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Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke February 24th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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April 3rd, 2019

Two hours of music surrounding the forefather of the blues, Robert Johnson. The guitarist and singer is remembered by four other Delta bluesmen: guitarist Johnny Shines rode the rails with Johnson in the 1930s, pianist and guitarist Henry Townsend jammed with him, Robert Junior Lockwood is Johnson’s stepson and the late diddly-bow player Lonnie Pitchford followed in his footsteps. We’ll also hear Johnson tunes in the hands of latter-day artists the Rolling Stones and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Black Ace Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • Crossroads Cream
    The Very Best of Cream, Polydor
  • Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Dynaflow Blues The Johnny Shines Blues Band
    Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 3, Vanguard
  • SEGMENT: Johnny Shines
  • Instrumental: Overall Junction Albert King
    Blues Masters: The Very Best of Albert King, Rhino
  • Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Milk Cow Blues Rose Maddox
    America'a Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol. 1, Arhoolie
  • Milkcow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
    The Essential 50s Masters, RCA
  • Dust My Broom Ike & Tina Turner
    Bold Soul Sister, Hip-O
  • I Believe I’ll Go Back Home Clifton Chenier
    King of the Bayous, Arhoolie
  • Walking Blues Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
  • Sweet Old Chicago Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes
    Blues By Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Memphis Blues Eubie Blake
    Memories of You - the Rare Piano Rolls, Biograph
  • SEGMENT: Henry Townsend
  • It's A Hard Road to Travel Henry Townsend
    Mule, Nighthawk
  • Go Ahead Buddy Bill Weldon
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • They're Red Hot Robert Johnson
    The Complete Recordings, Columbia
  • They're Red Hot Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMI
  • Closing Bed: The Blue Horizon Johnny Shines
    Blues Reference, Disques Black & Blue

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew, Columbia
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Colubmia/Legacy
  • Hell Hound On My Trail Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note
  • Preachin' Blues Son House
    Mojo Workin' - Blues for the Next Generation, Columbia/Legacy
  • Love In Vain Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Stop Breaking Down Rolling Stones
    Exile On Main Street, Virgin
  • Instrumental: Feelin’ Bad Blues Ry Cooder
    Music By Ry Cooder, Warner
  • Stop Breaking Down Rolling Stones
    Exile on Main Street, Virgin
  • SEGMENT: Robert Junior Lockwood
  • Ramblin' On My Mind Front Range
    Ramblin' On My Mind, Sugar Hill
  • Sitting On Top of the World The Mississippi Sheiks
    The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo
  • Come On In My Kitchen Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Instrumental: Elmer’s Blues Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden
    Blues & Ballads, Bluesville
  • SEGMENT: Lonnie Pitchford
  • Walkin’ Blues Muddy Waters
    Rollin’ Stone, MCA
  • Crossroads Cowboy Junkies
    Whites Off Earth Now!, RCA
  • Closing Bed: Cross Road Blues Marcus Roberts
    Blues For the New Millennium , Columbia

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