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GEORGE JONES & SAM MOORE
This week we are visited by two men with legendary voices, in country and soul, famous for their duets and more. From the cotton patches of East Texas, George Jones remains one of the most distinctive voices in country music or otherwise. Known as “the King of Broken Hearts,” his hits through the ’60s and ’70s remain the high water mark for country ballads. Sam Moore, formerly of Sam & Dave, recalls his early days as a gospel singer in Miami and his conversion to pop. As a ’60s “Soul Man” he recorded a string of jukebox classics before pressing through difficult times, and has emerged with a second career on his own.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Color of the Blues George Jones
The Classic Mercury Years, Mercury - The Race is On George Jones
Greatest Hits, CEMA - Lost Highway Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Polygram - Ramblin' Man Cat Power
Live Session EP, - Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette
Stand By Your Man, Epic/Legacy - You Don't Have Far to Go Candi Staton
His Hands, Astralwerks - Today I Started Loving You Again Bobby Bland
Greatest Hits Volume Two - The ABC-Dunhill/MCA Recordings, MCA - Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis
The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz - Heartaches by the Number Dwight Yoakam
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., Reprise/Rhino - Color of the Blues Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Almost Blue, Rhino - You Gotta Be My Baby George Jones
George Jones: Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride, Scena - SEGMENT: George Jones Pt. 1
Listen - Instrumental: Touch My Heart Lloyd Green
The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green, KOCH - SEGMENT: George Jones Pt. 2
Listen - Cotton Eyed Joe Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family - Cotton Eyed Joe Nina Simone
Nina Simone Anthology: The Colpix Years, Rhino - End Bed: Behave Yourself Booker T. & The M.G.'s
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Soul Man Sam & Dave
Sweet 'N' Soul Anthology 1965-1971, Rhino - Traveling Mood Snooks Eaglin & Friends
The Sonet Blues Story, Verve - Hole in the Wall Floyd Dixon
Marshall, Texas is My Home, Specialty - Down the Road Apiece The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, Now, abkco - Desde Que Conosco (Since I Met You Baby) Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie - Texas Woman Blues Taj Mahal
The Essential Taj Mahal, Columbia/Legacy - I'm A King Bee Slim Harpo
The Excello Singles Anthology, Hip-O - Instrumental: Bo-Time The Mar-Keys
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic - SEGMENT: Sam Moore
Listen - The Soul of A Man Fontella Bass
Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest, MCA/Chess - Dark End of the Street Frank Black
Honeycomb, Back Porch - Instrumental: I Am A Pilgrim David Grisman & Tony Rice
Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc - Where the Soul (of Man) Never Dies The Blue Sky Boys
The Sunny Side of Life, Bear Family - Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Staple Singers
Great Day, Milestone - Will the Circle be Unbroken Lonnie 'Big Ben' Bennett
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie - End Bed: Just A Closer Walk With Thee Marcus Roberts
If I Could Be With You, BMG
