Family Groove: Remembering Art Neville
We remember lost heroes of New Orleans music, beginning with Art Neville, founding member of The Meters and the Neville Brothers, who passed away at age 81 on July 22, 2019. We pay tribute to Art by revisiting our interviews with him and his brothers over the years, as the Nevilles tell stories of family life and their adventures in and beyond the city where they learned their craft. Then, we remember the late Fats Domino with our favorite of the New Orleans piano man’s Imperial releases. And we hear the Fat Man’s reflective side in a rare 2007 conversation with him about escaping Hurricane Katrina’s flood waters and how his faith saw him through. Veteran blues harp player Billy “Boy” Arnold tells of South Side Chicago’s early rhythm & blues scene, recording with Bo Diddley, and his view of Fats Domino’s role in pushing black music across the color line.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou , A&M
Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou , A&M
Cow Cow Blues Paul Gayten The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 , Sony
Cha-Dooky-Doo The Hawkettes New Orleans Party Classics, Rhino
Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville The Very Best of Aaron Neville , A&M
Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison, Jr. Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras , FOMP
Meet De Boys on the Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas Wild Tchoupitoulas , Mango
Brother John Wild Tchoupitoulas Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
Fiyo on the Bayou The Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
Voodoo The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
My Blood The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon, A&M
Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer Orchestra From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
Closing Bed: Saxafunk The Neville Brothers Family Groove, A&M
HOUR TWO
Open Bed:The Fat Man Fats Domino Detroit City Blues/The Fat Man, Imperial
I'm Walkin' Fats Domino Here Stands Fats Domino, Imperial
Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino Let the Four Winds Blow, Imperial
Blue Monday Fats Domino Blue Monday/What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You , Imperial
SEGMENT: Fats Domino
Walkin' to New Orleans Fats Domino Walkin’ to New Orleans, Imperial
Instrumental: Dear Old Southland Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi , Nonesuch
Milk Cow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley Date With Elvis , RCA Victor
Mystery Train Junior Parker Mystery Train/Love My Baby , Sun
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats Rocket 88/Come Back Where You Belong , Chess
Sittin' on Top of the World Moses Williams Drop Down in Florida, 1981, Florida Folklife Program
Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters Rollin’ Stone/Walkin’ Blues , Chess
Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed, Decca/ABKCO
Instrumental: 39th and Indiana Charlie Musselwhite Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite’s Southside Band, Vanguard
SEGMENT: Billy Boy Arnold
Long Tall Sally Little Richard Here’s Little Richard, Specialty
Maybelline Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Is On Top , Chess
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino This is Fats Domino!, Imperial
Closing bed: Barrel House Fats Domino Out of New Orleans, Bear Family