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

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