Scott Barretta investigates the roots of rap music in this week’s episode of Highway 61, featuring early statements by Frankie ”Half-Pint” Jaxon, Memphis Minnie, Speckled Red, Jimmie Davis, Luke Jordan, Willie Walker, Dan Pickett, Blind Willie McTell, Georgia Tom Dorsey & Kansas City Kitty, The Hokum Boys, Dirty Red, Leroy Carr, Harmonica Frank Floyd, Willie Nix, Katie Webster & Ashton Conroy, Little Caesar, Big Jay McNeely, Richard Berry, and Slim Gaillard.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE DIRTY DOZENS
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 51
Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, October 4, 2008 [18439]
Frankie ”Half-Pint” Jaxon: Jive Man Blues
Memphis Minnie: Frankie Jean
Speckled Red: The Dirty Dozens
Jimmie Davis: She’s A Hum-Dum-Dinger
Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues
Willie Walker: South Carolina Rag
Dan Pickett: Number Writer
Blind Willie McTell: A Married Man’s A Fool
Blind Willie McTell: A To Z Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey & Kansas City Kitty: How Can You Have The Blues
The Hokum Boys: Terrible Operation Blues
Dirty Red: Dirty Mother Forya
Leroy Carr: Papa’s On The House Top
Harmonica Frank Floyd: Swamp Root
Willie Nix: Just Can’t Stay
Katie Webster & Ashton Conroy: Baby Baby
Little Caesar: You Can’t Bring Me Down
Big Jay McNeely: Road House Boogie
Richard Berry: The Big Break
Slim Gaillard: Crap Shooter’s Jive
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
© 2008, 2018 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.