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RICHARD THOMPSON & ZACHARY RICHARD
This week on American Routes, we’ll talk to folk rocker songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson. An advocate for British lyric and music tradition in new settings with refashioned traditional songs and stories, Thompson evolved from playing in the seminal folk-rock band, Fairport Convention, to his present day role as an in-demand guitarist and songwriter. Then we’ll visit with accordion-man Zachary Richard about growing up in French-speaking south Louisiana but needing to go to France and Quebec to realize the significance of the Cajun culture into which he was born.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Salford Sunday Richard Thompson
Electric, Beeswing - Come All Ye Fairport Convention
Liege and Lief, Island - Sur le Point de Lyon Beausoleil with Richard Thompson
Bayou Deluxe, Rhino - On Top of Old Smoky Roscoe Holcomb
The High Lonesome Sound, Smithsonian Folkways - Forbidden Lovers Lefty Frizzell
Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia - Instrumental: On Top of Old Smokey Grant Green
Goin' West, Blue Note - Lovin' Up a Storm Jerry Lee Lewis
The London Sessions, Charly - Sittin' On top of the World Howlin Wolf
The London Sessions, MCA - Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan
The Singles Anthology, CMETD - SEGMENT Richard Thompson
Listen - Instrumental: Sunset Song Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior, Beeswing - Wreck of the Carlos Rey Los Lobos
The Ride, Hollywood - Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
Wandering Spirit, Atlantic - Dimming of the Day Bonnie Raitt
The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, Capitol - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning The Del McCoury Band
Del and The Boys, Ceili - End Bed: Take Care the Road You Choose Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior, Beeswing
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Laisse le vent souffler Zachary Richard
Le Fou, Avalanche - Sweet Sweet Zachary Richard
Le Fou, Avalanche - J'ai vu le loup le renard et la belette Balfa Brothers
J'ai vu le loup le renard et la belette, Rounder - Acadian Driftwood The Band
Northern Lights - Southern Cross, Capitol - Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - No French No More Zachary Richard
Women in the Room, A&M - Les Flammes d'Enfer Richard Thompson
Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, Vanguard - Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - SEGMENT Zachary Richard
Listen - Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - Femme l'a Dit FeuFollet
Cow Island Hop, Valcour - Instrumental: Frog Legs Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie - Rosa Majeur Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
Zydeco, GNP Crescendo - Sweet Little Doll (Cher Catin) Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie - Bon Soir Moreau Canray Fontenot
Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style, Arhoolie - I Got Loaded The Wood Brothers
The Muse, Southern Ground - End Bed: Cow Island Hop FeuFollet
Cow Island Hop, Valcour
