The !!!! Beat

The !!!! Beat

"The !!!! Beat" was a television program which ran for 26 episodes in 1966. It was hosted by disk jockey Bill "Hoss" Allen and featured a house band led by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. As the show was to be filmed in color, A Dallas TV station, which had color facilities, recorded episodes of the program. At that time, none of the Nashville stations had color capability.

All 26 episodes of the show are currently available on DVD. Allen appeared as host on all but the last show. Reportedly, Allen was so distraught that the show had been cancelled, that he drank and was unable to host the final show. Fact|date=December 2007 An enthusiastic Otis Redding appeared in the finale.

Guests included a virtual who's who of R&B and Soul music in the 1960s: Otis Redding, Little Milton, Esther Phillips, Joe Tex, Etta James, Lattimore Brown, Rosco Shelton, Carla Thomas, Freddie King, Barbara Lynn, Johnny Taylor, Maurice & The Radiants, Louis Jordan, Mighty Hannibal, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, Robert Parker, Joe Simo, Mitty Collier, Jamo Thomas, Z. Z. Hill, Lou Rawls, Bobby Hebb, Willie Mitchell, Don Bryant, Ovations, Bar-Kays, Percy Sledge, Garnet Mimms, and Sam & Dave all appeared.

External Links

* [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/06/summer-sooooooo.html Summer Soulstice Time!] - blog post on WFMU's "Beware of the Blog" music blog
* [http://www.thevideobeat.com/store/rock-roll-tv/the-beat-vol-1-2.html Show listing] on DVD re-release


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