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Big Maceo

You’re listening to Big Maceo, a pioneer of Chicago Blues, and you’re on the Sound Beat.

April 9, 2023
The Girl Behind the Gun

The Girl Behind the Gun opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York on September 16, 1918.

March 27, 2023
The Cruelest Cut

DISCLAIMER: Sound Beat, its producers and support staff do not, in any way, promote or condone the actions of 19th century Italian doctors or Opera House directors.

March 26, 2023
Ride an Old Paint

Before all the Pulitzers, Carl Sandburg’s baritone made him famous.

March 16, 2023
Stealin’

We’re going back, before tie-dye was even a thing, to the Grateful Roots: songs that influenced the Grateful Dead.

February 9, 2023
Eddie Durham

Eddie Durham with Moten Swing.

January 26, 2023
You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Hounddog

You might know Elvis’ version better, but Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote the song for Big Mama Thornton.

January 11, 2023
Yes, We Have No Bananas!

This song’s origins are debatable, much like the validity of…1920’s art critics? Ok, let’s see where this one’s going.

January 6, 2023
The Phonograph

A voice from two centuries away….

November 16, 2022
When the Atom Bomb Fell

Up and Atom! It’s the music of the Atomic Age.

November 15, 2022