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SONG MEN FOR ALL SEASONS: LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III & DRINK SMALL
Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III walks us through his long career that began in the ’60s folk scene. Also, a live set from the South Carolina Blues Doctor Drink Small.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Savoy Blues Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden
Blues & Ballads, Bluesville - Bad, Bad, Whiskey Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse and Boogie Woogie: 1946-1955, Capitol - There Stands the Glass Webb Pierce
Greatest Hits, Finest Performances, Sun - Whiskey Heaven Fats Domino
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Bros - Grits Ain't Groceries Little Milton
Greatest Hits, MCA/Chess - If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries) George Jones
The Definitive Collection, Mercury - Release Me Esther Phillips
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970, Vol. 2, Lost Highway - Instrumental: Chains of Love Houston Person & Babe Clarke
Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax, Prestige - Crazy Mixed Up World Little Walter
The Essential Little Walter, Chess/MCA - Stranger in My Own Home Town Elvis Presley
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60’s Masters 1, RCA - People Are Strange The Doors
Strange Days, Elektra - Rank Stranger The Knitters
The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Zoe - Instrumental: Tishomingo Blues Elmer Snowden Quartet Featuring Cliff Jackson
Harlem Banjo!, Riverside - SEGMENT: Loudon Wainwright III
Listen - The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash
American Recordings, American - Didn't It Rain Fern Jones
The Glory Road, Numero Group - Over the Rainbow Jerry Lee Lewis
Rockin' My Life Away: The Jerry Lee Lewis Collection, Warner Bros
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Candy Man John Fahey
Return of the Repressed, Rhino - South Carolina Rag Willie Walker
The Roots of Rap, Yazoo - Old Salty Dog Blues Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs w/ Foggy Mountain Boys
Flatt & Scruggs: 1948-1959, Bear Family - Salty Dog Cat Power
The Covers Records, Matador - Candyman The Grateful Dead
American Beauty, Warner Bros - Instrumental: Memphis Blues Doc Watson
Doc Watson in Nasheville, Vangaurd - Leavin' Day Big Bill Broonzy and His Big Little Orchestra
The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: 1945-1955, Mercury - Key to the Highway Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie - Big Road Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros - SEGMENT: Drink Small
Listen - Instrumental: Charleston Rag Eubie Blake
Memories of You, Biograph - Trouble Blues Sam Cooke
Night Beat, RCA - One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) Etta James
The Essential Etta James, Fantasy - I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton
New Orleans, Putumayo - The Late Late Blues John Coltrane and Milt Jackson
The Heavyweight Champ: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino - End Bed: The Genius After Hours Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
Soul Meeting, Atlantic Jazz
