Music of Healing & Elixirs:  Little Freddie King, Anders Osborne, Dr. Michael White & Music Maker Relief Foundation

From healing songs and expressions of pain to hoodoo cure-alls and feel-good elixirs, we explore the musical world of sickness and health. We talk with Mississippi-born guitarist Little Freddie King about how the blues saved many of his nine lives. New Orleans songwriter and rocker Anders Osborne tells of a journey that led to self-medicating with pain relievers that do more harm than good, and his eventual recovery. Tim Duffy of the Music Maker Relief Foundation in North Carolina explains the curative properties of music on society and his work with Taj Mahal to help deep-roots musicians in need. And clarinetist Dr. Michael White talks of jazz and its role in his and New Orleans’ recovery after Katrina. Plus, medicine show troubadours hawk their tonics, Dr. John prescribes Mama Roux’s healing potions, and Huey “Piano” Smith gives us a serious case of “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.”

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: One Dime Blues Etta Baker and Taj Mahal Etta Baker with Taj Mahal, Music Makers Relief Foundation

W.S. Wolcott Medicine Show The Band Stage Fright, Capitol Records

The Great Medical Menagerist Harmonica Frank The Great Medical Menagerist, Adelphi Records

"Mother Marie" Radio Announcement from Kevin Nutt

Mama Roux Dr. John Gris-Gris, Atco

High Blood Pressure Huey "Piano" Smith The Best of Ace Records: The R&B Hits, Rock 'n' Roll/Scott Brothers

Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns The Best of Ace Records: The R&B Hits, Rock 'n' Roll/Scott Brothers

Instrumental: Old Yellow Boy Little Freddie King Messin' Around the Living Room, MadeWright

SEGMENT: Little Freddie King

Bowleg Rooster, Duckleg Hen/ Sweet Georgia Brown Papa Lemon Nash New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour, Arhoolie

Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream, Kama Sutra

Trenchtown Rock Bob Marley Trenchtown Rock: Anthology 1968-'78, Trojan

Instrumental: Clickin' Whistlin' Britches We Are the Music Makers, Music Maker Relief Foundation

Instrumental: Freight Train Boogie Captain Luke We Are the Music Makers, Music Maker Relief Foundation

SEGMENT: Tim Duffy

Closing Bed: Peace Behind the Bridge Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig, Nonesuch

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Strong Anders Osborne Flower Box, Independent

SEGMENT: Anders Osborne

Healing Hands of Time Willie Nelson Willie and the Boys: Stash Vol. 2, Sony

Age Don't Mean a Thing Robert Finley Age Don't Mean a Thing, Big Legal Mess

Dr. Feelgood (Love is Serious Business) Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Atlantic

Instrumental: Backporch Soul The Swampers Muscle Shoals Has Got the Swampers, Muscle Shoals Sound Records

Pain Pills Angaleena Presley American Middle Class, Slate Creek Records

Sick Feelin' Blues Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' and the Blues, Herald

I'm a Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good Ry Cooder Paradise and Lunch, Warner Brothers

Too Much Alcohol JB Hutto and His Hawks Chicago/The Blues/Today!, Vol. 1, Vanguard

Goodbye Booze Old Crow Medicine Show Eutaw, Blood Donor Records

Instrumental: House of the Rising Sun Dr. Michael White Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Volume 1, Basin Street

Streets of Laredo Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around, American

House of the Rising Sun Doc and Richard Watson Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill

SEGMENT: Dr. Michael White

Closing Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dr. Michael White Blue Crescent, Basin Street

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