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\nTom Shaker & Chris Cowles outside the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tenn. <\/p>\n
\nTom Shaker & Chris Cowles outside the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tenn. <\/p>\n
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\nTom Shaker and Chris Cowles, joined by Deljuan \u201cDel\u201d Calvin and Harold \u201cScotty\u201d Scott of the Temprees who released 12 singles on the Stax subsidiary, We Produce. <\/p>\n
Relive \u2018Soulsville 2013\u2019 as WRTC broadcast from Memphis The program marked the fourth edition of duo\u2019s annual feature on Stax Records, the label that defined southern soul music and the place where such legends as Otis Redding, Booker T & The MGs, Albert King, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, William Bell as well as Rufus and Carla Thomas recorded their most famous material.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were times Tom and I had to pinch ourselves to see if we were dreaming,\u201d admitted Cowles. \u201cHere we were, in the very city where all of this amazing music was recorded, surrounded by some of the people who made it all happen. It was an incredible experience and we were honored to be able to do a broadcast like this.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to playing nearly 70 tracks, Cowles and Shaker were joined on the air by such Stax legends as vocalist and writer William Bell and Memphis Horns co-founder Wayne Jackson. Also included were vocal groups The Temprees, The Mad Lads and The Astors; musician\/writer\/producer Don Nix; writer and producer Bettye Crutcher; Deanie Parker, who headed the Stax PR department and engineer\/producer\/guitarist Bobby Manuel.<\/p>\n “This (broadcast) was like being in a musical history class,\u201d said Shaker. \u201cI\u2019m just sorry the listeners weren\u2019t able to see what we saw during this program. It\u2019s one thing to play some of the timeless music recorded by groups like the Mad Lads or The Astors, but it\u2019s another to hear them, pitch-perfect, singing along to the tracks we were airing.\u201d<\/p>\n Sherman Willmott, who helped found the Stax Museum which was marking its 10th anniversary, talked about the origins of the institution, while Tim Sampson, the communications director for the museum and Stax Academy, shared some insight to the success the charter school and academy have attained. <\/p>\n Hour 1: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52379 <\/a><\/p>\n Hour 2: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52380 <\/a><\/p>\n Hour 3: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52381<\/a><\/p>\n Hour 4: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52382<\/a><\/p>\n Hour 5: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52383<\/a><\/p>\n Hour 6: http:\/\/rel5.wrtc.streamrewind.com\/bookmarks\/listen\/52384<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tom Shaker & Chris Cowles outside the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tenn. Tom Shaker and Chris Cowles, joined by Deljuan \u201cDel\u201d Calvin and Harold \u201cScotty\u201d Scott of the Temprees who released 12 singles on the Stax … Continue reading
\n6-hour program from the Stax Museum now archived
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\nOn April 27, WRTC-FM broadcast live from Memphis, Tenn., where Greasy Tracks host Chris Cowles was joined by Tom Shaker for a six-hour feature at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.<\/p>\n