AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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WHILE I'M LIVING: TANYA TUCKER & WARREN STORM

July 29th, 2020

Singer Tanya Tucker got her start as a very young singer in Nashville. At age 13, she had her first hit with “Delta Dawn.” Since then, she’s seen a lot of the world of Country Music but still kept her landmark sound. We’ll talk about her recent Grammy winning record and her love of cutting horses in the Desert West. Then the King of Swamp Pop, Warren Storm brings us back to Louisiana where he’s taking the world by storm with a new recording of classic songs.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Delta Dawn Tanya Tucker
    Delta Dawn, Columbia
  • Blood Red and Going Down Tanya Tucker
    What’s Your Mama’s Name, Columbia
  • Rainy Night in Georgia Tony Joe White
    Continued, Monument
  • Baby Dottie West
    Suffer Time, RCA
  • T'aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do Little Milton
    Blues ‘n Soul, Stax
  • Instrumental: Cannonball Rag Bill Frisell
    Guitar in the Space Age!, Okeh
  • There's Another Place I Can't Go Charlie Rich
    The Essential Charlie Rich, Sony
  • Walk Through Fire Yola
    Walk Through Fire, Easy Eye Sound
  • Heart Over Mind Mel Tillis
    The Best of Mel Tillis, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Tanya Tucker

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  • Instrumental: Down Yonder Willie and Bobbie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Tanya Tucker, Pt.2

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  • She Loves to Ride Horses Guy Clark
    The Dark, Sugar Hill
  • Tennessee Stud Johnny Cash
    American Recordings, American Recordings
  • Tennessee Stud Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
    Me and Jerry, RCA
  • Closing Bed: Bandera Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Lonely, Lonely Nights Warren Storm
    Taking the World By Storm, APO Records
  • Mama Mama Mama Warren Storm and Yvette Landry
    Takin the World By Storm, APO Records
  • I'm Leaving It All Up to You Dale & Grace
    Swamp Gold Volume 1, Jin Records
  • Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino
    They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings, EMI Imperial
  • Those Lonely, Lonely Nights Earl King
    Earl’s Pearls, West Side
  • Une Autre Soir D'Ennui Belton Richard
    The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow
  • Doggin' Around Jean Knight
    South Texas Rhythm ‘n’ Soul Revue, Demon
  • Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
    Boozoo Chavis, Nonesuch
  • Mathilda Cookie and the Cupcakes
    Cookie and the Cupcakes: Kings of Swamp Pop, Ace
  • Instrumental: Up the Creek Allen Toussaint
    The Wild Sounds of New Orleans, Jazz Work Records
  • Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy and the Rockets
    Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, American Made Music
  • This Should Go On Forever Rod Bernard
    Chess New Orleans, UMG
  • Time Will Tell Bobby Charles
    Chess New Orleans, UMG
  • Walk That Walk Eddie Bo
    Chess New Orleans, UMG
  • Strollin' Champion Jack Dupree
    Blues from the Gutter, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Cajun Steel Guitar The Buckaroos
    The Best of the Buckaroos, Sundazed
  • SEGMENT: Warren Storm

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  • Closing Bed: Cajun Waltz David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder Select

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