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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 31 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, December 22, 2007 [HW-0031] Detroit Life Radio 714 This week’s episode of Highway 61 features Scott Barretta’s second hour of Christmas music with soul blues selections by B.B King, Albert King, Sir Mack Rice, Jerry McCain, Sam [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 30 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, December 15, 2007 [HW-0030] Detroit Life Radio 713 Scott Barretta features a power-packed program of blues Christmas music on this week’s episode of Highway 61 with classic selections by Charles Brown, Mabel Scott, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 51 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, October 4, 2008 [HW-0051] Detroit Life Radio 711 Scott Barretta investigates the roots of rap music in this week’s episode of Highway 61, featuring early statements by Frankie ”Half-Pint” Jaxon, Memphis Minnie, Speckled Red, Jimmie Davis, Luke [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 50 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 27, 2008 [HW-0050] Detroit Life Radio 704 This week’s episode of Highway 61 with Scott Barretta celebrates the music of Mississippi natives Joe & Charlie McCoy on their own and featured on recordings with Tommy Johnson, [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 49 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 20, 2008 [HW-0049] Detroit Life Radio 697 Scott Barretta spotlights blues about presidents on this week’s episode of  Highway 61 with selections by Big Joe Williams, Otis Jackson, Leadbelly, Harmon:Ray, the Jack McVea Orchestra with Rabon [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 48 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 2008 [HW-0048] Detroit Life Radio 690 This week’s episode of Hghway 61 with Scott Barretta features a series of live recordings by B.B. King in honor of the opening of the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 47 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 6, 2008 [HW-0047] Detroit Life Radio 683 Scott Barretta spotlights the great harmonica master Big Walter Horton in this week’s episode of Highway 61 featuring a series of his classic recordings with Joe Hill Louis, Calvin [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 46 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, August 23, 2008 [HW-0046] Detroit Life Radio 676 Scott Barretta is featuring blues from the Macon area of eastern Mississippi on this week’s edition of Highway 61, including selections by Eddie Clearwater, Carey Bell, Big Joe Williams, [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 45 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, August 16, 2008 [HW-0045] Detroit Life Radio 669 Scott Barretta is featuring piano blues in this weeks’ episode of Highway 61 with selections by Fats Domino, Jelly Roll Morton, Tuts Washington, Roosevelt Sykes, Archibald, James Booker, Champion [...]

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Radio Free Amsterdam & The John Sinclair Foundation Present Highway 61 With Scott Barretta 44 Mississippi Public Broadcasting, August 9, 2008 [HW-0044] Detroit Life Radio 662 Scott Barretta pulls out a pile of fantastic sides with Boogie in the title, including cuts by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson, the Snookum Russell Orchestra, Louis Jordan, [...]