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RICKY SKAGGS & LOUISIANA RED
True Believers in Country Music and the Blues: Grammy-winning, God-fearing man of song Ricky Skaggs talks about his music, specifically his devotion to bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe. Plus, who is Louisiana Red? Iverson Minter is the name on his Mississippi birth certificate; “Red” came with a notorious love of New Orleans hot sauce; and his sound was formed while working in the Pittsburgh steel mills. Just as Ricky Skaggs sees his music as an expression of spirituality, Louisiana Red infuses his blues with messages of labor protest and Civil Rights.
HOUR ONE
- Seven Bridges Road Dolly Parton
Little Sparrow, Sugar Hill - She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain Booker White
Arhoolie 40th Anniversary Collection, Arhoolie - She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain Tiny Bradshaw
Rhapsodies In Black, Rhino - The Weary Blues Branford Marsalis
Rhapsodies In Black, Rhino - A Handful of Riffs Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar, Yazoo - I Dreamed That Heaven Was Like This Johnnie Taylor
Lifetime 3CD set, Stax - I Had a Dream Johnnie Taylor
Lifetime 3CD set, Stax - Instrumental: Uncloudy Day Doc Watson
On Praying Ground, Sugar Hill - My Long Journey Home Monroe Brothers
What Would You Give …?, Rounder - Walls of Time Ricky Skaggs
Ancient Tones, Skaggs Family - INTERVIEW: Ricky Skaggs
Listen - Instrumental: Allons Rock N Roll Lil' Band O' Gold
Lil' Band O' Gold, Shanachie - Patoutville Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Happytown, Rounder - Acting the Devil Chris Ardoin
Turn The Page, Rounder - We Two Happy People Stranger & Patsy
Roots of Reggae: Ska Vol.1, Rhino - That's How I Feel Sun Ra
Lanquidity, Evidence
HOUR two
- Rock-Rock Ola Merril Moore
Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family - A Shot of Rhythm & Blues Clyde McPhatter
A Shot of Rhythm & Blues, Sundazed - Cleanhead's Back In Town Eddie ‘Cleanhead' Vinson
Cleanhead's Back In Town, Rhino - Delilah Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown's Finest Hour, Verve - Martinique Martin Denny
Exotica: The Best of Martin Denny, Rhino - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes Los Lobos w/Paul Burlison
El Cancionero Mas y Mas, Rhino - Instrumental: Shadow Blues Craig Ventresco
The Past Is Yet To Come, OJL - INTERVIEW: Louisiana Red
Listen - Story of Louisiana Red Louisiana Red
The Best of Louisiana Red, Evidence - Working Man Blues Louisiana Red
Lowdown Back Porch Blues, Collectables - Red's Dream Louisiana Red
Lowdown Back Porch Blues, Collectables - Instrumental: Anji Davy Graham
Fire In The Soul, Topic - State Trooper Deana Carter
Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, SubPop - Open All Night Bruce Springsteen
Nebraska, Sony - Poor Boy RL Burnside
Well… Well… Well, MC - Prodigal Son Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet, London - INTERVIEW: Jeff Titon on John Fahey
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