Mavis Staples & Bob Dorough
Singer Mavis Staples grew up singing blues-inflected gospel with her family in Chicago, lead by her father Pops Staples’s distinctive voice and guitar style. Their sound transcended the local scene, translating the message of the Civil Rights movement into song. We’ll talk with Mavis about her latest efforts with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Then, we’ll sit in while jazz songsmith Bob Dorough spins stories of the 1950s jazz world and takes us back to Schoolhouse Rock to share his thoughts on the magical properties of the number 3.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Pop's Instrumental The Staples Singers
Soul Folk in Action, Stax
Downward Road Mavis Staples
You Are Not Alone, Anti-
Someday Soon Wilco
Being There, Reprise
Humanity John Legend & the Roots
Wake Up, Sony
Gotta Change My Way of Thinking Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, Sony
Instrumental: Pick Up On Tab, Part 1 Tab Smith
Delmark Records 50 Years of Jazz and Blues, Delmark
SEGMENT: Mavis Staples
She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
Greatest Hits Vol. II, Sony
For What it's Worth Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield, Elektra
Instrumental: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Billy Preston
Drown In My Tears, Pazzazz
Don't Let the Sun Go Down The Living Sisters
Love to Live, Vanguard
Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson
Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Motown
All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers
All-Time Original Hits, Rhino
When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian
In My Own Dream Karen Dalton
In My Own Time, Light in the Attic
Save Some Time to Dream John Mellencamp
No Better Than This, Rounder
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Walk On Bob Dorough
Right on My Way Home, Blue Note
Blue Train Johnny Cash
The Man in Black-1954-1958, Bear Family
Blue Railroad Train The Delmore Brothers
Hillbilly Boogie Best, Goldenlane
Workin' for the MTA Justin Townes Earle
Harlem River Blues, Bloodshot
Arkansas Blues Mildred Bailey
Rockin Chair Lady, WNTS
What'd I Say Parts I & II Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: the 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
Instrumental: What'd I Say Floyd Kramer
The Essential Floyd Kramer, BMG
Little Jazz Bird Blossom Dearie
Jazz Masters: Blossom Dearie, Verve
My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares for Me, Entertainers
SEGMENT: Bob Dorough
Instrumental: Function at the Junction Ramsey Lewis
Goin' Latin, Verve
Function at the Junction Shorty Long
The Best of Motown 1960s: Volume 2, Motown
S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) Joe Tex
The Very Best of Joe Tex, Rhino
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog? Rufus Thomas
Complete Stax Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Stax
Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Wanda Jackson
Vintage Collection, Capitol
It's All Over Now The Valentinos
The SAR Records Story 1959-1965, ABKCO
End Bed: Things are Getting Better Cannonball Adderley featuring Milt Jackson
The Riverside Records Story, Riverside