This week on Highway 61 Scott Barretta investigates the blues output generated by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis in the early 1950s, including classic blues and R&B recordings by Billy “The Kid” Emerson, Pat Hare, Memphis Ma Rainey, Johnny O’Neal, Earl Hooker, Sammy Lewis, Rufus Thomas, Pinetop Perkins, Roscoe Gordon, James Cotton, Little Milton, Billy Lee Riley, Little Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Frank Frost, Willie Nix, Sleepy John Estes, Dr. Ross, and Hot Shot Love.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
SUN RECORDS SPECIAL
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 11
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, March 18, 2006 [SBHW-0011]
[01] Scott Barretta Opening Comments over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[02] Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Shim Sham Shimmy
[03] Pat Hare: I’m Gonna Murder My Baby
[04] Memphis Ma Rainey: Baby, No, No
[05] Johnny O’Neal: Ugly Woman
[06] Earl Hooker: Hucklebuck
[07] Sammy Lewis: So Long, Baby, Goodbye
[08] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music
[09] Rufus Thomas: Bear Cat
[10] Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
[11] Roscoe Gordon: I Found a New Love
[12] James Cotton: Cotton Crop Blues
[13] Little Milton: Looking for My Baby
[14] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music
[15] Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Red Hot
[16] Billy Lee Riley: Red Hot
[17] Little Junior Parker: Love My Baby
[18] Little Junior Parker: Mystery Train
[19] Elvis Presley: Mystery Train
[20] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music
[21] Frank Frost: Jelly Roll King
[22] Willie Nix: Baker Shop Boogie
[23] Sleepy John Estes: Registration Day Blues
[24] Dr. Ross; Boogie Disease
[25] Scott Barretta Closing Comments over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[26] Closing Music: Hot Shot Love: Harmonica Jam
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at The University of Mississippi for
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Sidney Daniels
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2006, 2014 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.
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