[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts.
(1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: (which normally deals with the subject in the title of this post). Tonight it’s comments on The Economies of Trump versus Biden; (legible charts relevant to the Editorial are at the bottom of this page) and (3) That’s followed by a the second half of the broadcast with tune links.
The purpose of this blog is to discuss, enlighten and educate the reader about relevant political, economic and business matters and to help maintain both a record and an appreciation for good old man-made music before AI makes man and real music a mere afterthought. ]
Good Evenin’ folks
Stony Riva here
Along with
Suzi
Buck
And
Rufus Coldwater.
Not sure where GURU is
But anyway….
It’s great to be with Yinz
I just wish it were under a little better circumstances.
By request from one of our regular listeners
The one
The only
Red
Dog
That’s Red Dog
We’re here to honor
The dynamic duo of 60’s
Soul and rhythm & blues
Ain’t nobody like Sam & Dave
Nor will there ever be.
But one week ago tonight
Sam Moore of the group we’re honoring
Sam & Dave
Passed away
Apparently after surgery
He was 89.
May he rest in peace
But he didn’t leave without
Leavin’ the World with a treasure trove
Of great tunes.
Sam and Dave
Were famous recording artists with
Memphis based Stax Records
And later with Atlantic records
Stax was a soul, gospel, R&B and blues label
Based in Memphis that rose to prominence
during the 60s and into the mid 70s
and largely competed with
Detroit-based Motown for supremacy in
the soul and R&B genre.
Like Otis Redding,
Booker T and the MGs
tonights celebrated artists
were a major reason for Stax’s success.
And very interestingly
Isaac Hays
Yes that Isaac Hays
and David Porter also contributed
a lot of songwriting talent to both Stax
and to
our featured artists.
According to the Oracle of Wiki
“Sam & Dave were technically on the Atlantic roster
but were “leased” to Stax by Atlantic,
with Stax overseeing their recordings and
issuing them on the Stax label.
Virtually all of Sam & Dave’s Stax material
was written and produced by Hayes and Porter.”
But tonight’s featured group
Was essentially responsible for defining the term
“soul” music simply because of their biggest hit
“Soul Man” which won a Grammy Award.
Sam and Dave
were the biggest selling act at Stax Records
next to Aretha Franklin in the years 1965 to 1968
And they are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Sam Moore is the tenor
Dave Prater is the baritone.
But time is short
so let’s quit with the chatter
Here they are
The dynamic duo of soul
Who were also known as
The Sultans of Sweat and
Double Dynamite with
I Take What I Want
https://youtu.be/ez6B2Zz1E2Y?si=QFUsbEc-KGtnltEy
Sure enough that tune was written by
Isaac Hayes and David Porter
however Mabon “Teenie” Hodges
also got some writing credit.
But that’s not all
Here’s another Porter and Hayes tune
You Don’t Know Like I Know
https://youtu.be/KJulwIdx9BM?si=ihF6O50izfff7ji0
From that video you can definitely see why
they were such great great crowd pleasers.
This next tune is a song originally written and
performed by the legendary Sam Cooke
who GURU says is one of his favorite singers ever.
It’s called….
Soothe Me
https://youtu.be/JEVRdZgOHMY?si=PlXhiPa-k-4WY0cI
I don’t know about you but I can definitely hear
Sam Cooke fingerprints on that tune.
Well, that brings us to halftime
And Yinz know what that means.
Yep
Time for our station manager
Rufus Coldwater
to lay a little
…usually very little…
wisdom on us
I’m just kidding of course
We love ya Rufus
What’s up?
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Well, Stony I’m tired of being an old fuddy duddy.
I was just sitting here watching the commercial that was done about tonight’s show.
The first half of the video has some very interesting slides comparing the Trump and Biden economies and I recommend for everyone to watch it and to actually stop the video and look at the slides. They are very informative. (The charts relevant to the video are at the bottom of this page.). I’m informed by the producer of those video shorts that they have to be one minute or less and that it’s a huge challenge to get the info crammed into that short of a space. Anyway here’s the link to that video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cMOD_1fXc7A
and I now understand that there’s a second video to elaborate on the first. Here’s the link for the second video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/uofS8DaA_tw
But talking about Sam and Dave
Off stage the two had a very testy relationship.
It became so strained at times that Moore would leave the stage
right in the middle of a show.
Apparently there was disagreement over the direction of the duo’s material and stage act.
Moore became increasingly frustrated with songs
Their first breakup was in 1970
They made numerous sporadic attempts at getting back together
Prater tried to continue the group by teaming with
Sam Daniel’s in the 1970s and touring under the name
the New Sam & Dave Revue, which Sam Moore didn’t like too much.
Prater died in a car crash in 1988.
Moore had a solo career for many years and, of course, passed away
just a week or so ago.
But that’s my 2 cents.
And, oh, by the way, some of Sam and Dave’s earliest
tunes were written by Steve Cropper who
as you know, was the lead guitarist for
Booker T and the MGs
But it’s your show Stony
So ….back to you.
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Wow…good job Rufus
Didn’t know you were such a fan of
Sam & Dave
Well folks, as most of Yinz know
After halftime we
Usually have Suzi bring us somethin’ to play
from the garage.
But, since we’re devoting tonight’s show
To Sam & Dave
She’s gone to the break room instead
And don’t tell nobody but she may even be
Sippin on a brewsky or somethin
This next tune really needs no introduction.
It’s yet another Porter and Hayes original.
Hold On I’m Comin’
https://youtu.be/Go6wGFKBh9k?si=IB_3XVgfyu9dpIxF
That might just be my favorite Sam and Dave tune
That video would have had to have been made in the 70s
during a fairly tense period in Sam & Dave’s relationship.
But hey….didn’t affect their performance now did it?
Not one bit !!
Another Porter and Hayes tune is
You Got Me Hummin
https://youtu.be/VwL_aaOkUck?si=kOiEioC3StyTcfxr
Okay I can see that Buck is over there pointin’ at his watch
and urging me to keep things movin’
So here’s a tune that
anyone who watched the Blues Brothers knows for sure.
It might be one of the most famous tunes ever.
Soul Man
https://youtu.be/S_OX2HwWy-o?si=1LlTfgRQon6JxBWn
Wow ! That’s always a real crowd pleaser
And with good reason.
Well folks….That brings us to the close of our
Tribute.
But not before we let the dynamic duo
express their appreciation
ZZ Top had a hit when they
covered our cleanup song tonight
Once again it was written by Porter and Hayes
I Thank You
https://youtu.be/6_jH-TXUhzU?si=G1T15LY5ijc6qHU4
They definitely had a stage act without peer !
No question.
Wonder how many times the horn players
needed to have a chipped tooth fixed or replaced
I’m talkin’ about the way they flip those horns around
I bet they had more than one fat lip from hitting one
another while playin’ those horns
Well. …who knows?
Folks
We gotta get outta here.
For Suzi
Buck
And Rufus
I’m Stony Riva
Thanks and
Good night
And
Don’t ever ever
let them nasty bed bugs bite !
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