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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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REMEMBERING DR. JOHN: THE NIGHT TRIPPER

June 19th, 2019

New Orleans’ soulful hoodoo rock and roller and carnivalesque hero Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, passed away on June 6, 2019. Within a day, the city’s streets filled with mourners honoring his legacy of high funknology in the verbal, musical and spiritual arts. In our archival interview, Dr. John recalls his early days as a studio guitarist and later the West Coast birth of his mysterious public persona. We also revisit a live performance in 2013 where Mac reminisces about learning to play piano at home from an auntie and hearing his heroes out on the music scene. American Routes is ‘the right place” to share these conversations and celebrate the beloved music of our friend, the late legendary Dr. John.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mess Around Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • Junko Partner Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 1
  • Ball the Wall Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Memories of Professor Longhair Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Clean Cuts
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 2
  • Ain't It a Shame Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 3
  • Tell Me How Do You Feel James Booker
    New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 4
  • Bopsody In Blues Edgar Blanchard and the Gondoliers
    Troubles, Troubles: New Orleans Blues, Rounder
  • Don't You Just Know It Huey 'Piano' Smith
    Having a Good Time with Huey 'Piano Smith & His Clowns, Westside
  • SEGMENT: Dr. john interview Pt. 5
  • Huey Piano Smith Medley Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • SEGMENT: Harold Battiste
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 6
  • I Been Hoodooed Dr. John
    In the Right Place, Atco
  • Instrumental: Walkin' Home Donald Harrison with Dr. John
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 7
  • In the Right Place Dr. John
    In the Right Place, Atco
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 8
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 9
  • New Orleans Music Rebirth Brass Band
    Hot Venom, Mardi Gras
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 10
  • Goin' Back to New Orleans Dr. John
    Goin' Back to New Orleans, Warner Bros.
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John interview Pt. 11
  • Closing Bed: When the Saints Go Marching In Dr. John with Mavis Staples
    N'Awlinz': Dis, Dat or D'Udda, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Fess Up Dr. John
    Goin' Back to New Orleans, Warner Bros.
  • Storm Warning Mac Rebennack
    Medical School: The Early Sessions of Mac 'Dr. John' Rebennack, Music Club
  • Iko Iko Dr. John
    Dr. John's Gumbo, Atco
  • Stack-A-Lee Dr. John
    Dr. John's Gumbo, Atco
  • Such a Night Dr. John
    In the Right Place, Atco
  • Basin Street Blues Dr. John
    Goin' Back to New Orleans, Warner Bros.
  • Instrumental: The Point Dr. John
    Still Spicy Gumbo Stew, Ace
  • SEGMENT: Dr. John

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  • Instrumental: The Pot Dr. John
    Gumbo Stew: Original New Orleans R&B, Ace
  • Mama Roux Dr. John
    Gris-Gris, Atco
  • Hu-Ta-Nay Donald Harrison Jr. with Dr. John
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away Dr. John
    Desitively Bonnaroo, Atco
  • There Must Be a Better World Somewhere Dr. John
    Afterglow, Blue Thumb
  • End Bed: Just a Closer Walk With Thee Dr. John
    The Brightest Smile in Town, Rounder

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