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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
STREET BEATS WITH DJ FONTANA
Street beats from tap to rap, boogie to soul, surf to jazz… as well as a chat with drummer D.J. Fontana, the man who kept time for Elvis Presley.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The Big Beat Fats Domino
They Call Me The Fat Man..., EMI/Imperial - My Feet Can't Fail Me Now The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie - Willie and the Hand Jive Johnny Otis
Dancing at the Nick at Nightclub, 550 Music - Doin' the New Low Down Bill Bojangles Robinson
Stars of the Apollo Theater, Columbia - Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia - Cecilia Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly & the Family Stone
Greatest Hits, Epic - Rockin' Pneumonia Huey "Piano" Smith
Having A Good Time With Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns, West Side - Berta Big Louisiana, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles
Prison Worksongs, Arhoolie - Chain Gang Sam Cooke
The Man and His Music, RCA - Workin' in a Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
Golden Classics, Collectables - INTERVIEW: D. J. Fontana
- Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA - That's Alright Mama Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA - (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA - Hound Dog Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA - Taxi Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk
Original Broadway Cast, RCA Victor - Hold On Sam & Dave
The Very Best of Sam & Dave, Rhino - Cissy Strut The Meters
The Very Best of the Meters, Rhino - Flea-ridden Sheep Dog Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner Brothers - William Tell Overture Spike Jones
Musical Depreciation Revue - the Spike Jones Anthology, Rhino - Suzie Q Dale Hawkins
Oh! Suzie Q - the Best of Dale Hawkins, Chess/MCA - Big Noise from Winnetka Bob Crosby & The Bob Cats
South Rampart Street Parade, Conifer
HOUR two
- Pulse Henry Cowell
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble - Cage, Cowell, etc., Grammofon - Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol. 4, Soul, Rhino - Yayabo Orquesta Riverside
Cuba Classics 2 - Dancing With the Enemy, Luaka Bop/Warner Brothers - Evil Ways Santana
Viva Santana!, Columbia - The Wedge Dick Dale
Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino - I'm Waiting for the Man The Velvet Underground
The Best of The Velvet Underground - Words and Music of Lou Reed, Verve - Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, Chess/MCA - Not Fade Away Buddy Holly
Greatest Hits, MCA - Little Maggie Ricky Skaggs
Bluegrass Rules, Rounder - J'ai fait tout le tour du pays Jimmy Peters & ring dance singers
Louisiana Cajun & Creole Music 1934 - The Lomax Recordings, Swallow - Zydeco Sont Pas Sale Clifton Chenier
60 Minutes with the King of Zydeco, Arhoolie - Super Bad James Brown & the JB's
Star Time, Polydor - St. James Infirmary Chuck Brown w/ A la Carte Brass and Percussion
Go-Go and Gumbo, Satchmo and Soul, Wildchild - Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic Jazz - Lonesome Road Dean Elliot & his Big Band
Ultra Lounge, Capitol - I Got Rhythm Fats Waller
Valentine Stomp, RCA Victor - End Bed: Limehouse Blues Buddy Rich & Max Roach
Rich Versus Roach, Mercury
