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WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND
We’re going “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” as the 1920s Tin Pan Alley pop song had it. It’s one of many songs written about our home place. We’ll hear some of those and go beyond to blues and jazz, roots rock and soul, gospel and country, Tejano, zydeco and swamp pop. We offer a diverse mix with Charlie Pride, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Adia Victoria, Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong, with sounds ranging from critique to guilty pleasures.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Going Going Gone, The New Orleans Jazz Vipers - I'm a Country Boy Snooks Eaglin
Thats Alright, Fantasy Inc. - Down Yonder We Go Ballin Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis: New Orleans Rhythm, Shami Media Group - Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - Streets of Baltimore Charley Pride
In Person, Sony - Dancehall Girls Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenther
Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenther, Columbia - Instrumental: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony - Bright Lights Big City Sonny James
Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol Records - Outskirts of Town Josh White
Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways - You Was Born to Die Adia Victoria, Kyshona, Margo Price & Jason Isbell
A Southern Gothic , Atlantic - Gimme that Old Time Religion Dr. John and Willie Nelson
Things Happen That Way, Rounder - Samson and Delilah Rev. Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer, Fantasy Inc. - We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
GP, Reprise - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You, Atlantic - Instrumental: Misty Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder - New Orleans Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Sings Carmichael, Blue Note - Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong
New Orleans, Facebook - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans- Live in Lewisohm Stadium Louis Armstrong
The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings Vol. 3, Sony - Closing Bed: Down Yonder In New Orleans Nicholas Payton
Gumbo Nouveau , Verve
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Mambo Van Alexander and his Orchestra
Ultra-Lounge / Mambo Fever Volume Two, Capitol - Down in New Orleans John Fred and the Playboys
Down in New Orleans, Montel - King Creole Elvis Presley
King Creole , Sony - Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, and Then Some, UMG - Yes We Can Part 1 Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, and Then Some, UMG - Natty Take Over Justin Hines and the Dominos
Jezebel, Island - Oye Cómo Va Tito Puente
El Rey Bravo, Tico - Instrumental: Honky Tonk Gatemouth Brown
The Man, Verve - Louisiana Twist June Bug Bailey
Rockin’ Days in Shreveport Louisiana, Jo-Records - Hippy Ti Yo Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs
Early Rockabilly R&B Blues Boogie Woogie, Ram - Oh Bye Bye Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys
La La Louisiana Black French Music, Maison de Soul - La Mujer Santiago Jiménez Jr.
Familia y Tradicion, Rounder - She’s About a Mover Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet
Walking the Streets, Demon Music Group - Around and Around Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Is On Top, UMG - Rip It Up Little Richard
The Cosimo Matassa Story , Proper - Instrumental: Pauvre Hobo Beausoleil
Allons a Lafayette & More, Smithsonian Folkways - Sweet Dreams Roy Buchanon
Roy Buchanon , UMG - Dream Lover Ben E. King
Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers , Atlantic - I Need Your Love So Bad Irma Thomas
Wish Someone Would Care , Capitol - Before I Grow too Old Fats Domino
The Complete Imperial Singles , Capitol - Too Old to Cut the Mustard Ernest Tubb and Red Foley
Retrospective (Volume 2), UMG - Fun and Free Loudon Wainwright the III
Lifetime Achievement, StorySound - Closing Bed: Coconut Shake Don Vappie
Banjo a la Creole, Vappielle
