Rhythm & Blues into Rock & Roll: Fats Domino, Billy Boy Arnold and the Tedeschi Trucks Band
We pay tribute to the late Fats Domino with our favorite of the New Orleans piano man’s Imperial releases. We hear the Fat Man’s reflective side in a rare 2007 conversation with him about escaping Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters 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 Fats Domino’s role in pushing black music across the color line into what would become rock & roll. Then, we catch up with a new generation of rockers, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, known for their live shows of Southern soul-inflected roots rock. We chat with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers) about their solo careers, starting a family and a band, and life on the road together. Plus, hard-hitting R&B from Junior Parker, mighty gospel from Mahalia, and rockin’ soul from Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
HOUR ONE
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 A 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
Bed: 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
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Just as Strange Tedeschi Trucks Band Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy
Waiting For a Train Boz Scaggs with Duane "Skydog" Allman Boz Scaggs, Atlantic
Midnight Rider Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Midnight Rider, Dap Tone
Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal Taj Mahal, Columbia
Come See About Me Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator, Sony
Drown in My Own Tears Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade, Sony
Instrumental: Within You/Without You Tedeschi Trucks Band Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy
SEGMENT: Tedeschi Trucks Band
Sticks and Stones Joe Cocker, Leon Russell and Band Mad Dogs and Englishmen, A&M Records
Leaving Trunk Derek Trucks Band Live at the Georgia Theater, Sony
Instrumental: Intro to Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony
Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator, Sony
Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles Ray Charles, Atlantic
Let the Church Roll On Mahalia Jackson Bless the House, Columbia
End Bed: Wade in the Water Tedeschi Trucks Band Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony