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Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson April 18th, 2018 (Hour 1)
Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson

Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits and lots others.

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FROM BACKROADS TO BACKATOWN: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS AND TROMBONE SHORTY

October 9th, 2013

Follow American Routes as we travel the back roads for some new Southern sounds. The Drive-By Truckers have been up and down the highways since the mid-90s, delivering their unique mix of old-fashioned storytelling and rock ‘n’ roll, between stops in their hometowns of Muscle Shoals, AL and Athens, GA. We sit down with the band in uptown New Orleans to learn more about their journey in music. Then we head backatown to catch up with New Orleans’ own Troy Andrews, a.k.a. Trombone Shorty, to hear about how he mixes trad jazz, rock and soul to create ‘Superfunkrock.’

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: She Breaks Booker T. and the Drive-by Truckers
    Potato Hole, Anti-
  • Ode to Billy Joe Tammy Wynette
    Take Me To Your World-I Don't Want to Play House, Koch
  • You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
    The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
  • Tell Mama Etta James
    The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
  • Mama Don't Like My Man Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
    I Learned the Hard Way, Daptone
  • Thank You Mama, Thank You Papa Dixie Cups
    Best of the Dixie Cups, Laserlight
  • Instrumental: Let Me Know Hank Jones
    The Talented Touch/ Porgy and Bess, Okra-Tone
  • You're the Kind of Trouble Holmes Brothers
    Feed My Soul, Alligator
  • I Walk the Line Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash: The Legend, Columbia
  • Eight Men, Four Women OV Wright
    The Soul of OV Wright, MCA
  • Guilty Randy Newman
    Good Old Boys, Reprise
  • The Last Time Bettye LaVette
    The Scene of the Crime, Anti-
  • Instrumental: A Hunk of Funk Gene Dozier and the Brotherhood
    The Minit Records Story, EMI
  • SEGMENT: Drive-By Truckers

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  • Alabama Neil Young
    Harvest, Reprise
  • I'll Take You There The Staples Singers
    The Muscle Shoals Sound, RHino
  • Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: In the 6th Trombone Shorty
    Backatown, Verve
  • Music Goes Round and Round Ella Fitzgerald
    Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!, Verve
  • Big Ten Inch Record Bull Moose Jackson
    Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R&B, Rhino
  • I've Got the Blues for You Al Collins Orchestra
    The Best of Ace Records: The R&B Hits, Scotti Bros.
  • Trombone Cholly Bessie Smith
    The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia
  • West End Blues Louis Armstrong
    Jazzin' the Blues, Forlane
  • Instrumental: South Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
    The Swing Era: Kid Ory, The Best of Jazz
  • I Got Mine Kermit Ruffins
    Livin' a Treme Life, Basin Street
  • Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Part 1 Jesse Hill
    The Minit Records Story, EMI
  • Heart of Steel Irma Thomas & Galactic
    Ya-Ka-May, Anti-
  • SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty

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  • Instrumental: Flowing River Bennie Green
    Troombone By Three, Prestige
  • Willie Baby Willie Colon
    The Player, Fania
  • Wooly Bully Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
    The Best of Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Rhino
  • Shout Bamalama Otis Redding and the Pinetoppers
    Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding, Rhino
  • Salt of the Earth Battye LaVette
    Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, Anti-
  • America Andre Williams
    That's All I Need, Bloodshot
  • End Bed: Egg Radio Bill Frisell
    Gone, Just Like a Train, Nonesuch

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