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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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ALLEN TOUSSAINT

November 4th, 1998

During this month, American Routes pays tribute to the great pianists of New Orleans. The legendary performer and producer Allen Toussaint starts the month off with a bang.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: I Like It Like That Chris Kenner
    The Minit Records Story, EMI
  • Honey Now Gillian Welch
    Hell Among the Yearlings, Almo
  • Hawaiian Cowboy Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
    Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie
  • Tallacatcha Alvin Youngblood Hart
    Territory, Hannibal
  • Instrumental: Misty Nelson Waikiki
    Legends of the Ukelele, Rhino
  • 29 Ways Willie Dixon
    Chess Blues Classics 1947 to 1956, Chess/MCA
  • I Ate Up The Apple Tree The Original Pin Stripe Brass Band
    Your Last Chance To Dance, Orleans
  • Pouring Water on a Drowning Man James Carr
    The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie
  • There's Another Place I Can't Go Charlie Rich
    Lonely Weekends: Best of the Sun Years, AVI
  • Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald
    Female Vocal Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Song for Yette Harold Battiste
    Next Generation, AFO
  • SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint

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  • Happy Times Allen Toussaint
    The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
  • Working in a Coal Mine Devo
    Greatest Hits, Warner Brothers
  • Working in a Coal Mine The Judds
    Rockin' With the Rhythm, Curb/MCA
  • The Banjo, Opus 15 Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    American Piano Music played by Amiram Rigai, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Skoodle Um Skoo Don Vappie
    Creole Blues, Vappielle
  • Shortnin' Bread Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston
    Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Foggy Mountain Special Flatt & Scruggs
    The Essential Flatt & Scruggs, Columbia/Legacy

HOUR two

  • Pass the Lord and Praise the Ammunition Firesign Theatre
    Shoes for Industry!: The Best of the Firesign Theatre, Columbia/Legacy
  • The River Kwai March Malcolm Arnold
    The Bridge On the River Kwai, Columbia/Legacy
  • Freedom Road Josh White
    That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
    The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy
  • Shhhh It's a Military Secret Glenn Miller and Orchestra
    Salute to the Vets of WWII, RCA Victor
  • Lili Marlene Marlene Dietrich
    We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection
  • Femme Fatale Nico & Velvet Underground
    The Velvet Underground, Polydor
  • Freulein Bobby Helm
    Only Country 1955-1959, Cema/Capitol
  • Instrumental: South Pacific Overture
    South Pacific - Original Soundtrack, RCA
  • Pearl Harbor Blues Doctor Clayton
    Complete Recorded Works 1935-1942, Document
  • Filipino Baby Ernest Tubb
    Retrospective Vol. 1, MCA
  • Soldier Boy The Shirelles
    The Very Best of the Shirelles, Rhino
  • El padre de un soldado (The Soldier's Father) Flaco Jimenez
    Un Mojado Sin Licencia, Arhoolie
  • Take the Star Out of the Window John Prine
    Diamonds In The Rough, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Steps Apocalypse Now
    The Apocalypse Now Sessions, Rykodisc
  • This Wheel's On Fire The Byrds
    Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy
  • Please Settle In Vietnam Lightnin' Hopkins
    Po' Lightnin', Arhoolie
  • What's Going On Marvin Gaye
    The Master 1961-1984, Motown
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
    The Master, Blue Note
  • End Bed: We'll Meet Again Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee
    We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II, Smithsonian Collection

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