Memphis with Carla & Rufus Thomas
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.
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
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
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