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DOLLY PARTON
Dolly Parton talks about her musical and family roots in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee where she first broke into song, performed on the radio, and admired the fashion of the local trollop. With Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” and hear music from across the American spectrum. Also, we’ll talk with historian Charles Wolfe about the ballads and songs of the Appalachian South.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Tennesse Rag Chet Atkins and Doc Watson
The Essential Chet Atkins, RCA - Hello, Dolly! Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & Quincy Jones
It Might as Well be Swing, Capitol - She's Dynamite Piano Red
The Doctor's In, Bear Family - Tennessee Waltz King Curtis
Blow, Man, Blow, Bear Family - Tennessee Waltz Les Paul & Mary Ford
All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol - My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton
The RCA Years, RCA - Instrumental: Tennessee Waltz Pee Wee King
Classic Country Music: Volume II, Smithsonian - INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton (Part 1) Dolly Parton
- Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton
The RCA Years, RCA - Dark End of the Street James Carr
The Essential, Razor & Tie - Blues Back Art Blakey and McCoy Tyner
A Jazz Message, - Instrumental: One Dime Blues Etta Baker
Hills of Home, Rounder - Yodelling Fiddling Blues Mississippi Sheiks
From Where I Stand, Warner - Water Tank Furry Lewis
Blues Magician, Rounder - Big Boy Now Super Chikan
What You See, Fat Possum - Chicken Grease D'Angelo
Voodoo, Virgin - Froglegs Lloyd Price
Creole Kings of New Orleans, - Joy Spring Clifford Brown
The Best of Clifford Brown, Blue Note
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Old Jellico Bela Fleck
The Bluegrass Sessions, Warner - New Mule Skinner Blues Bill Monroe
1950-58, Bear Family - Better Move It On Home Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
The Essential Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner, RCA - Side By Side Ray Charles and Betty Carter
Ray Charles and Betty Carter, Castle - You've Got the Power James Brown & Vicki Anderson
Duets, Polydor - You Win Again Fats Domino
From Where I Stand, Warner - Crazy Arms Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family - Instrumental: Dixie Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family - INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton (Part 2) Dolly Parton
Listen - Knoxville Girl The Louvin Brothers
When I Stop Dreaming, Razor & Tie - Instrumental: A Tribute to Peador O'Donnell Jerry Douglas
Restless on the Farm, Sugar Hill - SEGMENT: Charles Wolfe Charles Wolfe
- Barbara Allen Maxine Sullivan with John Kirby Sextet
John Kirby Sextet, Sony - I Can't Get No Satisfaction Cat Power
The Covers Record, Matador - House of the Rising Sun Doc Watson
Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill - Lighten Up Sonny Jones
Funky, Funky New Orleans, Funky Delicasies - Happy Feet Blues Wynton Marsalis Septet
Live at the Village Vanguard, Columbia - End Bed: Blues for Wynton Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Copulatin' Jazz, Great Southern
