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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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JERRY LEE LEWIS

February 7th, 2001

It’s a back porch visit with Jerry Lee Lewis, the undisputed king of country boogie piano. He talks about the music that influenced him growing up in Ferriday, Louisiana, all the way to Sun Records in Memphis. Plus other great piano players: Fats Domino, Jelly Roll Morton, Moon Mullican and Ray Charles, and Thelonious Monk.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis
    Greatest Hits-Finest Performances, Sun
  • Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis
    Greatest Hits-Finest Performances, Sun
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On Big Maybelle
    Complete Okeh Sessions, Sony
  • Fare You Well Claude Ely
    Satan Get Back, ace
  • Pipeliner Blues Aubrey "Moon" Mullican
    Sings His All Time Greatest Hits, King
  • Straight No Chaser Thelonius Monk
    The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee Jerry Lee
    Atlantic Rhythm and Blues: 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: You Are My Sunshine Duane Eddy
    Twang's The Thang, Bear Family
  • You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis
    Greatest Hits Finest Performances, Sun
  • Mr. Jelly Lord Jelly Roll Morton Trio
    Birth of the Hot, Bluebird
  • My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
    They Call Me The Fat Man, Imperial
  • Hello Josephine Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Jerry Lee Lewis

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  • Instrumental: Slim's Shout Sunnyland Slim
    Slim's Shout, Prestige
  • INTERVIEW: Jerry Lee Lewis
  • It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
  • It Should Have Been Me Ray Charles
    Genius and Soul: 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • Last Chance to Dance Trance Medeski , Martin and Wood
    Best Of, Rykodisc

HOUR two

  • Madame Vod's Celeste Blues Meade Lux Lewis
    The Blues Piano Artistry of, Riverside
  • One Room Country Shack Mose Allison
    Back Country Suite, Fantasy
  • Parchman Farm The Blues Project
    The Blues Project Anthology, Polygram
  • SEGMENT: Beau Jocque
  • Alle parti pour Voir Beau Jocque Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers
    Gonna Take You Downtown, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Alligator Boogaloo Lou Donaldson
    Blue Note Years, Vol.3: Organ and Soul, Blue Note
  • Gospel Trane Alice Coltrane
    Priceless Jazz #3, GRP
  • Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay Jimmy Smith
    Talkin' Verve Groovy, Verve
  • Mystery Train Jr. Parker
    Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol 3, Rounder
  • Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
    Pearl, Sony
  • Teresa Leaves Lonesome Town The Blacks
    Dolly Horrorshow, Bloodshot
  • Instrumental: Seminole Drag Merle Travis
    Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Bear Family
  • Taters and Gravy and Chicken-Fried Steak Kenny Bill Stinson
    River of Song, Folkways
  • Country Boy Down in New Orleans Snooks Eaglin
    That's All Right, Fantasy
  • Jesus Walked that Lonesome Valley Million Dollar Quartet
    Million Dollar Quartet, RCA
  • Southern Accent Johnny Cash
    Unchained, American
  • End Bed: Dixie Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family

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