With the recent death of guitarist Scotty Moore and the release of William Bell’s wonderful new recording This is Where I Live I felt it was the perfect time to listen to artists who did their best work in Memphis and songs about that great musical town. We’ll also sample tunes from the Markeys, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Dan Penn and many more. Our salute to Memphis Tennessee.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle /
        Smithsonian-Folkways

The Mar-Keys / “Made in Memphis” / Instrumentals / Stax
William Bell / “Born Under a Bad Sign” / This is Where I Live / Stax
Dan Penn / “You Left the Water Running” / Do Right Man / Sire
Irma Thomas / “I’m Your Puppet” / My Heart’s in Memphis / Rounder
King Curtis / “Memphis Soul Stew” / King Size Soul / Atco

Elvis Presley / “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (outake) / The Sun Sessions CD / RCA
Elvis Presley / “Blue Moon of Kentucky” / The Sun Sessions CD / RCA
Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two / “Blue Train” / Roads Less Traveled / Varese Sarabande
Carl Perkins / “ Where the Rio De Rosa Flows” / Jive After Five / Rhino
Roy Orbison / “Rock House” / The Essential Roy Orbison / Monument-Orbison-Legacy
The Mar-Keys / “Tighten Up” / Instrumentals / Stax

Guy Clark / “Baby Took a Limo to Memphis” / Dublin Blues / Asylum
Buddy Miller / “That’s How I Got to Memphis” / Best of the Hightone Years / Shout
Bob Dylan / “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” / The Cutting Edge / Legacy
Tracy Nelson / “Going Back to Tennessee” / Poor Man’s Paradise / Acadia-Sony

Chuck Berry / “Memphis” / The Great Twenty-Eight / MCA
Aretha Franklin / “Muddy Water” / Yeah!!! / Columbia
Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls / “Road Dog” / Soul Brothers / Catfood
Pete Seeger / “If I Had a Hammer (excerpt)” / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
        Smithsonian Folkways