January 17, 2013 | 5:20 PM | By John Vettese
Memphis Sense of Place: Download Rev. John Wilkins performance of “Prodigal Son”
All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, we listen in on the World Cafe concert recorded with Memphis blues musician Rev. John Wilkins. Below, download his performance of “Prodigal Son,” written by his father, Rev. Robert Wilkins, later recorded by The Rolling Stones on Beggar’s Banquet. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.
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See Big Terrible and Ali Wadsworth celebrate Rotten City the North Star Bar tonight
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My Morning Download: "End of The Earth" by Lord Huron (from a new limited time only World Cafe sampler)
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