Brigitte Calls Me Baby joins host Raina Douris

When Wes Leavins was a teenager, he started writing letters to Brigitte Bardot. The French actress not only wrote back, but she and Leavins became pen pals. That story inspired the name for the band Leavins now fronts called Brigitte Calls Me Baby. Wes joins us on the World Cafe to talk about forming the rock and roll band and how Elvis helped him refine his performance style.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Bruce Hornsby “Long Tall Cool One” Harbor Lights
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “Impressively Average” Live at the World Cafe
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “Eddie My Love” Live at the World Cafe
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “I Wanna Die In The Suburbs” Live at the World Cafe
Susan Tedeschi “Tired Of My Tears” Hope & Desire
Dawes “Time Spent In Los Angeles” Nothing Is Wrong
Norah Jones “Running” Visions
Iron and Wine “All in Good Time (feat. Fiona Apple)” Light Verse
Little Feat “All That You Dream” The Last Record Album
Echo And The Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” Echo And The Bunnymen

Hour Two
ot Chili Peppers “Breaking The Girl” Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Beyonce “Blackbiird” Cowboy Carter
Denitia “My Weakness” Highways
Lo Moon “Water” I Wish You Way More Than Luck
Phoebe Bridgers “Motion Sickness” Stranger In The Alps
Rhiannon Giddens “Another Wasted Life” World Cafe Session
The Black Crowes “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Blondshell “Docket (feat. Bully)” single
Yard Act “Dream Job” Where’s My Utopia?
Gary Clark Jr. “What About The Children (feat. Stevie Wonder)” JPEG RAW
Black Pumas “Sauvignon” Chronicles Of A Diamond
MGMT “Time To Pretend” Oracular Spectacular
Deeper “Build A Bridge” Careful!
Tears for Fears “Pale Shelter” The Hurting