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BIG RIVER OF SOUND: MUSIC ON THE MISSISSIPPI
The musical and cultural meanderings of the Mississippi River, from exploration and trade to romance. Jazz, ragtime, and levee work-songs along with blues, rockabilly, gospel and country. Guests include the late Memphis soul man Rufus Thomas, and ethnomusicologist David Evans speaking about influential Delta guitarist Charley Patton. Also, we visit a river barge pilot as he rolls on the river.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Ol' Man River Jimmy Smith
Ultimate, Verve - Big River Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia/Legacy - Mississippi River Smokey Babe
Shake 'Em on Down: The Real Country Blues, Ace - Lazy Lazy River Mississippi Sheiks
Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow, Old Hat - Up a Lazy River Sidney Bechet
Up a Lazy River, Fantasy - The Julia Belle Swain John Hartford
Mark Twang, Flying Fish - New Madrid Uncle Tupelo
Anodyne, Sire - Instrumental: Ouachita Run Alvin Youngblood Hart
Territory, Hannibal - River's Invitation Aretha Franklin
Soul '69, Atlantic - River's Invitation Stanley Turrentine
Masters of Jazz Vol. 4: Big Bands of the '50s & '60s, Rhino - Funky Mississippi Rufus Thomas
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2 (1968-1971), Stax - INTERVIEW: Rufus Thomas
Listen - Instrumental: Boozer John Scofield
A Go Go, Verve - Sun Flower Slow Drag Scott Kirby
The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin Played by Scott Kirby, Viridiana - Deep River (Trad.) Marian Anderson
Spirituals, Sony - Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner
Proud Mary: Best of, EMI
HOUR two
- Postcard from River Barge
- Singin' the Blues Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
Masters of Jazz Vol.1: Traditional Jazz Classics, Rhino - Miss the Mississippi and You Jimmie Rodgers
The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family - J'Etais a la Riviere (I Went to the River) Camay Doucet
Camay Doucet - Jimmy Thibodeaux et Musique, Swallow - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Loretta Lynn with Conway Twitty
The Best of Loretta Lynn: 20th Century Masters, MCA - Instrumental: Nashville Skyline Rag Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline, Columbia - Get Down River Bottle Rockets
Leftovers, Mercury - High Water (for Charley Patton) Bob Dylan
Love and Theft, Sony - INTERVIEW: David Evans on Charley Patton
Listen - Lord Have Mercy (Trad.) John Fahey and his Orchestra
Of Rivers and Religion, Warner - Down by the Riverside Snooks Eaglin
Country Boy In New Orleans, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Ol' Man River Gene Ammons
Jug, Prestige - Old Man River The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy - Old Man River The Techniques
Run Come Celebrate: Their Greatest Reggae Hits, Rounder - To The River Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family - St. Louis Blues Erroll Garner
Closeup in Swing & A New Kind of Love, Telarc - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman, Rhino - Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
The Man & His Music, RCA - End Bed: Down by the Riverside (Trad.) The Louis Cottrell Trio
New Orleans: The Living Legends, Riverside
