9 Aug 2025

Nashville Babylon: 9 August 2025

From Nashville Babylon, 6:00 pm on 9 August 2025
John Lee Hooker at Riverside Records Studio, NYC (1960)

John Lee Hooker at Riverside Records Studio, NYC (1960) Photo: Supplied

On this week's show there's soul from Jackie Shane and Candi Staton, blues courtesy of Little Milton and Big Maybelle, reggae from the Gaylads plus an all time classic from the Pixies

Music Played:

Artist: Link Wray

Track: Rumble

Composer: M Grant / L Wray

Album: Single

Label: Cadence

 

Artist: The Pixies

Track: Here Comes Your Man

Composer: Black Francis

Album: Doolittle

Label: 4AD

 

Artist: ? Mark and the Mysterians

Track: 96 Tears

Composer: Martinez

Album: Single

Label: Cameo

 

Artist: Big Maybelle

Track: That's A Pretty Good Love

Composer: Lucas / Mendelsohn

Album: Single

Label: Savoy

 

Artist: Canned Heat

Track: Amphetamine Annie

Composer: Canned Heat

Album: Boogie With Canned Heat

Label: Liberty

 

Artist: John Lee Hooker

Track: Burnin' Hell

Composer: Hooker / Besman

Album: The Best Of Friends

Label: BMG

 

Artist: Koko Taylor

Track: Wang Dang Doodle

Composer: Willie Dixon

Album: Chess Singles Collection

Label: Chess

 

Artist: Little Milton

Track: I Feel So Bad

Composer: Willis

Album: Sings Big Blues

Label: Chess

 

Artist: Ramsey Lewis Trio

Track: If You've Got It Flaunt It part 1

Composer: Eaton / White / Lewis

Album: Single

Label: Cadet

 

Artist: The Gaylads

Track: Baby I'll Be Yours

Composer: Seaton

Album: Single

Label: Trojan

 

Artist: Jackie Shane

Track: Any Other Way

Composer: Bell

Album: Any Other Way

Label: Numero

 

Artist: Candi Staton

Track: Freedom Is Just Beyond The Door

Composer: Staton

Album: Stand By Your Man

Label: Fame

 

Artist: James Carr

Track: Pouring Water On A Drowning man

Composer: Baker / McCormick

Album: The Complete Goldwax Singles

Label: Ace

 

Artist: Ry Cooder

Track: Dark End Of The Street

Composer: Moman / Penn

Album: Boomer's Story

Label: Reprise

 

Artist: UB40

Track: King

Composer: UB40

Album: Signing Off

Label: Graduate

 

Artist: The Noveltones

Track: Left Bank Two

Composer: Wayne Hill

Album: Single

Label: De Wolfe Music