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.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Soul Limbo Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul SIngles 1968-1971, Stax
Soul Train Curley Moore
Wardell Quezergue: Sixty Smokin' Soul Senders, Funky Delicacies
Streamline Train Jessie Mae Hemphill
Get Right Blues, High Water
Mystery Train Little Junior's Blue Flames
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
I'm Going Don't You Know Memphis Minnie
Hoodoo Lady: 1933-1937, Columbia
Why Don't You Do Right Eden Brent
Mississippi Number One, Yellow Dog
Instrumental: Really (Part 1) Johnny Jones & the Imperial 7
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970, CMF
What More Can I Do? Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
What Have You Done My Brother?, Daptone
Respect Otis Redding
The Monterrey International Pop Festival, Rhino
SEGMENT: Booker T. Jones
Instrumental: Flamingo Earl Bostic
Rolling Stones: Artist's Choice, Hear Music
Drop On In Mable John
Stay Out of the Kitchen, Stax
Early in the Morning Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul, Atlantic
Why, Why, Why Jimmy Vaughan
Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm, Vanguard
Further Up the Road Bobby Bland
I Pity the Fool/The Duke Recordings, vol. 1, MCA
End Bed: Time Is Tight Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971, Stax
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Slim Jenkins' Place Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1962-1968, Stax
Detroit City Arthur Alexander
The Greatest, Cocho
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Keb Mo
Hank Williams: Timeless, Lost Highway
White Freight Liner Blues Steve Earle
Townes, New West
Billy 1 Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Original Soundtrack, Columbia
Instrumental: Soul Dressing Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1962-1968, Stax
SEGMENT: Jimmy Hughes
West End Blues Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
Ruler of My Heart Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Norah Jones and Robert Randolph
Medicated Magic, Ropeadope
Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John
Medicated Magic, Ropeadope
Instrumental: John's Ragtime John Jackson
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Arhoolie
Twelve Gates to the City Cephas & Wiggins
Cool Down, Alligator
Let's Come Together (As One Community) Willie King
Freedom Creek, Rooster Blues
Roamin-itus Eddie Bo
Gumbo Stew, Ace
Didn't He Ramble Kermit Ruffins
Livin' a Tremé Life, Basin Street
End Bed: Singin' the Blues Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch