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Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke February 24th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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FAMILY HARMONY

November 26th, 2008

Join us around the piano for a good helping of family harmonies, led by the Haden Triplets and their father, jazz bassist Charlie Haden. Then get down to the sounds of Tupelo, Mississippi’s Homemade Jamz Blues Band, featuring the Perry brothers and their little sister Taya on drums. Plus music from famous family bands and songs about grandmas, cousins and long lost relatives — all of whom we expect to hear from at Thanksgiving dinner.

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HOUR ONE

  • Tater Pie Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years, Mercury
  • You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
    Hits, Reprise
  • Rambling Boy Charlie Haden
    Rambling Boy, Decca
  • Turn Your Radio On John Hartford
    Aereo-Plain,
  • Open Bed: Focus On Sanity Ornette Coleman
    The Shape Of Jazz To Come, Rhino Atlantic
  • Turkey Hop, Pt.2 Johnny Otis
    The Original Johnny Otis Show, Nippon Columbia
  • Everybody Eats When They Come to My House Cab Calloway
    DinerMite - The Swingin' Diner, Sony
  • Instrumental: Turkey in the Straw Bill Monroe and Doc Watson
    Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 Off the Record Vol.2, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Blue Railroad Train Doc and Merle Watson
    Lonesome Road, BGO
  • Two Trains Running James Cotton
    Deep in the Blues, Verve
  • Dinner Train to Dutchtown The Bottle Rockets
    Leftovers, Mercury
  • SEGMENT: Charlie Haden Pt.1

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  • Instrumental: Old Joe Clark Hobart Smith
    Blue Ridge Legacy, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Charlie Haden Pt.2

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  • Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
    Gospel, Columbia
  • Mom and Dad's Waltz Belton Richard
    The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow
  • Family Prayer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Proper
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michael White
    Blue Crescent, Basin St. Records
  • End Bed: Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Charlie Haden
    Rambling Boy, Decca

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Wade in the Water Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
    Steal Away, Verve
  • Home Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • My Home Among the Hills Carter Family
    The Carter Family: In the Shadow of the Clinch Mountains, Bear Family
  • The Old Gospel Ship Iris DeMent
    Lifeline, Flariella
  • Paradise John Prine
    John Prine, Atlantic
  • Sands of Iwo Jima Drive By Truckers
    The Dirty South, New West
  • Wade in the Water Staple Singers
    Freedom Highway, Columbia
  • Instrumental: My Sweet Potato Booker T. & The MG's
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • Barnyard Dance Martin Bogan and Armstrong
    Barnyard Dance, Rounder
  • Aunt Hagar's Blues Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Homemade Jamz Blues Band

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  • Instrumental: 2009 Cherry Soul Sound Jr. & His Soulettes
    Home Schooled: The ABC of Kid Soul, Numero Group
  • King Harvest The Band
    Stage Fright, Capitol
  • Sister Soak the Beans Joe Ely
    Twistin' in the Wind, MCA
  • I'm Coming Home Beau Jocque
    Beau Jocque's Nursery Rhyme, Beau Jocque Music
  • End Bed: Spiritual Charlie Haden
    Rambling Boy, Decca

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