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Show 62: The Muscle Shoals Blues Tradition
Muscle Shoals is usually spoken of through soul, but the blues is in the grain of it. This set groups tracks that show how studio craft, Southern rhythm, and blues feeling met in Alabama and sent records all over the country.
Host Narration
I'm your host. For today's 62nd episode of the CC Blues Show, we will be exploring the sound which originated in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Up first is Pops Staples and the Staple Singers doin' the unforgettable "I'll Take You There."
32Tracks
26Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
Tracklist
| # | Track | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers |
| 2 | I Like The Things About You | The Staple Singers |
| 3 | Love Is Plentiful | The Staple Singers |
| 4 | Born to Be Wild | Wilson Pickett |
| 5 | You're Pouring Water on a Drowning Man | Percy Sledge |
| 6 | Copper Kettle | Bobby Womack |
| 7 | Please Send Me Someone To Love | Solomon Burke |
| 8 | Stealin' in the Name of the Lord bridge | Paul Kelly |
| 9 | Cheaper To Keep Her bridge | Johnnie Taylor |
| 10 | Patches | Clarence Carter |
| 11 | C.C. Blues | Clarence Carter |
| 12 | You Got Me Knockin' | Arthur Alexander |
| 13 | A Shot of Rhythm and Blues | Arthur Alexander |
| 14 | She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride | Albert King |
| 15 | I'm Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin') | Candi Staton |
| 17 | Good Times bridge | Aretha Franklin |
| 18 | Steal Away bridge | Etta James |
| 19 | Rollin' Stone | Johnny Jenkins,Duane Allman |
| 20 | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Cher |
| 21 | Waiting for a Train | Boz Scaggs |
| 22 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Dire Straits |
| 23 | You Gotta Move - 2009 Mix bridge | The Rolling Stones |
| 24 | Gotta Serve Somebody bridge | Bob Dylan |
| 25 | Slow Train | Bob Dylan |
| 26 | My Time After Awhile | John Hammond |
| 27 | One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor | Paul Simon |
| 29 | Down South Jukin' bridge | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 30 | Yellow Dog Blues bridge | Louis Armstrong |
| B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel/It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get | Hour Glass | |
| Bring It On Home | Lou Rawls | |
| Gimme Three Steps - Original Version | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| Muscle Shoals Blues | W.C. Handy |