BLUES–THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT & LITTLE FREDDIE KING LIVE

Blues…it’s a universal solvent in music. There’s blues in jazz, R & B, roots rock and soul, country, Cajun, Latin, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop… It’s everywhere! We’ll hear from all corners of the musical map including Bessie Smith, Buddy Guy, Freddy Fender and Clifton Chenier and more. Then an hour with Octogenarian electric country blues man Little Freddie King live from Marigny Studios in New Orleans.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Mood Indigo Duke Ellington
In a Sentimental Mood, Sony

Good Mornin' Blues Leadbelly
Leadbelly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Smithsonian Folkways

First Time I Met the Blues Buddy Guy
I Was Walkin’ Through the Woods, Geffen

Buddy Bolden's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
The Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings, Verve

Learnin' the Blues Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis Again, Verve

Lonnie's Blues Dr. Lonnie Smith
Finger Lickin' Good, Columbia

Every Day, I Have the Blues Lou Rawls
Black and Blue, Capitol

Instrumental: Blue Piano Stomp Johnny Dodds Trio
Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929), West Hill Radio Archives

Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl Bessie Smith
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter, Sony

Sugar Blues Bob Wills
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 7, Warner

Sugar Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters, Blue Thumb

Never No More Blues Jimmie Rodgers
Essential Jimmie Rodgers, BMG Entertainment

Deep Blues Red Foley
Country Music Hall of Fame: Red Foley, UMG

Crazy Arms Jerry Lee Lewis
The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis (The Sun Sessions), Sun

Blues de Port Arthur Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Rounder

Gone a La Maison Clifton Chenier
Clifton Sings the Blues, Arhoolie

Instrumental: Lobos al Escape Los Orientales de Paramonga
Cumbias Chichadelicas: Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha, Industria Fonografica Peruana

Recuerdas Querido Amigo Little Joe and the Latinaires
Little Joe and the Latinaires, Countdown Media

Que Mala Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender Rock & Roll, Arhoolie

Where Was You At? War
The World is a Ghetto, United Artists Records

Trick Bag Earl King
The Sonet Blues Story, Universal

Closing Bed: The Pot Dr. John
Gumbo Stew–New Orleans Original R & B, AFO Records

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Can't Do Nothing Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Tough Frog Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Chicken Dance Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Instrumental: Old Yellow Boy Little Freddie King
Messin' Around in the Living Room, MadeWright

Standing at Your Door Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Pocketful of Money Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Born Dead Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Instrumental: Bywater Crawl Little Freddie King
Absolutely the Best, MadeWright

Walk with Freddie Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Crackhead Joe Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

The Fox Hunt Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

Closing Bed: Kingshead Shuffle Little Freddie King
American Routes Live Recording at Marigny Studios

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