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MEMPHIS' HI RECORDS & HI RHYTHM--STORIES AND MUSIC FROM AL GREEN, WILLIE MITCHELL, DON BRYANT, REV. CHARLES HODGES AND ARCHIE "HUBBIE" TURNER
We’ll go up the Mississippi to another great river city of music: Memphis. Known for rhythm & blues, gospel, soul and roots, rock n roll— and landmark record labels: Sun, Stax and Hi Records. On this visit, we’ll listen to the work of Hi Records producer/arranger/trumpeter Willie Mitchell and talk to members of the Hi Rhythm section: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie “Hubbie” Turner, plus an archival conversation with the man with the most hits for Hi Records, Al Green. Then more memories of those days with old school singer and prolific songwriter Don Bryant, who got his start with Willie Mitchell and is now back in the studio cutting records with lots of soul.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Willie-Wam Willie Mitchell
Solid Soul, Hi Records - Tired of Being Alone Al Green
Al Green Gets Next to You, Hi Records - What it Takes to Get a Good Woman Denise LaSalle
On the Loose, Hi Records - Shelby County Blues Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim—The Bluebird Recordings 1940-1941, BMG - Everybody Knows (The River Song) O.V. Wright
The Soul of O.V. Wright, Geffen - Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner
Listen - Instrumental: Prayer Meetin' Willie Mitchell
Solid Soul, Hi Records - Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner Pt. 2
Listen - Back for a Taste of Your Love Syl Johnson
Back for a Taste of Your Love, Hi Records - Too Many Hands Otis Clay
Trying to Live My Life Without You, Hi Records - Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis, Atlantic - Instrumental: Groovin' Willie Mitchell
Solid Soul, Hi Records - Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner Pt. 3
Listen - One Ain't Enough, and Two's Too Many Don Bryant
Don't Give Up on Love, Fat Possum - That's What Love Will Make You Do Little Milton
Stax Profiles: Little Milton, Concord - End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On, Hi Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Poppin' Willie Mitchell
On Top—Willie Mitchell, - Segment: Al Green
Listen - Instrumental: Up-Hard Willie Mitchell
Solid Soul, Hi Records - Living in the Last Days Elizabeth King
Living in the Last Days, Bible and Tire - Father, Guide Me, Teach Me The Pilgrimairs
The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1, Bible and Tire - Take Me to the River Al Green
Al Green Explores Your Mind, Hi Records - Segment: Al Green Pt. 2
Listen - Slip Away Don Bryant
Don Bryant—Precious Soul, Hi Records - Walk All Over God's Heaven Don Bryant
You Make Me Feel, Fat Possum - Instrumental: Sunrise Serenade Willie Mitchell
Solid Soul, Hi Records - Segment: Don Bryant
Listen - End Bed: Big Power House Willie Mitchell
On Top, Hi Records
