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Sam Cooke

After Midnight Magic: The Drift-Home Hour

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Hour Five is the long exhale at the end of the night. It’s the hour where the lights dim, the […]

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Big Mama Thorton

Electric Truths & West Coast Fire: Big Mama, Ray Agee, and the Late-Night Barroom Blues

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Hour Four jumps in with teeth showing—an hour built around the commanding voices and sharp-edged West Coast blues that defined […]

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