Show 9: The Funk and Blues Tradition
Here the blues gets greasy, rhythmic, and body-forward without losing its bite. The set shows how blues fed into and alongside funk, soul, and groove-based electric music while still hanging on to the same hard truths.
I'm your host, Ol' Mr. Read, and you're listening to the Copacetic Communion Blues Show. Today's broadcast theme is blues that's been bitten by the funk bug, that is, funky blues that's been horned up and brassed up, accompanied by horns and slapping bass to create a sound that'll shake you through and through. Up first, the funkiest man in history, James Brown, will sing some funked-up, funkified blues. Here's "Kansas City."
Here the blues gets greasy, rhythmic, and body-forward without losing its bite. The set shows how blues fed into and alongside funk, soul, and groove-based electric music while still hanging on to the same hard truths.
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City | James Brown | 1 | Story | |
| 2 | Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues) | James Brown,The J.B.'s | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Louie Louie | Otis Redding | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Little Bluebird | Johnnie Taylor | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Romance Without Finance | Howlin' Wolf | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Tom Cat | Muddy Waters | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Spoonful | Bo Diddley,Muddy Waters,Howlin' Wolf | 1 | Yes | - |
| 8 | I Just Want To Make Love To You | Bo Diddley,Muddy Waters,Little Walter | 2 | Yes | - |
| 9 | Watch Me Move | Junior Wells | 2 | - | |
| 10 | That's All I Need | Magic Sam,Mighty Joe Young,Stockholm Slim,Mack Thompson,Odie Payne III | 2 | - | |
| 11 | I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) | Magic Sam,Mighty Joe Young,Stockholm Slim,Mack Thompson,Odie Payne III | 2 | Yes | - |
| 12 | Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) | Little Milton | 3 | Yes | Story |
| 13 | Voodoo Woman | Koko Taylor | 3 | - | |
| 14 | Big Legged Woman | Freddie King | 3 | - | |
| 15 | Baby Scratch My Back | Slim Harpo | 3 | - | |
| 16 | Do It | Robert Cray | 3 | - | |
| 17 | Having A Real Bad Day | Taj Mahal | 3 | - | |
| 18 | The Letter | Al Green | 3 | - | |
| 19 | Bad Case Of Love | B.B. King | 3 | - | |
| 20 | I Got My Mojo Working | Clarence Gatemouth" Brown" | 3 | Yes | - |
| 21 | Iceman | Albert Collins | 4 | Yes | Story |
| 22 | Under My Thumb | Lucky Peterson | 4 | - | |
| 23 | Happy Birthday Blues | B.B. King | 4 | - | |
| 24 | A Juke Joint in My House | Little Milton | 4 | - | |
| 25 | Black Cat Bone | Albert Collins,Robert Cray,Johnny Copeland | 4 | - | |
| 26 | Hard Times | The Hoodoo Kings | 4 | Story | |
| Diddley Daddy | Bo Diddley,Muddy Waters,Howlin' Wolf | - |