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Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel & the Quebe Sisters Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel & the Quebe Sisters December 11th, 2019 (Hour 1)
Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel & the Quebe Sisters

We hit up Preservation Hall in the French Quarter for a potent dose of trad jazz, as bandleader and fourth-generation Creole musician Charlie Gabriel tells of his Caribbean roots, jazz funerals, and New Orleans’ hybrid rhythms. Then we head to the Lonestar state to hear the reworking of jazz into Texas swing, as played by the Quebe Sisters. The fiddling siblings tell of their sheltered upbringing outside Ft. Worth and their fiery baptism into western swing. Plus, we spin other pioneering Creoles—Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Fats Domino—and country & western greats from Bob Wills to Willie Nelson.

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JOHN SEBASTIAN & BONSOIR CATIN

May 14th, 2014

This week, on American Routes, we travel from the Village to the dancehall. John Sebastian talks about his childhood in Greenwich Village, encounters with blues greats Mississippi John Hurt and Lighting Hopkins, and the musical stew he created with his band The Lovin’ Spoonful. Then, a conversation with Kristi Guillory and Christine Balfa of the cajun band Bonsoir Catin about carrying on their musical heritage for the next generation.

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HOUR ONE

  • End Bed: Ruckus Juice and Chittlins The Memphis Jug Band
    Ruckus Juice and Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol I, Yazoo
  • Darlin' Companion The Lovin' Spoonful
    Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra
  • New, New Minglewood Blues Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers
  • Nashville Cats Del McCoury Band
    The Family, Ceili Music
  • Walk Right In The Rooftop Singers
    Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Walk Right In Cannon's Jug Stompers
    Complete Works 1927-1930, Yazoo
  • Instrumental: Stealin' Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
    Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
  • Jug Band Music Lucinda Williams
    Ramblin', Smithsonian Folkways
  • Elmira Street Boogie Danny Gatton
    Hot Rod Guitar: The Danny Gatton Anthology, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: John Sebastian

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  • Instrumental: Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
    Daydream: The Lovin' Spoonful, Buddha Records/ BMG
  • Wild About My Lovin' The Lovin' Spoonful
    Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra
  • Coffee Blues Mississipi John Hurt
    Today!, Vanguard
  • Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
    The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA
  • Bleecker and MacDougal Fred Neil
    Bleecker and MacDougal, Elektra
  • Boodle Am Shake The Dixieland Jug Blowers
    Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands, Vol. II, Yazoo
  • Jug Band Music The Lovin' Spoonful
    Anthology, Rhino
  • Open Bed: Night Owl Blues The Lovin' Spoonful
    Do You Believe in Magic, Kama Sutra
  • Roadhouse Blues The Doors
    Morrison Hotel, Elektra

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Longue Pointe Two-Step Bonsoir Catin
    Blues a Catin, Bridgetown Records
  • Let's Do the Cajun Twist Randy and the Rockets
    Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, Mississippi
  • Evangeline Los Lobos
    How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner Bros
  • Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner
    Big Bad and Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, Rhino
  • Madeleine The Balfa Brothers
    The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Vol. 1 & 2, Swallow
  • Let Me Talk to Your Heart Belton Richard
    The Essential Belton Richard, Swallow
  • Please Mr. Sandman Warren Storm and Little Band of Gold
    American Roots Songbook: Louisiana, Shanachie
  • SEGMENT: Bonsoir Catin

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  • Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
    Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, Bear Family
  • Creole de Lake Charles Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
    Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band Play the Zydeco, GNP/ Crescendo
  • Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable
    Sound of the Swamp: Best of Excello, Vol. 1, Rhino
  • My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • Farmer John Don & Dewey
    Don & Dewey, Specialty
  • Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Marcia Ball
    Circuit Queen, Capitol
  • Sweet Susannah Clint West
    J'Etais au Bal, Swallow
  • Got You On My Mind Cookie and the Cupcakes
    By Request: Cookie and the Cupcakes, Jin
  • You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul, Rhino
  • End Bed: That's It Bill Frisell
    Things About Comin' My Way, Black Hen Music

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