Thursday, April 6, 2023

Shemekia Copeland "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 04-07-23

 


Award-winning blues, soul, Americana singer and my April 10 birthday buddy Shemekia Copeland is the "Focus Beam" artist on this new episode of Boppin' With Beth. Hear about her career, a couple of great tunes from her discography and tunes from some of her influences including her dad Johnny Copeland, Aretha Franklin, Ruth Brown, Koko Taylor, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding and Etta James. Beth's Bop Of The Week is a rockin' song from Ally Venable and Jammin' James Riley has a tune from The Fender IV in Hang Ten. Plus, there's tracks from Kenny Neal, Miss Freddye, ZZ Top and The Kinks to end the show! 



Carl Perkins- "Boppin' The Blues", Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues" and The Cars- "Best Friend's Girl"

Johnny Copeland- "Heebie Jeebies"

Aretha Franklin- "You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)"

KoKo Taylor- "I Need More And More"

Etta James- "Something's Got A Hold On Me"

Shemekia Copeland- "Wild, Wild Woman"

*Liner- Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland- "Barefoot In Heaven"


*Beth's Bop Of The Week music bed: Dan Seals- "Bop"

*Beth's Bop Of The Week- Ally Venable- "Two Wrongs"


Ruth Brown- "Sweet Baby Of Mine"

Sam & Dave- "Soul Sister, Brown Sugar"

Otis Redding- "Hard To Handle"


*Hang Ten With Jammin' James Riley*

*The Fender IV- "Malibu Run"


*Liner- Kenny Neal

Kenny Neal- "Blues Mobile"

*Liner- Miss Freddye

Miss Freddye- "These Are My Blues"

*Liner- Billy F Gibbons

ZZ Top- "Jesus Just Left Chicago"

The Kinks- "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "Rumble Mambo"

Check out Shemekia Copeland's: FACEBOOKINSTAGRAMTWITTERWEBSITE

Happy early Birthday, Shemekia! 













Beth's Bop Of The Week Artist: Ally Venable 
Happy 24th Birthday, Ally! (April 7th)
*Disclaimer- On the show I said 23 year old Ally Venable. At the time of recording, she still was 23. 😃


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