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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
HIGHWAY 61 WITH JAMES COTTON
Travel down Highway 61 with blues harpist James Cotton. Also music from Al Green, PJ Harvey, Greg Brown and Fontella Bass.
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
