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SONG MAKERS AND SONG TAKERS: WILLIAM BELL AND CHRIS SMITHER
This week on American Routes, we hear from great songwriters and performers and those who emulate them. Original songs can take on new form and meaning when interpreted by different voices, and we’ll hear some of those renditions and transformations this week. We’ll hear the rocking Southern sound of the Drive-By Truckers covering Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles doing Hank Williams. Our guest William Bell, from Memphis, will tell us all about his music being played by the Byrds, and bluesman Albert King. And we’ll go live on stage in Northampton Massachusetts with folk-blues guitarist Chris Smither for songs and stories.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Rent Party Booker T. Jones
The Road From Memphis, Anti- - I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles - St. Louis Woman/Memphis Soul, HiBook Records - You Don't Miss Your Water William Bell
The Complete Stax / Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic - SEGMENT: William Bell
Listen - Instrumental: Willow Weep for Me Book T. Jones
Soul Limbo, Stax - Cold Cold Heart Dinah Washington
Jazz Masters 19, Verve - Half as Much Ray Charles
The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino - Worried Man Blues George Jones
Winding Stream: The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, Omnivore Records - Ain't Nobody Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman, Dirt Free Records - 16 Tons Eugene Church
16 Tons 45 rpm single, King - Instrumental: Slim Jenkins' Place Booker T. Jones
The Complete Stax / Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic - Like a Rolling Stone Drive-By Truckers
The Fine Print 2003-2008, New West - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You Esther Phillips
How Many Roads: Black American Sings Bob Dylan, ACE Records - It Ain't Me Babe Johnny Cash
Orange Blossom Special, Columbia - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the (Memphis Blues Again) Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde, Columbia - Closing Bed: I Can't Stand the Rain Booker T. Jones
That's the Way it Should Be, Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Statesboro Blues Chris Smithers
Don't Drag it On, Poppy - My Creole Belle Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon blues, Origin Records - Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol 2, Nonesuch - Old Jim Crow Nina Simone
Nina Simone in Concert, Philips Records - Okra Olu Dara
In The World: From Natchez to New York, Atlantic - Les Ognons Albert Nicholas And His Creole Serenaders
Jazz a la Creole, G.H.B. Records - Instrumental: Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off, Columbia - SEGMENT: Chris Smithers
Listen - Instrumental: Instrumental, No. 2 Carl Perkins and Scotty Moore
The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family - Match Box Carl Perkins
The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family - Honey Don't Carl Perkins
The Classic Carl Perkins, Bear Family - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby The Beatles
Beatles for Sale, Parlophone - Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Columbia - American Tune Allen Toussaint
American Tunes, Nonesuch - Closing Bed: St. Charles Street Parade Wardell Quezergue
After the Math, Jazz Foundation
