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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS

July 19th, 2000

A live performance and visit with the North Mississippi All-Stars, an up-and-coming blues-rock band from the Mississippi hill country. And music about insects, from Luna moths and Tiger Swallowtails to cockroaches and things that sting.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Po Black Maddie North Mississippi Allstars
    Shake Hands With Shorty, Tone-Cool
  • Good Rockin' Tonight Elvis Presley
    The Complete 50's Masters, RCA
  • White Boy Lost in the Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
    Sonny & Brownie,
  • Drop Down Mama John Hammond Jr.
    The Best of John Hammond, Vanguard
  • A Man In Love Charlie Feathers
    Charlie Feathers, Nonesuch
  • It's Bad You Know R.L. Burnside
    Come On In, Fat Possum
  • Instrumental: Hot Wax Beck
    Odelay, Geffen
  • INTERVIEW: North Mississippi Allstars

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  • Po Black Maddie North Mississippi Allstars
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  • Lovesick Blues Charley Pride
    In Person, BMG
  • Hey Good Lookin' Ray Charles
    The Complete Country & Western, Rhino
  • Instrumental: I Got Plenty O'Nuttin' Nat Adderley
    The Jazz Giants Play George Gershwin: ‘S Wonderful, Prestige
  • Rhapsody In Blue George Gershwin/Paul Whiteman
    I Got Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection
  • Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl Bessie Smith
    The Essential, Sony
  • Turtle Blues Big Brother & The Holding Company
    Cheap Thrills, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Bug Dance Chet Atkins
    The Early Years, 1945-1954, Bear Family
  • The Wedding of the Bugs Moon Mullican
    Moon's Rock, Bear Family
  • Fly Trouble Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Willliams, Polygram
  • Bumble Bee Blues Memphis Minnie
    Four Women Blues, RCA
  • Queen Bee Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
    Kulanjan, Ryko
  • Flight of the Bumble Bee Perez Prado
    Cuban Originals, RCA
  • The Bee Song (He-Bee and She-Bee) Louis Prima
    The Very Best of Louis Prima, Pair
  • Instrumental: The Flight Of The Bumble Bee Harry James & His Orchestra
    Strictly Instrumental: His Greatest Hits, Memoir
  • Spider and the Fly Rolling Stones
    Singles Collection: The London Years, Abkco
  • I'm a King Bee Slim Harpo
    Sings "Raining In My Heart…", Hip-O
  • Lightning Bugs and Frogs Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
    The Ellington Suites, Pablo
  • Glow Worm The Mill Brothers
    The Best Of Dacca Years, MCA
  • Instrumental: Green Hornet Theme The Ventures
    TV Themes / Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures, EMI/Capitol
  • Shoo Fly Marches On Dr. John
    In The Right Place, Atlantic
  • I Got Ants In My Pants, Pt.1 James Brown
    Star Time, PolyGram
  • Johnny Can't Dance Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Insect Ball Big Jay McNeely
    Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol
  • Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie, Crack Corn) Abner Jay
    Blues Routes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Polly Wolly Doodle Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner

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