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Dec 16, 2022 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Music
With Readie Righteous
Shake off the week, oh Righteous Ones! It's everything from Acid-Folk to Ziglibithy. Light the candles, drape your scarves; this is your time! I bring thee ambient, Afrobeat, international, Tuareg, Tuvan throat singing, queercore, gnawa, pop, disco, post-punk, jazz, soul, R 'n' B, obit-core and more. Opportunistic singing-along with your DJ is de rigeur. Your lagniappe: historical perspective, social consciousness, irreverence.
Without his sister, Estelle Axton, Jim Stewart would've still been a banker.
Estelle mortgaged her family home so they could start a record company in a neighber's garage.
6:00 PM |
| Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Immediate Records 1968
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6:03 PM |
| Fievel Is Glauque My Rebel N Flaming Swords 2022 |
6:05 PM |
| DUCKWRTH *Belle N Chrome Bull 2022 |
6:05 PM |
Set Break:
Story of Stax
Thanks to his sister Estelle mortgaging her family home, Jim bought an Ampex tape mono tape console to start a record company. They co-founded Satellite Records, which became Stax. | |
6:14 PM |
| Ray Charles What I'd Say (Live 1959) Ray Charles What'd I Say 1959 Jim Stewart was raised on country & the Grand Ole Opry, but when he heard "What'd I Say", he decided he wanted to record black music. |
6:19 PM |
| The Veltones Fool in Love Moman / Arnold single 1959 Jim met Chris Moman (right), one of Elvis's record producers, and Chris turned him on to R&B music. Chris co-wrote Fool in Love by the Veltones, Satellite's first release. |
6:22 PM |
| Carla & Rufus Thomas 'Cause I Love You Carla & Rufus Thomas single Satellite 1960 Carla & her dad, Rufus, singer and local radio DJ. Meeting Rufus in the record store, run by Estelle, cemented Jim's love for R&B music. This was the first track recorded at the Capitol Theatre, Stax headquarters. |
6:24 PM |
| Carla Thomas Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) Carla Thomas Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) 1961 |
6:29 PM |
| Otis Redding Let Me Come On Home The Dock of the Bay Elektra Records 1968
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6:32 PM |
| Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Mr. Big Stuff Stax 1971 Ms. Jean Knight |
6:34 PM |
| Otis Redding & Carla Thomas New Year's Resolution King & Queen Rhino Atlantic 1966 |
6:36 PM |
Set Break:
26 year-old Otis Redding dies in a plane crash - tragedy at Stax Records
Otis died on 10 December, 1967 | |
6:41 PM |
| Booker T & The MG's Green Onions Booker T & The MG's live session 1962 With this track, Stax established pre-eminence in the soul music scene - groove, blues, gospel=hybridized funk. |
6:44 PM |
| The Mar-Keys Last Night Last Night! 1961 The first studio session band at Stax, with Steve Cropper & Duck Dunn. Tenor sax-man Packy Axton, was Jim Stewart's nephew. (Estelle's son). |
6:50 PM |
| Sam & Dave Soul Man (Live version) Isaac Hayes/ D. Porter live recording on German public TV 1967 "Double Dynamite" Sam Moore & Dave Prater |
6:55 PM |
| Sam & Dave Hold On (I'm Comin') (Live) Isaac Hayes / David Porter live on German TV show Beat-Beat-Beat 1967 |
6:58 PM |
| Linda Lyndell What a Man Dave Crawford The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 1968 |
7:02 PM |
| Otis Redding Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Otis Redding /Steve Cropper Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul 1966 Otis, Johnny Daye, and Steve Cropper in the studio |
7:04 PM |
| Isaac Hayes Walk On By Bacharach/ David Stax 50th Anniversary 1969 |
7:09 PM |
Set Break:
Stax Recording Artists Extraordinaire
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7:13 PM |
| The Dramatics In the Rain Stax 50th Anniversary DVD 1972 |
7:16 PM |
| Otis Redding These Arms of Mine Otis Redding Pain In My Heart Rhino Atlantic 1965 On the strength of this sone, Jim Stewart signed Otis to Stax - this was his 1st Stax/Volt release. |
7:18 PM |
| Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign Booker T. Jones / William Bell Born Under A Bad Sign 1967
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7:22 PM |
| Kim Weston You Just Don't Know Kim Kim Kim Volt 1971 Kim also recorded for Motown doing duets with Marvin Gaye, but this is a banger on Stax/Volt - her solo voice is a revelation. |
7:25 PM |
| Eddie Floyd Knock On Wood Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper Knock On Wood - Single 1966 Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper wrote this one in a Memphis hotel room duringan intense thunderstorm. |
7:28 PM |
| William Bell You Don't Miss Your Water William Bell You Don't Miss Your Water - Single 1962 William Bell, singer and songwriter for Stax artists. |
7:31 PM |
| Staple Singers The Weight Robbie Robertson Soul Folk in Action 1968 Robbie R. said he loved the Staples' version of his song "The Weight". |
7:35 PM |
Set Break:
Soulsville USA!
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7:38 PM |
| Shirley Brown Woman to Woman single 1974 |
7:42 PM |
| The Dramatics Whatcha See is Whatcha Get single 1971 |
7:46 PM |
| Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett/ Steve Cropper In the Midnight Hour / I'm Not Tired - Single 1965 Wilson Pickett signed to Atlantic; recorded at Stax |
7:48 PM |
| The Emotions Heart Association single 1970 |
7:51 PM |
| Mel & Tim Starting All Over Again Starting All Over Again Stax 1972 |
7:54 PM |
| The Staple Singers Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) single Stax 1970 |
7:59 PM |
| Isaac Hayes Theme from "Shaft" Isaac Hayes Shaft (Music From the Soundtrack) Stax 2016 |