On today's Lucky Old Souls, Feldie digs deep into the blues and R&B canons in search of the roots of rap.  Don't expect a thorough historical analysis, but do expect some great tracks featuring the "rapping" of Cab Calloway, Bo Diddley, Big Maybelle, and many others.

Next week: Drummer Lucky Thompson (former Nina Simone sideman) joins Feldie in the studio.  Lucky is one of the featured artists at the next Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone show.

Full playlist here as it unfolds:

Aretha Franklin - Honest I Do (Spirit In The Dark)

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EARLY RAP:

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Irish Black Bottom (The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens)

Fats Waller - Lulu's Back In Town (The Very Best Of Fats Waller)

Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother For You (The Honey Dripper, v.1: 1934-1942)

Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues (The Complete Recordings)

Cab Calloway - The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing) (Are You Hep To The Jive?)

Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece (The Best Of Amos Milburn: Down The Road Apiece)

Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry (The Best Of Louis Jordan)

John Lee Hooker - Mad Man Blues (The Complete '50s Chess Recordings)

Willie Mabon - I'm Mad (1949-1954)

Ray Charles - It Should've Been Me (The Best Of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years)

Big Maybelle - Gabbon' Blues (The Complete Pkeh Sessions: 1952-1955)

Bo Diddley - Say Man (His Best)

Chuck Berry - No Money Down (Gold)

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Dexter Gordon - Settin' The Pace, Parts 1 & 2 (Dexter Rides Again)

Dexter Gordon - Backstairs (Homecoming: Live At The Village Vanguard)

Eric Dolphy - The Meeting (The Berlin Concerts)

Gloria Lynne - I Don't Know Why (Miss Gloria Lynne)

Jafar Barron - Jewels & Baby Yaz (The Free-Bop Movement)

Daniel Peterson - The Great Disappearing Act (5 Simple Worlds... And Ways Of Getting There)

Nina Simone - Twelfth Of Never (Folksy Nina)