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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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GET RHYTHM: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH

October 10th, 2018

It’s a two-hour tribute in song and story to the Man in Black. We’ll hear from his family, friends and associates on the contradictions—preacher, outlaw, loving family man, rockabilly rebel—that made the man. Voices include Rosanne Cash; son John Carter Cash; sister Joanne Yates; bassist and original member of the Tennessee Two Marshall Grant; guitarist Johnny Western; producer Rick Rubin; long-time manager Lou Robin; writer and critic Michael Streissguth; and, of course, Johnny Cash.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • Post: Big River Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • Big River Johnny Cash
    Legend, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Growing Up
  • CLIP: Joanne Cash Yates
  • Post: Pickin' Time Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash
  • Country Trash Johnny Cash
    Solitary Man, American
  • CLIP: Biographer Michael Streissguth
  • Five Feet High and Rising Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black 1959-1962, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: Tennessee Two
  • CLIP: Bassist Marshall Grant
  • Post: Wide Open Road Johnny Cash
    Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • Post: Wide Open Road Johnny Cash
    Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • Post: Intro Tennessee Two from "I Got Stripes" Johnny Cash
    Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride, Scene
  • Luther Played the Boogie Johnny Cash
    Legend, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Sun Records
  • CLIP: Marshall Grant
  • Hey Porter Johnny Cash
    Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash
  • Post: Cry, Cry, Cry Johnny Cash
    Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: "I Walk the Line"
  • CLIP: Marshall Grant
  • Post: I Walk the Line Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • Post: I walk the Line Johnny Cash emcee intro
    Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride, Scene
  • Post: I Walk the Line Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Joanne Cash Yates & her cell phone ringer
  • Instrumental: I Walk the Line Red Rhodes & the Roadrunners
    Dobro Album, Crownstar Records
  • SEGMENT: Family
  • CLIP: son John Carter Cash and Rosanne Cash
  • POST: Don't Take Your Guns to Town Johnny Cash
    Man in Black 1954-1958, Bear Family
  • POST: A Satisfied Man Johnny Cash
    Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack, Maveric
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • Tennessee Flat Top Box Rosanne Cash
    Hits 1979-1989, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Faith
  • CLIP: Biographer Michael Streissguth
  • POST: Great Speckled Bird Johnny Cash
    Legend, Columbia
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash Franklin Bible Sessions
  • BED: By the Side of the Road John Fahey
    Of Rivers and Religion, Warner
  • CLIP: John Carter Cash
  • CLIP: Rick Rubin
  • CLIP: Joanne Cash Yates
  • Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-83, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Ring of Fire The O'Neil Brothers Group
    Oldies But Goodies on Guitar, Shamrock-and-Roll
  • SEGMENT: Drugs
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash
  • POST: Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-83, Columbia
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • SEGMENT: June
  • CLIP: Marshall Grant
  • Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • CLIP: Son John Carter Cash
  • CLIP: June Carter introduces Carter Family onstage
    Johnny Cash- The Man, His World, His Music, Cherry Red
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash
  • If I Were A Carpenter Johnny and June Carter Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • End Bed: Minor Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia
  • Post: Ring of Fire (Spanish Version) Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black: International Johnny Cash, Bear Family
  • Post: Rueda de Fuego Mingo Saldivar
    Y Sus Tremendos Cuatros Espadas, Rounder
  • POST: Dub is My Occupation King Tubby
    Dub Like Dirt, Blood & Fire
  • POST: Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
    Live at Folsom Prison, Sony
  • POST: Crescent City Blues Gordon Jenkins
    Seven Dreams, Dacca
  • SEGMENT: Prison
  • Post: Folson Prison Blues Jonny Cash
    Live at Folsom Prison, Sony
  • CLIP: Merle Haggard
  • CLIP: Marshall Grant
  • POST: I Got Stripes Johnny Cash
    Live at Folsom Prison, Sony
  • CLIP: Michael Streissguth
  • A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
    Live at San Quentin, Sony
  • POST: Doing My Time Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Original Outlaw
  • CLIP: Son John Carter Cash
  • POST: Cocaine Blues Johnny Cash
    Live at Folsom Prison, Sony
  • CLIP: Guitarist Johnny Western
  • POST: The One On the Right is the One on the Left Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black- 1963-1969 Plus, Bear Family
  • CLIP: Michael Streissguth
  • What is Truth Johnny Cash
    The Legend, Columbia
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • The Man in Black Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black: 1963-1969 Plus, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Nashville Skyline Rag Bob Dylan
    Nashville Skyline, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Dylan
  • POST: I Still Miss Someone Johnny Cash
    Nashville at Newport, Vanguard
  • POST: It Ain't Me Babe Johnny Cash
    The Man in Black- 1963-1969 Plus, Bear Family
  • POST: I Walk the Line Bob Dylan
    The Dylan/Cash Sessions, Spank
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • Girl From the North Country Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
    Nashville Skyline, Columbia
  • CLIP: from film The Night Rider
  • POST: I Still Miss Someone Emmylou Harris
    Portraits, Reprise
  • POST: Cry, Cry, Cry Elvis Costello & the Attractions
    Almost Blue, Columbia
  • POST: Get Rhythm Little Richard
    Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash, Lucky Dog
  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Delia Elizabeth Cotten
    Shake Sugaree, Smithsonian Folkways
  • SEGMENT: American Recordings
  • I Won't Back Down Johnny Cash
    American III: Solitary Man, American
  • CLIP: Johnny Cash
  • CLIP: Rick Rubin
  • POST: Satisfied Mind Johnny Cash
    American VI: Ain't No Grave, American
  • Before My Time Johnny Cash
    American III: Solitary Man, American
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • POST: Hurt Johnny Cash
    American IV: The Man Comes Around, American
  • SEGMENT: Sickness/Death of June
  • CLIP: Rick Rubin
  • Flesh and Blood Johnny Cash
    Unearthed, American
  • SEGMENT: Remembrances
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash
  • Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash
    Black Cadillac, Capitol
  • CLIP: Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, and Marshall Grant
  • Bed: Green Green Grass of Home Allen Shelton
    Shelton Special, Rounder
  • Wayfaring Stranger Johnny Cash
    American III: Solitary Man, American

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