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New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators September 27th, 2023 (Hour 1)
New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators

New Orleans musician and raconteur Danny Barker was a banjo and guitar hero—a major player in New York jazz who never forgot his French Creole roots in song and style. We look back on Danny’s career, his life with wife and collaborator, the singer Blue Lu Barker, and his influence sustaining culture in the Crescent City. Then, current day guitar and banjo man, Detroit Brooks pays tribute to the Barker legacy with his band the Syncopated Percolators live at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

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RADIO DAYS GONE BY... AND AHEAD

November 19th, 2003

American Routes is dedicated to radio as a medium, bringing you great vernacular music from across the landscape. We also like to hear the voices of radio’s fellow travelers like: the resonant octogenarian, hipster, and “word jazz” man, Ken Nordine up close in his Chicago studio; mystery novelist, songwriter and radio head, Kinky Friedman of Texas; St. Louis’ Antique Radio Museum — home to 10,000 old radios — and the self-proclaimed “radio addict” Jasper Giardina who collects them. That plus a present day music mix designed to glorify the past and future of radio.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: St. Louis Blues Sidney Bechet
    The Best of Sidney Bechet, Blue Note
  • Who Listens To Radio? Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones
    Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Jasper's Antique Radio Museum in St. Louis, Pt.1

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  • How Do I Know It's Sunday Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
    The Best of: Early Years, Collector's Choice
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) Leon Redbone
    On The Track, Warner
  • Remember Billie Holiday
    The Essential Billie Holiday: Songs Of Lost Love, Verve
  • Instrumental: Nostalgia Fats Navarro
    The Savoy Story, Vol.1: Jazz, Savoy
  • CLIP: WHN-AM, New York
  • The Bridegroom Special Sam Medoff And The Yiddish Swing Orchestra
    Music From The Yiddish Radio Project, Shanachie
  • SEGMENT: Jasper's Antique Radio Museum in St. Louis, Pt.2
  • Remember Then The Earls
    The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems From The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll, Rhino
  • Turn On Your Volume, Baby Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • CLIP: WLBB-AM, from Carrollton, Georgia
  • Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand Uncle John Paterson & Ben Entrekin
    Everybody's Tuned to the Radio: Rural Music Traditions in West Georgia, 1947-1979, Center for Public History, State Univ. of West Georgia
  • Instrumental: St. Louis Blues Clarence Gatemouth Brown
    Gate's On The Heat, Verve
  • INTERVIEW: Kinky Friedman

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  • Drug Store Truck Drivin Man The Byrds
    Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy
  • Mr. Record Man Willie Nelson
    The Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More, Liberty
  • CLIP: Willie Nelson from KOKE-FM, Austin
  • Sugar Bee Doug Sahm
    The Roots of Doug Sahm: Son of San Antonio, 50181
  • CLIP: ID & advertisement from KSIG, Crowley, LA
  • La Valse de KLFY Michael Doucet
    Allons Cajun Rock 'n' Roll, Ace

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Mother Tucker Chico Hamilton w/ Joe Beck
    Thought Of..., Koch
  • CLIP: WMMR-FM, Philadelphia
  • Fall In Philadelphia Daryl Hall and John Oates
    Whole Oates, Atlantic
  • CLIP: WHAT-FM 100% Negro Radio, Philadelphia
  • Hook And Sling Eddie Bo
    Funky Funky New Orleans, Funky Delicacies
  • CLIP: Rufus Thomas recreates WDIA rap
  • Walking The Dog Rufus Thomas
    The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968, Atlantic
  • I'm A Fool To Care Gatemouth Moore
    Hey Mr. Gatemouth: The Complete King Recordings, Westside
  • Instrumental: Jumpin' With Symphony Sid Lester Young
    The Complete Aladdin Sessions,
  • Jumpin' With Symphony Sid King Pleasure
    King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross Sings, Prestige
  • I Heard It Over The Radio Ornette Coleman
    Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Ken Nordine

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  • Instrumental: Cool Cal Tjader
    Cal Tjader's Greatest Hits, Fantasy
  • CLIP: King Cole Trio Time, NBC radio
  • When I Take My Sugar To Tea Nat King Cole
    The King Cole Trios: Live 1947-'48, Vintage Jazz
  • Variations on 'Mood Indigo Duke Ellington
    The King Cole Trios: Live 1947-'49, Vintage Jazz
  • You're The Cream In My Coffee (#2) Nat King Cole
    The King Cole Trios: Live 1947-'50, Vintage Jazz
  • CLIP: This Is Jazz hosted by Rudi Blesh
  • Ain't Gonna Give None Of My Jelly Roll This is Jazz Orchestra w/Momma Alberta Price
    This Is Jazz Vol.5: The Historic Broadcasts, Jazzology
  • John Henry This Is Jazz Orchestra w/Leadbelly
    This Is Jazz Vol.5: The Historic Broadcasts, Jazzology
  • End Bed: Memories Of Professor Longhair Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Clean Cuts

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