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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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THE COLOR OF MUSIC WITH HENRY BUTLER & LONNIE HOLLEY

November 10th, 2021

Get out your Crayolas and sketch pads, as we fill in the spectrum of musical colors… from red hot jazz to cool blues. What do we see when we hear music? We dig back into the archives for our epic interview with the late, blind New Orleans piano professor Henry Butler about his eclectic musical visions. Then self-taught visual artist Lonnie Holley expands his cosmic imagery into words and music to heal society on what he calls “the mothership”— Earth. Plus, word jazz maestro Ken Nordine narrates the paint palette; Nina Simone plays “Mood Indigo”; George Jones sings “Color of the Blues”; and Los Lobos describe the power of the Lavender Moon.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Blues for All Seasons Henry Butler
    For All Seasons, Atlantic
  • I Used to be Color Blind Anita O'Day
    Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve
  • Choice of Colors The Impressions
    Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul, Rhino
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
    The Early Years, Vanguard
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    The King of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, RCA
  • Blue Moon Bobby 'Blue' Bland
    Turn On Your Love Light, MCA
  • Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A & M
  • Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
    Greatest Hits, Curb
  • Instrumental: Mellow Yellow Odell Brown
    The History of Chess Jazz, Chess
  • Song With Orange Charles Mingus
    This is Jazz 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia
  • Orange Ken Nordine
    Colors, Philips
  • The Emperor of Oranges Milky
    Songs for the Jet Set, Jet Set
  • La vie en rose Edith Piaf
    Anthology: La vie en rose, Vol. 2, Blue Moon
  • Little Dark Eyes Geno Delafose
    La Chanson Perdue, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Odyssey James Carter w/ Henry Butler
    In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic
  • Segment: Henry Butler

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  • I'm Painting the Town Red Billie Holiday
    The Billie Holiday Story Vol. 2, Columbia
  • White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
    The Story of My Life: The Best of Marty Robbins, Columbia/Legacy
  • End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
    American Routes Live Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Keeping a Record of It Lonnie Holley
    Keeping a Record of It, Dust to Digital
  • Colors Introduction Tank & the Bangas
    Green Balloon, Verve
  • Lavender Ken Nordine
    Colors, Snail Jazz
  • Kiko and the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
    Kiko, Slash
  • Bemba Colorá Celia Cruz
    Son Con Guaguancó, Craft
  • Mood Indigo Nina Simone
    Little Girl Blue, BMG
  • Black is the Color Rhiannon Giddens
    Tomorrow is My Turn, Nonesuch
  • Little Red Rooster Sam Cooke
    Nightbeat, RCA
  • Instrumental: Green River The Ventures
    Swamp Rock, Capitol
  • Blue Days, Black Nights Buddy Holly
    From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934-1973, MCA
  • Color of the Blues George Jones
    The Essential George Jones, Sony
  • Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Sony
  • Purple Rain Drops Stevie Wonder
    Additional Singles and Rarities, Motown
  • Instrumental: Soul Conversations Ulysses Owens, Jr. Big Band
    Soul Conversations, Ulysses Owens, Jr.
  • Segment: Lonnie Holley

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  • It's a Mighty World Odetta
    Odetta--It's a Mighty World, RCA Victor
  • Mother Earth Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth
    Living with the Animals, UMG
  • End Bed: Hey Slim Memphis Slim
    Raining the Blues, Fantasy

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