Earth & Blood: James Blood Ulmer & Tracy Nelson
Elemental blues, jazz and country from two performers with deep roots and cosmic connections. In the ’60s, young Tracy Nelson left the midwest for psychedelic San Francisco to front the R & B rock band, Mother Earth. Now deep in the Tennessee hills, she’s looking back to country sounds. From South Carolina to deep space, guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer takes us on his journey from childhood gospel to free form harmolodic jazz with Ornette Coleman. Blood now brings it all to bear on a brutal, personal version of the blues.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Mother Earth Tracy Nelson
Mother Earth: Livin' with the Animals, Wounded Bird
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky Michael Doucet
From Now On, Smithsonian Folkways
Snatch It Back and Hold It Junior Wells and Buddy Guy
Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
I Need Your Love So Bad Irma Thomas
The Irma Thomas Collection, Razor and Tie
Baptized in Dirty Water Chris Thomas King
Rise, 21st Century Blues
Instrumental: Blues on Purpose Nina Simone
In Concert: I Put a Spell On You, Mercury
Mother Earth Memphis Slim
Chess Blues-Rock Songbook, MCA/Chess
Down So Low Tracy Nelson
Mother Earth: Livin' with the Animals, Wounded Bird
SEGMENT: Tracy Nelson
Instrumental: Rose Time Merle Travis
Walkin' The Strings, Capitol
Tennessee Blues The Sir Douglas Band
Texas Tornado, Collectors Choice
Funny How Time Slips Away Dorothy Moore
Misty Blue, Malaco
Stand by Your Man Merlene Webber
Trojan Reggae Sisters, Trojan
That's Entrainment Van Morrison
Keep It Simple, Lost Highway
HOUR TWO
Ramblin' Ornette Coleman
Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino
Shake 'Em on Down R.L. Burnside
Too Bad Jim, Fat Possum
Hound Dog Albert King
Blues for Elvis: King does the King's Things, Stax
Home of the Blues Dwight Yoakam
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, Reprise
Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Sire
South Carolina Rag Willie Walker
The Roots of Rap, Yazoo
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel The Dixie Hummingbirds
Thank You for One More Day, Peacock
SEGMENT: James Blood Ulmer
Instrumental: Rib Joint Sammy Price and the 'Rock' Band with King Curtis & Mickey Baker
Rib Joint, Savoy Jazz
Willie and Laura Mae Jones Shelby Lynne
Just a Little Lovin', Lost Highway
I Heard It Through the Grapevine Bill Frissell
East / West, Nonesuch
Don't Give Up on Me Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up on Me, Epitath
End Bed: Closer Walk with Thee / I Know Michael Doucet
From Now On, Smithsonian Folkways