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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE! THE METERS, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, AND BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL

March 30th, 2016

Time for some “Fire on the Bayou” at a rare reunion of New Orleans’ funk jam band and studio wizards, The Meters — Art Neville, keyboards; Leo Nocentelli, guitar; Zigaboo Modeliste, drums; and George Porter Jr., bass — on stage at the Howlin’ Wolf club. Then Drive-By Truckers, fronted by songmen/guitarists Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood, bring their poetic and critical style of Southern rock a la Muscle Shoals, Alabama to New Orleans’ historic Civic Theatre. Finally we roll 80 miles upriver to the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, featuring dapper Mississippian Little Freddie King; Louisiana swamp blues guitarist Lil Buck Sinegal; Creole zydeco accordionist Jeffery Broussard; and Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens from New York. Turn on, tune in and chill out!

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Fire On the Bayou The Meters
    recorded live at the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Cissy Strut The Meters
    recorded live at the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Hey Pocky Way The Meters
    recorded live at the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Instrumental: Potato Hole Booker T. Jones
    Potato Hole, ANTI
  • Made Up English Oceans Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • Marry Me Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • Pauline Hawkins Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • Instrumental: Hey Ya Booker T. Jones
    Potato Hole, ANTI
  • First Air of Autumn Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • SEGMENT: Patterson Hood

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  • When He's Gone Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • Natural Light Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • Self Destructive Zones Drive-By Truckers
    recorded live at the Civic Theatre 2014,
  • End Bed: T-Bone Shuffle Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
    Play the Blues, ATCO

HOUR two

  • Hot Pants Little Freddie King
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Walk the Walk Little Freddie King
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • LA Train Little Freddie King
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Down the Road I Go Lil' Buck Sinegal
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Instrumental: Dust My Broom Henry Gray
    Watch Yourself, Lucky Cat
  • I Got Loaded Lil' Buck Sinegal
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Heading For Home Lil' Buck Sinegal
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Allons a Lafayette Jeffery Broussard
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Promised Land Jeffery Broussard
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Petite ou la Grosse Jeffery Broussard
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Instrumental: Amazing Grace The Campbell Brothers
    Can You Feel It?, Rope a Dope
  • Lift Me Up Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • Everybody Knows Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • What More Can I Do Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • I Ain't No Stranger Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,
  • End Bed: Instrumental Naomi Shelton
    recorded live at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2014,

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