Lovers, Brothers and Others: Making Sweet Music Together

Music made by couples, families and siblings often has a special quality. The same is true of people who have a musical attraction to one another: Lennon and McCartney, or Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Country traditionalist and mandolin player Marty Stuart was 12 years old when he met country chanteuse Connie Smith at a road show in his native Mississippi. Decades later Marty and Connie were married. They talk about their spring-fall relationship and making music together as “old souls.” We’ll talk to Joan Baez about writing for Bob Dylan and her singing his songs. Plus the Black Keys tell us how they teamed up, as did real brothers Trombone Shorty and James Andrews. We’ll also hear from the Cajun married duo of Marc and Ann Savoy.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Corinne, Corrina Chet Atkins

Gallop Guitar: The Early Years, Bear Family

You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles

Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino

I Thank You Sam and Dave

Sweat 'n' Soul: Anthology 1965-1971, Rhino

The Man I Love Billie Holliday and Lester Young

A Musical Romance, Columbia

Sweet Lorraine Nat King Cole

The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol.1 1942-1946, Capitol

Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Louis Prima and Keely Smith

Wild, Cool and Swingin', Capitol

Instrumental: Hummingbyrd Marty Stuart

Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions, Sugar Hill

SEGMENT: Marty Stuart and Connie Smith

Evening Gown Mick Jagger

Wandering Spirit, Atlantic

Fraulein Townes Van Zandt

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, United Artists

Ain't It Hard Mance Lipscomb

Texas Blues Guitar, Arhoolie

Instrumental: Fireman Ring the Bell RL Burnside

Too Bad Jim, Fat Possum

CLIP: The Black Keys

Busted The Black Keys

The Big Come Up, Alive

Losing You Mavis Staples

You Are Not Alone, Anti-

If I Were a Carpenter Lee Dorsey

Soul Mine: The Greatest Hits and More 1960-1978, Charley

You Were on My Mind Ian and Sylvia

The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Vanguard

Jackson Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis

The Locust Years, Bear Family

Ballad of John and Yoko John Lennon

Imagine: John Lennon: Music from the Original Motion Picture, Capitol

End Bed: Return to Me Buddy Miller and Lee Ann Womack

The Majestic Silver Strings, New West

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: My Sweet Potato Booker T and the MGs

The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic

It Takes Two Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

The Very Best of Marvin Gaye, UTV

I'll Never Be Free Paul Gayten and Annie Laurie

Paul Gayten and Annie Laurie, Specialty

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin, Verve

CLIP: James & Troy Andrews

Lil' Liza Jane James & Troy Andrews feat. Dr. John and Cyril Neville

12 & Shorty, Keep Swingin'

Door Poppin' Carol Fran and Clarence Holliman

Louisiana Gumbo, Putomayo

Sophisticated Sissy Rufus Thomas

The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic

Instrumental: Frankie and Johnnie Tuts Washington

New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder

Frankie and Johnnie Sam Cooke

The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA

Lover's Prayer Wallace Brothers

Sun Records: Southern Soul, Sun

CLIP: Marc and Ann Savoy

Reno Waltz The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band

Home Music with Spirits, Arhoolie

In Spite of Ourselves John Prine and Iris DeMent

In Spite of Ourselves, Oh Boy

Instrumental: Last Date Floyd Cramer

Country Legends, RCA

SEGMENT: Joan Baez

Long Time Gone Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones

Foreverly, Warner Bros.

The Two of Us The Beatles

Let It Be... Naked, Apple/ Capitol

End Bed: Tea for Two Tito Puente

Tito Puente NightBeat / Mucho Puente Plus, Bear Family

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