Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Bonus Music To Spazz By
Tune in to WFMU tonight at 11:00 PM est when Dave the Spazz will be spinning one hour of party music. Count down to January 9th in style!
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You Be The DJ
Richard D - Rock Roll Soul (mp3)
Slim Gaillard - (Atomic 216 1945) Jumpin' at the Record Shop
Cecil Gant - (Gilt Edge 501 1944) I Wonder
Joe Liggins & Honeydrippers - (Exclusive 207 1945) Honeydripper
Gatemouth Moore - (King 4224 1947) East of the Sun
Johnny Otis & Orchestra - (Excelsior 536 1948) Happy New Year Baby
Peppermint Harris - (Sittin' In 568 1949) Fat Girl Boogie
Louis Jordan - (Decca 23741 1947) Let the Good Times Roll
Cecil Gant - (Bullet 250 1949) Nashville Jumps
Big Charlie Bradix - (Blue Bonnet 153 1949) Boogie Like You Wanna
Dossie Terry - (RCA Victor 4648 1949) When I Hit the Numbers
Lester Williams - (Maxcys 5004 1949) I Know that Chick
T Bone Walker - (Black & White 411 1946) Don't Leave Me Baby
Louis Jordon & Tympani Five - (Decca 18818A 1946) Beware (Brother Beware)
(Decca 24155 1947) Look Out (Sister)
Doc Pomus - (Savoy 5545 1947) Doc's Boogie
Jimmy Baby Face Lewis - (Savoy 1948) I'm Wise to You Baby
Cootie Williams - (Derby 784 1951) Beauty Parlor Gossip
Roy Milton & Solid Senders - (Specialty 524 1948) I've Hand My Moments
Roy Brown - (De Luxe 3212 1949) Rockin' At Midnight
Doc Pomus - (Derby 712 1949) Kiss My Wrist
Johnny Otis & Little Esther (Modern 20-748 1949) Mean Old Gal
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller (MP3)
Bobby Braddock - Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller (1:58)
It's probably fair to say that Bobby Braddock experienced a great deal more success as a songwriter than as a singer. His songs have been recorded by a wide array of Nashville talents, including Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette, George Jones (separately and together), Little Jimmy Dickens, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, and Bill Anderson among many others.
His two best known songs were both co-written with Curly Putman: He Stopped Loving Her Today, which features one of George Jones' most powerful vocal performances, which is really saying something, and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, one of Tammy Wynette's signature songs.
When he came through Atlanta a few years back to promote his memoir about growing up in a sparsely populated central Florida in the years before Disney World came along (Down In Orbundale: A Songwriters Youth In Old Florida), I made sure to let him know his mostly forgotten trucking record was held in very high esteem in my house. Somehow, criminally, it never managed to hit the charts but give it a listen and see if you don't think Bobby was robbed. He was kind enough to sign my book "To Greg, A Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller."
