Record Mavens: Dan Auerbach and Joel Savoy Take On the Music Industry
Traveling at the speed of 45 RPM, we sink into the record grooves of some of our favorite songs and talk to the studio wizards who produced them. First stop is Nashville, home to Music Row as well as Easy Eye Sound, the recording studio of Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach. We talk with Auerbach about his journey in music, from hearing vinyl on his parents’ turntable in Akron, Ohio, to cutting records with some of Nashville’s legendary session players. Then we head to French Louisiana to chat with Cajun music maven Joel Savoy of Valcour Records about documenting and expanding the region’s traditional sounds. Heading east to the Fertile Crescent of American music and our hometown, we remember New Orleans’ Harold Battiste, who started ll For One Records—the first African American-owned label in the South—and arranged hits for Sam Cooke, Dr. John, and Sonny & Cher, among others. Plus, more jukebox gold from Little Anthony & the Imperials, June Carter, and the Lovin’ Spoonful.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: My Mind is Ramblin' The Black Keys Sunday Nights: The Songs of Jr. Kimbrough, Fat Possum
Stay All Night Junior Kimbrough All Night Long, Fat Possum
Honey Hush Johnny Burnette Rockabilly Boogie, Bear Family
Jockey Full of Bourbon Tom Waits Rain Dogs, Island
Hoboken Saturday Night The Insect Trust Hoboken Saturday Night, Atco
Instrumental: "The Lonely One" Duane Eddy Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel, Jamie
SEGMENT: Dan Auerbach
Cold Pillows Shannon Shaw Shannon in Nashville, Easy Eye Sound
You Don't Have to Do Right Robert Finley Goin' Platinum, Easy Eye Sound
Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis, American Sound Studios
Instrumental: Grandma's Boogie Lightnin' Hopkins Grandma's Boogie/I Love You Baby, Herald Records
Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man Lightnin' Hopkins Found My Baby Crying/Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man, Jewel
Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years, Abkco
Nashville Cats The Lovin' Spoonful Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Bell Sound Studios and Columbia Studios
Juke Box Man Dick Curless The Drag 'Em Off the Interstate, Sock It To 'Em Hits of Dick Curless, Razor & Tie
Mr. Record Man Willie Nelson Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks 1959-1971, Rhino
Closing Bed: Unchained Melody Duane Eddy Twangy Guitar Silky Strings, RCA Victor
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Reel de Coquin Linzay Young & Joel Savoy Reel de Coquin, Valcour
Paul Daigle Sur le Juke Box Bonsoir, Catin Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records
Juke Box Blues June Carter Cash Keep on the Sunny Side: June Carter Cash- Her Life in Music, Columbia
A Prayer and a Juke Box Little Anthony & the Imperials The Best of Little Anthony and the Imperials, Rhino
Phonograph Blues Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings, Columbia
Big Ten-Inch Record Bull Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R&B , Rhino
Instrumental: Pine Grove Blues Wilson Savoy The Best of Valcour Records 2006-2011, Valcour
SEGMENT: Joel Savoy
When I Die Marc Broussard I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country, Valcour
Junko Partner Dr. John Gumbo, ATCO
Instrumental: The Big B.N. The AFO Executives & Tammy Lynn Compendium, AFO Records
You Send Me Sam Cooke Songs by Sam Cooke, Keen
I Know Barbara George Gumbo Stew, AFO
Baby Don't Go Sonny and Cher Baby Don't Go, Reprise
Olde Wine AFO Executives Gumbo Stew, AFO
CLIP: Henry Butler
Closing Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler American Routes recording,