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Reading Rock: Lost Highway (5), Rufus Thomas

Jan 22, 2009, 8:16pm She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight...
Reading Rock: Lost Highway (5), Rufus Thomas Why was Rufus Thomas obsessed with animals? I have looked and looked, and I come to you today with no answers, only questions. And that's the thing about Rufus. Born in 1917 but not famous outside Memphis until the early 1960s, and a major factor in the early successes on Sun and Stax Records, two of the most influential labels in American history, Rufus Thomas bridged two eras in popular music, but never truly became a star in either. The first of the two "Honky Tonk Heroes" in Guralnick's book to have worked exclusively outside the [...]
Artist:B.B. King
Title:3 O'Clock Blues
Link Text:B.B. King - 3 o'Clock Blues
File Name:09 3 O'Clock Blues.mp3
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Year:2004
Artist:Big Mama Thornton
Title:Hound Dog
Link Text:Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
File Name:01 Hound Dog.mp3
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Year:1990
Artist:Carla & Rufus
Title:'Cause I Love You
Link Text:Rufus and Charla Thomas - Cause I Love You
File Name:02 - Carla & Rufus - 'Cause I Love You.mp3
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Year:1991
Artist:Carla Thomas
Title:Gee Whiz
Link Text:Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz
File Name:25 Gee Whiz.mp3
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Year:1991
Artist:Rufus Thomas
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - The Dog
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Artist:Rufus Thomas
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog
File Name:07. walking the dog.mp3
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Artist:Rufus Thomas
Title:Do The Funky Penguin, Pt. 1
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Penguin
File Name:rufus thomas - do the funky penguin, pt. 1.mp3
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Year:1971
Artist:Rufus Thomas Jr.
Title:Bear Cat
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
File Name:20 - Rufus Thomas Jr. - Bear Cat.mp3
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Artist:The Complete Stax-Volt Singles
Title:Rufus Thomas - (Do the) Push and Pull (Part 1)
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - Push and Pull
File Name:20 - Rufus Thomas - (Do the) Push and Pull (Part 1).mp3
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Year:1993
Artist:The Complete Stax-Volt Singles
Title:Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken
Link Text:Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken
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Year:1993
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