Rhythm & Blues into Rock & Roll: Fats Domino, Billy Boy Arnold and the Tedeschi Trucks Band

We pay tribute to the late Fats Domino with our favorite of the New Orleans piano man’s Imperial releases. And we hear the Fat Man’s reflective side in a rare 2007 conversation with him about escaping Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters and how his faith saw him through. Veteran blues harp player Billy Boy Arnold tells of South Side Chicago’s early rhythm & blues scene, recording with Bo Diddley, and Fats Domino’s role in pushing black music across the color line into what would become rock & roll. Then, we catch up with a new generation of rockers, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, known for their live shows of Southern soul-inflected roots rock. We chat with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers) about their solo careers, starting a family and a band, and life on the road together. Plus, hard-hitting R&B from Junior Parker, mighty gospel from Mahalia, and rockin’ soul from Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: The Fat Man Fats Domino
Detroit City Blues/The Fat Man, Imperial

I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
Here Stands Fats Domino, Imperial

Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino
Let the Four Winds Blow, Imperial

Blue Monday Fats Domino
Blue Monday/What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You, Imperial

SEGMENT: Fats Domino

Walkin' to New Orleans Fats Domino
Walkin' to New Orleans, Imperial

Instrumental: Dear Old Southland Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch

Milk Cow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
A Date with Elvis, RCA Victor

Mystery Train Junior Parker
Mystery Train/Love My Baby, Sun

Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
Rocket 88/Come Back Where You Belong, Chess

Bed: Sittin' on Top of the World Moses Williams
Drop Down in Florida, 1981, Florida Folklife Program

Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters
Rollin' Stone/Walkin' Blues, Chess

Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed, Decca/ABKCO

Instrumental: 39th and Indiana Charlie Musselwhite
Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band, Vanguard

SEGMENT: Billy Boy Arnold

Long Tall Sally Little Richard
Here's Little Richard, Specialty

Maybelline Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Is On Top, Chess

Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
This is Fats Domino!, Imperial

Closing Bed: Barrel House Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Just as Strange Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy

Waiting For a Train Boz Scaggs with Duane "Skydog" Allman
Boz Scaggs, Atlantic

Midnight Rider Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Midnight Rider, Dap Tone

Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, Columbia

Come See About Me Tedeschi Trucks Band
Revelator, Sony

Drown in My Own Tears Derek Trucks Band
Soul Serenade, Sony

Instrumental: Within You/Without You Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from the Fox Oakland, Fantasy

SEGMENT: Tedeschi Trucks Band

Sticks and Stones Joe Cocker, Leon Russell and Band
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, A&M Records

Leaving Trunk Derek Trucks Band
Live at the Georgia Theater, Sony

Instrumental: Intro to Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony

Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band
Revelator, Sony

Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles
Ray Charles, Atlantic

Let the Church Roll On Mahalia Jackson
Bless the House, Columbia

End Bed: Wade in the Water Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band Live-- Everybody's Talkin', Sony

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