MLK Day with the Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was first shared in words. We’ll hear it in music from the Staple Singers, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, plus classic jazz, reggae and a new generation of singers: the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Norah Jones and  Questlove. Then, songs, rhythms and histories from the Georgia Sea Islands Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition), Sony 

Blowin’ in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Greatest Hits, Motown 

Long Walk to D.C. The Staple Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971, Stax

A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 

The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan, Columbia

Man in Black Johnny Cash 
Columbia Country Classics, Columbia

Instrumental:  Lift Every Voice and Sing Art Blakey
In My Prime Vol. 2, Timeless Records

Why Am I Treated So Bad Norah Jones, ?uestlove, Christian McBride 
Norah Jones is Playing Along, Blue Note

Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis 
Wade in the Water, Geffen Records

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition), Sony 

Freedom Road The Blind Boys of Alabama
Higher Ground, Real World Records

You Gotta Move Mississippi Fred McDowell 
You Gotta Move, Smithsonian Folkways

Instrumental: Moanin’ Quincy Jones 
Quincy Jones: Big Band, UMG Recordings

People Get Ready The Impressions 
People Get Ready, Geffen Records

The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Island

Get Up, Stand Up The Wailers  
Burnin’, Island

Leaving Eden Carolina Chocolate Drops 
Leaving Eden, Nonesuch

A Change Is Gonna Come John Boutté
Jambalaya, boutteworks

Closing Bed: Soul Stomp Gerald Clayton
Tributary Tales, Motéma Music

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Yonder Come Day Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
Youtube 

With God on Our Side Odetta
Odetta Sings Dylan, Sony 

The Sound of Silence - Electric version Simon and Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence, Columbia

Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America) Dion & Paul Simon
Blues with Friends, Keeping The Blues Alive Records  

Chain Gang  Sam Cooke 
The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA

A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke 
Ain’t That Good News, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

Down By the Riverside Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Absolutely the Best: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Fuel 2000

Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel Train, Verve

That’s All Sister Rosetta Tharpe 
The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection, Airline Records

Instrumental: Wade in the Water Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Sundazed Music

Kum Ba Yah/Come By Here Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

Religion, So Sweet Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

Move, Daniel Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

Soon I Will Be Done Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

O Day, Yonder Come Day Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

Instrumental:  Saints Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Sundazed Music

You Got My Letter Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

SEGMENT: The Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters

Oh Freedom Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording

End Bed: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus 
Mingus Ah Um, Sony

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