Highway 61 offers a program producer-host Scott Barretta calls “Good For What Ails You” featuring music by blues artists who performed as part of the traveling medicine shows of the first four decades of the 20th century., including Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah, Frank Stokes, Cannon’s Jug Stompers, Henry Thomas, Coley Jones & the Dallas String Band, Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon), Pink Anderson & Semmie Dooley, Jim Jackson, Lil McClinnick, the Grant Brothers, Frank Hutchison, the Allen Brothers, Chris Beauchalon, Blind Willie McTell, Hezekiah Jenkins, Earl McDonald’s Original Louisville Jug Band, Papa Charlie Jackson, and the Three Tobacco Tags.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BRING IT WHEN YOU COME
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 19
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, July 29, 2006 [18019]
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah: The Spasm Frank Stokes: I Got Mine
Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Bring It When You Come
Henry Thomas: Railroadin’ Some
Coley Jones & the Dallas String Band: Hokum Blues
Banjo Joe: My Money Never Runs Out
Pink Anderson & Semmie Dooley: Pap’s About To Get Mad
Jim Jackson: I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop
Lil McClinnick: Don’t Think I’m Santa Claus Just Because I Bring You Presents Once in a While
The Grant Brothers: Tell It To Me
Frank Hutchison: Stack-A-Lee
The Allen Brothers: Bow Wow Blues
Chris Beauchalon: Born in Hard Luck
Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta Strut
Hezekiah Jenkins: Shout You Cats
Earl McDonald’s Original Louisville Jug Band: Casey Bill
Papa Charlie Jackson: Skoodle-Um-Skoo
Three Tobacco Tags: Reno Blues
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, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2006, 2018 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.
