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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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SUMMER - MICKEY HART

June 24th, 1998

It’s Sum… Sum… Sum… Sum… Sum… Sum… Summertime… Hot and cool sounds in sync with the Solstice. Summer in the city, country and all routes in between with drummer for the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart.

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer Nat King Cole
    Nat King Cole's Greatest Hits, Capitol
  • Summer Breeze Jackie Mittoo
    Tribute to Jackie Mittoo, Heartbeat
  • In the Summertime Buckwheat Zydeco
    100% Fortified Zydeco, Black Top
  • In the Summertime Bob Dylan
    Shot of Love, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Summerland Sierra Winds
    Get On Board - Music of William Grant Still, Cambria
  • Summertime Miles Davis
    Porgy and Bess, Columbia/Legacy
  • In the Heat of the Night Nancy Wilson
    Welcome to My Love, Capitol Jazz
  • Long Hot Summer Nights Jimi Hendrix
    Electric Ladyland, MCA
  • That Summer Feeling Jonathan Richman
    I, Jonathan, Rounder
  • Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran
    Hot Rod Rebels, The Right Stuff
  • Summer Fun in a Beat up Datsun Cornershop
    Hold On It Hurts, Merge
  • Keys to the Highway Little Walter
    His Best, Chess/MCA
  • Instrumental: Some Summer Day John Fahey
    Return of the Repressed: the John Fahey Anthology, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Mickey Hart
  • Uncle John's Band Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Brothers
  • Trenches Rhythm Devils
    The Apocalypse Now Sessions, Ryko
  • Anthem of the Sun Grateful Dead
    Anthem of the Sun, Warner Brothers
  • Ripple Grateful Dead
    American Beauty, Warner Brothers
  • Summertime Janis Joplin
    Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Summer Dream King Curtis
    The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz
  • Your Mind is on Vacation Mose Allison
    Atlantic Jazz Classics, Atlantic
  • Vacation from Myself Jason Eklund
    Jason Eklund, Flying Fish
  • It's All Over Now The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John
    This is Jazz 30, Columbia/Legacy
  • Solid Potato Salad Ella Mae Morse
    Jumpin' Like Mad, Capitol Blues
  • Struttin' With Some Barbecue Lee Konitz & Marshall Brown
    The Lee Konitz Duets, Milestone
  • Summertime Billy Stewart
    Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration, Rhino
  • Instrumental: In the Good Ole Summertime
    From Salons to Saloons, IBRC
  • Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell
    Hissing of Summer Lawns, Asylum
  • Green Leaves of Summer Wes Montgomery
    Road Song, A & M)
  • 12-Inch 3-Speed Oscillating Fan Red Meat
    Meet Red Meat, Ranchero
  • Sittin' on Top of the World Bob Wills
    Hall of Fame, United Artists
  • Instrumental: Steel Guitar Rag (Going Bass Fishing) Big Jack Johnson
    The Oil Man, Earwig
  • Dave's Holiday Patty Larkin & friends
    Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair - Life According to Four Bitchin' Babes, Rounder
  • Theme From A Summer Place Ventures
    Hawaii Five-O, One Way
  • Ice Man Memphis Minnie
    Blue Ladies, Fat Boy
  • Ice Cream Man John Brim
    The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook - The Classic Originals, Chess/MCA
  • Southern Nights Allen Toussaint and Chet Atkins
    Rhythm Country & Blues, MCA
  • Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone
    Greatest Hits, Epic
  • End Bed: Summer In the City Buddy Morrow
    Ultra Lounge: On the Rocks, Part Two, Capitol

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