King Biscuit Time

King Biscuit Time is an American radio show, which is sent from KFFA in Helena, Arkansas since 1941. She is one of the oldest radio broadcasts in the United States.

History

The station was founded in November 1941 offered bluesmen on a timeline when they allowed a sponsor. This was the sponsor Interstate Grocer Company, the King Biscuit Flour sales. So the show got its name. On November 21, 1941, the King Biscuit Time first went on the air. It was with these words: open "Pass the biscuits, cause its King Biscuit Time ". The first broadcast was from Sonny Boy Williamson II ( Rice Miller) and Robert Lockwood Jr. denied that formed the core of the studio band, the " King Biscuit Entertainers " was called. Around this core were grouped different musicians. Sonny Boy Williamson left the show in 1947, but returned in 1965 shortly before his death. Among the artists who belonged occurred over time in the show, among others, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers and Houston Stackhouse.

King Biscuit Time was about 15 000 times sent, surpassing other shows like the Grand Ole Opry and American Bandstand. Since 1951, the mission of "Sunshine" Sonny Payne is presented and to this day the shipment is popular with blues musicians. To hear them is at 12.15 clock time on any day of the week on KFFA. After the broadcast, the programs available on the Internet for download.

Influence

The broadcast can be heard throughout the Mississippi Delta and inspired great blues musicians like BB King, Robert Nighthawk, James Cotton and Ike Turner. Helena was by sending an important center of blues music. But the African-American music in general received an impetus through the show. 1947, the first black disc jockey was recorded in the south and WDIA in Memphis became the first station with a black workforce, including BB King. Meanwhile, the radio show has affected four generations of blues musicians and three generations of rock musicians from the Delta. Levon Helm, drummer for The Band, called the King Biscuit Time, especially the drummer James Peck Curtis, as a drive for his musical career.

Related Projects

An offshoot of the shipment is the King Biscuit Flower Hour show, a format for rock ' n' roll music. 1986 Festival was held the first King Biscuit Blues, which has since been renamed in Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, but today again bears its original name. Donald Wilcock is a magazine by that name, which brings interviews and biographies of important artists Blue.