What a wonderful array
of musicians we have lined up for this Saturday’s show!
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| Barb Jungr |
I mean, Taj Mahal,
Bonnie Raitt, Rosanne Cash, Nat King Cole, Greg Brown, B.B. King, and Barb
Jungr …
Barb who? A British jazz
singer on an Americana show? What the … ?
Well, I have a
confession to make.
A couple of weeks ago, The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
focused entirely on New Orleans. Then last week, the theme was great covers –
remakes of songs that really added something new.
So I promised myself – I
swore an oath! – that this week’s show would be themeless. That’s what The Big
Fat Wide Americana Hour is all about: We’re not bound by genres or themes.
We’re motivated only by a desire to hear great American music, whatever the
style, right?
So, anyway, I was
thinking of songs for this week’s very fine themeless show. And, because I
usually include one or two jazz numbers, the Barb Jungr song popped into my
head.
And stayed there.
Then, with a start, I
asked myself what I could possibly be thinking. This show is about American
music. And Barb Jungr is a Brit, for Pete’s sake.
But then it occurred to
me that the song that was stuck in my head – Who Do You Love? – was a Bo
Diddley song. And you don’t get much more American than Bo Diddley. So why the
heck could I not include that song.
Well, in fact I could.
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| B.B. King |
So, then … the whole idea of Euro-American
musical collaborations occurred to me. I thought ofU2 and B.B. King. I thought
of Hans Theeskink and Terry Evans.
And others … including a nice surprise
I've included for your listening pleasure.
So, I sort of broke my
oath. There is a theme for four or five songs in the middle. But we’re back ranging freely
over themeless territory well before the show ends.
The whole darn show this
week is a heck of a lot of fun. And if we do have a constant theme, that’s it.
Let’s choose great tunes, crank up the volume, get our feet moving, and have a good time.
Coming Saturday, April1. Enjoy!
Your friend,
M.D. Spenser
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