That Driving Beat

Uwe and James play a few old favorites from their early days of DJing, talk about the frustrations of keeping vintage Vespas on the road, and put together another incredible 2 hours 1960s Mod soul Radio dance party! Originally broadcast March 3, 2024 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Tommy Tucker / High Heel Sneakers Bobby Williams / Keep On Loving Me Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do Sammy Ward /...

There's another fresh batch of old records at the Midnight Hour Sound System headquarters for another action-packed episode of That Driving Beat! Shake it to rare soul, rhythm & blues, and Mod tunes by The Fabulettes, Ray Pollard, Ruby Andrews, Dusty Springfield, Barbara Lynn, Arthur Alexander, Betty Everett, and even Dolly Parton!? Originally broadcast February 25, 2024 Willie Mitchell /...

The guys have been checking out some B-sides this week, finding a few treasures hidden on the flips of hit records they didn't know (or had forgotten) about. They've both still got some recent finds that hadn't got a spin on the show yet, and some forgotten favorites dug out of the far reaches of their record vaults. It's another 2 action-packed hours of 1960 (and quite a few 1950s) R&am...

We're celebrating 300 episodes over six years of That Driving Beat! We pull out some of our all-time favorites, and stuff we're into right now for this version of the radio dance party. We've got Northern Soul anthems, R&B shakers, popcorn movers, garage rockers, and Mod swingers from Maxine Brown, Shirley Ellis, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Nina Simone, Baby Washington, Jerry...

Here's another 1960s dance party with lots of exciting new finds, old favorites, a few records James is potentially ready to let go, plus a recording secretly by Motown stars, and a set of unexpected R&B from two country music superstars before they went fully country. We're still turning up great 1960s records we've never heard before, and bringing them to you! Originally broadcast Febru...

James has spent another week going through the unsorted boxes of records piling up in his collection and found some great overlooked tunes. Uwe hasn't had a chance to get out and dig for new finds lately, so he's been checking out his collection for forgotten favorites. Here's another two hour dance party of 1960s soul, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, pop, and a few outliers. ** WAR...

We've got new finds and old favorites on today's radio dance party! You'll hear rare upbeat 1960s soul belters, girl group pop, sophisticated big-city arrangements, gritty R&B, British Beat, garage rockers, psychedelic freakouts, and more! Originally broadcast January 21, 2024 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Otis Redding / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Gladys Knight & the Pips / Just...

James and Uwe have been out digging and dealing to find more rare 1960s records for their collections, and they're here to share! Along with the soul and R&B you expect from That Driving Beat, they've turned up some popcorn swingers, British beat, pop tunes, and weird sounds you may dig. Turn it up! Originally broadcast January 14, 2024 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat The Festiva...

After a hectic Holiday season messing with our schedules, James and Uwe are back together in the studio for the first episode of That Driving Beat in 2024! We've been out digging up new vintage 45 rpm vinyl treasures, and we're ready to play them directly at your faces! Two action-packed hours of upbeat soul, rhythm & blues, funk, popcorn, jazz, and more! Originally broadcast January...

James drags a few boxes of prime 1960s soul, R&B, Mod and garage 45s down to the studio and makes a two-hour radio dance party out of the contents. You'll hear dance floor fillers from Detroit, Memphis, Chicago, Louisville, Nashville, Cincinnati, Canada, Britain, and more! Originally broadcast December 31, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Otis Leavill / Charlotte (Yes I'm Gonna Mi...

This episode fell on Christmas Eve, so it's about 25% holiday songs from the likes of Carla Thomas, Otis Redding, James Brown, The Supremes and more. The rest is your usual favorite That Driving Beat radio dance party, good for all seasons! Originally broadcast December 24, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Carla Thomas / Gee Whiz, It's Christmas Major Lance / Rhythm Bobby McClure / Pe...

The guys had a busy weekend, so they both just brought their boxes they had together for their last DJ night out in the real world. There are some really top-notch 1960s party music records in those boxes! Two more hours of top soul, R&B, British beat, and more classic dance tunes with That Driving Beat! Originally broadcast December 10, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Jacki...

We spin some 60s psychedelic rock on the show today along with Northern Soul, R&B, Motown, Mod and other tunes for your 1960s radio vinyl dance party. James shares a recent estate sale score than knocked a big record off his want list, and Uwe plays some new finds and favorites, including a favorite cover of a hit Rolling Stones song and a treasured Major Lance disc. Originally broadcast...

Uwe and James both spin a whole show of just recent finds on their recent road trip to Nashville. We had some great luck hunting in the record stores, flea markets, antique malls, and anywhere else we thought might be hiding interesting old 45s. It's a random mix of late 1950s through early 1970s rhythm & blues, northern soul, girl groups, jump blues, funk, pop, surf, budget-label so...

James and Uwe just got back to the studio from a Soul Road Trip. This time, they dug records all the way down to Nashville, TN and back, and Uwe brought his fresh finds to the studio to try them out. James will give his a wash, figure out what he's got, and play them at you on the next episode. Strap on your dancing shoes for another 2 packed hours of Soul, R&B, and Mod 1960s vi...

This episode is packed full of 1960s Rhythm & Blues, plus plenty of soul dancers, mod movers, and more! James dug up a test pressing with nothing written on the label, and it turns out it's rare soul from east Texas! Hear that and plenty more on this episode of That Driving Beat! Originally broadcast November 12, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Fontella Bass / I Can't Rest C...

Two more hours of hip-shaking, foot-stomping, floor-filling soul and R&B from the 1960s! We play one genre-bending cover of a tune from a West End musical that barely escaped the vaults, recorded in 1967 and only getting its vinyl release in 2017! Originally broadcast November 5, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat The Holidays / I Keep Holding On The Hearts / Don't Let Me Down Glori...

Uwe and James bring stacks of Mod and Northern Soul 45 rpm favorites for today's 1960s all-vinyl dance party. Enjoy tunes from Nella Dodds, Little Milton, Darrell Banks, Irma Thomas, Pat Lewis, Chuck Jackson, Etta James, and hear the story of us playing a highly in-demand Northern Soul classic by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes at a soul club night and clearing the dance floor! Originally broadca...

It's two more hours of rare soul and R&B dancers on original vinyl singles from the 1960s! We play (probably) Uwe's favorite version of "Harlem Shuffle", a soul group we know next to nothing about on a small label from Des Moines, Iowa, and a great Mod instrumental shaker record with several lies on the label. We've got a song that will make you hungry, one with some R&B nonsense...

James fills in for one of his favorite WXOX shows: POWER TRASH. Don't worry if that doesn't mean anything to you, this is one tight hour of garage rock, British Beat, 60s pop, etc. Rare local presses, major hit acts, B-sides, and missed opportunities, all on 45 rpm vinyl, of course. Originally broadcast October 18, 2023 The Masque / Black is Black The Last Word / Can't Stop Loving You Th...

James is steering the ship solo today, and he mixes some popcorn and midtempo stuff into the driving beat soul. He also plays a few local tunes, including one by Sonny Fisher (aka Fishback), one produced in Nashville by a renowned country music producer, and one he had to buy a copy from England to bring back home to Louisville. Originally broadcast October 15, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Dri...

James has been out on the high seas and picked up a stack of old soul records in Maine, of all places! He spins them for the first time fresh out of the brown paper bag from the record store. Uwe brought some favorites out of his play box from our Soul Strike dance party nights at Vernon Lanes here in Louisville. It's two more hours of (mostly) 1960s Mod dance party! Originally broa...

Another action-packed two hour rare soul vinyl dance party! Uwe is digging into some 1970s soul sounds he didn't always appreciate. They're not Too Funky anymore! The guys talk about how tastes migrate and evolve over years of record digging. Get your dancing (or record nerding) shoes on! Originally broadcast October 1, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Marvin Gaye / Can I Ge...

James runs the radio dance party solo this week, and plays a hot mix of Northern Soul, R&B, Motown, garage rock, and British Beat tunes, all with That Driving Beat. Originally broadcast September 25, 2023 Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me Four Tops / I'll Turn to Stone William Bell / Never Like This Before Bobby McClure / Peak of...

Two more action-packed hours of soul, R&B, and other 1960s dance tunes! You'll hear Gene Chandler, The Velvelettes, Lou Johnson, James Carr, J.J. Barnes, Tina Britt, Billy Stewart, Bobby Hebb, two by Chubby Checker, a silly thing about The Beatles, Northern Soul classics by The Valentines and Tony Clarke, plus one from somebody just called Tim? Originally broadcast September 17, 2023 Will...