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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME: WITH EARL PALMER, JM VAN EATON, ADONIS ROSE & THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

April 27th, 2022

It’s time to give the drummer some, with late New Orleans native Earl Palmer talking about his creative percussion for Fats Domino and Little Richard sessions; and conversation with Memphis rockabilly JM Van Eaton about backing Jerry Lee Lewis; plus rhythm and time-keeping in music from Elvis and Johnny Cash to Smokey Johnson and Slim Gaillard. Then a live set dedicated to the soul, funk and jazz of New Orleans drummer James Black with Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
    Fats Domino Swings, Capitol
  • Feet Don't Fail Me Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Feet Don't Fail Me Now, Jazz
  • Doin' the New Low Down Bill Robinson
    Stars of the Apollo, Columbia
  • Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
    The Legend of Johnny Cash, Columbia
  • Hound Dog Elvis Presley
    Elvis: The King of Rock 'N' Roll, RCA
  • Laughin' in Rhythm Slim Galliard
    Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years, Polygram
  • Instrumental: Raunchy Bill Justis
    Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: JM Van Eaton

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  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Very Best of Sun Rockabilly, Charly
  • Down Yonder We Go Ballin' Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Funky Banjo Don Vappie
    Banjo A La Creole, Vapielle Records
  • My Indian Red Boby Dodds Trio ft. Danny Barker
    Jaz A'La Creole, GHB
  • It Ain't My Fault Smokey Johnson
    It Ain't My Fault, Tuff City
  • SEGMENT: Earl Palmer

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  • I'm Walkin' Rebirth Brass Band
    Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder
  • End Bed: Drum Village (Part 1) Earl Palmer & His Ten-Piece Rockin' Band
    Backbeat: The World's Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Drummer, Ace

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
    1984, Impulse
  • Riverboat Lee Dorsey
    Yes We Can Can, UMG
  • The Hook And Sling, Part 1 Eddie Bo and the Soul Finder
    Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders: The Hook And Sling, Funky Delicacies
  • There's a Break In The Road Betty Harris
    There's a Break In The Road-Betty Harris, International Records
  • There's A Storm In The Gulf James Black, Sister Mary
    I Need Altitude-James Black, Tuff City Records
  • Hip Drop The Explosions
    "Hip Drop" The Explosions, Gold Cup Records
  • Sissy Walk (Part 1 & 2) Sonny Jones
    45 rpm, Scram Records
  • Instrumental: The Popeye Nat Adderly Sextet
    In The Bag, Fantasy
  • Old Wyne Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    American Routes Live at Artisound Studios,
  • SEGMENT: Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

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  • Pretty One Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    American Routes Live at Artisound Studios,
  • Instrumental: The Gospel Truth Nat Adderly Sextet
    In the Bag, Fantasy
  • Magnolia Triangle Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    American Routes Live at Artisound Studios,
  • End Bed: Swinging at the Haven Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    American Routes Live at Artisound Studios,

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    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

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  • June 22nd, 2022

    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

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