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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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August 23rd, 2000

We’ll talk with Gospel radio host Pearlie Tolliver, Monroe, Louisiana’s “Queen of the Dial.” And New Orleans DJ Billy Delle, the man who loves scratchy 45s to death on his show, “Records from the Crypt.” With music from Hank Williams, Joni Mitchell and Professor Longhair.

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HOUR ONE

  • Turn Your Radio On John Hartford
    Aero-Plain, Rounder
  • You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
    Hits, Reprise
  • Ain't Misbehavin Leon Redbone
    On The Track, Warner Bros
  • Ain't Misbehavin Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi, Columbia
  • INTERVIEW: Dewey Phillips
  • Strange Things Happening Every Day Sister Rosetta Tharp
    The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis, Stash
  • Instrumental: Go Tell it On The Mountain Marcus Roberts
    The Collected Marcus Roberts, RCA Victor
  • INTERVIEW: Sister Pearlee Tolliver
  • Rough & Rocky Road The Mello-Tones
    There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Sony
  • Panama All-Star Stompers
    This is Jazz, Jazzology
  • SEGMENT: Tom Waits as DJ from the film "Down by Law"
  • Trick Bag Earl King
    The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI
  • Sugar Craft Yuka Honda & Sean Lennon
    Combustication Remix, Blue Note
  • Radio Radio Elvis Costello
    This Year's Model,
  • Instrumental: Hackensack Jimmy Smith
    Softly As A Summer Breeze, Blue Note
  • INTERVIEW: Paul Burlison
  • Bluebird Blues Howlin Wolf
    Memphis Days Vol.2, Bear Family
  • Lost Highway Hank Williams
    Health & Happiness Shows, Mercury

HOUR two

  • San Antonio Rose Les Paul
    Swing West, vol. 2, Razor & Tie
  • Long Walk Back to San Antone Junior Brown
    Long Walk Back, Curb
  • Memo from Turner Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder
    Performance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner
  • I'm Going to Detroit John Wrencher
    Testament Records Sampler, Testament
  • Detroit City Arthur Alexander
    From Where I Stand, Warner Bros.
  • Grain Belt Blues Peggy Lee w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra
    Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz
  • Rock Island Line Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
    Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, vol. 3, Rounder
  • Kentucky Everly Brothers
    Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Ray Charles
    The Genius Hits The Road, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Slow Train Through Arkansas Elmon "Driftin Slim" Mickle
    Down Home Harp, Testament
  • Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Nevada) Rose Maddox
    The One Rose, Bear Family box
  • Big Hat No Cattle Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dreamworks
  • I'm a Happy Cowboy Herb Jeffries
    The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), Warner Western
  • Instrumental: Doin' It Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Billie Delle
  • Tipitina Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge, Rhino
  • Java Allen Toussaint
    The Complete "Tousan" Sessions, Bear Family
  • Roberta Frankie Ford
    Sea Cruise-The Very Best Of, Music Club
  • Lou-easy-an-i-a George Lewis
    Jazz Funeral In New Orleans, Tradition
  • Indiana Art Tatum
    The Complete Capitol Recordings, Capitol Jazz

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