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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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EAST TEXAS/WEST LOUISIANA

October 12th, 2005

Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It’s a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana, singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit “Suzy Q”; and jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA – Los Angeles.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Houston Boogie Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • Allons a Grand Coteau (Let's Go To Grand Coteau) Clifton Chenier
    Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie
  • Spoon Bread Lil Band of Gold
    Demo,
  • Northeast Texas Women Willis Allen Ramsey
    Willis Allen Ramsey, Koch
  • Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Cripple Creek The Band
    The Band, Capitol
  • Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton
    Blues Masters Vol.3: Texas Blues, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Nellie Lutcher

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  • All Star Strut Charlie Christian
    The Genius of the Electric Guitar, Sony
  • Gulf Coast Special Adolph Hofner and His Orchestra
    OKeh Western Swing, Epic
  • Instrumental: Blues De Port Arthur Le Trio Cadien
    Le Trio Cadien, Rounder
  • Blues de Texas Dennis McGee
    The Complete Early Recordings 1929-1930, Yazoo
  • Texas Blues Robert Pete Williams
    I'm Blue As A Man Can Be, Vol.1, Arhoolie
  • Mean Ol' Lonesome Train Lightnin' Slim
    The Excello Story, Vol.2: 1955-1957, Hip-O
  • Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
    Greatest Hits, Columbia/Legacy

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Draggin' The Bow Harry Choates
    Freddie King of Cajun Swing, Arhoolie
  • Last Town I Painted George Jones
    Cup of Loneliness: The Mercury Years, Mercury
  • Little Liza Jane Hot Club of Cowtown
    Dev'lish Mary, Hightone
  • I Got Loaded Lil' Bob & The Lollipops
    Lafayette Soul Show, Kent
  • Groovin' Illinois Jacquet
    Flying Home The Best of the Verve Years, Verve
  • Going Back to Louisiana Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
    Back to Bogalousa, Blue Thumb
  • INTERVIEW: Nathan & Zydeco Cha Cha's
  • Instrumental: Ponderosa Stomp Lazy Lester
    House Rockin' & Hip Shakin' Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • My Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) Slim Harpo
    Slim Harpo Sings Raining in My Heart, Hip-O
  • Lonesome Cabin Blues Mercy Dee Walton
    One Room Country Shack, Specialty
  • Pipeliner Blues Moon Mullican
    Sings His All Time Greatest,
  • INTERVIEW: Dale Hawkins
  • Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
    Texas Flood, Epic/Legacy
  • Storm in Texas (AKA Texas Flood) Whispering Smith
    House Rockin' & Hip Shakin' Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker
    The Very Best of T-Bone Walker: Blues Masters, Rhino
  • Long Telephone Port Arthur Cleveland Crochet
    Cleveland Crochet & All The Sugar Bees, Goldband
  • Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
    Circuit Queen, Capitol
  • End Bed: Beaumont Rag The Hackberry Ramblers
    Cajun Boogie, Flying Fish

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

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    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

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