This week’s episode of Highway 61 Blues turns the spotlight on the music of Chicago’s Delmark Records and its blues recordings by Big Joe Williams, Arthur Big Boy” Crudup, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Johnson, Syl Johnson, Jimmy Burns, Charles Wilson, Zora Young, and Jimmy Dawkins.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
HOODOO MAN BLUES
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 23
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, August 19, 2006 [18075]
Big Joe Williams: 49 Highway Blues
Arthur Big Boy” Crudup: Coal Black Mare
Roosevelt Sykes: North Gulfport Boogie
Sunnyland Slim: Every Time I Get To Drinking
Junior Wells: Hoodoo Man Blues
Magic Sam: I Need You So Bad
Otis Rush: Please Love Me
Carey Bell: I Gonna Buy Me A Train Ticket
Lurrie Bell: Rapid Transit
Jimmy Johnson: Same Old Blues
Syl Johnson: Driving Wheel
Jimmy Burns: Catfish Blues
Charles Wilson: I Talk To Myself
Zora Young: My Man’s An Undertaker
Jimmy Dawkins: Chitlins Con Carne
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at the University of Mississippi
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2006, 2018 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.