This week’s episode of Highway 61 with Scott Barretta features the music of Robert Nighthawk, his influences Tampa Red and Tommy Johnson, his contemporaries Big Joe Williams and John Lee Williamson, and his disciples B.B. King and Muddy Waters.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
U.S. BOOGIE
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 33
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, January 19, 2008 [18187]
Robert Lee McCoy: Prowlin’ Nighthawk
Robert Lee McCoy: Friars Point Blues
Big Joe Williams: Rootin’ Groundhog
John Lee Williamson: Frigidaire Blues
Tampa Red: Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk: Black Angel Blues
B.B. King: Sweet Black Angel
Tommy Johnson: Maggie Campbell Blues
Robert Nighthawk: Maggie Campbell Blues:
Muddy Waters: Meanest Woman
Tampa Red: Crying Won’t Help You
Robert Nighthawk: Crying Won’t Help You
B.B. King: Crying Won’t Help You
Robert Nighthawk: Blues Before Sunrise
Robert Nighthawk: Everything Gonna Be Alright
Robert Nighthawk: U.S. Boogie
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amstredam
Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at the University of Mississippi
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2008, 2018 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.
