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BREAKING OUT: BRITISH BLUES TO NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE
From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.
Photo credit: David Gomez
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Hideaway John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Bluesbreakers, Decca - Hit the Highway John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
A Hard Road, Decca - Worried Life Blues Big Maceo
Big Maceo - The King of the Chicago Blues Piano Vol. 1, Blues Classics - Feeling Good J.B. Lenoir
Down In Mississippi, L+R Records - Shout for Joy Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie, Boogie Woogie - Room to Move John Mayall
The Turning Point, Polydor - Instrumental: Blues City Shakedown John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Crocodile Walk / Blues City Shakedown, Decca - Crocodile Walk John Mayall
John Mayall Plays John Mayall, Decca - Ramblin' on My Mind John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Bluesbreakers, Decca - Outside Woman Blues Cream
Disraeli Gears, Reaction - We Gotta Get Out of this Place The Animals
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Columbia - SEGMENT: John Mayall
Listen - Instrumental: The Stumble John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
A Hard Road, Decca - Good Times Boogie John Mayall
Jazz blues Fusion, Polydor - End Bed: Boogie Albert John Mayall
Back To The Roots, Polydor
HOUR two
- Open Beds: N.O. Bounce Big Freedia
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Smithsonian Folkways - Bogalusa Strut Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
Short Dress Gal / Bogalusa Strut, Columbia - Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) Jelly Roll Morton
Last Sessions, RCA Victor - Palm Court Strut Kermit Ruffins
Big Easy, Basin Street Records - Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus Raymond Miles | The Gospel Soul Children
Jazz Fest: The new Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Smithsonian Folkways - Take It to the Street Rebirth Brass Band
Take It To The Street, Rounder - Instrumental: Ease Back The Meters
Funkify Your Life, Rhino - SEGMENT: Big Freedia
Listen - Instrumental: Olde Wine AFO Executives
Gumbo Stew (Original AFO New Orleans R&B), Ace - The Big Beat Fats Domino
Fats Domino, Liberty - Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price And His Orchestra
Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Mailman Blues, Specialty - The Monkey Dave Bartholomew
The Monkey, Imperial - Down Yonder (We Go Ballin') Smiley Lewis
The Cosimo Matassa Story, Proper - Closing Bed: Chicken Strut The Meters
Chicken Strut, Josie
