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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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MEMPHIS

September 13th, 2000

Our tour of great musical cities continues this week in Memphis, Tennessee. Guests include the Reverend Al Green, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis and Sun Records producer Sam Phillips. We’ll also cruise the town in a borrowed Caddy, and hang out at Wild Bill’s Juke Joint.

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HOUR ONE

  • Memphis Johnny Rivers
    Anthology, Rhino
  • Take Me to the River Al Green
    Anthology, Hi
  • When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes BB King
    Blues Masters Vol.12: Memphis Blues, Rhino
  • Memphis Soul Stew King Curtis
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Mobile Line Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
    Troubadours of the Folk Era vol.3, Rhino
  • Viola Lee Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers
    Blues Masters Vol.12: Memphis Blues, Rhino
  • I'm a Bad Luck Woman Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Tad Pierson in Cadillac

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  • Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classics, Bear Family
  • Lonesome Traveler Memphis Slim
    Raining the Blues, Fantasy
  • Instrumental: Honky Tonk Women Pickin' on the Rolling Stones
    Pickin' on the Rolling Stones, CMH
  • Which Way Did My Baby Go Moses Williams
    It Came From Memphis, Upstart
  • Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones
    Singles Collection, ABCKO
  • Oh How it Rained Lorette Velvette
    It Came From Memphis, Upstart
  • I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles
    Hi Times - The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
  • Memphis Blues Duke Ellington
    Battle of the Bands: Duke Ellington vs. Count Basie, RCA
  • Beale St. Blues Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Beale St. Blues Duke Ellington
    The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA/Victor
  • Mystery Train Little Junior Parker
    Sun Singles Vol.1, Bear Family
  • Hey Porter Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: Michael Conway, the Tour Director at Sun Studios
  • The Wolf is at Your Door Howlin' Wolf
    Memphis Days Vol.2, Bear Family
  • She Wolf Jessie Mae Hemphill
    She Wolf, Hightone
  • Instrumental: Midnight in Memphis J J Cale
    Anyway The Wind Blows,
  • Pain in My Heart Otis Redding
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • Birds & Bees Rufus & Carla Thomas
    Atlantic Rhythm &Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • SEGMENT: Rufus & Carla Thomas

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  • Instrumental: Beale Street Blues Jesse Fuller
    Brother Lowdown, Fantasy
  • Tuesday Night in Memphis John Lurie
  • SEGMENT: CLIP: from Jim Jarmusch's film Mystery Train
  • Put Your Cat Clothes On Carl Perkins
    The Classic, Bear Family
  • Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan
    Blonde on Blonde, Sony
  • My Boy Elvis Janis Martin
    Loud, Fast & Out of Control, Rhino
  • Graceland Willie Nelson
    Across the Borderline, Sony
  • Down By the Riverside The Million Dollar Quartet
    Elvis Presley - The Million Dollar Quartet, RCA
  • End Bed: Love Me Tender Scotty Moore
    The Guitar That Changed The World!, Razor & Tie

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