The Soul of Martin Luther King
We visit with two great performers who carry on the legacy of MLK in life and spirit. First, the great songwriter, arranger and performer Isaac Hayes – who defined R&B for a generation – recalls his participation in lunch counter sit-ins and Memphis protest marches, and integrating the Stax office staff. And ’60s soul singer “Able” Mable John talks about recording strong statements like “Stay Out of the Kitchen,” and “Don’t Hit Me No More” as well as her work now as a minister in Los Angeles.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Walk On By Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul, Stax
We Shall Overcome Toots and the Maytals
54-46 Was My Number: Anthology, 1964 - 2000, Trojan
I Shall Be Released Marion Williams
The New Message / Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go, Collectables
Unclouded Day Johnny Cash
Voice of the Spirit: The Gospel of the South, Dualtone
I Got to Climb a High Mountain Johnie Lewis
Blues with a Message, Arhoolie
Instrumental: Just A Closer Walk With Thee Aubrey Ghent
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie
Coon on the Moon Howlin' Wolf
The Back Door Wolf, Chess/MCA
Brown Eyed Handsome Man Chuck Berry
His Best, Volume 1, MCA/Chess
Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) Derrick Morgan
Sucker Punch: Jamaican Boxing Tributes, Trojan
Who's Gonna Help a Brother Get Further? Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can / Night People, Raven
What's Going On The Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Chuck D
What's Going On, Shout! Factory
Instrumental: You Don't Know Like I Know Isaac Hayes
Presenting Isaac Hayes, Stax
INTERVIEW: Isaac Hayes
Freedom Jazz Dance Eddie Harris
Atlantic Jazz Saxophones, Atlantic
Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Wade In The Water Ramsey Lewis
Chess Soul: a Decade of Chicago's Finest, MCA/Chess
Lift Every Voice and Sing Zion Harmonizers
Best of New Orleans Gospel, Vol. II, Mardi Gras
Down by the Riverside Louis Armstrong
Louis and the Angels & Louis and the Good Book, MCA
If I Had a Hammer Toussaint McCall
Nothing Takes the Place of You: The Ronn Recordings, Fuel 2000
This Train Bob Marley & the Wailers
The Complete Wailers 1967 - 1972 Part 1 Selassie is the Chapel, JAD
Your Dog Loves My Dog Nashville Quartet
Sing for Freedom: Civil Rights Movement Songs, Smithsonian Folkways
No Restricted Signs The Golden Gate Quartet
Swing Down, Chariot, Columbia/Legacy
Instrumental: Exodus The Skatalites
Foundation Ska, Heartbeat
Crisis in Arkansas Lord Invader
Calypso in New York, Folkways
Freedom The Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' It Live, Rounder
INTERVIEW: Mable John
Instrumental: Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2 Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul Volume Two, Atlantic
Bilbo is Dead Andrew Tibbs
The Aristocrat of the Blues: The Best of Aristocrat Records, MCA/Chess
Old Jim Crow Nina Simone
Sings Nina, Verve
The Day After Tomorrow Tom Waits
Real Gone, Anti
Get Together The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods, a.k.a. Get Together, RCA
End Bed: Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho Grant Green
Feelin' the Spirit, EMI