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FUNK AND FIREWORKS: JULY 4TH WITH THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
Celebrate the onset of summer and the anniversary of American independence with the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R&B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation with Ivan and Ian Neville. Plus we’re off on a summer road trip to sample Ted Drewes’ Frozen Custard Stand on Route 66 in St. Louis and play Drown the Clown at a Massachusetts county fair. All that and a set of summer music from across the great American soundscape that’ll make you stand and salute.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M - Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M - Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville
Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty - Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M - Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville
The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M - Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison Jr.
Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP - Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango - Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchopitoulas
The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango - Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango - Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M - Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M - Voo Doo The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M - Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M - My Blood The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M - Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer orchestra
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino - Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino - End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia - Christopher Columbus Fats Waller
If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It, Bluebird/Legacy - Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - I'd Rather Have America Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys
Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys 1954 - 1974, Bear Family - U.S. Blues Grateful Dead
Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead - Instrumental: Grand Old Flag Beer Barrel Barry
Beer Barrel Piano, Crown - SEGMENT: Drewes' Custard Stand
Listen - Summertime The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy Jazz - Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone
The Essential Sly & the Family Stone, Epic/Legacy - Instrumental: Stars and Stripes Forever The Kalima Brothers featuring Jesse Kalima
Legends of Ukulele, Rhino - Down Home Summertime Blues Norman Blake
Old Ties, Rounder - County Fair Brownie Ford
Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish - SEGMENT: Drown the Clown
Listen - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery
At Home, Earwig - My Country Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks - End Bed: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note