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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

SOUTHERN MEN OF SONG: JIMMY MARTIN AND PERCY SLEDGE

Working class, self-styled and always opinionated, the late King of Bluegrass Jimmy Martin talks guitar-picking, hunting dogs and the Opry. And singer of songs, Percy Sledge recalls going from hospital orderly to Atlantic Records soul singer with “When a Man Loves a Woman.”

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Freeborn Man Jimmy Martin
    The King of Bluegrass, Universal
  • Milwaukee Here I Come John Prine w/ Melba Montgomery
    In Spite of Ourselves, Oh Boy
  • What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) Jerry Lee Lewis
    Killer Country, Mercury
  • In a Moment of Weakness Johnny Adams
    Absolutely the Best, Fuel 2000
  • Don't Touch Me Bettye Swan
    Soulful Divas: Bold Soul Sisters Vol.4, Hip-O
  • Instrumental: Pallet on The Floor Comer 'Moon' Mullins
    The Best of Comer 'Moon' Mullins, N/A
  • Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues Jimmie Rodgers
    The Singing Breakman, Bear Family
  • I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
    Red Dog Tracks, Back Porch
  • I'm Walkin' the Floor Over You Mando and the Chili Peppers
    On the Road with Rock n' Roll, Ace
  • Tennessee Flat Top Box Johnny Cash
    Columbia Country Classics Vol. 3, Columbia
  • Freeborn Man Junior Brown
    12 Shades of Brown, Curb
  • Instrumental: Misty Morning Tony Rice
    58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Jimmy Martin

    Listen
  • He Rambled Charlie Poole
    You Ain't Talking To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music , Columbia/ Legacy
  • Oh Didn't He Ramble Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
    Marie Laveau, GHB

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Put a Little Lovin' on Me Percy Sledge
    It Tears Me Up, Rhino
  • Six Days on the Road Taj Mahal
    Giant Step, Columbia
  • Streamline Train Jessie Mae Hemphill
    Feelin' Good, High Water/ HMG
  • Golden Rocket Alice Stuart and Snake
    Believing, Fantasy
  • T-Model Boogie Rosco Gordon
    I'm Gonna Shake It!, Varese
  • Rude Boy Train Desmond Dekker
    Rockin' Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker, Rhino
  • Instrumental: The Sea of Love John Fahey
    Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino
  • Paradise Isle Bill Tapia
    Tropical Swing, Moon Room
  • Sea of Love Phil Phillips with the Twilights
    Hot Rod Rock: Back Seat Movers, Right Stuff
  • SEGMENT: Percy Sledge

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Blues Walk Lou Donaldson
    Sweet and Dangerous Blues, Disky
  • Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues Clark Terry, featuring Paul Gonsalves
    Daylight Express, MCA
  • Baby Won't You Please Come Home Topsy Chapman and the Pros
    New Orleans, Putomayo
  • Just a Little While to Stay Here Dr. Michael White
    A Song for George Lewis, Basin Street
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken Marion Williams
    The New Message, Collectables
  • End Bed: Just a Closer Walk with Thee Danny Barker & New Orleans Rhythm Kings
    American Griot, Boozan

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