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PRESERVATION HALL PERSEVERES & GUITARIST ALBERT LEE
We are live in New Orleans at Preservation Hall for the nouveau stylings and hybrid sounds that have been cooking up in the historic jazz hub including funky new grooves from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, paired with singer Tom Waits, bluegrasser Del McCoury and New Orleans hoodoo rocker Dr. John. Then, we look back to post-war England with session guitarist Albert Lee who grew up hearing American music on the radio and eventually crossed the pond to play rock & roll stateside. Plus, we explore the roots of rock with blues harpist Little Walter, western swingers Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys and rockabilly picker Carl Perkins.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: So It Is Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - La Malanga Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - SEGMENT: Ben Jaffe
Listen - Instrumental: I Get the Blues When It Rains Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia - Trouble in Mind Richie Havens
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Careless Love Del McCoury
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Chez Varise Connor Beausoleil
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011, - Corrine Died on the Battlefield Tom Waits
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Winin' Boy Blues Dr. John
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Bad Boy Charlie Musselwhite
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011, - Instrumental: Sing On Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia - Convergence Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - Mad Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - Closing Bed: In the Sweet Bye and Bye Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection , Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Bo-Jam Bo Diddley
The London Bo Diddley Sessions, Chess - Rock and Roll Music Chuck Berry
One Dozen Berrys, Chess - So Let's Rock Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, with Lee Ross
Sugar Baby/So Let's Rock, Decca - Crazy Mixed Up World Little Walter
The Essential Little Walter, MCA - Honey Don't Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes/Honey Don't, Sun - Roll Over Beethoven The Beatles
With the Beatles, Parlophone - Who Do You Love Bo Diddley
Who Do You Love/I'm Bad, Checker - Instrumental: Roundhouse Stomp Alexis Korner
British Blues Legend, Goldenlane Records - Good Morning Blues Lead Belly
Good Night Irene, Allegro - Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan
Rock Island Line, London - Midnight Special Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber
The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast, Virgin - Rave On Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly, Coral - Shake, Rattle and Roll Elvis Presley
Shake, Rattle and Roll/Lawdy Miss Clawdy, RCA Victor - My Babe Ricky Nelson
Ricky Nelson, Imperial - Instrumental: Okie Dokie Stomp Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Original Peacock Recordings, Rounder Records - SEGMENT: Albert Lee
Listen - Country Boy Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes
Live at Montreux, Boulevard - Closing Bed: Sleep Walk Albert Lee, James Burton, Amos Garrett, Albert Lee & David Wilcox
Guitar Heroes: Making History, Stony Plain