Pianist Ben Sidran recounts writing "Space Cowboy" with Steve Miller and recording with the Rolling Stones on the Beggars Banquet sessions in 1968 London in Soul Country #8. Ben discusses his decades in jazz, including 40 albums and dozens of radio and TV programs for NPR and VH-1. After a few years in the UK spent obtaining a Phd in American Studies, he became a professor at University of Wisconsin at Madison, authoring a half dozen books along the way. Get ready for some insights into the classic rock era in late-60's London with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Pete...

Episodes

Sunpie Barnes
Sunpie Barnes

Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes is the ultimate jack of all trades - a revered musician, cultural historian, former NFL'er and National Park Ranger who has become...

Airdate Aug 27, 2024
Podcast 49:54

Erin Coburn
Erin Coburn

Erin Coburn drops by for Soul Country #6 to share some old tunes, tales from the road and tech talk. This master of strings is...

Airdate Aug 27, 2024
Podcast 25:06

Boogie Long
Boogie Long

Baton Rouge native Jonathon "Boogie" Long demonstrates his sizzling guitar work with "Chicken Pickin'" blues and country styles and stories from this master craftsman in...

Airdate Aug 27, 2024
Podcast 33:25

Gary Talley
Gary Talley

Gary Talley talks and plays through an amazing 6 decades in soul, rock and country in Soul Country #4. The Box Tops guitarist pulls out...

Airdate Apr 23, 2023
Podcast 70:38

Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King

Hear Multi-Grammy®-Winner Chris Thomas King talk about the Creole origins of the blues, O Brother and more in Soul Country #3. Subscribe to follow the...

Airdate Jul 30, 2022
Podcast 50:11

Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush

Multi-Grammy winner, King of the Chitlin Circuit and stand-up comedian (and guy), Bobby Rush takes a journey into Soul Country. Episode #2 features Bobby’s funky...

Airdate May 28, 2022
Podcast 51:58

Tiger Beats
Tiger Beats

Patrick Sweany and McKinley James from East Nashville's resident blues purists, The Tiger Beats, drop in for Soul Country episode 1. They talk blues, country,...

Airdate Apr 6, 2022
Podcast 54:59