Jan 30, 2020
Ricky Cool is a veteran...
who adores veteran music. He's a walking encyclopedia of US roots
music, and he's no slouch about the UK music scene over the past 50
years. In this episode, l get schooled about harmonica playing, and
we get a fascinating look at what it meant to be in bands
struggling to get ahead through the 70s, 80s, 90s, and on into this
century. Things are - different - now. The latest
incarnation is a very slick and entertaining operation, which harks
back over 50 years to the mid-60s days of ska and organ
groove.
Be warned: there's one teeny little bit of louche behaviour
described. A swear word. But it's not sweary.
Ricky Cool's website for history and gig updates
Historic music links in the podcast
Muddy
Waters wiki (McKinley
Morganfield)
Howling
Wolf wiki (Chester
Burnett)
Howling Wolf - Smokestack
Lightning
Barrett
Strong wiki
Tommy
Tucker -
Hi Heel Sneakers
Sonny Boy Willamson -
Bring It On Home
Sonny Terry
and Brownie McGhee - Long Way From Home
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
Tiny Bradshaw
- Train Kept A Rollin'
Nappy Brown - Don't Be
Angry
Bob Wills and His
Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose
Louis Jordan
- Caldonia
Roy Milton
and His Solid Senders - Hop Skip and
Jump
UK Folk (and associated) links
Dave
Cartwright wiki
Bill Caddick - John
O'Dreams Live
The Destroyers
feat Mick Howson -
Kalinka
Nic Jones -
Canadee-i-o
Diz Dizley -
It had To Be You
The Lives in Music series celebrates people who
have spent a lifetime in music. They may be famous; they may be
people who have spent their lives working in the background for the
love of it. But they all have stories.
The intro and outro music in this series comes from the great bass
player Mike Hatton, who you can hear interviewed
in series 1, here.
'Everything Changes' is included in his excellent
2019 album 'Bassic
Salvation'.
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