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HIGHWAY 61 WITH JAMES COTTON

Travel down Highway 61 with blues legend James Cotton.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Big River Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia/Legacy
  • Highway 61 Sunnyland Slim
    Chicago piano,
  • Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan
    Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia
  • Tennessee Arrested Development
    3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days in the Life of..., Chrysalis
  • Mystery Train Elvis Presley
    The Complete '50s Masters, RCA
  • Memphis Train Rufus Thomas
    The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino
  • Memphis Blues Art Hode's Hot Five
    Hot Jazz on Blue Note, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Memphis Lonnie Mack
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Volume 2: The '60s, Rhino
  • Foxhunt Ben Douglas & friends
    Country Negro Jam Session, Arhoolie
  • Jungle Fever Charlie Feathers
    Honky Tonk Man, New Rose
  • Highway 61 Revisited PJ Harvey
    Rid of Me, Island
  • Instrumental: Midnight in Memphis J.J. Cale
    Anyway the Wind Blows - The Anthology, Mercury
  • INTERVIEW: James Cotton
  • Dealin' With the Devil James Cotton
    Deep in the Blues, Verve
  • All Walks of Life James Cotton
    Deep in the Blues, Verve
  • Sugar Sweet Muddy Waters
    His Best, 1947 to 1955, MCA/Chess
  • Moanin' at Midnight Howlin' Wolf
    The Chess Box, MCA/Chess
  • Jesus is Waiting Al Green
    Anthology, The Right Stuff/Hi Records
  • Jesus and Elvis Greg Brown
    The Poet Game, Red House
  • It Won't Happen with Me Jerry Lee Lewis
    Sun Classics, Charley

HOUR two

  • Viola Lee Blues Ry Cooder
    Music By Ry Cooder, Warner Brothers
  • St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith
    The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia/Legacy
  • St Louis Blues Henry Butler
    For all Seasons, Atlantic Jazz
  • Memphis Chuck Berry
    The Chess Box, MCA/Chess
  • Joy Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Berta Berta Leroy Miller with Hoe group
    Southern Journey Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi, Rounder
  • Parchman Farm Mose Allison
    Greatest Hits, Prestige
  • Cotton Fields Charley Pride
    In Person, Koch
  • Instrumental: Memphis Exorcism Squirrel Nut Zippers
    Hot, Mammoth
  • The Soul of a Man Fontella Bass
    Rescued - The Best of Fontella Bass, Chess/MCA
  • Chains and Things B.B. King
    King of the Blues, MCA
  • Little Sally Walker Mattie Gardner
    Southern Journey Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi, Rounder
  • I Lost My Gal From Memphis Tex Williams
    Tex Williams & His Western Caravan, Capitol Vintage
  • Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady - 1933-1937, Columbia/Legacy
  • Memphis Women and Chicken Dan Penn
    Do Right Man, Sire/Warner Brothers
  • Instrumental: Booker-Loo Booker T & the MGs
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Stax
  • When The Saints Go Marching In Fred McDowell
    This Ain't No Rock N' Roll, Arhoolie
  • Sweet Home New Orleans Dr. John
    Anutha Zone, Virgin
  • End Bed: Some Kind of Memphis Jackie Mittoo
    Tribute to Jackie Mittoo, Heartbeat

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