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ALLEN TOUSSAINT
During this month, American Routes pays tribute to the great pianists of New Orleans. The legendary performer and producer Allen Toussaint starts the month off with a bang.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: I Like It Like That Chris Kenner
The Minit Records Story, EMI - Honey Now Gillian Welch
Hell Among the Yearlings, Almo - Hawaiian Cowboy Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie - Tallacatcha Alvin Youngblood Hart
Territory, Hannibal - Instrumental: Misty Nelson Waikiki
Legends of the Ukelele, Rhino - 29 Ways Willie Dixon
Chess Blues Classics 1947 to 1956, Chess/MCA - I Ate Up The Apple Tree The Original Pin Stripe Brass Band
Your Last Chance To Dance, Orleans - Pouring Water on a Drowning Man James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie - There's Another Place I Can't Go Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends: Best of the Sun Years, AVI - Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald
Female Vocal Classics, Rhino - Instrumental: Song for Yette Harold Battiste
Next Generation, AFO - SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint
Listen - Happy Times Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family - Working in a Coal Mine Devo
Greatest Hits, Warner Brothers - Working in a Coal Mine The Judds
Rockin' With the Rhythm, Curb/MCA - The Banjo, Opus 15 Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American Piano Music played by Amiram Rigai, Smithsonian Folkways - Skoodle Um Skoo Don Vappie
Creole Blues, Vappielle - Shortnin' Bread Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Smithsonian Folkways - Foggy Mountain Special Flatt & Scruggs
The Essential Flatt & Scruggs, Columbia/Legacy
HOUR two
- Pass the Lord and Praise the Ammunition Firesign Theatre
Shoes for Industry!: The Best of the Firesign Theatre, Columbia/Legacy - The River Kwai March Malcolm Arnold
The Bridge On the River Kwai, Columbia/Legacy - Freedom Road Josh White
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement, Smithsonian Folkways - Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy - Shhhh It's a Military Secret Glenn Miller and Orchestra
Salute to the Vets of WWII, RCA Victor - Lili Marlene Marlene Dietrich
We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection - Femme Fatale Nico & Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground, Polydor - Freulein Bobby Helm
Only Country 1955-1959, Cema/Capitol - Instrumental: South Pacific Overture
South Pacific - Original Soundtrack, RCA - Pearl Harbor Blues Doctor Clayton
Complete Recorded Works 1935-1942, Document - Filipino Baby Ernest Tubb
Retrospective Vol. 1, MCA - Soldier Boy The Shirelles
The Very Best of the Shirelles, Rhino - El padre de un soldado (The Soldier's Father) Flaco Jimenez
Un Mojado Sin Licencia, Arhoolie - Take the Star Out of the Window John Prine
Diamonds In The Rough, Atlantic - Instrumental: Steps Apocalypse Now
The Apocalypse Now Sessions, Rykodisc - This Wheel's On Fire The Byrds
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy - Please Settle In Vietnam Lightnin' Hopkins
Po' Lightnin', Arhoolie - What's Going On Marvin Gaye
The Master 1961-1984, Motown - When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note - End Bed: We'll Meet Again Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee
We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection
