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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
END OF ROUTE 66 - LARRY MANTLE
We continue our trip west on Route 66, all the way to the end of the line at the Santa Monica pier in California. With music by Los Lobos, Wes Montgomery, Michelle Shocked, and Woody Guthrie.
HOUR ONE
- California John Mayall
The Turning Point , Polydor - Jack&Neal/California, Here I Come Tom Waits
The Beat Generation , Rhino - Shufflin' at the Hollywood Chu Berry
Saxophone Anthology , RCA Victory - Instrumental: Latin'ia The Sentinals
Cowabunga Set#1: Ground Swells , Rhino - Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart Iris Dement
Infamous Angel , Warner Brothers - EL Canelo Los Lobos
La Pistol y La Corazon , Slash - INTERVIEW: Cesar Rosas comments on Rt. 66
- Route 66 Charles Brown
One More For the Road , Alligator - Goin Out West Larry Davis
Big City Blues West Coast Style , - Instrumental: Hotwax Beck
Odelay , Geffen - Desert Blues Jimmie Rodgers
The Early Years 1928-9 , Rounder - Way Out On the Desert Grey Ghost
Grey Ghost , Spindletop - The Wild West is Where I Want to Be Tom Lehrer
Songs & More Songs , Rhino - Rawhide Frankie Lane
Television Themes , Legacy - Down the Road a Piece Merrill Moore
Swing West Vol 3 , - Bulldog The Fireballs
Cowabunga Set#1: Ground Swells , Rhino - Let's Go Down the Road Al 'Stomp' Russell Trio
West Coast Jive,
HOUR two
- Come A Long Way Michelle Shocked
Mercury Poise 1988-1995 , Mercury - SEGMENT: Nick on the Santa Monica Pier
- Faraway Eyes Stones
Some Girls , Virgin - California Dreamin' Wes Montgomery
Talkin Verve: Groovy , Verve - 2200 Miles The Mad Cat Trio
The Songs of Route 66 , Lazy S.O.B. - Instrumental: Route 66 Hits of Western Swing
Hits of Western Swing , CMH Records - Do-Re-Mi Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land , Smithsonian Folkways - INTERVIEW: Larry Mantle
- West Coast Blues Harold Land
The Riverside Records Story , Riverside - Instrumental: For Your Needs Away from Home Double-Naught Spy Car
Comb In Blue Water , 11ft Pole - Pass You By Gillian Welch
Revival , Almo - Car Machine Blues Memphis Willie B.
Bawdy Blues , Prestige/Bluesville - Planet Claire B-52s
- Highway Patrol Red Simpson
Swing West Vol 1 , - Highway Patrol TV theme
Television's Greatest Hits , TVT - King of the Road James Booker
Classified , Rounder - Hit the Road to Dreamland Betty Hutton
LA Confidential , - Artistry in Western Swing Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 1: Legends of Western Swing , Rhino - I Get Around Hollyridge Strings
On the Rocks, Part 2 , Capitol
