Playlist Date & Time: 10/31/2009 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Blues in the Night with Jamie Dell'Apa

Reverse Time 

What a coincidence - under tonight's huge bright, full moon we celebrate Halloween, Voodoo Festival and Moonlight Savings Time.  And it all comes together during my show.

 New Orleans has always been the Petri Dish of Americana music and tonight we'll trace how New Orleanian, Rene Hall, influenced American music.  We'll also turn back the clock not just one hour but one generation as we focus on the music of this unusual city including; Irma Thomas, Larry Williams, Paul Gayten, Fats and Dave, Earl Palmer and more as WWOZ provides the historical musical context for our Voodoo Fest guests. You folks who traveled down here to see KISS, wait till you stumble into New Orleans' music. 

Rene Hall was New Orleanian guitarist and musician arranger who's work you've heard a thousand times but you probably couldn't put a his name on a single piece of music.  But there he was adding New Orleans seasoning on recordings sessions by Sonny and Cher, Dick Dale, Little Richard, Quincy Jones, Plas Johnson, Ritchie Valens, Marvin Gaye, The Impressions, Main Ingredient, and Sam Cooke.  And his touch made these recordings everyone's favorites.   

Box Score

123 Selections over 240 minutes with moderately long announcer breaks

    1 Selection every 01:45 so if you don't like the show it'll change by the time you wash your flu-carrying hands 

 41 Interstitials.  None during the Rene Hall special

82 Songs for a 1:2 ratio of interstitials to songs 

32 Selections about time taking up the entire one-hour repeat of 1am to 2am

37 Songs with Rene Hall's musical imprint spanning

  5 Genera of musical styles 

  3 Collaborations that ended when Hall's youthful collaborator died (Sam Cooke, Richie Valens and Marvin Gaye).

  2 Songs from Rene Hall that placed long pieces of classical music into popular music. 

14 Calls from Ed most of which included him singing me partial lyrics from requested songs

  3 OPC Cigarettes at day that Ed smokes (O.ther P.eople's C.igarettes)  I think Ed scrounges the already-been-smoked butts

  3 Calls from Ottawa Pete

  4 Heart attacks Pete has suffered this year 

  3 calls from WWOZ staff or volunteers checking whether I took the parking space or rode my bike (Halloween night)

  8 Costumed people who somehow snuck into the building to use the bathroom 

  2 Complaint calls including two rarities a (1) sober guy and (2) random curser 

  0 Halloween songs - just a bit too cliche tonight 

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