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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
THE COLOR OF MUSIC
We provide this special program with New Orleans hoodoo rock and roller Dr. John as a guest, if you’re not in a money-drawing mode, but still want to keep away the bad luck.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: I Used to be Color Blind Anita O'Day
Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve - Choice of Colors The Impressions
Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul, Rhino - Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
The Early Years, Vanguard - Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
The King of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, RCA - Blue Moon Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Turn On Your Love Light, MCA - Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A & M - Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
Greatest Hits, Curb - Instrumental: Orange was the Color of Her Dress Charles Mingus
Mingus Plays Piano, Impulse - Song With Orange Charles Mingus
This is Jazz 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia - The Emperor of Oranges Milky
Songs for the Jet Set, Jet Set - La vie en rose Edith Piaf
Anthology: La vie en rose, Vol. 2, Blue Moon - 'Tits yeux noirs (Little Dark Eyes) Geno Delafose
La Chanson Perdue, Rounder - Instrumental: Trouble In The World James Carter w/Henry Butler
In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic - INTERVIEW: Dr. John
- I'm Painting the Town Red Billie Holiday
The Billie Holiday Story Vol. 2, Columbia - White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
The Story of My Life: The Best of Marty Robbins, Columbia/Legacy
HOUR two
- Green Onions Booker T & the MGs
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Stax - Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix
Axis: Bold As Love, MCA - Blue Ken Nordine
Colors, Philips - Blue Evening Memphis Slim & Orchestra
The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story - Midwest Blues, Mercury - Mood Indigo Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra
Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, RCA - Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell
Turbulent Indigo, Reprise - Instrumental: Espritu Paco DeLucia, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola
The Guitar Trio, Verve - Bemba colora (Thick Red Lips) Celia Cruz
La Reina De Cuba, La Mejor Musica - Darkness on the Face of the Earth Willie Nelson
Teatro, Island - Blue days, Black Nights Buddy Holly
From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934-1973, MCA - Black and Blue Ethel Waters
The 1930s - The Singers, Columbia - Instrumental: Mellow Yellow Odell Brown
The History of Chess Jazz, Chess - Yellow Gal Lead Belly
Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 3, Smithsonian Folkways - Yellow Bird Chris Isaak
Baja Sessions, Reprise - Yellow Bird Joseph Spence
Bahamian Guitarist, Arhoolie - Worth His Weight In Gold (Rally Round) Steel Pulse
Smash Hits, Elektra - Colors Leon Thomas/Pharoah Sanders
Karma, Impulse - End Bed: Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution
Purple Rain, Warner Brothers
