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Billy Preston
Today’s Artist
Billy Preston 1946-2006 (60)
Will it go round in circles?
Will it fly high like a bird?
Billy Preston was the only musician the Beatles ever credited on a single. His organ on Let It Be turned a good song into church. He was a child prodigy who played with gospel legends before walking into rock history and making the keys sing like nobody else could. More on Billy Preston →
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Who Did It Better
play Let the Good Times Roll
Come on, baby, let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Ray Charles 1958
Ray Charles
B.B. King 1976
B.B. King

Let the Good Times Roll 0:30 is the simplest proposition there is. Be happy with me right now. Not complicated. Not conditional. Not deferred to some future date when conditions improve. Come on baby, let the good times roll.

The song does not argue or convince. It invites. The only requirement is showing up ready to receive what the moment offers. Joy is not earned through effort. It is accepted through presence.

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Today’s Record
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Album art
Otis Redding

A man watches ships roll in and out each day. He has nowhere left to go and nothing to prove. The whistled melody carries his loneliness across dark water. Time stretches on endlessly before him. Freedom tastes like salt air and deep regret together.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1972
Joe Tex
I Gotcha
I gotcha, uh-huh, huh
You thought I didn't see ya now, didn't ya, uh-huh, huh
Playful accusation catches someone red-handed. Hidden intentions get exposed. The mock gotcha carries knowing delight. Not anger but laughter at transparency. Someone thought they moved in secret. Exposing every hidden motive brings joy. A game of cat and mouse unfolds with swagger.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
John Lee Williamson (Sonny Boy Williamson I) -- was the first harmonica star in blues, inventing the amplified harp style that Little Walter, Rice Miller, and Mick Jagger all built their careers on. The river of blues harp starts with him, and every note that followed is a tributary.
Soul in the Movies
Platoon 1986
Platoon Oliver Stone set Platoon in the jungles of Vietnam and scored it with the music soldiers actually listened to. Smokey Robinson's 'The Tracks of My Tears' plays during a scene of forced levity before everything goes wrong -- boys playing cards, trying to pretend they're not terrified. The song is about hiding your pain in public. The tracks of my tears. The jungle saw them.
The Sunday Drop
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
Billy Preston
Today’s Artist
Billy Preston1946 – 2006
Will it go round in circles? Will it fly high like a bird?
Billy Preston was the only musician the Beatles ever credited on a single. His organ on Let It Be turned a good song into church. He was a child prodigy who played with gospel legends before walking into rock history and making the keys sing like nobody else could.
More on Billy Preston →
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Who Did It Better
play Let the Good Times Roll 1958
Come on, baby, let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Ray Charles B.B. King

Let the Good Times Roll 0:30 is the simplest proposition there is. Be happy with me right now. Not complicated. Not conditional. Not deferred to some future date when conditions improve. Come on baby, let the good times roll.

The song does not argue or convince. It invites. The only requirement is showing up ready to receive what the moment offers. Joy is not earned through effort. It is accepted through presence.

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Today’s Record
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 1968
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
A man watches ships roll in and out each day. He has nowhere left to go and nothing to prove. The whistled melody carries his loneliness across dark water. Time stretches on endlessly before him. Freedom tastes like salt air and deep regret together.
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Today’s Theme
Love Jones
Love Jones -- the playlist that knows love has competing stories to tell and refuses to pick one. Cu......
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Soul in the Movies
Platoon 1986
Oliver Stone set Platoon in the jungles of Vietnam and scored it with the music soldiers actually listened to. Smokey Robinson's 'The Tracks of My Tears' plays during a scene of forced levity before everything goes wrong -- boys playing cards, trying to pretend they're not terrified. The song is about hiding your pain in public. The tracks of my tears. The jungle saw them.
You’re Kidding, Right
John Lee Williamson (Sonny Boy Williamson I) -- was the first harmonica star in blues, inventing the amplified harp style that Little Walter, Rice Miller, and Mick Jagger all built their careers on. The river of blues harp starts with him, and every note that followed is a tributary.
Why We're Here
Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.
At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Take your shoes off. We got music on.
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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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