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Highway 61 Blues With Scott Barretta -
Mississippi Public Radio,
July 1, 2008 [HW-0805]
North Mississippi Hill Country Blues Picnic

HIGHWAY 61 WITH SCOTT BARRETTA - Is an award-winning one-hour blues program made in Oxford MS for the Mississippi Public Broadcasting network. Each episode offers an in-depth investigation into the music of a particular artist, region, blues institution or other topic of interest to serious blues lovers. Scott Barretta is the former editor of Living Blues magazine and director (with Jim O’Neal) of the Blues Landmarks program of the State of Mississippi.

Scott Barretta presents a preview of the annual North Mississippi Hill Country Blues Picnic hosted by Kenny Brown over the 4th of July weekend by playing music recorded at the 2007 Picnic and other recordings by David Kimbrough, Dwayne Burnside, the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Afrissippi, T-Model Ford, Robert “Wolfman” Balfour, Kenny Brown, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Bobby Rush, plus historic sides from Hill Country Blues pioneers Mississippi Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough.

Playlist #5

[01] Scott Barretta Opening Comments over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[02] Mississippi Fred McDowell: Shake ’Em on Down
[03] R.L. Burnside: Old Black Mattie
[04] Junior Kimbrough: Stay All Night
[05] Scott Barretta Comments over Theme Music: Highway 61 Blues
[06] David Kimbrough: All Night Long
[07] Dwayne Burnside: Outskirts of Town
[08] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[09] Rising Star Fife & Drum Band: Shimmy with Sade Thomas Intro
[10] Afrissippi: Singa
[11] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[12] T-Model Ford: I Love You Babe
[13] Robert “Wolfman” Balfour: Bad Luck
[14] Kenny Brown: You Don’t Know My Mind
[15] Scott Barretta Comments & ID over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[16] Alvin Youngblood Hart: In My Time of Dying
[17] Bobby Rush: Get Back
[18] Scott Barretta Closing Comments over Theme Music: 61 Highway
[19] Closing Music: T-Model Ford

Hosted by Scott Barretta for Mississippi Public Radio
Produced & recorded by Scott Barretta
Post-production & annotation by John Sinclair
Mastered & posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden

© 2008 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.

 

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