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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
ALTERED STATES: MUSIC AND ELIXIRS
From Absinthe to Zoloft, American Routes brews a stimulating show about elixirs, enhancers and downright downers. Guests include country star Hank Thompson on performing — and drinking — in the honky-tonks, and British historian James Hughes on altered states and creativity across time and cultures. Partake in music selections from Charlie Parker, Paul Bowles, Ella Fitzgerald and the Grateful Dead.
HOUR ONE
- Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Johnny Bond
Hillbilly Boogie, Sony - Light Up & Listen radio commercial from Doc Watson show
- Smoke Rings Les Paul & Mary Ford
All-Time Greatest Hits, Capitol - Forty Cups of Coffee Danny Overbea
Chess Blues Guitar, MCA/Chess - Java Jive The Modernaires
Dinermite, Sony - La Cucaracha Orquesta Pajaro Azul
Tex-Mex Vol.1, Folklyric - Marihuana Boogie Lalo Guererro
Recuerdos, Lalo - Instrumental: If You're A Viper Kermit Ruffins
The Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice - If Youse a Viper Rosetta Howard
The Official Sampler, Official - INTERVIEW: James Hughes
Listen - Ko Ko Charlie Parker
Yardbird Suite, Rhino - Instrumental: Smoke Rings Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Nuages, ASV - Kickin the Gong Around Cab Calloway
Slim and Slam LP, - Hong Kong Blues Hoagy Carmichael
The Classic Hoagy, Smithsonian - Prelude for Bernard Suares Irene Herrmann/Paul Bowles
- Bad Liver & a Broken Heart Tom Waits
Beautiful Maladies, Island - Sam Stone John Prine
Great Days, Rhino - Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers, Virgin
HOUR two
- Stranger in My Own Home Town Elvis Presley
From Nashville to Memphis Vol 4, RCA - Turtle Blues Janis Joplin/ Big Brother & the Holding Company
Cheap Thrills, Sony - Dumb Nirvana
In Utero, Geffen - Better Must Come Delroy Wilson
Tougher Than Tough, Mango - Pusherman Curtis Mayfield
People Get Ready, Rhino - Instrumental: He Loved Him Madly Miles Davis / mixed by Bill Laswell
Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974, Columbia - Round Midnight Miles Davis
Round About Midnight, Columbia - Wackey Dust Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald
Reefer Songs, Jass - Cocaine habit blues Memphis Jug Band
Ruckus Juice and Chittlins:The Great Jugbands, Victor - Casey Jones Grateful Dead
- Cocaine Blues Johnny Cash
Live at Folsom Prison, Sony - Instrumental: The Penny Opus No.1 Hank Penny
Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot - INTERVIEW: Hank Thompson Hank Thompson
- The Drunkard's Room The Louvin Brothers
Satan is Real, Capitol - Lord I've Tried Bill Landford & the Landfordaires
There Will Be No Sweeter Sound, Okeh
