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December 8, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 337 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

World War 2 a period when many far-reaching social and economic changes were taking place and set in motion while normal daily life and business was disrupted for most parts of society. For the music industry, the effects of the mobilization of men, women and resources along with the wartime economy were profound. Musicians were called up to serve or volunteered, shortages of materials had an impact on touring and making records. For much of the war period, as well, the American Federation of Musicians struck against the record companies which they blamed for taking jobs away from live performers. What was known as the Petrillo Ban was in effect between much of 1942 through 1944 until the companies variously settled with the union over compensation. Our feature is made up of recordings made in the years 1942 to mid-1945. In the charts for these years there continued to be a lot of big band jazz recordings and blues and swing from smaller groups. We look at sides from the blues side, mostly. Some of these sides might be characterized as proto-R&B, before R&B was recognized as a distinct genre, which you might say it had become by the year 1947. We’ve drawn from Boulevard Vintage’s, The R&B Years 1942-1945 sets for this feature. Also on the program Blues from Memphis and Houston, and a touch of Soul.

On the Show:

Lucky Millinder Orchestra – Fenton Robinson – Bobby Bland – Paul James Band – Little Frankie Lee – Steve Hill – Roy Dunn – Earl Hines Orchestra with Billy Eckstine – Andy Kirk Orchestra with June Richmond – Louis Jordan – Tiny Bradshaw – Lil Green – Bettye LaVette – Garden State Choir – and others.

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until February 2nd as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

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To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

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Next Week:

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May 3, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 317 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, May 4, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

Quartet Gospel from the Carolinas; Country Gospel; St. Louis R&B; Soul from Memphis & Muscle Shoals; North Mississippi Blues; artists on the Dialtone label

“Now, when I found you, you was down and out. It was me who showed you what this life was all about'” — Ruby Johnson

On the Show:

Lloyd Glenn’s Combo – Lucky Millinder – Little Milton – Little Cooper & the Drifters – Smoke Wagon Blues Band – Junior Kimbrough – Birdlegg – Lightnin Hopkins – Spartanburg Famous Four – Eagle Jubilee Four – Gospel Light Jubilee Singers – Two Gospel Keys – Charlie Monroe – Esther Phillips – Mighty Sam – Mose Allison – and others

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until June 29th as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Next Week:

TBA

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November 10, 2020

Blues and Rhythm Show 297 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

This week, we have a program that includes some classic R&B; tracks from the Blues revival era; black and white spiritual music; a couple of selections from a new compilation from JSP featuring blues from the short-lived and slightly weird Barrelhouse label. And we close out with original and retro Soul music.

On the Show:

Lucky Millinder Otchestra – Marion Abernathy – T.J. Fowler – Blues Boy Willie – Paul Reddick + The Sidemen – Marshall Lawrence – Robert Pete Williams – Little Brother Montgomery – Joe Carter – Reverend Gary Davis – Ernest Martin and His Gospel Melody Makers – Glen Thompson & His Dixie Playboys – The Soul Band – Margie Hendrix – and others.

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton, live on Cogeco Cable 288 or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until December 29th as a podcast. Just go the website, bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Contact Us:

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com. You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

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March 29, 2016

Blues and Rhythm Show 223 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)R

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, March 29th (1:00 to 2:30pm)

The History of Soul label is a soul music-dedicated label that we have been waiting for. All kinds of vintage soul music has been reissued over the years on LP and CD–artist compilations, label compilations, regional and studio collections. History of Soul appear to be attempting to present the history of the music in their various album releases from gospel and R&B to the earliest soul recordings up to the beginnings of funk. This week on the Blues & Rhythm Show we are looking at the three double album sets from H.O.S. that carry the title Where Southern Soul Began, Volumes 1,2, and 3, the collections covering differing periods of time but together spanning the years 1954 to 1963. While other H.O.S collections have documented the gospel records that the compilers suggest lead to the emergence of soul music, these collections are focused on blues, R&B and the earlier examples of southern soul music on record. It’s a serious undertaking although there is no attempt by the compilers to explain their approach, so the music is left to tell the story by itself. There are pretty extensive liner notes providing profiles of the artists but usually without explaining their place in the development of southern soul. We’re going to play a selection from the 6 CDs. We’ve tried to present a balance of styles and of the different recording centers and record labels represented in the collection.

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Also on the program, more soul from Solomon Burke and O.V. Wright

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On the Show:

Lucky Millinder & HIs Orchestra– Gloria Hardiman – Treasa Levasseur – Bobby “Blue” Bland – Roy Brown – Cookie & the Cupcakes – Arthur Alexander – Joe Tex – Joe Hinton – Solomon Burke – O.V. Wright – and others

Listen to the program at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.msumcmaster.ca. The program will be available to stream or as a podcast until April 25th.

Contact Us:

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

Next week (April 5th)

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Blues and Rhythm Show 223 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, March 29th (1:00 to 2:30pm)

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The History of Soul label is a soul music-dedicated label that we have been waiting for. All kinds of vintage soul music  has been reissued over the years on LP and CD–artist compilations, label compilations, regional and studio collections. History of Soul appear to be attempting to present the history of the music in their various album releases from gospel and R&B to the earliest soul recordings up to the beginnings of funk. This week on the Blues & Rhythm Show we are looking at the three double album sets from H.O.S. that carry the title Where Southern Soul Began, Volumes 1,2, and 3, the collections covering differing periods of time but together spanning the years 1954 to 1963. While other H.O.S collections have documented the gospel records that the compilers suggest lead to the emergence of soul music, these collections are focused on blues, R&B and the earlier examples of southern soul music on record. It’s a serious undertaking although there is no attempt by the compilers to explain their approach, so the music is left to tell the story by itself. There are pretty extensive liner notes providing profiles of the artists but usually without explaining their place in the development of southern soul. We’re going to play a selection from the 6 CDs. We’ve tried to present a balance of styles and of the different recording centers and record labels represented in the collection. 

Also on the program, more soul from Solomon Burke and O.V. Wright

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On the Show:

Lucky Millinder & HIs Orchestra– Gloria Hardiman – Treasa Levasseur – Bobby “Blue” Bland – Roy Brown – Cookie & the Cupcakes – Arthur Alexander – Joe Tex – Joe Hinton – Solomon Burke – O.V. Wright – and others

Listen to the program at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.msumcmaster.ca. The program will be available to stream or as a podcast until April 25th.

Contact Us:

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

Next week (April 5th)

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September 28, 2014

Blues and Rhythm Show 148 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, September 23rd, (1:00-2:30 pm)

Last week’s program began as what was intended to be a representative survey of rhythm & blues from the beginning to about the mid-fifties. The i.d. “rhythm & blues” has been misapplied over the decades and we’re sure there are people who aren’t sure exactly what we are referring to when we use the term. The idea was for last week’s program to let the playlist describe the scope of classic rhythm & blues. “Rhythm & Blues” is first an industry term, used for marketing purposes, but it aptly captures the phenomenon of blues music blended with elements of jazz. Of course, it was used as a blanket term to describe all the records on the African-American charts, formerly known as “race” or, later, as “sepia”. The best-seller chart was known for a while as the Harlem Hit Parade. Thus the term embraced popular jazz records, down-home blues and popular ballads sold to African Americans, as documented by the industry publication, Billboard Magazine. The term was invented by Jerry Wexler while he was a writer for Billboard and applied retroactively to records issued in the post-World war 2 era and to a few records issued in the war years.

When we assembled the program, we wound up taking a different track from the one we had started with. We wound up concentrating on the early years of R&B, starting with a few records from the war era and proceeding barely into 1947. We’ll resume this survey with next week’s program, taking us further into the R&B era.

On the Show:

Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra – Cecil Gant – Erskine Hawkins – Joe Turner – Gatemouth Moore – Helen Humes – Roy Milton – Wynonie Harris – Julia Lee – Amos Milburn

Listen to the program at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.mcmaster.ca. The program will be available to stream or as a podcast until October 21st..

Contact Us

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

Next week (September 30th)

We continue into the late 1940s with our R&B survey.

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