Posted: May 29th, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Doo Wop, Pop, R&B, Rock n' Roll, rockabilly | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll, Summer Music, Summertime Blues, Surf Music | 8 Comments »
All Summer Long…
SUMMER SONGS
Part 2
The Friday Night Cat Fight keeps those summer vibes coming with part 2 of my 3 part series on the summer theme. This week, we hear The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, The Four Buddies and Jonathan Richman just to name a few.
Listen to all three definitive versions of the classic “Summertime Blues” and vote for the one you just can’t start your summer without.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Doo Wop, Pop, R&B, Rock n' Roll, rockabilly | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll, Summer Songs, Summertime, Surf Music | 11 Comments »
Here Comes Summer…
SUMMER SONGS
Part 1
Memorial Day Weekend starts off right as we begin our first part on the “summer song” theme. Other than Christmas, no other part of the year is better represented in song than summertime. You’ll hear a great variety of artists and styles this week including Sam Cooke, The Danleers, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and Roy Orbison.
Listen to the show and vote for your all-time favorite version of the Gershwin classic, “Summertime” and don’t miss part 2, coming next week.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend and don’t forget the charcoal!
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Posted: April 17th, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: R&B, Rock n' Roll | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Led Zeppelin, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll, Whole Lotta Love | 10 Comments »
“Whole Lotta Love”
The Evolution
It’s no surprise that Led Zeppelin found a lot of inspiration in American blues. This week’s Friday Night Cat Fight traces the history and evolution of one of Led Zep’s biggest hits, “Whole Lotta Love” back to its roots in Muddy Waters. Sure, Willie Dixon wrote the lyrics, but could Robert Plant have sung it the way he did without the vocal inspiration of Steve Marriott and The Small Faces? These three versions compete this week, so listen to the podcast and vote below on the one you DIG THE MOST! The show is rounded off with an instrumental from King Curtis, a funked up version by Tina Turner and even a doo wop rendition of this rock n’ roll milestone.
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Posted: April 4th, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Doo Wop, Pop, R&B, Rock n' Roll, rockabilly | Tags: Baseball, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball, Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Podcast, Rock & Roll | 9 Comments »
The
Annual
Baseball Show
This year, the Annual Baseball Show makes its debut as a 2 hour podcast. I’ve been putting together a yearly baseball radio show since April of 1993 and the tradition continues.
Over this podcast you’ll hear the greatest baseball songs ever recorded highlighting the game’s top players and teams. My team vignettes include The Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, St. Louis Browns and more. The show also features some of the great historical baseball moments of the past 100 years.
Then, near the end of the program, I’ll ask you to vote for your favorite version of “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball.” Dig the show and then vote below.
May your team go all the way this year!
Play Ball!
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Posted: March 7th, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: Pop, R&B, Rock n' Roll | 9 Comments »
Donnie Owens vs. Johnny Jack
This week’s Friday Night Cat Fight is a battle between 2 very capable ballad singers, Donnie Owens and Johnny Jack. Donnie cut the song in mid 1958 and it hit #25 on the pop charts. In 1962, Johnny Jack recorded a version of the same song and it was a big hit in the Pittsburgh area, but not nationally. Listen to both versions of the song, which are found near the end of the Cat Fight Podcast and decide which version you like better. Voice your choice by voting below.
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Posted: February 28th, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: R&B | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, Open The Door, Podcast, Richard, Rock & Roll | 7 Comments »
Richard, Why Don’t Chu Open That Door?
This week, we have our first FOUR-WAY Friday Night Cat Fight. All four versions of the classic “Open The Door, Richard” made it to #2 on Billboard’s R&B Chart in the first part of 1947. Listen to the Cat Fight Podcast and all four versions of this song in their entirety before you make your choice and vote below.
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Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Author: Matt The Cat | Filed under: R&B | Tags: Friday Night Cat Fight, Matt The Cat, New Orleans R&B, Podcast, rhythm & blues, Rock & Roll | 20 Comments »
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
This week’s Friday Night Cat Fight takes us down to The Big Easy for a New Orleans themed Cat Fight Show. The battle royale this week is between two natives of New Orleans doing slightly different versions of the same song. We begin with “Jock-A-Mo” from Sugar Boy Crawford & His Cane Cutters from 1953. It’s up against The Dixie Cups classic top 20 hit from 1965, “Iko Iko”. Only you can decide who will take the Mardi Gras Friday Night Cat Fight. Grab a hurricane and dig, baby, dig. Where ya at?
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