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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
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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FUNK AND FIREWORKS: JULY 4TH WITH THE NEVILLE BROTHERS

July 4th, 2007

Celebrate the onset of summer and the anniversary of American independence with the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R&B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation with Ivan and Ian Neville. Plus we’re off on a summer road trip to sample Ted Drewes’ Frozen Custard Stand on Route 66 in St. Louis and play Drown the Clown at a Massachusetts county fair. All that and a set of summer music from across the great American soundscape that’ll make you stand and salute.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville
    Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison Jr.
    Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP
  • Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchopitoulas
    The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango
  • Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Voo Doo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • My Blood The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer orchestra
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
    The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia
  • Christopher Columbus Fats Waller
    If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It, Bluebird/Legacy
  • Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
  • I'd Rather Have America Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys
    Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys 1954 - 1974, Bear Family
  • U.S. Blues Grateful Dead
    Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead
  • Instrumental: Grand Old Flag Beer Barrel Barry
    Beer Barrel Piano, Crown
  • SEGMENT: Drewes' Custard Stand

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  • Summertime The Ravens
    Old Man River, Savoy Jazz
  • Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone
    The Essential Sly & the Family Stone, Epic/Legacy
  • Instrumental: Stars and Stripes Forever The Kalima Brothers featuring Jesse Kalima
    Legends of Ukulele, Rhino
  • Down Home Summertime Blues Norman Blake
    Old Ties, Rounder
  • County Fair Brownie Ford
    Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish
  • SEGMENT: Drown the Clown

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  • Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery
    At Home, Earwig
  • My Country Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dreamworks
  • End Bed: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
    The Master, Blue Note

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