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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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HOW MANY ROADS: BOB DYLAN'S BACK PAGES VOLUME II

February 1st, 2017

In this second edition of How Many Roads? Bob Dylan’s Back Pages, we’ll rejoin the great American wordsmith by listening to his work from the last 25 years. We won’t forget the historic and ancient roots of his modern sounds, from the Old Testament to the Civil Rights movement. We’ll hear from collaborators and friends, Mavis Staples and Joan Baez, and from Kris Kristofferson who overheard Dylan’s recording sessions while working as a custodian in Nashville. We’ll go to our archives for the late producer Jerry Wexler on Dylan’s spiritual transformation and hear songs that address outlaws and lovers, memories and mortality.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Man in the Long Black Coat Bob Dylan
    Oh Mercy, Columbia
  • All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan
    John Wesley Harding, Columbia
  • Everything is Broken Bob Dylan
    Oh Mercy, Columbia
  • Ring Them Bells Bob Dylan
    Oh Mercy, Columbia
  • This Wheel's on Fire The Byrds
    Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia
  • Talkin' World War III Blues Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Oxford Town Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Mavis Staples

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  • Broke Down Engine Bob Dylan
    World Gone Wrong, Columbia
  • CLIP: Jerry Wexler

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  • You Got to Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
    Slow Train Coming, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Pledging My Time Bob Dylan
    Blonde on Blonde, Columbia
  • CLIP: Kris Kristofferson

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  • Visions of Johanna Bob Dylan
    Blonde on Blonde, Columbia
  • Just Like Tom Thumb Blues Nina Simone
    To Love Somebody, RCA
  • She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
  • Most of the Time Bob Dylan
    Tell Tale Signs, Columbia
  • Closing Bed: Instrumental: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right David West
    Tangled Up in Bluegrass: A Tribute to Dylan, CMH

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Duquesne Whistle Bob Dylan
    Tempest , Columbia
  • Sittin' On Top of the World Bob Dylan
    Good as I Been to You, Columbia
  • CLIP: Ramblin' Jack Elliot

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  • Song to Woody Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
    John Wesley Harding, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Guitar Breakdown Woody Guthrie
    My Dusty Road, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Outlaw Blues Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
  • Pretty Boy Floyd Bob Dylan
    Folkways-- A Vision Shared , Columbia
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia
  • Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) Willie Nelson and Calexico
    I'm Not There, Sony
  • Billy 1 Los Lobos
    I'm Not There, Sony
  • Instrumental: Billy 1 Bob Dylan
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia
  • Buckets of Rain Bob Dylan
    Blood on the Tracks, Columbia
  • Love Minus Zero No Limit Joan Baez
    Baez Sings Dylan, Vanguard
  • SEGMENT: Joan Baez

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  • Man of Constant Sorrow Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan , Columbia
  • Tryin' To Get To Heaven Bob Dylan
    Time Out of Mind, Columbia
  • End Bed: Final Theme Bob Dylan
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia

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