songs 🎸 ♥ 12:55pm
Krys O.:

↳ MHLee @12:53

There was a 12 year age difference between Fats and Smiley.   12:55pm
Zydeco Phil: Hot damn! ♥ 12:55pm
Bri The Beatnik: So glad to be able to listen again! Thanks MHLee! 🎸 ♥ 12:55pm
Krys O.:

↳ Krys O. @12:55

Make that a 15 year difference. ♥ 12:56pm
MHLee:

↳ Krys O. @12:55

And Smiley was the older one. Interesting. 🎸 ♥ 12:57pm
Krys O.:

↳ MHLee @12:56

Yes, he was born in 1913. ♥ 12:57pm
MHLee: Thanks everyone from listening. I guess that short time should let me deal with any complications before you come on! Cheers! Thanks everyone! 🎸 ♥ 12:58pm
Krys O.: Thanks, MHLee!

BTW-the late Bob Porter used to host a show on WBGO called Portraits in Blue. There might be some archives out there.

🎸 ♥ 12:58pm
Krys O.:

↳ Krys O. @12:58

en.wikipedia.org...   🎸 ♥ 12:58pm
Jay Current:

↳ MHLee @12:57

Gotta leave the audience wanting more 🎸 ♥ 1:03pm
WR: Thank you, MHLee