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Top 10 Little Beaver Records

Posted at January 29, 2020 by Jacob Katel in Blog

10. Little Beaver – “Joey” 9. Little Beaver – “Concrete Jungle” 8. Little Beaver – “I Can Dig It Baby” 7. Little Beaver – “Blues For Mama” 6. Little Beaver – “Katie…

Top 10 Hip Hop Samples of Producer Steve Alaimo

Posted at March 6, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

10. Beyonce feat Jay Z – “Upgrade U” Sample of – Betty Wright – “Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do” 9. Cypress Hill – “Real Estate” Sample of All the People feat. Robert Moore – “Cramp Your…

These 10 Cat Records LP’s Will Soul Your Whole Existence

Posted at March 1, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

10. Little Beaver – Black Rhapsody 9. Gwen McCrae ‎– Gwen McCrae 8. George & Gwen McCrae ‎– Together 7. Raw Soul Express ‎– Raw Soul Express 6. Trama ‎–…

Willie Hale “Blues For Mama” – Dash Records (1974)

Posted at June 19, 2018 by Jacob Katel in Blog

Willie “Little Beaver” Hale’s First Miami Talent Show: “I Sang “Please, Please, Please,” by James Brown”

Posted at November 10, 2017 by Jacob Katel in Blog

“I started in Miami like this. A friend of mine took me to a talent show. Benny owned a barber shop and took me under his wing. I didn’t know nobody. My girlfriend took me by the barbershop to get…

Shout Out to Magic City Soul Club at Acme Lounge

Posted at March 13, 2017 by Jacob Katel in Blog

Charles Bradley is a bad motherfucker. So are Milton Wright and Willie Hale; that’s Betty’s brother, and Little Beaver. Hear them all and more on vinyl through big speakers at Acme Lounge for Magic City Soul Club’s Sunday jam there….

The T.K. Productions Family Lived an Epic That Shall Never Be Forgotten

Posted at June 7, 2016 by Jacob Katel in Blog

The above photo was taken behind the scenes of the documentary filming of the movie about Henry Stone’s life and work in the music business. That film is called Record Man and it won the Orlando International Film Festival. A…

Willie “Little Beaver” Hale Talks Jaco Pastorius, Bass Guitar, and George “Chocolate” Perry

Posted at April 12, 2016 by Jacob Katel in Blog

“I’ve been on a lot of sessions, man. Even ones you might not know about. I did the guitar part on Gwen McCrae’s “Rockin’ Chair.” And I wrote the bass line for Latimore’s “Let’s Straighten It Out.” Latimore has always…