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
RED HOT
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 11
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, March 18, 2006 [SBHW-0011]
Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Shim Sham Shimmy
Pat Hare: I’m Gonna Murder My Baby
Memphis Ma Rainey: Baby, No, No
Johnny O’Neal: Ugly Woman
Earl Hooker: Hucklebuck
Sammy Lewis: So Long, Baby, Goodbye
Rufus Thomas: Bear Cat
Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
Roscoe Gordon: I Found a New Love
James Cotton: Cotton Crop Blues
Little Milton: Looking for My Baby
Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Red Hot
Billy Lee Riley: Red Hot
Little Junior Parker: Love My Baby
Little Junior Parker: Mystery Train
Elvis Presley: Mystery Train
Frank Frost: Jelly Roll King
Willie Nix: Baker Shop Boogie
Sleepy John Estes: Registration Day Blues
Dr. Ross; Boogie Disease
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: Steve Pratt
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2006, 2017 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.