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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
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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ROCKIN' THE BLUES WITH SONNY BURGESS & SNOOKS EAGLIN

September 7th, 2016

Tune in and rock the blues with two guitar men who do it with great authority. First up is Arkansas wild man and original Sun Records rockabilly Sonny Burgess who still tears it up, playing his hits “We Wanna Boogie,” “Red-Headed Woman” and others well into his seventies. And hear a live set from the late great New Orleans bluesman and human jukebox Snooks Eaglin, recorded in 2007 at his home base, the famous Rock ‘N’ Bowl nightclub, where one can do either of those, or both, at the same time. Feel the beat in blues, jazz, Western swing and more with a music mix designed to rock your blues away.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Rockhouse Part 1 & 2 Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • Rockin' Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra/Mel Walker
    Savoy on Central Avenue, Savoy Jazz
  • Lost Week End Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • Gin House Blues Nina Simone
    The Colpix Years, Rhino
  • Whiskey c'est Mon Ami Racines
    Allons Boire un Coup, Valcour
  • New Pretty Blonde Moon Mullican and His Showboys
    Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Smithsonian
  • Instrumental: Honky Tonk Swing Bill Monroe
    The Essential Bill Monroe & the Monroe Brothers, BMG
  • Little Maggie Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
    Classic Bluegrass, Rebel
  • Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
  • Cotton Picker Eddie Cochran
    Eddie Cochran, United Artists
  • Cotton Fields Charlie Pride
    Charley Pride In Person, Koch
  • Country Boy Rock Lloyd Price
    Lloyd Price, Vol. 2: Heavy Dreams, Specialty
  • SEGMENT: Sonny Burgess

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  • Instrumental: Blue Guitar Stomp Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band
    Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia
  • My Baby's Boogying Amos Milburn
    Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946-1955, Capitol
  • I Got a Mind to Ramble Alberta Hunter
    The Bluesville Years, Vol. 8: Roll Over Ms. Beethoven, Prestige
  • Cattin John Coltrane
    The Prestige Recordings, Prestige
  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Rock My Soul Sammy Price
    Rib Joint , Savoy Jazz
  • We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight Roy Brown
    The Complete Imperial Records, Capitol
  • So Let's Rock Bob Wills
    Country Music Hall of Fame Series, MCA
  • Bailando El Rock & Roll Freddy Fender
    Interpreta El Rock, Arhoolie
  • Baby, Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
    The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O
  • Oh Lonesome Me Southern Culture on the Skids
    Countrypolitan Favorites, Yep Roc
  • When the Sun Goes Down Joe Williams
    Joe Williams Sings, Savoy Jazz
  • I'll Go Down Swinging The Knitters
    The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Zoe
  • This Should Go on Forever Wanda Jackson
    Vintage Collections, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Guitar Rock and Roll Joe Maphis
    Whistle Bait! 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups, Columbia/Epic
  • (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family
  • I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair Peggy Lee
    The Capitol Collector's Series , Capitol
  • Give Me Back My Wig Hound Dog Taylor
    Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers, Alligator
  • Looka, No Hair Professor Longhair
    'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Blues Hangover Lloyd Glenn
    Honky Tonk Train, Night Train
  • SEGMENT: Snooks Eaglin live at Mid-City Lanes Rock 'N' Bowl in New Orleans

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