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DR PHIL OFF TO KANSAS CITY MAY 2013
As you know Dr Phil is now away to Kansas City in the US of A (please don’t mention Dorothy or a Wizard ) to collect his prestigious ARSC award regards his book -Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues . Phil will not be back in Sunny Dunoon until the 18th June until then we have some special programmes for you to listen to.
To start with we are to re-play a special day time programme Dr Phil recently broadcast live to introduce his programme to daytime DCR listeners who may not be able to tune in during the evening. We are going to repeat this programme in two one hourly parts.
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Dr Phil is an aficionado of the sounds of the Deep South, particularly Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, The Piedmont, New Orleans and Chicago. He will take you on a musical journey around these States during his programme ‘Sounds of the South’ which is broadcast every alternate Tuesday.
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Dr Phil has just written a book about Mississippi John Hurt detailing his life, his times and his blues. The book will be available in August you can pre-order a copy on Amazon. You can go direct to amazon by clicking on the carousel to the right of this page. Below is a review of the book
The first biography of the blues revival’s most influential and authentic musician
When Mississippi John Hurt (1892/1893–1966) was “rediscovered” by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. At seventy-one he moved to Washington, D.C., from Avalon, Mississippi, and became a live-wire connection to a powerful, authentic past. His intricate and lively style made him the most sought after musician among the many talents the revival brought to light.
Mississippi John Hurtprovides this legendary creator’s life story for the first time. Biographer Philip Ratcliffe traces Hurt’s roots to the moment his mother Mary Jane McCain and his father Isom Hurt were freed from slavery. Anecdotes from Hurt’s childhood and teenage years include the destiny-making moment when his mother purchased his first guitar for $1.50 when he was only nine years old. Stories from his neighbors and friends, from both of his wives, and from his extended family round out the community picture of Avalon. U.S. census records, Hurt’s draft certificate, and personal letters written in his own hand provide treasures for fans. Ratcliffe details Hurt’s musical influences and the origins of his style and repertoire. The author also relates numerous stories from the time of his success, drawing on published sources and many hours of interviews with people who knew Hurt well, including Jerry Ricks, Pat Sky, Stefan Grossman and Max Ochs, Dick Spottswood, and the late Mike Stewart. In addition, some of the last photographs taken of the legendary musician are featured for the first time in Mississippi John Hurt.
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Hello listeners ,
Just a quick update, We enjoyed Kansas City – my presentation was very well received, as was my acceptance speech at the award presentation last night. In my presentation I focused on the recordings made at the time of Mississippi John Hurt’s rediscovery in 1963, which I discovered while researching my book.
The pork BBQ ribs here are fantastic you would all love them.
As in many American cities (except NY, NO, San Francisco) the downtown area is full of banks and offices and lacks atmosphere, but rather than the usual shopping malls, Kansas City has this fantastic Plaza area developed on a Spanish theme around 1922 – full of great architecture with statues and fountains everywhere, and lots of great restaurants.
The main wagon train routes west started from here (including the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails) around the 1840s and Jesse James did his bank robbing around here. He lived in Independence, Missouri, where we are going tomorrow. From there we are hoping to head west across the Great Plains and see Mount Rushmore, sites of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where General George Armstrong Custer got his comeuppance, and the massacres of Sand Creek and Wounded Knee.
Just seeing on TV forecasts of tornados and golf ball sized hail tomorrow!
There’ll be lots of stories to share on air when I get back!
Best wishes to all of the team at DCR and of course the listeners. Look out for my next update and enjoy the SOS programmes.
Howdy from Dr-Phil. In this Tuesday’s show (Dunoon Community Radio Tuesday night 8:00 – 9:00 UK time) you’ll hear a repeat of an earlier show from last year. It was one of my favourites. I’ll be playing some great jazz from Eddie Condon following in the footsteps of Bix Biederbecke and Piedmont blues from Blind Boy Fuller, rather unusually playing some slide guitar. I’ll be talking about the foundations of Zydeco from the early forced migrations of the Acadians from Canada to Louisiana and the fusing of Cajun, blues and jazz to provide this vibrant musical form. Zydeco is dominated by the accordion and I must confess to viewing this instrument as rather limited until I heard zydeco. But, I’m sure a lot of you heard the amazing transatlantic sessions where Aly Bain and Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham got together with American musicians to generate some really great sounds. Clifton Chenier was one of the greatest exponents of zydeco and I’ll be playing a couple of great tracks from him. I also have a great tale to tell about the time I stayed at the King Edwards Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi only to find that a celebration was underway aimed at recognising the hotels history as a place where some of the greatest early blues and string bands were recorded. I’ll be talking about some of the great musicians who recorded there and playing some of the music that was actually recorded there back in 1930. This program initially went out in the lead up to the National Mod in Dunoon last year when I played some music to emphasise the links between the ‘call and response’ music of Gaelic churches in Scotland and the Old Regular Baptists in East Kentucky. In addition to all this there’ll be the usual infusion of what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll, some early country gospel from the Carter Family, jazz from Tuba Skinny and I’ll be playing perhaps the most famous train wreck song in country music, the Wreck of the Old ’97 by the Skillet lickers. What a prospect. I’m looking forward to it. I hope you can join me.
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DR PHIL OFF TO KANSAS CITY
As you know Dr Phil is now away to Kansas City in the US of A (please don’t mention Dorothy or a Wizard ) to collect his prestigious ARSC award regards his book -Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues . Phil will not be back in Sunny Dunoon until the 18th June until then we have some special programmes for you to listen to.
To start with we are to re-play a special day time programme Dr Phil recently broadcast live to introduce his programme to daytime DCR listeners who may not be able to tune in during the evening. We are going to repeat this programme in two one hourly parts.
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ARGYLLCOUNTRY FOLK –with FRLLY. Saturday Afternoon, 27th April – 2.00pm- 4.00pm UK time
Frlly has invited Dr-Phil to her new show.
For those of you familiar with my regular show, ‘Sounds of the South,’ (and those who aren’t) I have been invited onto Frlly’s ‘Argyll Country Folk.’
I feel something of an imposter as there won’t be much on Scottish music, but I will be featuring a wide range of music from America’s Deep South and I’ll be playing some tunes live in the studio – these will feature some of my own arrangements and compositions. As an ‘Argyll country folk-person, I will be chatting to Frlly about how I got interested in this music, how I came to live here in Cowal and what I’ve been up to over past years. Sounds like fun to me. I hope you can join us.
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Howdy from Dr-Phil. In this Tuesday’s show (Dunoon Community Radio Tuesday night 8:00 – 9:00 UK time) you’ll hear a repeat of an earlier show from last year. It was one of my favourites. I’ll be playing some great jazz from Eddie Condon following in the footsteps of Bix Biederbecke and Piedmont blues from Blind Boy Fuller, rather unusually playing some slide guitar. I’ll be talking about the foundations of Zydeco from the early forced migrations of the Acadians from Canada to Louisiana and the fusing of Cajun, blues and jazz to provide this vibrant musical form. Zydeco is dominated by the accordion and I must confess to viewing this instrument as rather limited until I heard zydeco. But, I’m sure a lot of you heard the amazing transatlantic sessions where Aly Bain and Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham got together with American musicians to generate some really great sounds. Clifton Chenier was one of the greatest exponents of zydeco and I’ll be playing a couple of great tracks from him. I also have a great tale to tell about the time I stayed at the King Edwards Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi only to find that a celebration was underway aimed at recognising the hotels history as a place where some of the greatest early blues and string bands were recorded. I’ll be talking about some of the great musicians who recorded there and playing some of the music that was actually recorded there back in 1930. This program initially went out in the lead up to the National Mod in Dunoon last year when I played some music to emphasise the links between the ‘call and response’ music of Gaelic churches in Scotland and the Old Regular Baptists in East Kentucky. In addition to all this there’ll be the usual infusion of what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll, some early country gospel from the Carter Family, jazz from Tuba Skinny and I’ll be playing perhaps the most famous train wreck song in country music, the Wreck of the Old ’97 by the Skillet lickers. What a prospect. I’m looking forward to it. I hope you can join me.
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This was my reply to Holly:
Hi Holly,
So glad you heard this and enjoyed it so much. It really is great to have your feedback and it reassures me that at least one person is listening in! The reason for the repeat in place of my planned program was that I was struck by a nasty flu-like bug and couldn’t get to the studio so they re-played the afternoon special. I didn’t have time to let people know of the change.
This is a nice story about Gabby Pahinui; it reminds me of when John Hurt’s boss, Mr Perkins asked John a similar question. He replied, “Well sir, I just make it sound like I think it ought to.” Wonderful!
And yes, Lewis Black accompanied himself on guitar. What a great shame that so many great artists only made a handful of recordings, often at a single session. If the Great Depression hadn’t come along when it did, think of the huge additional wealth of music that we would have today.
Thanks again Holly,
Dr-Phil
Thanks to Victor at DCR for playing a repeat of my afternoon Two Hour Special on Tuesday night due to my sickness. Very much appreciated Victor. Here is what my friend Holly from Hawaii had to say about the show;
Yay– got to hear both hours today! What a feast. Some highlights for me: learning the background on “It’s a Bourgeois Town”– I used to play and sing it as a teenager, but didn’t know the story. And I always love hearing Scott Joplin–none of his prayerful acolytes do it for me–they always sound so prayerfully reverent playing his music, and it just doesn’t work. He just matter-of-factly does it and it’s sooooo much better. It reminds me of Gabby Pahinui–one of the great old-time Hawaiian musicians, being asked for a fine point on how to play the guitar by some awed wannabe. He smiled and said,”Jus’ press.” Speaking of which, that guitar on the Black was rich– I assume he played his own–? It was fun hearing the people in your studio react to Just a Little Talk with Jesus. Who can blame them!!! Thanks for sending out I Believe I’ll Make a Change– I do love Leroy. Not to mention Tuba Skinny! Thus fortified I can make it through the next two weeks. Don’t forget to send me an address for a goodie I have for you. Aloha–
Holly
Thanks so much Holly – So pleased you enjoyed the show
Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 09th April, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
In Tuesdays show, I’ll be overindulging in the old time country blues. That’s not to say there won’t be the usual infusion of jazz, hillbilly and zydeco. I’ll kick off the show with a tune that all the old hippie’s will remember, but may not necessarily recognise this great version from Gus Cannon’s Jug Band Stompers. There’ll be virtuoso performances from Big Bill Broonzy, Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Blake, three of the greatest of all the country blues musicians. I’ll play another track from that newly discovered band that I played last time, Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three from St Louis, Missouri. Jazz will come from Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers with the classic ‘Smoke House Blues’ and I’ll play, ‘Going Crazy with the Blues’ from Mamie Smith and her Jazzhounds from 1927.
In addition to this, I’ll be playing Leadbelly’s ‘Rock Island Line,’ which he recorded in 1942, and contributions from the fantastic Memphis Minnie, one of the greatest ever women blues musicians, and a great bluegrass tune from Flatt & Scruggs. From New Orleans there’ll be a great zydeco number, ‘Down Home Blues’ from Clifton Chenier and from the Mississippi hill country, Mississippi John Hurt with his unique tale of the murder of ‘Louis Collins.’
There’ll be the usual chat including some fascinating snippets of history about the artists and their music, including the links between Scottish and Cajun music. I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 26 March, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
In Tuesdays show, I’m going to introduce a great new band that I’ve discovered that goes by the name of Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three. They hail from St Louis, Missouri and although Pokey writes a lot of their material, it’s played in the style of the old string bands and excellent they are too. I’ll include the usual helping of stuff that some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll with Chuck Berry playing as a session musician to one of the early Chess vocal groups and Little Richard doing an old time pop song that was written in 1909. As I’ll be heading for Kansas City next month, I thought I’d include Kansas City Blues, a great side from Leon Chappelear and Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys, a great Western Swing Band from the 1930s. I’ve got a great side from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five recorded way back in 1925, as hot jazz was replacing the rather fixed ensemble ragtime sounds. There are some great solos from the band members, who Louis introduces by name. In terms of the country blues, they are well represented by Mississippi John Hurt, Charley Patton and more recently by Reverend Peytons’s Big Damn Band; you’re going to love them! And, I’m going to play a track that I played last time and that I can’t get out of my head; it’s a great tribute to Mississippi John Hurt by my new friends from the Isle of Man, Blue John and Papa Cass. And I’m also hoping to include one of my favourite religious recordings by one of the greatest names I’ve come across; it’s the Reverend ‘Sin-Killer’ Griffin with his story of the great Galveston flood of 1900.
There’ll be the usual chat about the artists and their music. I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 12 March, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
What a great show I’ve lined up for tonight. I’ll be focusing on marking the passing of fifty years since the rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt on 2nd March 1963 and the amazing experience of celebrating this at a sell-out concert in the Isle of Man last Saturday. I’ll be kicking off the show with legendary early performances by Muddy Waters in 1948 and Lonnie Donegan in 1956 with a tune that was banned by the BBC in the UK and in the US.
To begin my celebration of the rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt, I’ll play a rare private recording of the man who rediscovered John Hurt, Tom Hoskins, with his buddy Mike Stewart, otherwise known as ‘Fang’ and ‘Backwards Sam Firk.’ These two were among the most talented guitarists of the sixties folk revival who hung out in the Washington DC area. Around a few months after this recording was made Tom Hoskins travelled to Avalon, Mississippi on the outside chance that the lines of one of John Hurt’s songs, ‘Avalon’s My Home Town, Always On My Mind,’ would lead him to John. He pulled up outside of Stinson’s store on Highway 7 between Greenwood and Grenada and enquired if the attendant knew of Mississippi John Hurt who had recorded in 1928. As he pointed up a dirt road opposite, the store attendant said, ‘Oh John, sure, third mailbox on the left past the little Country Store.’ Tom followed the directions and knocked on the cabin door to come face to face with Mississippi John Hurt who had been unheard of in the outside world for 35 years.
I had been invited to the Isle of Man to celebrate fifty years since the rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt. John Gregory who had organised the event had hoped to organize the event on a date as close to the actual rediscovery as possible. Fortunately, the exact date fell on a Saturday, and Saturday, 2 March 2013, just over a week ago, was 50 years to the day since Tommy Hoskins had knocked on John’s door in Avalon, Mississippi. The event turned out to be an incredibly enjoyable and emotional experience for me and it seems, for many folk in the audience. Adding to this was the sudden realization, while I was on-stage recounting the experience, that, given the 6 hour time difference between the UK and Mississippi, it was actually 50 years almost to the hour since Tom Hoskins knocked on John Hurt’s door. Amazing! The concert was recorded and I will be sharing with you an extract from the proceedings recorded for Manx Radio and presented by John Kaneen of Manx Radio’s ‘The Folk Show.’
In addition, I’ll play some great tributes to Mississippi John Hurt by Blue John and Papa Cass, Doc Watson and Lost Jim and of course there will be tunes from the original recordings made by Tom Hoskins on 3rd March 1963 when he sat talking and listening to Mississippi John Hurt ; the first recordings of John Hurt since 1928.
I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 26 February, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
What a great show I’ve lined up for tonight. I’ll be focusing on the country blues with a couple of great sides from the virtuoso Blind Blake along with contributions from Blind Boy Fuller and one of Mississippi John Hurt’s most popular risqué numbers and a favourite of his wife Jessie’s.
I’ve picked out a superb early side from Muddy Waters recorded back in 1946 just a few years after he had been discovered on the Stovall plantation by Professor John Work and Alan Lomax and before he made his major contribution to the evolving rhythm and blues scene in Chicago. There’ll be some great New Orleans sounds from ‘Snooks’ Eaglin in those very early days following his discovery by Harry Oster in 1958, and Champion Jack Dupree with some rockin’ boogie woogie that was clearly influenced by Professor Longhair.
Representing the ‘country’ genre, there’ll be some Western Swing from Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys and some music that sounds decidedly Celtic from the hill country of Mississippi by fiddler Gene Clardy and Stan Clements on guitar. I’ll also throw in a modern string band tune from the Shelby Bottom String Band including my great friend from Tennessee, Gene Bush excelling himself on dobro.
And, I have not neglected the sounds of jazz with a great version of the jazz classic, ‘I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate’ from Ottilie Patterson with Chris Barber’s Jazz Band in 1955 and more New Orleans jazz from my favourite contemporary band Tuba Skinny.
There’ll be the usual stories behind the artists and their music and as usual, I’ll finish off the show in style with a tune that some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll.
I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 12 February, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South,’ including some jazz and what some folks might call rock ‘n; roll, but tonight there’ll be more of a focus on the urban and country blues and old timey music and I’ll begin to showcase some of the great musicians, many of whom have become friends, that I have encountered on my travels across the pond.
I’m starting the show with a classic from Etta Baker that the Rolling Stones did a pretty good job of some years later. Can you guess what that is? I’ll be playing a unique improvised performance from The Skid Band in Berkeley, California back in the 1950s and another great tune from Tuba Skinny, my band of the year from New Orleans.
I’ll be demonstrating an amazing comparison between that 1969 rock anthem from the Woodstock Festival by Canned Heat, ‘Going Up The Country,’ and its precursor from way back in 1927. I keep saying, there’s nothing much new about this stuff!
In showcasing folk I have met in the US, I must start off with my buddy Neil Harpe, who gave me such help and support during the years of researching my biography of Mississippi John Hurt. As well as being a gifted artist and musician, Neil has done an enormous job of researching the history of the Oscar Schmidt Stella guitars and has been personally responsible for restoring a huge number of these wonderful instruments, which were played by many of the early blues, ragtime, hillbilly and old timey musicians. I’ll be playing my favorite side of Neil’s, the old Bo Carter tune, ‘Who’s Been Here.’ I’ll also be playing my favorite side by David Evans and The Last Chance Jug Band, ‘Aunt Caroline Dye Blues’ and ‘Mississippi Heavy Water Blues’ from my good friends Andy and Larkin Cohen.
In addition I’ll play, some wonderful slide guitar from Oscar Woods, ‘The Lone Wolf’ in 1936, the Cedar Creek Sheik with ‘I Believe Somebody’s Been Riding My Mule’, a hillbilly blues from Jimmie Rodgers and a great classic from John Lee Hooker. I’ll also throw in an amazing side from Blind Willie and Kate McTell in 1935 for good measure.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 29 January 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
In tonight’s ‘Sounds of the South’ I’ll be telling some of my favourite stories of the culture, the music and the musicians that have contributed to this wonderful music of the South. This will be very amply brought to life with some of the great music that I’ve dipped into over the past year or so. I’ll be playing some early pre-jazz ragtime sounds from the Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra followed by a beautiful and rare side from Ottilie Patterson playing a Big Bill Broonzy tune as a piano blues back in 1956; you will love this. I’ll set the place rockin’ too; not this time with the stuff that some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll, but with some hot zydeco from the great Clifton Chenier on a rare vinyl album titled, ‘Boogie ‘n’ Zydeco.
I’ll play some great finger style guitar from the little known Frank Hovington, some pre-blues from Mississippi John Hurt, some of the greatest of country blues from Robert Johnson with ‘Hellhound On My Trail’ and a fantastic blues from Mary Butler recorded in Chicago in 1929. Added to this, I’ll have some early jazz from Bessie Smith with ‘Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town’ and some more contemporary, but New Orleans style jazz from my band of the year, Tuba Skinny.
All this plus a bit more if I can fit it in. I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 15 January 2013 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
In tonight’s ‘Sounds of the South I’ll be opening with a hint of what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll and following up with some of the real classics of country blues with Skip James’s ‘Illinois Blues,’ which echoes the shift of many African Americans north to Chicago to seek work and escape the Jim Crow south. I’ll be including Mississippi John Hurt’s very first recording released in 1928 and some vintage Delta blues from Son House.
There’ll be an infusion of 1950s UK ‘vaudeville’ from Ottilie Patterson with the Chris Barber Band along with some authentic New Orleans jazz from Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers with ‘Sidewalk Blues.’
I’ll be introducing Dock Boggs who was rediscovered by Mike Seeger in 1963 and he shared a stage with newly discovered Ms John Hurt at a Friends of Old Time Music concert in NY City on December 13 1963. These concerts gave exposure to many of the rediscovered artists, including Doc Watson who I’ll also be featuring in tonight’s show, Mother Maybelle Carter, the surviving member of the original Carter Family, Fred McDowell and Jesse Fuller. Mississippi John Hurt and Dock Boggs headlined, each doing their own sets and finishing with both of them together on stage; a tall lean white banjo player and a short stocky black guitar player. The grand finale was a collaboration on a tune called ‘Banjo Clog’ with Dock playing banjo and Mississippi John Hurt dancing! It must have been quite a sight. Coincidentally each had recorded in New York around thirty-five years earlier and now they were both back again sharing the same stage.
I’ll also include some Western swing and a great gospel number from Blind Willie Johnson.
I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 18 December from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual variety of ‘Sounds of the South, but tonight, I’ve got a flavor of Alabama. I’ll be playing some little known great musicians from Alabama, Little Whit and Big Mo who recorded in the 1970s. There’ll also be a sprinkling of country, some great blues and just a hint of what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll
I’m starting the show with a great Tampa Red tune played by the sensational Marcia Ball who I saw live in New Orleans last year. There’ll be classic vaudeville from blues diva Ethel Waters, bluegrass from The Adairs, who also hail from Alabama, and from the Coon Creek Girls. What a lot of folks might call rock ‘n’ roll comes from Chuck Berry with ‘Maybelline,’ one of my boyhood favorites; I remember buying the 78.
I’ve got an interesting tale to tell about the unraveling of some confusion between two (or was it only one) musicians named Wesley Jones and/or Wesley Long who recorded in the twenties and thirties and some fantastic finger pickin’ guitar playing to go with it. Also from Alabama I’ll introduce you to some old time tap dancing and folk music by Albert Macon and Robert Thomas. As if that’s not enough, if I’ve time I’ll be playing some fantastic sides by Reverend Gary Davis and the John Alexander Sterling Jubilee Singers. I’ll close the show with the phenomenal Jesse Fuller with his piece de resistance, the much covered ‘San Francisco Bay Blues.’
I hope you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio – 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 4th December from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South,’ including some jazz and what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll.
I’m starting the show with a classic from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five back in 1926, the band that really began the breakaway from ragtime style ensemble playing to great innovative solo performances. I’ll be playing a couple of unusual and little played sides from Mississippi John Hurt, one recorded at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles and never widely released.
The stuff that some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll comes from a man who was in there when rock ‘n’ roll began to emerge in the early 1950s, Jackie Brenston, who was accompanied by Ike Turner. I’ll also inject some great sounds from Louisiana from of my favourite zydeco artists, Clifton Chenier.
I’ll play some early blues from the Mississippi Delta by Henry Sims, a fiddle player who spanned two generations of bluesmen by accompanying both Charlie Patton and Muddy Waters way back in their time on the Stovall plantation outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi. He accompanied Muddy Waters on the Library of Congress recordings made by Professor John Work and Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942. But, Henry Sims was even more important than this; he provides a link between the later blues of Muddy Waters and the very earliest Delta blues of Charlie Patton. I’ll play one of only four sides, all recorded in 1929 under his own name Henry Sims, on which Charlie Patton provides guitar accompaniment.
There’ll be western swing from Shelley Lee alley and His Alley Cats and from The Nite Owls recorded in San Antonio in 1937 and some early hillbilly from the fantastic Delmore Brothers. In addition, if there’s time I’ll throw in a country Blues from Mary Johnson and an urban blues from Big Bill Broonzy from the days that he was playing with small combos in Chicago.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 20th November from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual variety of ‘Sounds of the South, but tonight, as well as continuing to showcase some of the great musicians, many of whom have become friends, that I have encountered on my travels across the United States, I’ll be taking you through some of the early developments of jazz with chat and music. There’ll also be a sprinkling of country, some great blues and just a hint of what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll
I’m starting the show with a classic from the great Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers and during the proceedings, I will be describing some of the travels of the young Louis Armstrong, as band leaders in far-off cities persuaded the juvenile virtuoso to join their bands. Not wanting to leave New Orleans, Louis was finally tempted to Chicago by Joe Oliver to join his Creole Jazz Band, one of the most influential of the early bands. Later he was tempted to New York by Fletcher Henderson where, in a very brief stay, he had a massive influence on the direction jazz was to go in, before he returned to Chicago to lay down the classic Hot Five recordings.
There’ll be some very early slide guitar blues, possibly influenced by the popularity of Hawaiian music around the 1890s, some great piano blues from Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, and the Memphis Minnie classic, ‘Me and My Chauffeur Blues,’ played by Erin Harpe, the daughter of my buddy Neil Harpe.
I’ve got a great selection of Down Home music with ‘Buy It From The Poultry man,’ from the Cedar Creek Sheik, and a wonderful virtuoso ragtime piece from Ari Eisinger, the modern day master of ragtime guitar, and an old Bukka White number, ‘Jitterbug Swing,’ from my good friends from Memphis, Tennessee, Andy and Larkin Cohen.
For classic country music, I’ll be playing a very early Carter Family side, a fantastic number from Jimmie Rogers with the Louisville Jug Band, and a contribution from Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys. I’ll finish off with a tune that some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll.
I you can join me.
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Of course I meant Etta James NOT Etta Baker, who to my knowledge did not perform anything that was covered by the Rolling Stones!
SoS 55 – Summary
Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, 6th November from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South,’ including some jazz and what some folks might call rock ‘n; roll, but tonight there’ll be more of a focus on the urban and country blues and old timey music and I’ll begin to showcase some of the great musicians, many of whom have become friends, that I have encountered on my travels across the pond.
I’m starting the show with a classic from Etta Baker that the Rolling Stones did a pretty good job of some years later. Can you guess what that is? I’ll be playing a unique improvised performance from The Skid Band in Berkeley, California back in the 1950s and another great tune from Tuba Skinny, my band of the year from New Orleans.
I’ll be demonstrating an amazing comparison between that 1969 rock anthem from the Woodstock Festival by Canned Heat, ‘Going Up The Country,’ and its precursor from way back in 1927. I keep saying, there’s nothing much new about this stuff!
In showcasing folk I have met in the US, I must start off with my buddy Neil Harpe, who gave me such help and support during the years of researching my biography of Mississippi John Hurt. As well as being a gifted artist and musician, Neil has done an enormous job of researching the history of the Oscar Schmidt Stella guitars and has been personally responsible for restoring a huge number of these wonderful instruments, which were played by many of the early blues, ragtime, hillbilly and old timey musicians. I’ll be playing my favorite side of Neil’s, the old Bo Carter tune, ‘Who’s Been Here.’ I’ll also be playing my favorite side by David Evans and The Last Chance Jug Band, ‘Aunt Caroline Dye Blues’ and ‘Mississippi Heavy Water Blues’ from my good friends Andy and Larkin Cohen.
In addition I’ll play, some wonderful slide guitar from Oscar Woods, ‘The Lone Wolf,’ in 1936 and the Cedar Creek Sheik with ‘I Believe Somebody’s Been Riding My Mule’ and, if I’ve time, ‘Buy It From The Poultry Man.’ There’ll be outstanding urban piano blues from Leroy Carr, hillbilly blues from Jimmie Rodgers and a great classic from John Lee Hooker. I’ll also throw in an amazing side from Blind Willie and Kate McTell in 1935 for good measure.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ on Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, October 23rd from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week, I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South’ including jazz, blues, zydeco and folk. I’ll be starting off the show with zydeco from Clifton Chenier and I’ll be focusing on urban and country blues and old timey music.
I’ve got Big Joe Williams with his nine string guitar and rattly amp, Louie Lasky with some unique flat-picking on a really great tune, ‘Caroline,’ some wonderful slide guitar from Oscar Woods in 1936 and the Cedar Creek Sheik with ‘Buy It From The Poultry Man.’ There’ll be outstanding urban piano blues from Leroy Carr, hillbilly blues from Jimmie Rodgers and a great tune from Lightnin’ Hopkins that he wrote in the sixties as an observation on California’s hippie culture.
There’ll be some great jazz tunes from both sides of the great Atlantic Ocean; from Tuba Skinny in New Orleans and some 1950s British Jazz from Chris Barber’s Band with ‘Storyville Blues.’ And I’ll play a great work song sung by Prisoner 22 at Parchman Prison Farm in 1947 and an infusion of early Rhythm & Blues that some folks might call Rock ‘n’ Roll.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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The Isle of Man event
At a concert planned for March 2, 2013, I will be presenting Mississippi John Hurt’s story and how I came to write it. The presentation will include stories and anecdotes from the sad to the humorous, many visual images from the Deep South as well as sound clips of Mississippi John Hurt. I will be signing copies of my book and the CD which I co-produced, and which presents the original recordings made in John’s little shotgun house at the time Tom Hoskins rediscovered John on March 2 1963, exactly 50 years to the day before the concert. I hope to see you there.
Why don’t we do a similar gig here in Dunoon?
Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ (Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, October 9th from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time.
This week I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South’ including jazz, blues, zydeco, folk and religious music, and I’ll be emphasising the links between Scotland and the Deep South in the lead up to the National Mod which begins this Friday right here in Dunoon and runs all through next week.
I’ll be starting off the show with the great Professor Longhair, one of the most influential R&B musicians who influenced some of the great jazz, boogie and blues pianists including Dr. John and Marcia Ball. I can’t believe that it’s taken me so long to get around to playing Professor Longhair.
In addition to the well-known development of hillbilly music where Scots families settled in the Ozark, Appalachian and Piedmont mountains, there were strong influences on religious music too. I’ll be playing some very early gospel recorded around 1916 by the Tuskegee Institute Singers, which provides an example of the forerunner of rhythmic gospel quartet singing that followed in the 1930s and 1940s. Record companies soon realised the commercial opportunities and recorded many preachers and congregations, and tunes by both the Fisk singers and the Tuskegee Institute Singers.
Clifton Chenier will be providing some zydeco, a musical form that was strongly influenced by Cajun music, which in turn was influenced by the Acadians, who included many Scots and Irish immigrants that had been forced by religious bigotry down the eastern seaboard of the United States to settle in Louisiana. The Cajuns initially favoured string band sounds, but were later influenced by German immigrants who brought the accordion into the mix.
I’ll be playing some great country blues from Blind Blake, urban blues from Leroy Carr and Western Swing from Leon Chappelear, who suffered many traumatic events in his life, but recorded some of the best in Western swing. I’ll be telling his story and playing a great tune of his.
Returning back to the Mod and the huge effects the Scots had in America, I’ll be talking about the Scotch-Irish and their hillbilly descendants; who they were and how they came to influence American culture and introduce the Gaelic language. And, I’ll play the Leake County Revellers with Mississippi Breakdown, an example of a fiddle playing tradition that came originally from Celtic immigrants; this time into the Mississippi hill country where it developed in relative isolation from the Appalachian and Ozark music and came to sound quite different.
In addition I’ll play some 1950s New Orleans jazz from the UK, some great piano blues from Smiley Lewis and a fantastic disaster ballad from Blind Alfred Reed with the catchy title, ‘Fate of Chris Lively and Wife’ and I’ll finish off the show with a rousing tune that some folks might call rock ;n’ roll.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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Hello again. This is Dr-Phil welcoming you to another ‘Sounds of the South’ (Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, September 25 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time).
I’m looking forward very much to this week’s show. I’ll be playing the usual wide variety of ‘Sounds of the South’ including jazz, blues, zydeco, folk and religious music and I’ll again be talking about the links between Scotland and the Deep South in the lead up to the National Mod to be held in Dunoon this year, beginning October 12th.
I’ll be playing a great side from Bo Diddley, the man who strongly influenced the shift from R&B to rock ‘n’ roll and influenced such artists as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and the Beatles. He was one of the huge number of African Americans that moved north in the diaspora from the Deep South to avoid the harsh life under segregation, only to find that things were only marginally better in Chicago. By contrast I’ll play some early New Orleans jazz from King Oliver’s Creole jazz Band, some ‘new’ New Orleans jazz from my discovery of the year Tuba Skinny and some not quite so recent jazz from Chris Barber’s Band with Ottilie Patterson. I’ll be playing a haunting early colonial creole tune sung in French creole, ‘Aux Natchitoches,’ that I picked up in New Orleans earlier this year, and some religious music from the Reverend Utah Smith and his congregation recorded in New Orleans in 1948 that employs electric guitar, some joyous singing and some virtuoso hand clapping. There’ll be some early country blues by Robert Hill from 1936 with ‘Lumber Yard Blues’ and ‘Highway 49’ from Big Joe Williams, plus ‘Caroline’ from Louie Lasky with some phenomenal and unusual flat picking guitar work. There’ll be some great country music from the Stanley Brothers with a tune that sounds remarkably similar to one of the hits of country star Hank Williams, and from the Ray Brothers recorded back in 1930 with ‘Choctaw County Rag.’ The Ray brothers were neighbours of Mississippi John Hurt who lived in Carroll County, Mississippi and I’ll be playing a favourite tune of Mississippi John’s, Sliding Delta that was recorded at the hight of his second career at the Oberlin College, Ohio. All this, plus blues from Fats Domino with some chat about his experiences in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and zydeco from Clifton Chenier. Although zydeco has evolved considerably from its origins, even here there are significant connections to the music of the Celtic immigrants that brought it to Louisiana via Nova Scotia. I’ll explore these connections and I’ll play a waulking song from Barra and talk about the connections between these Hebridean work songs and those of the Deep South.
I hope all this whets your appetite and that you can join me.
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This is Dr-Phil. Welcome to ‘Sounds of the South’ (Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night, September 11 from 8:00 – 9:00 UK time),
What a show it promises to be this week. I’ll be playing some classic very early New Orleans jazz from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and some great country blues from that master of ragtime guitar, Blind Blake. I’ll be playing a really fantastic bluegrass gospel tune from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Doyle Lawson is one of the most influential figures in the recent evolution of bluegrass. A relative newcomer, he was born in 1944 and didn’t record until 1977 since when he has recorded over forty albums. There’ll be more country sounds from the Stanley Brothers with ‘Orange Blossom Special,’ a great fiddle tune which Johnny Cash performed switching fiddle for two harmonicas! I’m including a great and unusual track from my hero Fats Domino; it’s a rare instrumental performance in which Fats really demonstrates his prowess as a pianist.
Two weeks after the great Charlie McCoy recorded his final sides as a solo performer, he was with the Harlem Hamfats, a string band/jazz combo. A year later in 1936, they recorded the track that I’ll be playing, ‘Growlin Dog.’ I’ll also be playing one of my favorite tunes from Mance Lipscomb who became a great favorite on the coffee house circuit in the 1960s, being discovered the first time around a little before most of the 1960s re-discovered blues men and songsters got their second chances. I’ll feature the little known blues and boogie duo of Albert Macon and Robert Thomas from Alabama with ‘Gotta Move’ and one of the classic Muddy Waters tracks that was covered by none other than the Rolling Stones, ‘I Can’t Be Satisfied.’ If all this doesn’t whet your appetite, how about some great finger pickin’ guitar from Louie Lasky in 1935 and one of the greatest female blues performances of all times (in my opinion), Mary Butler with ‘Mad Dog Blues’ backed by Mississippi Sheiks guitarist Walter Vincson and recorded in New Orleans in 1928. I’ll sign off the show with a single from Carl Perkins on the Sun label from September 1956 that some folks might call rockabilly and some others might call rock ‘n’ roll. I hope you can join me.
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Hi listeners. I was thrilled to receive this this press release on Wednesday, September 5, 2012.
Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues by Philip R. Ratcliffe (University Press of Mississippi, 2011)
2012 ARSC Awards for Excellence
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works. Two awards may presented annually in each category—one for best history and one for best discography. Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality. The 2012 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2011.
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED BLUES, RHYTHM & BLUES, or SOUL MUSIC
Best History:
Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues, by Philip R. Ratcliffe (University Press of Mississippi)
All winners will be recognized during the awards banquet to be held in Kansas City, MO on Saturday May 19, 2013, during ARSC’s annual conference and are also invited to attend the conference, which offers a platform for the presentation of research and a forum for the exchange of ideas on the cultural and historical importance of our recorded sound legacy.
Hey Trish,
Just woke up to the news. Fantastic! Well done in defeating all this opposition and winning this coveted award. Great show. Great award. You have worked so hard on your program and you really deserve this. Relish and cherish it! When’s the party?
Congratulations.
Dr-Phil
Hello! Hello! to my Fiftieth Show! Yes this is my 50th ‘Sounds of the South’ coming up on Tuesday, 28th August (8:00 – 9:00 pm UK time). I have a great show lined up beginning with some of the earliest recorded New Orleans Jazz from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. The life of Blind Blake, the greatest of all the ragtime guitar players is little known, but I’ll tell you about a recent discovery about his birth and death. There’ll be some great bluegrass/gospel from Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver; this is unique music from one of the most influential figures in the recent evolution of bluegrass. I’ve got a live recording of Lonnie Donegan in 1957 giving an amazing performance of a traditional tune called Black Girl, about a lady whose husband dies on the railroad track, leaving her destitute. As part of my build up to the Mod in Dunoon, I’ll be playing a wonderful recording from the Silent Grove Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1942, which is an example of gospel music from the combined cultures of African American and white immigrant Europeans with the Four Star Quartet and Effie Harris. I’ll be playing blues and boogie from Albert Macon and Robert Thomas,some incredible flat picking guitar from Louie Lasky with ‘Teasin’ Brown Blues’ and a fantastic track from Martha Copeland that contains a strongly coded piece of advice to wayward men to always have a door key with you! It’s got a great title; ‘Mama’s Well Has Done Gone Dry.’ In addition I’ll play ‘Mad Dog Blues’ from Mary Butler and THE definitive version from 1959 of ‘I’m A Man Of Constant Sorrow,’yet another tune that has a strong Celtic connection; more about this on the show. All this will be sprinkled liberally with blues and what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll. I hope you can join me.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ELVIS
Cary Ginell of the Origin Jazz Library posted this today;
This day 35 years ago, when Elvis Presley’s death was announced. I was working at KLOS radio as an intern, and when the disc jockey, J. J. Jackson, yelled for me to retrieve an Elvis record from the music library, there was not one to be found – in the number 1 rock station in Los Angeles. Rock radio had already forgotten where rock ‘n’ roll had come from.
Sounds of the South 48 July 31, 2012
Welcome to ‘Sounds of the South’ (Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night 9:00 – 10:00 UK time),
Hello Listeners. Please note that this week’s Tuesday show is at the later time of 9:00 UK time.
I have a great show lined up for you. I’ll be introducing one of the most innovative bands of the 1930s; The Harlem Hamfats from Chicago. The band was one of the very first, and certainly the most successful in combining the string band sound with blues and jazz. Joe McCoy, who had previously been married to Memphis Minnie was a dominant force in the Harlem Hamfats. Wonderful stuff from them and some great New Orleans jazz from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and from Sidney Bechet. I’ll have authentic country blues from Big Bill Broonzy and the story of one of the most famous train wrecks in musical history, the story of Casey Jones’s run from Memphis to Vaughan, Mississippi in 1900, as told by the Skillet Lickers in 1927. I’ll be playing the best version ever (in my opinion) of the well known spiritual, Dry Bones and a tune that features some of the earliest sounds of modern gospel music recorded in the 1930s, which began the trait of swinging music, great harmonies and colourful robes.
As if all this isn’t enough, I’ll play two contrasting tracks from one of my favourite blues women, Irene Scruggs, firstly accompanied by some great slide guitar work from an unknown guitarist and one that she recorded with the phenomenal ragtime guitarist, Blind Blake, in which she tells of the problem of lazy men with itchy feet and refers to the colour class system of the time.
There’ll be some smoochy 50s music from Eddie Cochrane that some folks, but not me, might call rock ‘n’ roll, along with two great tracks from Smiley Lewis and Little Richard that really is rock ‘n’ roll!
There’ll be my usual chat about the musicians and the events surrounding them and their music. I hope you can join me. Remember the later time of 9:00 pm UK time.
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In this week’s ‘Sounds of the South’ (Dunoon Community Radio on 97.4 FM and world-wide on the web; Tuesday night 8:00 – 9:00 UK time), I’ll be showcasing New Orleans, prompted largely by the recent passing of Uncle Lionel Batiste, the octogenarian bass drummer of the famous Treme Brass Band. I’ve got some great stories to tell about Uncle Lionel’s music and the incredible event of his wake in New Orleans last week, and I’ll be recreating the atmosphere of a New Orleans funeral. I’ve even got a recording of Uncle Lionel taking the vocals on Back of Town Blues.
In addition, I’ll be playing some little known, but outstanding hillbilly music from Clark Kessinger with Ragtime Annie and from David McCarn, who exhorts the virtues of Bay Rum, a highly alcoholic tonic, hair restorer and aftershave that was drunk in profusion during prohibition. There’ll be music from Mississippi John Hurt when he faced his first big audience of around 18,000 people at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and haunting Mississippi Blues from Skip James and Son House. Add to this some early New Orleans jazz from Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five in 1928 and recent New Orleans jazz from Tuba Skinny, who I met in New Orleans last year, plus some of the very earliest ragtime from Scott Joplin in 1906.
In addition to all this there’ll be country blues from the great Irene Scruggs in 1930, what some folks might call rock ‘n’ roll from Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957, zydeco from Clifton Chenier in 1975 and hokum from the Hokum High Rollers in 2012. Wow! I’m really excited at the prospect of sharing all of this great music and the fascinating stories to go along with it. I hope you can join me, Tuesday 31st July 8:00 – 9:00 pm UK time
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RADIO FRIENDS FROM NEW ORLEANS
On my recent visits to New Orleans, I met Keak Moffet who was working on the Mississippi river boat, ‘Natchez.’ Keah is working hard to gain a scholarship and she needs votes for her essay (see message from Keah and link below). Please read her essay and vote for her. Thanks
Dr Phil
For those that don’t know, I am going to grad school in San Francisco in the Fall for Motion Pictures and Television. I have an opportunity to win a scholarship if you can go to http://www.cabletv.com/?scholarship and “like” my essay. Thanks for those who have voted and those that will. God bless!