Today's topic Katie Webster. Katie Webster has a single from her nineteen eighty nine
album Katie Webster Two Fisted Mama. The single is entitled stood Up Again.
The lyrics tell the story of someone who has been let down and disappointed in
relationship. Katie gets stood up, but in the end her man gets stood
up, she repays him. Katie Webster was a boogie woogie pianist. Her
genres are boogie woogie, soul and swamp blues. She played piano with Otis
Redding in the nineteen sixties, but after his his death, went into semi
retirement. In the nineteen eighties, she was repeatedly booked for European tours and
recorded albums for the German record label Ornament Records with Gary Wiggins and Chris Rannenberg,
the international blues duo. She cut you Know That's Right with the band
Hotlink, and the album that established her in the US, The Swamp Boogie
Queen, with guest spots Bonnie Reett and Robert Craye. Two Fisted Mama,
was released in nineteen eighty nine. Webster promoted the album with a North American
tour. The album was nominated for a Bammy Award in the Blues album category.
Katie Webster passed away in nineteen ninety nine at age sixty three. You
can check out Katie Webster's music on Spotify. Thank you for listening to Podcasting
Blues. I'm your host, Gale Nobles,