Episode Four: 3/29/2009

Congratulations to Derek Washam ('10) on winning the free guest pass for Rites of Spring.

1. Stevie Wonder--"Sir Duke"
2. Ray Charles--"It Should've Been Me"
3. Ollie and the Nightingales--"I'll Be Your Anything"
4. Toussaint McCall--"Nothing Takes the Place of You"
5. Bobby 'Blue' Bland--"I'll Take Care of You"
6. Ray Charles--"It's Alright"
7. The Jackson 5--"Who's Lovin' You?"
8. Bobby 'Blue' Bland--"St. James Infirmary"
9. Ray Charles--"Ain't That Love?"
10. Stevie Wonder--"Fingertips, Part 2"
11. Howlin' Wolf--"Don't Laugh at Me"
12. Howlin' Wolf--"Forty Four"
13. Stevie Wonder--"Higher Ground"
14. Etta James--"I'd Rather Go Blind"
15. Bobby 'Blue' Bland--"Poverty"

Episode Three: 3/8/2009

Spring is here. Time for your heart to blossom after an unusually long winter.

1. Fats Waller--"There's Honey on the Moon Tonight"
2. Solomon Burke--"Cry to Me"
3. Ray Charles--"You Are My Sunshine"
4. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons--"Oh What a Night"
5. Etta James--"Son of a Preacher Man"
6. Little Willie John--"Fever"
7. Otis Redding--"Cigarettes and Coffee"
8. Ray Charles--"Georgia on My Mind"
9. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons--"Sherry"
10. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons--"16 Candles"
11. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons--"Earth Angel"
12. Wilson Pickett--"I'm Not Tired"
13. Otis Redding--"These Arms of Mine"
14. Ben E. King--"Stand by Me"
15. Solomon Burke--"Beautiful Brown Eyes"
16. Champion Jack Dupree--"In the Evenin"

Episode Two: 2/22/2009

Check out more New Orleans piano on NPR.

1. Professor Longhair--"Go to the Mardi Gras"
2. James Booker--"Big Nick"
3. Fats Waller--"There's Honey on the Moon Tonight"
4. Clifton Chenier--"Rosa Lee"
5. Lee Dorsey--"Holy Cow"
6. Tuts Washington--"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"
7. Jelly Roll Morton--"Steamboat Stomp"
8. Fats Waller--"Hold Tight (I Want Some Seafood Mama)"
9. Smiley Lewis--"I Hear You Knocking"
10. Fats Waller--"Honeysuckle Rose"
11. Fats Domino--"Blueberry Hill"
12. Fats Domino--"Jambalya (On the Bayou)"
13. Professor Longhair--"Tipitina"
14. Buckwheat Zydeco--"Don't Mess with My TOOT TOOT"
15. Allen Toussaint--"Yes We Can Can"
16. Allen Toussaint--"Brickyard Blues"
17. Fats Domino--"I'm Ready"
18. Magnificent Seventh's Brass Band--"When the Saints Go Marching In"

Episode One: 2/15/2009

1. Ray Charles--"What Would I Do Without You?"

2. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles--"I Second That Emotion"

3. Ann Peebles--"I Can't Stand the Rain"

4. B.B. King--"Don't Answer the Door"

5. Sam and Dave--"Hold On I'm Comin'"

6. Otis Redding--"Hard to Handle"

7. Otis Redding--"That's How Strong My Love Is"

8. Sam Cooke--"A Change is Gonna Come"

9. Fats Domino--"Let the Four Winds Blow"

10. Jean Knight--"Mr. Big Stuff"

11. Arthur Conley--"Sweet Soul Music"

12. Ike Turner--"Rocket 88"

13. Ray Charles--"I Got A Woman"

14. Champion Jack Dupree--"In the Evenin'"

Genius After Hours:

Welcome, little tinies.

Genius After Hours is a weekly radio program on Rhodes Radio, the radio station of Rhodes College in midtown Memphis, TN. The show features an hour of soul, blues, jazz, and R&B every Sunday evening from 7-8 PM (CST).

Tune in at 92.1 FM (Midtown) or stream it online at www.rhodesradio.org.

Weekly playlists featuring the music heard on the show will be posted here, as well as at our Facebook group page.

Questions? Comments? E-mail me at gosmj@rhodes.edu.

I hope your evenings are just terrific.