Bad Luck / Good Luck
Baton Rouge bluesman Henry Gray, composer of "I'm a Lucky, Lucky Man," plays piano and tells tales of life's downs and ups from humble beginnings to reknown as a musician. Guitarist and singer John Hammond Jr. was born into an urbane East Coast family with music business connections, but chose the country blues as a way of life. He speaks about his travels and fortunes as a musician, and his recent collaboration with Tom Waits. Plus we visit with the fortune teller, light a candle, and ask you to listen for the luckiest music mix in the world.
HOUR ONE
Wheel of Fortune Little Jimmy Scott
Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Decca
Never Get Out of this World Alive Delta Rhythm Boys
The Jive is Jumpin': RCA & Bluebird Vocal Groups, 1939-52, West Side
Never Get Out of this World Alive Hank Williams
The Compete Hank Williams, Mercury
Gambler's Yodel Doc Watson
Ballads from Deep Gap, Vanguard
I'm a Bad Luck Woman Memphis Minnie
Hoodoo Lady 1933-1937, Sony
Instrumental: Sahara Mac ‘Dr. John' Rebennack
Dr. John: Medical School, MCI
SEGMENT: Sandra Blenden and Felix Figueroa of F&F Botanica and Candle shop
Fortune Teller Benny Spellman
Minit Records Story, EMI
Four Leaf Clover ReBirth Brass Band
Do Whatcha Wanna, Mardi Gras
Invocando a Chango Ernesto Lecuona and the Lecuona Cuban Boys
Mambo Cubano: The Golden Age of Cuban Music 1940-1960, Proper/Retro
Fallaste Corazón Cuco Sanchez
Mexicanisimo: 24 Exitos, CBS International
Instrumental: Klezmer Dances: Introduction Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
L.A.G.Q., Sony Classical
Dear Someone Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator), Acony
Stones In My Passway John Hammond
The Best of, Vanguard
INTERVIEW: John Hammond Jr
Happy Go Lucky Local Duke Ellington
Blues Masters Vol.13: New York City Blues, Rhino
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Mr. Lucky Si Zentner
Ultra Lounge Vol. 13: TV Town, Capitol
Stormy Monday Them
Them Featuring Van Morrison, London
Stormy Monday Lou Rawls
Anthology, Capitol
I'm Just a Lucky So and So Ella Fitzgerald
The Very Best of Ella, Decca
I'm Just a Lucky So and So Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Giants of the Blues & Funk Tenor Sax, Fantasy
Mean Old World Little Walter
The Essential, MCA/Chess
Mean Old World Sam Cooke
Night Beat, Abkco
Instrumental: Slim's Shout Sunnyland Slim
Slim's Shout, Fantasy
INTERVIEW: Henry Gray
I Ain't Superstitious Howlin' Wolf
His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, MCA
I Had My Chance Morphine
Yes, Rykodisc
Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder
music by Ry Cooder, Warner Bros
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen The Staple Singers
Great Day, Milestone
Rolling Stone Bob Marley & The Wailers
Wailing Wailers at Studio One, Vol.2, Heartbeat
Ol' 55 Tom Waits
Closing Time, Asylum
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around) Jerry Lee Lewis
Classics Box, Bear Family
Close bed: I'm Just a Lucky So and So Yusef LaTeef
The Riverside Records Story, Riverside