All Pieces for Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri

 
Episode #689 - Big Joe Turner, Pt. 2 - 1951-56
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, we continue our salute to the great blues shouter, Big Joe Turner with part 2 of 2. The show opens in 1951, with Turner's first recordin...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode #688 - Big Joe Turner, Pt. 1 - 1938-50
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" is loaded with nothing but the great recordings of Big Joe Turner, the "Boss Of The Blues." The show also feature...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #687 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
We throw the word "influential" around a lot on the Juke In The Back, but very few groups can actually claim to have started a sub-genre based on t...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #686 - 4th of July: Summer, Food, Travel and Baseball
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #685 - Rhythm & Booze: Looped!
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
We continue our unsober series of vintage Rhythm & Blues drinking songs this week with Rhythm & Booze: Looped! This week, we'll delve into your dru...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #684 - Rhythm & Booze: Hey, Bartender!
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" continues our sporadic series Rhythm & Booze with a tribute to bartenders, juke joints and barrel houses as well as a salute...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #683 - Rhythm & Booze: Bad, Bad Whiskey!
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" once again raises a glass in our Rhythm & Booze series. This time, the entire program is dedicated to that Bad, Bad Whiskey....

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #682 - Rhythm & Booze: Wine! Wine! Wine!
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Raise you glasses as we toast Rhythm & Booze: Wine, Wine, Wine on this week's "Juke In The Back." The entire program features the greatest wine R&B...

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  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #681 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to salute Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most important and influential musical figures of the 20th Century. Mat...

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  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #680 - Story of the Signifying Monkey
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, Matt The Cat loads the "Juke In The Back" with a musical history of the old African folktale about The Signifying Monkey. We'll trace th...

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  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #679 - Johnny Bragg
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat presents the seldom-told story of Johnny Bragg, a prisoner serving six 99 year sentences at the Tenn State Penn when his group The Pri...

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  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #678 - Floyd Dixon
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, "Juke In The Back" features another unsung hero of early Rhythm & Blues, Floyd Dixon. He's often overlooked or labeled as a Charles Brow...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #677 - Fortune Records
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat and the "Juke In The Back" feature Fortune Records, another small, independent record label that made a sizable contribution to Rhythm...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #676 - The Clovers, Pt. 3 - 1956-58
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This we...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #675 - The Clovers, Pt. 2 - 1953-56
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This we...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #674 - The Clovers, Pt. 1 - 1950-53
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This we...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #673 - DooTone Records
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat takes a look at another Black-owned, independent, LA-based record label that contributed greatly to the birth of Rock n' Roll and the ...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #672 - The Lutchers: Nellie & Joe
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to focus an entire show on the separate careers of bother and sister, Nellie and Joe Lutcher. Both scored numerous ...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #671 - Huey "Piano" Smith - 1934-2023
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Unfortunately, Huey Smith is another "hard luck" story of R&B and early Rock n' Roll. He was a talented boogie woogie pianist and as a session play...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Episode #670 - Camille Howard "Boogie Woogie Chanteuse"
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The pre-Rock n' Roll era is full of unsung performers who's style directly impacted those who came after. This week's "Juke In The Back" spotlight ...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9

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