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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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MR. SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO SAM COOKE

August 1st, 2007

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers, and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Sam Cooke
    Night Beat, RCA
  • Open Bed: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen The Golden Gate Quartet
    The Very Best Of The Golden Gate Quartet, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Childhood / Gospel

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  • Jesus Gave Me Water Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers
    Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers: The Complete Specialty Recordings, Specialty
  • You Send Me Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke: The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
  • Instrumental: Good Times King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
  • Twistin' the Night Away (Live) Sam Cooke
    One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club, RCA
  • CLIP: Aretha Franklin
    Sam Cooke: Legend DVD, ABKCO
  • Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke: The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
  • Instrumental: Chain Gang King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
  • Lost and Lookin' Sam Cooke
    Night Beat, RCA
  • CLIP: coroner's inquest
    Sam Cooke: Legend DVD, ABKCO
  • A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
    Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964, ABKCO
  • End Bed: A Change Is Gonna Come Anthony B. Ingram
    Strings In The Night, Britt Dine

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: You Send Me King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
  • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons The Nat 'King' Cole Trio
    The Best of the Nat 'King' Cole Trio, Capitol Jazz
  • Cupid Otis Redding
    OTIS! The Definitive Otis Redding, Rhino
  • Shake Machito
    Latin Cool Classics, Latin Cool
  • Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke
    Portrait of a Legend: 1951 - 1964, ABKCO
  • Good Times The Rolling Stones
    Out of Our Heads, ABKCO
  • It's All Over Now The Valentinos
    Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965, ABKCO
  • Instrumental: Having A Party King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
  • Meet Me At Mary's Place Sam Cooke
    Portrait of a Legend: 1951 - 1964, ABKCO
  • Mary's Place Bruce Springsteen
    The Rising, Columbia
  • Trouble in Mind George Jones
    Hank, Bob & Me, Fuel 2000
  • Since I Met You Baby Sam Cooke
    The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
  • Bring it on Home to Me Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
    Sonny & Brownie, A&M
  • Tennessee Waltz Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys
    1954-1974, Bear Family
  • Tennessee Waltz Sam Cooke
    Portrait of a Legend: 1951 - 1964, ABKCO
  • Instrumental: A Change Is Gonna Come Jack McDuff
    A Change Is Gonna Come / Double Barrelled Soul, Collectables
  • Mean Old World Sam Cooke
    Night Beat, ABKCO
  • A Change is Gonna Come Aretha Franklin
    I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You, Rhino
  • Blowin' in the Wind Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke at the Copa, ABKCO
  • End Bed: Change is Gonna Come King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family

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