Memphis Skyline

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Fri, 11/25/2022 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Rock, folk, jazz, soul, country, indie, and blues tunes about the Home of the Blues

Traveling to mighty Memphis, Tennessee for the holiday, via a slew of songs about that great music town. We'll hear from such giants of old as Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Chuck Berry, and Roy Acuff, through Bob Dylan, Solomon Burke, John Hiatt, The Band, and songwriting great Dan Penn. to contemporary heroes like Sharon Jones (singing with Memphis royalty Booker T. Jones), Chris Stapleton, PJ Harvey, and Rufus Wainwright -- the latter two performing songs about the tragic Memphis death of Jeff Buckley. Plus the colorfully named Colorblind James Experience, Eggs Over Easy, and Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, and more. 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    Chuck Berry
    Song
    Memphis, Tennessee
    Album
    His Best, Vol. 1: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
    Label
    Geffen
  • Time
    1:34
    Artist
    Solomon Burke
    Song
    That's How I Got to Memphis
    Album
    Nashville
    Label
    Shout Factory
  • Time
    1:37
    Artist
    Hoagy Carmichael
    Song
    Memphis in June
    Album
    The Complete Early Masters
    Label
  • Time
    1:41
    Artist
    John Hiatt
    Song
    Memphis in the Meantime
    Album
    Bring the Family
    Label
    A&M
  • Time
    1:45
    Artist
    The Colorblind James Experience
    Song
    Considering a Move to Memphis
    Album
    The Colorblind James Experience
    Label
    Fundamental Records
  • Time
    1:52
    Artist
    Rufus Thomas
    Song
    The Memphis Train
    Album
    What It is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves: 1967-1977
    Label
  • Time
    1:55
    Artist
    Roy Acuff
    Song
    Night Train to Memphis
    Album
    The Essential Roy Acuff (1936-1949)
    Label
    Legacy/Columbia
  • Time
    1:57
    Artist
    Chris Stapleton
    Song
    Midnight Train to Memphis
    Album
    From A Room: Volume 2
    Label
    Mercury Nashville
  • Time
    2:01
    Artist
    Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
    Song
    Limo to Memphis
    Album
    Cocktail Swing
    Label
    Signature Sounds Recordings
  • Time
    2:04
    Artist
    Eggs Over Easy
    Song
    Runnin' Down To Memphis
    Album
    Good 'N' Cheap
    Label
    A&M
  • Time
    2:08
    Artist
    King Curtis
    Song
    Memphis Soul Stew
    Album
    Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Best of '60s Soul, Vol. 3
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:11
    Artist
    Bessie Smith
    Song
    Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
    Album
    The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3
    Label
    Legacy/Columbia
  • Time
    2:14
    Artist
    The Duke Ellington Orchestra
    Song
    Memphis Blues
    Album
    The Complete RCA Victor Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946)
    Label
  • Time
    2:18
    Artist
    Bob Dylan
    Song
    Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Ft. Worth, TX - May 1976)
    Album
    Hard Rain (Live)
    Label
    Columbia/Legacy
  • Time
    2:24
    Artist
    The Band
    Song
    Back to Memphis
    Album
    To Kingdom Come (The Definitive Collection)
    Label
    Capitol Records
  • Time
    2:29
    Artist
    Booker T. Jones
    Song
    Representing Memphis (feat. Matt Berninger & Sharon Jones)
    Album
    The Road from Memphis (Deluxe Edition)
    Label
    Anti/Epitaph
  • Time
    2:33
    Artist
    Dan Penn
    Song
    Memphis Women and Chicken
    Album
    Do Right Man
    Label
    Warner Records
  • Time
    2:37
    Artist
    Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
    Song
    Memphis Woman
    Album
    Walk Alone
    Label
    Thriller Records
  • Time
    2:42
    Artist
    Bob Frank
    Song
    Memphis Jail
    Album
    Bob Frank
    Label
    Concord Vanguard
  • Time
    2:45
    Artist
    PJ Harvey
    Song
    Memphis
    Album
    Good Fortune [single]
    Label
  • Time
    2:49
    Artist
    Rufus Wainwright
    Song
    Memphis Skyline
    Album
    Want Two
    Label
    Geffen
  • Time
    2:54
    Artist
    Mott the Hoople
    Song
    All the Way from Memphis
    Album
    Mott (Legacy Edition)
    Label
    Columbia/Legacy

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