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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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COUNTRY, CUBAN AND CAJUN: RAUL MALO & THE MAVERICKS; THE PINE LEAF BOYS

December 15th, 2021

We meet Raul Malo, the Miami-born and Cuban-descended singer and leader of The Mavericks, known for country, pop and roots rock. We’ll talk about that and Latin music, all behind the band’s huge success in country music and their recent successful all Spanish language recording. Then a live concert and conversation with the Pine Leaf Boys as Louisiana French two-steps meet rock n roll. Plus music from Celia Cruz, Patsy Cline, Los Lobos and Professor Longhair.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Dance the Night Away The Mavericks
    Trampoline, MCA Nashville
  • Come On, Let's Go Los Lobos
    Just Another Band from East L.A.: A Collection, Slash
  • Hey Now Baby Professor Longhair
    Rum and Coke, Tomato
  • New San Antonio Rose Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    The Essential Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Sony
  • Tarde Pa' Arrepentirnos (It's Too Late to Change Your Mind) Isidro Lopez
    Tejano Roots, Raices Tejanas, Arhoolie
  • Siboney Cachao
    Jam Session with Feeling, Maype
  • Instrumental: Bruca Manigua Arsenio Rodriguez
    Quindembo: The Magic of Arsenio Rodriguez, Columbia
  • Three Cigarettes in An Ashtray Patsy Cline
    Patsy Cline, UMG
  • Rueda de Fuego Mingo Saldivar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas
    Mingo Saldivar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas - I Love My Freedom/I Love My Texas, Rounder
  • Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
    El Mejor de Freddy Fender Vol 1, UMG
  • Nuevo Laredo Sir Douglas Quintet
    Together After Five, Mercury
  • Ahi Nos Vemos Cocodrilo Marimba Orquesta Corona de Tapachula
    Corono de Exitos, Vol. 1, Muzart-Balboa
  • Rico Changui Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco
    Tremendo Cache, Craft
  • Instrumental: Tequila The Ventures
    Play Telstar, The Lonely Bull & Others, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Raul Malo

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  • End Bed: El Solar de Bebo Bebo Valdes
    El Solar de Bebo, Universal

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Gimme 6 Feet Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco G's
    "Gimme 6 Feet" Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco G's,
  • Bon Ton Roulet Clarence Garlow
    Zydeco Vol 1 The Early Years: 1949-1962, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Honky Tonk Gatemouth Brown
    The Man, Universal
  • Opelousas Sostan Rufus Jagneaux
    Opelousas Sostan Collection, Jin
  • I'm Leaving It Up to You Yvette Landry
    Me and T-Coe's Country, Yvette Landry
  • Instrumental: Lake Arthur Stomp David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder
  • Pine Leaf Boy Two-Step Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Dream of Me/RĂªve a Moi Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Je t'aime Toujours/I Love You Still Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Allons Rock n Roll/Let's Rock n Roll Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Keep Your Hands Off of It Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Tites Yeux Noires/Little Black Eyes Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Instrumental: Bayou Sorrel David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Pine Leaf Boys

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  • Blues de Bosco Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Cajun from Church Point/What's the Matter With My Baby? Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • Allons a Lafeyette Pine Leaf Boys
    American Routes Live Recording at Esplanade Studios,
  • End Bed: Cajun Waltz David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder

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