on CKHA, Canoe-FM, Sundays at 10 AM Eastern Time. Link will take you to their site.
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Backbeat Radio Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list. |
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Backbeat Radio Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list. |
on CKHA, Canoe-FM, Sundays at 10 AM Eastern Time. Link will take you to their site.
Remembrance day is nigh and we have some songs about soldiers coming home, and just about home in general from the likes of Dinah Washington, Bill Monroe, Soulstack, and the Silvertone Singers. We'll also hear Johnny Cash reminisce about a flood, Slim Gaillard's ode to the record shop and husband-and-wife team Texas Ruby and Curly Fox
Where else can you hear Big Joe Turner, Cousin Emmy, Happy Fats and Eddy Arnold all in one show? You'll also hear the teenage gospel group where future soul star Candi Staton got her start, as well as obscure rockabilly, blues from Brandon Isaac and a Chuck Berry classic.
It's the usual mix of the best music from what I call the best era in popular music - the 1930s to the 1960s. We'll hear about Julia Lee's obsession with the Fuller Brush Man, hot fiddle music from The Saddle Tramps, classic Piedmont blues picking from Blind Boy Fuller, hot slide guitar from Hawaiian artist George "Tautu" Archer and newer vintage music from Jake Vaadeland and Alex Pangman.
This week's show features down-home blues courtesy of Dr. Ross, smooth harmony delivered by the Golden Gate Quartet, a sentimental ballad by the Mills Brothers, plus lively gospel, honky-tonk country and a "British Invasion" star who was bigger than the Beatles, for a while, at least.
Don't miss this week's show for your usual hit of vintage blues, country, gospel, pop and whatever. You'll hear Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lulu Belle & Scotty (in the picture), the Dixie Hummingbirds, Les Paul and Mary Ford and, of course - some baseball songs. Go Jays! You'll also hear newer music from fellow-travellers Weepin' Dave and David Wilcox.
This week's show looks at dance crazes down through the years, we've got a 1948 record titled Rock and Roll by Manhattan Paul (in the picture), an early Platters record made before they developed their polished sound, some blues from an up-and-coming Texas group as well as Tampa Red, Slim Harpo and much more.
Another fun show starting with a 1940s record that has a distorted electric guitar solo, then some train songs from Roy Acuff, Big Bill Broonzy and John Mays, gospel from The Dixieaires, Hawaiian jazz from Andy Iona (pictured), new vintage-style music from Blue Moon Marquee, Dan Young and Irene Torres as well as Cajun, rockabilly and so much more all packed into one big hour.
This week we've got country from the Maddox Bros., Carl smith and The Prairie Ramblers, rockin' blues from Slim Harpo and Wild Bill Moore, African calypso, gospel harmony, new music from the eclectic Ottawa band Hey Wow! and the Bill King Trio
So, does this guy look like one of the "Fathers of Rock & Roll" to you? Listen to this week's show to find out why some people think so. You'll also hear early recordings by Jimmy Witherspoon, Mable Smith (before she was Big Maybelle), Jewel Akens, and Doctor Ross. Backbeat is always lively, always fun and usually has some surprises.
This week's show has some tunes that are older than recorded history plus a Jamaican take on an American calypso-styled hit. We'll hear some fine vocal harmony from the best male and female groups of the last century, gospel from Brother Joe May (pictured), known as The Thunderbolt of the Middle West and a whole bunch of other fun stuff.