Highway 61 – Radio Free Amsterdam

November 29, 2017November 30, 2017

Highway 61 Blues 13: Eisenhower Blues

Scott Barretta presents a program of idiosyncratic political blues by Andrew Tibbs, J.B. Lenoir, Memphis Slim, Homesick James, Johnny Young John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Cassandra Wilson, Louisiana Red, Percy Mayfield, and Willie King.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

EISENHOWER BLUES

HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 13

Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, April 15, 2006 [SBHW-0013]

Andrew Tibbs: Bilbo Is Dead

J.B. Lenoir: Eisenhower Blues

Memphis Slim; Four Years of Torment

Homesick James: Wartime

Johnny Young: I Tried Not to Cry

John Lee Hooker: This Land Is Nobody’s Land

Junior Wells: Vietnam Blues

Cassandra Wilson: Vietnam Blues

J.B. Lenoir: Down in Mississippi

J.B. Lenoir: The Shooting of James Meredith

Louisiana Red: Red’s Dream

Percy Mayfield: I Don’t Wanna Be President

Willie King: Second Coming

Willie King: America

Willie King: Stand Up and Speak the Truth

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at University of Mississippi for Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Post-production & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam

November 22, 2017November 30, 2017

Highway 61 Blues 12: Living Blues

This week on Highway 61 Scott Barretta spotlights the artists featured in the current issue of Living Blues magazine, published at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, and plays recordings by Buddy Guy, Michael Powers, Cool John Ferguson, Cootie Stark, Little Pink Anderson, and Howard Tate.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

LIVING BLUES

HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 12

Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, April 8, 2006 [SBHW-0012]

Buddy Guy: Done Got Old

Buddy Guy: Who’s Been Fooling You

Buddy Guy: She Got the Devil in Her

Michael Powers: Baby’s Got a Train

Michael Powers: Country Boy

Michael Powers: She’s About a Mover

Cool John Ferguson: Miss You Like the Devil

Cool John Ferguson: Let No Woman

Cootie Stark: Lay It On You

Little Pink Anderson: I Got Mine

Howard Tate: Ain’t Nobody Home

Howard Tate: How Come My Bulldog Don’t Bark

Howard Tate: Mama Was Right

Howard Tate: Don’t Need No Monkey on My Back

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at the University of Mississippi for Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Sidney Daniels

Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam

November 15, 2017November 30, 2017

Highway 61 Blues 11: Red Hot

This week on Highway 61 Scott Barretta investigates the blues output generated by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis in the early 1950s, including classic blues and R&B recordings by Billy “The Kid” Emerson, Pat Hare, Memphis Ma Rainey, Johnny O’Neal, Earl Hooker, Sammy Lewis, Rufus Thomas, Pinetop Perkins, Roscoe Gordon, James Cotton, Little Milton, Billy Lee Riley, Little Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Frank Frost, Willie Nix, Sleepy John Estes, Dr. Ross, and Hot Shot Love.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

RED HOT

HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 11

Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, March 18, 2006 [SBHW-0011]

Billy “The Kid” Emerson: Shim Sham Shimmy

Pat Hare: I’m Gonna Murder My Baby

Memphis Ma Rainey: Baby, No, No

Johnny O’Neal: Ugly Woman

Earl Hooker: Hucklebuck

Sammy Lewis: So Long, Baby, Goodbye

Rufus Thomas: Bear Cat

Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie