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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Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 06-10-22

 

Blues/Rock & Roll artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth! Hear about his career and a couple of rockin' tracks from his catalog. He's also the guest on a fun edition of Beth's Lightning Round. There's songs from some of his influences too including Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Albert King and B.B. King. Jammin' James Riley has a Charlie Rich tune in Rockabilly Rewind and we close out the show with songs from Bryan Lee, Howlin' Wolf and Shemekia Copeland & Kenny Wayne Shepherd (feat. Robert Randolph and Tony Coleman).

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

The Jimi Hendrix Experience- "Purple Haze"

Stevie Ray Vaughan- "Pride And Joy"

 

B.B. King- "Paying The Cost To Be The Boss"

Albert King- "Crosscut Saw"

Kenny Wayne Shepherd- "(Let Me Up) I've Had Enough"

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band- "Baby Got Gone"

Muddy Waters- "The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll"

*Lightning round teaser liner- Kenny Wayne Shepherd

John Lee Hooker- "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"

*Beth's Lightning Round with Kenny Wayne Shepherd* (Lightning Round music bed: Kenny Wayne Shepherd- "Ledbetter Heights")

*Liner- Kenny Wayne Shepherd

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band- "The Wire"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

Charlie Rich- "Philadelphia Baby"

Bryan Lee- "Bumpity Bump"

Howlin' Wolf- Do The Do"

*Liner- Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland & Kenny Wayne Shepherd (ft. Robert Randolph & Tony Coleman)- "Hit 'Em Back"

Outro music bed: Kenny Wayne Shepherd- "A Little More Instrumental"

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"Trouble Is..." 25th Anniversary Dates:

Kenny Announces BACKROADS BLUES FESTIVAL (starting August 13, 2022)

Tour Dates:

8.13 Providence RI
8.16 Lewiston NY
8.18 Springfield MA
8.20 Roanoke VA
8.21 Portsmouth VA

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (June 12, 1977)

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