Mark Coltrane fills in for Scott Barretta on this week’s edition of Highway 61 from Mississippi Public Broadcasting with a program dedicated to three late blues artists who passed away in 2006: Etta Baker, Henry Townsend, and Jessie Mae Hemphill.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BABY PLEASE DON’T GO
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 25
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 30, 2006 [18103]
Etta Baker: When I Was Young & In My Prime
Etta Baker: Railroad BillEtta Baker: Marching Jaybird
Etta Baker: One Dime Blues
Etta Baker: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Etta Baker: Carolina Breakdown
Henry Townsend: She Got a Mean Disposition
Henry Townsend: Bye Bye St. Louis
Henry Townsend: Crying Won’t Make Me Stay
Henry Townsend: It’s Gotta End Somewhere
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Baby Please Don’t Go
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Eagle Bird
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Jesus Will Fix It For You
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Shame On You
Etta Baker: John Henry
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Shake It Baby
Henry Townsend: My Story
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Mark Coltrane 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.
