Night Beat

Hey all, I missed last week's show as i was away and will be away for next week's
one also so savour tonight's installment.

I will be playing amongst other things, some growling guitar from Link Wray, southern
soul from James Carr, three great pieces of Afrobeat and a sinister piece from
Bela Bartok. Much to enjoy, the show kicks off at 10pm on NEAR 90.3 FM and there are
links on the page to listen online.Enjoy!!!!!1

Tracklist to follow....

1. The Stooges- Gimmes Danger *
2. Link Wray- Ace of spades
3. John Lee Hooker- No shoes **
4. James Carr- Forgetting you ***
5. John Lewis- Don't blame me
6. Archie Shepp- Naima
7. Kid Ory- Creole love call
8. Thee oh sees- Destroyed Fortress reappears ****
9. Oscar Sulley- Bukom Mashie
10.Lemma Demmisew- Astawesalehu
11.Bela Bartok- Four Dirges for piano
12.Bela Bartok- Piece from 'Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta


* The Stooges attained a level of heft and filth on their third LP 'Raw Power' i haven't really heard replicated to any degree on any other rock album, Iggy pop is probably best known these days for still not wearing a shirt and maintaining he's still got it but in the early 70's he most certainly did have it, a great confrontational stage performer is his prime, this sometimes took the focus away from how good a songwriter he was.

**John Lee Hooker is along with Howlin' Wolf my favourite blues artist, not least because of his songwriting and musicianship but because of his voice, a deep and honest voice- he no doubt lived what he sang and 'No Shoes' is one the best examples of this, the sound of a desperate man.

***I love James Carr, he is the greatest soul singer i have ever heard and this song 'Forgetting you' is taken from the greatest soul LP i have ever heard, 1967's 'You got my mind messed up' is a rarity in soul music (southern soul more specifically) in that it is beautifully realised album as opposed to a decent collection of tunes that the artist and producer selected for the recording on the day. Overshadowed by Otis Redding during his heyday, Carr's mental problems and alcholism were exaserbated by his lack of success and served to put him into an early retirement by the start of the 70's. His vocal performance on 'Forgetting you' is peerless.

****Where did this come from? A great piece of haunting psychedelic garage rock.
The Heft!!!!1