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Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top

Let It Roll

English - February 13, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 94 ratings
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Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the unlikely career path of Bettye LaVette from having a top 10 R&B hit at age 16 on Atlantic Records to recording with the Memphis Fliers and the Muscle Shoals Swampers before finally breaking through in the 21st Century.
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Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the unlikely career path of Bettye LaVette from having a top 10 R&B hit at age 16 on Atlantic Records to recording with the Memphis Fliers and the Muscle Shoals Swampers before finally breaking through in the 21st Century.

SAVE THE LET IT ROLL PODCAST

We're less than $600 from our goal to fund a year's worth of production on the Let It Roll podcast (that's 104 episodes)! The outpouring of support for the show has been really exciting to see. If you already gave, thanks so much! If you don't have the funds to give anything, no worries, enjoy the show.

Click here to support the show Here's the link if you need to cut and paste: https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-let-it-roll-podcast-alive

Buy the book and support the show.

Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter.

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Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.

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