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

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