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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
FLYING WITH THE BYRDS & THE BURRITOS ON AMERICAN ROUTES AIRLINES
We get sonically aloft with musical memories of the Byrds and the Flying Burritos Brothers. The Byrds, the fabled folk-rock band known for their vocal harmonies and jangly guitar sound, gained huge fame between 1965-1968. We’ll hear music that influenced the Byrds from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Plus conversation with Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers co-founder Chris Hillman about his bluegrass roots, the Byrds’ shift toward country music on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and forming country rock band the Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram Parsons. We’ll also find out about songs in the land of love lost and found from Dr. John, Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline and Irma Thomas.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) The Byrds
Turn, Turn, Turn, Columbia - Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Sony - Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man, Sony - Turn Turn Turn Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Smithsonian Folkways - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) The Byrds
Turn Turn, Turn, Columbia - My Back Pages The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia - Instrumental: Blue Grass Chopper The Hillmen
The Hillmen, Sugar Hill Records - Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues The Hillmen
The Hillmen, Sugar Hill Records - Blue Canadian Rockies The Byrds
Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Columbia - Segment: Chris Hillman
Listen - Instrumental: Nashville Skyline Rag Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline, Columbia - Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Grievous Angel, Grievous Angel - Ashes of Love Desert Rose Band
Desert Rose, Sugar Hill - Time Between The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia - So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia - End Bed: Flying The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour, Apple
HOUR two
- Open Bed: New Orleans Blues Tom McDerrmott and Lucia Micarelli
Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series, Season 1, Geffen - Funny How Time Slips Away Dr. John
Things Happen that Way , Rounder - Nothing Takes the Place of You Toussaint McCall
Nothing Takes the Place of You, Ronn Records - She's Got You Patsy Cline
Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Studio Masters 1960-1963, Decca - One Night Smiley Lewis
The Big Beat of Dave Bartholomew, Capitol - Other Side of Town Sam Doores and Alynda Segarra
Sam Doores, New West - Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke
Ain’t That Good News, ABKCO - Instrumental: It's All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
This is Jazz 30: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band , Sony - I Done Got Over Irma Thomas
The Irma Thomas Collection: 1961-1966, Capitol - Well I Done Got Over It Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim, Specialty - It's All Over Now The Valentinos
Lookin' for a Love, SAR Records - Travelling Mood Snooks Eaglin
The Sonet Blues Story/Snooks Eaglin with His New Orleans Friends, Universal - Dream a Little Dream of Me Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Love Ella, Verve - Dream Baby Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison, Monument - Instrumental: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Etta Baker
Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians, Tradition - On the Road Again Willie Nelson
Honeysuckle Rose, Columbia - Long Journey Home Miko Marks, The Resurrectors
Race Records, Redtone - Out on the Road North Mississippi Allstars with Cedric Burnside
Up and Rolling–North Mississippi Allstars, New West Records - I Can't Help from Cryin' Sometime The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers-Faith and Grace, A Family Journey 1953-1976, Concord Music Group - Friendship Norah Jones and Mavis Staples
Norah Jones is Playing Along, Blue Note - Closing Bed: Blues Back McCoy Tyner
Reaching Forth, Impulse
