Record Mavens: Dan Auerbach and Joel Savoy Take On the Music Industry

Traveling at the speed of 45 RPM, we sink into the record grooves of some of our favorite songs and talk to the studio wizards who produced them. First stop is Nashville, home to Music Row as well as Easy Eye Sound, the recording studio of Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach. We talk with Auerbach about his journey in music, from hearing vinyl on his parents’ turntable in Akron, Ohio, to cutting records with some of Nashville’s legendary session players. Then we head to French Louisiana to chat with Cajun music maven Joel Savoy of Valcour Records about documenting and expanding the region’s traditional sounds. Heading east to the Fertile Crescent of American music and our hometown, we remember New Orleans’ Harold Battiste, who started ll For One Records—the first African American-owned label in the South—and arranged hits for Sam Cooke, Dr. John, and Sonny & Cher, among others. Plus, more jukebox gold from Little Anthony & the Imperials, June Carter, and the Lovin’ Spoonful.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: My Mind is Ramblin' The Black Keys

Sunday Nights: The Songs of Jr. Kimbrough, Fat Possum

Stay All Night Junior Kimbrough

All Night Long, Fat Possum

Honey Hush Johnny Burnette

Rockabilly Boogie, Bear Family

Jockey Full of Bourbon Tom Waits

Rain Dogs, Island

Hoboken Saturday Night The Insect Trust

Hoboken Saturday Night, Atco

Instrumental: "The Lonely One" Duane Eddy

Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel, Jamie

SEGMENT: Dan Auerbach

Cold Pillows Shannon Shaw

Shannon in Nashville, Easy Eye Sound

You Don't Have to Do Right Robert Finley

Goin' Platinum, Easy Eye Sound

Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield

Dusty in Memphis, American Sound Studios

Instrumental: Grandma's Boogie Lightnin' Hopkins

Grandma's Boogie/I Love You Baby, Herald Records

Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man Lightnin' Hopkins

Found My Baby Crying/Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man, Jewel

Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man The Rolling Stones

Singles Collection: The London Years, Abkco

Nashville Cats The Lovin' Spoonful

Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Bell Sound Studios and Columbia Studios

Juke Box Man Dick Curless

The Drag 'Em Off the Interstate, Sock It To 'Em Hits of Dick Curless, Razor & Tie

Mr. Record Man Willie Nelson

Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks 1959-1971, Rhino

Closing Bed: Unchained Melody Duane Eddy

Twangy Guitar Silky Strings, RCA Victor

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Reel de Coquin Linzay Young & Joel Savoy

Reel de Coquin, Valcour

Paul Daigle Sur le Juke Box Bonsoir, Catin

Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records

Juke Box Blues June Carter Cash

Keep on the Sunny Side: June Carter Cash- Her Life in Music, Columbia

A Prayer and a Juke Box Little Anthony & the Imperials

The Best of Little Anthony and the Imperials, Rhino

Phonograph Blues Robert Johnson

The Complete Recordings, Columbia

Big Ten-Inch Record Bull Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra

Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R&B , Rhino

Instrumental: Pine Grove Blues Wilson Savoy

The Best of Valcour Records 2006-2011, Valcour

SEGMENT: Joel Savoy

When I Die Marc Broussard

I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country, Valcour

Junko Partner Dr. John

Gumbo, ATCO

Instrumental: The Big B.N. The AFO Executives & Tammy Lynn

Compendium, AFO Records

You Send Me Sam Cooke

Songs by Sam Cooke, Keen

I Know Barbara George

Gumbo Stew, AFO

Baby Don't Go Sonny and Cher

Baby Don't Go, Reprise

Olde Wine AFO Executives

Gumbo Stew, AFO

CLIP: Henry Butler

Closing Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler

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