What do the Bristol Sessions, a blue yodel, a preserved shotgun house in Tupelo, and a guitar once held by Jimmie Rodgers all have in common? They’re all threads in Mississippi’s country-music DNA. Host Charlie Worsham sits down with Paul Kingsbury of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for a wide-ranging conversation that traces Mississippi’s influence from Jimmie Rodgers (and his genre-bending “blue yodels”) to Elvis Presley’s country beginnings, Tammy Wynette’s drive, Charley Pride’s legacy, and the creative liberation of the outlaw era. Along the way, they swap behind-the-scenes stories from the Hall of Fame, spotlight Marty Stuart’s astonishing collection, and explore the beautiful, complicated history of American music and Mississippi's role in that legacy.
Mississippi Places Mentioned: Grenada, Tupelo, Starkville, the Mississippi Delta, Bentonia, Amite County, Tallahatchie Bridge, Oxford (Ole Miss), North Mississippi, the Natchez Trace.
People and Groups Mentioned: Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, The Tennessee Ramblers, Ralph Peer, James Burton, Keith Richards, Ernest Tubb, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare, Tom T. Hall, Will Campbell, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Connie Smith, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Billy Sherrill, Lyle Lovett, Marty Stuart, Chris Stapleton, George Jones, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Sammy Smith, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, Charley Pride, Lloyd Green, Cowboy Jack Clement, Chet Atkins, Sam Phillips, Marion Keisker, Bill Monroe, Hank Snow, Red Sovine, Red Foley, Ernest Withers, Jimmy Martin, Larry Wallace, Tom Piazza, Bobbie Gentry, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Johnny Russell, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Paul Overstreet, Craig Wiseman, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Son House, B.B. King, Charlie Patton, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, The Mississippi Sheiks, Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
