Posted: June 25th, 2010 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Doo Wop, Jazz, Pop, Rock n' Roll | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll | 11 Comments »
Friday Night Cat Fight Show
“Java”
The Cat Fight puts 3 versions of the instrumental “Java,” by 3 different cats from Louisiana up against each other this week. All 3 versions appeared on RCA Victor. Allen Toussaint, who originally recorded for RCA under the name “Tousan,” wrote the tune and recorded the first version. Then, piano master Floyd Cramer took it to the charts in 1963. But “Java” didn’t really heat up until Al Hirt hit #4 with it back in 1964. Listen to all 3 and vote for the one that moves you the most!
Plus, I’ll feature a terrible cover of the Buchanan & Goodman classic, “The Flying Saucer” as well as a groovy tune that got a lot of inspiration from Santo & Johnny. All this and more on this week’s Friday Night Cat Fight Show!
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Posted: June 18th, 2010 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Pop, Rock n' Roll | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll | 9 Comments »
Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Show
“(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”
This week’s Cat Fight tackles one of the sweetest love songs of all-time, William “Pat” Best’s “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons.” He wrote it as a poem to a girl when he was just a kid and then it became an enormous hit for Nat King Cole in 1946. This week, I feature 15 different versions of this classic tune, but only 9 of them are in competition for the Cat Fight. Listen to the show and then vote for the version you truly dig the most.
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Posted: June 11th, 2010 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock n' Roll, rockabilly | Tags: Frankie & Johnny, Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast | 14 Comments »
The History Of
“Frankie & Johnny”
This week, The Friday Night Cat Fight tackles one of the greatest folk tunes of all-time, “Frankie & Johnny.” We trace the history of the tune back to the Nineteenth Century and play 15 different versions of the song. Only 6 versions are in competition in the Cat Fight this week, though. The classic blues rendition of the tune by Mississippi John Hurt leads us off, then we jump to Johnny Cash’s telling of tale as “Frankie’s Man, Johnny” from 1959. From there, Brook Benton and Sam Cooke give the tune a soul twist from the early ’60s. Versions by the Greenwood Country singers and Elvis round out the competition.
The rest of the show is filled out with various blues, country, big band and rockabilly versions of “Frankie & Johnny” that it’ll make any man think twice before doing his woman wrong.
So listen, dig and VOTE for your favorite version of “Frankie & Johnny” on the Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Podcast with Matt The Cat.
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