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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
PONDEROSA STOMP AND AMERICANA SWAMP
New Orleans’ Ponderosa Stomp has presented the “unsung heroes of American music” for well over a decade in blues, soul, country, rockabilly and garage rock. Stomp impresario Dr. Ike shares his memories of pioneering the raucous, eclectic gathering, and we hear from past headliners, rocker Linda Gail Lewis and Arizona Twangmaster Duane Eddy. We’re spinning tracks from Stomp artists including Gary U.S. Bonds, Lazy Lester and Doug Kershaw. In Hour 2, we’ll hear tunes from swamped areas of the Texas Gulf Coast by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Rodney Crowell, as the region grapples with water as both a source and destroyer of life as we know it.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Ponderosa Stomp Lazy Lester
House Rockin' and Hip Shakin', Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O - New Orleans Gary U.S. Bonds
Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds, Legrand - Goin' Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty - SEGMENT: Dr. Ike
Listen - Instrumental: Zephyr Cove Duane Eddy
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, Rhino - Rockin' in the Barnyard Winfield Parker
When I'm Alone/Rockin' in the Barnyard, Ru-Jac - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Linda Gail Lewis
Rockin' with Linda, Deep Elm - I'm a Lover Not a Fighter Lazy Lester
True Blues, Excello - Rockin' Itis Billy Boy Arnold
Prisoner's Plea/Rockin' Itis, Vee Jay - SEGMENT: Duane Eddy
Listen - Instrumental: Aloha Golden Meadow Lost Bayou Ramblers
Kalenda, Lost Bayou Records - Louisiana Man Rusty and Doug
Louisiana Man/Make Me Realize, Hickory - Sabine Turnaround Lost Bayou Ramblers
Kalenda, Lost Bayou Records - SEGMENT: Linda Gail Lewis
Listen - End Bed: Ponderosa Stomp Lazy Lester
House Rockin' and Hip Shakin', Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Funky Banjo Don Vappie
Banjo a la Creole, Vappielle - Tell Ya Mama Nem Corey Henry
Lapeaita, Louisiana Red Hot Records - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, Polydor - Down on Me Janis Joplin
Janis, Columbia Legacy - East Houston Blues Rodney Crowell
Close Ties, New West - Color of the Blues John Prine and Susan Tedeschi
John Prine-- For Better, or Worse, Oh Boy - Instrumental: Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt John Fahey
Of Rivers and Religion, Warner Bros. - Hurricanes Carla and Esther Lightnin' Hopkins
Po' Lightnin', Arhoolie - Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughn
Texas Flood, Epic - Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River Reverend Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer, Prestige - Walk Through the Streets of the City Joe Lastie Jr. and the Lastie Family
Joe Lastie Jr. and the Lastie Family Gospel, Preservation Hall - Instrumental: Down By the Riverside Kid Ory and His Orchestra
The Original Jazz, Verve - Green River Sherman Holmes
The Sherman Holmes Project, Virginia Humanities Council - Watching the River Flow Bob Dylan
Watching the River Flow/Spanish is the Loving Tongue, Columbia - Wide River to Cross Levon Helm
Dirt Farmer, Vanguard - Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, Island - Rivers of Babylon The Melodians
The Harder They Come, Island - Closing Bed: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey
Of Rivers and Religion, Warner Brothers
