Fingers Like Saturn – 10 years in the making – Finally released - a podcast by Richard and Tobin: Self confessed music addicts
from 2019-03-02T23:00:26
Would you please help us improve the show by voting for your favourite track from this episode?Candy's DeadThe Frog PrincessGod Knows I've TriedMary You Were WrongLaundry RoomI KnowGlam LiesVote now! Firstly Fingers Like Saturn are our point of interest in this show. It is a remarkable story. Rob and Dennis (Black and Wyatt Records) have played a massive part in this. We are delighted to be intertwined in this story from afar. Besides Fingers Like Saturn, Tobin brings us The Frog Princess, a cautionary tale by The Divine Comedy. Secondly, later on in the show we introduce Sammy Brue and his wonderfully rich voice. Further to that, we have a video from his recent gig in London where he and his guitarist KJ Ward were supporting Caamp. The impromptu trio of Sammy Brue, Taylor Meier and Matt Vinson covered The Avett Brothers classic Laundry Room and the video of that performance is right here in the show notes. Consequently we spin the original on the show as well. Sign up for more from Record Box HQ Track Listing Candy's Dead Fingers Like SaturnThe Frog Princess The Divine ComedyGod Knows I've Tried Kelsey KarterMary You Were Wrong Mary LattimoreLaundry Room The Avett BrothersI Know Sammy BrueGlam Lies Fingers Like Saturn Fingers Like Saturn - 10 years in the making What Robert at Black and Wyatt Records has to say: Many Memphis rock musicians have great material in the can that has never been put on vinyl. Robert Wyatt - Black & Wyatt Records We are starting by producing 500 to 1000 records for each band. We are about to release a single what could be the earliest garage rock band record. In 1956 five high school kids who went into Sun Studio, two days after the million dollar quartet session, to record their original song Steady Girl. The 14 year old drummer, Joe Bauer, later became the drummer for the Youngbloods. The remarkable thing about Fingers Like Saturn is the cast of musicians in the group. Mike McCarthy, a well known Memphis filmmaker, has written all the songs on this LP. Mike grew up in rural northeast Mississippi in a town close to Tupelo and the songs reflect that heritage. Satnin is about Elvis' mother Gladys and his stillborn twin. Satnin is a Presley family term of endearment. It is what Elvis called Priscilla. The term is also used for others such as Gladys (and in the song Jesse). Cori Dials Mattice, the vocalist, starred in McCarthy's film, Cigarette Girl. Steve Selvidge, the drummer, has become one of the most highly regarded Memphis guitar players (Hold Steady). Jonathan Kirkscey, cello, recently put together the soundtrack for the documentary about Mr. Rogers. Our webpage should be updated soon with material on the Heathen's Steady Girl, but it does have stories, photos and links for Fingers Like Saturn - www.blackandwyattrecords.com. Memphis Flyer article: October 25th 2018 Why would two doctors want to start a record label?Chris McCoy Ask Dennis Black and Robert Wyatt of Black & Wyatt Records, and they'll tell you it's because they love Memphis music. Black is a pediatric gastroenterologist, and Wyatt is a pediatric nephrologist. They met through their work at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and bonded over their love of music, particularly Memphis rock-and-roll. Wyatt says even though he's lived and practiced medicine in Memphis since the 1980s, for many years he was unaware of the city's fertile underground music scene. "When I had a division to run, a research lab, and a family to raise, I missed out. My lab techs were going to the Antenna Club, but I never did." Robert Wyatt and Dennis Black of Black & Wyatt Records - friends of the show The Harbert Avenue Porch Show Black grew up in Covington and worked at the town's radio station, WKBL, in high school, then for Memphis State's WTGR. "Music has kind of been my hobby all along," he says. "Unfortunately, I can't really play.
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