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ROCKIN' THE BLUES WITH SONNY BURGESS & SNOOKS EAGLIN
Tune in and rock the blues with two guitar men who do it with great authority. First up is Arkansas wild man and original Sun Records rockabilly Sonny Burgess who still tears it up, playing his hits “We Wanna Boogie,” “Red-Headed Woman” and others well into his seventies. And hear a live set from the late great New Orleans bluesman and human jukebox Snooks Eaglin, recorded in 2007 at his home base, the famous Rock ‘N’ Bowl nightclub, where one can do either of those, or both, at the same time. Feel the beat in blues, jazz, Western swing and more with a music mix designed to rock your blues away.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Rockhouse Part 1 & 2 Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino - Rockin' Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra/Mel Walker
Savoy on Central Avenue, Savoy Jazz - Lost Week End Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family - Gin House Blues Nina Simone
The Colpix Years, Rhino - Whiskey c'est Mon Ami Racines
Allons Boire un Coup, Valcour - New Pretty Blonde Moon Mullican and His Showboys
Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Smithsonian - Instrumental: Honky Tonk Swing Bill Monroe
The Essential Bill Monroe & the Monroe Brothers, BMG - Little Maggie Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Classic Bluegrass, Rebel - Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - Cotton Picker Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran, United Artists - Cotton Fields Charlie Pride
Charley Pride In Person, Koch - Country Boy Rock Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price, Vol. 2: Heavy Dreams, Specialty - SEGMENT: Sonny Burgess
Listen - Instrumental: Blue Guitar Stomp Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band
Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia - My Baby's Boogying Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946-1955, Capitol - I Got a Mind to Ramble Alberta Hunter
The Bluesville Years, Vol. 8: Roll Over Ms. Beethoven, Prestige - Cattin John Coltrane
The Prestige Recordings, Prestige - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Rock My Soul Sammy Price
Rib Joint , Savoy Jazz - We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight Roy Brown
The Complete Imperial Records, Capitol - So Let's Rock Bob Wills
Country Music Hall of Fame Series, MCA - Bailando El Rock & Roll Freddy Fender
Interpreta El Rock, Arhoolie - Baby, Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O - Oh Lonesome Me Southern Culture on the Skids
Countrypolitan Favorites, Yep Roc - When the Sun Goes Down Joe Williams
Joe Williams Sings, Savoy Jazz - I'll Go Down Swinging The Knitters
The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Zoe - This Should Go on Forever Wanda Jackson
Vintage Collections, Capitol - Instrumental: Guitar Rock and Roll Joe Maphis
Whistle Bait! 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups, Columbia/Epic - (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family - I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair Peggy Lee
The Capitol Collector's Series , Capitol - Give Me Back My Wig Hound Dog Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers, Alligator - Looka, No Hair Professor Longhair
'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino - Instrumental: Blues Hangover Lloyd Glenn
Honky Tonk Train, Night Train - SEGMENT: Snooks Eaglin live at Mid-City Lanes Rock 'N' Bowl in New Orleans
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