AMERICAN ROUTES
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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SOUL SISTERS

April 28th, 2021

We talk to three soul singers from the formative era of the mid 1950s through Motown of the late 60s, and an all-female New Orleans brass band. Justine “Baby” Washington talks about growing up in Harlem and her hits such as “That’s How Heartaches Are Made.” Maxine Brown started as a teenager in NYC singing with gospel groups. By 1960 she penned the hit, “All in My Mind,” and would later have hits with “Oh No Not My Baby” and a duet with Chuck Jackson on “Something You Got.” Chris Clark is a rare white soul singer who recorded for Detroit’s Motown Records. Finally, the Original Pinettes Brass Band is a young, ten-member, all-women’s New Orleans jazz band who have received major recognition in a field dominated by men.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
    1984, Impulse
  • I Can't Stand It The Soul Sisters
    The Sue Story: The Sound of Soul, New York City, Parlophone
  • I'm a Woman Peggy Lee
    The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol
  • Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts
    Chess Rhythm & Roll, MCA/Chess
  • Segment: Justine "Baby" Washington

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  • Workout Baby Washington
    45rpm, Neptune
  • Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
    Best of Betty Wright, Rhino
  • Instrumental: The Soul Explosion Illinois Jacquet
    The Soul Explosion, Prestige
  • Reconsider Me Margaret Lewis
    Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records Volume I, Ace
  • Why Not Me The Judds
    Why Not Me, RCA
  • Soul Deep Tina Turner
    Country My Way, K-tel
  • Five Long Years Tina Turner
    Bold Soul Sister: Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings, Blue Thumb
  • Tramp Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
    The Complete Stax Volt Singles 1959-1968, Blue Thumb
  • Instrumental: Soul Twist King Curtis & the Noble Knights
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino
  • Segment: Maxine Brown

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  • Soul Serenade Maxine Brown
    Greatest Hits, Tomato
  • Angel from Montgomery Bonnie Raitt
    Streetlights, Warner Bros.
  • Far Celestial Shore Mavis Staples
    One True Vine, Anti
  • End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
    Hot Rods Rock: Big Boss Instruments Vol. 3, Right Stuff

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: All for You The Funk Brothers
    The Best of the Funk Brothers, Motown
  • Go to the Mardi Gras The Original Pinettes
    Finally, Self-produced
  • Mary Mack Lilly's Chapel School recorded by Harold Courlander
    Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 6: Ring Game Songs and Others, Folkways
  • Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
    Spirit in the Dark, Rhino
  • Soul Sister Allen Toussaint
    The Complete Warner Recordings, Rhino
  • Segment: Chris Clark

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  • Instrumental: Whitey Lambchop
    Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley, Bloodshot
  • These Boots are Made for Walking Loretta Lynn
    Honky Tonk Girl, MCA
  • I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Eileen Jewell
    Eileen Jewell Presents Butcher Holler, Signature Sounds
  • Blues a Catin Bonsoir Catin
    Blues a Catin, Bridgetown
  • Down on Me Big Brother & the Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin
    Big Brother & the Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin, Sony
  • You'll Lose a Good Thing Barbara Lynn
    You'll Lose a Good Thing, Jaime/Arctic
  • Careless Love Dr. Michael White with Cynthia Girtley
    Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part I, Basin Street
  • Instrumental: One Naughty Flat AFO Executives
    Compendium, AFO
  • Segment: The Original Pinettes Brass Band

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    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

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    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

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  • June 15th, 2022

    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

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