At the end of the Second World War, economics forced the big bands to trim their once great size and thus, the Jump Blues combo was born. Between 1946-1954, rhythm and blues laid the tracks for what was to become Rock n’ Roll. So how come, 75 years later, this vibrant and influential music is still so unknown to so many? Matt The Cat is going to change that with the radio program, “Juke In The Back.” These were the records that you couldn’t hear on the jukebox in the front of the establishment. To hear all this great 1950s rhythm & blues, you had to go to “Juke In The Back.”
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Episode #703 – Spooky Halloween Rhythm & Blues
Air Week: October 23-39, 2023
Spooky Halloween Rhythm & BluesHalloween has always been a frightfully good time of the year for the “Juke In The Back.” This year, Matt The Cat, along with Miss Rosie and Bobby The Bobcat bring you a cauldron of ghoulishly spooky tunes from the 1940s and ’50s. The program is heavy with devilish doo wop delights from The Cadillacs, The Del Vikings, The Verdicts, The Coasters, The Checkers and The Daylighters. There are tunes by Chuck Berry, Mad Man Jones and Louis Armstrong that will make your skin crawl, while Eugene Fox lays a cautionary tale on our ears about the dead returning to keep the living in line. So keep your spooks close, but your records closer and dig on some rarely heard haunted tunes on this week’s Halloween “Juke In The Back.”
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