AMERICAN ROUTES
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush June 22nd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Earl Scruggs & Tom Rush

Earl Scruggs‘ legendary banjo playing, aptly named “Scruggs Style,” has left its mark on American pop culture and inspired generations of banjo players. In the late 1960s, Scruggs, along with his sons, bravely crossed musical boundaries, but his musical journey really started back at the beginnings of bluegrass, playing with Bill Monroe and later, Lester Flatt. In this American Routes encore, we talk to Earl and his sons, Randy and Gary, about performing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and why he doesn’t need to crack jokes about the banjo. New Hampshire-born folk singer songwriter Tom Rush may have gone to Harvard and studied with a ballad scholar, but he still knows how to sing the blues. We’ll visit with Rush to learn more about Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s, his time as a radio DJ and his inspired approach to songwriting.

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SACRED STEEL BROTHERS AND A JAZZ MASTER: ROBERT RANDOLPH, CALVIN COOKE AND YUSEF LATEEF

December 4th, 2013

Sacred steel guitarist Robert Randolph has gathered together the leading players of the genre for a recent recording, paying tribute to the past, and covering tunes outside the cannon. We’ll speak with him and one of his fellow Slide Brothers, Calvin Cooke. Then a conversation with jazz adventurist Yusef Lateef about his musical mentors and inspirations.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Wade In the Water The Slide Brothers
    Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers, Concord
  • Don't Let the Devil Ride Sonny Treadway
    Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida, Arhoolie
  • The Devil and Jesus Eric Burdon
    'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO
  • Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the Skids
    Dirt Track Date, Geffen
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Big Maybelle
    The Complete Okeh Sessions,
  • I'm Shakin' Jack White
    Blunderbuss, Third Man/ Columbia
  • Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley
    His Best, Chess/ MCA
  • Instrumental: Bluebonnet Rag Speedy West
    Stratosphere Boogie, Razor and Tie
  • Sitting On Top of the World Moses Williams
    Southern Street Musicians, NCTA/ Unreleased
  • Steel Guitar Stomp Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
    Legends of Country Music, Columbia/ Legacy
  • Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
    Working Man's Dead, Warner Bros.
  • Mother's Children Have a Hard Time Blind Willie Johnson
    The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Roos & Blues
  • Motherless Child Eric Clapton
    From the Cradle, Reprise
  • Instrumental: Jewel Praise Calvin Cooke
    Heaven, Darecords
  • SEGMENT: Robert Randolph & Calvin Cooke

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  • Wade In the Water The Blind Boys of Alabama with Ben Harper
    Higher Ground, Real World
  • Blue Sky The Allman Brothers Band
    Eat a Peach, Capricorn
  • Instrumental: Steelin' the Blues Tom Morrell
    No Peddlers Allowed, WR

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Six Miles Next Door Yusef Lateef
    The Blue Yusef Lateef, Atlantic
  • Jumpin' With Symphony Sid King Pleasure
    King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross Songs, Original Jazz Classics
  • Down 'n' Adam Lester Young
    The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, Verve
  • Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain' No Swing Catherine Russell
    Strictly Romancin', World Village
  • (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone Roy Montrell
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Othelia Yusef Lateef
    The Blue Yusef Lateef, Atlantic
  • Johnny Can't Dance Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Instrumental: The Plum Blossom Yusef Lateef
    Eastern Sounds, Prestige
  • Mean Old World Sam Cooke
    Night Beat/ Sam Cooke, RCA
  • That Old Feeling Lena Horne
    Lena Horne: The Best of the RCA Years, BMG
  • My True Story Aaron Neville
    My True Story, Blue Note
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Tell It Like It Is Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert Randolph
    Medicated Magic, Ropeadope
  • Instrumental: Afternoon in Paris (take 2) Sonny Stitt
    Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson, Prestige
  • SEGMENT: Yusef Lateef

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  • Down By the Riverside The Blind Boys of Alabama with Allen Toussaint & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Down in New Orleans, Time Life
  • End Bed: Just Us Blues Elvin Jones
    Illumination!, Impulse

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