George Jones & Sam Moore

This week we are visited by two men with legendary voices in country and soul, famous for their duets and more. From the cotton patches of East Texas, George Jones remains one of the most distinctive voices in country music or otherwise. Known as “the King of Broken Hearts,” his hits through the ’60s and ’70s remain the high water mark for country ballads. Sam Moore, formerly of Sam & Dave, recalls his early days as a gospel singer in Miami and his conversion to pop. As a ’60s “Soul Man” he recorded a string of jukebox classics, then pressed through difficult times and has emerged with a second career on his own.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Color of the Blues George Jones
The Classic Mercury Years, Mercury

The Race is On George Jones
Greatest Hits, CEMA

Lost Highway Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Polygram

Ramblin' Man Cat Power
Live Session EP , iTunes

Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette
Stand By Your Man, Epic/Legacy

You Don't Have Far to Go Candi Staton
His Hands, Astralwerks

Today I Started Loving You Again Bobby Bland
Greatest Hits Volume Two - The ABC-Dunhill/MCA Recordings, MCA

Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis
The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz

Heartaches by the Number Dwight Yoakam
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., Reprise/Rhino

Color of the Blues Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Almost Blue, Rhino

You Gotta Be My Baby George Jones
George Jones: Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride, Scena

INTERVIEW: George Jones Pt.1 George Jones

Instrumental: Touch My Heart Lloyd Green
The Little Darlin' Sound of Lloyd Green, KOCH

INTERVIEW: George Jones Pt.2 George Jones

Cotton Eyed Joe Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family

Cotton Eyed Joe Nina Simone
Nina Simone Anthology: The Colpix Years, Rhino

End Bed: Behave Yourself Booker T. & The M.G.'s
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Soul Man Sam & Dave
Sweet ‘N' Soul Anthology 1965-1971, Rhino

Traveling Mood Snooks Eaglin & Friends
The Sonet Blues Story, Verve

Hole in the Wall Floyd Dixon
Marshall, Texas is My Home, Specialty

Down the Road Apiece The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, Now, abkco

Desde Que Conosco (Since I Met You Baby) Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie

Texas Woman Blues Taj Mahal
The Essential Taj Mahal, Columbia/Legacy

I'm A King Bee Slim Harpo
The Excello Singles Anthology, Hip-O

Instrumental: Bo-Time The Mar-Keys
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic

INTERVIEW: Sam Moore

The Soul of A Man Fontella Bass
Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest, MCA/Chess

Dark End of the Street Frank Black
Honeycomb, Back Porch

Instrumental: I Am A Pilgrim David Grisman & Tony Rice
Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc

Where the Soul (of Man) Never Dies The Blue Sky Boys
The Sunny Side of Life, Bear Family

Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Staple Singers
Great Day, Milestone

Will the Circle be Unbroken Lonnie ‘Big Ben' Bennett
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie

End Bed: Just A Closer Walk With Thee Marcus Roberts
If I Could Be With You, BMG

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