On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays tracks from Mercury Rev's reworking of Bobbie Gentry's album the Delta Sweete, spins classic blues from Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and airs a live track recorded especially for RNZ by Nadia Reid.
Artist: The Band
Track: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Composer: Robertson
Album: The Last Waltz
Label: Capitol
Artist: Big Boss Man
Track: Party 7
Composer: Bouzida / Burgess
Album: Humanize
Label: Blow Up
Artist: Tina Turner
Track: Whole Lotta Love
Composer: Bonham / Dixon/ Jones / Page / Plant
Album: Acid Queen
Label: EMI
Artist: Howlin' Wolf
Track: Evil (is Goin' On)
Composer: Willie Dixon
Album: Evil
Label: Blackdog
Artist: Muddy Waters
Track: Howling Wolf
Composer: Morganfield
Album: Vintage Blues
Label: Delta
Artist: Stretch
Track: Less Rock More Roll
Composer:Anthony Stretch
Album: Bury All Horses
Label: Southbound
Artist: Nadia Reid
Track: All Of My Love
Composer: Nadia Reid
Album: RNZ session
Label:
Artist: Linda Thompson
Track: Nice Cars
Composer: Kamila Thompson
Album: Versatile Heart
Label: Rounder
Artist: Mercury Rev
Track: Okolona River Bottom Band
Composer: Bobbie Gentry
Album: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
Label: Bella Union
Artist: Mercury Rev
Track:Big Boss Man
Composer: Luther Dixon / Al Smith
Album: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
Label: Bella Union
Artist: The Delines
Track:Let Us Be Us Again
Composer: Willy Vlautin
Album: The Imperial
Label: Decor
Artist: Heather Weir
Track: Blue
Composer: Heather Weir
Album: Single
Label: https://soundcloud.com/
Artist: John Fahey
Track: Remember
Composer: Irving Berlin
Album: Red Cross
Label: Revenant