Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters
Music:Music Interviews
PART 1
Co-hosts Scott B. Bomar and Paul Duncan chat about how they’re continuing to adapt their Songcraft recording sessions for the world of COVID-19 before getting into a discussion about whether they’d take a time machine to Abbey Road Studios in London, Stax Studios in Memphis, Motown in Detroit, or FAME in Muscle Shoals
PART 2 - 12:35 mark
The in-depth interview with David Porter: Named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time,” Porter is best known for his songwriting partnership with Isaac Hayes that helped define the sound of Memphis’s legendary Stax Records. As the first African American staff songwriter at Stax, Porter, along with his partner, wrote and produced songs such as “B-A-B-Y” for Carla Thomas, “Your Good Thing (Is About to End)”—an R&B hit for Mable John that later became a pop and R&B smash for Lou Rawls, and his own recording of “Can’t See You When I Want To.” Hayes and Porter are best known, however, for their work with Sam & Dave, including such classic hits as “You Don’t Know Like I Know,” “You Got Me Hummin’,” “Hold On! I’m Comin’” (which later became a country hit for Waylon Jennings and Jerry Reed), “Soul Man” (which became a hit a second time thanks to the Blues Brothers), “I Thank You” (which was later covered by ZZ Top), and “When Something is Wrong with My Baby” (which was reimagined as a memorable duet between Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, a country hit for Sonny James, and an adult contemporary hit for Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville). The list of artists who’ve covered Porter’s songs includes Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, William Bell, Melissa Ethridge, Bonnie Raitt, Garth Brooks, Etta James, Celine Dion, Wilson Pickett, George Benson, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Staple Singers, Solomon Burke, James Brown, Eric Clapton, B. B. King, Tina Turner, Jackie Wilson, and more. His songs have been used as samples in countless recordings by artists such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I.G., Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, and others. A highly celebrated giant among celebrated songwriters, Porter was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
Ep. 231 - JUDAH AKERS of Judah & the Lion ("Take it All Back")
Ep. 230 - CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON ("The Day I Die")
Ep. 229 - DREW HOLCOMB ("American Beauty")
Ep. 228 - NICKEL CREEK ("Celebrants")
Ep. 227 - ALAN BERGMAN ("The Way We Were")
Ep. 226 - NORAH JONES ("Come Away with Me") + profile on Tish Melton
Ep. 225 - CHARLIE STARR of Blackberry Smoke ("Dig a Hole")
Ep. 224 - BOBBY RUSH ("Chicken Heads")
Ep. 223 - DUFF McKAGAN of Guns N' Roses ("Civil War")
Ep. 222 - AUDLEY FREED ("Peace Pipe")
Ep. 221 - JD SOUTHER ("The Best of My Love")
Ep. 220 - STAX CHRISTMAS with Deanie Parker, William Bell, and Carla Thomas
Ep. 219 - PETER CASE ("A Million Miles Away")
Ep. 218 - GAVIN ROSSDALE of Bush ("Glycerine")
Ep. 217 - DAVE BARNES ("God Gave Me You")
Ep. 216 - NATALIE MERCHANT ("Kind & Generous")
Ep. 215 - JOSH RITTER ("Getting Ready to Get Down")
Ep. 214 - PAUL STANLEY of KISS ("Rock and Roll All Nite")
Ep. 213 - DEANIE PARKER ("Ain't That a Lot of Love")
Ep. 212 - ZACH WILLIAMS of The Lone Bellow
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