Episodes

  • Johnny Adams-Country Morning Dew 8:11:24 3.22 PM

    Johnny Adams-Country Morning Dew 8:11:24 3.22 PM
    Aug 11 2024
    Intro by: Gail Nobles
    Story by: Gail Nobles
    Photo: Masahiro Sumori - Own work
    Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 3.0

    Georgia Morning Dew is from the Heart & Soul is a compilation album by American blues musician Johnny Adams. Released in 1969 by SSS International, the record was produced by Shelby Singleton and contains much of Adams' 1960s output.

    Heart & Soul largely blends 1960s gospel, soul, pop, blues, country and funk. "Georgia Morning Dew" has been described as "bouncy country-funk" that provides a "giddy, melancholy counterpart to Adams' throaty proclamations."

    When I listen to Georgia Morningdew through the horns and screen instrument I hear country when Johnny Adams sings.

    Standing on this mountain
    Looking over LA
    At the break of day
    Takes my mind back to Georgia
    Many years ago
    When I was just a babe
    Papa'd plow up the fields
    And we'd walk behind


    When I hear Johnny sing about the mountain and plowing up the field, I know that's country with the tune and words to the song.

    I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening to the Country Soul Show.
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    2 mins
  • Nellie T. Travis 1:30:24 7.32 PM

    Nellie T. Travis 1:30:24 7.32 PM
    Jan 31 2024
    Photo: Bryan Thompson
    Usage: CC BY 2.0 DEED
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    Walking in the Rain in Memphis by Nellie Tiger Travis is categorized under the genre blues. It has some elements of country blues.

    Left my hometown Chicago
    Chasing my dream with you

    That's how the song starts out. It's a beautiful blues. Things start out great leaving the hometown Chicago, but after getting to Memphis, things began to change. Nellie Tiger Travis sings Walking in the Rain in Memphis.

    The single comes from her 2017 album Mr. Sexy Man. You might know Travis by her single If I Back It Up. She made other songs like Baby Mama Drama, and You Gonna Make Me Cheat from her 2021 album Wanna Be With You.

    If you haven't heard Nelly Tiger Travis and the single Walking In The Rain in Memphis, give it a listen. It's a beautiful song. It's a song you might wanna hear in some relaxation.

    I'm Gail Nobles. You're listening to the Country Blues Show.
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    2 mins
  • Taj Mahal-Corinna 9:18:23 8.17 PM

    Taj Mahal-Corinna 9:18:23 8.17 PM
    Sep 19 2023
    Music intro by: Gail Nobles
    Photo: Blues musician Taj Mahal at the Museumsquartier in Vienna (Jazz-Fest Wien)
    Usage: WIKIPEDIA CC BY-SA 3.0

    Taj Mahal is a blues musician and actor. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments, often incorporating elements of world music into his work.

    Taj Mahal has a single called Corinna. The song was written by the blues man and musicologist and released on his 1968 album Natch’l blues. The song sounds like a soul country blues and I love it. Corinna is a great song with great rhythm. Mahal has a great voice. I love the harmonica sound and all the instruments played in the song. It is a song well done. His song Corinna has a beautiful natural sound. I love Taj Mahal's sound.

    You’re listening to the Country Soul Show. I’m your host, Gail Nobles.
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    2 mins
  • Yola - I Don’t Want To Lie 3:27:23 12.26 PM

    Yola - I Don’t Want To Lie 3:27:23 12.26 PM
    Mar 27 2023
    Song: I Don't Wanna Lie
    Song by: Yola
    Photo credit: Roberta - https://www.flickr.com/photos/robbi61blue/49545055341/
    Usage: Wikipedia: CC BY 2.0

    Music Intro by: Gail Nobles
    Vocals by: Gail Nobles

    Today’s Topic: Yolanda
    Yolanda Carter is a singer writer and musician. She has a song titled, I Don’t Wanna Lie from her debut Studio Album Walk Through Fire (2019). It received critical acclaim and earned her four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist.

    Hello, I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to the Country Soul Show. Yola is a very talented musician & singer. Her follow-up, Stand for Myself (2021), received similar acclaim and earned her two more Grammy nominations.

    Yola made her acting debut in 2022, portraying "godmother of rock n roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrman’s biopic Elvis.

    I love Yola’s song I Don’t Want To Lie. (Singing)
    So if you haven’t heard Yola Carter, check her out today. She’s a great singer singing great songs.
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    2 mins
  • The War & Treaty 1:19:23 6.36 PM

    The War & Treaty 1:19:23 6.36 PM
    Jan 20 2023
    Soul Keys Transformation Piano - Samplefocus.com
    Keyboardist: Acoustic Guitar with Delta Blues Solo loop by Gail Nobles
    Podcast jingle "War & Treaty" written by: Gail Nobles
    Vocals by: Gail Nobles

    Song: Are You Ready To Love Me
    Song by: War & Treaty
    Photo credit: Kennedykg - Own work
    Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

    Hello, I’m Gail Nobles on the Country Soul Show, and today I want to talk about a husband and wife duo of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter. They call themselves The War & Treaty. During an argument Tanya yells out “This isn’t war Michael, so let’s come to some sort of treaty here.

    (Singing War & Treaty)

    Tanya & Michael’s genres are Rock, Soul, Americana, Country, Folk, & Blues. You’ve got to hear their songs. They have songs such as: “That’s How Love Is Made”, “Blank Page”, “Dumb Luck”, & “Are You Ready To Love Me”.

    “Hold me, baby, hold me close. Cheek-to-cheek and nose-to-nose yea. Kiss me darlin’, Kiss me right If you do it good, we be kissing’ all night Are you ready to love me baby..”

    War and Treaty! They are the bomb. They really put their hearts into their singing. The duo was formed in 2014. In 2016, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount released the duet album Love Affair as Trotter & Blount. They changed their name to War and Treaty in 2017.


    In 2018, Rolling Stone reported The War and Treaty’s debut album Healing Tide.
    In 2020, The War and Treaty released their sophomore studio album, Hearts Town, on Rounder Records.
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    3 mins
  • Ann Peebles- (You Keep Me) Hanging On 1:9:23 9.54 PM

    Ann Peebles- (You Keep Me) Hanging On 1:9:23 9.54 PM
    Jan 10 2023
    Song: (You Keep Me) Hanging On
    Song by: Ann Peebles
    Photo credit: Lindsey T from Memphis, Tennessee, USA - ann peebles
    Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0

    Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
    Vocals: Gail Nobles

    You Keep Me) Hanging On Is a song by the Gosdin Brothers, released in Aug. 1967. It has been recorded by numerous artist, including Joe Simon, Cher, Cliff Richard, and Ann Peebles.
    Ann Peebles gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s for Hi Records. Two of her most popular songs are "I Can't Stand the Rain", which she wrote with her husband Don Bryant and radio broadcaster Bernie Miller, and "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down". In 2014, Ann Peebles was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

    I love her version of the song, ( You Keep Me) Hanging On.

    “It's true you got me wrapped around you finger Seems to me like that's where I belong You know you know how to hold me You know how to thrill me And you know how to control me, makin' me like it Just enough to keep me hangin' on”

    I’m Gail Nobles, & you’re listening to the Country Soul show.
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    2 mins
  • Donna Summer - Starting Over Again 10:1:222 3.20 PM

    Donna Summer - Starting Over Again 10:1:222 3.20 PM
    Oct 1 2022
    Song: Starting Over Again
    Song written by: Donna Summer
    Photo credit: Harrywad derivative work
    Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0

    Hi, I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to the Country Soul Show. Today’s topic: Donna Summer - Starting Over Again. A song that was written for Dolly Parton. The song goes like this …(Singing)

    Starting Over Again written by Donna Summer. It was performed by Dolly Parton and released in March 1980 as the first single from Dolly Parton’s album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. Starting Over Again made the U.S. pop top forty, peaking at #36, and reached number 1 on the U.S. Country charts on May 24, 1980.

    Donna Summer also performed it live numerous times on television specials during the 1980’s, including her own program, The Donna Summer Show.

    The song is about a couple separating after 30 years of marriage. I love the lines in the first verse.

    And all the kings horses
    And all the kings men
    Could never put mommy and daddy back together again.

    The song was based upon the divorce of Donna Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano’s parents.

    I’m Gail Nobles and you’re listening to The Country Soul Show.
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    3 mins
  • Donna Summer - Celebrate Me Home 7:21:22 8.05 PM

    Donna Summer - Celebrate Me Home 7:21:22 8.05 PM
    Jul 22 2022
    Vocal intro by: Gail Nobles
    Song: Celebrate Me Home
    Song by: Bob James & Kenny Loggins

    Celebrate Me Home is a song written by Bob James and Kenny Loggins, and recorded by Loggins as the title track of his 1977 debut solo album Celebrate Me Home.

    Donna Summer song Celebrate Me Home live in Japan 1987 with her two sisters if I’m not mistaken. They were a great trio singing together with great harmony. Mary Gaines Bernard and Dara Bernard. Donna Summer made me think about heaven singing the song, Celebrate Me Home.

    The song’s genre is considered country & R&B/Soul. It’s a family song to me, and it can help you feel better about a loved one who has gone away from this world.

    I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to The Country Soul Show.
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    2 mins