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MOTHER'S DAY
A tribute to Mother in music—with aural postcards to Mom from young zydeco star Geno Delafose, piano queen Marcia Ball and public radio goddess Cokie Roberts. Also music from Sly & the Family Stone, John Lennon, Willie Nelson and Ella Fitzgerald.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Mother in Law Ernie K-Doe
The Minit Records Story, EMI - Lady Be Good Ella Fitzgerald
The Very Best of Ella, Decca - Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys Willie Nelson
Super Hits Vol. 2, Columbia - Mama Didn't Lie Jan Bradley
Chess Soul - a Decade of Chicago's Finest, Chess/MCA - SEGMENT: Cokie Roberts
- Everyday is Mother's Day Wayne Toups
Johnnie Can't Dance, Mercury - My Mammy Al Jolson
Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings - My Sweet Django Reinhardt w/the Quintet of the Hot Club of France
Souvenirs, London - Instrumental: Ticklin' the Strings Mena Moeria Minstrels
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again The Staples Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy - I Have An Aged Mother Carter Family
Worried Man Blues, Rounder - Mama Tried Merle Haggard
Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb - I'm a Woman Maria Muldaur
Waitress in the Donut Shop, Reprise - Respect Aretha Franklin
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic - Lady is a Tramp Lena Horne
Lena Horne, Fat Boy Records - She's No Lady Lyle Lovett
Pontiac, MCA/Curb - Instrumental: Wedding Day Waltz Geno Delafose
French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder - SEGMENT: Geno Delafose
- C'est pas la peine brailler (There's No Need To Cry) Geno Delafose
French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder - Tell Mama Etta James
Her Best, MCA/Chess - Mama Feelgood Lyn Collins & the JBs
James Brown's Funky, Polydor
HOUR two
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-35, Yazoo - Mama Don't Allow No Music Doc Watson
Memories, Sugar Hill - Mama Don't Want No Peas 'n' Rice 'n' Coconut Oil Count Basie
Volume 6 - 1938, Média 7 - Mama Told me Not to Come Randy Newman
12 Songs, Warner Brothers - That's All Right Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
That's All Right Mama, RCA - SEGMENT: Marcia Ball
- The Right Tool For the Job Marcia Ball
Let Me Play With Your Poodle, Rounder - Instrumental: Blue Moon Revisited Cowboy Junkies
The Trinity Session, RCA - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Marion Williams
Strong Again, Spirit Feel - Motherless Children Blind Willie
The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy - Mother John Lennon
Shaved Fish, Capitol - Mother Ulali
Heartbeat - Voices of First Nations Women, Smithsonian Folkways - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic - Mama's Got a Girlfriend Ben Harper
Welcome to the Cruel World, Virgin - Instrumental: Whitewater Bela Fleck
- Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel
Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy - Mama's Opry Iris Dement
Infamous Angel, Warner Brothers - Mother Earth Memphis Slim
The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook, MCA/Chess - Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone
Anthology, Epic - End Bed: Play It Momma Mary Lou Williams
Zoning, Smithsonian Folkways
