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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
MAVIS STAPLES & BOB DOROUGH
Singer Mavis Staples grew up singing blues-inflected gospel with her family in Chicago, lead by her father Pops Staples’ distinctive voice and guitar style. Their sound transcended the local scene, translating the message of the Civil Rights movement into song. We’ll talk with Mavis about her latest efforts with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Then, we’ll sit in while jazz songsmith Bob Dorough spins stories of the 1950s jazz world and takes us back to Schoolhouse Rock to share his thoughts on the magical properties of the number 3.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Pop's Instrumental The Staples Singers
Soul Folk in Action, Stax - Downward Road Mavis Staples
You Are Not Alone, Anti- - Someday Soon Wilco
Being There, Reprise - Humanity John Legend & the Roots
Wake Up, Sony - Gonna Change My Way of Thinking Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, Sony - Instrumental: Pick Up On Tab, Part 1 Tab Benoit
Delmark Records 50 Year of Jazz and Blues, Delmark - SEGMENT: Mavis Staples
Listen - She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
Greatest Hits Vol. II, Sony - For What it's Worth Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield, Elektra - Instrumental: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Billy Preston
Drown in My Tears, Pazzazz - Don't Let the Sun Go Down The Living Sisters
Love to Live, Vanguard - Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Motown - All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers
All-Time Original Hits, Rhino - When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian - In My Own Dream Karen Dalton
In My Own Time, Light in the Attic - Save Some Time to Dream John Mellencamp
No Better Than This, Rounder - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Walk On Bob Dorough
Right On My Way Home, Blue Note - Blue Train Johnny Cash
The Man in Black: 1954-1958, Bear Family - Blue Railroad Train The Delmore Brothers
Hillbilly Boogie Best, Goldenlane - Workin' for the MTA Justin Townes Earle
Harlem River Blues, Bloodshot - Arkansas Blues Mildred Bailey
Rockin' Chair Lady, WNTS - What'd I Say Parts I & II Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: the 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino - Instrumental: What'd I Say Floyd Cramer
The Essential Floyd Cramer, BMG - Little Jazz Bird Blossom Dearie
Jazz Masters: Blossom Dearie, Verve - My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares for Me, Entertainers - SEGMENT: Bob Dorough
Listen - Instrumental: Function at the Junction Ramsey Lewis
Goin' Latin, Verve - Function at the Junction Shorty Long
The Best of Motown 1960s: Volume 2, Motown - S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) Joe Tex
The Very Best of Joe Tex, Rhino - Can Your Monkey Do the Dog? Rufus Thomas
Complete Stax Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Stax - Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Wanda Jackson
Vintage Collection, Capitol - It's All Over Now The Valentinos
The SAR Records Story 1959-1965, ABKCO - End Bed: Things are Getting Better Cannonball Adderley featuring Milt Jackson
The Riverside Records Story, Riverside
