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AFTER THE STORM IX: KATRINA'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY
Two years after levee failure submerged much of New Orleans, we walk through the streets of the city with an eye towards rebuilding and repopulating. Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, leads us through the renovations of her once-devastated home and the recording of her Grammy-winning post-Katrina album. Join in the second line as we take you to a street parade with New Orleans’ own James Andrews and members of the Rebirth Brass Band. Finally, celebrate on stage with the oldest-working New Orleans musician as trumpeter and retired tinsmith Lionel Ferbos makes 96!
HOUR ONE
- Yes We Can Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can, Raven - 99 1/2 Won't Do Mighty Chariots of Fire
The New Orleans Social Club: Sing Me Back Home, Burgundy/Sony - Backwater Blues James 'Blood' Ulmer
Bad Blood in the City, Hyena - Instrumental: Backwater Blues Edgar Hayes and the Stardusters with Lloyd Glenn
The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn - INTERVIEW: Irma Thomas
Listen - Shelter in the Rain Irma Thomas
After the Rain, Rounder - Working on The Building Highway Q.C.'s
The Roots of Bob Dylan, Mojo - Trouble in Mind Sam Cooke
The Rhythm and the Blues, RCA - In the Sweet Bye and Bye Rebirth Marching Jazz Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder - Instrumental: City of A Million Dreams Lionel Ferbos & Dennis Browne
Place of My Dreams, GBH - INTERVIEW: Lionel Ferbos
Listen - Didn't It Rain? Louis Armstrong
Louis and the Angels / Louis and the Good Book, MCA UK - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1, Nonesuch - Walking to New Orleans Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - End Bed: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Henry Butler
American Routes original recording, - Down by the Riverside Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street
HOUR two
- Old Man River The Ravens
Old Man River, Savoy Jazz - Proud Mary Ike and Tina Turner
Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner, EMI - Fortunate Son Ivan Neville
The New Orleans Social Club: Sing Me Back Home, Burgundy/Sony - Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival
Chronicle, Volume Two, Fantasy - Instrumental: Lake Arthur Stomp David Doucet
1957, Rounder - INTERVIEW: David Doucet
- L'Ouragon (The Hurricane) BeauSoleil
Live in Louisiana, Way Down in Louisiana - Je Vas Revenir Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
Play the Zydeco, GNP - Instrumental: The Lost Souls (of Southern Louisiana) Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do For the Rest of Your Life, Columbia - SEGMENT: Treme Sidewalk Steppers Second Line Parade
Listen - When the Saints Go Marching In Eddie Bo
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Going Back to New Orleans Deacon John
Deacon John's Jump Blues: Music from the Film, Image - End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
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