Baby Huey & The Babysitters has been played on NTS in shows including Carolina Soul, featured first on 17 April 2017. Songs played include Listen To Me, Messin’ With The Kid and Monkey Man.

The Indiana-born Baby Huey is the quintessential lost soul hero, having lived a life littered with tragedy, substance abuse and remarkable music. In 1963, James Ramey (who called himself Baby Huey after a "gigantic and naïve" animated duck created in the early fifties), organist/trumpeter Melvin "Deacon" Jones, and guitarist Johnny Ross founded a band called Baby Huey & the Babysitters, which became a popular local act. They released several 45 singles,…