Memorial Day with Red Simpson and Super Chikan
For the first road holiday of the year, we speak with country stalwart Red Simpson. Though the only truck he'd ever driven was for Good Humor, Simpson was recruited by Capitol Records to sing about the trucking life, scoring hits like "The Highway Patrol" and "I'm a Truck." Also a visit with a former truck driver, now yodeling Mississippi bluesman Super Chikan! Steady at the wheel!
HOUR ONE
Key to the Highway Dinah Washington
Back to the Blues, Roulette
Key to the Highway Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
Travelin' Mood Snooks Eaglin
The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol
Hitch Hike Marvin Gaye
The Master, Motown
Truckin' Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1935-36, Classics
Everybody's Truckin Modern Mountaineers
Heroes of Country Music Vol.1, Rhino
Instrumental: Truckin' Pickin' on the Grateful Dead
Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, CMH
Truck Stop Mills Brothers
Cab Driver, Ranwood
Motivatin' Man Red Simpson
Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer, Razor & Tie
INTERVIEW: Red Simpson
40 Miles of Bad Road Duane Eddy
Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino
State Trooper Bruce Springsteen
Nebraska, Sony
Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder
Music by Ry Cooder, Warner
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Woody Guthrie
This Land is Your Land, Folkways
Travelin' This Lonesome Road Bill Monroe
16 Gems, Sony
Don't Let the Devil Ride Joe May
Men of Gospel, Peacock
Race with the Devil Gene Vincent
Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino
Ride Into the Sun Luna
Slide, Elektra
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Born to be Wild The Moog Cookbook
Ye Old Space Bande, Restless
Folksongs for Our Time: Oh Dat Freeway System Stan Freberg
Tip of the Freeberg, Rhino
Action Packed Ronnie Dee
Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino
Daddy Had a Buick Robert Earl Keen
A Bigger Piece of the Sky
Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson
Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino
Brand New Cadillac Vince Taylor & His Playboys
Loud, Fast & Out of Control, Rhino
Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the Skids
Dirt Track Date, Geffen
Instrumental: Chicken Strut The Meters
Funkify Your Life, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Super Chikan
Fried Chicken Rufus Thomas
The Hi Records R&B Years, Hi
Eat that Chicken Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um, Columbia
Travelin' Blues Lefty Frizzell
Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia
All I Want Joni Mitchell
Blue, Geffen
Travelin' Light Billie Holiday
Songs of Lost Love, Verve
Long Road to Travel Lonnie Johnson
American Roots Collection, Folkways
King of the Road Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith
The Further Adventures, Verve
Travel the Road of Love Jimmy Rushing
Rushing Lullabies, Sony