Highway 61 Blues 25: Baby Please Don’t Go

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.