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Jimmy Witherspoon, Pt. 1 - 1945-50 Jimmy Witherspoon is one of most influential blues shouters to emerge after WWII and yet he remains just a footnote in the evolution of Rhythm & Blues and Rock n" Roll. Originally from Arkansas, "Spoon settled in Los Angeles after his time in the Merchant Marines during the war. He replaced fellow-shouter Walter Brown in Jay McShann"s band and was featured on McShann"s first single for the fledgling Philo Label in 1945. Witherspoon is best remembered for his 1949

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Juke In The Back: #723 - Slim Gaillard - March 11-17,...

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2024/03/11

Slim GaillardThis week, we honor the "Prince Of Vout," Mr. McVouty himself, Slim Gaillard. He was a one-of-a-kind-o-reenee as he spoke 7 languages including his own language of Vout, played guitar, piano, drums and several other instruments, wrote off-beat tunes that were always drenched in rhythm and jive and appeared on TV and in several motion pictures. Slim Gaillard's beginnings are shrouded in mystery, but we know he burst on the scene with Slam Stewart in 1938 with the classic "Flat Feet

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Juke In The Back: #722 - Duke & Peacock Records -...

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2024/03/04

Duke & Peacock RecordsThis week, the entire "Juke In The Back" is loaded with records from the catalog of Duke/Peacock Records. Don Robey started Peacock in 1949 in order to record Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, whom he also managed. In 1953, Robey took over Duke Records (which was owned by David J. Mattis and Bill Fitzgerald) and a R&B empire was born. Matt The Cat shares the history and music, which features some of the greatest R&B talents of all-time, including: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnny Ace,

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Juke In The Back: #721 - Lucky Millinder - February...

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2024/02/26

Lucky MillinderThe "Juke In The Back" is loaded this week with records by one of R&B's greatest and most underrated bandleaders, Lucky Millinder. He worked with vocalists as varied as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wynonie Harris, Annisteen Allen, Bull Moose Jackson and Big John Greer, but Lucky Millinder is mostly forgotten by today's audiences. Dizzy Gillespie actually played trumpet in Millinder's Band in the early 1940s for a brief time. Even though Lucky Millinder is not remembered well today, his

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