“Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on the Sucarnochee Revue”

"Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on the Sucarnochee Revue"

Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham will be featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, The Sucarnochee Revue, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 at the University of West Alabama’s Bibb Graves Auditorium
Spooner Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as The Box Tops' "Cry Like a Baby", "I'm Your Puppet", "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up".
As an organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced it will induct Oldham as a sideman on April 4.
Now in its fifth year of production, The Sucarnochee Revue presents authentic music from the Black Belt region of Alabama,and Mississippi. The show not only preserves original music and the works by original artists, but also captures the evolution of that music and its current generation of performers.
"What surprises people about the show is the fantastic range of musical genres," producer and host Jacky Jack White said. "We have blues, jazz, Dixieland, gospel, bluegrass, classical, country and more. Historically, there is an incredible amount of talent in the area."
The February 20 show will feature gospel group The Sumter Harmony Boys; young country artist, Alex Goldman; Black Gospel greats, True Vine Fellowship singers; and Hank Adam Locklin, son of Opry star, Hank Locklin.
The Sucarnochee Revue regulars include Revue producer and host Jacky Jack White, J. Burton Fuller, Britt Gully, Track 45, and Mississippi Chris Sharp and the Jangalang String Band, and William Michael Morgan.
Teenager William Michael Morgan, recently signed a major management contract in Nashville with Tracy Byrd’s management team, Carter and Company.
General admission to The Sucarnochee Revue is $5. For more information, contact White at 205-652-6680.