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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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ROBERT JOHNSON

December 2nd, 1998

Hot blues for the cold winter, and conversations with performers who shared the stage with one of the forefathers of the blues, Robert Johnson.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Cross Road Blues Marcus Roberts
    Blues For the New Millennium, Columbia
  • Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Crossroads Cream
    The Very Best of Cream, Polydor
  • Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Dynaflow Blues The Johnny Shines Blues Band
    Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 3, Vanguard
  • INTERVIEW: Johnny Shines
  • Gonna Call the Angel Johnny Shines
    Johnny Shines and Robert Lockwood, Paula Records
  • Instrumental: Preaching Blues Jay McShann
    Some Blues, Chiaroscuro
  • Walking Blues Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
  • Sweet Old Chicago Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes
    Blues By Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Last Fair Deal Gone Down Rising Sons
    Rising Sons featuring Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal, Columbia/Legacy
  • Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Milk Cow Blues Rose Maddox
    America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol. 1, Arhoolie
  • Le blues de la vache a lait Clifton Chenier
    Frenchin' The Boogie, Verve
  • Instrumental: Memphis Blues Eubie Blake
    Memories of You - from Rare Piano Rolls, Biograph
  • INTERVIEW: Henry Townsend
  • It's A Hard Road to Travel Henry Townsend
    Mule, Nighthawk
  • They're Red Hot Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Go Ahead Buddy Bill Weldon
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • They're Red Hot Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMI

HOUR two

  • Miles Runs the Hoodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew,
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note
  • Preachin' Blues Son House
    Mojo Workin' - Blues for the Next Generation, Columbia/Legacy
  • Stop Breaking Down Rolling Stones
    Exile On Main Street, Virgin
  • Love In Vain Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Instrumental: Be My Lady Booker T. & the MGs
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • INTERVIEW: Robert Junior Lockwood
  • Ramblin' On My Mind Robert Junior Lockwood
    Plays Robert & Robert, Evidence
  • Ramblin' On My Mind Front Range
    Ramblin' On My Mind, Sugar Hill
  • Sitting On Top of the World The Mississippi Sheiks
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Come On In My Kitchen Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Come On In My Kitchen Keb' Mo'
    Keb' Mo', Okeh
  • Dust My Broom Yardbirds
    BBC Sessions, Warner Archives
  • Instrumental: Strollin' Home King Curtis
    The Best of King Curtis, Capitol
  • INTERVIEW: Lonnie Pitchford
  • My Babe Lonnie Pitchford
    All Around Man, Rooster
  • If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day Lonnie Pitchford
    All Around Man, Rooster
  • Rollin' and Tumblin' Muddy Waters
    The Chess Box, Chess/MCA
  • KKKrossroads Chris Thomas
    21st Century Blues...From Da 'Hood, Private
  • End Bed: Crossroads Cowboy Junkies
    Whites Off Earth Now!, RCA

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