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HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL: SHELBY LYNNE AND MICHAEL HURLEY
Conversation with the eclectic song stylist Shelby Lynne—formerly of rural Alabama, now of Palm Springs—to hear about the vicissitudes of her musical and emotional journey from country to pop, including a recent embrace of Dusty Springfield. Elusive singer-songwriter Michael Hurley talks about a family devoted to opera and his sometimes dark, often humorous disaffected songs about the mysteries of modernity and werewolves. Plus a visit to an Alabama cemetery for revered coondogs. We surround it all with Southern soul, hard country, deep blues, traditional jazz and respect for what is still significantly unknowable and magical in American culture.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Willie and Laura Mae Jones Shelby Lynne
Just a Little Lovin', Lost Highway - Memphis, Tennessee Chuck Berry
The Anthology , MCA/Chess - Well Well Well Lucinda Williams
Little Honey , Lost Highway - Operator Grateful Dead
American Beauty , Warner Bros - That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
Nashville , Shout Factory - Instrumental: Memphis Lonnie Mack
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The '60s , Rhino - A Hard Road to Travel Shakey Jake
Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 3 , Capitol - Lonesome On'ry and Mean Steve Young
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean , Raven - SEGMENT: Shelby Lynne
Listen - Instrumental: Son of a Preacher Man Gene Ammons
The Boss is Back , Fantasy - Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis , Atlantic - Willie and Laura Mae Jones Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White , Warner Archives - Storms Never Last Allison Moorer
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings , Dualtone - My Sweet Annette Drive By Truckers
Decoration Day , New West - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan
Blonde On Blonde , Columbia - End Bed: Blues Before Dawn Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee's Blues: The Complete Aladdin and Imperial Recordings , Capitol
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Werewolf Michael Hurley
Armchair Boogie , Warner Bros - Black Rat Swing Cephas and Wiggins
Richmond Blues , Smithsonian Folkways - There's a Rat Loose in My House Sterling Harrison
South of the Snooty Fox , HackTone - SEGMENT: Michael Hurley
Listen - She-Wolf Jessie Mae Hemphill
She-Wolf , HMG/Hightone - I'm The Wolf Howlin' Wolf
His Best, Vol. 2 , Chess - Instrumental: Monkey on the Interstate Michael Hurley
Long Journey , Rounder - SEGMENT: Coon Dog Cemetery
Listen - Old King Neil Young
Harvest Moon , Reprise - Bird Dog The Everly Brothers
All-Time Original Hits , Rhino - Let Me Play with Your Poodle Tampa Red
Memphis Slim / Tampa Red / Lonnie Johnson: Bawdy Blues , Prestige/Bluesville - I'm Gonna Take Care of Your Dog Rosie Ledet
Zesty Zydeco , Maison de Soul - Instrumental: Let Me Play with Your Poodle CeDell Davis
Keep It To Yourself: Arkansas Blues Vol.1 - Solo Performers , Stackhouse - Hit the Road Again Sunnyland Slim and Trio
The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: Midwest Blues , Mercury - I Think It's Going to Rain Today Irma Thomas with Randy Newman
Simply Grand , Rounder - Opus de Soul Albert King, Steve Cropper, Pops Staples
Jammed Together , Stax - End Bed: Behave Yourself Booker T & the MGs
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles Vol.2: 1959-1968 , Atlantic