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"

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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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Jonathan Edwards "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 03-10-23

 

American singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards is the "Focus Beam" artist this week on Boppin' With Beth! Hear a couple of great tunes from his long career (one from his debut 1971 album and one from his most recent). There's also songs from some of his influences and peers including Otis Redding, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, James Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan. Beth's Bop Of The Week is from a friend of Jonathan's too, Jesse Colin Young. Jammin' James Riley has a classic from The Shadows in Hang Ten and there's tunes from Jackson Browne and The Isley Brothers (covering Jonathan Edwards) to close out the show! 

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

Otis Redding- "Shake"

Ray Charles- "I've Got A Woman"

*Liner- James Taylor

James Taylor- "Lighthouse"

Jonathan Edwards- "Everybody Knows Her"

*Liner- Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards- "Right Where I Am"

*Beth's Bop of the Week music bed: Dan Seals- "Bop"

*Liner- Jesse Colin Young

*Beth's Bop of the Week: Jesse Colin Young- "It's A Lovely Day"

Bob Dylan- "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance"

Aretha Franklin- "Don't Play That Song"

*Liner- Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley- "Mess Of Blues"

* Hang Ten music bed: The Surfaris- "Wipe Out"

*Hang Ten with Jammin' James Riley"

*The Shadows- "Apache"

*Liner- Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne- "Fountain Of Sorrow"

The Isley Brothers- "Sunshine (Go Away Today)"

Outro music bed: Duane Eddy- "Mexborough Ferry Boat Halt"

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Beth's Bop of the Week artist: Jesse Colin Young:

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Jack Johnson "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 08-19-22

 

American singer-songwriter Jack Johnson is the "focus beam" artist on the new Boppin' With Beth. We'll hear from a variety of influences that helped form his unique sound including G. Love & Special Sauce, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Sublime and Bob Marley and The Wailers. Hear about his great career with a couple of choice tunes from his catalog. Jammin' James Riley has a Carl Perkins rocker in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tunes from Jimmy Buffett, David Harley and The Caliopians as well!

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

G. Love & Special Sauce- "Free At Last"

Jimi Hendrix- "Sweet Thang"

Ben Harper- "Everything"

Bob Marley and The Wailers- "Three Little Birds"

Jack Johnson- "Bubble Toes"

Jack Johnson- "One Step Ahead"

Radiohead- "Faust Arp"

Otis Redding- "Love Man"

Bob Dylan- "Blowin' In The Wind"

Sublime- "What I Got" (clean radio version)

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

*Carl Perkins- "Pointed Toe Shoes"

Jimmy Buffett- "Son Of A Son Of A Sailor"

*Liner- David Harley

David Harley- "Lights Of The Bay"

*Liner- The Caliopians

The Caliopians- "Crushes"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "Rumble Mambo"

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Bad Company "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 02-27-22

 

English rock group Bad Company is the "focus beam" band this week! Hear tunes from some of their influences including The Beatles, Albert King, The Band, Hubert Sumlin & Pinetop Perkins, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, Otis Rush and Aretha Franklin. Plus, there's a couple of rockers from the Bad Company catalog as well as a classic from Free. Jammin' James Riley has a Billy Carroll tune in Rockabilly Rewind and The Anderson Council closes the show.

Intro music bed: Carl Perkins/Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues"

Voice intro: Dallas Moore

The Beatles- "Love Me Do"

Otis Redding- "Out Of Sight"

Hubert Sumlin & Pinetop Perkins- "She Walks Right In"

Chuck Berry- "It Don't Take But A Few Minutes"

Bad Company- "Honey Child"

Bad Company- "Good Lovin' Gone Bad"

Aretha Franklin- "Come Back Baby"

Otis Rush- "Sit Down Baby"

Albert King- "Travelin' Man"

The Band- "Look Out Cleveland"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

*Billy Carroll- "Big Green Car"*

Free- "All Right Now"

*Liner- Peter Horvath

The Anderson Council- "Pinkerton's Assorted Colours"

Outro music bed: Booker T & The MG's- "Mo' Onions"

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Joe Louis Walker "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 02-18-22

Electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, Joe Louis Walker is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth. You'll hear about the variety of influences that helped shape his unique sound Otis Redding, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers and John Lee Hooker. Joe Louis Walker is also the guest on Beth's Lightning Round too! Jammin' James Riley has a Gene Vincent track in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tunes from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Kenny Neal and Billy F Gibbons as well!!

Intro music bed: Carl Perkins/Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues"

*Voice Intro- Dallas Moore

B.B. King- "Better Not Look Down"

T-Bone Walker- "Tell Me What's The Reason"

Otis Redding- "I Got The Will"

Amos Milburn- "My Baby's Boogying"

Joe Louis Walker- "Borrowed Time"

Joe Louis Walker- "I'm On To You"

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers- "You Don't Love Me"

John Lee Hooker- "Should've Been Gone"

*Beth's Lightning Round with Joe Louis Walker

*Liner- Joe Louis Walker

Joe Louis Walker- "Too Drunk to Drive Drunk"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley

*Gene Vincent- "Lotta Lovin'"

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- "Born In Chicago"

*Liner- Kenny Neal

Kenny Neal- "Full-Time Fool"

*Liner- Billy F Gibbons

Billy F Gibbons- "Shuffle, Step & Slide"

Outro music bed: Joe Louis Walker- "Hop On It"