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Home Grown Soul: Jimmy Hughes and Booker T. Jones Home Grown Soul: Jimmy Hughes and Booker T. Jones February 1st, 2023 (Hour 1)
Home Grown Soul: Jimmy Hughes and Booker T. Jones

This week we visit with two masters of Southern soul. Multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones, along with his group the MGs, helped to create the legendary Stax sound. We talk with Booker T. about growing up in Memphis and his work with Southern rock band, the Drive-By Truckers. Soul singer Jimmy Hughes got his start at another landmark of Southern music, FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Hughes shares stories about his classic hits “Steal Away” and “Why Not Tonight,” as well as his move from gospel to soul and back again.

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CARIBBEAN CRUISE & SOUTH LOUISIANA SOJOURN: GARIFUNA GUITARIST AURELIO & CREOLE ACCORDIONIST CEDRIC WATSON

September 22nd, 2021

Join us on a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory‘s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.

Main Image: Aurelio in Corozal village, Honduras. Photo Credit: Sarah Weeden

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Yalifu Aurelio
    Garifuna Soul, Stonetree
  • Fundamental Reggay Jimmy Cliff
    Jimmy Cliff—Unlimited, Warner
  • No More Rocking Mighty Sparrow
    First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Mambo Rock Marimba Orquesta Corona De Tapachula
    Corona de Exitos, Vol. 1, Muzart-Balboa
  • El Manisero Cachao
    Cuba: Cachao Lopez, Crin
  • Best of All Dirty Dozen
    Twenty Dozen, Savoy
  • Instrumental: Tequila Allen Toussaint
    25 Best of Allen Toussaint, Rew
  • Punta Henry, Bobsy and Lena Núñez
    Traditional Music of the Garifuna of Belize, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Yurumey / Yurumein Lita Ariran
    Songs of the Garifuna, JVC
  • Segment: Aurelio Martinez

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  • Instrumental: Flotation Meringue Blinky and the Road Masters
    Blinky and the Road Masters—Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
  • Woman Smarter Calypso Rose
    Far from Home, Maturity Music
  • Roberto Ruiz Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
    A Ti, Colombia, Arhoolie
  • Zydeco et pas Sale Clifton Chenier
    Clifton Chenier—Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Bebe Showman Les Loups Noirs
    Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 - 1981, Ostinato Records
  • Creole Song Kid Ory
    Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band—The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions 1944/45, GHB Records
  • Eh La Bas Don Vappie
    Blue Book of Storyville, Jazzetal
  • End Bed: San Felipe One Step Cedric Watson
    La Troubadour Creole, Lache Pas Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Sud de la Louisiane Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • C'est La Vie Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Ma 'tite Femme Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Instrumental: Frog Legs Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • Cochon du Lait Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Prende Guarde Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Fait L'Amour Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Segment: Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole

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  • Instrumental: Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • L'Argent n'as pas la Coeur Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • Midland Two Step Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • You'll Be with Me Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
  • End Bed: Oh Bye Bye/Hold that Tiger/Watch that Possum Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,

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