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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
FOURTH OF JULY
May the Fourth be with you! Music celebrating American cultural independence and inter-dependence by Eubie Blake, James Cagney, Nina Simone, Elton Britt, Charles Ives, and Gil Scott Heron. Also a chat with Mississippi fife player Otha Turner, and the Santore fireworks family from New Jersey.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Back in the USA Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA/Chess - Freedom of '76 Ween
Chocolate and Cheese, Elektra - South Street The Orlons
45rpm, Cameo - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott Heron
Pieces of a Man, Flying Dutchman/RCA - Every Man A King Randy Newman
Good Old Boys, Reprise - Stars & Stripes Forever Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake, Columbia - Brilliant Mistake Elvis Costello
King of America, Ryko - Instrumental: For Your Country and My Country George Gershwin
The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2, Nonesuch - 4th of July Amy Mann
Whatever, DGC - American Tune Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Warner Brothers - I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy Soundtrack, Hollywood Soundstage - I Want to Hear a Yankee Doodle Tune George M. Cohan
Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection - Bugle Boy Rag Michael White
Live on Folk Masters,1992, - Instrumental: The Star Spangled Banner 15 1/2" Regina music box
From Salons to Saloons, IBRC - INTERVIEW: Othar Turner
- Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins
The Essential Sonny Rollins on Riverside, Riverside - Living in America James Brown
The Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade, Scotti Brothers
HOUR two
- Washington Post March Bill Frisell
Have A Little Faith, Elektra Nonesuch - Only in America The Drifters
Rockin' & Driftin' - the Drifters Box, Rhino - America Chita Rivera & Company
Star Spangled Rhythm - Voices of Broadway and Hollywood, Smithsonian Collection - One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
By the Light of the Moon, Slash/Warner Brothers - Marcho Rock & Roll Isidro Lopez
El Indio, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Freedom Sound Skatalites
Balls of Fire, Island - Redemption Song Bob Marley
Uprising, Tuff Gong - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk & Soul, RCA - Freedom ReBirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' It Live!, Rounder - INTERVIEW: Santore Family Fireworks
- Instrumental: Fireworks Louie Armstrong
The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Vol. 3, Columbia - The Star Spangled Banner Robert McDuffie, solo violin
Music & the Arts Vol. 1, No. 3, - There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Elton Britt
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine
John Prine, Atlantic - The Fourth of July Holidays Symphony, Charles Ives
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Zinman, Argo - America the Beautiful Ray Charles
Uh-Huh: His Greatest Hits, DCC - End Bed: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
The Master, Blue Note
