AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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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

November 17th, 2021

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.

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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

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  • Instrumental: Prayer Meetin' Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • SEGMENT: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner Pt. 2

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • End Bed: Big Power House Willie Mitchell
    On Top, Hi Records

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