In the 1960's, WLAC DJ, 'Hoss' Allen hosted a television show called The !!!! Beat shot in Dallas, Texas. He featured all the top RnB and Soul artists of the day, including 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 Simon, Mitty Collier, Jamo Thomas, ZZ Hill, Lou Rawls, Bobby Hebb, Willie Mitchell, Don Bryant, Ovations, Bar-Kays, Percy Sledge, Garnett Mimms and Sam and Dave. There were 26 THE !!!! BEAT shows, and many of the performances were live in the studio with a backup band led by Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown. The good folks at Bear Family Records released every episode in the original master quality DVD format in 2005. Legend has it that Hoss was too drunk to host one night, so Otis Redding stepped up to the plate. Here is show # 26 from 1966.
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Hey, this page that sells the dvds says The !!!! Beat was filmed in Nashville.
DON'T CONFUSE ME PEOPLE
Posted by: Pat from Boring Maryland | July 02, 2008 at 02:13 PM
Pat,
It was aired in Nashville but filmed in Dallas which had color facilities. At that time, none of the Nashville stations had color capability.
Posted by: Debbie D | July 02, 2008 at 03:51 PM
i love the the garnet mimms song!!!
Posted by: julio | February 18, 2009 at 09:50 AM