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JOHN SEBASTIAN & BONSOIR CATIN
This week, on American Routes, we travel from the Village to the dancehall. John Sebastian talks about his childhood in Greenwich Village, encounters with blues greats Mississippi John Hurt and Lighting Hopkins, and the musical stew he created with his band The Lovin’ Spoonful. Then, a conversation with Kristi Guillory and Christine Balfa of the cajun band Bonsoir Catin about carrying on their musical heritage for the next generation.
HOUR ONE
- End Bed: Ruckus Juice and Chittlins The Memphis Jug Band
Ruckus Juice and Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol I, Yazoo - Darlin' Companion The Lovin' Spoonful
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra - New, New Minglewood Blues Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers - Nashville Cats Del McCoury Band
The Family, Ceili Music - Walk Right In The Rooftop Singers
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Folkways - Walk Right In Cannon's Jug Stompers
Complete Works 1927-1930, Yazoo - Instrumental: Stealin' Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc - Jug Band Music Lucinda Williams
Ramblin', Smithsonian Folkways - Elmira Street Boogie Danny Gatton
Hot Rod Guitar: The Danny Gatton Anthology, Rhino - SEGMENT: John Sebastian
Listen - Instrumental: Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Daydream: The Lovin' Spoonful, Buddha Records/ BMG - Wild About My Lovin' The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra - Coffee Blues Mississipi John Hurt
Today!, Vanguard - Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA - Bleecker and MacDougal Fred Neil
Bleecker and MacDougal, Elektra - Boodle Am Shake The Dixieland Jug Blowers
Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. II, Yazoo - Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
Anthology, Rhino - Open Bed: Night Owl Blues The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra - Roadhouse Blues The Doors
Morrison Hotel, Elektra
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Longue Pointe Two-Step Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records - Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy and the Rockets
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, Mississippi - Evangeline Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner Bros - Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
Big Bad and Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, Rhino - Madeleine The Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Vol. 1 & 2, Swallow - Let Me Talk to Your Heart Belton Richard
The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow - Please Mr. Sandman Warren Storm and Little Band of Gold
American Roots Songbook: Louisiana, Shanachie - SEGMENT: Bonsoir Catin
Listen - Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, Bear Family - Creole de Lake Charles Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band Play the Zydeco, GNP/ Crescendo - Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable
Sound of the Swamp: Best of Excello, Vol. 1, Rhino - My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - Farmer John Don & Dewey
Don & Dewey, Specialty - Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol - Sweet Susannah Clint West
J'Etais au Bal, Swallow - Got You On My Mind Cookie and the Cupcakes
By Request: Cookie and the Cupcakes, Jin - You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
Genius & Soul, Rhino - End Bed: That's It Bill Frisell
Things About Comin' My Way, Black Hen Music
