Bessie Smith in 1936 Photo: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
Mark Rogers serves up the very best in Americana, alt-country and blues.
On this week's show, Cajun swing from Austin Pitre, classics from Little Feat and Bessie Smith and a Cuban-fused instrumental from Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban and blues and country courtesy of Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and George Jones,
Music details
Artist: Jimmy Reed
Track: You Got Me Dizzy
Composer: Reed/Abner
Album: Hot Hundred Blues
Label: Delta
Artist: John Lee Hooker
Track: Boom Boom
Composer: Hooker
Album: Vintage Blues Collection
Label: Delta
Artist: Elmore James
Track: Blues Before Sunrise
Composer: Carr/James
Album: Blues After Hours
Label: Crown
Artist: Austin Pitre
Track: Two Step De Bayou Teche
Composer: Pitre
Album: Another Saturday Night
Label: Ace
Artist: The Band
Track: Acadian Driftwood
Composer: Manuel / Helm / Danko
Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross
Label: Capitol
Artist: Little Feat
Track: Roll Um Easy
Composer: Lowell George
Album: Dixie Chicken
Label: bWarner Bros
Artist: Pluto Shervington
Track: Dat
Composer: Shervington
Album: Trojan Greats
Label: Trojan
Artist: Kate Campbell
Track: Crazy In Alabama
Composer: Campbell
Album: Visions Of Plenty
Label: Compass
Artist:Pete Molinari
Track: Love Lies Bleeding
Composer: Molinari
Album: Walking Off The Map
Label: Damaged Goods
Artist: Randy Newman
Track: Political Science
Composer: Randy Newman
Album: Sail Away
Label: Reprise
Artist: Robert Johnson
Track: Cross Road Blues
Composer: Robert Johnson
Album: King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Label: Columbia
Artist: Bessie Smith
Track:Young Woman's Blues
Composer: Smith
Album: The Bessie Smith Collection
Label:Columbia
Artist: George Jones
Track: He Stopped Loving Her Today
Composer: Braddock/Putman
Album: The Ultimate Country Collection
Label: Columbia
Artist: Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Track: Drume Negrita
Composer: Ernesto Grenet
Album: Mambo Sinuendo
Label: Nonesuch
