USA Blues
Show 83: USA Blues, Pt. 8: Massachusetts to Mississippi
This is a collision of very different grounds: Northern urban centers, industrial migration lanes, and the old Mississippi wellspring. The show makes the case that you cannot understand national blues history without hearing how birthplace, relocation, and regional identity keep talking back to one another.
Host Narration
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Tracklist
| # | Track | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Reno Blues (Philadelphia Lawyer) | Peter Rowan;Don Edwards |
| 3 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Sonny Stitt Quartet |
| 4 | All By Myself | Preacher Jack |
| 5 | Steamroller Blues | James Taylor |
| 6 | Bo Diddley Medley | Bob Seger |
| 7 | Come Back Baby | Stevie Wonder |
| 8 | Going To A Go-Go | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 9 | Not Fade Away bridge | Diana Ross & The Supremes |
| 10 | Your Southern Can Is Mine bridge | The White Stripes |
| 11 | Goin' To The River | Alice Cooper |
| 12 | Slide (Slidin' the Blues) - Take 1 | The Stooges |
| 13 | Doggin' Around | Jackie Wilson |
| 14 | (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 15 | Devil with the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly (Medley) | Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels |
| 16 | 96 Tears | ? & The Mysterians |
| 17 | Beggin' Woman Blues bridge | Prince |
| 18 | Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar bridge | The Andrews Sisters |
| 19 | Mean Woman Blues | The Trashmen |
| 20 | Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran |
| 21 | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | Bob Dylan |
| 22 | Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 23 | How Long Buck | Skip James |
| 24 | I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You | Mississippi Sheiks |
| 25 | Avalon Blues 📖 Story | Mississippi John Hurt |
| 26 | Kassie Jones, Pt. 1 | Furry Lewis |
| 27 | Losin' Out Blues bridge | Robert Wilkins |
| 28 | Saturday Blues bridge | Ishman Bracey |
| 29 | Big Bad Road | Tommy Johnson |
| 30 | The Pony Blues | Son House |
| 31 | Travellin' Highway Man | Tommy McClennan |
| 32 | Down on My Bended Knee | King Solomon Hill |
| 33 | Aberdeen Mississippi Blues | Bukka White |
| 34 | High Sheriff Blues | Charley Patton |
| 35 | Diving Duck Blues bridge | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| 36 | Baby Please Don't Go bridge 📖 Story | Big Joe Williams |
| Every Day I Have The Blues / Goin' To Chicago Blues - 1999 Lost And Found Version | Four Tops | |
| If I Only Had A Brain - Extended Version | Ray Bolger;Judy Garland |