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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
THE COLOR OF MUSIC WITH HENRY BUTLER & LONNIE HOLLEY
Get out your Crayolas and sketch pads, as we fill in the spectrum of musical colors… from red hot jazz to cool blues. What do we see when we hear music? We dig back into the archives for our epic interview with the late, blind New Orleans piano professor Henry Butler about his eclectic musical visions. Then self-taught visual artist Lonnie Holley expands his cosmic imagery into words and music to heal society on what he calls “the mothership”— Earth. Plus, word jazz maestro Ken Nordine narrates the paint palette; Nina Simone plays “Mood Indigo”; George Jones sings “Color of the Blues”; and Los Lobos describe the power of the Lavender Moon.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Blues for All Seasons Henry Butler
For All Seasons, Atlantic - I Used to be Color Blind Anita O'Day
Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve - Choice of Colors The Impressions
Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul, Rhino - Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
The Early Years, Vanguard - Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
The King of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, RCA - Blue Moon Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Turn On Your Love Light, MCA - Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A & M - Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
Greatest Hits, Curb - Instrumental: Mellow Yellow Odell Brown
The History of Chess Jazz, Chess - Song With Orange Charles Mingus
This is Jazz 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia - Orange Ken Nordine
Colors, Philips - The Emperor of Oranges Milky
Songs for the Jet Set, Jet Set - La vie en rose Edith Piaf
Anthology: La vie en rose, Vol. 2, Blue Moon - Little Dark Eyes Geno Delafose
La Chanson Perdue, Rounder - Instrumental: Odyssey James Carter w/ Henry Butler
In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic - Segment: Henry Butler
Listen - I'm Painting the Town Red Billie Holiday
The Billie Holiday Story Vol. 2, Columbia - White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
The Story of My Life: The Best of Marty Robbins, Columbia/Legacy - End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
American Routes Live Recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Keeping a Record of It Lonnie Holley
Keeping a Record of It, Dust to Digital - Colors Introduction Tank & the Bangas
Green Balloon, Verve - Lavender Ken Nordine
Colors, Snail Jazz - Kiko and the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash - Bemba Colorá Celia Cruz
Son Con Guaguancó, Craft - Mood Indigo Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue, BMG - Black is the Color Rhiannon Giddens
Tomorrow is My Turn, Nonesuch - Little Red Rooster Sam Cooke
Nightbeat, RCA - Instrumental: Green River The Ventures
Swamp Rock, Capitol - Blue Days, Black Nights Buddy Holly
From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934-1973, MCA - Color of the Blues George Jones
The Essential George Jones, Sony - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony - Purple Rain Drops Stevie Wonder
Additional Singles and Rarities, Motown - Instrumental: Soul Conversations Ulysses Owens, Jr. Big Band
Soul Conversations, Ulysses Owens, Jr. - Segment: Lonnie Holley
Listen - It's a Mighty World Odetta
Odetta--It's a Mighty World, RCA Victor - Mother Earth Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth
Living with the Animals, UMG - End Bed: Hey Slim Memphis Slim
Raining the Blues, Fantasy