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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
JACK KEROUAC
Music from “on the road” with Jack Kerouac reading his poetry and the soundscape his hometown Lowell, Massachusetts. Music from Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Waits, Slim Gaillard, Willie Nelson, and Morphine ensure that The Beats go on!
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Readings from 'On the Road' and 'Visions Of Cody' Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen
The Beat Generation, Rhino - On the Road Again Canned Heat
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Collection - Beatnik Blues Huey 'Piano' Smith
Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns, West Side - Basic Hip Del Close & John Brent
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Yip Roc Heresy Slim Gaillard & His Middle Europeans
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Footloose in Greenwich Village
The Beat Generation, Rhino - What is Truth Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy - Instrumental: Beatnik Fly Johnny & The Hurricanes
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The Sixties, Rhino - Jerry The Junker Clarence Williams and his Orchestra
Reefer Songs - 16 Original Jazz Vocals, Stash - Junko Partner Dr. John
Mos' Scocious - The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino - Pennyroyal Tea Nirvana
Unplugged In New York, DGC - Too Much Alcohol J.B. Hutto
Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 1, Vanguard - Instrumental: Study for Player Piano No. 3c Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano Vol. 1, Wergo - History of Bop Jack Kerouac
Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Verve - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lionel Hampton
Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings of Lionel Hampton, Decca - Relaxing with Lee Charlie Parker
Bird's Best Bop, Verve - Skippy Thelonious Monk & ensemble
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note - Bloomdido Gillespie/Parker/Monk & "Salt Peanuts" Gillespie/Parker
Charlie Parker-Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection, Rhino - Hey Jack Kerouac 10,000 Maniacs
In My Tribe, Elektra
HOUR two
- The Work Song Arthur Lyman
Sonic Sixties, Tradition - Moanin Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
The Hottest New Group In Jazz, Columbia/Legacy - The Real Nitty Gritty Shirley Ellis
The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino - Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Cephas and Wiggins
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Evidence - Me and Paul Willie Nelson
Justice Country, Justice - Instrumental: Harlem Nocturne Spike Jones New Band
The Crime Scene, Capitol - SEGMENT: Kerouac in Lowell, MA
- Jack & Neal/California, Here I Come Tom Waits
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Song of the Wanderer Helen Humes & Count Basie
Vol 6 1938, Média 7 - Balinese Bongos Les Baxter
Bongoland, Capitol - But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr.
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Instrumental: State Street Sun Ra
The Singles, Evidence - SEGMENT: Kerouac in Lowell, MA
- Kerouac Morphine
Kicks, Joy, Darkness, Ryko - Hit the Road Jack Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield, Vol. 2: Memory Pain, Specialty - Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
The History of Dot Records Volume Two: Come Go With Me, Varèse Sarabande - Trucker's Cafe Ian and Sylvia
Long Long Time, Vanguard - SEGMENT: At Kerouac's grave
- Praised Be Man Jack Kerouac
Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation, Rhino - Didn't He Ramble Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
Marie Laveau, GHB Records - End Bed: Rockhouse Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959, Atlantic
