Memphis to Manchester (Music)
With John Wendland
Thu Jan 3rd 2013 7.00am–10.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
7:02am | FONTELLA BASS “Now That I've Found A Good Thing” from Free (The Paula Recordings) (Westside www.rounder.com 1972) —RIP Fontella Bass who passed away on Dec. 26 at the age of 72. St. Louis just lost one of its greatest artists. This song was written by Fontella Bass and was produced by Oliver Sain.Buy it! |
7:04am | FONTELLA BASS “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” (Undertow 2004) —One of the best Chuck Berry covers I've ever heard. So memorable when she played a short set for this CD release party at the Pageant.Buy it! |
7:08am | FONTELLA BASS “The Soul Of A Man” from Chess Soul - A Decade of Chicago's Finest (Chess/MCA 1997) —1965 recording of a song written by Oliver Sain. Oliver Sain also played tenor sax, piano, and did the arrangements for this track. What an amazing vocal on this.Buy it! |
7:11am | Ramsey Lewis “Wade In The Water” from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (MCA Records 1997) —Music bed. 1966 instrumental version of the traditional gospel song. Conducted by Richard Evans.Buy it! |
7:15am | James Brown & Marva Whitney “Sunny” from It's My Thing (Soul Brother Records 2000) —Sublime duet version of the Bobby Hebb song recorded in 1969. Marva Whiney pased away on Dec. 22 at the age of 68.Buy it! |
7:18am | Marva Whitney “It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Pts. 1 & 2” from It's My Thing (Soul Brother Records 2000) —RIP Marva Whitney who was the lead female vocalist in the James Brown Revue from 1967 to 1969. This James Brown/Marva Whitney song was originally released in 1969 and was produced by James Brown.Buy it! |
7:21am | James Brown “Devil's Den” from The Singles - Volume Three: 1964-1965 (Hip-O Select 2007) —Music bed. 1964 instrumental composed by Nat Jones.Buy it! |
7:24am | Yuna “Live Your Life” from Yuna ((RED) FADER Label 2012) —From the Malaysian singer/songwriter's debut album. Written by Yuna and Pharrell Williams (who also produced this track) and two others on the album.Buy it! |
7:27am | The Sugarman 3 “Dirty Water” from What the World Needs Now (Daptone Records www.daptone.com 2012) —Soul version of the Standells song found on this all instrumental 2012 release which could provide the musical backdrop for any good party.Buy it! |
7:30am | Meshell Ndegeocello “Suzanne” from Pour une âme souveraine - A Dedication to Nina Simone (Naive 2012) —This album featuring all versions of songs written or interpreted by Nina Simone made my Top 10 albums list. # 7, in fact. Written by Leonard Cohen.Buy it! |
7:34am | The Sugarman 3 “Brother T” from What the World Needs Now (Daptone Records www.daptone.com 2012) —Music bed.Buy it! |
7:36am | Lee Fields “Faithful Man” (Truth & Soul Records 2012) —One of my favorite albums and one of my favorite concerts of 2012. Channeling James Brown on this one with some terrific arrangements by Leon Michels and Toby Pazner.Buy it! |
7:41am | Dr. John “Big Shot” from Locked Down (Nonesuch 2012) —Ridiculously great groove on this album produced by Dan Auerbach. This release garnered all kinds of airplay on KDHX in 2012.Buy it! |
7:44am | Bettye Lavette “Dirty Old Town” from Thankful n' Thoughtful (Anti- 2012) —As a whole this album is uneven but there are some tremendous song interpretations on this release. This Ewan MacColl song and Tom Wait's "Yesterday Is Here" among them.Buy it! |
7:48am | Menahan Street Band “Bullet For the Bagman” from The Crossing (Daptone 2012) N —Music bed.Buy it! |
7:51am | Rumer “Soulsville” from Boys Don't Cry (Atlantic Records UK www.atlanticrecords.com 2012) —I absolutely love this version of the Isaac Hayes song. Her voice is just a gorgeous instrument. I ranked this album #9 on my top 10 albums of 2012. You can see a whole lot of KDHX DJs' top 10 lists at http://tinyurl.com/amk763f.Buy it! |
7:54am | Menahan Street Band “Lights Out” from The Crossing (Daptone 2012) N —Highly recommended 2012 release of all instumentals written by this band made up of members from the Budos Band, the Dap-Kings, and Antibalas.Buy it! |
7:57am | Lianne La Havas “Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye” from Is Your Love Big Enough? (Deluxe Edition) (Warner Music UK 2012) N —Beautiful version of the Leonard Cohen song found on the London singer/songwriter's debut release.Buy it! |
8:00am | Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Bárbaro “Magdalena (Reprise)” from Look Around The Corner (TruThoughts 2012) —Music bed.Buy it! |
8:05am | Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Bárbaro “Travelling Song” from Look Around The Corner (TruThoughts 2012) —Amazing version of the Pentangle song. I was so happy to get to see this band at SXSW in March. I don't think they will be in St. Louis any time soon.Buy it! |
8:10am | Amy Winehouse “You Know I'm No Good” from Amy Winehouse At The BBC (Republic Records 2012) N —2012 CD/DVD release made up of previously unreleased live performances recorded for the BBC. Written by Amy Winehouse and performed in 2007.Buy it! |
8:13am | Cody ChesnuTT “That's Still Mama” from Landing On A Hundred (Vibration Vineyard 2012) N —From his first release in ten years. Recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis.Buy it! |
8:18am | Willie Mitchell “Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On” (Hi Records / Fat Possum Records 1967) —Music bed.Buy it! |
8:22am | Kelly Hogan “Ways of This World” from I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (Anti 2012) —Written by Vic Chesnutt. This was my favorite album release of 2012.Buy it! |
8:25am | Chuck Prophet “Museum of Broken Hearts” from Temple Beautiful (Yep Roc 2012) —I kept going back & forth between this album and the aforementioned Kelly Hogan release as album of the year.Buy it! |
8:29am | Bill Fay “There Is a Valley” from Life Is People (Dead Oceans 2012) N —Majestic and beautiful. This was his first release since 1971. #4 on my top 10 albums list of 2012.Buy it! |
8:33am | Mogwai “Does This Always Happen?” from Earth Division - EP (Sub Pop 2011) —Music bed.Buy it! |
8:36am | Allo Darlin' “Tallulah” from Europe (Slumberland 2012) —The vocals of Elizabeth Morris kill me on this. #10 on my list of favorite releases of 2012.Buy it! |
8:41am | Sinead O'Connor “The Wolf is Getting Married” from How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (One Little Indian 2012) —How the hell did I not put this on my list of top 10 albums of 2012? I hang my head in shame.Buy it! |
8:45am | Sinead O'Connor “Property of Jesus” from Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Fontana 2012) —Such a great version of a hardly ever covered version of a Bob Dylan song.Buy it! |
8:48am | The Kronos Quartet “Don't Think Twice, It's All Right” from Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Fontana 2012) —Music bed. Instrumental version of the Bob Dylan song.Buy it! |
8:52am | Beth Orton “Magpie” from Sugaring Season (Anti- 2012) N —One of my favorite songs of the year found on one of my favorite albums of the year.Buy it! |
8:57am | Aimee Mann “Crazytown” from Charmer SINGLE (Superego 2012) —This ranked #5 on my top 10 list. Her show at the Pageant in 2012 was quite wonderful, as well.Buy it! |
9:00am | The Laurie Johnson Orchestra “The New Avengers Theme” from TV Sound and Image (Soul Jazz www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/ 2012) —Music bed.Buy it! |
9:03am | Redd Kross “Stay Away From Downtown” from Researching the Blues (Merge www.mergerecords.com 2012) —# 6 on my top 10 list. This might be their best album, yet. Written by Jeff McDonald.Buy it! |
9:07am | Nick Waterhouse “Say I Wanna Know” from Time's All Gone (IL 2012) —Another St. Louis 2012 live show in which I failed, miserably, and missed it.Buy it! |
9:11am | Allah-Las “Tell Me (What's On Your Mind)” from Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure 2012) —Fine 2012 debut album from the band based out of Los Angeles.Buy it! |
9:15am | The Marketts “Ready, Steady, Go” from Outer Space, Hot Rods & Superheroes (Ace 2011) —Music bed.Buy it! |
9:17am | Alabama Shakes “You Ain't Alone” from Boys & Girls (ATO 2012) —Uneven songwriting on this album, to be sure, but what is good is very good, indeed, and Brittany Howard is a force of nature on lead vocals.Buy it! |
9:22am | Carolina Chocolate Drops “Country Girl” from Leaving Eden (Nonesuch 2012) —Written by Rhiannon Giddens, Lalenja Harrington, and Adam Matta. Rhiannon Giddens also sings lead and play fiddle on this track.Buy it! |
9:25am | Caitlin Rose “Lately I've Let Things Slide” from Lowe Country (Fiesta Red www.fiestaredrecords.com 2012) —Really fine version of the Nick Lowe song by the Nashville-based artist.Buy it! |
9:29am | Duane Eddy “Blowin' Up A Storm” from Duane Eddy: Greatest Hits (SONY BMG Catalog 2006) —Music bed.Buy it! |
9:30am | Iris DeMent “The Night I Learned How Not to Pray” from Sing the Delta (Flariella 2012) —A long time has passed (16 years) since her last album of all original material but the wait was worth it. This is an example of songwriting at its finest. #3 on my top 10.Buy it! |
9:34am | Spectator “Walk With Me” from In The Brick (self-released 2012) L —Excellent debut EP by the St. Louis band. Written by Megan Rooney and Jeffrey Albert and featuring the lead vocals of Megan Rooney.Buy it! |
9:38am | Kevin Gordon “Bus to Shreveport” from Gloryland (Crowville Collective 2012) —Written by Kevin Gordon and produced by Joe V. McMahan. One of his best releases, yet, and this is coming from someone who had a lot of strong releases.Buy it! |
9:49am | Bob Dylan “Early Roman Kings” from Tempest (Columbia 2012) —Muddy Waters meets the accordion of David Hidalgo.Buy it! |
9:54am | Ray Wylie Hubbard “New Year's Eve At The Gates of Hell” from The Grifter's Hymnal (Bordello 2012) —One of America's finest singer-songwriters.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.