Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Show #7 – Ain’t Nobody’s Business But Our Own

Steve Ripley — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:19:43 +0000

Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Show #7 – Ain’t Nobody’s Business But Our Own

This week’s radio show is a bit of a free-for-all with no real specific theme – just a lot of our favorite music. All with the all-powerful Oklahoma connection, of course.

The show kicks off with a band originally from Norman called The Disciples. They went to L.A. and made a couple of albums with the Blue Thumb label. We’re playing one of my very favorite songs of all time called Boogie Woogie Country Girl (originally by Big Joe Turner). Southwind had a real west coast hit with their version, opening a sold out Forum show for Credence Clearwater, and touring with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. There’s a great tune by one of our favorite ok r&r regulars, Joe Liggins, from Guthrie. Joe’s record this week is called The Shuffle Boogie, which I love to the absolute maximum amount allowed by law. Slipping a bit sideways, we play a record by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Oklahoma’s own Kay Starr – the title song for this week’s show: Ain’t Nobody’s Business. The record also features Oklahoma steel player Speedy West. As I say on the show…. “Somebody stack up all the awards in the world and give them to Speedy West!” And then (grab your butts and hold on)… a Leon Russell record before he was Leon Russell. Don’t miss it, kids. Leon kicks off a segment of Okies & Limeys with Elvis Costello and The Rolling Stones, mixed up with the Taj Mahal Band, featuring Chuck Blackwell and Gary Gilmore (both from Tulsa) and Jesse Ed Davis from Norman. Also, the amazing Chet Baker. Roger Tillison makes his ok r&r debut with his song called Nobody’s Lover, and J.J. Cale does a Roger Tillison song: One Step Ahead of the Blues. John Lennon with Tulsa drummer Jim Keltner and guitar player Jesse Ed Davis. Other great stuff as well, including Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, and some Johnnie Lee Wills featuring Curly Lewis on vocals. Country super star, Ronnie Dunn, with a tale of R&B icon Rudolph Isely from The Isley Brothers. The show closer is a never-before-heard recording by Leon from the Muscle Shoals Sessions in 1974.

Join us for the fastest hour of the week.

Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Show #5 – Oklahoma POP pt. 2

Steve Ripley — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:52:07 +0000

Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Oklahoma POP pt. 2 – On this week’s show, we continue our look at rock & roll’s pop side – Pop Music and Pop Culture. Our favorite R&B piano player, Joe Liggins, from Guthrie, Oklahoma, returns with his 1952 pop hit, “Pink Champagne,” which kicks off a segment on overindulgence, with “Bottle of Wine” by the Fireballs, and “The No No Song” by Ringo, written by Duncan, Oklahoma songwriter, Hoyt Axton. We also talk to Elvis Presley’s guitar player, Scotty Moore, about Hoyt’s mother, Mae Boren Axton, and the song she wrote for Elvis: “Heartbreak Hotel.” And look out kids… we take a new listen to our state song “Oklahoma” as performed by Bonnie Raitt’s dad (with a little Beatles mixed in), and then go back a couple of decades to our first official state song, “In Ole Oklahoma,” written by Oklahoma songwriter Pinky Tomlin. Somewhere along the journey, we have Dick Tracy, The Little Rascals, George Harrison, and an explanation and demonstration of the wah wah guitar pedal. J.J. Cale tells us about recording Blue Cheer’s out of control version of “Summertime Blues.” And of course, as always, our fearless leader, Leon Russell. B.J. Thomas, born in Hugo, takes our POP journey home with his amazing record, “Rock and Roll Lullaby.” It’s a trip.

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Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Show #7 – Ain’t Nobody’s Business But Our Own

Oklahoma Rock and Roll: Show #5 – Oklahoma POP pt. 2