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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
END OF ROUTE 66
We’ll take a trip west on Route 66, all the way to the end of the line at the Santa Monica pier in California, with some interesting stops along the way. Plus there’s music from Los Lobos, Wes Montgomery, Michelle Shocked and Woody Guthrie.
HOUR ONE
- Bulldog The Fireballs
Cowabunga Set#1: Ground Swells, Rhino - Let's Go Down the Road Al 'Stomp' Russell Trio
West Coast Jive, Delmark - Down the Road a Piece Merrill Moore
Swing West Vol 3, EMI - Rawhide Frankie Lane
Television Themes, Legacy - The Wild West is Where I Want to Be Tom Lehrer
Songs & More Songs, Rhino - Way Out On the Desert Grey Ghost
Grey Ghost, Spindletop - Desert Blues Jimmie Rodgers
The Early Years 1928-9, Rounder - Instrumental: Mood Indigo Bill Tapia
Tropical Swing, MoonRoom - Goin Out West Larry Davis
Big City Blues West Coast Style, Rounder/EasyDisc - Route 66 Charles Brown
One More For the Road, Alligator - INTERVIEW: Cesar Rosas comments on Rt. 66
- EL Canelo Los Lobos
La Pistol y La Corazon, Slash - Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart Iris Dement
Infamous Angel, Warner Brothers - Latin'ia The Sentinals
Cowabunga Set#1: Ground Swells, Rhino - Shufflin' at the Hollywood Chuck Berry
Saxophone Anthology, RCA Victor - Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come Tom Waits
The Beat Generation, Rhino - California John Mayall
The Turning Point, Polydor
HOUR two
- Artistry in Western Swing Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 1: Legends of Western Swing, Rhino - Hit the Road to Dreamland Betty Hutton
LA Confidential, - King of the Road TV theme
Televisions Greatest Hits, TVT - Highway Patrol Red Simpson
Swing West Vol 1, Razor & Tie - Planet Claire B-52s
Time Capsule, Reprise - Car Machine Blues Memphis Willie B.
Bawdy Blues, Prestige/Bluesville - Pass You By Gillian Welch
Revival, Almo - Instrumental: For Your Needs Away from Home Double-Naught Spy Car
Comb In Blue Water, 11ft Pole - West Coast Blues Harold Land
The Riverside Records Story, Riverside - INTERVIEW: Larry Mantle
Listen - 2200 Miles The Mad Cat Trio
The Songs of Route 66, Lazy S.O.B. - Instrumental: Route 66 Hits of Western Swing
Hits Of Western Swing, CMH Records - Do-Re-Mi Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land, Smithsonian Folkways - Faraway Eyes Rolling Stones
Some Girls, Virgin - California Dreamin' Wes Montgomery
Talkin Verve: Groovy, Verve - SEGMENT: Nick on the Santa Monica Pier
- Come A Long Way Michelle Shocked
Mercury Poise 1988-1995, Mercury - I Get Around Hollyridge Strings
On the Rocks, Part 2, Capitol
