Rock and Soul from Memphis to Muscle Shoals
This week on American Routes, we talk to Barbara Sims about her time working at Sun Studios as a publicist and promoter, and the search for the next Elvis. Then we dig into the archives for classic interviews with Sun’s founder Sam Phillips, Elvis’ sidemen DJ Fontana and Scotty Moore and the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis. Then we head to North Alabama for a conversation on love, God, and music with soul and disco siren Candi Staton.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Don't Be Cruel Bill Black's Combo
The Best of Bill Black's Combo: The Hi Records Years , Hi
That's All Right Arthur Crudup
That's All Right Mama, RCA
Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO
SEGMENT: Sam Phillips
Instrumental: Heartbreak Hotel Ace Cannon
The Best of Ace Cannon: The Hi Records Years, Hi
Matchbox Carl Perkins
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly
SEGMENT: Barbara Sims
Stranger in My Own Hometown Elvis Presley
The Essential 70s Masters , RCA
Lonely Weekends Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends, Bear Family
Instrumental: Raunchy Bill Justis and His Orchestra
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
SEGMENT: Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana
Milky White Way Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley- His Hand in Mine, RCA
End Bed: Hound Dog Twist Whispering Smith
House Rockin' and Hip Shakin' Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Smokie Part II Bill Black Combo
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
Nashville, Shout
Take that Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly
You Win Again Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly
SEGMENT: Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Big Maybelle
The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-'55, Epic/Okeh
Shake Otis Redding
Otis Blue, Volt/Atco
Instrumental: The Crawl Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years , Hi
SEGMENT: Rufus Thomas
Dark End of the Street James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor and Tie
Let's Stay Together Al Green
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B, Hi
Instrumental: Teenie's Dream Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
Slip Away Clarence Carter
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
SEGMENT: Candi Staton
Hey Jude Wilson Picket
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi