AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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May 17th, 2000

Travel to roadside attractions along America’s musical highways, visit the annual Wally Byam Airstream Convention in Boise Idaho, and chat with nouveau rockabillies Southern Culture on the Skids. Plus music from Charles Mingus, Flaco Jimenez, The Breeders and The Dixie Hummingbirds.

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HOUR ONE

  • Traveling Mood Dr. John
    Mos Scocious, Rhino
  • Sentimental Journey Ray Charles
    The Genius Hits the Road, Rhino
  • Sentimental Journey Doris Day
    Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol 1, Rhino
  • Detour Spade Cooley
    Trucker's Jukebox, Vol. 3, Legacy
  • Annie Mae's Café Little Milton
    Malaco Records: The Last Soul Company, Malaco
  • Diner Martin Sexton
    Black Sheep, Eastern Front
  • Instrumental: Treat Santana
    Santana, Columbia/Legacy
  • Southern Exposure Fred Jackson
    Organ & Soul, Blue Note
  • Rainy Night in Georgia Tony Joe White
    The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner Brothers
  • Blue Motel Room Joni Mitchell
    Hejira, Asylum
  • Instrumental: Skullbucket Southern Culture on the Skids
    Dirt Track Date, DGC
  • INTERVIEW: Southern Culture on the Skids
  • Carve That Possum Southern Culture on the Skids
    Plastic Seat Sweat, DGC
  • Shotgun Southern Culture on the Skids
    Plastic Seat Sweat, DGC
  • Nitty Gritty Southern Culture on the Skids
    Dirt Track Date, DGC
  • Travelin' Man Ricky Nelson
    16 Magazine - Who's Your Fave Rave?, Rhino
  • Traveling Man Washboard Sam
    Washboard Sam, Document
  • Traveling Man The Techniques
    Treasure Isle Mood, Heartbeat

HOUR two

  • The Last Race Jack Nitzsche
    Hot Rod Rock: Big Boss Instrumentals, The Right Stuff
  • Is Anybody Going to San Antone Charley Pride
    Super Hits, RCA
  • Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
    Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie
  • Low Rider War
    Coleccion Latina, Avenue
  • Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
    Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino
  • Little Honda Yo La Tengo
    I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, Matador
  • Instrumental: Great Five Lakes Buffalo Daughter
    New Rock, Grand Royal
  • A Foggy Day Charles Mingus
    Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961, Atlantic
  • SEGMENT: Wally Byam Airstream Convention
  • See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet Dinah Shore
    Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino
  • Grand Canyon Song Steve Goodman
    Affordable Art, Red Pajamas
  • Postcard sound of the Colorado River
  • On the Trail London Festival Orchestra
    Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, etc./London Festival Orchestra, London
  • Instrumental: It's Bad You Know R.L. Burnside
    Come On In, Fat Possum
  • Drivin' On 9 The Breeders
    Last Splash, 4AD/Elektra
  • Allons à Lafayette Joe Falcon & Doc Guidry
    French Music and Folk songs of Le Sud de la Louisianne, La Louisianne
  • Car Song Woody Guthrie
    Nursery Days, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Christian's Automobile The Dixie Hummingbirds
    Great Gospel Groups: Over In Glory, MCA/Peacock
  • Let's Get Away From it All Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra
    All Time Greatest Hits Vol. 1, RCA
  • I Been Everywhere Hank Snow
    The Essential Hank Snow, RCA
  • Sting Ray The Routers
    Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino

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