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The Current Presents - The life and times of Mickey Murray

Posted at 8:35 PM on January 13, 2012 by Bill DeVille (1 Comments)
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Mickey Murray was a soul singer from the music hotbed of Augusta, Georgia, the same neck of the woods that brought us James Brown, Otis Redding, Sharon Jones and Little Richard. Murray is perhaps best know for his million selling single, "Shout Bamalama," which was first recorded by Otis Redding.

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Join us Sunday night at 9 for The Current Presents. I had a little chat with Mickey Murray. He still lives in Augusta & drove to Athens, Georgia to record our session at WUGA Radio. His story is way too familiar. He made hit records, and wasn't paid. The music business wasn't very good to him, but he isn't bitter.

The local label, Secret Stash Records, is about to release his long out of print album People Are Together album. Murray will be in the Twin Cities to perform next Saturday, January 21st at the Cedar Cultural Center. Jim McGuinn & I & Hipshaker DJs Brian Engel & Greg Waletski will be spinning tunes before the show.

There is also plenty of music on this week's show, including several tracks from his upcoming reissue. It's The Current Presents: Mickey Murray this Sunday at 9.

Comments (1)

This was a fantastic program. More of this, please.

Posted by whb | January 16, 2012 10:45 AM

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