Legends Mix

The lives of many bluesmen are full of stories that add up to legendary proportions - and that also counts for today. Lightnin' Hopkins is like that - when the blues and folk revival came, the white audience saw him as the ultimate blues man, and Hopkins easily contributed to that telling his life story in interviews, adding a bit more colorful details than how it really happened.

Then there's the story of Leroy Carr who died of alcohol abuse when he was thirty years old - and a long time friend who did three tribute songs to him. Apart from the stories there's the music - of course - 'cause I know you came here for the music in the first place.

Transcript

Playlist

Ray Charles - Kissa Me Baby
Lightnin' Hopkins - Policy Game
Richard Berry - Please Tell Me
Art Tatum & His Swingsters - Body and Soul
Oscar's Chicago Swingers - New Rubbin' On the Darned Old Thing (feat- Lovin' Sam Theard)
Rosetta Howard & The Harlem Hamfats - Delta Bound
Lil Green - Let's Be Friends
Robert Ketchum - Stockade
Saunders King - Get Yourself Another Fool
Ray-O-Vacs - Lonesome Lover
J.B. Lenore - Slow down woman
J.T. Brown - Rock 'Em
Ivory Joe Hunter - Blues at Sunrise
Mabel Scott - Subway Blues
Piano Red - Bouncin' With Red
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - I'm Going Back To Tennessee

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Al 'Cake' Wichard Sextette - Piece Of Cake
Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy - Messa Stomp
Harlem Hamfats - Hamfat Swing
Memphis Slim - Pacemaker Boogie
Ray-O-Vacs - Teddy's Dream