That Driving Beat

James is back with more That Driving Beat! He got his founding co-host of the show moved down to Texas, and now it's a one-man radio dance party! If you know us, you know if we have to drive somewhere, we're going to find some records on the way, and that's exactly what we did! Everything you hear on this episode came from a Louisville to San Antonio road trip in a car already packed heavy with Uwe's treasured record...

It's Uwe's last week as a Louisvillian, so this is the last episode of That Driving Beat with two hosts. We play some favorite tunes, and reminisce about some of our favorite memories of record digging, radio broadcasting, and other musical adventures. Auf wiedersehen, Uwe!

-Originally broadcast August 10, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

The Tempos / (Countdown) ...

We're playing some of our favorite records that make us sentimental or nostalgic for earlier days in our record collecting lives, as we get closer to a big change at That Driving Beat as Uwe prepares to move to Texas. We've got treasured records from Sharon Jones, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Soul Inc., Henrietta And The Hairdooz, Marlena Shaw, Ray Pollard, Billy Stewart, Jackie Shane, Lou Johnson, Irma Thomas, Chuck Jack...

James and Uwe bring you two more hours of 1960s soul, R&B, and pop dancers on 45 rpm vinyl from the likes of Barbara Lewis, Tina Turner, Baby Washington, The Artistics, Alvin Cash, Gene Chandler, Otis Clay, and an rare pre-fame Tom Jones!

-Originally broadcast July 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Solomon

Bil...

There's big news in That Driving Beat world, as Uwe will soon be leaving Louisville for the next stage of his career, leaving the show down one host. Enjoy these last few episodes with both James and Uwe sharing their records for the radio dance party. Uwe has found some records he hasn't seen in a long time as he's sorting and moving his collection, and James has, or course, done a little record digging out in the wilds ...

The guys are back with 2 more hours of prime classic soul, R&B, funk, rock, pop, and other mostly 1960s movers, shakers, and shuffles, all on original 45 rpm vinyl. Today's artists you might not expect to hear on That Driving Beat: Meat Loaf and Tennessee Ernie Ford!

-Originally broadcast July 13, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discot...

James went and sweated in a barn full of stuff hoping to turn up some amazing rare record finds... and didn't have much luck! Oh well, there were a few worthwhile things there, and you'll never find the grails if you don't get out there and dig for them! You'll hear some rare R&B shakers, popcorn steppers, Northern-Soul-starter-kit staples, a comparison between two versions of "I Keep Forgettin", and a set of heavy, h...

Uwe is back in the studio with James this week after a few weeks away, and he hit up a flea market as soon as he got back in town to dig up some fresh old vinyl sounds! You'll hear the original recorded version of R&B standard Got My Mojo Workin', some early Supremes, a cheap but perfect Chuck Jackson Northern Soul tune, a Nolan Porter favorite, and garage rockers by the Troggs, The Trolls, The Haunted, The Wild Ones, The ...

That Driving Beat has two more hours of mostly 1960s dance music on original 45 rpm vinyl. Soul, R&B, garage rock, Beat and more!

-Originally broadcast June 15, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Johnny Jones & The King Casuals / Soul Poppin'

Otis Clay / Show Place

Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You

Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm

Tom Jones / Nothing But Fine

The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back

The D...

James is running the show solo today, and he's got a box full of mid-tempo steppers, floaters, beat ballads, finger snappers, mellow grooves, and soulful tearjerkers. The Beat may not be as Driving as usual, but you'll still want to get out on the dance floor. You'll hear tunes from Arthur Alexander, Dee Dee Warwick, Jimmy Hughes, Irma Thomas, Chris Clark, James Carr, Jimmy Radcliffe, Barbara Mason, and more!

-Origi...

That Driving Beat this week brings you two similar-sounding midtempo Northern steppers about urban life in the ever-changing, anonymous concrete city. One is a sought-after valuable rarity in the scene, while the other hasn't found much love even with its more uplifting message. We love them both! We also spin some classics that the discerning rare soul scenesters might say they're sick of hearing, at least one big chart ...

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party. We've got soul, R&B, psych and garage rock, girl groups, funk, Motown, pop, 1960s covers of 1950s rock and roll classics, a soul murder ballad written by a top country songwriter, a couple of tunes that sat in the vaults for years before they got released, and more! They've all got That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast May 25, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Dri...

James pulled a lot of 1960s garage rock, beat, and other rockers in recent digging, and Uwe has dug into his collection for some forgotten favorites. You'll hear a one of many great records on a cartoon record label, Jackie Wilson singing about the New Breed, a rarity from Columbus, Ohio's Capsoul label, a Mardi Gras staple, and a record we considered one of our first "rare" soul finds before years of collecting redefined what...

James spins a few records he dug on a quick trip to New Orleans this week, and Uwe has dug through his collection for some forgotten treasures. You'll hear Northern Soul, R&B, Louisiana artists, some Latin dancers, garage rockers, and other 1960s movers & shakers!

-Originally broadcast May 11, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Skip Easterling / Keep The Fire Burning

The Adorables / Be

Johnny Adams / Wh...

That Driving Beat is back with an action-packed show full of 1960s dance floor movers. We've got soul, rhythm & blues, pop, rock and more by Donald Height, Carl Carlton, Betty Wright, Gene Chandler, Swamp Dogg, Irma Thomas, and even one of the few tunes by Paul Anka that we've determined meets the requirements of That Driving Beat.

-Originally broadcast May 4, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The O'Jay'...

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party, with tunes from Bob & Earl, Chuck Jackson, Betty Everett, Baby Washington, Eddie Holland, a big score from the Valentinos, a funky cover of a Johnny Cash signature tune, and more, all on 45 rpm vinyl!

-Originally broadcast April 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bob & Earl / Dancin' Everywhere

Baby Washington / You Never Could Be Mine

Etta James / Tighten Up You...

James ran this show solo, and played from the big stack of records he dug up on a 4-state midwestern road trip. We've got tunes from Nancy Wilson, Bobby Rush, Bobby Bland, Barbara Lynn, some mid-1950s King Records R&B, two versions of Turn on Your Love Light that sound nothing alike, and many more vintage soul, R&B, funk, and jazz movers!

-Originally broadcast April 20, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving ...

It's a crossover episode with another WXOX Art FM Louisville show today: Joey Mudd, the host of The Deep End, is with us to celebrate vinyl records, Vinylthon, and local records with That Driving Beat! You'll hear Louisville area and Kentucky artists doing Northern Soul, R&B, garage rock, a little bit of country go-go, and more! This was our special episode during WXOX's celebration of Vinylthon, an international cele...