May 7 - May 13, 2008
Big River of Sound: Music on the Mississippi
The musical and cultural meanderings of the Mississippi River,
from exploration and trade to romance. Jazz, ragtime, and levee
work-songs along with blues, rockabilly, gospel, and country.
Guests include the late Memphis soul man Rufus
Thomas and ethnomusicologist David Evans, speaking
about influential Delta guitarist Charley
Patton. Also, we visit a river barge pilot rolling
on the river.
Charley Patton
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
(Revenant) 2001
Founder of the Delta Blues (Yazoo) 1969
Rufus
Thomas
Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin' (Rhino) 1996
Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 (Various
Artists - Stax) 1993
River of
Song: A Musical journey Down the Mississippi
(Various Artists - Smithsonian Folkways) 1998
