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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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FATHER'S DAY

June 14th, 2006

On our Father’s Day show we’ll talk with musical fathers & sons: polka kings Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr., and blues greats Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King. Also music for daddy-o’s by Horace Silver, Johnny Cash, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Gene Austin and Regina Carter.

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HOUR ONE

  • Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 James Brown
    Star Time, Polydor
  • My Heart Belongs to Daddy Anita O'Day w/Jimmy Giuffre & his Orchestra
    Jazz 'Round Midnight - The George Gershwin and Cole Porter Songbook, Verve
  • My Daddy Was A Preacher Man Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Jewel/Paula Records Story, Capricorn
  • Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Gene Autry & Jimmy Long
    Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection
  • Color Him Father Lynn Martell
    From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers
  • Instrumental: Jug Eyes Gene Ammons
    Jazz Dance Classics Vol. 2, Luv N' Haight
  • Song for My Father Horace Silver
    Jazz Profile: Horace Silver, Blue Note
  • Daddy's Little Girl Mills Brothers
    The Best of the Decca Years, Decca/MCA
  • A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy
  • Mannish Boy Muddy Waters
    The Chess Box, Chess/MCA
  • Instrumental: Theme of the Drunken Sailor DJ Spooky
    Riddim Warfare, Outpost
  • INTERVIEW: Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King

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  • Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Regina Carter
    Rhythms of the Heart, Verve
  • Ol' Man River Paul Robeson
    Songs of Free Men, Sony Classical

HOUR two

  • Theme from My Three Sons Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
    Ultra-Lounge Volume 13: TV Town, Capitol
  • My Blue Heaven Gene Austin
    This is Gene Austin, RCA
  • Dancin' On Daddy's Shoes Leon Redbone
    Whistling In The Wind, Private Music
  • Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
    Pure Gold, RCA
  • El Timbalero Travieso (The Mischievous Timbalero) Cachao
    Master Sessions Volume 2, Crescent Moon/Epic
  • Paradise John Prine
    Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, Rhino
  • Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn
    Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight & the Pips
    Gladys Knight & the Pips Anthology, Motown
  • Instrumental: The Father Jump Earl Hines
    Masters of Jazz Vol.3: Big Bands of the ‘30s & ‘40s, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr.

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  • Joe Pete Got Two Women John Delafose
    Joe Pete Got Two Women, Arhoolie
  • Licking Stick Desmond Dekker and the Aces
    Desmond Dekker, Trojan
  • Instrumental: Face To Face That I Shall Know Him Joseph Spence
    The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Daddy Frank Merle Haggard
    Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Curb
  • Will the Circle be Unbroken Staples Singers
    From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers
  • One for Daddy-O Miles Davis
    Ballads & Blues, Blue Note
  • Father poem by Dick Lourie from film Smoke Signals Dick Lourie

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