This week’s episode of Highway 61 features the early recordings of B.B. King and some of the artists who influenced him during his formative years in Memphis in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including Lowell Fulson, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Tampa Red, Robert Nighthawk, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gatemouth Moore, Dr. Clayton, and Lonnie Johnson.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BOOGIE ROCK
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 17
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, July 15, 2006 [SBHW-0017]
Lowell Fulson: 3 O’Clock Blues
B.B. King: 3 O’Clock Blues
John Lee Williamson: Million Years Blues
B.B. King: When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
Tampa Red: She’s Dynamite
B.B. King: She’s Dynamite
Robert Nighthawk: Sweet Black Angel
B.B. King: Sweet Little Angel
Robert Nighthawk: Crying Won’t Help You
B.B. King: Crying Won’t Help You
Jimmy Witherspoon: Ain’t Nobody’s Business
B.B. King: Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Gatemouth Moore: Have You Ever Loved a Woman
B.B. King: Have You Ever Loved a Woman
Dr. Clayton: I Need My Baby
B.B. King: Walking Dr. Bill
Lonnie Johnson: Blues Stay Away from Me
B.B. King: Blues Stay Away from Me
B.B. King: Boogie Rock
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at University of Mississippi for Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Post-production & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2006, 2017 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.