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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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GUILTY PLEASURES DELUXE

November 3rd, 2021

Somewhere on our journey over the past two decades at American Routes, we started talking about “guilty pleasures” shows, where old free form radio roots called for the pleasure of old favorites and new discoveries. But since we broadcast from New Orleans, we’ll drop the word guilty and roll on with the Stones and Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Our Native Daughters and Tina Turner, a bootleg tape of Doug Sahm from 70s underground days, and the Mexican American accordion squeeze of Los Texmaniacs.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Rockin' At Cosimo's Lee Allen
    The Aladdin Records Story, Proper
  • Occapella Lee Dorsey
    Night People--The Best of Lee Dorsey, Sunset Blvd Records
  • Iko Iko Dixie Cups
    Chapel of Love, Sun Entertainment
  • Ursuline Second Line New Orleans Night Crawlers
    Atmosphere, Threadhead Records
  • Jazz Party Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra/Tonya Boyd-Cannon
    Jazz Party--Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Troubadour Jazz
  • Instrumental: Twin Guitar Boogie Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys--For the Last Time, United Artists
  • Country Honk Rolling Stones
    Let It Bleed, ABKCO
  • Bob Wills is Still the King Rolling Stones
    YouTube,
  • Bob Wills Boogie Bob Wills
    The Essential Bob Wils 1935-1947, Columbia Classics
  • Brain Cloudy Blues Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947, Columbia Classics
  • Lonesome On'ry and Mean Waylon Jennings
    Lonesome On'ry and Mean, RCA Victor
  • Mean Mean Man Wanda Jackson
    Rockin' with Wanda, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Bandera Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Sony
  • The Rains Came Doug Sahm
    Live at the Bijou Cafe--WMMR-FM Broadcast,
  • Mexico Americano Los Texmaniacs
    Cruzando Borders, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater
    Bayou Country, Fantasy
  • Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner
    Ike & Tina Turner--Workin' Together, Liberty
  • Black Myself Our Native Daughters
    Austin City Limits, Live
  • End Bed: Blues On Purpose Nina Simone
    I Put a Spell on You, Verve

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Blowin' in the Wind Jack McDuff
    Tobacco Road--Brother Jack McDuff, Atlantic
  • Up Above My Head Sister Rosetta Tharp
    Gospel Train, Verve
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone
    Little Girl Blue, Bethlehem
  • Nightflyer Allison Russell
    Outside Child, Fantasy
  • That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
    Nashville, Shout Factory
  • Crying Roy Orbison
    Crying, Monument
  • Instrumental: Thirty Five-Thirty Willie Mitchell Combo
    The Memphis Rhythm & Blues Sound of Willie Mitchell 1958-1961, Stomper Time Records
  • I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles
    I Can't Stand the Rain, Hi Records
  • Everything Is Gonna Be Alright Don Bryant
    I'll Go Crazy, Hi Records
  • Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Sun Records Sound of Jerry Lee Lewis--30 Country Classics, Sun Records
  • Memphis Chuck Berry
    The Great 28, UMG
  • Tell It to Me Baby Willie Mitchell with the Four Kings
    The Memphis Rhythm & Blues Sound of Willie Mitchell 1958-1961, Stomper Time Records
  • Feelin' Good Little Junior Parker
    Sun BBQ, Sun Records
  • Take Me to the River Al Green
    Al Green Explores Your Mind, Hi Records
  • Instrumental: All Blues Miles Davis, John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderly
    Kind of Blue, Impulse
  • A Love Supreme--Part 1, Acknowledgement John Coltrane
    A Love Supreme/John Coltrane, Verve
  • Sea of Love Cookie and the Cupcakes
    By Request, Jin Records
  • Sea of Love Cat Power
    The Covers Record, Matador
  • The Dolphins Fred Neil
    Fred Neil, Capitol
  • End Bed: Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock
    Empyrean Isles, Blue Note

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