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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
ROCK AND SOUL FROM MEMPHIS TO MUSCLE SHOALS: CANDI STATON, SAM PHILLIPS AND BARBARA SIMS
We road-trip to the fertile crescent of rock and soul with Barbara Sims, Sun Studios publicist and promoter, as she tells of her search for the next Elvis. We hightail it to North Alabama for a conversation on love, God and music with soul and disco siren Candi Staton. Then, we dig into the archives for classic interviews with Sun’s founder Sam Phillips, Elvis’ sidemen DJ Fontana and Scotty Moore and the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis. Plus, we get tips from STAX soul man Rufus Thomas on how to cut a rug.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Don't Be Cruel Bill Black's Combo
The Best of Bill Black's Combo: The Hi Records Years, Hi - That's All Right Arthur Crudup
That's All Right Mama, RCA - Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO - SEGMENT: Sam Phillips
Listen - Instrumental: Heartbreak Hotel Ace Cannon
The Best of Ace Cannon: The Hi Records Years, Hi - Matchbox Carl Perkins
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly - SEGMENT: Barbara Sims
Listen - Stranger in My Own Hometown Elvis Presley
The Essential 70s Masters, RCA - Lonely Weekends Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends, Bear Family - Instrumental: Raunchy Bill Justis and His Orchestra
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - SEGMENT: Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana
Listen - Milky White Way Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley-- His Hand in Mine, RCA - End Bed: Hound Dog Twist Whispering Smith
House Rockin' and Hip Shakin' Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Smokie Part II Bill Black Combo
Hi Times: The High Records R & B Years , Hi - That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
Nashville, Shout - Take that Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics , Charly - You Win Again Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly - SEGMENT: Jerry Lee Lewis
Listen - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Big Maybelle
The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-'55, Epic/Okeh - Shake Otis Redding
Otis Blue, Volt/Atco - Instrumental: The Crawl Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - SEGMENT: Rufus Thomas
Listen - Dark End of the Street James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie - Let's Stay Together Al Green
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - Instrumental: Teenie's Dream Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - Slip Away Clarence Carter
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - SEGMENT: Candi Staton
Listen - Hey Jude Wilson Picket
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
