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Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce December 4th, 2019 (Hour 1)
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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BLUES BORN AND LEARNED: BOBBY RUSH & SONNY LANDRETH

August 3rd, 2016

Join us this week as we visit with the King of the Chitlin Circuit, Bobby Rush. The singer, songwriter, manager, harmonica player, guitarist and bus driver talks about a life in the blues and breaks down his famous stage show. Mississippi-born, Louisiana-bred guitarist Sonny Landreth drops by for a live set and reveals his special technique with the slide.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: 99 (Instrumental) Bobby Rush
    Live at Ground Zero, Deep Rush
  • Darktown Strutters Ball Fats Waller
    If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!, Bluebird/Legacy
  • Mama Told Me Not to Come Randy Newman
    12 Songs, Reprise
  • I Like 'Em Fat Like That Louis Jordan
    Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family
  • Fine Fat Daddy Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith, Verve
  • The Rumproller (Pt. 1) Lee Morgan
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Bowlegged Woman and Knock Kneed Man (Pt. 1) Bobby Rush
    It's Alright, Paula
  • Instrumental: Seven and 7 The Bo-Keys
    The Royal Sessions, Yellow Dog
  • SEGMENT: Bobby Rush

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  • Instrumental: Fat Judy (Pt. 1) "Big" John Patton
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Blues for Smedley Oscar Peterson Trio with Clark Terry
    Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry, Mercury
  • Chitlin' Hop Piano Red
    Piano Red a.k.a. Dr. Feelgood: The Doctor's In!, Bear Family
  • So Round So Firm, So Fully Packed Merle Travis
    The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation, Razor and Tie
  • Caledonia / Flip, Flop & Fly / Ragg Mop Re-Birth Brass Band
    Take It to the Street, Rounder
  • Tipitina (American Routes Theme) Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Sonny Landreth live at American Routes studio
  • Highway Blues Clifton Chenier
    Sings the Blues, Arhoolie
  • Deal Jerry Garcia
    The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, Rhino
  • Last Fair Deal Gone Down Cephas & Wiggins
    Somebody Told Me the Truth, Alligator
  • Mississippi River Blues Jimmie Rodgers
    The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
  • Going to New Orleans Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtakes, Vigo
  • Shake Your Moneymaker Elmore James
    Blues Masters: The Very Best of Elmore James, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Allons a Lafayette Richard Fontenot
    Cajun Country Guitar, Folkways
  • Allons a Lafayette Harry Choates
    Fiddle King of Cajun Swing, Arhoolie
  • Grand Chenier Bluesrunners
    Le Grande Bleu, Louisiana Red Hot
  • SEGMENT: Sonny Landreth

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  • Instrumental: Sunny Jimmy Smith
    Talkin' Verve Groovy!, Verve
  • Sitting on Top of the World Johnny Shines
    Traditional Delta Blues, Biograph
  • Sittin' on Top of the World Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan
    Hall of Fame, United Artists
  • I Saw the Light Five Blind Boys of Alabama
    I Saw the Light, Liquid-8
  • That Lucky Old Sun The Isley Brothers
    Shout: The RCA Sessions, RCA
  • End Bed: Hallelujah Anyhow Sonny Treadway
    Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie

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