Podcast and Blues

By: Gail Nobles
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  • Podcast and Blues is about new and traditional blues singers. It is music news on the artists by Gail Nobles. https://sites.google.com/view/podcast-and-blues/home
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  • Alex Harris-Dreams to Remember 10:8:24 3.08 PM

    Alex Harris-Dreams to Remember 10:8:24 3.08 PM
    Oct 8 2024
    Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
    Story by: Gail Nobles

    Hello, I’m Gail Nobles. Today on Podcast and Blues we’re going to talk about soul man Alex Harris. Yes, we’re going to dive head first into the soulful sound and heartfelt story of Alex Harris. Alex’s rich voice weaves through a medley of dreams to be remembered reaching us all. We all have dreams to remember and can relate to Alex Harris.

    The song that Alex sings is a cover of one of Otis Redding‘s ballads. It seems Alex is inspired by the legendary genres of soul and R&B. Dreams to Remember is a very heartfelt song. He has done a great job singing it.

    So check out Alex Harris “Dreams to Remember.” It’s a musical experience that you don’t want to miss. I’m Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.
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    2 mins
  • Koko Taylor 7:13:24 10.39 PM

    Koko Taylor 7:13:24 10.39 PM
    Jul 14 2024
    Intro by: Gail Nobles
    Photo: Sumori - Own work
    Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0

    If You Got A Heartache is the fifth track on Koko Taylor's 1981 blues album entitled From The Heart of a Woman. She let you know that when you've got a headache, a headache powder will ease the pain, but when you've got a heartache, there ain't nothing you can do.

    Koko Taylor was a singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Over the course of her career, she was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, winning 1985's Best Traditional Blues Album for her appearance on Blues Explosion.

    Taylor became better known by touring in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and she became accessible to a wider record-buying public when she signed a recording contract with Alligator Records in 1975. She recorded nine albums for Alligator, eight of which were nominated for Grammy awards, and came to dominate ranks of female blues singers, winning twenty-nine W. C. Handy/Blues Music Awards.

    Call Taylor live to get 80 years old to learn more about her go to alligator.com/artist/Koko-Taylor/

    I'm Gail Nobles tune in again next time for more from Podcast and Blues.
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    2 mins
  • Katie Webster-Stood Up Again 7:11:24 8.47 PM

    Katie Webster-Stood Up Again 7:11:24 8.47 PM
    Jul 12 2024
    Intro by: Gail Nobles
    Photo: Wikipedia
    Usage: Copyrighted free use

    Katie Webster has a single from her 1989 album Katie Webster Two-Fisted Mama. The single is entitled Stood Up Again. The lyrics tell the story of someone who has been let down and disappointed in relationship. Katie gets stood up, but in the end her man gets stood up. She repays him.

    Katie Webster was a boogie-woogie pianist. Her genres are Boogie-woogie,, soul, and swamp blues. She played piano with Otis Redding in the 1960s, but after his death went into semi-retirement.

    In the 1980s she was repeatedly booked for European tours and recorded albums for the German record label, Ornament Records, with Gary Wiggins and Chris Rannenberg (The International Blues Duo). She cut You Know That's Right with the band 'Hot Links', and the album that established her in the United States: The Swamp Boogie Queen with guest spots by Bonnie Raitt and Robert Cray. Two-Fisted Mama! was released in 1989. Webster promoted the album with a North American tour. The album was nominated for a Bammy Award, in the "Blues Album" category.

    Katie Webster passed away in 1999 at age 63. You can check out Katie Webster's music on Spotify. Thank you for listening to Podcast and Blues. I am your host Gail Nobles.
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    2 mins

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