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BLUES--THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT & LITTLE FREDDIE KING LIVE

Blues…it’s a universal solvent in music. There’s blues in jazz, R & B, roots rock and soul, country, Cajun, Latin, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop… It’s everywhere! We’ll hear from all corners of the musical map including Bessie Smith, Buddy Guy, Freddy Fender and Clifton Chenier and more. Then an hour with Octogenarian electric country blues man Little Freddie King live from Marigny Studios in New Orleans.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mood Indigo Duke Ellington
    In a Sentimental Mood, Sony
  • Good Mornin' Blues Leadbelly
    Leadbelly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Smithsonian Folkways
  • First Time I Met the Blues Buddy Guy
    I Was Walkin' Through the Woods, Geffen
  • Buddy Bolden's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    The Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings, Verve
  • Learnin' the Blues Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
    Ella and Louis Again, Verve
  • Lonnie's Blues Dr. Lonnie Smith
    Finger Lickin' Good, Columbia
  • Every Day, I Have the Blues Lou Rawls
    Black and Blue, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Blue Piano Stomp Johnny Dodds Trio
    Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929), West Hill Radio Archives
  • Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl Bessie Smith
    The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter, Sony
  • Sugar Blues Bob Wills
    Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 7, Warner
  • Sugar Pointer Sisters
    The Pointer Sisters, Blue Thumb
  • Never No More Blues Jimmie Rodger
    Essential Jimmie Rodgers, BMG Entertainment
  • Deep Blues Red Foley
    Country Music Hall of Fame: Red Foley, UMG
  • Crazy Arms Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis (The Sun Sessions), Sun
  • Blues de Port Arthur Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
    Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Rounder
  • Gone a La Maison Clifton Chenier
    Clifton Sings the Blues, Arhoolie
  • Instrumental: Lobos al Escape Los Orientales de Paramonga
    Cumbias Chichadelicas: Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha, (Industria Fonografica Peruana)
  • Recuerdas Querido Amigo Little Joe and the Latinaires
    Little Joe and the Latinaires, Countdown Media
  • Que Mala Freddy Fender
    Freddy Fender Rock & Roll, Arhoolie
  • Where Was You At? War
    The World is a Ghetto, United Artists Records
  • Trick Bag Earl King
    The Sonet Blues Story, Universal
  • End Bed: The Pot Dr. John
    Gumbo Stew—New Orleans Original R & B, AFO Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Can't Do Nothing Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Tough Frog Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Chicken Dance Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Instrumental: Old Yellow Boy Little Freddie King
    Messin' Around in the Living Room, MadeWright
  • Standing at Your Door Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Pocketful of Money Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Born Dead Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Instrumental: Bywater Crawl Little Freddie King
    Absolutely the Best, MadeWright
  • Walk with Freddie Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • Crackhead Joe Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • The Fox Hunt Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,
  • End Bed: Kingshead Shuffle Little Freddie King
    American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios,

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